Mulla Nasruddin And His Last Hope

"Don't destroy my last hope...!"

 by Osho

A story is told about Mulla Nasruddin. The ticket collector comes, and Mulla Nasruddin looks into everything -- his bags, his pockets. The ticket collector is standing there and he says, "You have looked in every pocket, but you don't look in the left-side pocket of your coat."

Mulla Nasruddin said, "Don't interfere in my work. Never mention that pocket!"

He said, "You are strange. I am simply helping you because you cannot find the ticket. Perhaps... why are you leaving out that pocket?"

Mulla Nasruddin said, "That is my only hope. If the ticket is not in the left pocket, I am finished. So first I will look into everything else. Only as the last resort may I touch that pocket. That is my last hope, don't destroy it."

Osho, The Language of Existence #1

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In this Osho quote there is a story of Mulla Nasruddin who does everything to save his last hope. This is how we all do in our own individual way...