Fate met a discontented man.
"Why are you discontented?" asked Fate.
"Alas!" said the man, "my life is so monotonous. I desire a change of time and place."
"That is impossible," said Fate.
"Nay," said the man, "it is in your power to transport me to a distant land and a different era."
"Choose," said Fate.
The man's eyes sparkled. "I choose," he replied, "Rome, during the Augustan age."
His wish was granted, but ere long Fate found him again disconsolate.
"Why are you discontented?" asked Fate.
"Alas!" he said, "my life is so monotonous. I desire a change of time and place."
"Choose," said Fate.
"I choose England in the Elizabethan age," said the man.
His wish was granted, but ere long Fate found him again disconsolate.
"Why are you discontented?" asked Fate.
"Alas!" said the man, "my life is so monotonous. I desire a change of time and place."
"Fool," said Fate. "Have you not yet discovered that one is always here and it is always now?"