For 3 generations, the clock had stood in the same corner, faithfully ticking off the minutes and hours. Each day, the clock's owner grasped the chain and pulled up the heavy weight to keep the clock running.
Then a new owner appeared and concluded that the clock should not have to bear so heavy a load. Gently, he removed the weight and immediately the old clock stopped ticking.
"Why did you remove my weight?" the clock asked.
"I wanted to lighten your load," replied the man.
"That doesn't help," the clock responded. "Please put the weight back on the chain. That weight is what keeps me going."
The moral of this little fable is obvious. A life without burdens isn't necessarily a triumphant life. Often burdens "keep us going" and help us mature. That is cause for thanksgiving and hope.
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