Woodcutter and Yumdoot Story

Once lived a woodcutter who had turned seventy. He lived all his life carrying the woods and was fed up with his life. 

Many times in his life he thought about dying. Many times he asked - God, "Why don't you just kill me? What is the meaning of this life? Cutting the woods everyday! Selling them everyday! I am tired! 

After working the whole day, somehow I can earn a living. Still, sometimes I am not able to eat to my fill and sometimes I don't even get to eat even once a day. 

Sometimes when it rained for a long time or fell ill, I couldn't go to cut wood. I can't even make much money by cutting and selling wood."

One day, while returning from the forest on his way to market, he stopped in the way and threw his bundle of wood away and sat down, folded his hands, looked towards the sky, he said, 

"Death comes to everyone then why not to me? Yumdoot (messenger of God of Death), 
have you forgotten me? Please take me away..!"

Just then, coincidentally, a yumdoot was passing by that way, to pick someone's soul. 

Hearing the woodcutter call, yumdoot went to him. He placed his hand on the woodcutter's shoulder and said, "What do you want? Why are you calling me?"

When Woodcutter turned around, he saw yumdoot standing in front of him. 

Seeing him, he trembled. 

He thought to himself, "I begged for death many times in my life until it came in real!!"

Thinking of death, he couldn't think of asking for that. He replied, "Nothing, nothing. My bundle of woods had fallen and there was no one to lift it here. So, I called you. 

But you didn't have to come. I don't want to die. I just wanted help to pick up this bundle. 

Please help me pick it up and keep it on my head."

Yumdoot helped him and went on his way. 

That day, the woodcutter felt like a young man again. He was happy to be alive.
 
Moral:- My times in Life, when we face difficult situations in life, we find it easy to just give up and ask for death! But in reality, what we want is to get over that difficult time, not to die.

Flash:- Sometimes, We wish for something, without truly understanding its consequences, we do not realize the true value of what we have. Appreciating life's challenges and finding joy in simple moments can bring newfound gratitude and happiness. Life's struggles may bring unexpected joys, but it is essential to value the present rather than constantly yearning for a different reality.

"Embrace life's hurdles; its weight might just be your unexpected joy"