21st August 2025
One day a professor entered the class room and asked the students to prepare for a surprise test.
The professor handed out the exams with the text facing down as usual.
He then asked the students to turn over the paper.
To everyone’s surprise, there were no questions — just a black dot in the center of the sheet of paper.
The professor, seeing the expression on everyone’s faces, told them,
“I want you to write about what you see there.”
The students, confused, got started on the inexplicable task.
At the end of the class, the professor took all the exam papers, and started reading each one of them loud, in front of all students.
All of them with no exception defined the black dot, trying to explain its position in the center of the sheet.
After all had been read, the classroom silent, the professor started to explain,
“I am not going to grade you on this, I just wanted to give you something to think about.”
No one wrote about the WHITE part of the paper.
Everyone focused on the black dot & the same happens in our lives.
We have a generous white piece of paper to observe & enjoy, but we always focus on the dark spots.
Our Life is a gift given to us by God, we always have a reason to celebrate.
The love of our Family & friends,
Our good Health,
The work that provides us our livelihood,
The small miracles that we see everyday,
An abundance of good fortune,
Many blessings & so much more.
However, we insist on focusing only on the dark spots.
The minor health issues that bother us,
The lack of money for some purpose which we today feel is very important,
The complicated relationship with a family member,
The disappointment with a friend and other such matters.
The dark spots are very small when compared to everything we have in ourselves, but they are the ones that pollute our mind.
Take your eyes away from the black dots in your life.
Enjoy each one of your blessings, each moment that life gives you.
Be happy, live a life filled with love & stay blessed forever!