Love But Don't Try To Possess

An art collector traveled to a village. He saw a cat drinking milk from an old antique saucer outside a small tea shop. The art collector recognized the value of the saucer and wished to buy it.

He approached the shop owner and asked him, 'Sir, can I buy this cat for two dollars?" The shop owner refused saying he didn"t want to sell the cat.

The art collector said, 'I want a cat because my house is haunted by mice. Please sell the cat to me. I am ready to pay ten dollars.

The shop owner said, 'Fine, sold! Have it!"

Now the art collector said, 'I will take the cat but can you give me the saucer also? Then I don"t have to buy a new saucer. The cat will be happy since she is already trained for this saucer. Why don"t you give me the saucer too?"

The shop owner said, 'No! That"s my lucky saucer. Only because of that I have sold sixty eight cats in the last one week!"

The art collector wanted to get the saucer but got only the cat. We too miss what has to be really experienced in life because we go after the object and not the subject.