Where are my keys?

A man in a house lost his keys. He begins searching for them, but the power in his house isn’t working, so he starts looking for the keys in the dark. As he's searching he looks outside the window and sees that the street lights are still working. He decides to go outside, beginning the search everywhere for his lost keys. The next-door neighbour sees him searching and comes out to help him. After some time the neighbour asks the man where he lost his keys so that they could maybe retrace his footsteps. The man answers: “I lost them inside, but because my light doesn't work I came out here to find them.”

This story might sound absurd. But it is exactly what we are doing a lot in society nowadays. We look outside ourselves for something, for someone to fix us. Teachers, partners, friends, etc. are all good but the real work has to be done inside. Only you can find the keys to unleashing your true potential. The light inside the house is your awareness, make sure you turn it on sometimes. It will reveal the messy rooms that you haven’t cleaned up and help you to find the beauty that might be hidden underneath. It's a paradox, you have to close your eyes to begin to see!