One famous actor told how at the dawn of his fame he went on one of his first tours. Overseas. Hotel. Night porter stretches the key to the room. He goes up, opens it. The room is tiny: bed, closet, bathroom.
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But the actor thinks that everything is fine: yesterday's student, he does not feel like a star yet. He has almost no things either. That's why everything is fine. One bad thing is that there are no windows. Well, that's all right.
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How many of us live in the hallway life.
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The tour lasted for a week. All week he left early and came back late. Each time the hotel staff looked at him with interest. "I would say dumbfounded," said the actor.
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One day he ran into a maid on the way out. She started waving her hands, saying: "Big! Big!", but he modestly blunted his eyes and ran away, whispering "Cenquew. He did not know English yet.
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On the day of departure, he called to the room the porter and the maid to take the room and check that he had not stolen hangers and slippers. They knocked, smiled and entered.
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And then the amazing thing happened - the porter opened the closet doors and... entered it.
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It turned out that all week the actor lived in the hallway of a huge suite with panoramic windows. And I did not know!
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It could not even occur to him that he deserved something more than this hallway. He slept on a narrow couch designed for changing shoes, and he did not even hang his two sweaters in the closet. Why? They do not change.
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The actor told how he sat down and laughed. And then he cried. He regretted the missed opportunity to live in comfort and laughed at his expectations.
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He did not know that he deserved more. He did not know that one should always want more than fate gives.
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When you hear this story, you immediately think about how many of us are living in a PEOPLE'S LIFE and you don't even know that there is a whole world behind the doors, an entire Narnia, huge panoramic windows, opportunities, and... real life.
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And many of us, in fact, do not open the doors and are satisfied with what we have in advance.
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Ability to live a full happy life. We need to learn this, because we were not taught this as children.