Once upon a time, a king was marching with his army. They came upon a dark tunnel, so dark that you could see nothing in it. They wanted to explore the tunnel, so they left lambs by the entrance, and took the mother sheep with them, so that the sheep may lead them back to safety later.

When they entered the tunnel, they felt something underneath their feet, it felt like small rocks. At that moment, something shouted from the dark: “Those who take some of these rocks will regret it, and those who do not will also regret it.”

Some of the soldiers thought: “If I am going to regret it, why should I take any?” while the others thought: “I might as well take one.”

When they came out of the darkness of the tunnel, they realised that the rocks were actually jewels - diamonds, rubies, sapphires.

The ones who didn’t take any regretted not taking any, and the ones who did take some regretted not taking more.

(Source: tamburina, via aclockworkorange)