this was that they had to eat their food with chopsticks and they were given chopsticks bigger than walking sticks, with which they could not feed themselves. So they were all sitting in front of tasty5 and appetizing food, tortured by hunger but unable to eat.
The boy decided then and there that hell was not the place for him. So he was taken to heaven. On arrival there, what he found truly astonished him. He found the same enormous table, the same fabulous6 menu and even the same huge chopsticks. But there was a glorious difference; the people sitting around the table were looking visibly7 happy. This surprised him no end. Then, in a moment, the difference dawned on him. Unlike the people in hell, these men and women were feeding each other across the table with the long chopsticks.
In simple terms, they had the capacity to respond positively to each other and to the given problem. The huge chopsticks were a problem only in respect of feeding oneself, but they were a blessing in respect of feeding their neighbors sitting at a distance. Heaven, in short, is a place where people respond positively to each other.
As a matter of fact, there are many “huge chopsticks” in our way to success. Only when we react positively to them can we transform8 the problems into driving force and finally achieve success. So you see, positivity also makes the difference between success and failure.