The Seven Date Seeds - The third seed - Light — YouTube from the CEC Library

The third date seed is light. Wretched is the person who constitutes misery within themselves. A boy sitting on a street corner in Baghdad, with his hand outstretched, begged: "Help me, I am sick and cannot work." A woman approached and asked, "Son, what is your illness?" He replied, "I am a lazy boy." The woman said, "Laziness is not an illness; it is a learned way of behaving."

She advised the boy to seek a job that could produce something for himself and others. To illustrate, she told the story of a merchant who sold sheepskins. His employer considered him the best salesperson in the world, but he disagreed, saying that there is one who will always be unbeatable. The product was needed in the region, but he could not sell it worldwide. This man sold things we cannot see: belief in continuity, faith, respect, love, and the meaning of life. He continues selling even today without being present to make the sale. He changed the world and people by selling light. His name is known to everyone, and the merchant saw himself merely as an apprentice, still needing to sell what people can see.

The story teaches that laziness is an excuse. We need to see life with realism, will, and strength, putting our energy into transforming things into something better. When we do not take advantage of the moment of consciousness in a physical body, we may regret it in the final moments of life.