"I shattered your shackles, yet you only see the new mark on your hand!"
"I gave you an entire forest, yet you only fuss over the gain or loss of a single seed!"
"This timid, ungrateful mindset, this inability to seize opportunities, is the root cause of your failure!"
"You aren't questioning me; you're insulting your own potential for success!"
The shills in the crowd started chiming in:
"Exactly! The master is enlightening you!"
"You were given a heavenly opportunity and you're still not satisfied. You deserve to be poor!"
The merchant's blood rushed to his head. He instantly began to repent, regretting that he had failed to grasp the master's deeper meaning.
'That's right. If I want to walk the path to success, what's a small sacrifice like this?'
'This is just the first step!'
He lowered his head in shame, mortified that he had just accused the master of selfishness.
