I wrote this story over a decade ago, but it is based in Buddhist tradition, Russian Folklore and similar too a lighter story written in 1963 by Henrich Boll, which I had never seen until this year. It is now a shareware 3-minute animated movie, so spread it around my friends at charityfocus.org, whom I have done speeches for and met many of their members. Go to YouTube or FaceBook and put in "Mark Albion" and you will find "The Good Life Parable."
On Aug 27, 2008 Mark Albion wrote :