A wildly unsuccessful young businessman came to the priest one day to confess. He owed massive amounts of debt, his family life was in shambles, and had more than once considered suicide. The priest tried to console him, and gave him the best advice that he could.
"Son, you need to do three things: first find a calm beach, set out a chair, and sit in it. Secondly, open your bible and let the wind blow the pages. Lastly, when the pages have finally come to rest, look down and read the first thing you see. This will have the answer to your problems."
Years later the man came back to the priest, happy, full of life, and now wildly successful. The priest eagerly asked him what had happened.
"Did you go to the beach?"
"Yes."
"You opened the bible and let the wind blow the pages?"
"Yes, sir."
"And what did you read?"
"Chapter 11."
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