The ironies of Destiny(grappig stukje in de krant hier)

The Unnoticed blessing

A lion met a group of cats having a chat. I'm going to eat them," he thought. But then he began to feel strangely calm. And he decided to sit down among them and pay attention to their conversation. "Good God," said one of the cat,"we have been praying in the afternoon! We beg you you to make it rain rats from the sky! "And up to now nothing has happened,"said another. "What if the Lord does not exist?"
The sky remained silent. And the cats lost their faith.
The lion rose and went on his ay, thinking, "Funny how things are. I was going to eat all those cats, But God stopped me. Even so, they stopped believing in divine grace. They were so worried about what they were lacking that they did not notice the protection they recieved

By Paulo Coelho