santa banta

A story by Antony Demello.
2 zen masters - Santa n Banta were friends. Santa was a poor man and Banta was the Zen master at the Kings court. Poor Santa always ate daal roti(lentils) , Banta ate chicken every day.
Banta tells Santa - You know, If you learnt to praise the king a little, you wont have to eat dal roti everyday like this,  you can also eat chicken like me.
Banta says - Psst! You know,If you learnt to like dal roti, you wont have to praise the king any more!!! :-) :-) :-)

This stuck a chord with me.. make contacts - talk to people, keep connections with "important" people.
May be you cant not praise the king and expect to eat chicken :)
I make the choice consciously - I'll like my dal roti thank u very much!