Three Questions: A Story About Life in the Present

Leo Tolstoy wrote this story about life in the present. It tells the story of a faraway empire where a King wanted to rule his people with justice and wisdom. He didn’t have experience in this and believed it best to ask the sages about essential matters. He kept thinking for a long time, until he came up with the three questions that were relevant for all his royal duties. These questions were: When’s the best time to begin anything? Who’s the essential person to do a job? What’s the most important thing at any given time? He did an…