This story reminded me of a parable from the bible, the parable of the talents, where God gave each person a talent and two out of three multiplied but one sat on it, and whatever he had was taken away. Satisfaction is good, but hard work also is necessary. Then there was also the parable of the prodigal son in which the elder son snatches his inheritance and squanders it and returns destitute to his father. The father forgives him. Unrelated to your story, but these wise short stories written by you remind me of our childhood