A man wanted to test his vocation to the monastic life, so he joined a monastery that had a very strict, austere lifestyle. All the monks had to take a strict vow of silence, where they could only say two words every 10 years. After his first ten years, the monk was called into the abbot's office. The abbot asked the monk how his first ten years had been. "Bed hard", the monk replied. "Your bed's hard? Well, I'm sorry about that", the abbot replied-"we'll have to do something about that. Don't want you to be too uncomfortable!" Another 10 years passed, and the monk was called back into the abbot's office. "Well, brother, how are things?", the abbot asked. "Food cold", the monk replied. "Oh, your food's cold? Well, goodness, we'll have to see what we can do about that. We don't want your meals to be unpleasant". After 10 more years, the monk was again called back in to the abbot's office. "Brother, tell me, how are you?", the abbot inquired. "I quit!", he immediately replied. "You quit? Well, of course you quit", the abbot retorted, "all you've done is complain since you got here, anyway!"
