Asking God for a Blessing

There is a story about a man who arrives in heaven and as St. Peter is giving him the grand tour, they pass a door that is closed and locked. The man asks what is in the room. St. Peter replies you don’t want to know. The man feels he has waited a long time to get to heaven and he wants to see everything, so St. Peter finally gives in and opens the door. The room is filled with boxes, each one wrapped with a ribbon. St. Peter explains to
the man that each box contained a blessing which God wanted to give to different people but the individuals never asked God for them.