YISS 2007 . CLASS 1E1

Thursday, April 12, 2007

There is a story that goes something like this:

There was a man and his son who went on a long journey with a donkey. At first, the man allowed his son to ride the donkey. Along the way, they saw some people from a village. These people saw the boy riding on the donkey and said loudly: "Look at the unfilal boy. He can ride that donkey while allowing his father to walk!"

The father and son became embarassed and they switched places. Now, the father rode on the donkey while the boy walked. Then they met some people from another villgae and these people remarked upon seeing them: "Look at this unkind father. He lets son walk while he comfortably rides the donkey!"

The father and son decided that they would both walk. Then they chanced upon some folks from yet another village and when they saw the father and son walking alongside their donkey, they laughed and said: "See how foolish they are! They have a donkey and yet they are walking."

The moral of this story is this. No matter what you do, they will always be someone out there who will criticize or make unkind remarks about you. If you let them affect you, then you'll just be like the father and son who were always allowing the remarks of others to influence their lives. Think about this carefully.

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