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Jean was out walking with his grandfather in Paris.
At one point, they saw a shoemaker being insulted by a customer who claimed that there was something wrong with his shoes.
The shoemaker calmly listened to his complaints, apologised and promised to make good the mistake.
Jean and his grandfather stopped to have a coffee.
At the next table, the waiter asked a man if he would mind moving his chair slightly so that he could get by.
The man erupted in a torrent of abuse and refused to move.
‘Never forget what you have seen,’ said Jean’s grandfather.
‘The shoemaker accepted the customer’s complaint, while this man next to us did not want to move.
‘People who perform some useful task are not bothered if they hear some critics to their work, but people who do no useful work at all always think themselves very important and hide their incompetence behind their authority.’
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Can we resemble these two human figures to a piano key and a drum? the first that has something inside, produces a positive effect when pressed on, while the other, which is vacant from inside, just sounds noisy and aggressive!
so it’s years ago in Paris, I get a really bad shoe shine and in my best French I reprimand the guy – “Mon Chaussures” “c’est Catastrophe” I said –a few minutes later- I stop to have a cup of coffee and I don’t want anyone to bother me… little did I know I made a difference in someone’s life I was so touched to read this story about me.
If you are authentic, nothing can faze you… if you are phony – your own secret suspicion about yourself will lash out as anger or rage… your own, unconscious rage at yourself…. unfortunately taken out on others…
Oh ! I’m sorry ! I forgot : Thank you very much Ken Crane for the picture ! It’s great fun !
Light & Love,
Thank you, Marie!
I don’t blame that ! Sometimes I’m a very bad mood and I don’t want to be kind, understanding. No! I really want to be unpleasant ! But change happens and it doesn’t last. And I become friendly !. Sometimes we are helpful and sometimes not ! Even if we don’t like that ! Thus the wheel turns for all. Until next time !
Light & Love,
I need some new shoes lol :D
One customer had a bad shoe day…and the shoemaker just smiled and fixed the problem… .
Another customer had a bad chair day…couldn’t move his chair for nothing in the world…
Yes, bad chair days happen…so don’t let them get to you -
and bad shoe days happen…so don’t let them get to you…
But this has nothing to do with the job each person performs as being useful or not!!!
How you react is up to you…and sometimes you are just having a bad day…
Do ‘Goody Two Shoe-rs’ have an Achilles heel … just wondering???
Your bad day doesnt means u ruin others day too. That is your problem not others.
Well said.
I remember another of your quote” What others think about you is none of your business”…How do that fit with the moral of the story? We should listen to critics, or not? The quote seem to say not…the story yes..Am I wrong?
Much love
Alexandra
I want to add the simple fact that even if sometimes I dont understand some meanings, or I might disagree with some of the ideas, I always admire and love you, dearest Paulo.
Blessings
Well, my dear Alexandra, that quote doesn’t mean the exact thing as this story. This is mostly about the job, the place that one has in society, and a few critics not taken personally will only help to improve your services, even in case that that person criticizes you only to harm you.
And the quote must be a bit more general. You see, people will always have an opinion in what you do, the way you are, but you mustn’t care much about it since, they’ll never be pleased whatever you do to change it.
But in your work it is much different.
I don’t know if I am clear enough…
Love
ME ENCANTO LA HISTORA DEJA MUCHO POR APRENDER GRACIAS PAULO: ME ADMIRA Y APRENDO
Although this is a good story I have always kept the quote close to my heart.
Have read: What others say about you says nothing about you and everything about them.How does this thought apply to Paulo’s story?
The title is misleading… these 10 sec/20 sec reads in reality take up at least 30 minutes or an hour, if not more. You read the article, you re-read the article, you think, you read the comments, you think some more and then you try to go back to work and prepare for a meeting, but you’re thinking about a shoemaker, a grandson, a waiter and an irate man.
I just hope these characters don’t follow me into the conference room at noon. :)
HI cora !
that’s the whole idea i beleive, these charecters to follow you without you betting obsessed with them, not only in all your waking moments but also when u r asleep, till the ideas become our bone and marrow, they have not seeped in.
luv
well the 10 sec is for the blogger post. The comment comes later and its non of the blogger business.
Me parece una fabula estupenda. Todos debemos recordar que cometemos errores, tampoco nos podemos creer mejor que los demás por el motivo que sea.
Como siempre Sr. Coelho me encantó su relato.
Un saludo a todos
Ó sea que cuando alguien que se supone “trabaja”, y se manifiesta de forma pedante y autoritario…realmente es un incompetente, inoperante…etc. ¡Verdaddd Pauloooooo!!!!!!
I agree and san indeed ” people who do no useful work at all always think themselves very important and hide their incompetence behind their authority.”
Wow Man! That was awesome!!!Yea…that’s what I always thought it was all about, Grandparents did…or whatever capability they had to share,seen of life or visuals in life.
I know I am not The Only One to wish….but….”-Could you ever answer?
Love
Ingrid Alves
Some very humble persons do not agree criticas.It`s diffi
cultly to work with them because when you say
your mistakes,they feel attacked.
Dear Prof, The wise person is superior to any insult which can be put upon him, and the best reply to unseemly behavior is patience and ignoring, because some persons do not worth even to be replyed but from their same character, since behavior is a character neither for buying nor for selling………….
God bless you! Much love!!!
dear Ibtisam
I am not a Prof! Please just call me Paulo
I absolutely agree with the main idea of the story:‘People who perform some useful task are not bothered if they hear some critics to their work, but people who do no useful work at all always think themselves very important and hide their incompetence behind their authority.’
But I think shoemaker’s and customer’s action can be interprited in different way and their actions can be result of wide range of factors.
Thanks for interesting and instructive story.
Life is Life
Jean camminava con il nonno a Parigi. A un certo punto, hanno visto un calzolaio che veniva essere insultato da un cliente che ha sostenuto che c’era qualcosa di sbagliato con le scarpe. Il calzolaio con calma aveva ascoltato le sue lamentele, si è scusato e ha promesso di porre rimedio all’errore.
Jean e suo nonno si fermò a prendere un caffè. Al tavolo accanto, il cameriere ha chiesto a un uomo se Le dispiacerebbe spostare la sedia leggermente in modo da poter passare. L’uomo scoppiò in un torrente di abusi e si rifiutò di muoversi. ‘Non dimenticare mai ciò che hai visto’, ha detto il nonno di Jean. ‘Il calzolaio accolse il reclamo del cliente, mentre l’uomo accanto a noi non voleva muoversi. ‘Le persone che effettuano un buon lavoro non si preoccupano se sentono alcuni critici per il loro lavoro, ma le persone che non fanno un lavoro utile a tutti sempre si credono molto importanti e nascondono la loro incompetenza dietro la loro autorità.
Quite often it is the case that a small mind is hidden behind a large ego. People who are “aware” generally do not feel the need to make their presence known; they are adherents of the Golden Rule, a major tenet of most religions and philosophies. Small men often come in large bodies.
Yeah, I’ll have to agree with you, Steve. It boils down to the ego and how we let that control our thoughts and actions. Self-discipline comes about in many ways, but for most people it is through structured work and devoting yourself to something outside of the self – and that’s a hard thing to do.
i dont understand 1 thing.why did shoe maker promised to make the good mistkae?
Thank you for this wisely story!
Well everybody might have different thoughts! but the basic principles of the life remains same.. lets have a look at some of the assumptions most of the people have made!
1. By reading all the comments i realized that people who actually liked the story have imagined themselves as somebody doing useful work and who are not bothered by criticism.
2. Nobody has put themselves in the situation of the man who was doing nothing.
3. These Useful man and useless man are two roles which each of us perform in our life.So we need to think both the ways.
I would say a PRODUCTIVE Criticism is something which everybody should look forward for but if criticism is there just to irritate you which has nothing related to what you have done then its always worth bothering for. For e.g. if i am driving my car, following all the laws and doing the best what i can and still if somebody comes next to me and criticize on the way i have been driving (which actually is not right) shouldn’t i get pissed off on this???
On the other hand if i am making a yearly plan for my company and my boss who seems like sitting all the on his chair doing nothing give me some suggestions to improve that plan so would that make me bothered?? i dont think so!!!
It always depends from the where the criticism is coming… is he an expert in that field then u have to listen to it otherwise if he is just bluffing then you have all the right to be bothered..
For me personally if i am doing something useful and somebody criticize on that then i will be really unhappy and demotivated which might not be the case with the shoemaker as his objective was to retain the customer!!
What about if you are acting against the rules, but what you are doing while you are driving, is right in your heart? Will you take the critizism, or will you be angry? What will you be? And will you know how will you be? :)
For example, rushing someone to the hospital with your car.
L.
On apprends a partir de nos erreurs, les personnes qui ne travaillent pas ne font pas d`erreurs, donc ils n`apprendront jamais. Et pour bien dissimuler leurs médiocrités et faire oublier leurs incompétences, ils créent de faux problèmes. ET CA MARCHE A LA PERFECTION !
Nos hace reflexionar sobre el control que debemos tener sobre la ira, la rabia, las frustraciones acumuladas que llevan a muchas personas a explotar con cada mínimo estallido que captan a su alrededor, sin detenerse a pensar que cada situación que se nos da, es una oportunidad de mejorarla, y que el fuego no se ataca con más fuego, tambien somos incapaces de encontrar en las críticas la forma de mejorar nuestras actitudes, muchas veces se nos olvida que somos “humanos”, e imperfectos, lo que no nos hace ciegos solo no queremos mirar. Me pregunto, ¿si explotamos con un pequeño estallido?, ¿cómo seremos capaces de disfrutar de miles de fuegos artificiales?….Cohelo, gracias por tus reflexiones, trato de ser cada dia,, “un guerrero de la luz”, hasta pronto…
Sí, aunque creo que no es sobre el control del miedo, sino la forma en que se sienten sobre el mundo, y ver el mundo. Cuando nos damos cuenta de que la rabia es a menudo el reflejo de algo que ha pasado “mal “en nosotros mismos, nos encontramos con la razón y de que, en espera empezar a aprender cómo lidiar con las cosas, en lugar de hacer caso omiso y huyendo de ellos.
Mucho amor,
L.
Yeah, life is long and it could be that the same person is nice and considerate one day, and the next day he’s angry cuz something went wrong.
However, I still like simple truth’s. When you do what you love you are more calm and happy. If you do what you can’t stand, you’d become a hater. As simple as that.
What I like in such stories is that they are pointing to the obvious, yet we tend to complicate things. Before we change the job we hate we’ll go organic for 10 years, use christals and stand on our head (I mean, yoga:-)). We’ll compromise. We’ll think that life isn’t just so easy as it seems. Yet it is.
;)
wow dass is gut geschrieben…..Aber meine meinung nach is leben wirklich nicht so einfach…wie du sagst:-)Liebe G.Pavel
money has the power
… humans had given to it.
money is the greatest myth, money actually does not exist, yet it has become teh most important thing for humans, hats offf to those magicians of economy who create money out of thin air and make it evaporate too there only, while taking a cut for tehmselves in teh process.
heavy discussion let’s have a real life joke here, hope it is pardoned, even if not, .. here it is.
I became very interested in investing in the share market, stories of so many poeple making millions and billions, i thought let me also become rich, so that i can own that dream house, that dream merc etc etc. being a skeptic novice i went to see the share market, ‘Nasdaq’. And what do i see, fancy building, facy cars, fancy offices. I ask my guide, who owns these cars, the guide replied ‘the brokers’,
‘who are teh brokers’
‘Oh ! they are like shopkeepers, here in share market’
‘hmmm.. and what about these fancy yatchts’
‘they also belong to brokers’
‘hmmmmm…. everything belongs to brokers here in this market, strange market, in other markets that i saw, most things around teh market belonged to customers who had come shopping’ i thought to myself.
i asked”what about customers, where are they ?”
“Oh ! now a days we don’t have them here, they r spread all over teh globe, but earlier times, u could see a whole lot of them haggling in teh central courtyard” my guide informed me knowingly.
I said ” like we see in old movies”
guide ” yeah yeah !!, now don’t waste my time further, tell me which scrips are u going to invest into”
I said ” Strange market this, customers seem all broke, and shopkeeps, teh brokers ( so aptly nameed ) seem to own everything fancy around here, does not look like my cup of coffee”
and i existed the market, before entering it.
This really speaks to a problem that my daughter is having with one of her teachers at school. For whatever reason this teacher can’t seem to stand the sight of my daughter and is really upset if she trys to ask any questions or give any kind of input in the class.( My daughter is a nine year old imagine that)
I have told her to accept whatever conditions the teacher places on her and the class without complaining and I will have her read this.
Thank you Paulo.
That’s a shame.I advice that you talk to the teacher personally and tell her what you daughter feels about her treatment or how your daughter sees or feel about their situation. If she doesn’t stop you better talk to the authorities before your daughter hate schooling and hate her teacher. I would say your daughter tries to overcome her teacher’s unlikely behaviour if she’s a senior high but for God’s sake she’s just nine and it is too much for her. There should be nobody’s fault but an improvement of the situation should start and it’s only you who can protect your daughter’s childhood. I hope I don’t sound like too much, I just have a nine year old daughter as the same and I would definitely not tolerate such a burden for her when she has the right to just worry about her homeworks and friends.
I second that what Rosario has said, talk it out first, speak to teh teacher, many a times small misunderstanding can alter life courses, which could have been set right by a little talk.
I would go myself to have a face to face talk with the teacher. Something it is not right. I know we all have sympathies but a teacher should be fair and above such feelings. Especially to primary school pupils. Than maybe tell to daughter to be polite so on…low profile? Sounds no good. I am afraid it can harm the girl personality, being punished without reason.
ser util,es importante para el desarrollo del ser humano ,pero ser inutil y abusar de autoridad es horrible.El abuso de autoridad es muy Argentino ,somos soberbios y autoritarios tenemos mucho que aprender .gracias maestro esclarece nuestras almas..
Knock on a door, and it will be opened. :)
Sometimes behind the words said there are really different problems, that people are ignoring in themselves, or just not ready to act to really change what is bothering themselves so much. That’s the real reason they are acting so angry towards others.
So we really place our anger, which in some form is really anger to ourselves, on others. Sad.
And at the same time, there are people who try to understand.
I guess, as an service man, the shoemaker really has to accept different opinions, views on his work, but he doesn’t have to accept the anger.
As some here have already explained: deattach. Listen to them, but do not take their feeling. Understand it, yet do not claim it as your own. <3
Life is too short for whining over small matters. It is evident when you are doing something that you love… the outer (nor inner) never discourages you enough to quit doing it. :)
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Yet, when I read this text, I wonder, when I roamed around with my grandfather, did he also teach me of symbolism in such way, did he also give me lessons spontaneously, while moving around in life, from places to places, to make me pay attention, to be an observer. To see the truth.
And a tear comes to my eye, because I see that to understand, you must (dare to) love "enough".
Sending love to all the travelers of life,
L.
I posted this story as an example for our politicians (in Italy)….of course they are not the shoemaker…thanks!
There lies a lot of truth in this story and it is very comforting if one is the person who gets insulted and hurt. It gets more complicated if I am the one who is shouting,for example when in desperation trying to convince somebody to move on with something I am convinced is the right thing to do and therefore I am not willing to move a centimeter. I think the story’s point is applicable even then because when attacking and hurting somebody else (even for the best of goals) one leaves the path of doing something useful. In that case it is much better to break the cycle of aggression, like in the story above called “In the Tokyo subway”. Thank you for the lesson!
With love and gratitude,
Petra
Yes, break the chain. “Speak” the truth, when it’s needed, even if it will be difficult for the one who will be listening, or who will be doing the “talking”. We have to speak things as they are, because some people are very good at decieving themselves, thinking that their lives are fine… but clearly one sees they are not at peace with themselves or their wounds/scars.
Thanks for saying it so, Petra.
Love,
L.
Critics made with objectivity can be useful to improve, but not all critics are realistic, so would be wrong paying attention to all of them.
agreed!!
nooooo.
this is not so simple …
the shoemaker may respond so calmly because:
- the client is the “king” and he wants him to come back,
- the client is right,
- he has just a good day, and tomorrow he will take off for 6 weeks & go to the south.
- he is just aware … of what is important ….
the client might have had just a bad day.
I got right now so many rejections I have to deal with & have to respond. because of my temperament, I know that I could easily “explode” like the two men now.
I think I would not react in such a way because of authority problem, just because one more uncomfortable situation would be too much. right now the importance is how do I deal with the overload of hurting?
that I am now trying to avoid to “explode” or watch out is much more related to my history. I have exploded so much. & I have learned from those incidences. let’s say, I understand the situations that I produce with this action. and I do feel empathy & understanding with the shoemakers & waiters.
I really like the title…. a good message.
and I think Ken likes mice.
definitely, this shoe is parisian: looks elegant & comfortable to walk all over the town.
My friend you are a very sensitive person. Remember that everytime that you explode with anger you are taking away something from yourself. Try laughing instead of exploding next time. What would be more important than your health? be sensitive but not too much!
Best wishes,
There are always many reasons for any cause which can be thought of. Especially when it is a story. But the point is, what matters is the gist of the story. What it wants to convey from the facts available in the story to the reader. We see the world not as it is but as we we are from inside. Same is the case with stories…
I appreciate your way of analyzing the story…it is quite insightful…Best wishes…
A friend…
katie,
it is more simple than u think,
i am the shoemaker and u are the client (the king)
even if i assume my responsibility, i could answer u with the same tone (i also had a bad day), give u back ur money and …. it will make of us two KINGS with no shoes!
we could also be having coffee together somewhere in south (cz insteed of 6 weeks, i got fired -doesn’t matter since i kicked ur chair, make of u a joke with all the drink on ur head)NB:pray that everyone doesn’t have that temper so we’ll have to prepare our own coffee.
katie,
keep smiling, even in face of the worst “overloaded hurmfull” situations
a lovely smile is a characteristic of winner
cordially
george
Thank you, Katie!!
Another beautiful story, thankyou!
Respond vs reacting?
Love to All,
Jane xo
p.s. Enjoyed watching a little film last night, about a form of bullying.
Daughter is sharing school papers that she writes and various films they are discussing in class. So is fun and interesting, (also like going to school together).
“People who perform some useful task are not bothered if they hear some critics to their work, but people who do no useful work at all always think themselves very important and hide their incompetence behind their authority.”
“always think themselves” no rule is set in granite, so let’s remember this and also that it may nit be applicable for all situations.
“People who perform some useful task are not bothered if they hear some critics to their work” again nothing fixed, i have seen talented people like great actors, painters, writers ( including paulo ? ) getting bothered by critics.. so nothing fixed; read, assimilate all, and then forget them.
love
Detach and see it as their behaviour and don’t let it ruin your day,
Love
Breda
yeap! <3
Nice
“La veritable importance”
“Jean etait dehors marchant avec son grand-pere a Paris.
A un moment, il vit un cordonnier entrain de se faire insulter par un client qui revendiquait qu’il y avait quelque chose qui n’allait pas avec ses chaussures.
Le cordonnier calmement ecouta ses reclamations, s’excusa et promis de reparer la faute.
Jean et son grand-pere s’arreterent pour prendre un cafe. A la table a cote, le serveur demanda a un homme si cela le derangerez de pousser un peu la chaise pour qu’il puisse passer.
L’homme explosa dans un flot d’injures et refusa de bouger.
“N’oublie jamais ce que tu as vu.” dit le grand-pere de Jean. Le cordonnier a accepte la complainte du client tandis que cet homme a cote de nous n’a pas voulu bouger.
Les gens qui font du bon travail ne se preoccupent pas si ils entendent des critiques sur leur travail, mais les gens qui ne font pas du travail utile pensent toujours qu’ils sont tres importants et cachent leur importance derriere leur autorite.”
une bonne traduction! bravo!
the shoemaker was a very wise man.
Hola, felcitaciones por el ser de luz que es usted… Soy de Venezuela y estoy en busca de uno de sus articulos que se publican en el periodico el nacional en la revista “todo en domingo”. El nombre del artículo es 25 BOLITAS yo los colecciono pero me hace falta este en especial, por favor si me lo hace llegar sin importar que no este en español. Muchisimas Gracias. Espero su respuesta le dejo mi email..
So true. Some people just can’t take to be stand corrected. They seem to think that such act is an insult, or as if they’re being humiliated, and lessens the value of their personality.
Whereas, others are thankful for the known mistake and take the chance of being near to perfection should he encounters such experience again.
“He who is humble is confident and wise. He who brags is insecure and lacking.”~Lisa Edmondson
Ginger P.
i remember what my father said when he learned that my brother was being bullied at school. he said we must pray for the boy who was bullying him, because he exhibits what is happening in the boy’s home. i was a little confused that time (i was in secondary school), and i can tell that that event created a crease with how my brother interacts with my parents now. some of us are uncomfortable with the virtue of humility because we’re afraid we will be labeled as cowards.
Dearest Paulo,
I enjoyed reading this story. Its very true what some people think of themselves, above others mostly for material reasons, such a looks or material wealth. Personally i feel the most important thing is the person inside regardless of anything. It wouldn’t hurt people to be nice to others, whether he be a shoemaker or a waiter or even a begger on the street. No one is above anyone else. Today, i went to a supermarket. There was an old lady working at the deli, and you could see, she was tired and worn out from a long day at work. My brother was trying get some good service, and asked for a number of things. You could see that the lady was annoyed being put back to work, and rushed through our order. As we left, my father said wait.. And he went back with me, he told the lady to look at me, that one day i’l be a doctor, at a hospital nearby, and i’l make sure she will be taken care of. This old lady’s eyes suddenly began to sparkle, and she began to smile. She said she’l remember me. And she thanked me. It probably had been a strenuous day for her, and just us going back, to say, we care, made an old lady so happy. I think that the greatest gift in life is giving. To know, your making someone else happy, even if its for a moment.
Thank you for being.
Yajna
Hi yagna !
too true, greates gift in life is giving a little bit of oneself to others, now before we give we must have, and beauty is that the fountainhead within which remains closed, opens the moment we start giving love, small acts of kindness, of trust in complete strangers. not everytime u may receive a smile in reply, at times one may recive a slap also and if u r particularly lucky ( or unlucky, depending upon how u see it ) one may even get crucified for an act of love and trust, yet it is worth it, zesus got himself crucified, vivekananda used to say don’t mistrust a man 101st time even if he has chated you 100 times previously, zesus told his peter to forgive 70… times his tormentors.
and keep teh promise made by you father, one day u may be surprised to see yourself in teh mirror, when u see that u are made of something emanating light, fluroscent !
luv
very well said Yajna
humbleness is achieved by greater understanding of life.
the energy spent by the cobbler is in fact lesser than the shouting customer.
this is the secret of acheiving more with less,
this was what jesus meant by feeding all the poor,
when is your next book due sir?
bo0om
That is a really good point, I never looked at it this way but after doing so I do think it is very much the truth! :)
“Men who perform some useful task are not bothered if they are treated as if they were useless, but men who do no useful work at all always think themselves very important and hide their incompetence behind their authority.”.
I printed it and put it on the board
The thing here is that Jean saw the shoes of the Waiter…they were from the same shop, but they were for Sunday best, not for working in…only the waiter had worn out his work shoes and couldn’t afford another pair, and so asked the customer (which is beyond Waiting etiquette, anyway.) to move for him…and the customer just happened to be the Cobbler, who was having a quiet lunch break away from miserable bad tempered customers….see how the world rubs off on people??
All things ‘goes around and comes around’
Positive and negative energy included.
Love all
cool !
I do not know whether The Alchemist is a Personal Destiny, A Fairy Tale or a Peronal Bliss.
All I know is that the story gave me back my soul, direction in life, exubarant inner joy and a mild reckognition of my innermost true being.
mb
Very right indeed! Next time I see a person scream for doing someting, I will know that he doesn’t do useful things.
why people are stupied and shallow …. Every human beings have his own mind why they just don’t use it
Hi Fahad & liina
criticism can be fair or unfair,
Gorgje Gurdjieff used to say the biggest diffrence made to his life was the deathbed advise from his grandpa, that advise being, wait 24 hours before reacting ( to criticism ), if teh criticism was fair, good ! one should be thankful to teh critic and mend his/her ways, if the criticism was unfair, just reject it, no need to react.
No body has ever achieved anything without learning to sustain his motivation despite unfair criticism, it’s about how much u beleive in yourself.
luv
Hi Parvin,
thanks for your beautiful message <3
yes, indeed … "exploding" with anger can take away something especially depending on the situation & environment.
however, it is an energy that should not be suppressed either.
finding a balance between the two extremes, exploding & not, I like to keep this.
big hug
thanks Wiz for your insight. “We see the world not as it is but as we are from inside …”
so, true, whenever I put something out on this blog, I actually remember it (grin).
<3
giggle….
yes, it is sooo simple.
where do we want to be with our action? reaction, or responding with wisdom?
keep smiling … so true.
it indeed produces miracles. here people are tired because of the cold (-40F), the sun lost its intensity & warmth, hassling with preparation for christmas.
there are “accidents” in the aisles of the grocery stores. carts are crashing together at corners, people hit the ankles of a person with their carts from behind. turn towards them with a smile saying: “it’s ok” or “sorry”.
their faces always change beautifully. it’s real fun.
:o)
:D <3
Well…for most of us you are a wise teacher…:-))))
Hey there Aksh,
Yeah you’re right.:) The entries may be quick and short, but the message should endure.
This blog is addictive.
somke addictions are good ! like being addicted to god and company of godly people like you ! ;-)
Sweet dear Olta, you are young but very smart, good explanation. The other thing is importance, I think we are all important, supposing we do our part well, so thats the key, we learn all life, in order to be a better person or specialist. Lets say I am a shoemaker, from 17 till 21 I was working in shoe factory…so shoemaker from the start is more close to me…Best regards, thanks,
Hugs
A.Nicoleta
“– If someone comes to you with a gift, and you do not accept it, who does the gift belong to? – asked the Samurai.
– He who tried to deliver it – replied one of his disciples.
– The same goes for envy, anger and insults – said the master. – When they are not accepted, they continue to belong to the one who carried them.”
The Gift of Insults
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