One day
Nasreddin Hodja went to market, taking his son with him. There he bought a
donkey, and on the way home he let his son ride while he himself walked
alongside on foot.
After they
had gone some distance they came upon some people who began talking about the
pair. "The world is getting crazier and crazier," they said.
"That lout of a son is sitting there at ease on the donkey, making his old
father walk alongside dripping with sweat."
Nasreddin
Hodja heard this comment and had his son climb down, and he himself took a seat
on the donkey's back. "Now the people will be satisfied," he
murmured.
Soon they
came upon another group who likewise were expressing their thoughts about
Nasreddin and his donkey, and indeed, loudly enough that the Hodja could hear
them. "Have you ever seen anything like that? That must be an unnatural
father who makes his poor boy run on foot while he himself rides proudly along
on the donkey!"
The Hodja
momentarily halted the donkey. "Climb up here with me!" he said to
his son.
A short
distance later they came upon another party, who likewise expressed their
opinion clearly. "Such animal abuse! Isn't that shameless, for a cleric to
torment such a poor donkey! Couldn't the two of you use your own legs and give
the donkey a little rest?"
The Hodja
stopped once again. "Let's climb off!" he said to his son.
They both
dismounted and walked along on foot beside the donkey. But they had not gone
far when they came upon another group of people who also had something to say
about them. They heaped ridicule upon them:
"Such a
cheapskate! It's just like him to buy a donkey and is then too stingy to use
the animal."
"He
must be afraid that he will rub the fur off its body."
"Which
of the three is the greatest donkey?"
"They
just might as well carry the donkey home."
No sooner
said than done! Nasreddin Hodja followed this advice.
As soon as
the people had gone on their way he said to his son, "If you ever should
come into the possession of a donkey, never trim its tail in the presence of
other people. Some will say that you have cut off too much, and others that you
have cut off too little. If you want to please everyone, in the end your donkey
will have no tail at all."
Source: http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/type1215.html#nasreddin
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My Notes:
Stories from generations to generations from all over the world tell the same messages because what happen to people from Adam to the millenum era has the same thing only different in shape. That's why Nasreddin stories still become my fovourite stories. As the above story, it's hard to please all the people all the time (maybe impossible). You will get tired if you listen all the comments. Moreover, if you a leader yo will get difficult to come to adecision if you mind all the comments. You busy worrying toward all the comments and rejection from all of your subordinate. Why this happen? Because people have they own point of view it depend on the way they have been raised of and treated. So, what should we do? Make connenction to the God and make Him guide you to do your best. And then surrender(tawakkal) to him. And let all the comments go as long as you've done all the effort.
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My Notes:
Stories from generations to generations from all over the world tell the same messages because what happen to people from Adam to the millenum era has the same thing only different in shape. That's why Nasreddin stories still become my fovourite stories. As the above story, it's hard to please all the people all the time (maybe impossible). You will get tired if you listen all the comments. Moreover, if you a leader yo will get difficult to come to adecision if you mind all the comments. You busy worrying toward all the comments and rejection from all of your subordinate. Why this happen? Because people have they own point of view it depend on the way they have been raised of and treated. So, what should we do? Make connenction to the God and make Him guide you to do your best. And then surrender(tawakkal) to him. And let all the comments go as long as you've done all the effort.
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