Akhilesh's Newsletter - A Story That You Must Read!

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A wise man moved to the city of Akbar. No one took much notice of him, and his teachings were not taken up by the populace. After a time, he became the object of their mockery and their ironic comments.

One day, while he was walking down the main street in (the city of) Akbar, a group of men and women began insulting him. Instead of pretending that he had not noticed, the wise man turned to them and blessed them.

One of the men said:

'Are you deaf too? we call you the foulest of names and yet you respond with sweet words!'

'We can each of us only offer what we have', came the wise man's reply.

(Add-ons in the brackets for easy reading are mine.)

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I was re-reading Paulo Coelho's 'Like The Flowing River'. While reading, I found an important and exquisite story he recalled in one of his article 'Charity Under Threat'.

The story I shared, is an excerpt from his article.

I was impressed with the wise man's words. It was knowledgeable, and beyond that, it was the words of a big realization.

People can make us a jerk, and they can throw rubbish words that everyone hates, but they cannot destroy the internal realization in one. If I could say, I'll say that this wise man is enlightened. Because he knows, and understands what should be said, and acted. Instead of sweet words, he could have also called the worst words in the whole world. but he didn't done that. He decided to provide some value, without expectation. And that's the best thought, or the best realization, we could ever get. Good day!

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