Salam, i would like to share a story :)
The story of the boy and his
grandpa
A grandfather sits with his 10-year old grandson looking over
the neighborhood’s playground. A group of children are playing ball, while some
other are on the swing.
The grandson said to his grandfather, “grandpa, see that boy
over there at the corner of the field?” “yes, what about him?” he always sits
there alone. I guess he has no friends to play with. And he also behaves pretty
weirdly sometimes,” he said.
Hearing that, the grandfather just smiles, stands up and walks
into the house. He comes back out a few minutes later, and in his hands he hold
two pairs of sunglasses. “ look around you,” he tells his grandson. “ look
around me?” the grandson is clearly puzzled. “ yes, just taka a good look
around you. Look at the house with its garden, the road and its surroundings”.
“now, take this pair of sunglasses and wear them. Tell me what
you see” says the grandfather.
“ I see the same thing, but everything is
bluish” answers the boy. “ ok, take them off, and put this other pair on,”
instructs the grandfather. “ now, again tell me what you see”. “ I see the same
neighborhood, just this time it is brownish, grandpa,” says the boy.
“can you tell me why you think is the reason you saw everything
as bluish and brownish just now?,” asked the grandfather.
“ahhhh… that’s easy. I was wearing a blue tinted and brown
tinted sunglasses!”, answered the grandson as he gives the answer.
“exactly. My boy, you see the same pair of eyes to look at the
area around you. But when you put on the blue sunglasses, you saw the same area
but with a little bit bluish tint, there is less color then the side you saw
without the sunglasses on. The same thing happened when you put on the brown
sunglasses, right?” says the grandfather.
“ that is true grandpa. But, what does this mean?” his curiosity
getting to him.
“you see, what you see in the beginning is actually what the
real thing is. Everything around you has its own color and beauty. That house,
that three, that road. All a nice to look at. But, once you put on the blue and
brown sunglasses, you begin to change the real image according to the color of
sunglass you put on,” explains the grandfather.
“if you want to see things as there are, you must take off all
the sunglasses and make sure you look at things around you with your own pair
of eyes only-without any sunglasses on. The sunglasses are the negative or bad
impressions you have the others that distort your ability to see the real
thing. In life, you must always remember to take off your sunglasses so that
you can see things more clearly, so that you can see things the way they should
be seen,” came a wise reply.
“now, I want you to take off your invisible sunglasses that you
are wearing right now, and take another look at the boy again!” said the
sensible grandfather.
-LIOS-
