He
posted a story on the group WhatsApp this afternoon to encourage them to keep
going and put aside whatever criticism they might face in their work.
The
story, told numerous times on the Internet, goes:
An elephant took a bath in a
river and was walking on the road. When it neared a bridge, it saw a pig fully
soaked in mud coming from the opposite direction.
The elephant quietly moved to
one side, allowed the dirty pig to pass and then continued its onward journey.
The unclean pig later spoke to
its friends in arrogance, “See how big I am; even the elephant was afraid of me
and moved to one side to let me pass”.
On hearing this, some
elephants questioned their friend, the reason for its action. Was it out of
fear?
The elephant smiled and
replied, “I could have easily crushed the pig under my leg, but I was clean and
the pig was very unclean. By crushing it, my leg will become dirty and I wanted
to avoid it. Hence, I moved aside.”
This story reveals : Realized
souls will avoid contact with negativity not out of fear, but out of desire to
keep away from impurity though they are strong enough to destroy the impurity.
You need not react to every
opinion, every comment or every situation.
Kick the drama and keep going
ahead.
Choose your battles wisely.
Not everything deserves your
time and attention.
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