A student asks a teacher,
"Why often people marry
a different person than they
fell in love with"?
The teacher said,"in order to
answer your question, go to the wheat
field and choose the best
wheat and come back.
But the rule is that you
can go through them
only once and cannot
turn back to pick.
The student went to the field,
went through the first row,
he saw one big wheat which
he instantly liked, but he
wonders that maybe there
is a bigger one further.
Then he saw another bigger
one, but again he thought
that maybe there is an
even bigger one waiting
for him.
Later, when he finished more
than half of the wheat field,
he started to realize that
the wheat is not as big as
the one he let go off,
he started to realize that he
had missed the best one
in the search of a bigger.
So, he ended up going back to the
teacher with an empty hand
because he just wasn't able to forgive
himself for letting go of
the best wheat and
described what happened.
The teacher told him,"You kept
looking for a better go of the best one
and later when you realize
that you have missed that,
you can't go back.
This is the mistake made by
people who fell in love and lost
the best person they could have in their life".
So, the student said, "Does that mean,
one should never fall in love?"
The Teacher replied, "No Dear, Anyone can fall
in love if they find a suitable person.
But, one you truly fall in love,
you must never let go of that person
due o your anger, ego or comparison
with others."
"How do they end up marrying someone
their than they loved?"
the student asked.
The teacher said, " in order to answer
your question, go to the corn field
and choose the biggest corn
and come back. But the rule is same as
before, you can go through them
only once and cannot
turn back to pick."
The student went to the corn field,
this time he was careful to not to
repeat the previous mistake.
When he reached to middle of the field,
he picked one medium corn that he felt
satisfied with and went back to the teacher.
He described how he made the choice.
The teacher told him, "This time you didn't came
empty handed. You looked for one that is just
looked for one that is just nice, and you had
put your faith that is the best on you can get.
This is how one makes a choice
for a marriage." The student stood confused.
The teacher asked, "What is bothering you now?"
The student replied, "I am wondering which
would have been better,
marrying a person you love or
loving the person you marry".
The teacher replied, "It's a very easy answer,
only if you are willing to admit it to
yourself".
Life is like a basket of fruits. Either you have
to make a choice of eating the fruit you
love or be content
with something that is healthy.
Choose wisely else you may have to spend your life wondering, what if..
As long as you stay true to yourself and honest, you can't go wrong with any of these two choices.
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