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Once, a beggar?? while begging in a train, noticed a well-dressed businessman???? wearing a suit and boots. He thought that this man must be very rich, so he will surely give good money?? if I ask him. So he went and asked that man for alms.?
The man???? looked at the beggar and said, "You always beg ?? and keep asking from people, do you ever give anything to anyone?"
The beggar?? said, "Sir, I am a beggar, I can only ask for money??. How will I be able to give anything?"
The man???? replied, "When you can't give anything to anyone, then you don’t have any right? to ask as well. I am a businessman and believe in transactions?? only - if you have something to give me, then I can also give you something in return.” Just then, the train arrived at a station, and the businessman???? got down and left.
His words??? somehow reached the beggar’s heart. He started thinking, "Maybe I do not get much money?? because I am not able to give anything in return. But being a beggar, what do I have that's worth giving? The whole day had passed thinking?? about this but he could not find anything to give.
The next day while he was sitting??♂? near the station, his eyes fell on some flowers?? blooming on the plants around the station. He thought??, why not give some flowers to the people in return for alms? He plucked some flowers from there and went to the train to beg??.
Whenever someone gave alms to him, he would give some flowers?? to them in return. People used to keep those flowers happily?? with them. He started doing this everyday. But soon he realized that as long as he had flowers??, many people used to give him alms. But when he had no flowers left? with him, he wouldn’t get much.
One day when he was begging??, he saw that the same businessman???? was sitting in the train, because of whom he was inspired to distribute flowers??. The beggar immediately reached out to him and said, "Today I have some flowers to give you in return."
The man???? gave him some money?? in return of the flowers. The man was quite impressed with his idea ??. He said, "Today you too have become a businessman like me." Taking the flowers, he got down at the station.
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Once again, his words??? touched the beggar's heart. He kept thinking about it again and again and realized the key ??? to change his life. He immediately got down from the train and left. From that moment, he was never to be seen?? at the station again.
Four years later, the same businessman???? was traveling from the same station. Suddenly, he saw a man dressed in suits ?? approaching him. The man came to him and with joined hands???? asked, "Do you recognize me?"
The confused businessman???? replied, "No! Maybe we're meeting for the first time." The man requested, "Sir, please ?? try to remember, we are not meeting?? for the first time but for the third time."
"Well, I can't remember. When was it that we met before?" the businessman???? asked again. The man smiled and said, "We have met twice? in the same train before. I am the same beggar?? whom you had told in the first meeting what I should do in life, and in the second meeting you told me who I really am. Because of your advice, today I am a very big flower?? merchant and I am going to another city for the same business."
"I always thought of myself as a beggar, I never thought to rise ?? above it. You told me the law of nature ?? in the first meeting, we get something only when we give something."
"When I met you for the second time?, you told me that I have become a businessman. Thanks???? to you, from that day onwards, my perspective?? changed and now I have really become a businessman, I’m not a beggar anymore."
?Debrief?
If you want to get something, you must give something in return. The Beggar always wanted but never realised the importance of giving. When he started giving, he received more. Thus, he could rise in life and find his success.
If we only think of receiving, we will never get to experience the power of giving. This act is so strong that it can evoke happiness, self satisfaction and social connections for us. So, we should always follow the "Give and Take" Rule of Nature.
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Great story and to add - the second rule is quite what we usually can't practice, we self doubt and self reject so much that we don't ever see ourselves in that higher position ever... I loved the second thought of the story...