You cannot please everybody
The ability to live in harmony with other is a factor for a happy life. but we cannot please everyone. At the same time, you will end up pleasing no one.
Once, a man and his son were taking a donkey to the market. Some people saw them walking and remarked, “Look at those fools, why don’t they ride the donkey?” the man heard that and asked his son to ride the donkey while he walked alongside. Another old woman saw them and remarked, “What is the world coming to? Look at that young man riding comfortably while he makes his poor father walk!” so the young man got down and let his father to ride the donkey this time. As they went along, they met another person passing by said, “why don’t both f you get on the donkey?.” Both the father and his son listened to her and rode on the animal. After some time, another group of people saw them and remarked, “How cruel some people can be! What a poor animal. it has to carry those two fat good-for-nothings! This time, the father and the son were getting fed up. They decided to dismount and carry the donkey instead so they can stop everyone from talking. Nevertheless, this led people to laugh. They said, “Look at those human ‘Donkeys’ carrying a donkey”. It is true that the donkey did not like the peculiar arrangement at all. It struggled to set itself free and finally the father and son along with their donkey landed themselves in the water.
In life, you might have experienced this before, or you will experience this in future. There are times in our lives where we are judged and criticized by the others. But, when you try to please everyone, you will end up pleasing no one and in the end, you will only put yourself in trouble. Therefore, believe in yourself instead of believing in the things that other people say.
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