One Student Asked His Wise Teacher

One student asked his wise teacher, what is more important for a person: is it outer or inner beauty? In response to that the teacher asked his student:

“Tell me, if you needed to buy a house, but you only had enough money for a beautiful outside, but a comfortless house, or a poor house, but warm and reliable. What would you choose?”

“I would rather choose a simple outside but convenient inside house.”

“But what if a vain person was buying a house, proud of his position, but not having enough resource to buy a beautiful and cosy house”, asked the teacher again.

“Surely, he would prefer the outer beauty of the house”, answered the student.

“I think you are right”, said the teacher and added, “but regardless of your choice, each of you would understand that you are missing beauty or comfort and would seek for it.”

“So it means that outer and inner beauty is essentially equivalent and valuable only in harmony?” asked Zhao Zeng.

“You can say that”, answered the teacher smiling, “but I thought foremost that when possessing a half, you always need to seek for a whole, not losing what you already have. Because a half will always be only a half, despite of how great it would be”.

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socializing

Socializing is defined as accepting the ideologies and terms of the society. But nowadays it has come up with a different meaning. By socializing today we mean making friends or for corporate people making contacts that will be beneficial in the future. Socializing is easy when you have a cheerful and enthusiastic mindset. Some suggestions on how to socialize are: 1. Just be yourself: The right people will be with you only when you are being yourself as fakeness cannot be with you forever. If you are an introvert be mysterious, if you are into sports or public speaking then just being humble can make you socialize better. The key here is being optimistic and loving yourself as you are. 2. Start by doing small things: Pay attention to how you look, be sure of your body language, it should be friendly. Listen more than you talk and try to have a one-on-one conversation with people. The key here is to make friends with all age groups. This will expand your knowledge too. Just be nice to others and see how the magic happens. 3. Find people who share your interests: Same mindset people get really well with each other. Try to join clubs or take up a hobby class. Stop worrying here about what people think of you. They will eventually start liking you if you are doing well. 4. Make fun of yourself: Once in a while, make fun of yourself. Being funny is an art, just practice and make fun once in a while. Don’t be insecure about yourself and get back up when you fall down. For more such content subscribe to my blog arispasho6.blogspot.com

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