And that’s Why We Respect Our Elders

By Mikesociable

There is a story about a poor wise man, who was invited to move to a rich man’s house. He refused saying: “On no condition will I settle in a place with no sages around!” – “But you are the greatest sage of the generation!” – exclaimed the rich man. – “Who else will you learn from?” The wise man replied: “Even the greatest sage will turn into ignoramus, if he surrounds himself with stupid people”.

Hence, we should follow the well-known advice: “Make yourself a Teacher, buy yourself a friend”. In other words, we must create our own environment, because only this factor may lead us to success. Having chosen our surroundings, we become totally dependent on it, like clay in a sculptor’s hands.

2 thoughts on “And that’s Why We Respect Our Elders”

  1. Oh yeah I’ve already seen this vid from someone’s blog and I couln’t help but laugh!

    It’s really not fair how some people treat the elders. Don’t they know that just a few years from now, they’d be one of them too? Would they love it if everybody hates them because they’re already old? The best thing that we could do for elders is to love them, and pamper them. Is it too much to ask? I hope not. It still hurts when they die even if we already expected that. Don’t wait til it’s already late, let’s show love to them now.

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