Simply Humility

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We are in Japan, in the time of the samurai and everyone was talking about a young samurai, who was the bravest, the strongest, he was also the best looking, the most handsome, but above all he defeated everyone.

And one day, the dean of samurai commented with the elders. Have you seen the young samurai? How brave, the strength he has, what an art! He always wins, every time he is doing, taekwondo, judo, he beats everyone. Or when he does his exercises as a samurai.

And they all smiled and said: Yes, yes teacher. Yes teacher, yes. But there was an old man, who looked at him and said: “I don't know what you are praising, or what glory you are saying, because I see him as a samurai just like the others. What difference is there? That he is stronger! They all answered.

Ah! Well then, let's do a test. I challenge you all and him and me we will fight, him with me. And whoever wins will be able to smile and they will recognize it. Nooo! They told him, Master Samurai, we ask and implore him not to try because he has enormous strength, he will kill you. Well, so be it, let's test it. Please no! No, master no, you are the wise one is the oldest, he can barely move. Let's try it, the old samurai insisted.

And they said to the brave almighty: "We have this proposition to make, everything will depend on you"

-HA HA HA HA, said the arrogant and proud young man. Of course! I accept the challenge.

Then they stood in the room facing each other. The first attack, he hit the old samurai so hard that he started to stagger a bit and almost fell. The young samurai began to laugh. “I'm going to finish it, I'm going to finish it! He is too old. "

But the old master told him we continue, we continue. "Well there you." And again he started. Two very strong blows that almost knocked him to the ground, but he jumped, the old samurai, got up and again said: We continue.

Then the young man turned and said "I have already won, for me, I have already won."

And they told him: “No. He is the one who will stay on the ground and will not be able to get up, the one who wins. " And at that moment the old samurai hit him and he fell to the ground round.

The young man seeing himself on the ground could not get up, and he looked at him and said: I implore you to help me get up, I cannot. All the samurai knelt before the old man and said: "We had doubted"

The old man replied:

Doubt is human, but it is Faith that gives you strength and if you doubt Faith goes away. And what has made him lose is to believe that he is young and that he is powerful. You never have to boast about your strength or your knowledge or your power, because the fall is greater.

So the young man once he was picked up, he leaned towards his old rival, we could put it that way.

He bowed, thanked him, and said:

"My first lesson, humility"

And he withdrew. And the old old man went with the wise men to have tea, to laugh and to say: We have also been young. Arrogance, pride, vanity move us, but it does not give us faith or strength.

My seeds, there comes a time when we believe that we are like that young man, we slow down our impulses a bit and see if we can get there or not, if we can only be the director of a hotel, a restaurant or be a good Teacher.

Humility is greater than power, even if you believe otherwise. And if you have Faith, nothing and no one can defeat us.

Believe me, try it and you will see.

With all my love

La Jardinera.