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One day a young boy went to the store with his mother. The shop keeper looked at the small boy and showed him a jar full of candy and said: “Dear boy, you can take some of this candy”. But the young boy didn’t take any, he just stood there and kept looking at the jar full of candy.
The shop keeper was surprised that the young tiny boy did not take any of the candy from the jar. So the shop keeper again offered candy to the young boy and told him to not be afraid and to take a fist full of candy.
This time the mother also heard that and said… “Son take some candy”.
Yet the young boy still didn’t take any.
The shopkeeper thinking the young boy was too scared and embarrassed to take the candy, decided to give some candy himself from the jar. The young boy was very happy that he got so much candy from the shop keeper. He got two full fists of candy from the shop keeper which was too much for the young boy to hold in his hands, so the boy asked his mother for a small bag in which he could take all the candy home.
When the young boy and his mother returned back home, the mother asked the young boy, “Why didn’t you take the candy, when the shop keeper told you to take them, not once but twice?”
The young boy replied with the biggest smile on his face “Mom! My hands are very small and if I would have taken the sweets myself I would have less candy than I do now. Mom you saw how big hand the shop keeper had compared to mine.”
Lessons from this story:
- When you see an opportunity and others do not take it. If people will argue with you about your decision do not feel the need to explain yourself if you do not believe they are ready and willing to listen and understand your decision.
- Opportunities come to you in different “shapes and sizes” at the most unusual times. By thinking “outside the box” you will see more opportunities than others.
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