October 14, 2009
A very poor Thai farmer learnt that his daughter wanted to marry the stonecutter of the village, very poor too. Furious against his daughter, he went away to look for a husband for her. He visited the Sun, thinking that he was the most beautiful and the most powerful and that he would know how to protect his daughter against the harshness of life and misery.
He asked the Sun: "Oh, you, who are the most powerful, I ask you to marry my daughter and protect her. There is enough misery in our family." The Sun thought and then said: "Nice man, if you look for the most powerful, I can not marry your daughter because the clouds are stronger than I, they can prevent me from shining on the world".
Thoughtful, the man started again and visited the clouds. He said: "Oh you Cloud, who are the most powerful, I ask you to marry my daughter and protect her. There is enough misery in our family." The cloud thought and then answered: "Man, if you look for the most powerful, I can not marry your daughter because the wind is stronger than I. It pushes me far away and scatters me".
Thoughtful, the man started again and went to find the Wind. He said: "Oh you Wind, who are the most powerful, I ask you to marry my daughter and protect her. There is enough misery in our family." The Wind thought and answered:" Man, if you look for the most powerful, I cannot marry your daughter because the Mountain is stronger than I. It is capable of stopping me."
The man, desperate, went to find the Mountain and he said: "Oh you Mountain, who are the most powerful, I ask you to marry my daughter and protect her. There is enough misery in our family." The Mountain thought and said: "Man, you who look for the most powerful, I cannot marry your daughter because below, quite below, there is a small stone-cutter who taps, taps, taps again, and reduces me to bits and pieces..."And the girl married the stonecutter.
Nothing in the world can take the place of perseverance.
Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent." CALVIN COOLIDGE
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