The Power of Humility
OSHO
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Why do people want power?
Because whatever they are doing is not respected. A shoemaker is not respected like the president of a country . In reality , he may be better as a shoemaker than the president is as a president. Abraham Lincoln's father was a shoemaker, and Lincoln became the US president.The first speech that Lincoln delivered on the inauguration of his first term was interrupted right at the beginning. A man stood up and showing his shoes said, “Mr Lincoln, by accident, you have become the president. But never forget that your father was a shoemaker. In fact, in my family , your father used to come to make shoes for everybody . The shoes I am showing you were made by your father.“
The whole Senate laughed; they thought they had humiliated Lincoln. But with tears in his eyes, Lincoln said, “I am immensely grateful to you for reminding me of my father.He was a perfect shoemaker, and I know I cannot be that perfect a president. I cannot beat him. But I will try my best to at least reach close to his greatness. As for your family and the shoes my father has made, I can inform the whole Senate that there may be other aristocratic families that my father used to make shoes for.He has taught me a little bit of the art of shoemaking too. If his shoes are not working well -if they pinch you, if they are too tight, or too loose -I can always mend them. I am my own father's son. Of course, it will not be the same as my father, but he is dead.“
Because whatever they are doing is not respected. A shoemaker is not respected like the president of a country . In reality , he may be better as a shoemaker than the president is as a president. Abraham Lincoln's father was a shoemaker, and Lincoln became the US president.The first speech that Lincoln delivered on the inauguration of his first term was interrupted right at the beginning. A man stood up and showing his shoes said, “Mr Lincoln, by accident, you have become the president. But never forget that your father was a shoemaker. In fact, in my family , your father used to come to make shoes for everybody . The shoes I am showing you were made by your father.“
The whole Senate laughed; they thought they had humiliated Lincoln. But with tears in his eyes, Lincoln said, “I am immensely grateful to you for reminding me of my father.He was a perfect shoemaker, and I know I cannot be that perfect a president. I cannot beat him. But I will try my best to at least reach close to his greatness. As for your family and the shoes my father has made, I can inform the whole Senate that there may be other aristocratic families that my father used to make shoes for.He has taught me a little bit of the art of shoemaking too. If his shoes are not working well -if they pinch you, if they are too tight, or too loose -I can always mend them. I am my own father's son. Of course, it will not be the same as my father, but he is dead.“
