Once a man spent long time in search of a girl of choice to get marry but the best age of wedding passed away during this exploration.
However, he finally found a girl of choice and sent her a proposal to tie the knot. The young girl agreed to enter in marriage with him but set two conditions.
The first was that after wedding, the husband would always sit among young men. The second was that he would always come to the house by jumping over the wall. Accepting the conditions, they got married. The elderly husband would sit among young men and gossip. Young men obviously only talk about girls and love.
He was not interested in the prices of the markets, nor did he have anything to do with topics like the Great Wall of China. The mood of elderly person was always good and lively. Whenever he went home, he would climb over the wall and jump into the house with a jerk.
However, the old acquaintances of the elderly man found him one day.
They took him to their pavilion, hugging him and surrounding him. What should we talk about there now? All of them started talking about their health and other problems.
One of them said: My friend, I am dying of knee pain. I sit and pray.
My friend, I can’t even do ablution. My brother, my spine has cracked. The doctor says don’t be shocked. My friend, I can’t see anything. Yesterday I drank kerosene instead of water.
If I have a drip, I’m going to die.
As elderly man listened to words of his friends, his morale dropped to the ground. After some time, the meeting was dismissed and the elderly man started walking towards him home with dragging feet. When he reached home, the wall of his house seemed to be China wall to him.
He didn’t have the courage to jump over the wall. He waited for few minutes and afterwards repeatedly knocked the door. The wife said: “It seems you have attended the meeting of your elderly friends so you have lost the courage. That’s why, I have asked you to sit among the young people.”
Conclusion:
A man does not grow old and loses courage but sitting among elderly and distressed people reduces his courage and turns him decrepit. According to psychologists, the teachers do not grow old quickly because they stay among the children. Thus, environment neutralizes the effects of time and space on them.
