A
man once came to Swami Vivekananda with a problem. His kid ate way too
many sweets and the man was worried for his kid’s health. He wanted the
Swami to make the kid stop eating sweets. Vivekananda told the man to
come back a week later.
The man did, and
Vivekananda convinced the kid to stop eating limitlessly. This is how
the conversation went between the man and Vivekananda.
Man : “I see you easily convinced my kid, as expected. But why did you ask me to return a week later?”
Vivekananda : “Because
I love sweets too. How can I ask someone to do something which I'd
rather not do myself? I needed the week to make myself stop eating
sweets before I teach anything to your kid.”
Taught me a great life lesson.
credit:Juhi Mehta
source: quora