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One day,
during an evening class for adults, the psychology Teacher entered the
class and told his students, “Let’s all play a game!” “What Game?” asked
the students. The Teacher asked one of the students to volunteer. A
lady named Aliza came forward.
The Teacher asked her to write
about 30 names of most important people in her life on blackboard. Aliza
wrote her family members names and relatives names, friends names, her colleagues names and her neighbors names.
The Teacher told her “Please erase 3 names from the list that you
consider most unimportant”. Aliza erased names of her colleagues. The
Teacher again told her to delete 5 more names. Aliza did as the Teacher
instructed and this time she erased her neighbor's names. This went on
until there were just four names left on the blackboard.
Aliza
now hesitated as the names left were of her mother, father, husband and
her son... The entire class became silent and they realized that this
wasn’t a game anymore for Aliza. She had to make the difficult choice.
The Teacher told her to delete two more names. Eliza unwillingly
deleted her parents names. “Please delete one more” said the professor.
Aliza became very nervous and with trembling hands she deleted her son’s
name. Aliza cried out painfully...
The Teacher told Aliza to
take her seat. And after a while asked her why she didn’t choose her
parents or her son instead of her husband as the parents are the ones
that nurtured her and the son is the one she gave birth to while she
could find another husband. “Why is your husband the most important for
you?” He asked.
It was totally quiet in the class, everyone was
curious to know her response. Aliza calmly and slowly said, “One day my
parents will pass away before me. Surely, my son will also leave me when
he grows old for his studies or business or whatever reason. The only
one who I truly share my entire life with, is my Husband”. All the
students stood up and applauded for her in a great excitement.
We
meet many people in our lives. They come and they go. Some stay for a
while, some stay forever. Respect every relation, but know the
priorities.
(PS: If it would be a man in place of Aliza he would choose his wife and give the same reasons as Aliza did.)
Well, who would you choose if you were in Aliza’s place ?
Get your answer READY!! 😊
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