COPYING OTHERS

ABOUT A HUNDRED YEARS AGO A MAN CAME TO A TOWN, ON HIS HORSE.
A PERSON CAME UP TO HIM AND TOLD HIM
NOT TO RIDE AROUND IN THIS TOWN ON A HORSE.
AS IN THIS TOWN EVERYBODY RIDES AROUND ON A BROOM STICK ,
AND THINKS IT IS A HORSE.

HE DID NOT KNOW WHAT TO DO.
SHOULD  HE RIDE AROUND ON A BROOM STICK, LIKE THE REST OF THE TOWN ?
OR SHOULD HE RIDE AROUND ON HIS HORSE ?
IF HE RIDES AROUND ON A HORSE HE IS MAD BY THEM,
IF HE RIDES AROUND ON A BROOM STICK HE WILL BE MAD IN HIS OWN EYES.
THE QUESTION IS WHAT IS MORE IMPORTANT TO BE MAD IN YOUR EYES ,
OR BE MAD IN OTHER PEOPLE'S  EYES ?

HE WENT TO ASK THE RABBI OF THE TOWN WHAT TO DO.
THE RABBI TOLD HIM TO DO LIKE THE REST OF THE TOWN ,
BUT YOU SHOULD NOT THINK THAT THIS BROOM STICK IS A HORSE ,YOU SHOULD KNOW  THAT IT IS A BROOM STICK.
I HAVE NOT GOT THE PATIENCE TO EXPLAIN THIS LESSON OF LIFE MORE CLEARLY.