A Beggar and Selfsteem A beggar was sitting at a bus station with a bowl of pencils. A young executive passed by and dropped a dollar into the bowl and grabbed a bunch of pencils, and said, “I will take some pencils. They are priced right. After all, you are a business person and so am I,” and he dashed into his car. A year later, the executive attended a party. The beggar was also there, dressed in a suit and tie. The beggar recognized the executive, went up to him, and said, “You probably don’t recognize me, but I remember you.” He then narrated the incident that had happened a year before. The executive said, “Now that you remind me, I do recall that you were beggar. What are you doing here in a suit and tie?” The beggar replied, “You probably don’t know what you did for me that day. Instead of giving me charity, you treated me with dignity. You grabbed the bunch of pencils and said, “I will take some pencils. They are priced right. After all, you are a business person and so am I.” After you left, I thought to my self: “What am I doing here? Why am I begging? I decided to do something constructive with my wife. I packed my bag, started working and here I am. I just want to thank you for giving me back my dignity. That incident changed my life.” What changed in the beggar’s life was that his self-esteem went up and so did his performance.
Posted on: Sun, 08 Sep 2013 15:03:46 +0000
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