A troubled mother took her daughter to
see Mohandas Gandhi,
who was world-renowned for his great
spiritual discipline. It seems
the young girl had become
addicted to eating sweets, and her mother
wanted Gandhi to speak
to her about this harmful habit and convince
her to drop it.
Upon hearing this request, Gandhi paused in silence
and then told
the mother, "Bring the girl back to me in three weeks
and I
will speak to her then."
Just as she was instructed, the mother returned with her
daughter, and Gandhi, as he had promised, spoke to the girl about
the detrimental effects of eating too many sweets. He
counseled her to give them up.
The mother gratefully thanked Gandhi, but was perplexed.
"Why," she asked him, "did you not speak to my
daughter when we first came to you?"
"My good woman," Gandhi replied, "three weeks
ago I myself was still addicted to sweets!"
unattributed
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