Intelligent Beggar - How to behave like a fool
Author :
Daisy
Blog :Circulated Stories
Date: 4/16/2012 5:49:00 AM
Mullah Nasrudin (the central figure in almost all tales of the Sufitradition) had already become a sort of attraction at the main marketin the town.
Whenever he went there to beg, people would show him a large coin and a small one: Nasrudin always chose the small one.
A generous man who was tired of seeing everyone laugh at Nasrudin, explained to him:
“When people offer you two coins, choose the larger one. Then you will have more money, and people will not think you a fool.”
“You are surely right”, replied Nasrudin.
“But if I always chose the larger coin, people would stop offering memoney, in order to prove that I am a greater fool than they are.
“And then I would no longer receive enough for my food.
“There is nothing wrong with appearing to be a fool, if what you are doing is in fact intelligent.”