Unappreciated Presents
"The most valuable thing to give is time"- my belief
Last week I got a call from a friend. He said he needed some time to discuss an opportunity. We agreed to meet this week and he was to schedule it.
Even though I did not hear from him I fully expected to spend time helping him. So Friday night I called him and we agreed to meet with a group on Saturday morning. I looked forward to listening and helping him.
Saturday morning came we gathered and bought extra bay-nays and coffee for our friend. After one half hour we called him and he did not respond. After 45 minutes he sent a text saying that he would not be able to make it.
This did not sit too well with me. After all he chose to reach out and I responded to his request. I even helped arrange the meeting. It made no difference. Maybe I am judging him too hard? Then I remembered a story...
Many years ago I was working out with a Kempo master. He had created a form and took a group of us and decided to share it with us. We spent about an hour working on it. It was a cool form.
A week later the master asked us to demonstrate to him what we learned. One of the students just shook him head saying that he did not remember it at all. He asked the teacher to show it to him again. The teacher was disappointed.
He looked at the student and told him that a week ago he had given him a present. He felt that the student had taken the gift stomped in it and was not asking for the gift again. The master refused.
Today's question is:
"Do you stump on the presents that are given to you?"
"The most valuable thing to give is time"- my belief
Last week I got a call from a friend. He said he needed some time to discuss an opportunity. We agreed to meet this week and he was to schedule it.
Even though I did not hear from him I fully expected to spend time helping him. So Friday night I called him and we agreed to meet with a group on Saturday morning. I looked forward to listening and helping him.
Saturday morning came we gathered and bought extra bay-nays and coffee for our friend. After one half hour we called him and he did not respond. After 45 minutes he sent a text saying that he would not be able to make it.
This did not sit too well with me. After all he chose to reach out and I responded to his request. I even helped arrange the meeting. It made no difference. Maybe I am judging him too hard? Then I remembered a story...
Many years ago I was working out with a Kempo master. He had created a form and took a group of us and decided to share it with us. We spent about an hour working on it. It was a cool form.
A week later the master asked us to demonstrate to him what we learned. One of the students just shook him head saying that he did not remember it at all. He asked the teacher to show it to him again. The teacher was disappointed.
He looked at the student and told him that a week ago he had given him a present. He felt that the student had taken the gift stomped in it and was not asking for the gift again. The master refused.
Today's question is:
"Do you stump on the presents that are given to you?"
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