village?” To this Veljibapa asked them what they thought of the people of their own village. The family appreciated their fellow villagers heartily saying,“ The people of our village are very friendly and helpful. They support each other even in the highs and lows of life.”“ then why do you want to move if you alredy have such wonderful people living around you?” asked Veljibapa.“ We need a bigger house, we found that we would require a lot more money to renovate our house, than to just buy a new house.” Veljibapa replied saying that Tarapur was also a village with kind hearted and understanding people. He told the family to move to his village and live happily.
After the family left, Veljibapa ' s friend questioned him saying,“ You are a p r e t t y c o n f u s i n g m a n! Yo u discouraged the first family from moving to our village saying the people are not
cooperative, and are selfish and all, and to the second family you said that the people are kind hearted and understanding! I don ' t understand you!”
“ The world appears as you see it. It is your vision that defines what comes forth to you. The first family members kept on finding faults in their villagers. They will do the same if they came to our village. Whereas, the second family said positive things about their own villagers. Thus they would find everyone kind and helpful in our village.” Said veljibapa kindly.
“ You truly are a wise man!” r e p l i e d h i s friend in awe.
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