be the change...

i am always inspired by gandhiji's stories. here's one a shared with me this morning -

In the 1930s, a young boy had become obsessed with eating sugar. His mother was very upset about this, but no matter how much she scolded him and tried to break his habit, he continued to please his sweet tooth. Frustrated, she decided to take her son to see his idol - Mahatma Gandhi, with a hope that he would listen to him.

She walked miles under the scorching sun to Gandhi’s ashram. There, she shared with Gandhi her predicament. -
“Bapu, my son eats too much sugar. It is not good for his health. Would you please advise him to stop eating it?”

Gandhi listened to the woman carefully, thought for a while and replied,
“Please come back after two weeks. I will talk to your son.”

The woman looked perplexed and wondered why he had not asked the boy to stop eating sugar right away. She took the boy by the hand and went home.

Two weeks later they revisited Gandhi. Gandhi looked directly at the boy and said,
“Boy, you should stop eating sugar. It is not good for your health.”

The boy nodded and promised he would not continue this habit any longer. The boy’s mother was puzzled. She turned to Gandhi and asked,
“Bapu, Why didn’t you tell him that two weeks ago when I brought him here to see you?”

Gandhi smiled,
“Mother, two weeks ago I was eating a lot of sugar myself.”