Il y avait une fois dans un village un fermier sans le sou qui devait rembourser une importante somme money to an old man very ugly.
Like the farmer has a very pretty girl who really liked the old lender, the latter proposed a deal: he says he would erase the debt of the farmer if he could marry his daughter.
The farmer and his daughter were both horrified by this proposal. Then the old lender suggested that chance determines the outcome of the proposal. He told them he would put a white stone and black stone in an empty bag of money, and that the girl would have to pick, at random, one of two stones from the bag.
1) if she picks the black pebble, she becomes his wife and his father's debt is erased;
2) if she picks the white pebble she need not marry him and his father's debt is canceled;
3) if she refuses to pick a pebble, her father is imprisoned.
While continuing to talk, the ugly old stooped to pick up two pebbles. As he picked them up, the girl, who had a keen eye, remarked that he had picked up two black pebbles and that he had put in the bag.
But she said nothing.
Then the lender would asked the girl to dig into the bag.
This discussion took place on the way to the farmer's house, and the ground was strewn with pebbles. Imagine what
you would have done if you had been there. What would you advise the girl to do?
There are three possibilities:
1) the girl should refuse to pick a pebble;
2) the girl should get the two black pebbles in the bag to show that the old cheated;
3) the girl should pick a black pebble and sacrifice by marrying the old to save his father's imprisonment.
Take a moment to reflect on this situation.
This story is intended to make you appreciate the difference between thinking "logical" and thought so-called "side".
The dilemma of the girl can not be resolved fairly by the traditional logical thinking.
Think of the consequences of each of the three options. So what would you do?
Well here's what the girl said:
she dug into the bag and took out a stone let it escape to the ground immediately, without having seen, and he mingled with the multitude of spontaneously other pebbles on the ground.
"Oh, I can be clumsy," exclaimed the girl, "but what if I get out of the bag the stone that remains, we'll see where I had dug in the first, is it not? " Since the remaining pebble was black, the first could only be dug stone white.
As the old lender dared not admit his dishonesty, the girl turned a situation that seemed impossible in a very advantageous outcome!
Moral of this story:
There is a solution for most complex problems, we just do not know things always look at the correct angle.
May your journey be filled with positive thoughts and wise decisions!
Like the farmer has a very pretty girl who really liked the old lender, the latter proposed a deal: he says he would erase the debt of the farmer if he could marry his daughter.
The farmer and his daughter were both horrified by this proposal. Then the old lender suggested that chance determines the outcome of the proposal. He told them he would put a white stone and black stone in an empty bag of money, and that the girl would have to pick, at random, one of two stones from the bag.
1) if she picks the black pebble, she becomes his wife and his father's debt is erased;
2) if she picks the white pebble she need not marry him and his father's debt is canceled;
3) if she refuses to pick a pebble, her father is imprisoned.
While continuing to talk, the ugly old stooped to pick up two pebbles. As he picked them up, the girl, who had a keen eye, remarked that he had picked up two black pebbles and that he had put in the bag.
But she said nothing.
Then the lender would asked the girl to dig into the bag.
This discussion took place on the way to the farmer's house, and the ground was strewn with pebbles. Imagine what
you would have done if you had been there. What would you advise the girl to do?
There are three possibilities:
1) the girl should refuse to pick a pebble;
2) the girl should get the two black pebbles in the bag to show that the old cheated;
3) the girl should pick a black pebble and sacrifice by marrying the old to save his father's imprisonment.
Take a moment to reflect on this situation.
This story is intended to make you appreciate the difference between thinking "logical" and thought so-called "side".
The dilemma of the girl can not be resolved fairly by the traditional logical thinking.
Think of the consequences of each of the three options. So what would you do?
Well here's what the girl said:
she dug into the bag and took out a stone let it escape to the ground immediately, without having seen, and he mingled with the multitude of spontaneously other pebbles on the ground.
"Oh, I can be clumsy," exclaimed the girl, "but what if I get out of the bag the stone that remains, we'll see where I had dug in the first, is it not? " Since the remaining pebble was black, the first could only be dug stone white.
As the old lender dared not admit his dishonesty, the girl turned a situation that seemed impossible in a very advantageous outcome!
Moral of this story:
There is a solution for most complex problems, we just do not know things always look at the correct angle.
May your journey be filled with positive thoughts and wise decisions!
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