Better Cities:The Pupil and The Flute

Book Information The Pupil and The Flute
ID	xx0982E7
	25		1.0
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Found in the following locations: Sold by book merchants and found in random containers as loot.

The Pupil and The Flute

A lesson on acceptance.

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"I'm so unhappy. I must be a bad person," the student complained to the teacher.

"You are not a bad person, but you need to change."

"How so? If I'm not bad, then why should I change?"

"I'd better show you, the teacher advised."

He gave the student a flute with a request to play any melody. The student did not know how to play the flute, but he raised the instrument to his lips, began to blow into it and alternately close the holes. Nothing but whistling and wheezing sounds came out of the pipe.

"You see what happens," said the teacher. "And if you learn to play it, the music will be completely different. What will change? You will play the same, and the pipe will be the same, both hands and air, but It will be completely different music that will soothe, heal and uplift the soul."

Moral: you have everything you need. It may seem bad, but only because you still do not know how to extract harmony from it. When you learn to harmoniously control your thoughts and will, then in the hands of your soul, these instruments will become obedient. Then you will understand that shortcomings are nothing more than your brightest virtues, which you have not yet learned to use.