{"id":45172,"date":"2022-09-16T00:02:17","date_gmt":"2022-09-15T21:02:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lecturesbureau.gr\/1\/?p=45172"},"modified":"2022-09-15T21:48:48","modified_gmt":"2022-09-15T18:48:48","slug":"they-thought-they-were-ridiculing-abraham-lincoln-3042","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lecturesbureau.gr\/1\/they-thought-they-were-ridiculing-abraham-lincoln-3042\/?lang=en","title":{"rendered":"They thought that they had made a fool of Abraham Lincoln (OSHO)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I am reminded of Abraham Lincoln. When he became the president of America, his father was a shoemaker. And, naturally, egoistic people were very much offended that a shoemaker&#8217;s son should become the president. They were aristocrats, super rich, who thought that it was their birthright to be in the highest post. A shoemaker&#8217;s son?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>On the first day, as Abraham Lincoln entered to give his presidential inaugural address, just in the middle one man stood up. He was a very rich aristocrat. He said, &#8220;Mr. Lincoln, you should not forget that your father used to make shoes for my family.&#8221; And the whole senate laughed; they thought that they had made a fool of Abraham Lincoln.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>But Lincoln and that type of person &#8211; is made of a totally different mettle. Lincoln looked at the man and said, &#8220;Sir, I know that my father used to make shoes in your house for your family, and there will be many others here&#8230;because the way he made shoes, nobody else can. He was a creator. His shoes were not just shoes, he poured his whole soul in it. I want to ask you, have you any complaint? &#8211; because I know how to make shoes myself; if you have any complaint I can make another pair of shoes. But I know that nobody has ever complained about my father&#8217;s shoes. He was a genius, a great creator, and I am proud of my father!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The whole senate was struck dumb. They could not understand what kind of man Abraham Lincoln was. He had made shoemaking an art, a creativity. And he was proud because his father did the job so well that not even a single complaint had ever been heard. And even though he was the president of America, he was ready to make another pair if there was any complaint.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The man looked silly. Lincoln insisted, &#8220;You have to speak! Why have you become dumb? You wanted to make me a fool, and now, look all around: you have made a fool of yourself.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>It does not matter what you do. What matters is how you do it &#8211; of your own accord, with your own vision, with your own love. Then whatever you touch becomes gold.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>OSHO<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am reminded of Abraham Lincoln. When he became the president of America, his father was a shoemaker. And, naturally, egoistic people were very much offended that a shoemaker&#8217;s son should become the president. 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