Two friends who lived opposite each other had sons. After some time, one of the boys developed speech problems associated with stuttering. The boy's parents were upset, but his grandparents calmed them down, saying:
“The main thing is that the boy is healthy in body, and his stuttering is being treated.”
The boys grew up friends and, as happens in childhood, sometimes played pranks, for which their parents punished them. The father of a healthy child, in a fit of anger, at times blamed the stutterer, and said to his son:
- There's a black mark in the family! This stutterer is a bad influence on you. Be less friends with him.
The guy was telling his friend what his father was saying about him. And of course this greatly upset the boy. He saw and felt that others sometimes treated him negatively, with ridicule. And one day, choking with resentment and indignation, he asked his mother with tears in his eyes:
- Mom, why am I so flawed? Everyone says I'm stupid, my tongue gets stuck. And also that our family has its fair share of blacks. And it's me who's the freak!
And my mother, stealthily wiping her tears, calmed him down and said:
- No, son. You are very, very smart! Your thoughts are so fast that your tongue simply cannot keep up with them. Therefore, do not pay attention to ridicule. Everyone who teases you is simply jealous of you, knowing that when you grow up, you will become the best of them, the richest and the most famous.
And my mother decided from the day when her son succeeded in something and made progress, to encourage him and say the phrase: “There is talent in the family.” Both father and grandparents supported this initiative. The guy believed the words of his family and this helped him resist the ridicule and hostility of others. Years passed, and he truly became the best among everyone in the area and the richest, just as his mother told him. And on his desk in his office there was a photograph of the whole family with the inscription “My talented family.”
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru