There is a
story told about the great Indian leader Mahatma Gandhi. A woman and her
young daughter walked several miles for a meeting with the leader. After
waiting for a period of time, they finally were let in to see him. The
woman said, “Mr. Gandhi, I need you to tell my daughter something
important. She eats too much candy; it is not good for her. She
respects you. Tell her to stop eating candy.” Gandhi said to the
woman, “I want you and your daughter to come back in three weeks.”
Three weeks later the woman and her daughter again walked several miles to see
Gandhi. He let them in and told the girl, “I want you to stop eating
candy. It is not good for you.” The girl agreed. When they
left, Gandhi’s advisors questioned him. “That woman and her daughter had
to walk several miles. Why did you make them come back a second
time?” Gandhi replied, “I made them come back three weeks later because I
had to see. Could I give up eating candy?”
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