Thoughts: Nasrudin's stories

Earlier today, I had absolutely no idea what to write for my blog. Then as I was reading through a book on 'eloquence' (which I had absolutely no idea what it meant until I looked up 口才in english)... I saw this story on Nasrudin's story which meant something to me.

When I was a kid, my mum bought me books on Nasrudin's legacy and stories. In Chinese, he is also known as 阿凡提. A man with great wisdom, intellect and a quick mouth. This is one of his stories.

Patriotism and Money (正义与金钱):

One day, the King asked Nasrudin to his palace and asked him a question, "If you have, in front of you money and patriotism, which would you chose?"

Nasrudin answered "I chose money."

The king asked with a smirk "What is so important about money? Patriotism is more important to me. I'm not like you, who is only filled with thoughts about money."

Then Nasrudin answered with pride "Those whom lacks what they need, wants what they need. What you want, is what you lack!"

This mean a lot because it is very true. Like how i want someone to recognise my talents or just plain ol' me, but i do not get that. I can't say i have a lot of money but that is just not what i want...