Is it true that you can never please everyone?
I am going to share a 1400 years old story. This is a (alleged) conversation between Prince Qin (who later become the Emperor of China) and his advisor, Xu (who later became the equivalent of Prime Minister).
The Prince asked Xu:
“Among all my advisors, you are most capable. Yet, a lot of people criticize you behind your back. Why so?”
Xu responded:
When it rains in Spring, farmers love it because it irrigates the crop; but travelers hated it because it turn roads into mud. When it is full moon in Autumn, pretty women in their leisure delight in its glow, yet thieves curse its revealing light.
If mother nature in all her mighty couldn’t please everyone, what can you expect from a humble servant such as me?”
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