The young man was at the end of his training, soon would go on to be a teacher. Like all good pupils, he needed to challenge his teacher and to develop his own way of thinking. He caught a bird, placed it in one hand and went to see his teacher.
“Teacher, is this bird alive or dead?”
His plan was following: if his teacher said “Dead”, he would open his arms and the bird would fly away. If the answer was “Alive”, he would crush the bird between his fingers; that way the teacher would be wrong whichever answer he gave.
“Teacher, is the bird alive or dead?”
“My dear student, that depends on you” was the teacher’s reply.
(Taken from www.paulocoelhoblog.com)
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