Tao Thay Shang Men - English

Buying A Pair of Shoes
There was a guy who wanted to buy himself a pair of shoes. He measured the length of his feet with a string. Then he went to a market to buy them and brought along the string. However, due to his negligence, he lost the string which was used to measure his feet. He didn’t know if he lost it somewhere or forgot to bring it.
While choosing for shoes to buy then only he realized the string wasn’t there. Then he told the salesman: “Gosh, I didn’t bring the string which has the length of my feet!” Then he turn and ran back home. His house is quite a distance from that market, so when he came back, the market was empty and the shoe shop was already closed. He grumbled and blamed it to himself.
While grumbling about it, someone heard it over, and then the person asked: “Are you buying shoes for yourself or others?” Hearing the answer was that he was buying them for himself, he laughed and said: “Don’t you bring your feet with you? What do you need a measured string for? Guess what his answer is? He replied: “The string measures more accurate then my feet.”
To solve a problem, it is about to find the root of that problem and change according to the situation. Don’t stick to one point, or you will make mistakes and be a laughingstock.
Very often human is stubborn and unable to accept own weaknesses. So it is hard for him/her to move forward and improve to the right direction.