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War of Words

Shri Joseph Mattappally

  • Life’s Lessons / 175
  • 01-12-2022
  • 02 Min Read
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A king sent a message to the ruler of a neighbouring country. The message read:

"Send me a blue diamond as large as a pigeon's egg or else..."

The king on getting the message wrote back:

"We don't have such a diamond and if we had..."

The first king got very angry and declared war on his neighbour. The fighting went on for several months till a third king arranged a meeting between the two warring rulers. So they met and the first king said to the other:

"What did you mean when you said, 'Send me a blue diamond as large as a pigeon's egg or else...'?" "Why," he replied, "I meant a blue diamond as large as a pigeon's egg or else... some other diamond. I love diamonds. But what did you mean when you said, 'We don't have such a diamond and if we had-'?" "It is easy to guess my meaning," said the other man.

"What I wanted to say was, if we had such a diamond we would have gladly sent it to you."

The Kings pledged to write more clearly in future communications and embraced and made peace.

 Shri Joseph Mattappally
Shri Joseph Mattappally

Founder of Indian Thoughts

info@indianthoughts.in

These are short powerful messages from Shri Joseph Mattappally, Founder Director of Indian Thoughts. He is a corporate mentor, writer and Yoga teacher.

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