Oyasama says:<\/p>\n
\u201cBecause people like you, God also likes you.\u201d One day, a grandmother spreads beans on a square floor cushion and says to her grandson: \u201cWhy don\u2019t you pinch and lift the center of the cushion?\u201d When the boy does as she says, all the beans roll off the cushion.<\/p>\n \u201cThis time,\u201d says the grandmother after putting the beans back on the cushion, \u201cwhy don\u2019t you press down the center of the cushion?\u201d When the boy does so, she says: \u201cThat\u2019s it. Now what happened? The beans rolled toward the center of the cushion, its lowest point, didn\u2019t they? People are like these beans, too. If we value ourselves too highly and become haughty, our friends will leave us, much as the beans rolled away from the center of the cushion when the center was lifted. In contrast, if our heart is humble and loving, people will naturally come toward us, even if we don\u2019t try to draw anyone to ourselves, just as the beans rolled toward the lowest point of the cushion.\u201d<\/p>\n No matter how much money we have and what position we hold, others will try to distance themselves from us if we are haughty and arrogant. Power cannot control others\u2019 minds or hearts. Arrogance leads to loneliness.<\/p>\n On the other hand, there are people we want to talk to when we have a problem. They are the kind of people who are humble to everyone and good at listening. We all have experiences where all our problems seem to vanish the instant we are in someone\u2019s presence. Others are drawn to such people, as if by a magnet. Oyasama encourages us to become such people.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Oyasama says: \u201cBecause people like you, God also likes you.\u201d Anecdotes of Oyasama, no. 87, \u201cBecause People Like You\u201d One day, a grandmother spreads beans on a square floor cushion and says to her grandson: \u201cWhy don\u2019t you pinch and lift the center of the cushion?\u201d When the boy does\u2026<\/p>\n
\nAnecdotes of Oyasama<\/em>, no. 87, \u201cBecause People Like You\u201d<\/p>\n