A king, with one leg and one eye, was generous and competent as a ruler. In his palace, portraits of his ancestors adorned the hallway. He invited painters across the kingdom and asked to paint a beautiful picture of him.
Most painters were confused about how to make a beautiful picture of the King. Only one painter came forward. He painted the King sitting on the horse with one leg visible, holding his bow and aiming the arrow with one eye closed.
Everyone was pleased to see that the painter had creatively highlighted the King’s positive characteristics but not the deficiencies.
So often, so many of us keep an eye on what is lacking and ignore the prevalent positive. We must learn to highlight the constructive and escape the tendency to be destructively judgemental.
To highlight is to attract attention and emphasize the important. The important is always the positive in another person. And we will evolve into positive personalities by highlighting the positive in others
Instead of loitering in the negative
It is best to highlight the positive!
- Pravin K. Sabnis
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