Painter's Trouble

Once a famous painter lived in a certain city. Thousands of people used to come to see his art exhibition. People would never get tired of praising his work.

One day, he thought that the people praise him only in front of him and talk about the mistakes in his work behind his back.

Thinking this, the next day, he woke up early morning and took one of his paintings at a busy intersection in the city.

There he kept his painting with a note written below :- "Whoever find any mistake in this painting they should put a mark on that place."

In the evening, when he went to the square to see the painting, he became sad as there were hundreds of marks on his painting.

Seeing this, he got very disappointed and silently picked up his painting and went home.

This incident left a negative impact on him and he stopped painting, as a result, he started shying away from meeting people.

One day his friend came to meet him. Seeing him, his friend realized that the painter was troubled by something after which he asked the reason to him. Painter narrated the whole incident to his friend with a sad heart.

Listening to it, his friend told him, "Let's do one thing. Once again you put a painting made by you at the same intersection but this time with a different note."

The painter agreed, Next morning he put a new painting at the intersection. With a note written below :- "Whoever finds any mistake in the painting, correct it."

In the evening when the painter and his friend went to check the painting, it was still the same as it was in the morning.

Painter was surprised to see this.

His friend noticed his surprise and said, "Do you understand something?"

Any fool can find mistakes and most fools do, but there are very few people who can correct those mistakes.

There is no point in unnecessarily taking the opinion of those people who only want to find fault in other's work and humiliate them.. when they neither have time nor knowledge to improve themselves.

Therefore, understand that the fault was not in your picture but in asking advice from such people!

Painter understood his friend's point and started doing what he loved to do.

Flash:- We should be selective about whose opinions and criticisms we value and seek. It's important to differentiate between those who genuinely want to help and those who only want to find fault or criticize without offering constructive feedback. Instead of letting negative feedback or criticism from people who don't have the knowledge or intention to improve themselves affect our self-esteem and deter us from our passions, we should focus on the opinions of those who can genuinely contribute positively to our growth and development.

Moral:- It teaches us to take advice from a person who knows the same profession. We should not be disheartened by the opinions of critics who only point out flaws instead to value the input of those who can provide constructive advice and support.

"Seek constructive minds, not faultfinders."