" Happiness is looking in a mirror and liking what you see "

' The Sahu ' thinker from Egypt by name Awi ( Awi is an ancient Egyptian name meaning glory ) was once camping in China. He was not only a thinker but also was a great Artist. ( ' sahu ' is an Egyptian concept that deals with the concept of soul )
He was seen addressing a small gathering . He referred " yesterday - a broken pot ; today - a musical instrument ; and tomorrow - a cat on the wall " . He cited a scenario in a beach where old people who sit in idle talks in a corner belong to ' 'yesterday' ; the small boys who run about carrying a basket of edibles like ' nuts ' or ' sundal ' and earn their bread by selling them could be compared to ' today ' and the youth brooding near the sea-shore could be an example for ' tomorrow '. The man who drags the goat by a towel sprung around its neck for butchering is indeed worried about tomorrow. It would be more proper to say that the worries of tomorrow was dragging the man by a towel and not he , the goat. The sahu thinker advocated ' Live for today and taste its essence ' and " don't die today thinking of tomorrow ". The crowd shouted ' ha, ha ' and applauded with thunder .

The King of China sent his minister to listen to Awi, the sahu thinker from Egypt.
Awi was seen preaching, " if one needs to hear good counsel, he must come with a clean heart. He must come with an open mind without blemishes - no need to carry any burden or worries in his mind. He must unload everything from his mind first to receive anything new". One person in the audience raised the doubt how difficult it would be for relinquishing one's mind. Awi narrated a story about a villager who was travel ling in a train. The co-passengers could not resist asking him why he was carrying a load on his head which he could as well place it below. The villager replied that it was his son's wish and he could not deny. Those who were sitting near by, remarked that his son was not there and he could as well place the load down. The clever villager let the cat out by saying that what he was carrying on his head was his son only for whom he didn't buy any ticket. The sahu thinker clarified that we should not carry any burden like the villager in the train, when we wish to start fresh. He added that if some one wants to fill up fresh water in the pot, he must clear the pot first, clean it and keep it ready to fill the fresh water.

The King of China heard from his minister what the sahu thinker was preaching in the streets of China. He invited him to his Court and asked what he could do. Awi replied that he could do something what others could not do in any Art. The Head of Art in King's Court challenged Awi whether he was ready to compete with him to do a painting of his choice. The King made it clear that he would set two month's time from that date, both would use the opposite walls in the ' Diamond Hall ', a thick screen would serve as a divider between the artists and the decision whose art work proved to be the best would rest with the king.

The die was cast and king's artist seemingly appeared more busy and earnest in going about the job. The Sahu thinker was seen busy in his own way. People around were guessing who would emerge as the ultimate winner. The ' D' day arrived and the King was brought by the council of ministers to the' Diamond Hall' . The King's first choice was to study his country man's job and to his amazement the painting work of his man had come out superbly and the King was convinced that no other work could match with the masterpiece of a job carried out by his artist. The King remarked " SUPERB " before he opened the dividing screen.

What the King saw on the opposite wall ( alloted to the sahu thinker ) was ' a wonder ' . The king saw the VIRTUAL IMAGE of the work of his artist which , just a minute before, he had certified as ' the masterpiece ' . Awi, the sahu thinker, has polished the wall during the last two months in such committed manner that it then shined as a beautiful glassy mirror. The reflection in the mirror appeared to the king as an enhanced value of the masterpiece of art created by the artist of his court. The King admitted that Awi had done something which proved to be the beyond the thinking of anyone.

Awi, the sahu thinker , explained that he had created a new art by polishing the wall like a mirror to impress upon everyone to explore a new beginning. There is always a desire to capture meaningful portraiture of a person's once-in-a-lifetime moments. Awi added that he had converted the wall itself into a mirror to capture the portrait of the masterpiece work of the King's Artist.

The Sahu thinker went on to give a small lecture to the king and his men:-

(i) LIFE IS LIKE A MIRROR , WE GET THE BEST RESULTS WHEN WE SMILE AT IT.

(ii) LIFE LIKE A MIRROR NEVER GIVES BACK MORE THAN WHAT WE PUT INTO IT.

(iii) WHEN LOOKING FOR FAULTS, USE A MIRROR, NOT A TELESCOPE.

(iv) BEHAVIOR IS THE MIRROR IN WHICH EVERYONE SHOWS THEIR IMAGE.

(v) CONSCIENCE IS THE MIRROR OF THE SOULS WHICH REPRESENTS THE ERRORS OF OUR LIVES IN THEIR FULL SHAPE.

(vi) A GAME IS LIKE MIRROR THAT ALLOWS YOU TO LOOK AT YOURSELF.

(vii) HAPPINESS IS LOOKING IN A MIRROR AND LIKING WHAT YOU SEE.

The King of China appreciated the Awi's sound thoughts and asked the people to emulate the sahu thinker of Egypt.










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