Once upon a time in Chinese ancient, a wise father lived with his son in a peaceful village. His father really loved his son and in educating his son he never scolded him and used violence.
One day, the father ask his son to accompany him to a town to buy a horse. They took a chaise from the village to town, because the distance so far, indefatigable, his son so happy because this was the first time he went to town.
At the town, his son who looked so happy keep on watching entire town, he looked right and left, and accidentally, he saw there were a drama performance in the middle of the town, and he had a desire to watch that. He separated his self from his father who walked a head his son to the market.
The noon was going down so fast, the father was so panic looking for his son, after knowing his son not at his back side. He look worried, he passed every corner of the market to find his beloved son. Finally, in his confusion, he sat at the city park near the market, with his empty sight. Without noticing, his son who has watched the drama performance approached his father. Watching his son came the father looked so happy and said :
“where have you been, I search the entire town to look after you but I can’t find you”
“I follow you from the behind, but you run so quickly, I was left and astray.” His son lied.
The father knew his son lied, smiled and said :
“okay, I am your father and I am not good enough to take care of you, and made you astray, let’s go home, the day is getting dark now. I have bought this horse, please ride this horse home, I will walk home on my foot to reflect my fault.”
His son looked so shocked listening to his father’s answer, intended to speak, but his father has walked a head to his home. In his contrition, his son saw his father who walked in sweat in his face, keep on walking home, to accompany his father, his son slowing down his horse.
The father has walked for hours, then his son was crying and ride off from the horse asked his father to ride on his horse and said :
“I know I was wrong, I have lied, please don’t torture yourself anymore, please ride on this horse.”
The father smiled and hugged his beloved son.
~Violence can not face with violence, but should be faced with gentle, what a great proverb, as a reflection of the father from the story above, in educating our child should be fulfilled with love, educate without violence, a wise action we should follow. If we can follow this pattern, surely this world will be fulfilled with happiness.~
