El ❤️ de las personas/ The ❤️ of the people🌈

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The story goes that at the entrance to a quiet little town there was an old man sitting on a bench.

Since he was already retired and was the oldest man in the town, he spent the day sitting, greeting everyone who entered and left the little town.

One day a stranger arrived, approached him and after greeting he asked:

-Sir, I plan to stay and live in this place. What are the people of this town like?
-First tell me what the people of the town where you lived were like, the old man answered.
-The people in the town where I lived were gossipy, scheming, bitter, they were always in a bad mood, that's why I decided to move.
-Ah, wow, what a coincidence, the people of this town are the same, gossiping, bitter and scheming, the old man explained.

A few minutes later, another man interested in living in the town was entering the city. Upon seeing the old man, he approached him and asked him the same question:

-What are the people of this town like?
-Before I answer, tell me what the people were like in the city you lived in?
-The people in the town where I lived were helpful, happy, hard-working, honest, friendly and very happy.
-That's the same way the people of this place are!, said the old man.

Another man who was sneakily nearby and listening to the conversations, asked the old man:

-How is it possible that you give two totally opposite, different answers to the same question?
-What happens is that both bitterness, frustrations, as well as joy and optimism, are personal burdens and behaviors that people have and that they carry with them to any part of the world where they reside, the problem is not in the environment but in the hearts of the people.

Credits to the author.

Cuenta la historia que en la entrada de un tranquilo pueblecito había un anciano sentado en un banco.

Como ya estaba retirado y era el hombre más viejo del poblado, pasaba el día sentado, saludando a todo el que entraba y salía del pueblecito.

Un día llegó un forastero, se le acercó y luego de saludar preguntó:

-Señor, pienso quedarme a vivir en este lugar, ¿Cómo es la gente de este pueblo?
-Primero dígame usted como era la gente del pueblo donde usted vivia, le contestó el anciano
-La gente del pueblo donde yo vivia era chismosa, intrigante, amargados, siempre estaban de mal humor, por eso decidí mudarme
-Ah, caray!, que casualidad, la gente de este pueblo es así mismo, chismosa, amargada e intrigante, explicó el anciano.

A los pocos minutos estaba entrando a la ciudad otro hombre interesado en vivir en el poblado, quien al ver al anciano se le acercó y le hizo la misma pregunta:

-¿Cómo es la gente de este pueblo?
-Antes de contestarle, dígame como era la gente de la ciudad en que usted vivia?
-La gente del pueblo donde vivia era servicial, alegre, trabajadora, honrada, amigable y muy alegre
-Así mismo es la gente de este lugar!, dijo el anciano.

Otro hombre que disimuladamente estaba cerca y escuchando las conversaciones, le preguntó al anciano:

-¿Cómo es posible que usted le de dos respuestas totalmente opuestas, diferentes, a una misma pregunta?
-Lo que ocurre es que tanto la amargura, las frustraciones, así como la alegría y el optimismo, son cargas personales y comportamientos que la gente tiene y que llevan a cualquier parte del mundo donde residan, el problema no está en el entorno sino en el corazón de las personas.

Créditos al autor.