RATIONALIZATION
Mulla
Nasruddin became very aged; he attained one hundred years. A reporter came to
see him, because he was the
oldest citizen around those parts. The reporter said, 'Nasruddin, there are a
few questions I would like to ask. One
is, do you think you will be able to live a hundred years more?'
Nasruddin said,
'Of course, because a hundred years ago I was not so strong as I am now.' A
hundred years before, he
was a child, just born, so he said: 'A hundred years ago I was not so strong as
I am now, and if
a small child, helpless, weak, could survive for a hundred years, why shouldn't
I?'