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The following fable was once told by Dr. Joseph Perry Green during a lecture in New York: I am sharing this story with you, because I believe most people have issues with self-image, specially for young people. Hope this help in brightening up your day and hope everyone will have the passion to keep improving one’s self.

“A common mongrel cat and a fine Persian cat often met in an alley. The alley cat
noticed that people seemed to love the Persian cat very much. She was petted and fed,
and everybody was kind to her and called to her when they saw her.
But with the alley cat things went in the reverse. Nobody came near to pet her; in fact,
everybody seemed to run away from her, except the boys and dogs, which would chase
her, and the other cats of the neighborhood, who were constantly fighting with and
abusing her.
Once day she asked the Persian cat what made the tremendous difference between them;
why it was that she, the Persian cat, received such good treatment from everybody, while
she, the poor alley cat, was created so shamefully?
The Persian cat replied, ‘Why, that is because I am puffed up. I know I am some cat! The
reason you get such treatment as you do is because everybody can see that you think you
are nothing but a miserable, despised, mongrel cat.’
The poor alley cat felt terribly depressed and despondent, and asked how she could
change all this. The Persian cat told her “begin believing in and setting goal for yourself.
Repeat to yourself constantly: ‘I am a wonderful cat; everybody loves me, everybody is
kind to me.’
The alley cat commenced doing this and soon she noticed that the treatment she received
began to change very quickly. This encouraged her to keep thinking better of herself.
She kept affirming that she was ‘some cat,’ and gradually she was recognized as such,
although she had no Persian blood in her. She had, however, adopted the Persian cat
consciousness.
The alley-cat consciousness was cast out by the larger, richer consciousness she had
adopted.”