One day a little boy asked his father, "What does the word 'great' mean? Who are great people and1do they become great?"
The father asked his son to bring two plants and then told him to plant one of them inside the house and2outside the house. The boy did as his father said.
The father asked his son, "Which of the two plants do you think will be bigger and3?"
The boy replied, "The plant inside the house will be safer,4it will grow bigger, while the plant outside the house faces trouble. No one will be there to5it. It may be eaten by animals. "
The father smiled and said, "Let's wait6. We will know the answer. "
Then the boy left home for study and after four years he7to his house. He said to his father, "Look,8happens to this plant inside the house and it grows well."
When the boy went outside, he was very9to see a big tree. The boy couldn't believe his eyes. He couldn't10how the plant outside was able to grow much bigger than the plant inside the house.
"The plant outside the house faced every11and many difficulties!" the father12to his son why the plant outside was bigger, "The plant inside was safe, it didn't face weather changes, and it didn't get13sunlight, so it didn't become big."
Here is the14to the question about being great: To become a great person, one must have failed many times, experienced many difficulties and15those difficulties.
Only after that he is able to become great.
