The Story About The Hat by Max Lucado
There is this boy lives in a town where all people are wearing hat according to their own self. A baker will have a baker's hat, a tailor will have a tailor;s hat, a carpenter will have a carpenter hat, all of them have their own accessories on the hat to show who they are.
So, everybody in this town will have a hat when they reach 17 years old. Actually, the father of this boy is the town hat maker. So, his father has made everybody's hat and will continue to make everybody's hat.
Then, the boy is so excited when he will be 17, that means he will get his own hat! But then, he is wondering, what kind of the hat he will have? So, he takes a walk in the town, and he meets the baker. "Ah, I have a perfect hat for you!" said the baker, then he gets a very big size baker hat and put on this boy's head. So heavy, and big, the boy said, never mind, he is a polite and nice boy, he is supposed to honor the baker.
He walks in the street and meets the tailor, and the tailor asks him to come into her house. She said to him," I don't think the baker's hat fits for you! Let me give you the tailor's hat, SEE! It fits PERFECT with you." And the boy thinks, really? But he is a polite boy and must not offend the adults when they talk. But he also think about the baker. So, he keeps both hats and put on at this head.
And he walks again, and meet the carpenter, the carpenter also gives him his hat, and finally, most of everybody in town give this boy their hat. But the boy is a polite boy, and he can not offend everybody and he is still also confused what hat that he wants.
So, he always wears all the hats that everybody gave him, even in the classroom. One day, the hats are so heavy in his head, and he falls down when teacher is teaching him a lesson in class and his friends are laughing at him. When the teacher sees that, she asks him to take out all the hats. "I can't, I will offend everybody, besides, I don't know what to choose from these hats, every hats is special." Teacher says to him, "YES, but you can't wear all those hats at the same time, you always fall down!"
Then, the boy is sad, and go home with all those hats (and having difficulty to hold the hats together in place!) and he meets his father (the hat maker). The father is amazed with all the hats the boy has in his head, and of course the father can see how difficult this boy holds all those hats together. And the father asks the boy, "Where do you get all these hats?" And the boy says, "It is from everybody."
The father smiles, "They look very heavy on your head." The boy nods. Then the father takes all those hats from the boy's head and says to him, " I am the hat maker, why don't you ask me of what kind of hat that suits for you?"
The boy just realizes that his father is THE hat maker. His father asks, "Do you want me to make your hat." The boy nods quickly.
His father smiles, "Come, tell me.......what kind of hat do you want?"
So, everybody in this town will have a hat when they reach 17 years old. Actually, the father of this boy is the town hat maker. So, his father has made everybody's hat and will continue to make everybody's hat.
Then, the boy is so excited when he will be 17, that means he will get his own hat! But then, he is wondering, what kind of the hat he will have? So, he takes a walk in the town, and he meets the baker. "Ah, I have a perfect hat for you!" said the baker, then he gets a very big size baker hat and put on this boy's head. So heavy, and big, the boy said, never mind, he is a polite and nice boy, he is supposed to honor the baker.
He walks in the street and meets the tailor, and the tailor asks him to come into her house. She said to him," I don't think the baker's hat fits for you! Let me give you the tailor's hat, SEE! It fits PERFECT with you." And the boy thinks, really? But he is a polite boy and must not offend the adults when they talk. But he also think about the baker. So, he keeps both hats and put on at this head.
And he walks again, and meet the carpenter, the carpenter also gives him his hat, and finally, most of everybody in town give this boy their hat. But the boy is a polite boy, and he can not offend everybody and he is still also confused what hat that he wants.
So, he always wears all the hats that everybody gave him, even in the classroom. One day, the hats are so heavy in his head, and he falls down when teacher is teaching him a lesson in class and his friends are laughing at him. When the teacher sees that, she asks him to take out all the hats. "I can't, I will offend everybody, besides, I don't know what to choose from these hats, every hats is special." Teacher says to him, "YES, but you can't wear all those hats at the same time, you always fall down!"
Then, the boy is sad, and go home with all those hats (and having difficulty to hold the hats together in place!) and he meets his father (the hat maker). The father is amazed with all the hats the boy has in his head, and of course the father can see how difficult this boy holds all those hats together. And the father asks the boy, "Where do you get all these hats?" And the boy says, "It is from everybody."
The father smiles, "They look very heavy on your head." The boy nods. Then the father takes all those hats from the boy's head and says to him, " I am the hat maker, why don't you ask me of what kind of hat that suits for you?"
The boy just realizes that his father is THE hat maker. His father asks, "Do you want me to make your hat." The boy nods quickly.
His father smiles, "Come, tell me.......what kind of hat do you want?"
How many times do we ask others' opinion about our lives? How many times do we ask others to get direction for our life' journey? Too much asking, too much opinion, and too much consideration. People keep telling us what to do best, what they THINK the best for us, but at the end, we might lose our identity. We might ended up getting even more confused with our lives. Dont we?
I am not telling you to stop asking others' opinion, but maybe we should stop depending to others' opinion, and believing that they (their opinions) are the truth. Maybe it's time to start asking "The Hat Maker", or in our case, "Our creator", who knows exactly the blue print of our lives. Maybe it's time to start searching for His will, and His will only in our lives. Only He knows the best for us, not our parents, our partner, our best friends, or even ourselves.
2 comments:
very nice :)
yes, a very nice story indeed :)
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