The Richest Man

This question was presented to the man called the Madman:

"Who is the richest man?"and he said: "The man who shares his wealth."

And he was told: "You are completely mad. If you share your wealth, you will lose it sooner or later and then you will be left with no wealth to share."

And the Madman answered: "All that we share, has the virtue of never coming to an end since to share is to give our best. One day it may be part of a kingdom, another day, may be advise, another day may be our time. There are so many things to share that they have beginning but never have end."

And he was told: "You speak nonsense."And the Madman said: "What seems nonsense to you, for me is simply to share a little of me."

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Author: Oscar Basurto Carbonell

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The Wisdom of the Madman

It happened in the town of the man called the Madman, that this given day, he was acting in a very absurd way. He was all dirty, painted all over with paint of different colors and a green helmet. He was also carrying a rifle and jumping up and down, pretending that he was shooting everybody. While he would laugh and cry at the same time.And many persons said: " Listen what are you doing? What game are you playing? Or are you already crazy?"He kept on jumping for a while just as if he was in the middle of a combat, but then, he came in front of the people and said: " It is true that I am playing and I am having a great time."What game are you playing? they said.
He, then, put a somber face, looked down and with a faltering voice while turning around, and almost like groaning, said: " I play, I play, I play like crazy trying to find world Peace." And he went away. People did not understand and said: " He is completely crazy."

The Mirror and the Wisdom of the Madman.

The man named Madman -a bit reflective and downcast- was in front of a mirror. And some of the most famous professors of a well known academy wanted to make fun of him and approached him saying: " What is the matter with you, why do you look at yourself in the mirror with timidity and lifeless? "

Then, he said, babbling as innocent child, starting to speak: " I have this mirror in front but I cannot see myself, I have tried several times. I have come near but I have not seen myself. I have tried to take it by surprise at night, and I even have hidden trying to see me but I didn't. I tried again at noon when there is a lot of light but I could not see myself."

Ha, ha, ha, they laughed. And said: " How come that you cannot see yourself? "

And they stood in front of the mirror saying: " Look at us, or maybe you cannot see us either? How come that we can see ourselves and you said that you cannot see yourself. If this is a mirror, it means that there is an image in front."

And the madman who seemed somewhat depressed said: " You cannot understand me yet. I cannot see you in the mirror either."

Ha, ha, ha, they laughed. And said: " Poor lunatic, he is crazier every new day."
And they left laughing. But he still was pensive and when they were at some distance, he said very softly:
" How sad that I cannot see myself in this mirror. Because for sure, I am not only that image reflected there."

We find these young students walking and they heard the crying of a man; they were concerned and tried to find out what was happening and their surprise was immense when they saw that the crying man was one known by the name of madman.
That man seemed to be very sad with a book in his hands, that apparently was reading with great sorrow. He was turning page by page and his crying sounded more as anguish.
These young students approached the man and one of them started laughing with an almost cruel laugh, while the others asked him: "What are you laughing about, maybe of this poor devil?" He laughed even more and answered: " Have you not realized that this madman is reading a book which pages are all blank? " ..continued..

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