32. Fourth time lucky!
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A young man comes up to his father and shares, 'Dad, I'm in love with the pretty young girl next door, and I'm going to propose to her!' The father immediately says, 'Oh, no! You can't do that!' 'But why?' asks the son. 'Because she's your half-sister!' says the father. The son is shocked to hear this, but he obeys his father's words.
A month later, he comes to his father and says, 'Dad, you remember the girl who stays opposite us? I plan to start dating her.' Again, the father cries out, 'Don't do that! She's your half-sister! And please don't tell your mother about it!' The son is really mad at his father, but he shuts up and listens to him.
The third time, the son finds another girl, and his father repeats the same thing. This time, the son decides that it is too much. He rushes to his mother and tells her everything. He says, 'See what Dad has done! He has ruined your life, and now he is ruining my life also. Whichever girl I choose, he says she is my half-sister!' The mother says, 'Don't worry, son. You can marry any of the three girls, because he is not your father!'
Never imagine that you can live a good life when the people around you are living without integrity and authenticity! Any completion, any fulfilment, any success, is possible in your life only if the people in your life are also living these principles.