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There is a king called Vaibhava, who is so fond of nature, trees, and flowers. He planted a plethora of plants and trees all over his kingdom. Near his fort, he has a beautiful garden.

The garden has all kinds of plants from all over the world. The plants in the garden are so many that it is hard to count. The fragrance from the garden spreads the entire fort. The king has appointed a few men to maintain the garden. It is famous all over the kingdom and neighborhood kingdoms as well.

One day a worker planted a new plant sapling. All the old plants stared at him and later introduced themselves. After a few days, the new plant started blooming flowers. The flowers are so bright, just like " the Sindhur on Kali matha's forehead". The flowers look pleasant. Everyone is amazed looking at them. The king felt delighted. All the other plants felt envious. The new plant is happily blooming, playing with butterflies, insects, etc.

After a few days, a few plants gathered near the new plant and stated- your flowers are useless and are not aromatic. Flowers without aroma are not allowed in this garden. You are a lie; your flowers have no fragrance; look at us, look at the other plants and flowers in the garden they are so beautiful and aromatic. Our fragrance reaches the entire fort. People in the kingdom talk about us over and over. All of them are happy for us. The king finds peace and pleasure in our fragrance. "How useful are you without a fragrance" they questioned it.

After listening to the other plants, the new plant felt heavy-hearted. It has gradually stopped playing with its friends. Until  now it is a happy plant, blooming and smiling, but now it feels useless. It didn't take any pride in its flowers.

By inhaling all the toxic poison ("Negative thoughts, judgment") ,it slowly started fading away and feels sick. The garden doesn't seem a happy place anymore. Its mind filled with self-pity and grief. Slowly, the plant has become weak;it is even unable to bloom flowers properly. On one fine day the plant fell forever.

 

Here, it is not just a story of a plant. The plant resembles you, me, and many people in the world, suffering from criticism and judgment.

The flowers on the plant are all the wonderful and positive traits we possess. The other plants in the garden refer to the people around us, who are constantly interested in judging us, pointing fingers at us intentionally or unintentionally. It all started in the garden; in the same way, the people around us start toxicating us.

Here the plant couldn't be able to filter out the toxic air before inhaling it, and as a result, it lost all the beauty it has got. It lost the things for which it is adored earlier. But we people should shield our brain from these toxic judgments and conclusions. We shouldn't allow them to ruin our lives and lose our charm.

The world keeps judging you no matter what you have, what you are doing, or how you feeling. You are the one who should help yourself from coming out of this sore and remind yourself, how much worth you are.

You should be selfish in recognizing your worth for your own sake and always need to gloss your attitude!