Long time a ago … a young guy that just finished his studies … balancing between becoming a priest and a businessman … started to talk to me about the philosophy of life.
With a little bit of arrogance … smiling … i dare to ask him … “ what the hell they taught you about life at this university for … priests?! “
Smiling … having a nice charisma … he replies:
“Well … the main idea that they kept repeating us … was that everything into this life is a … mirror of our souls.”
I liked … the answer.
And we continued chatting.
We were at his home … in his nice living room, with his wife … but also with my friend Brian.
In fact we visited our young friend … cause Brian wanted to ask him a favor for …. his mistress … not telling him that the lady he was talking about was in love with him.
The next future priest …. had to help Maria for something related with her studies.
John … listened to us … and smiled.
He assured us that for a beautiful lady as Maria … he would do it with a real pleasure … anytime.
But i dared to asked him … looking at Brian … and also at John’s wife … “Do you think your wife will mind if you help Maria with this favor?!
You’ll need to go with her at university … stay with her …
Maybe your lovely wife … will be a little bit jealous … and will misunderstand the help we ask from you.”
John smiled again … and assured us his wife will not have anything against this fact … and looked really happy cause we ask him such a favor.
I was looking at him …. at his wife … but also smiled to Brian.
It was just me … the one that knew that Maria was Brian’s mistress … but i could not understand such a silly behavior from John.
He was acting like we’ve put him in contact with a beautiful lady … for dating with her.
… and his wife was there … listening to us.
But i knew Brian was not jealous anymore … by years … and this whole episode had a funny meaning for himself.
… and i was also sure that he will not feel offended by the next future priest.
Time was passing … and unfortunately John did not helped Maria so much … but what was funny was that Brian called me one day … being totally surprised… and saying to me … “You remember John and his wife?! That funny guy that thought that I will probably deliver Maria to him … so that he can have a love affair with her?!
Well … his wife is keep sending me messages and i think she’s flirting with me… “
I could not believe it … seeing the dynamic of the whole story.
It all became into the end a reflection of John’s behavior.
In his silly young mind …. John had the amazing idea that he will start a love affair with Maria … not really paying attention at all of anything … me and Brian were saying.
Indeed John .. was acting stupid … even if as future priest he should act more as a person … having strong moral values.
And the reverse … of everything … of those stupid intentions … appeared at the end of the story.
I look at Brian and ask … “So what reply you gave to John’s wife?!”
“Hmm! …. I was just pretending i am stupid … and i don’t really understand what she is doing.
Same as i did with … John.”
Well … indeed … what the hell could we do in such a situation?!
… seeing the dynamic of the whole story … pretending we don’t see how stupid people act on the stage of life …. even if they know the theory that life itself it’s a reflection of our inners souls … but also of our actions … i smiled.
Brian proved indeed one more time …. to not act stupid … even if i knew that he did one million similar mistakes in his lifetime.
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