00:00In a quiet village, a farmer's wife carefully prepared fresh butter for her husband to sell
00:07in the city. She shaped the butter into neat round balls, each meant to weigh one kilogram.
00:16The farmer carried them to the city and sold them to a shopkeeper. In return, he bought tea,
00:24sugar, oil, and soap for his home. After the farmer left, the shopkeeper began placing the
00:34butter into his freezer. Suddenly, a thought crossed his mind. What if the butter did not
00:43truly weigh one kilogram? Curious and slightly suspicious, he placed one butterball on the
00:53scale. It showed 900 grams. His heart sank. Shocked and angry, he quickly weighed the rest.
01:05Every single butterball weighed the same. 900 grams. He felt cheated, betrayed. How could a
01:16simple village farmer deceive him like this? The following week, when the farmer returned with
01:24more butter, he had barely stepped into the shop when the shopkeeper shouted in anger,
01:32Leave at once. I will never do business with a dishonest man. You sell 900 grams as one kilogram.
01:43I cannot even bear to see your face. The harsh words struck the farmer like a blow. His shoulders
01:52drooped. His eyes filled with sadness, not anger. In a soft and trembling voice, he replied,
02:02My brother, please, do not suspect me. We are poor people. We cannot afford to buy weighing scales.
02:12Each time I buy one kilogram of sugar from you. I use that sugar to balance my scale at home
02:22and weigh the butter accordingly. Silence filled the shop. The truth stood there quietly, heavier than any
02:34accusation. The shopkeeper realized that the very sugar he had been selling as one kilogram was in fact
02:46only 900 grams. The fault he saw in another was a reflection of his own mistake. Before pointing a finger
02:58at others, should we not first examine ourselves? How often do we judge without checking our own actions?
03:08Self-correction is the hardest task, yet it is the most necessary one.
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