BETWEEN THE TEACHER AND THE LEARNER WHO IS SUPERIOR?
Not long ago, I went for a discussion and when it was over, I went to thank the convener. In the course of our chat, she did something that made me feel uncomfortable, here is it: she said I have low self-esteem and encouraged me to work on it. This came after I had said in the course of the discussion that I had worked on my self-esteem, a thing I was sure of. I thank her and left. By her advice, she made it feel I was still suffering from low self-esteem, I was uncomfortable she will continue to see me in that light, but, wisdom told me not to defend it. When I was about to leave, I engaged in a chat with the lady who invited me and in the course of it, I said to her “it does not matter who teach, what matters is what has been learnt.” Perhaps I said that without understanding it. When I left the venue, wisdom began to teach me the meaning of that statement. He told me it was the reason why he asked me to say thank you, instead of defending, when the woman told me...