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Noddles with or without eggs?

Fruits for thoughts by President Xi Jinping of China who once shared....... When I was a small child, I was very selfish and I would only have the best for myself. Eventually, everyone left me, even my friends. I’ve never faulted myself and only redirected mistakes to others and criticized them. But my dad taught me some very important principles. One day, he cooked 2 bowls of noodles and laid them on the table. One had an egg on top and the other bowl didn't have any, which he then asked me to choose a bowl. Back then, eggs were hard to come by! We only got to eat eggs during festivals or New Year. Of course I chose the bowl with the egg! As we started eating, I was overjoyed and proud of my wise choice/decision and happily consumed the egg. To my surprise, as my father ate his noodles, there were TWO eggs at the bottom of his noodles! I regretted so much! And I scolded myself for being too hasty in my decision. My father smiled and said to me, ”My child. You must remember, what y...