COVER WHAT'S PRECIOUS

Three words were enough for Işık to freeze when she heard what she heard. The sentence she heard knocked him to the ground.

Your best friend; This was the news of Işık's marriage with the boy she loved.

Her best friend, with whom she shares her troubles, shares her secrets, and never leaves her side when she is sick, happy, or in need.

On the other hand, the boy she avoids, supports him in getting his life together, and wants him to be her companion.

What happened that she was able to reach the end of this story?

How could she not see what was happening next to her?

Couldn't one share one's wishes and dreams with one's best friend?

Experiential Teaching says, “Cover what is precious.”

This may be information; Information given without asking questions has no value for the other party. “In fact, if he heard it, he would be able to see the problem in his life!” says one. Even if the other party doesn't listen, one keeps telling... So what changes? Just the subjects in their problems. People are different, but the problems continue. Like the writings on the back of the truck; “It's always the same story.”

Or a mother who is proud of her child's success... “He got in with a scholarship, he was in the top 1000 anyway. "His father gave him a car." However, his friend who was listening to her, had just received the news this morning from his son's principal that he was talking to drug dealers outside school.

Success stories gain more value the longer they are kept quiet. A person may not realize that he further reinforces someone else's sadness with a word he says. Or that it will create negative feelings for him...

Or when a person buys a more luxurious car, is in a better neighborhood; He thinks that since he buys a bigger house, he will be more appreciated by people. But it doesn't work like that. When people see in others what they do not have, they want to have it; They want to have that house, that car, that family.

The more people like what you have, the more they hate you.

The more valuable the possessions are, the more uncomfortable people become.

How long has it been since a sincere friend who says, "Well done, you worked so hard, you deserved this promotion"? But people want to brag about their promotions. The more he is praised, the lonelier he becomes.

A person may have made a new investment, he may have received a gesture from his spouse, his child may have started walking early, he may have gotten a good job. The point is not these happenings. The point is that people are shoving everything that they have down people’s faces. 

Just like the story of Işık. Işık's feelings for the boy he loved, talking about his good qualities and love, made his friend Zeliha want to have him.

Işık understood then; what is valuable should be hidden. Just like the jewels in a jeweler's display case are not as valuable as the jewels in the safe inside.

A person should hide what they value.