Using your mind

A wealthy woman, the wife of a renowned scientist bought a top-of-the-line food mixer, and was trying to put it together when she got home. She looked at the instruction book, and try as you might, she was not able to figure out how to assemble it properly. She got so frustrated after trying for an hour, that she left every piece of the mixer on the kitchen table and went out for a walk. Half an hour later she returned home and found the food mixer all set up and plugged in and ready to go.  She was amazed and she realized that her servant Jemima had put it all together. Knowing that Jemima was unschooled and didn’t even know how to read, she asked her politely how was she able to put the food mixer together. And the humble servant answered simply by saying ‘Well, my Lady, because when you don’t know how to read, you have to use your mind!’ Sometimes it’s not how much you know that works the best, but how practical you can be with what you know and how to use your hands, your speech and your mind.