Meaningful Following.
When Calvin Coolidge was President of America, he invited few of his friends from his home village to have dinner with him at the White House. His friends were bit nervous about their own behavior. All of them after some discussion came to a conclusion. Accordingly they are supposed to follow Calvin, imitating everything he does. Coffee was served to everyone. Calvin poured some coffee in the saucer. On seeing this his friends also did the same. Then Calvin added some milk and sugar into it. His friends also did the same. They were expecting him to drink the coffee next. To their surprise he bent down and kept the saucer on the floor and called his pussycat. The story mentioned about Calvin Coolidge and his friends imitating his actions at a dinner is an interesting anecdote. It highlights the limitations of blindly following someone else's behavior and the importance of discernment in choosing whom ...