Drop your Nothing!

Once , there was a needy man who come to our house to borrow money from my dad.
To his surprise , the poor man behaved in such a prideful manner that was offensive to my dad.
My dad refused to help and asked him to leave.
The night after his visit , I talked to my dad.

My dad said
“At first , I wonder why he is so prideful.
As a man is in need , he should come in humility.
But then I realized , when you have enough quality to be proud of,
you will not need your pride for people to respect you.
as for him, his pride is all he has.”

My dad lent him money.

The zen master said ,”Drop everything!”
the pupil argued ” But master, I have nothing”.
the master replied , “Then drop your nothing!”