Salt and Ponds (Motivation - Inspiring Stories)

Salt and Ponds
(Motivation - Inspiring Stories)

Once upon a time, there lived a wise old. One morning. came a young man who was dogged by many problems. The steps slowly and face complicated. That guest, truly looks like an unhappy person.

Without wasting time, the man was telling all his problems. The old man is wise, just listen carefully, he picked up a handful of salt, and ask her guests to take a glass of water. Salt poured it into the glass, then slowly stirred. "Try, drink this, and tell me how it feels ..", said the old man.

"Salty once, so do not favor", replied the guest. spitting sideways.

The old man, a little smile, la. then invites his guests, to walk to the edge of the lake in the woods near his home. The two men walked side by side, and finally they came to the edge of the quiet lake.

The old man, then returned sprinkled a handful of salt, into the lake. With a piece of wood, made waves churning and created ripples. shattered the peace of the lake. "Try, take water from this pond, and guests minumlah.Saat was completed drank the water, the old man said again." How was it? ".

"Fresh", said her guests. "Do you taste the salt in the water?" Asked the old man again. "No," replied the young man.

Wisely. The old man patted the back of the young man. She then invited him to sit face to face, knelt beside the lake. "Young man, listen. Do not delish life, is like a handful of salt, no more and no less. The amount and taste delicious it is the same, and it will remain the same.

"But the lack of pleasure we feel, will greatly depend on the container that we had. The lack of pleasure of it, will be based on the feeling of where we put everything. It will all depend on our hearts. So, when you feel the lack of pleasure and failure in life, there is only one thing you can do. Lapangkanlah breasts accept everything. Expand your heart was to accommodate any non pleasure of it. "

The old man then returned to give advice. "Your heart, is that container. Your feeling is that place. Kalbu mu, is where you accommodate everything. So, do not make your heart was like glass, make like a lake that is capable of reducing any lack of pleasure that and turn it into a freshness and happiness."

The two then headed home. They both learned that day. And the old man, the wise man, returns to save "a handful of salt", for other young people, who often came to him bringing the soul unrest.

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