Hi, Today’s story relates to our life which has many bits of sorrows, struggles, pain and sufferings. If one looks at it with a magnifier then he/she will learn minimum out of it!!! But if we look at it with positivity, trust and confidence, all will dissolve like the salt in glass, pond, lake, river or the ocean.
Once an unhappy young man came to an old master and told he was very sad and asked for a solution.
The old Master instructed the unhappy young man to put a handful of salt in a glass of water and then to drink it. “How does it taste?” the Master asked. “Awful,” spat the apprentice.
The Master chuckled and then asked the young man to take another handful of salt and put it in the lake. The two walked in silence to the nearby lake and when the apprentice swirled his handful of salt into the lake, the old man said, “Now drink from the lake.”
As the water dripped down the young man’s chin, the Master asked, “How does it taste?” “Good!” remarked the apprentice. “Do you taste the salt?” asked the Master. “No,” said the young man.
The Master sat beside this troubled young man, took his hands, and said, “The pain of life is pure salt; no more, no less. The amount of pain in life remains the same, exactly the same. But the amount we taste the ‘pain’ depends on the container we put it into. So when you are in pain, the only thing you can do is to enlarge your sense of things ….. Stop being a glass. Become a lake
You become a lake when you broaden your outlook; when you stop looking only at yourself and your own miseries. Look at life as a whole and the many things without which you would not be what you are today – your friends, family, hobbies, nature around you.
When you are confronted with a problem, you see only the problem and ruminate over it endlessly which only makes the situation more tragic. Think of previous instances when things were better. Look at all the blessings that The Creator has filled your life with, about which you never give a thought.
Never compare yourself negatively with others. You are a unique person and if you have the faith, The Creator will provide what you need. When you have a pain in your life, put it in front of The Creator - then it will surely lessen. Do not put it in front of yourself – as you cannot see beyond it.
The Creator is Infinite. Tap this source, with confidence.
The young man left, and his viewpoint on his problems had totally changed.
Lets live life !!!!!!!! Be Happy !!!