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What To Do When Something Bad Bother You….

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There was a guy who lived in the mountains, he had to use a pole hanging two buckets by each end to carry water home from the river everyday.

One of the buckets started leaking, he still continued to use it. Because it was half a mile away from the river to his home, so the leaking bucket only had half water left when he got home.

The leaking bucket felt guilty for couldn’t completing the job everyday. But the intact one felt so proud of itself.

The guilty feeling bothered the leaking bucket for about two years. One day, he decided to talk to the guy.
The bucket said: I am so sorry.
The guy was shocked: why? What’s wrong?
The bucket answered: for the past two years, because of me, you can’t carry two buckets of water home, I felt guilty about that.
The guy said: don’t be sorry, have you noticed the trail leads to our home is full with flowers, that’s because of you, you watered them, I enjoy getting water home, because walking by those beautiful flowers makes me happy.

When the leaking bucket dropped the guilty feeling, he finally noticed there were lots of beautiful flowers by the trail.

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You Are More Important Than You Think

There was a poor guy who thought he was a loser. He felt shame for himself for doing nothing in his life. Finally he can’t bear those negative feelings anymore, he wanted to jump off a cliff to end himself.

When he was standing by the cliff, he started crying and talking to himself about all the frustrations in his life. Then the tree from the crevice of the rock started crying too.

The guy stopped crying and asked the tree : Why are you crying? Are you frustrated with your life too?

The tree said: I am the most miserable tree in the world, look at where I am located, It’s so difficult to be growing in the crevice. Not enough soil and water, my roots can’t deep in , my branches can’t stench out, I don’t have enough nutrition, so I look weird and ugly. Everyone thinks I am a tough tree only myself knows how struggling I am, to be honest ending my life is much easier than surviving in the difficult living enrollment.

The guy asked: if this is the case, why are you still here?

The tree said: yes it’s easy to die, but do you see the nest on my head? It was built by two magpies, they have been living in here for a long time and now they have several generations. If I’m gone then they will lose their home. So I can’t just end myself.

The answer from the tree made the guy change his mind, he walked back to his home.

We all have sadness sometimes , don’t think you are nothing, actually you’re something to someone somehow.

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The Easiest And Smartest Way To Deal With Life—Let It Be

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Once upon a time, a master and his student lived in the temple. There was a summer which was hotter than others, the grass in the temple had withered.
The little monk said:”They look so bad! We need to plant some, otherwise the garden will be bald!”
The master waved his hand: “ we should wait until the weather gets cooler.”

During the Mid-Autumn Festival, Master bought a bag of grass seeds to ask the little monk to plant. But, the grass seeds scattered and fluttered, when the autumn wind blew. The little monk saw that then became worried and shouted:“ There is lot of seeds blew away!”
The master said:”It’s okay, most of them blow away because they are empty, it won’t be able to sprout anyway.”

After sowing the seeds, a few birds flew over to peck them.
“Mater! Help! The birds are eating the seeds.” The little monk jumped and shouted.
“It’s okay! We planted more seeds than we need.”

There was a shower in the middle of that night. The little monk ran to the master’s room:
“Master! the rain washed away lot of the seeds.”
” It’s ok! where they send to wherever they grow,” the master said, “let it be”

One week later, the grass seedlings grew out of the originally bare ground, also other corners that they did not plant. That surprised the little monk, all his worries finally ended.
The master nodded and smiled.

Let it be, do not worry, do not complain, do not rush, do not overdo, do not panic, do not force. Don’t be pessimistic, don’t be rigid, don’t get carried away. Just let it be.

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Why Do We Need To Be A Bigger Person

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The zen master just had a new student who’s having a hard time in life .
The master put two tablespoons of salt into a glass of water, then asked the student to taste.
The student had a sip and told him: that’s too salty, even bitter.

Then the master took the student to a lake, he put two tablespoons of salt into the lake and asked the student to taste the water, the student tasted it and told him: the water is so sweet, no difference with other spring water.

The master smiled and said: the salt is such like the pain and struggles in your life, so you want to have a small heart or big heart?

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Good luck or Bad luck ? Who knows !

There was a old Chinese farmer who used his only horse to work on his farm for years. One day the horse broke the fence and ran away when the planting season was coming up. His neighbors heard about it, they came to the farmer and said, “That is really bad luck for losing the horse at this time of the year!” The farmer replied: “Good luck, bad luck. Who knows?”

A few days later, the horse came back with a mare horse. When the neighbors heard about that, they said to the farmer, “What good luck that is, you will have more horses.” The farmer replied: “Good luck, bad luck. Who knows?”

Two days later, the farmer’s son broke his leg when he was training the new horse. The neighbor came to the farmer again and said:” what bad luck that is ?” The farmer still replied the same: “Good luck, bad luck. Who knows?”

The next day, the army marched into the village and conscripted every able-bodied youth they found there. When they saw the farmer’s son with his broken leg, they let him off. Now was that good luck or bad luck?

Who knows?

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You are richer than you think

There was a young man who always complained about his bad luck. One day, an old man with the grey beard came over and asked: “Young man, why are you unhappy?”

“I don’t understand why I am always so poor.”

“Poor? You are rich!” the old man said sincerely.

“Why do you think that?” the young man asked.

The old man said: “If you cut off one of your fingers now I will give you $1,000, will you do it?”

“of course no !” the young man replied.

“If you cut off your hand I will give you $10,000, will you do it?”

“No way!”

“If you make you blind and I will give you $100,000, will you do it?”

“No！”

“If you immediately become an 80-year-old man and I will give you 1 million, will you do it?”

“No.”

“If you die immediately and I will give you 10 million, will you do it?”

“No way!”

“That’s right, you already have more than 10 million wealth, why do you still lament that you are poor?” the old man asked with a smile.

The young man was speechless, and suddenly understood something.

if you wake up in the morning and you can breathe freely, you will be more blessed than the person who passed away last night.

If you have never experienced the danger of war, the loneliness of being imprisoned, the pain of being tortured, and the suffering of starvation…you already belong to the lucky ones in this world.

If you can attend a religious gathering without fear of harassment, arrest, torture, or death….you are happier than lots of others in this world.

If you have food in your refrigerator, enough clothes on your body, and a shelter….you are richer than lots of others.

If you can look up, with a smile on your face, and a heart full of gratitude, you are truly happy-because most people in the world can do this, but they don’t. If you can hold someone’s hand, hug them , or just pat them on the shoulder… you are indeed blessed-because what you have done is equivalent to what God can do.

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