The Importance of Patience in Achieving Success

Jack was a farmer living in a small village. He had a small plot of land where he grew crops to feed his family and sell at the local market. One day, Jack decided that he wanted to expand his farm and grow more crops. He went to the market to buy more seeds and found a seller who had the seeds he needed. However, the seller told him that the seeds took six months to grow and produce a harvest.

Impatient, Jack decided to buy seeds from another seller who promised a faster turnaround time. He planted the seeds eagerly and waited for them to grow. After a few weeks, the plants withered and died. Jack realized that he had made a mistake and went back to the first seller to buy the seeds he needed. He understood that he would have to be patient and wait for the harvest.

Over the next six months, Jack tended to his crops carefully, watering them and ensuring that they had enough nutrients. He was patient and did not give up, even when the weather was bad or when the plants seemed to be growing slowly. Finally, after six months, the crops were ready to harvest. Jack was thrilled to see the bountiful harvest and realized that his patience had paid off. He sold the crops at a good price and made a profit, which he used to expand his farm further.

Jack’s experience taught him that patience is an important virtue, especially when it comes to agriculture. Rushing things could lead to mistakes and failure while being patient could result in a bountiful harvest. He learned to trust the process and not to give up even when things seemed tough.

In conclusion, Jack’s story teaches us that patience is a valuable virtue that can lead to success and fulfillment. It reminds us that sometimes, we need to be patient and trust the process to achieve our goals. By cultivating patience in our lives, we can overcome obstacles, achieve our goals, and live a fulfilling life.

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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Why you should control your temper

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There was a little boy who had a bad temper. His father gave him a bag of nails and told him that every time he lost his temper, he must hammer a nail into the backyard fence.
The first day the boy had driven 37 nails into the fence. Over the next few weeks, as he learned to control his anger, the number of nails hammered daily gradually dwindled down. He discovered it was easier to hold his temper than to drive those nails into the fence.
Finally the day came when the boy didn’t lose his temper at all. He told his father about it and the father suggested that the boy now pull out one nail for each day that he was able to hold his temper. The days passed and the young boy was finally able to tell his father that all the nails were gone.
The father took his son by the hand and led him to the fence. He said, “You have done well, my son, but look at the holes in the fence. The fence will never be the same. When you say things in anger, they leave a scar just like this one. You can put a knife in a man and draw it out. It won’t matter how many times you say I’m sorry, the wound is still there.”

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The way to keep your dream alive

Once upon a time, the frog neighborhood had a climbing competition, the destination was the top of the tall iron tower. There were lots of frogs standing under the tower to watch and discuss, none of them believed any of the competitors could get to the top of the tower.

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“As a frog, to get the top of the tower is impossible!”
“We should stay on the ground, we don’t have wings, claiming that height is the most dangerous thing to our frogs!”
“Right! see?more frogs falling down….”
“It’s really a bad idea to have a frog climbing competition, no frog is going to win, we just waste our time here……”
“We are just frogs , the beautiful sky does not belong to us….”

Some of the competitors heard from the spectators, they felt so discouraged, so when the height got higher and higher, more and more frogs fell.

At the end, only one frog kept going up and up, the spectators still believed there’s no way he could get to the top, but he never showed that he was frustrated for doing that . Yes! finally he got to the top of the tower, he won!

When other frogs went to ask him how he made that happen, they found out he was a deaf !

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Living in the present, Waiting for the Surprise

When a man was roaming in the forest, suddenly a hungry tiger rushed up to him with a roar. He immediately ran with the fastest speed he ever had in his life, but the tiger was chasing him so hard. He ran and ran all the way, and finally, there was nowhere to run, he was standing on the edge of the cliff, he thought quickly: Instead of being caught by a tiger, bitten, dismembered and die, it’s better to jump into the cliff, maybe there is still a glimmer of life.

He jumped into the cliff and was very lucky to get stuck on a plum tree, and it was full of plums. When he was rejoicing, he heard a huge roar from the depths of the cliff. Looking towards the bottom of the cliff, a fierce lion was looking up at him. It made him tremble, but then he thought: Even I will be killed by the lion, but it is not any worse than killed by that tiger, they are the same beasts.

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When he was relieved, he heard another sound, after a closer look, two mice, one black and one white were biting the branches of the plum tree. He panicked for a while, then relieved soon, he thought: It’s better to die by falling from the broken branches than eaten and killed by the lion.

After he calmed down, he was a little hungry and picked some plums to eat. He felt that was the most delicious plums in his life. He found a triangular branch and thought: maybe he’s going to die sooner or later, but nothing he can do with that right there, why not take a good rest, let his luck to handle the parts he can’t help.

He fell asleep deeply on the stable triangular branch. After waking up, he found that the black and the white mouse,the tiger and the lion were gone. So he followed the branches and carefully climbed the cliff, finally he was out of danger.

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when he was asleep, the hungry tiger couldn’t wait anymore, it roared and jumped off the cliff. The black and the white mouse heard that and ran away in a panic. The tiger fought fiercely with the lion under the cliff and they both escaped with injuries.

Sometimes the suffering in life is such like the hungry tiger in the story is chasing us crazy, alternating days and nights are like the white mouse and the black mouse are chewing the branches, finally, time will be gone and everything will be gone, yes, the death is like the lion in the bottom of the cliff is waiting for us, so why not just like the guy in the story knowing the worst thing forward but still enjoy the delicious plums and take a good rest, when he wakes up, what a surprise is waiting for him.

If you don’t like death then every present we are alive worth being cherished. When you give more respect to today then you will receive more surprises tomorrow.

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