wisdom of a handful of salt

One time, there lived a wise old. On one morning. There came a young man who was overwhelmed with many problems. Unsteady stride and a sad face.

Without wasting time, he tells all his problems. A wise old man, just listen carefully, he then took a handful of salt, and asked his guest to take a glass of water. Entered the salt into the glass, then stir slowly. "Try. Drink it, and tell me how it feels ..", said the old man.

"Bitter. Bitter at all", replied the guest. spat aside.

Old Man, a little smile, la. then asked his guest, to walk to the edge of the lake in the woods near his home. The two men walked side by side, and eventually they came to the edge of a quiet lake......

Old Man, then again sprinkled a handful of salt, into the lake. With a piece of wood, made waves churning and created ripples of water. disturbing the peace of the lake. "Look, take water from this lake, and minumlah.Saat guests drank the water it was finished, old man said again." How does it feel? ".

"Fresh", replied his guest. "Do you feel the salt in the water?", Asked the old man again. 'No', replied the young man.

Wisely. Old man patted the young man's back. He then asked her to sit face to face, knelt beside the lake. "Young man, listen. Bitter life, is like a handful of salt, no more and no less. The number and it is the same bitter taste, and it will remain the same.

'But. bitterness we feel, will greatly depend on the container that we have. Bitterness that. will be based from feeling where we put everything. It will all depend on our hearts. So when you feel the bitterness and failure in life, there's only one thing you can do. Lapangkanlah your chest to receive everything. Expand your heart to hold any bitterness that. "

Old Man went back to give advice. "Your heart, is the container. Your feelings are that place. Your heart, is where you collect everything. So, do not make your heart is like glass, make like a lake that is able to absorb all that bitterness and turn it into the freshness and happiness."

The two then headed home. They both learned that day. And the old man, the wise man that, again saving "a handful of salt", to another young man, who often came to him to bring the soul unrest.

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