Long ago, there lived a famous wise teacher. On one morning, there came a young man with tangled hair limp and steps. The young man was dogged by problems seem. Without wasting time, he expressed his confusion: failed dreams, career, and life never end happily.
The teacher listened carefully and thoroughly. He then took a handful of salt and asked her guests to get a glass of water. He sprinkle salt into the glass, then he beat with a spoon.
"Try drinking this, and tell me how it feels?" The teacher begged.
"Salty and bitter, very bitter," He replied, as he spat on the ground.
"Salty and bitter, very bitter," He replied, as he spat on the ground.
The teacher just smiled. He then invited his guest walked to the edge of the pond in the woods near his residence. The two men walked hand in hand in the residence. They came to the edge of a serene lake. Teacher then sprinkled a handful of salt into the lake. With a chip, he stirred lake water, making waves and small ripples.
After lake water is calm, he said, "Look, take the water from this lake water, and drink."
After lake water is calm, he said, "Look, take the water from this lake water, and drink."
As guests sipped lake water was finished, the teacher asked, "How does it feel?"
"Fresh," replied the boy.
"Do you still feel the salt in the water?" asked the teacher.
"No," replied the young man.
The teacher patted the young man. He then took her kneeling on the edge of the pond.
"Young man, listen. Bitterness of life is like a handful of salt. Number and it is the same bitter taste, and it will remain that same. But, we tasted that bitterness will greatly depend on the container or where you are taking. Bitterness always comes from how we do put everything. It all depends on our hearts. So when you feel bitterness or failure in life, there's only one thing you can do: Expand your chest to receive everything. Expand your heart to hold any bitterness. Expand the way outlook on life. You will learn a lot from the vastness of it. "
"Young man, listen. Bitterness of life is like a handful of salt. Number and it is the same bitter taste, and it will remain that same. But, we tasted that bitterness will greatly depend on the container or where you are taking. Bitterness always comes from how we do put everything. It all depends on our hearts. So when you feel bitterness or failure in life, there's only one thing you can do: Expand your chest to receive everything. Expand your heart to hold any bitterness. Expand the way outlook on life. You will learn a lot from the vastness of it. "
"Your heart, my son, is the container. Your mind is where you collect everything. So, do not make your heart likes glass, make your heart lake area that is able to reduce any bitterness. Heart is as wide as the world!’’
Both were headed home. The teacher still had "a handful of salt" to other people, who often came to him bringing unrest in the heart.
