there is one story that really inspired me today...this story is not told, not read from a book but seen on a face of a boy...but how this story came about is less important, what is important, is the story itself...
once theres a very successful merchant, he is respected and he had what he wanted in life...he had a good wife, kids, a happy family and he is very wealthy...but as people says nothing comes without sacrifices...he had suffered and worked very hard during his younger days in order to obtain what he had...one day he saw this boy, he is poor, looked down by people, did not have the chance to even study and he needs to work at his young age in order to obtain money for his mother and his father died when he was at a very young age...the merchant then recalled his hard times and how he overcome the difficulties but dont get me wrong, although he struggled very hard to obtain what he had but his life was never as difficult as the boy....the merchant then told the boy, "dont worry boy, dont give up, i see brightness in you and im sure that one day you will be a successful person and free from all the hardships you doin
g, work hard!"...the boy just look at him with the same expression and replied, "not many people are able to have a life like yours no matter what, it is destiny that decides everything and my destiny are all pre planned"... and the boy walked away...
what i see from the story is that pain are able to make people learn more about life...why were there buddhas? it is because they see the pain and sufferings in this world therefore they seek for the truth to free themselves and the others from it as well...but to be free from it, we must know what pain and sufferings truly were...the boy in that story had gone through more sufferings and pain than the merchant therefore despite his young age, what he had learnt about life is even more than the merchant who is much older...people always says that old people are more experienced about life...but not quite in this story...it is just a matter of pain and hardships which makes that boy superior than the merchant in terms of understanding life...
people kept telling me, i deserves someone better, i will find someone better...maybe due to what i had gone through i find that all those words that seemed to be the truth but actually they are just empty words...before telling me these, they forgot one thing, each person is unique, just like i am and you are....we are humans living in this same world but we are uniquely different...so how can you actually compare 2 person which is so different? and how could you say that the next person would be better as there is nothing to compare? see?
so much can be said...so many things seemed true, but when you look closely to every detail, you will find that it is all empty...and it is all just mere words to make me feel better...theres so much to learn but we only had a lifetime to learn...
stillness and awareness of mind at any condition is the key to finding the truth...truth is always within, it depends on you whether you are able to find it or not...
once theres a very successful merchant, he is respected and he had what he wanted in life...he had a good wife, kids, a happy family and he is very wealthy...but as people says nothing comes without sacrifices...he had suffered and worked very hard during his younger days in order to obtain what he had...one day he saw this boy, he is poor, looked down by people, did not have the chance to even study and he needs to work at his young age in order to obtain money for his mother and his father died when he was at a very young age...the merchant then recalled his hard times and how he overcome the difficulties but dont get me wrong, although he struggled very hard to obtain what he had but his life was never as difficult as the boy....the merchant then told the boy, "dont worry boy, dont give up, i see brightness in you and im sure that one day you will be a successful person and free from all the hardships you doin
g, work hard!"...the boy just look at him with the same expression and replied, "not many people are able to have a life like yours no matter what, it is destiny that decides everything and my destiny are all pre planned"... and the boy walked away...what i see from the story is that pain are able to make people learn more about life...why were there buddhas? it is because they see the pain and sufferings in this world therefore they seek for the truth to free themselves and the others from it as well...but to be free from it, we must know what pain and sufferings truly were...the boy in that story had gone through more sufferings and pain than the merchant therefore despite his young age, what he had learnt about life is even more than the merchant who is much older...people always says that old people are more experienced about life...but not quite in this story...it is just a matter of pain and hardships which makes that boy superior than the merchant in terms of understanding life...
people kept telling me, i deserves someone better, i will find someone better...maybe due to what i had gone through i find that all those words that seemed to be the truth but actually they are just empty words...before telling me these, they forgot one thing, each person is unique, just like i am and you are....we are humans living in this same world but we are uniquely different...so how can you actually compare 2 person which is so different? and how could you say that the next person would be better as there is nothing to compare? see?
so much can be said...so many things seemed true, but when you look closely to every detail, you will find that it is all empty...and it is all just mere words to make me feel better...theres so much to learn but we only had a lifetime to learn...
stillness and awareness of mind at any condition is the key to finding the truth...truth is always within, it depends on you whether you are able to find it or not...
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