Salt

Salt

Once, there lived a wise old.

One morning, there came a young man who was plagued by many problems. Steps were unsteady and complicated mien. The guests, it looks like people are not happy. Without wasting time, he tells all his problems.

A wise old man, just listen carefully. He then took a handful of salt, and ask guests to take a glass of water. Ditaburkannya salt into the glass, then stirred slowly.

"Try, drink this, and tell me how it feels ...", said the old man.

"Bitter. Bitter at all," replied the guests, while spitting laterally.

The old man, smiling slightly. He then invites his visitor to walk to the edge of the lake in the woods near his home.

The two men walked side by side, and finally they came to the edge of the tranquil lake. The old man, then again sprinkle 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.

"Try, take water from this lake, and drink".

When the young man finished drank water, the old man said, "How does it feel?"

"Fresh", said his guest.

"Do you taste the salt in the water?" asked the old man again.

"No," replied the young man.

With a wise, old man patted the young man. He then sat facing him, kneeling beside the lake.

"Young man, listen. Bitter life, is like a handful of salt, no more and no less. Amount and the bitter taste is the same, and it will remain the same. But, the bitterness we feel, will greatly depend on the container we have. Bitterness, it will be based on the feeling of the place we put everything. It will all depend on our hearts. "

"So, when you feel the bitterness and failure in life, there is only one thing you can do. Exert your chest accept everything. Expand your heart to hold any bitterness it".

"Do not it make your heart like glass, but make like a lake that can reduce any bitterness it and turn it into a freshness and happiness".