One Day A Dull & Exhausted
By The Illnesses & Burdens… !!!
One day a dull and exhausted by the
illnesses and burdens of life peasant
came to the wise man. He sat in front
of the wise man, who gave him a heartfelt and warm smile. The peasant breathed
out heavily letting out a wave of mourning. He began complaining about his life,
that he has a hard burden that he
doesn’t see a bright daylight at all,
it’s like one problem falls on his head
or the other – they have twisted him
between the grindstones so much that
he can’t even breathe in some fresh air.
Later, he began blaming all of his relatives, who, in his opinion, were guilty for his misfortunes, whether the circumstances didn’t turn out right for him, or something else. The wise man listened to him
in silence, and when the peasant once
again contritely inquired the wise man,
why is it so unfair, what should he do
and how to find peace, the wise man
got up from his seat and invited the
peasant to follow him.
They came out of the hut and went
to a lakeside, which was not far away
and where from time to time flying
fishes were jumping, trotting fast
above the surface, catching food.
The wise man led the peasant to
the lakeside and said to him:
“Do you see the smoothness
of the lake? The depths are full
with life. There are fishes that
always stay in water, and if
suddenly the lake got polluted,
they couldn’t see further their
own nose, they would hardly
recognize where the source
of the pollution was, and they
would keep swimming in circles.
And there are also fishes that got
wings and they can rise above the
water of the lake, looking at it
from the heights of their flight.
So this is my advice: instead
of complaining about your life,
come to this lakeside from time
to time, watch the flying fishes
and try to understand what
I wanted to say to you."
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