Thanks (№ 321876)

When your heart is full of gratitude, any door that seems closed, can lead you to surprising discoveries.
Very few women have mastered the basics of Zen. Rengetsu is one of them. She was on a pilgrimage and came to the village at sunset. Rengetsu asked shelter for the night. But the villagers slammed the door in front of her. They must have been Orthodox Buddhists and could not leave a woman a Zen, they expelled her from the village. It was a cold night, and the woman was left hungry and without shelter. Cherry in the field gave her shelter. The night was really cold, and she couldn't sleep... And it was dangerous - wild animals... At midnight she woke up, shivering from the cold, he saw in the spring night sky and blooming flowers of cherry smile misty moon. Overflowing, defeated beauty, she stood up and curtsied towards the village: "Thanks to them, I was left without sleep, but found herself at night under the cherry blossoms and misty moon!" With great sincerity she thanked those people who refused her lodging for the night; otherwise she would sleep under a normal roof and would have missed these cherry blossoms, this whisper of flowers and the moon, and this silence, this silence of the night. She was not angry, she accepted it, not only accepted it, she welcomed it. She felt grateful.
Life is great, and every time she comes with a thousand and one gift for you. But you are so busy, so consumed with thoughts from your wanting mind, you are so full of your thoughts that you reject all these gifts. God comes constantly, and you continue to refuse.
Man becomes a Buddha the moment he accepts all that life brings, with gratitude.