All my life I was ashamed of my mother. She had only one eye, and she seemed to me ugly. We lived poorly. Father, I did not remember, and her mother... Who will give a good performance, like her, one eye. And if my mother tried to dress better and at school I was no different from her classmates, she compared to the mothers of the other children, so beautiful and elegant, seemed an ugly beggar. I, as could, hid it from friends.
But once she took, and came to school - missed you, you know. And came up to me at all! As soon as I'm through the earth failed. Furious ran away, aimlessly. And the next day, of course, the whole school was talking about what my mother is ugly. Well, or so I thought. And I hated it. "Oh, I wish I didn't have no mother than like you, I wish you were dead!" - I cried then. She was silent.
Most of all, I wanted to leave home to get away from mother. Yes, and that she could give to me? I studied hard in school, then to continue her education, she moved to the capital. Started working, got married, got her home. Soon there were children. Life smiled at me. And I was proud to just hit himself. About mother, I remembered.
But once she arrived in the capital and came to my house. Children did not know that it is their grandmother, they did not know that they have a grandmother, and began to laugh at her. Because my mother was so ugly. Long-standing resentment washed over me. There she is again! Now he wants to embarrass me in front of kids and wife?! "What do you want? I decided to scare my children?" - I hissed, pushing her out the door. She was silent.
It's been a few years. I have achieved even greater success. And when the school received the invitation to the meeting of graduates decided to go. Now I had nothing to be ashamed of. The meeting was fun. Before leaving we decided to wander around the city and do not know how went to my old house. The neighbors recognized me, said my mother died and gave her the letter. I wasn't too upset, and the letter initially wanted to throw away without reading.
But still opened."Hello, my son. I'm sorry for everything. For that are unable to provide you a happy childhood. Because you had to be ashamed of me. Because without permission came to your house. You have beautiful children and I didn't want to scare them. They are so similar to you. Take care of them. You won't remember this, but when you were young, you had an accident, and you lost an eye. I gave you mine. There is nothing more I could do to help. You just made yourself. And I just loved you and rejoiced in your success and proud of you. And I was happy. Your mother".
Once a year in the Kingdom of frogs arranged the competition, and each time it differed from previous. This year was to climb to the top of an old tower. None of the frogs living in the pond, don't miss the opportunity to attend this important event. Given the start. Frogs and spectators, assessing the height of the tower, decided that nobody gets to the top. On all sides could be heard comments:
"That's impossible, they'll go with the middle distance!"
"Their physical abilities are such that they are unlikely to make it to the finish!"
"Their skin will crack from the heat while they compete!"
Listening to them, participating in competitions one after the other to lose courage. Except for a few fearless frog who continued to climb up, while the rest was eliminated from the competition.
And spectators, meanwhile, continued to exchange remarks:
"Not worth the labor!"
"No one will reach the finish line!"
"Look, it's almost no one there!"
But here's the latest participants of the competition admitted defeat, there was only one. Regardless of all, she kept climbing. And in the silence, the incredible efforts she has climbed to the top of the tower.
Astonished, the frog decided to find out how she did it. One of them approached the winner and asked how she managed to endure it all. And it turned out that the winner was deaf...!
At the edge of the field stood the Love and Parting, and admired the young couple. Separation of Love says: - I Bet I break them up?! Love says: - Wait, let me do to them just one approach, and then you can approach them as much as I want - and then we'll see if you'll be able to separate them. Separation agreed. Love came to the young couple, touched them, looked into their eyes and saw, between them ran a spark... Love is moved and says: - Now it's your turn. Separation replied: - No, now I can't do anything - now their hearts are filled with love. I'll come to them later. The time has passed. Separation peeked in and saw a young mother with baby, father. Separation was hoping that love has already passed and therefore with the hope crossed the threshold of their home. But, looking into their eyes, she saw Gratitude. Separation turned and said: - I'll come to them later. Time passed, Separation again appeared to him in the house, noisy children, came home from work tired husband, the mother comforted the children. Separation was hoping that now she will be able to separate them - after all this time and Love and Gratitude have long had to erode out of their hearts. But, looking into their eyes, she saw Respect and Understanding. I'll drop by later, said Separation. The time has passed. Again came to their house Separation. She looks - the kids are gone, the gray-haired father explaining something to his children, wife preparing something in the kitchen. She looked into their eyes and sighed in frustration: she saw in them Confidence. I'll be back later - said the Separation came. It was another time. Looking again, the Separation in the house watching, and there are grandchildren running around, sitting by the fireplace, prigornitskiy, old woman. Separation looks and thinks to himself: - Well, looks like my time has come. Wanted it to look old in the eyes, but she stood up and left the house. The separation followed her. Soon came the old woman to the cemetery and sat down by the grave. It was the grave of her husband. - I was late, thought the Separation time has done my job for me. And Parting looked into the tearful eyes of the old woman. And in them she saw the Memory - the Memory of Love, Gratitude, Respect, Understanding and Trust...
The grandson took his grandfather to the zoo. On the road suddenly asked:
- Grandpa, what's the meaning of life?
The grandfather was surprised:
- Well, the questions you ask!.. Tell me then, what is the purpose of today's journey to the zoo?
The younger answered quickly:
- Look at the giraffe. I never saw him again. If not a giraffe, then look at someone else.
Smiled grandfather:
- That's life purpose in this journey: live and see.
One spring day the grandson with the grandfather removed to garden weeds. Suddenly the child asked:
- Grandpa, why are the weeds that we did not plant, so grow well, and what we plant, needs our attention, care and labor?
- Here, my grandson, due to its observation you have made an important discovery: all the valuable and significant for a person often requires a considerable effort, and the harmful and unnecessary it grows itself.
Interviewed two teachers. One of them wondered:
- Why your students come to you for advice, and mine is avoiding me and not paying attention?
The second shared secret:
- Don't give them ready solutions, and learn how to properly formulate questions. Then those looking for answers will come to you. Because very often the questions are more interesting than the answers.
Somehow she brought home a suitor for Dating with parents. The groom from the doorway did not like the father. When they sat down to dinner, the future father-in-law had stopped the young man all sorts of questions. The responses it was clear that father in vain niggles. However, he persisted and asked one last simple question:
- And how the party is?
- I am non-partisan, ' replied the man.
- Here! I thought so! - revived father. In my youth I had a dog. Her from the yard stole and ate non-partisan! Since I don't like non-party!
Grandson and grandfather were driving in the bus. All the way there was a passenger who was arguing and all bullied. When at a stop they did, the grandson asked his grandfather a question:
- Grandpa, why didn't you answer this person?
Grandfather, smiling, answered with a question:
- Granddaughters, I remember when we were walking down the street, we barked the yard dog? You never asked me about why we did not get up on all fours and told her. Why are you asking now?
In the village rumors travels quickly. As soon as a new person, so after a day or two all know all about him. Once Santa has a new helper. The grandson runs with the questions:
- Grandpa, did you get the help of the guy? But it thief, for that he was jailed.
- My grandson, he came to me and asked me to give him a job. I could not refuse.
Why? You're going to be very difficult!
I know. Yes, his character - not sugar. His father was a thief and her mother knew and encouraged it. Friends were thieves. Well, what could he do in this case grow? He was released from prison, but did not return to their craft and where he lived before, and came here, came to me asking for help. How could I refuse him? In fact, as he grew up, not his fault, but the misfortune...
Rabbi Susi decided to change the world. But the world is so big, and Zusi so small. Then SUSE decided to change the city. But the city is so big, and Zusi so small. Then SUSE decided to change his family. But the family have Sushi so big, some children dozen. So Zusi got to the only thing he can change, being so small, himself.
Three boys love one girl. To choose a husband, she decided to give them a trial. "Whoever would get this pitcher and will call me your wife" - she said, pointing to the vessel, resting on the bottom of the river. "Is this all!?" - exclaimed the first groom and immediately jumped into the water. What was his surprise when he couldn't find the jug. "Oh, no!" he thought - "If I swim out with empty hands, I will be shamed, and she will be a wife to another. It is better to drown!" He stubbornly continued the quest and soon indeed drowned. Seeing this, the second decided that it may suffer the same fate, and in fear fled. Nothing said the third guy, but only climbed a tree growing on the Bank and stripped off its branches pitcher who all this time was reflected in the clean river water.
Don't run from challenges and always analyze the situation before you do anything. Only then will you be able to achieve.
One young man was terribly short-tempered. Cost him at least a little bit out of himself as he began to swear every two words. He was not happy with the character, but I couldn't help myself. Then he decided to ask for help to your neighbor and ask him for advice. The neighbor listened carefully to the boy, gave him a bag of very hot peppers and said:
- Every time you say one curse word, take a pinch of pepper and put it in his mouth.
A month has passed. In the mouth the young man all burned, the pepper in the bag is rapidly decreasing, but still wanted to fight. The young man got angry, thinking that the neighbor just laughs at his suffering. He went back to the counselor to Express all that thinking about him. But just wanted the young man to offend a neighbor, as his throat was burning even more than before, and he stopped short...
This man is alive to this day, and in a circle of friends known that it had no one screams and swears, and all the questions on this matter replied: "the Cries and curses like spicy pepper, and the more you insult each other, the more burn their own language".
Lin-Tzu said:
When I was young, I liked to swim on the boat. I had a little boat: alone, I went to swim in the lake and could stay hours there.
Once I was sitting with my eyes closed and meditated. Was a great night. Kind of an empty boat adrift and blew my. I felt anger! I opened my eyes and was about to curse that bothered me, but I saw that the boat was empty.
My anger had nowhere to move. Who I was then? I had nothing to do but to close your eyes and begin to look closely to his anger. In that moment, when I saw it, I took the first step on my Way.
In this quiet night I went to the center within yourself. Empty boat became my teacher. Since then, if someone tried to hurt me and I was raised anger, I laughed and said:
- This boat is also empty.
I closed my eyes and went inward...
Master Padma said: "During the practice of the Dharma is the five excesses". Jomo said, "What are they?" The teacher said: "it is unnecessary to engender loyalty, yet detachment from samsara. Needless to contemplate the void, yet will not give up attraction to the material. Needless to practice meditation, until they give up desire. Needless to clarify verbal instruction, yet will not abandon attachment and anger. Needless to give profound advice that is not consistent with the conventional meaning."
