Friday, March 28, 2008

How you see?

``One day, a rich man takes his son to a rural place and shows farm works. His purpose is to let his son realize how rural life is and how they survive upon their poverty. After they arrive home,

Father : How is it my son? How do you see the rural place that we just visited?
Son : It's bad!
Father : So, you know now how poor people have to survive their life clearly!
Son : Yes, Dad.
Father : So, what you remember and realize? Tell me back.
Son : In our house, we can keep only one dog. They even have four dogs. We have only a small swimming pool just enough to swim. They have a very long wide stream so that they can swim as wish as they want. In our garden, we have to buy and set lanterns from foreign countries with high prices. For them, there are countless sparkling stars on the sky. I thought our lawn and grass are so wide, but their lawn is endless till reach the sky. Oh, I envy their life!

After the father heard his son's retelling what he saw, he was numbed and didn't have anything to say. But his son continues, "I appreciate you, Dad because you showed me how our life is poor and bad."
The End

** Isn't it right that everything good or bad just depends on how you look at them?
** As long as you see everything good (in other words) as long as you are optimistic upon everything, you feel satisfied or content in everything and everything around you sounds perfect for you!


[Translated from the book "Peaceful Life, clear and fresh Mind" by Atta Kyaw]

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