Sunday, October 4, 2009

Forgive, forgive and forgive

If you complain, it is like spiritual cancer! This was an ancient ironic story that I like to share with you. Note: (My good friend sent me this story by e-mail)
There was a woodcutter who felt very unhappy because he had to work so hard then could earn some money.
One day, he felt so angry and kept on complaining to his wife when taking lunch. It affected wife's mood badly. The daughter also became furious and accidentally put more than a spoonful of salt in the dish. Ha ha ha, the woodcutter ate this dish and became more angry. He thought that life was miserable and even could not have good meal either.
He stopped eating and stormed back to the mountain side to chop and chop. While chopping the woods, he kept on grumbling about his unlucky life to the other wood cutters.
Because of the anger , his axe was flying out and hit a passerby. Do you know who was the passerby? Ha ha ha, he was the visiting prince of the neighbouring country. The consequence was that the prince sent the troops to attack the country and the war broke out.
This little story gave us the reminder. It is like spiritual cancer!!
Why do I have to say "complain" is the soul of cancer?
I have the following two reasons:
Blaming create diffusion: If a man often blame everyone and then both comment on that. Then, his (her) emotions can easily be passed to other men. This negative atmosphere can affect even the entire community, little by little, grudge against each others within the population.
Wow, complaint can take away your "nutrients" (the same good fortune).
complaint can take away your happiness, self-confidence, power gradually.
So: If you complain, this is spiritual cancer! don't let "complain" affect your life.
It is good to spread the good story out, so that everybody can learn something.

2 comments:

  1. That's a good story, and a very true lesson! Thankfully, when we're positive, our happy attitude spreads to others just like the bad attitude did!

    Thank you for sharing this story!

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  2. Mousewords,
    The impact of positive attitude is so important in our daily life.
    Thanks for your valuable comment, have the nice day.

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