“Industrious horses are miserable, lazy horses are happy”, 8 small stories that teach you to see through life
First story
There are two horses pulling the cart. One horse goes fast, the other goes very slow. So the owner transferred all the goods of the slow horse to the fast horse to pull. The slow-walking horse laughed: “Whoa! The harder you work, the more suffering you’ll only get yourself into!”
Unexpectedly, the owner later thought: “Just one horse can pull all the goods, so why raise two?” In the end, the lazy horse was killed for meat.
This is the “lazy horse” effect in economics.
Lesson: It doesn’t matter if it’s okay to let others feel that you have or are not, and sooner or later you will be eliminated.
Second story
Someone asked the farmer: “Have you planted wheat?”
Farmer: “No, I’m afraid it won’t rain.”
The other asked, “So do you plant cotton?”
Farmer: “No, I’m worried the worms will eat the cotton.”
The other asked, “Then what tree did you plant?”
Farmer: “Don’t plant anything, I want absolute safety.”
The lesson: For someone who doesn’t want to make sacrifices and takes risks, it’s natural for him to get nothing.
Third story
A Zen master saw a scorpion falling into the water and decided to save it. But unexpectedly, the scorpion burned his finger as soon as he touched it. The Zen master, fearless, stretched out his hand again, but he was still stung by a scorpion.
Someone next to him said: “It burned you, why did you save it?”
The Zen master replied, “It’s in its nature to sting people, it’s my nature to be kind, so why should I give up my nature?”
Lesson: Our mistake is to change ourselves too much blindly because of external factors.
Fourth story
Mandela was imprisoned for 27 years and tortured. When he became president, he invited up to three guards who tortured him. When Mandela stood up and respectfully greeted the three guards, everyone present at the scene and the world fell silent.
“As I walked out of my cell and through the prison gates to freedom, I knew that if I couldn’t leave my pain and resentment behind, I would still be in prison,” he said.
Lesson: Forgiving others is actually liberating yourself.
Fifth story
In a small town, a merchant opened a gas station, business was very good. The second came to open a restaurant, the third opened a supermarket, making the small town become more and more prosperous.
But in another town, a businessman opened a gas station and business was very good, the second person to come also opened a second gas station. So did the third and fourth, leaving this competition in ruins.
Lesson: Blindly imitating others will get in your way.
Friday story
A crow caught sight of a dove on its way home.
Bo asked: “Where are you going?”
The crow said: “Actually, I didn’t want to leave, but people thought my voice was bad and wanted me to go somewhere else.”
The dove said to the crow, “Don’t waste your energy! If you can’t change your voice, no matter where you go, you won’t be welcome.”
Lesson: If you want things to get better, start by changing yourself.
Saturday story
A young monk is responsible for sweeping the courtyard of the monastery, it takes him a long time to clean every day.
Someone said to him: “Before sweeping, shake the tree vigorously, shake off all the fallen leaves, then tomorrow you won’t have to sweep anymore.”
The little monk thought it was right, so he happily complied, but the next day the courtyard was full of leaves as usual.
Today, no matter how hard you work, tomorrow’s leaves will still fall.
Lesson: Live in the present.
Eighth story
Wild boars and horses graze together, wild boars usually do many bad things, either trampling grass or muddying the water. The horse was very angry and wanted revenge, so he asked the hunter for help. The hunter said unless the horse would tie the reins and let him ride. The horse, wishing for revenge, agreed to the hunter’s request.
The horse hunter knocked down the wild boar, then tied the horse to the manger, from which the horse lost its inherent freedom.
Lesson: If you cannot tolerate others, you will bring unhappiness to yourself.
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