Be A Lake

Heaven+Horse

The old Master asked an unhappy young man to put a handful of salt in a glass of water and then to drink it.

“How does it taste？” the Master asked.

“Terrible，” said the young man.

The Master smiled and then asked the young man to take another handful of salt and put it in the lake.

The two walked in silence to the nearby lake and when the young man threw his handful of salt into the lake， the old man said， “Now drink from the lake.”

As the water came down into the young mans mouth， the Master asked， “How does it taste？” “Good！” answered the young man. “Do you taste the salt？” asked the Master. “No，” said the young man. The Master sat beside this troubled young man， took his hands， and said， “The pain of life is nothing else but salt； no more， no less. The amount of pain in life remains the same， exactly the same. But the amount we taste the ‘pain depends on the container we put it into.”

So when you are in pain， the only thing you can do is to enlarge your sense of things.

Stop being a Glass， and become a LAKE！

Vocabulary

amount n. 数量

container n. 容器endprint