A glass of milk
One day, a poor little boy was selling goods door to door in order to save enough for his tuition. After working hard all day, he suddenly felt very hungry, but when he touched There is only a dime all over the body. What to do? He decided to beg for food from a house. When the young woman opened the door, the little boy was a little overwhelmed. He did not beg for food, but only begged for a sip of water. Seeing how hungry he looked, the woman gave him a large glass of milk. The boy drank the milk slowly and asked, "How much should I pay?" The young woman replied, "A penny." No need to pay. Mom taught us to show love without expecting anything in return." The boy said, "Then please accept my sincere gratitude." After that, the boy left the house. At this time, he not only felt full of energy, but also saw God smiling at him, and that kind of manly pride came out like a torrent.
In fact, the boy originally planned to drop out of school.
A few years later, the young woman suffered from a rare and serious illness, and the local doctors were helpless. Finally, she was sent to the big city for treatment and was consulted and treated by experts. The little boy back then is now the famous Dr. Howard Kelly, who also participated in the formulation of the treatment plan. When he saw the origin of the patient written in the medical record, a strange thought suddenly flashed through his mind. He immediately got up and went straight to the ward.
When he arrived at the ward, Dr. Kelly immediately recognized the patient on the bed as the benefactor who had helped him. He returned to his office determined to do whatever he could to cure his benefactor. From that day on, he took special care of this patient. After hard work and faith, the operation was successful. Dr. Kelly asked for the medical bill to be sent to him, and he signed the note next to it.
When the medical bill was delivered to this special patient, she did not dare to read it because she was sure that the medical bill would cost her all her fortune. Finally, she mustered up the courage to open the medical expense notice. The line of small words next to it caught her attention, and he couldn't help but read it out loud: "Medical expenses - a full glass of milk" .
Dr. Howard Kelly”
Playing Go
Watching two old men playing Go in the park, they played very slowly, which surprised the onlookers. people feel impatient. The first old man said very interestingly: "Hey! Are you playing chess, or am I playing chess? It's already fast for us to think about a chess piece for more than ten minutes. Do you know that it takes Lin Haifeng more than an hour to play a chess piece." The old man next to him booed: "What a joke! I compare myself to Lin Haifeng." The second old man looked very cultivated and said: "You don't know, Go must be played slowly, and if you play fast, you will be murderous. It's not like My friend is playing chess. What's more, when the first chess piece falls, the game starts to go to a dead end. When the chess pieces are full, the chess piece is dead, so it is better to move slowly. Die slowly!" This seemingly meaningful statement made the old scalpers next to him fall silent. After watching the game, no one stopped or spoke. A good Go game should be played slowly, and a good life journey should be savored carefully; don't rush to fill up the chessboard, and don't rush through life.
Where is destiny
A Zen master often talked about the word "destiny" with everyone. A loyal listener has always believed in the saying of destiny, so he is looking forward to miracles in life every day. He thought: Since there is fate, then everything must be arranged by fate. However, year after year, his life has been mediocre, without glory and light, only darkness and poverty. He thought, is this his destiny? With doubts, he went to visit the Zen Master: "Do you think there is really a destiny?" The Zen Master asked him to stretch out his left hand and pointed it to him: "Do you see clearly? This horizontal line is called the love line, and this diagonal line is called the love line. The line is called the career line, and the other vertical line is the life line." Then, the Zen master asked him to follow his example: slowly hold the hand and hold it tightly. The Zen master asked: "Where do you think these threads are?" The man said in confusion: "They are in my hands!" "Where is fate?" The man finally realized that his fate was in his own hands, not in his own hands. in other people's mouths. After realizing this, the man decided to take action to change his destiny. In the process of hard work, he encountered many setbacks and difficulties.
Whenever this happens, he will think of the Zen Master's words: Destiny is in one's own hands, not in other people's mouths. So, he secretly held his hands. Whenever he held his hands, he found that he had found motivation and confidence.
The height of fleas
Someone has done experiments on fleas, which is very interesting. Put a flea in a glass bottle and it will jump out easily. Covered with a transparent glass cover, the fleas jumped many times and all touched the glass cover. Later, when the glass lid was removed, the fleas could no longer jump out of the glass bottle. After experiencing setbacks, fleas cannot jump to their original height. After we suffer a blow or failure, won’t we also lose our higher requirements for life? Due to the erosion of wind and frost, we have no edges and corners, settle for mediocrity, and complain blindly, but never try to challenge life.
As long as you stand up one more time than you fall down, you are successful.
A father was worried about his child. Because his son is fifteen or sixteen years old, but he has no masculinity at all. So the father went to visit a Zen master and asked him to train his child. The Zen master said, "You leave your child with me. After three months, I will definitely train him to be a real man. However, you are not allowed to visit him during these three months." The father agreed. Three months later, the father came to pick up the child. The Zen master arranged for the child to have a competition with a karate instructor to show the results of these three months of training. As soon as the coach took action, the child fell to the ground. He stood up and continued to meet the challenge, but was knocked down immediately, so he stood up again... and went back and forth like this 16 times. The Zen master asked his father: "Do you think your child's behavior is manly enough?" The father said: "I am so ashamed!" Unexpectedly, I sent him here to train for three months, and the result was that he was so unbeatable that he fell down as soon as he was beaten. "The Zen Master said: "I'm sorry that you only see the superficial victory or defeat. Have you ever seen your son’s courage and perseverance to stand up again immediately after falling? This is true masculinity! "As long as you stand up once more than you fall down, you are successful.
A lonely person
Some time ago, I was traveling and staying in the dormitory of Jinghui. I saw on the bulletin board A very attractive newspaper clipping was cut from a newspaper published in Canada. The author has no signature. The title is "A Lonely Man". The content is as follows: This man was born in a little-known small village. His parents Both were Jewish, and his mother was a peasant girl. He grew up in another small village and worked in a carpenter's shop. After he was 30 years old, he began to travel and preach for three years. He never wrote a book or held any position. , there is no house of his own, no small home of his own. He has never entered university, nor set foot in a big city. The places he has visited are no more than two hundred miles away from his birthplace. Everything and greatness He has nothing that is closely related to greatness. He doesn’t even have a certificate, all he has is himself. The world has given him nothing, except his body. When he was very young, everyone looked down on him. against him. His friends deserted him, and one of them betrayed him. He was delivered into the hands of his enemies to be judged, and mocked and mocked. He was nailed to a wooden cross between two robbers. The only coat he owned in the world was divided among the executioners by casting lots. After his death, he was taken off the cross and buried in a borrowed tomb given by one of his friends. Today, more than two thousand years later, the whole world uses his birth date as the anniversary of the AD. He has become the center of mankind and the driving force of world civilization and progress. I dare say that he has made all the armies, navies, and parliaments in the world. Councilors, all the emperors who have ever reigned over mankind, combined, had far less influence on the human race on earth than this solitary man - this is a pretty gorgeous description of the life of Christ Jesus.