Today's blog post is borrowed from Facebook friend Deavon DiPrima. It was such a beautiful clue that I wanted to share it with you here:
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Once a young man came to a revered teacher, who was seated under a tree near a beautiful lake, and asked for the solution for his unhappiness. After some minutes of conversation the old master kindly instructed the visitor to put a handful of salt in a glass of water and then to drink a few mouthfuls. "How does it taste?" the teacher asked. "Awful," said the apprentice after he had spat out the revolting liquid a few paces away.
The teacher chuckled 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 youngster swirled his handful of salt into the lake, the old man told him, "Now drink from the lake."
As the water dripped down the young man"s chin, the master asked him again, "How does it taste?" "Good!" he replied. "Do you taste the salt?" asked the Master. "No," said the young man. The Master sat beside the troubled youth, took his hands, and said,
"The pain of life is pure salt; no more, no less. The amount of pain in life remains the same, exactly the same. But the level of 'pain we taste' 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. Become a lake.You can become a lake where you broaden your outlook; when you stop looking only at yourself and your own miseries. Look at life as a whole and the many things without which you would not be what you are today – your friends, family, hobbies, nature around you.
When you are in pain, the only thing you can do is to enlarge your sense of things
When you are confronted with a problem, you see only the problem and ruminate over it endlessly which only makes the situation more tragic. Think of previous instances when things were better. Look at all the blessings that God has filled your life with about which you never give a thought.
Never compare yourself negatively with others. You are a unique person and if you have the faith, God will provide what you need. When you have a pain in your life, put it in front of God - then it will surely lessen. Do not put it in front of yourself – as you cannot see beyond it.
God is Infinite. Tap this source, with confidence.
The young man left, and his viewpoint on his problems had totally changed. As the saying goes:
Tell your problems, how big your God Is.
The teacher chuckled 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 youngster swirled his handful of salt into the lake, the old man told him, "Now drink from the lake."
As the water dripped down the young man"s chin, the master asked him again, "How does it taste?" "Good!" he replied. "Do you taste the salt?" asked the Master. "No," said the young man. The Master sat beside the troubled youth, took his hands, and said,
"The pain of life is pure salt; no more, no less. The amount of pain in life remains the same, exactly the same. But the level of 'pain we taste' 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. Become a lake.You can become a lake where you broaden your outlook; when you stop looking only at yourself and your own miseries. Look at life as a whole and the many things without which you would not be what you are today – your friends, family, hobbies, nature around you.
When you are in pain, the only thing you can do is to enlarge your sense of things
When you are confronted with a problem, you see only the problem and ruminate over it endlessly which only makes the situation more tragic. Think of previous instances when things were better. Look at all the blessings that God has filled your life with about which you never give a thought.
Never compare yourself negatively with others. You are a unique person and if you have the faith, God will provide what you need. When you have a pain in your life, put it in front of God - then it will surely lessen. Do not put it in front of yourself – as you cannot see beyond it.
God is Infinite. Tap this source, with confidence.
The young man left, and his viewpoint on his problems had totally changed. As the saying goes:
Tell your problems, how big your God Is.
This is absolutely BEAUTIFUL. It made me cry, so I must have needed it. Thank you, Valerie, for your beautiful gift and the generosity of spirit that causes you to get up early every morning and write what we all SO need to hear. We love you for it.
ReplyDeleteAwesome! Thank you for sharing! :)
ReplyDeleteAh yes, thank you for this...At first I thought, "Yes, i have dealt with my physical pain...I have totally enlarged my body by 100 pounds since it started several years ago!" But, of course, that is not what was meant by the sentiment of a larger perspective, lol! I remember the book title, "Is Your God Big Enough?" Thanks for reminding me just how big God is...infinite is a little more than huge! Rather than taking this pain all on myself, I now give it up to God who is more than large enough to handle it. My body can return to its healthy size and be nourished in the knowing that God not only is big enough to handle the pain, but that God energy will totally remove the pain from existence. I don't need this pain any longer. I do not need to be punished nor reminded that I am a bad, undeserving person, because I am a child of God and I do NOT inherit illness nor pain, no matter what my dark side wants to tell me! Again, thank you for posting this clue!
ReplyDeleteAnonymous for now ... Please keep writing. Your words give energy that I did not know I was lacking. I shall return Un-anonymous.
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