Dissolving the bitterness of life!

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
trouble 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. And you can become a lake when you broaden your
outlook; when you stop looking only at yourself and your own pain and

what has been done/has happened to you.

 

Look at life as a whole and the many things without which
you would not be what you are today – your friends, parents, family, hobbies,
work, nature around you.

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. When the people who

hurt you seemed better, when life in general was better.

 

Look at all the blessings that God has filled your life with about which you
(may) never give a thought and give Him praise and thanks Him at all times.

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 some 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, faith and trust.

The young man left, and his viewpoint on his problems had totally changed.

As the saying goes:

DON'T TELL GOD HOW BIG YOUR PROBLEM IS, (HE KNOWS). TELL YOUR PROBLEMS HOW BIG YOUR GOD IS!!   PLEASE GIVE GOD A CHANCE IN YOUR LIFE....LET GO ..LET GOD.

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Best,
Yogesh