Heart

Once there lived a wise old man . One morning , there came a young man was dirudung many problems . Steps were unsteady and complicated his face . It did look like a person who is not happy . Without wasting time the man immediately told all the trouble .


Wise old man just listened carefully , and then he took a handful of powder of bitter and asked the young man to take a glass of water .
Ditaburkannya bitter powder into a glass , then stirred slowly .
" Try drinking this and tell me how it feels ," said the old man .
" Bitter , bitter " , he answered a spit to the side .
The old man smiled slightly . He then invites his guests to walk to the edge of the lake in the woods where he lives . The two men walked berdampingandan finally get to the edge of a quiet pond . The old man had returned a bitter powder sprinkled into the lake , and with a piece of wood he was stirring .
" Try to take water from the lake and drink . "
When the guests drank the water , old man again asked him , " How does it feel ? "
" Fresh " , said guests .
" Do you feel bitter in the water ? " Said the old man .
" No," said the guest .
With a wise old man patted the back of a young boy , he then sat facing him , kneeling beside the lake .
" Young man , listen : the bitterness of life , is like a handful of bitter powder , no more no less . The number and the same sense of pahitnyapun and indeed will remain the same . But the bitterness we feel depends on the container we have . The bitterness will be based on the feeling of the place we put everything . It will all depend on our own hearts . So when you feel the bitterness and failure in life , there is only one that you can do , accept everything that Exert your chest , your heart luaskanlah to hold any bitterness . "
The old man then returned advises : " Your heart is the container . Your feelings are that place . Kalbumu is where you accommodate everything . So do not make your heart like glass , make like a lake that can accommodate any bitterness it , and turn it into a freshness and happiness . "
The two then went home , and both learned that day . And the old man , the sage was rekindled bitter powder , for other young people who often come to bring unrest soul .
" All great things have small beginning "