Perhaps people might ask themselves everytime. Is life destined? It is when you look at your current condition, feel bounded, and make a statement:"Guess I can only go this far".
My friend told me a story of 3 animals: an elephant, a horse and a rabbit.
3 of them decide to cross the river to the other bank for some reason.
The elephant finds it damn easy to cross, cause the water level seems way too shallow for him. The horse decides to follow and finds that galloping across the river takes some strength, but horses have powerful legs. So he goes through smoothly too. The rabbit looks at the river and knows that he will never ever be able to cross such a deep river. He stays on the current bank and looks enviously at his friends on the other bank, with a deep sense of self-pity.
If your life is too smooth sailing just like an elephant crossing the river, do you take for granted that the river never ever post a threat to you? But if you have to do everything just like a rabbit crossing the river, do you complain about why life is so full of obstacles?
So rather than complaining from the rabbit's point of view that the river is so damn deep (which isn't cause the elephant don't even care a damn), why not think from a simpler perspective, that your objective is just to cross the river and stop comparing? In the end, it's still the same river to anyone.
I guess in your mind, you still want to know why you are the rabbit. Well, my advice is get on with life, you don't have much time to look back.
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after read up ur animal story. i had 2 ideal of this.
1st. yes. treat it as we're all animal. & of cos u must know difference animal
have difference adility & their own limit. (which is mean yes we can only go this far)
is not that we like to complain but to think of this complaining also dun help in any.
that u always take in "complain" cos u think they only want to make some noise. ask back ourself.
are we the lucky one? and by looking at other living. is like u are cold to them. cos they can only
be at this far. (if say u are the horse looking at the rabbit at the other side of river)
life and living can be or is simple but i dun means is smooth.
2nd. i think u must have hear the story of why heaven is happier than hell.
both side have a long chop stick but heaven is the one to feed the other
but the hell is stuggler to feed themselve. if everyone give a little more care and share.
doesnt it will be a much better plc and way to be?
if u're the strong one can help the weaker. why not lend them a hand.
if the elephant or horse can carry the rabbit over. would than be more nicer?
i think we as in fotang for sometime. ask ourself back what do we really understand & learn?
be side just listening and following what others say and ask u to do.
to stay in heaven or hell. which will u choose?
Great! Actually in this post I'm just trying to remind myself that whenever I'm the rabbit in any situation, I must focus on the obstacle and not make a fuss how ppl get over it so smoothly.
And yes, I can definitely say at times when I'm the elephant. I do look back at the rabbit at times and see whether I can offer any help. But strange as it is, the rabbit sometimes wants to use his own ability to cross it. Maybe this is his own karma, no one can help. Even if you feed the rabbit with food, it might not want to swallow. But of cause, teamwork really makes the difference in difficult situations. If that situation does not apply to you alone, but to the team as a whole.
Nevertheless, I just hope every rabbit crosses his obstacle and grow from strength to strength. Cause if you can cross it once, it will never be that difficult again.
Heaven or hell? It's all in the mind.
well. there's this word say put ourself into other people shoes. but still rabbit will still see u as a elephant that u will never know what been a rabbit is and feels. can i say this? this's call too self centralize. & also, this word call pride. i don't know this pride have kill how many people away. but not to say with no pride.
sometime u try to help, but others may think u want get something good for them.
soemtime u try to help, but others may ask for more help.
sometime u dun help, others may think u,re just act big.
there're time that's nice to help abit. & also there're time that's not a shameful thing that
letting other people help u.
but u know u maybe not the one that the other will listen to u. but is someone else that they use the same words of yours and the other will listen to them? human. human. always have their word of reason.
to me ever im not the one that give the other the words.(advise) ( which i dunno is that really help or how true my words is. i mean a rite or wrong to them)(cos everyone have they very own kownedge that either
let the word in or to protect them for letting the words disturb their thoughts)
but i will still give. i mean i give and give my responsible of my words. dun just speak of noth
and dun responsible. that is what i have to learn also.
heaven or hell is not only use the mind. is truely and really. by now that how u move too. that's
why there're great pple moving around the world teaching.
So moral of the story?
u may heard this starfish story. when u're walking on the shore. every starfish that u see u will pick them up and put it back into the sea.
will u go and ask starfish do u want go back to the sea? maybe is time for them to die on the shore. but will u just let them die? maybe is only cos of the sea wave that pushed them up to the shore that they then think is time for them to die.
to ask them is respeat them. is only show of respect. sometime when going to do something(as in give a advise or help them) is dun need to think so much of this. (either u're a elephant or rabbit)(let the rabbit see what they want to do and help in quietly) or (maybe u feed the rabbit at the wrong time)
actaully i dun really care abt this karma thing. (maybe it also under this karma fate)
just speak just go in help. but words with responsible.
helpin with pure thoughts.
dun that actually u see or know something & dun speak of this. then when thing really happen are u going to say 'ealier i already know will happen' or when thing goes bad them will u go regret that why u didnt tell them ealier.
the end.
well, cant reali get what anonymous mean.. abit this and that.. i tink all of us are the rabbit at one time or another.. cos life is never smooth and peaceful..
i guess wat fen wana put across is juz accept life.. no one is born equal.. elephant has its weakness too.. help others and others will help u too.. believe in karma..
last thing i wana say is its indeed in the mind.. heaven or hell, right or wrong.. 善与恶只在一线之差，当你不再着善或恶，你就的大自在。