There was a man and his young son in a village. This man had a horse which he used for pulling a wagon. It was his only source of income. Life was nevertheless smooth. One day his horse ran away in woods. But he was calm. His neighbors came to him expecting that the man would be sad, but he was not. He just said, "May be there is something good behind it".
The horse returned the next day with a wild horse along with him. Now the man had 2 horses and neighbors congratulated him. He calmly replied, "May be there is something bad behind it".
Next day, while his young son was trying to tame the wild horse, he fell from it and broke his leg. The neighbors came to his house to console him and were surprised to see the father calm and composed. He just uttered, "May be there is something good behind it".
There was a war going on in the country, so army came to this village to recruit all the young men. But the son had a broken leg, so he was not recruited for the war in which all the young men of the village were killed. Thus, his life was saved.
This story is one story which I always remember when life takes a sharp turn. When I was called for the job, I was happy. When I had to travel so long everyday out of Bangalore, I was sad. Then I got the stream I wanted, I was happy. Then I was sent to Chennai, I was sad. Then I got a good project, I was happy. Now, when I am unable to handle it, I am sad again.
The problem is that I can't stay in the middle of happiness and sadness. I have to swing between them. Defying what the Bhagavad Gita teaches- Maintain your equanimity in happiness and distress. Defying what Buddhism teaches- Stay detached from happiness and sadness. Defying what the Panchtantra teaches- Every good thing has a bad thing behind it and vice versa. So, there is no point in being too happy or too sad.
Despite of knowing all this, I prefer to stay like a sine wave; like a pendulum; like a rocking chair. May be I am still too young.
3 comments:
gud 1 yaar:)) soo just can say 1 thng....dnt b sad...if u r....:)) somethng gud must b waiting 4 u:))
Yes,you are a sine wave.so am I.but life cannot always be straight lines!curves are necessary!
you need to pay attention to colour of fonts and typography..it hurts..otherwise all is really good..
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