LEARNING THE ART OF WALKING

Once upon a time, there lived in China a young man named Chuan. After being told that the people in Handan, the capital of state of Zhao, had an elegant way of walking, Chuan traveled all the way there to learn.

Arriving in the town of Handan, Chuan set about watching how the inhabitants there walk in street. He was well indulged in the study all day long; sometimes he followed one man walked this way and sometimes another man that way.

As time passed, Chuan felt more and more worried because he had not learned to walk as elegantly as the natives there. Even worse, in the end, Chuan found himself unable to walk in his own way. So he had no choice but to crawl home.

The message in this story is clear: Don’t make hasty – decisions nor pursue something which is unimportant.

WHEN HOPE IS OUT OF SIGHT

It was reported that Prophet Isa (p.b.u.h.), the son of Maryam had been sitting and intently observing a farmer who, with a spade in hand, was hard at work tilling his field. At the moment Prophet Isa (b.p.u.h.) prayed to God:

“O Lord! Take away from him his hoped and aspirations.” Suddenly, the farmer flung his spade aside and sat down in a corner of his field.

“O Lord! Return his hoped and aspirations back to him,” Prophet Isa (p.b.u.h.) prayed once again. Abruptly the man stood up, picked his spade and began working again. Prophet Isa (p.b.u.h.) approached the farmer and gently inquired, “Why did you behave in such way?”

The farmer answered, “While I was hard at work, suddenly a thought slipped into my mind: ‘You are an old man whose life has almost come to an end; how much more do you wish to work and exert yourself?’ So I flung the spade aside and sat down in the corner. After a while, I said to myself, ‘Why don’t you work? You are still alive and in need of livelihood’ and so, picking up the spade, I returned to my work.”

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