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The Pain of Life
Came across this parable today:
An aging master grew tired of his apprentice’s complaints. One morning, the master sent the apprentice to get some salt. When the apprentice returned, the master told him to mix a handful of salt in a glass of water and drink it.
“How does it taste?” the master asked.
“Bitter,” said the apprentice.
The master chuckled and then asked the young man to take the same handful of salt and put it in the lake. The two walked in silence to the nearby lake. Once the apprentice swirled his handful of salt in the water, the old man said, “Now drink from the lake.”
As the water dripped down the young man’s chin, the master asked, “How does it taste?”
“Fresh,” remarked the apprentice.
“Do you taste the salt?” asked the master.
“No,” said the young man. The master then sat beside his apprentice, and explained,
“The pain of life is pure salt; no more, no less. The amount of pain in life remains exactly the same. What matters, however, is the amount of goodness we use to dilute the salt. When you are in pain, the best thing to do is to enlarge your sense of goodness to dilute the pain. Stop being a glass. Become a lake.”
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