An experienced & wise master grew
tired of his apprentice complaining.
One morning he sent the apprenticefor
some salt.
When the apprentice returned, the
master instructed the unhappy young
man to put a handful of salt in a glass
of water and drink it.
"How does it taste?" the master asked.
"Bitter," spit the apprentice.
The master chuckled and then asked
the young man to put a handful of Salt
in the lake nearby.
The two walked to the nearby lake.
After the apprentice swirled his
Handful of salt into the water, the old
man said, "Now drink from the lake.."
As the water dripped down the young
man's chin, the master asked, "Now
How does this taste?"
"Fresh & Sweet" remarked the
apprentice.
"Do you taste the salt?" asked the
master.
"No," said the young man.
At this, the master sat beside the
young man who so reminded him of
Himself at one time and held his
hands.
He told the young man, "The pain of
life is pure salt; no more, no less.
The amount of pain in life remains
exactly the same. However, the
amount of bitterness we taste depends
on the container we put the pain in.
So when you are in pain, the only thing
you can do is to enlarge your sense of
things . . .
"Stop being a glass. Become a lake."
Endrum Anbudan
Kumaran .M
