Story One
A. a man who is dying of hungry staggered to a farmer’s house. The farmer gave him a steamed bun and some water, and then the dying man survived. Thereafter, the dying man found that the farmer is as poor as a church mouse. He was moved with tears in his eyes, and got down on his kneels for a long time to express gratitude. In the rest of his life, he keeps helping other in need.
B. a man who is dying of hungry staggered to a farmer’s house. The farmer gave him a steamed bun and some water, and then the dying man survived. However, the man found that the farmer is so rich and have lots of delicious food in the living room. Instead of expressing gratitude, he felt angry since he think he was treated badly. Thereafter, he grabed a knife and killed the farmer.
Thought1: Why the same action gets different results? —— see what you get, you will be graceful; see what you donot get, you will remember the animosity.
Thought2: To be graceful or angry, is always determined by how you do, not what you do. Essentially, the dying man should express his gratitude, in both circumstance A and B. However, only a rational man can do this in reality.
Thought3: Apart from being graceful or angry, does there a third status of mentality?
Two
A. a man who is dying of hungry staggered to a farmer’s house. The farmer gave him a steamed bun and some water, and then the dying man survived. Later, the people found the saved man is a corrupted official wanted by law. So many people hate the farmer, because he help the bad guy.
B. a man who is dying of hungry staggered to a farmer’s house. The farmer gave him a steamed bun and some water, and then the dying man survived. Later, the people found the saved man is very kind and help a lot of poor people. So, everybody praise the farmer for his great kindness.
Thought1: if we show charity to people according to who he is, not who is in need, everybody will have his own standards. Soon after, nobody wants to do charity. If we show charity to the wrong guy, we will be punished.
Thought2: If the people praise the farmer in both cases, the world will be full of love. Otherwise, we will be surrounded by cautions and snobbishness.
Three
A. a man who is dying of hungry staggered to a farmer’s house. This farmer pointed to another farmer’s home and said : “look, that family used to give you the food, come to them please”. When the starving man staggered to that farmers home and begged for food, the farmer said regretfully that “we donot have food for you”. Later, everybody in the town criticize the farmer used to help the starving man, but not one criticizing the first farmer.
B. a man who is dying of hungry staggered to a farmer’s house. This farmer pointed to another farmer’s home and said : “look, that family used to give you the food, come to them please”. When the starving man staggered to that farmers home and begged for food, the farmer said this time that “we only have half a steamed bun for you”. Later, everybody in the town laughed at the farmer for his parsimony.
Thought1: For a man used to be full of love in his heart, people always get a higher expectation for him.
Thought2: For a man who is selfish, since we get a low expectation for home, we will not be disappointed.
Thought3: This kind of expectation always expels one’s charity.
Four
A: a man who is dying of hungry staggered to a farmer’s house. The farmer gave him a steamed bun and some water, and then the dying man survived. Thereafter, the dying man found that the farmer is as poor as a church mouse. He was moved with tears in his eyes, and got down on his kneels for a long time to express gratitude. In the rest of his life, he keeps helping other in need. In addition, he support every decision made by the farmer no matter it is right or wrong. This make the farmer arrogant and then bankrupt because of making a wrong decision.
B: a man who is dying of hungry staggered to a farmer’s house. The farmer gave him a steamed bun and some water, and then the dying man survived. Thereafter, the dying man found that the farmer is as poor as a church mouse. He was moved with tears in his eyes, and got down on his kneels for a long time to express gratitude. In the rest of his life, he keeps helping others in need. However, he also tell the farmer the right thing to do, instead of buttering up the farmer for to repay the gratitude.
Thought1: Different way to repay the gratitude get different results
Thought2: you should keep thinking in the right way all the time. Telling the truth and criticizing are alway the best means.
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