Wisdom of the day…(reminding of the
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In one little town there lived a young
wealthy merchandiser. He was muscular, handsome, and fair-skinned. However, he
was arrogant and uppish. He liked to insult and bully others. As a result, many
people hated him so much and secluded him. Eventually, he began to lose trust.
More and more people keep their distance off him. One by one began to leave him.
Realizing this unpleasant situation, the young man began to worry about his
life. He was upset and angry with his condition, but he just kept his anger
inside.
One day, he decided to meet a wise teacher to
ask for his advice. Upon seeing the guru, he explained his problem and told his
wishes; he wanted people in his town to like him. The guru carefully listened to
his story. When he had understood everything, he wisely advised the young man,
"Young man, every time you do bad things or hurt other, physically or mentally,
mark what you have done by hammering one big nail on the fence of your house.
When it is full of nails, then you come back to see me again."
The young man came home and did what the guru
advice. Anytime he did bad things; hurt or insulted others, he hammered one big
nail on the fence. After a few months, the fence was full of nails. However, the
situation did not change yet. People still kept their distance off him. They did
not want to mingle with him. They tried to avoid him as much as possible. The
young man then felt tired of the situation. He was really unhappy with his
condition. He did not understand the advice from the Guru.
After some time, he decided to visit the Guru
again. The guru, who had known that he would come again, said, "Hey, young man,
when you come to see me now, your fence must be full of nails. Why don’t you do
the other way round now? Why don’t you do as many good things as you can, and
for each kindness that you do, pull out one nail off your fence. When you have
no more nails, you may come back to see me."
For the second time, he followed his advice.
Everyday, he tried very hard to control his bad habits. Every time he could
control himself or did one righteous act, he pulled out one nail off the fence,
he had changed. He was more patient, tolerant and wiser. For the third time, he
visited the Guru and told everything that he had done. "You are different now,
young man. You are more patient and tolerant. You have proved to your self that
you too can do kindness. Now, is there anything you can learn from this?" asked
the Guru. "When you go home, I want you to carefully look at your fence. Now
that there aren’t any nails left, isn’t your fence is full of holes, it won’t be
as beautiful as it used to be. Think deeply about this, watch whatever you
do!"
Dear readers,
In reality, it is not easy to give
forgiveness sincerely. Sometimes, the pain really leaves scars in our heart. It
may hurt ourselves; let us down, cause a very long and deep suffering. And if
this happens, it is really difficult to give forgiveness. Bad actions really
bring hatred and revenge that cannot be easily forgotten. This is really humane,
very normal.
At the same time, whenever we make bad
actions or mistakes, we must be gentle to admit our mistakes, then sincerely ask
for forgiveness. It is much better if we dare to promise that we will never do
the same mistake again. Asking for such forgiveness is really noble. Anyone who
dares to do that is really wise.
However, we should know that forgiveness does
not mean we have omitted the mistakes we have created. Therefore, we know that
there is punishment for mistakes that we do. Therefore, it is much better if we
can develop a habit that controls what we say, behave and act. It surely makes
us more careful and wiser in whatever we think, say and do. This habit should be
built under an understanding that everyone has the right to be treated well. We
should try our best to respect others no matter what their social status, tribe,
race, religion, and educational background is, whether they are poor or rich. We
must treat everyone equally as humanly as possible.
As an old proverb says: "One enemy is too many,
thousands of friends are never enough." Let’s control our words, watch our heart
and mind, behave ourselves, and never let them be the nails that will hurt
others. On the other hand, let’s make our heart, mind and words blessings for
all. If we can do this, we will become peaceful candles and make this world a
beautiful place to live in harmony
PS: In judgement day-in islam way; all of us including animals will ask for payback for our sin to them. For sin to God, it will His decision to forgive, but for man/woman to man/woman, man/woman to animals we should try to seek forgiveness from them.But How we can find forgiveness of trillions, billions, millions people, animals from prophet adams to end day the person/animals we hurt, insult, bully to?
