Parables have been created since ancient times and the most different peoples. But the life wisdom embedded in them has not lost its relevance over the years. Thanks to short parables about life, we can understand the principles that are always and everywhere important.
We have selected short parables about life with morals, the meaning of which will answer some of your questions.
A parable about a life lesson
Father and son walked through the mountains. The boy tripped over a stone, fell, hit himself painfully and shouted:
- Aaaaaaay!!!
And then he heard a voice from somewhere behind the mountain that repeated after him:
- Aaaaaaay!!!
Curiosity prevailed over fear, and the boy shouted:
- Who is here?
And I received the answer:
- Who is here?
Angry, he shouted:
- Coward!
And I heard:
- Coward!
The boy looked at his father and asked:
- Dad, what is this?
The man, smiling, shouted:
- Son, I love you!
And the voice answered:
- Son, I love you!
The man shouted:
- You are the best!
And the voice answered:
- You are the best!
The child was surprised and did not understand anything. Then his father explained to him:
“People call it an echo, but in reality it is life. Returns to you everything you say and do.
Morality:
Our life is simply a reflection of our actions. If you want more love from the world - give more love to those around you. If you wish happiness, give happiness to those around you. If you want a smile from the heart, smile from the heart to those you know. This applies to all aspects of life: it returns to us everything that we gave it. Our lives are not coincidences, but a reflection of ourselves.
One famous artist painted his next painting. On the day of its presentation to the public, many journalists, photographers, famous people. When the time came, the artist threw off the covering cloth from the painting. An explosion of applause followed.
The painting showed the figure of Jesus knocking lightly on the door of a house. Jesus seemed alive. He leaned his ear to the door, as if he wanted to hear if someone inside the house was answering him.
Everyone admired the beautiful work of art. One curious visitor found an error in the painting. The door had neither a lock nor a handle. He turned to the artist:
- But this door seems to be locked from the inside, it has no handle, how can you enter it?
“It is so,” answered the author of the painting. – This is the door of a person’s heart. It can only open from the inside.
Morality:
We all expect Love, Joy, Compassion, Happiness, Success in our lives. But in order for them to appear in our lives, we cannot sit idly by. Action needs to be taken. At least just open the door...
Parable about friendship
There were two neighbors. The first one bought a rabbit for his children. The children of another neighbor asked to buy some kind of pet for them too. Their father bought them a puppy German Shepherd.
Then the first said to the second:
- But he will eat my rabbit!
- No, think about it, my shepherd is a puppy, and your rabbit is still a child. They will grow up together and become friends. There won't be any problems.
And it looked like the dog's owner was right. They grew up together and became friends. It was normal to see a rabbit in a dog's yard and vice versa. The children were happy.
One day, the rabbit's owner and his family went away for the weekend, and the rabbit was left alone. It was Friday. On Sunday evening, the dog's owner and his family were drinking tea on the veranda when their huge dog walked in. In his teeth he held a rabbit: battered, dirty with blood and dirt, and, worst of all, dead. The owners attacked their dog and almost killed the dog.
- The neighbor was right. What now? We just needed this. They will return in a few hours. What to do?
Everyone looked at each other. The poor dog whined and cried, licking his wounds.
– Can you imagine what will happen to their children?
One of the children came up with an idea:
- Let's give him a good bath, dry him with a hairdryer and put him in his house in the yard.
Since the rabbit was not torn, they did so. The rabbit was put in his house, his head was laid on his paws, it seemed that he was sleeping. And then they heard that the neighbors were returning. The dog's owners rushed into their house and closed the doors. A few minutes later they heard children screaming. Found! A couple of minutes later there was a knock on their door. The rabbit's owner stood pale and frightened on the threshold. It seemed as if he had met a ghost.
- What's happened? What happened to you? – asked the dog’s owner.
- Rabbit... rabbit...
- Died? And this afternoon he seemed so cheerful!
– He died on Friday!
- On Friday?
“Before we left, the children buried him at the end of the garden!” And now he lies in his house again!
The dog, who had been searching for his missing childhood friend since Friday, finally found him and dug him up to save him. And he took it to his owners so that they could help.
Morality:
You should never judge in advance, without checking what actually happened.
One day, a butterfly pupa fell into the hands of a man. He took her and looked at her for several hours, seeing how she struggled to squeeze her body out of the small hole in the cocoon. Time passed, she kept trying to get out of the cocoon, but there was no progress. It seemed that she was completely exhausted and could no longer do it... Then the man decided to help the butterfly. He took the scissors and cut the cocoon all the way. The butterfly came out of it easily, but its body was somewhat atrophied, small, and its wings were folded and compressed. The man continued to watch her, he expected that at any moment she would open her wings and fly.
But that did not happen. Until the end of its days, the butterfly was left with a deformed body and glued wings. She could never spread her wings and fly.
The man did not know that the hard cocoon and the incredible efforts made by the butterfly to exit the small hole were necessary for the body to accept correct form and so that strength would enter the wings through a strong body and she would be ready to fly as soon as she was freed from the cocoon.
Morality:
Don't help if you don't know how or if you're not sure that your help will really be useful. Don't interfere with the nature of things you didn't create. Otherwise, you might just do some harm.
The Parable of the Nail Marks
One boy had a very bad character. His father gave him a bag of nails and told him that every time he offended someone, he should hammer one nail into the fence.
On the first day the boy hammered thirty-seven nails. In the following days, as he began to learn to control his anger, he began to hammer in fewer and fewer nails. He made the discovery that it was easier to restrain himself than to hammer a nail in later. The day came when he was able to completely control his temper during that day. His father said that now for every day that he managed to restrain himself, let him pull out one nail from the fence.
Days passed, and then one day there was not a single nail left in the door. The father took his son by the hand, led him to the fence and said: “It’s clear, son, that you worked hard, but look how many holes are left in the tree. It will never be the same again.”
Morality:
Every time you hurt someone, it leaves scars. You can say something bad to someone and then take it back, but the scars will remain forever. Let us be careful when we say anything.
For many years I have been collecting wise, beautiful, instructive stories. Surprisingly, the authors of most of these masterpieces are unknown. It is likely that the depth and inner beauty of these miniatures turns them into modern folklore, passed on from mouth to mouth. I bring to your attention ten of the best parables about the meaning of life and that important thing that allows you to compare life guidelines, distinguish true greatness and spiritual wealth from the limited world of everyday vanity, although at times it looks solemn and magnificent. I chose it to my taste, of course.
Full jar.
The philosophy professor, standing in front of his audience, took a five-liter glass jar and filled it with stones, each at least three centimeters in diameter.
- Is the jar full? - the professor asked the students.
“Yes, it’s full,” the students answered.
Then he opened the bag of peas and poured its contents into a large jar, shaking it a little. The peas took up the free space between the stones.
- Is the jar full? - the professor asked the students again.
“Yes, it’s full,” they answered.
Then he took a box filled with sand and poured it into a jar. Naturally, the sand completely occupied the existing free space and covered everything.
Once again the professor asked the students if the jar was full? They answered: yes, and this time definitely, it is full.
Then from under the table he took out a mug of water and poured it into the jar to the last drop, soaking the sand.
The students laughed.
“And now I want you to understand that the jar is your life.” Stones are the most important things in your life: family, health, friends, your children - everything that is necessary for your life to still remain complete even if everything else is lost. Peas are things that have become important to you personally: work, home, car. Sand is everything else, little things.
If you fill the jar with sand first, there will be no room left to accommodate the peas and rocks. And also in your life, if you spend all your time and energy on small things, there is no room left for the most important things. Do what makes you happy: play with your children, spend time with your spouse, meet with friends. There will always be more time to work, clean the house, fix and wash the car. Deal first of all with stones, that is, the most important things in life; define your priorities: the rest is just sand.
Then the student raised her hand and asked the professor, what is the significance of water?
The professor smiled.
- I'm glad you asked me about this. I did this simply to prove to you that no matter how busy your life is, there is always a little room for idleness.
Most valuable
One person in childhood was very friendly with an old neighbor.
But time passed, college and hobbies appeared, then work and personal life. The young man was busy every minute, and he had no time to remember the past, or even to be with his loved ones.
One day he found out that his neighbor had died - and suddenly remembered: the old man taught him a lot, trying to replace the boy’s dead father. Feeling guilty, he came to the funeral.
In the evening, after the burial, the man entered the empty house of the deceased. Everything was the same as many years ago...
But the small golden box, in which, according to the old man, the most valuable thing for him was kept, disappeared from the table. Thinking that one of her few relatives had taken her, the man left the house.
However, two weeks later he received the package. Seeing his neighbor's name on it, the man shuddered and opened the box.
Inside was the same golden box. It contained a gold pocket watch with an engraving: “Thank you for the time you spent with me.”
And he realized that the most valuable thing for the old man was the time spent with his little friend.
Since then, the man tried to devote as much time as possible to his wife and son.
Life is not measured by the number of breaths. It is measured by the number of moments that make us hold our breath.Time is running away from us every second. And it needs to be spent right now.
Footprints in the sand(Christian parable).
One day a man had a dream. He dreamed that he was walking along a sandy shore, and next to him was the Lord. Pictures from his life flashed in the sky, and after each of them he noticed two chains of footprints in the sand: one from his feet, the other from the feet of the Lord.
When the last picture of his life flashed before him, he looked back at the footprints in the sand. And he saw that often along his life’s path there was only one chain of traces. He also noted that these were the most difficult and unhappy times in his life.
He became very sad and began to ask the Lord:
“Didn’t You tell me: if I follow Your path, You will not leave me.” But I noticed that during the most difficult times of my life, only one chain of footprints stretched across the sand. Why did You abandon me when I needed You most?The Lord answered:
- My dear, dear child. I love you and will never leave you. When there were sorrows and trials in your life, only one chain of footprints stretched along the road. Because in those days I carried you in my arms.
Dream.
While flying the plane on one of the routes, the pilot turned to his friend and partner:
- Look down at this beautiful lake. I was born not far from him, my village is over there.
He pointed to a small village, which, as if on a roost, was located on the hills not far from the lake, and remarked:
- I was born there. As a child, I often sat by the lake and fished. Fishing was my favorite pastime. But when I was a child fishing in the lake, there were always airplanes flying in the sky. They flew over my head, and I dreamed of the day when I could become a pilot myself and fly an airplane. This was my only dream. Now it has come true.
And now every time I look down at that lake I dream of the time when I will retire and go fishing again. After all, my lake is so beautiful...
Lame kitten.
The seller of one small store posted a “Kittens for sale” sign at the entrance. This inscription attracted the attention of the children, and within minutes a boy entered the store. Having greeted the seller, he timidly asked about the price of the kittens.
“From 30 to 50 rubles,” answered the seller.
Sighing, the child reached into his pocket, took out his wallet and began to count the change.
“I only have 20 rubles now,” he said sadly. “Please, can I at least take a look at them,” he asked the seller hopefully.
The seller smiled and took the kittens out of the large box.
Once free, the kittens meowed contentedly and began to run. Only one of them, for some reason, clearly lagged behind everyone else. And somehow strangely he pulled up his back leg.
- Tell me, what’s wrong with this kitten? - asked the boy.
The seller replied that this kitten has a congenital defect of the paw. “It’s for life, that’s what the vet said.” - the man added.
Then for some reason the boy became very worried.
- This is what I would like to buy.
- What, boy, are you laughing? This is a defective animal. Why do you need it? However, if you are so merciful, then take it for free, I will give it to you anyway,” said the seller.
Here, to the seller’s surprise, the boy’s face lengthened.
“No, I don’t want to take it for nothing,” the child said in a tense voice.
- This kitten costs exactly the same as the others. And I'm ready to pay full price. I'll bring it to you money “,” he added firmly.
Looking at the child in amazement, the seller’s heart trembled.
- Son, you just don’t understand everything. This poor thing will never be able to run, play and jump like other kittens.
At these words, the boy began to roll up the leg of his left leg. And then the amazed seller saw that the boy’s leg was terribly twisted and supported by metal hoops.
The child looked at the seller.
- I, too, will never be able to run and jump. And this kitten needs someone who would understand how hard it is for him, and who would support him,” the boy said in a trembling voice.
The man behind the counter began to bite his lips. Tears filled his eyes... After a short silence, he forced himself to smile.
- Son, I will pray that all kittens will have such wonderful, warm-hearted owners like you.
... In reality, WHO you are is not as important as the fact that there is SOMEONE who will truly appreciate you for who you are, who will accept and love you without any reservations. After all, the one who comes to you, at that time how the whole world leaves AWAY from you, and there is a true Friend.
Cups of coffee.
Alumni group prestigious university, successful, who have made a wonderful career, came to visit their old professor. During the visit, the conversation turned to work: graduates complained about numerous difficulties and life problems.
Having offered his guests coffee, the professor went to the kitchen and returned with a coffee pot and a tray filled with a variety of cups: porcelain, glass, plastic, crystal. Some were simple, others expensive.
When the graduates took apart the cups, the professor said:
— Please note that all the beautiful cups were taken apart, while the simple and cheap ones remained. And although it is normal for you to want only the best for yourself, this is the source of your problems and stress. Understand that the cup itself does not make the coffee better. Most often it is simply more expensive, but sometimes it even hides what we drink. In reality, all you wanted was just coffee, not a cup. But you deliberately chose the best cups, and then looked at who got which cup.
Now think: life is coffee, and work, money, position, society are cups. These are just tools for maintaining and maintaining Life. What kind of cup we have does not determine or change the quality of our Life. Sometimes, when we focus only on the cup, we forget to enjoy the taste of the coffee itself.
Most happy people- these are not those who have the best, but those who extract the best from what they have.
Your cross(Christian parable).
One person thought that his life was very difficult. And one day he went to God, told about his misfortunes and asked him:
- Can I choose a different cross for myself?
God looked at the man with a smile, led him into the storage room where there were crosses, and said:
- Choose.
A man entered the storage room, looked and was surprised: “There are so many crosses here - small, large, medium, heavy, and light.” The man walked around the storehouse for a long time, looking for the smallest and lightest cross, and finally found a small, small, light, light cross, approached God and said:
- God, can I have this one?
“It’s possible,” God answered. - This is your own.
Glass in outstretched hand.
The professor began his lesson by taking a glass with a small amount of water in his hand. He held it up so that everyone could see it and asked the students:
- How much do you think this glass weighs?
“50 grams, 100 grams, 125 grams,” answered the students.
“I really won’t know until I weigh it,” said the professor, “but my question is this: what would happen if I held it like this for a few minutes?”
“Nothing,” said the students.
- Okay, what would happen if I held it like this for an hour? - asked the professor.
“Your arm would start to hurt,” said one of the students.
“You’re right, but what would happen if I held it all day?”
“Your arm would go numb, you would have severe muscle breakdown and paralysis, and you would have to go to the hospital just in case.”
- Very good. But while we were discussing here, has the weight of the glass changed? - asked the professor.
- No.
- What makes your hand hurt and causes muscle disorder?
The students were puzzled.
- What do I need to do to fix all this? - the professor asked again.
“Put down the glass,” said one of the students.
- Exactly! - said the professor. “It’s always like that with life’s problems.” Just think about them for a few minutes and they will be with you. Think about them any longer and they start to itch. If you think any longer, they will paralyze you. There's nothing you can do.
It is important to think about problems in life, but even more important is to be able to put them off: at the end of the working day, the next day. This way you don’t get tired, you wake up fresh and strong every day. And you can manage any problem, any kind of challenge that comes your way.
All in your hands(eastern parable)
A long time ago, in an ancient city there lived a Master, surrounded by disciples. The most capable of them once thought: “Is there a question that our Master could not answer?” He went to a flowering meadow and caught the most beautiful butterfly and hid it between his palms. The butterfly clung to his hands with its paws, and the student was ticklish. Smiling, he approached the Master and asked:
- Tell me, what kind of butterfly is in my hands: alive or dead?
He held the butterfly tightly in his closed palms and was ready at any moment to squeeze them for the sake of his truth.
Without looking at the student’s hands, the Master answered:
- All in your hands.
Fragile gifts(parable from M. Shirochkina).
Once an old man came to one village and stayed to live. a wise man. He loved children and spent a lot of time with them. He also loved to give them gifts, but only gave them fragile things. No matter how hard the children tried to be careful, their new toys often broke. The children were upset and cried bitterly. Some time passed, the sage again gave them toys, but even more fragile.
One day his parents couldn’t stand it anymore and came to him:
“You are wise and wish only the best for our children.” But why do you give them such gifts? They try their best, but the toys still break and the children cry. But the toys are so beautiful that it’s impossible not to play with them.
“Very few years will pass,” the elder smiled, “and someone will give them his heart.” Maybe this will teach them to handle this priceless gift a little more carefully?
One grandfather spent a lot of time with his beloved grandson, instilling in him life wisdom. He said this:
Inside any soul there is a continuous battle, similar to the fight between two male wolves. One beast represents envy, malice, dishonesty, jealousy, selfishness, vanity, despondency. The other is associated with kindness, love, peacefulness, hope, truthfulness, and devotion.
The boy really liked this story and asked his grandfather:
And who emerges victorious from the fight?
He was silent for a while with a smile, and then answered his grandson:
The one you constantly feed wins.
Moral: You should always develop only positive qualities in yourself.
Parable about the rejection of another
In a distant eastern country there lived a wise elder. He had numerous young disciples, and he very often gave them the same speech: “Every person offends another in three main ways. They consist in calling him a fool, a quitter or mediocrity. If any of you are told this, you need to remember that it is fools who call others fools, idle people see idle people around, and mediocrities consider talented people crazy. This is how they try to make everyone equal.”
Moral: Before you find a big flaw in another person, look around to see if you have one yourself.
The parable of the empty mug
One person became seriously ill and did not get out of bed. But he had been very thirsty for a long time. There were no relatives at home and no one could help him. The patient was getting worse, and he was constantly moaning pitifully. Then standing nearby the mug took pity on him and said: “I would give you water, but I can’t get it.” “Oh, if they don’t give me a sip, I’ll die,” said the man.
Then the mug, gathering its last strength, went straight to his bed. He opened his eyelids and couldn’t believe his eyes. The patient even felt better. He extended his hand, but saw that there was nothing there. Anger overwhelmed him and, with difficulty, he grabbed the mug and smashed it against the wall.
Moral: You can't be ungrateful. If someone wants to help, but nothing comes of it, you should not throw the person away from you. People are not lumps of clay.
The Parable of the Brave Frog
In one forest swamp there were a large number of frogs. They sent their children to the school where the competitions were held. Each kid had to climb onto a high stump. A lot of animals came, sat comfortably in their places and began to wait for the start. None of them particularly believed that the winner of the competition would be determined.
The animals were talking among themselves: “They can’t climb up!” Where can frogs get so high? It’s unlikely that anyone will be able to get there at all.”
The kids tried, but luck did not smile on any of them. But some of them did not give up and made more and more attempts. However, nothing helped. The audience said: “No, it won’t work! We won't see the winner."
Gradually, every single frog gave up, except for one, who climbed the stump again and again. And in one fine moment he found himself at the top. The little frogs came up to congratulate the winner of the competition and asked how he managed to climb up? And it turned out that the kid was simply deaf by nature and did not hear any screams from the fans.
Morality : You cannot listen to the words of people who seek to shake a person’s faith in himself. They are not able to help, but only deprive him of the strength to achieve anything. Only without listening to them can you realize your dreams and plans. Self-confidence works wonders.
Parable of the Dove and the Owl
One day a pigeon met an eagle owl and began asking him:
- Tell me, who are you and where are you from?
– I flew from the distant East and am heading to the West.
And the owl hooted so loudly that the dove’s soul sank into its heels. He noticed:
– But your loved ones remained there. How will you live alone in a foreign country?
“And at home they told me that they no longer wanted to hear my unpleasant hoot.”
“You shouldn’t have flown away from there after all,” the dove answered him. - You don't need new house acquire, and unlearn your hoot. Here, just like there, they don’t like evil voices.
Moral: It's worth thinking about how to find mutual language with people, and not to look for a new society.
A parable about trust
One sage had numerous young students. One of the young people asked the Teacher:
I would really like to freely learn to understand every person I meet in my life. How will I be able to understand that he is worthy of my trust?
My son, first I will tell you who you need to beware of. Be afraid of the one who seems to be a meek quiet person. If someone is constantly trying to earn your favor, swears eternal friendship to you and you feel that he is seeking your complete favor - run away from him without looking back!
The young man could not contain his amazement:
I thought just the opposite, that such people are quite permissible to trust.
This person will be the first to change,” the Teacher answered sadly.
What should I do then? – the young man asked him.
It is permissible to believe only those people who are easy to use and never lie. Even if they tell you unpleasant but true things, trust them. They will never leave a friend in trouble.
The elder was silent for a while and continued his speech:
Real man always behaves inconspicuously. Therefore, it needs to be looked at. Rely completely on someone like this and don’t expect him to betray you later.
Moral: Open displays of friendship are often false. You are allowed to trust only those people who are always honest.
Parable of Resentment
The disciples gathered around their Teacher and one of them asked him:
- Tell me, Wise One, if suddenly some person wants to offend me, what should I do then?
– Imagine that you are resting under a spreading tree, from which a dry twig suddenly fell and hit you right on the head? How will you behave then? – the Teacher answered him.
- Like what? Nobody offended me. It just happened that way. “No one expected that a twig would fall on me,” the young man answered in surprise.
The sage told him:
– This is how you should deal with grievances. If someone, out of stupidity, misunderstanding, or in the heat of feelings, said something bad to you, such an act is no different from the fact that a dry part of a tree trunk fell on you. Don't pay any attention, keep going about your business.
Moral: Never take other people's evil words too personally.
Parable of Insults
One day a crowd of drunken revelers approached a beneficent old man and began to insult him. The elderly man did not pay the slightest attention to them. They became embarrassed and fell silent. Then the most sober man approached him and inquired:
“Don’t you have any pride at all, that you don’t even want to respond to our insults?”
“You started saying unpleasant things to me, I didn’t try to hear them from you.” All that depends on me is how to react to your behavior. I just don't want to notice him. Take all your insults back to yourself.
Moral: As long as a person does not react in any way to the offensive words of others, they do not concern him.
Parable of Three Friends
One day three friends were working in construction. They carried heavy stones and were very tired.
People passing by asked them what they were doing. One of them replied: “I’m killing myself!” and wiped his sweaty face. Another said: "I need money, so I'm not lazy and earn it here."
Then they decided to find out the answer from the third. He proudly told them: “I am building the Church of God in this place!” and looked brightly at the heavens.
Moral: only that person is able to fill his life with truly deep meaning, who constantly strives for the highest achievements.
The Parable of Fire and Moths
Three night moths circled around the candle. They admired her, and then argued about her unprecedented beauty. The first butterfly flew very close and said: “The flame is hot.”
The second dared to approach him even closer, so that the fire even licked her wing. She fearfully returned to the others and said: “He’s getting burned!”
The last moth boldly disappeared into the flames, but did not fly back. Only he alone understood his power, but he could no longer tell anyone about it.
Moral: Those who have acquired genuine higher knowledge are often not able to tell others about it. They are initiated into high matters, but cannot talk about them, and those who speak often do not understand anything about them.
Parable of the King and the Hermit
One king constantly sought to increase his knowledge. One day he heard that high in the mountains there lived a hermit who possessed truly unprecedented wisdom. He jumped on his horse and went up to him. Having arrived, he dismounted and saw an old man digging in his garden. The king approached him and said:
- Hello, wisest one! Answer me three things: Who is more important than anyone on earth, what is worth doing in your life first and how to understand which day turned out to be the most significant.
But the hermit, not paying any attention to him, continued to do his leisurely work. The king became bored and began to help him with the planting. However, he kept looking around and suddenly noticed how a wounded man appeared on the road. The king came out to him, brought him into the hermit’s garden, sat him down to rest and brought him something to drink. He provided all possible assistance to the traveler and bandaged him as best he could.
The elder, not paying any attention to them, continued to tinker in his garden.
“Wise one,” asked the king, “you still won’t tell me anything?”
“You already know the answer,” said the hermit.
- But you didn’t say a single word? – he was surprised.
“You saw how hard it was for me to work in the garden and helped me.” While you were digging in the ground, it was I who became the most important to you, and what you did was the most significant. But then you noticed the victim and realized that now he becomes the main one, and saving his life becomes the most important priority. The central thing for any person is the good he does.
“And now I myself will be able to answer your third question,” said the king. – I realized which day becomes the most important. This day is today.
Moral: Don't think too much about the meaning of life. It is much more important to help your neighbor without putting it off until tomorrow. Then every minute will become the most important and necessary.
A parable about love and time
In former times, feelings lived in a distant coastal country. Everything was fine, when suddenly someone noticed that the water was increasingly advancing on the land. Then they boarded the ships and disappeared. Only one Love continued to live here. But the sea was rising and she still had to start getting ready.
She approached the floating Wealth and asked to be taken on board. But he refused: “I’m carrying a lot of heavy valuables, and you simply won’t fit here.”
Love approached the sailing Tosca and asked to take her with him. But she also did not express a desire to help: “You know, we have always been inseparable, but I want to travel alone. You will only bother me."
Pride's ship passed by and she approached it. But she also did not agree, believing that the world she created would collapse if another feeling appeared in it.
The fun didn’t even pay attention to the pleas for help.
Love lost heart. And suddenly a quiet voice came from behind: “I invite you! Get on my ship." She looked and saw a handsome old man. He took her to safety and fled. Then she realized that she still didn’t know who her savior was.
She met Knowledge and inquired: “You know everything, tell me who was so kind to me?” Knowledge looked at Love in surprise and said: “You saw Time, how did you not recognize it?”
She was very surprised, not understanding why exactly it decided to save her. Knowledge looked after the old man and said with a sigh: “Only Time can understand what Love is.” ».
Moral: The closeness of people is learned through years of trials. Nothing else can serve as proof of the authenticity of feelings.
Proverbs
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One man met a wild horse in the forest and brought it to his home.
- Wow! - said the neighbors, - so you took it and got a horse, lucky you!
“I don’t know if I was lucky or not...” he answered.
His son began to ride around this horse, but it was wayward and threw him off. He fell badly and broke both legs.
- Ah! What a misfortune! - the neighbors exclaimed, - how bad!
“I don’t know whether this is good or bad,” the man answered.
Soon the war began and all the young men who were fit for health reasons were taken into the army.
“It’s good for you,” the neighbors said, “our children are at war, but your son remains at home.”
“I don’t know if this is good or bad,” the man still answered...
In the palace of one nobleman there was unusual room. The walls, floor and ceiling were mirrored. One day, by pure chance, a dog ran into this room. She was confused when she saw a whole pack of similar creatures around, and bared her teeth. The dogs surrounding her responded in kind. Then the dog began to bark and rush about, but grinning, evil creatures attacked it from all sides. The poor thing spent the whole night surrounded by a brutal pack, and the next morning the nobleman’s servants found her dead - she died of a broken heart. But everything could have been different if, upon entering the room, instead of an angry grin, the dog had wagged its tail and extended its paw to those who were looking at it from the mirror as a sign of friendship.
The eagle was sitting on a tree, resting and doing nothing.
The little rabbit saw the eagle and asked:
– Can I also sit like you and do nothing?
“Of course, why not,” he replied.
The rabbit sat down under a tree and began to rest. Suddenly a fox appeared, grabbed the rabbit and ate it. Moral of the story: To sit and do nothing, you have to sit very, very high.
King Solomon had a favorite ring, on the back of which was the inscription: “Everything will pass.” When Solomon felt bad, he took the ring off his hand, looked at this inscription and calmed down. One day, King Solomon had a very great misfortune. He took the ring off his hand, but this time the inscription did not calm him down, but only angered him. In anger, Solomon threw the ring to the ground. And then the stone fell off the ring. Solomon regretted breaking his favorite ring, picked it up and read the second inscription that was under the stone: “This too shall pass.”
One day a wise man was telling a group of people about God and life's trials. He concluded his story with the words:
“Everything will be fine in the end.”
“And if it still doesn’t go well,” someone asked him.
“And if it’s not good yet, it means you just haven’t reached the end yet,” the sage smiled.
One man had a dream that he was walking along a sandy shore, and God was walking next to him. And God asked the man:
– Do you want me to show you your life?
- I want, Lord.
A gentle wind picked up the man and lifted him above the mountains and deserts that appeared below. The man immediately noticed two chains of footprints crossing the sands.
-What is this, Lord? – the man asked.
- This is your life. – God answered.
- Why is there more than one trace?
- I walked next to you.
- But sometimes one trace disappears...
– These are the most difficult parts of your life.
“Why did you leave me, Lord, when I needed you most?”
- I never left you. I just carried you in my arms during difficult times.
Once upon a time, an old man revealed one vital truth to his grandson:
- In every person there is a struggle, very similar to the fight between two wolves. One wolf represents evil: envy, jealousy, selfishness, ambition, lies. The other wolf represents goodness: peace, love, hope, truth and loyalty. The grandson, touched to the depths of his soul by his grandfather’s words, thought for a moment, and then asked:
– Which wolf wins in the end?
The old man smiled and answered:
– The wolf you feed always wins.
Two wise men went around the world to see how people live. In one small town they met a crowd of people carrying huge stones. It was clear that it was very difficult for them, their hands were calloused, and sweat was rolling down their faces. The sages began to wonder what these people were doing.
- What are you doing? - they asked one person.
“I carry stones upstairs,” he answered irritably.
- What are you doing? - they asked the other.
“I earn food for the children,” the second one answered indifferently.
- Well, what are you doing? - they asked the third.
– I am building a Temple! – he answered joyfully.
And then the sages understood one thing simple truth– the same activity can bring pain and suffering to one person, but bring joy to another.
One day a man was walking across a field. He looks like a hole, and Happiness sits in it.
- Tell me what you want - I’ll do it all! - it says.
- I want a lot of money! - he answers.
Happiness handed him a bag of gold coins, and the man, throwing it on his shoulders, went home. The second man is coming. Happiness to him:
- What do you want? I will fulfill any wish!
- I want a beautiful wife!
At the same moment, a girl of written beauty appeared nearby. The man took her hand and ran away at breakneck speed. The third is walking across the field. Happiness again:
-What do you want?
And he responded:
- What do you want?
- Yes, I wish I could get out of the hole.
The man threw a long stick into the hole and went his way. And Happiness got out of the hole and ran after...
One kind and wise old woman was asked:
- Grandmother! You lived such a hard life, but at heart you remained younger than all of us. Do you have any secret?
- Yes, dears. I write down all the good things that were done to me in my heart, and all the bad things are written down on the water. If I had done the opposite, my heart would now be covered in terrible scars, but as it is, it is a fragrant paradise. God has given us two precious abilities: remembering and forgetting. When they do good to us, gratitude requires us to remember it, and when they do evil, love encourages us to forget it.