A simple story is enough to give profound life lessons. There are thousands of stories in thousands of lives

Story 1: Giving

An old carpenter was planning to retire. He told his employer that he wanted to leave the construction business and go home to enjoy his extended family with his wife and children. The owner could not bear to see his good worker go, so he asked if he could help build another house. The carpenter said yes. But everyone could see later that his heart was no longer in the work. He used soft materials and did rough work. When the house was finished, the boss handed him the key to the front door. "This is your house," he said. "My gift to you." He was dumbfounded with shock and shame. If he knew he was building his own house, how could he? Now he has to live in a shoddy house! So it is with us. We build our lives carelessly, reacting rather than reacting, not striving for perfection, not doing our best when it matters. By the time we realize where we are, we are trapped inside the "house" we have built. Think of your house as the carpenter. Each day you hammer a nail, add a board, or erect a wall, and build it with your wisdom. Your life is the only creation you make in your life. It cannot be erased or rebuilt. Even if you only have one day to live, live that day beautifully and nobly.

Story two: Apples by the river

An old monk, he gathered around a group of devout disciples. That day, he told his disciples to go to nanshan to fetch a load of wood. The disciples hurried to the river not far from the mountain, stunned. There was no way to cross the river for firewood. With no success, the disciples were dejected. Only a small monk and master calm relative. The master asked why, the young monk took out an apple from his arms and handed it to the master, saying, can't cross the river, can't beat wood, see there is an apple tree by the river, I conveniently put the only apple on the tree to pick it. Later, the young monk became his master's successor. There is an endless road in the world, there is also a river that can not be crossed. Turning back from the river that can't be crossed is also a kind of wisdom. But the real wisdom also has to do one thing in the river: fly the thought kite, pluck an "apple". Through the ancient and modern, hold such a life belief of the people, have finally realized the breakthrough of life and beyond.

Story 3: Simple truth

Once upon a time, two hungry people received a gift from an elderly man: a fishing rod and a basket of large, fresh fish. One asked for a basket of fish, the other for a fishing rod, and they went their separate ways. The man who got the fish put up a bonfire with dry wood to cook the fish. He devoured the fish and did not taste its meat. In a twinkling, he ate all the fish and soup, and soon he starved to death beside the empty fish basket. Another man is carrying a fishing rod to continue to starve, step by step difficult to the seaside, but when he has seen not far away that piece of blue ocean, his last bit of strength is also finished, he can only eyes with endless regret to die. There were two hungry people who also received a fishing rod and a basket of fish from the elder. But they did not each rush thing, but agreed jointly to find the sea, they only cook a fish, they go through distant journey, came to the seaside, from then on, two people started the day of fishing, several years later, they built the house, have their own family, children, had built his own boat, live a happy life. A person only in the interests of the present, will be a short pleasure; Aim high, but face the reality of life. Only by organically combining ideal and reality can one become a successful person. Sometimes, a simple truth, but enough to give a meaningful life inspiration.