The wise old Lion lay in the grass and basked in the sun. A small lion cub suddenly rushed past. He jumped, now and then circling around himself.

What are you doing? Lev asked lazily.

I want to catch my tail! - answered the Lion.

But why would you uhthen? Lev chuckled.

I was told that in the tail - my happiness. If I catch myself by the tail, then I will catch my happiness. Therefore, I have been running for the second day after my tail. However, he eludes me all the time.

Yes, - grumbled the wise old King of beasts, - once I, like you, ran after my happiness, but it eluded me all the time. Then I decided to leave this venture. Over time, I realized that it is pointless to chase after happiness, as it always follows me. Wherever you are, your happiness is always with you... You just need to remember this!

Parable "Who creates happiness"

God molded a man out of clay, and he had an unused piece left.

- What else to blind you? God asked.

“Blind me happiness,” the man asked.

God did not answer, and only put the remaining piece of clay in the man's palm.

Parable "The true length of life"

One man was looking for the perfect place. He searched for a long time. And in a distant country he found a place where he felt good. He wandered around the city he liked so much and looked around. But when he wandered into the cemetery, he was horrified. On all tombstones, the dates of death indicated that these people lived for two or three years, accurate to the hours lived. In fear, the man ran out of the city, but on the square he ran into an old man. In horror, the man shouted: - You monsters! Are you killing your children? The old man showed him a book that hung around his neck on a chain, and said: - When our child reaches maturity, we give him such a book. And every moment, every minute or hour of true happiness in our lives, each of us enters into this book. After death, we add up all these moments. And these are the real days of our lives.

Parable about freedom of choice

"Once upon a time there was one Teacher. This strange man remained happy all his life, the smile did not leave his face for a second! His whole life was as if filled with the aroma of a holiday ... And even on his deathbed he continued to laugh merrily. that he is enjoying the coming of death!” His disciples sat around - puzzled, bewildered - and perplexed.

And finally, one of them could not stand it and asked:

- Teacher, why are you laughing? You have been laughing all your life. But we did not dare to ask you how you manage to do it. And now we are completely confused. Dying, you continue to laugh! But what's so funny about that?!

And the old man answered: - Many years ago I came to my Teacher. I was then young and stupid, as you are now. I was only seventeen years old, and I was already a sufferer - exhausted and embittered at life. My Master was then seventy, and he laughed just like that, without any reason. I asked him, "How do you do it?" And he answered: "I am free in my choice. And this is my choice. Every morning, when I open my eyes, I ask myself: what will you choose today - bliss or suffering?" And so it turns out that since then every morning I choose bliss. But it's so natural!"

Angel de Coitet, The Golden Ratio.

Parable "Happy Chicken"

Once a thief broke into someone else's chicken coop and stole a chicken. When he was running away, he knocked over the lamp, and the chicken coop caught fire. The chicken looked back and, seeing the fire of the fire, understood: it saved her life. When the thief fattened the chicken with millet and bread, the chicken understood that he was taking care of her. When the thief wandered from city to city, hiding the chicken in his bosom, the chicken understood: he loves her. When the chicken saw that the thief had brandished a knife, she realized that he wanted to commit suicide. She jumped on the knife and covered the thief with her body. And she died happy.

About coffee and life priorities

A group of successful alumni who have made remarkable careers came to visit their old professor. Of course, soon the conversation turned to work - graduates complained about numerous difficulties and life problems. Offering coffee to his guests, 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 - simple, expensive, and exquisite. When the graduates took apart the cups, the professor said: If you notice, all the expensive cups have been taken apart. No one chose simple and cheap cups. The desire to have only the best for yourself is the source of your problems. Realize that the cup alone does not make the coffee better. Sometimes it's just more expensive, and sometimes it even hides what we drink. What you really wanted was 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. They are just tools for storing Life. What cup we have does not determine or change the quality of our Life. Sometimes, concentrating only on the cup, we forget to enjoy the taste of the coffee itself. Enjoy your coffee!" happy people there is no best. But they make the best out of what's out there. Happiness is in wanting what you have. It's not about having what you want.

Once Happiness was walking through the forest and suddenly fell into a hole, sits in it and cries bitterly.
A man walked past, Happiness heard steps and shouts from the pit:
- Human! Kind! Get me out of here!
- And what will you give me for this? the man asks.
- And what do you want? - in the answer asked Happiness.
- I want a big one beautiful house with a sea view worth a million dollars...
Happiness gave a man a home, he was delighted and immediately retired to it, completely forgetting about helping Happiness. Happiness sits in a hole, cries even louder. A second man was walking past, Happiness heard steps and shouted to him:
- Nice man! Get me out of here!
- And what will you give me for this? he asks.
- And what do you want?
- I want a lot of beautiful and expensive cars, a wide variety of brands.
Happiness gave the man everything that he asked for. And he was so happy that he immediately sped off home - to run in his new cars ...
Happiness has completely lost hope. Suddenly he hears a third person coming. Happiness called him:
- Kind person! Get me out of here, please... The man pulled Happiness out of the hole and went on. Happiness, stunned with joy, skipped after him and asked:
- Buddy, what do you want for helping me?
“Yes, I don’t need anything,” the strange man smiled. Since then, Happiness has been running after that person, never lagging behind him ...

ANOTHER OPTION, SHORTER:

Welcome to everyone who has visited our site. Today we decided in this post to tell you short and very wise life parables. Probably, each of you asked yourself a lot of questions about life, happiness, love and relationships between people. Life makes us think about many things. These short stories in the form of parables help to think about the meaning of life. They make us think. Learn to forgive and ask for forgiveness. Appreciate what we have. In each parable you will find something useful for yourself, perhaps in it you will find the answer to your question. How much wisdom in these stories, how much love and life!? Many today try to express their feelings and thoughts in parables. We think that these short parables will not leave you indifferent!

Once a man came to God, he complained about his boring life and said that he was lonely on this beautiful planet. God began to think about how to create a woman, because he spent all the material on creating a man? God did not want to refuse a man, after reflection, he set about creating a woman and also invented.

He took the bright, beautiful rays of the sun, all the colors of the morning bewitching dawn, the melancholy of the pensive moon, the beautiful becoming of a swan, the tenderness of a playful kitten, the grace of a dragonfly, the gentle warmth of caressing fur, the insane attraction of a magnet. When all this was collected in one image, an ideal creation of incredible beauty appeared before him, she was not adapted to life on earth.
To prevent the cloying of this creature, he added the twinkling of cold stars, windy inconstancy, tears of clouds, fox cunning, fly importunity, shark greed, tigress jealousy, wasp vindictiveness, opium dope and filled her with life. As a result, the charm itself, a real sweet woman, appeared in the world.
God gave this creature to a man, and strongly said: - take it as it is, and do not even try to remake it!

footprints in the sand

Once a man had a dream that he was walking along a sandy shore, and next to him was the Lord. And the man began to remember the events of his life. He remembered joyful ones and noticed two chains of footprints in the sand, his own and the Lord's. I remembered misfortunes - and saw only one. Then the man became sad and began to ask the Lord: “Didn’t You tell me: if I follow Your path, You will not leave me?” Why, then, in the most difficult times of my life, only one chain of footprints stretched across the sand? Why did You leave me when I needed You the most? The Lord replied, “I love you and have never left you. Just at the time of troubles and trials, I carried you in my arms.

Parable about happiness

God molded a man out of clay, and he had an unused piece left.
- What else to blind you? God asked.
“Blind me happiness,” the man asked.
God did not answer, and only put the remaining piece of clay in the man's palm.

Taina love

A long time ago there lived an old man. He lived in an old church.
Children often came to the temple to play. The most mischievous was a boy named Taro.
One day, when he was playing on the steps of the temple, three sparrows flew to him, and one of them said:
- The greatest thing in this world is the Sun. The sun makes our world so beautiful.
But people who are accustomed to its light perceive the sun as a common occurrence.
Hearing this, the second sparrow said:
- No, the greatest thing in this world is water. There is no life without water. But people are so accustomed to its availability that they do not do justice to it.
And finally, the third sparrow spoke:
- What you said is true. Both the sun and water are wonderful gifts. But the most valuable thing on earth, which people don’t even think about, whose generosity they don’t even notice, is air. Without it, we would have died.
After listening to the conversation of sparrows, Taro thought. He never felt grateful to either the air, or the water, or the sun... The boy ran to the old man and told him about what he had heard. He was sad that people were so ignorant that little birds were wiser than people.
The old man smiled kindly and said:
- I congratulate you on your great discovery. You're right. People have lost sight of the most important thing in life. But all their mistakes can be forgiven if they learn Love. There are vices in people, but it is impossible to get rid of them, even by gathering all the will into a fist.
In order to exorcise vices, God gave people Love. Only Love and its mysterious power allow people to remain the pinnacle of divine creation.

Only in Love is there perfection, only in Love is there development.
Love is the way to God. God does not show himself to us, instead of himself, he sends us Love.
Thanks to Love, people forgive each other, perceive each other and create a beautiful world.

One day, a man walking down the street accidentally saw a butterfly cocoon. He watched for a long time as a butterfly tried to emerge through a small gap in the cocoon. A lot of time passed, the butterfly seemed to have abandoned its efforts, and the gap remained just as small. It seemed that the butterfly had done everything it could, and it had no more strength for anything else.

Then the man decided to help the butterfly: he took a penknife and cut the cocoon. Butterfly came out immediately. But her body was weak and feeble, her wings were undeveloped and barely moved. The man continued to watch, thinking that the butterfly's wings were about to spread and get stronger, and it would be able to fly. Nothing happened! For the rest of its life, the butterfly dragged along the ground its weak body, its unspread wings.

She was never able to fly. And all because the person, wanting to help her, did not understand that the effort to get out through the narrow gap of the cocoon is necessary for the butterfly, so that the fluid from the body passes into the wings and so that the butterfly can fly. Life forced the butterfly with difficulty to leave this shell so that it could grow and develop.

Sometimes it is effort that we need in life. If we were allowed to live without encountering difficulties, we would be deprived. We could not be as strong as we are now. We could never fly.

I asked for strength... and God gave me difficulties to make me strong.

I asked for wisdom: and God gave me problems to solve.

I asked for wealth: and God gave me the brain and muscles so that I could work.

I asked for the opportunity to fly ... and God gave me obstacles to overcome them.

I asked for love... and God gave me people I could help with their problems.

I asked for blessings... and God gave me opportunities.

Forgiveness

Ah, Love! I dream of being just like you! - Admiringly repeated Love. You are much stronger than me.
- Do you know what my strength is? Love asked, shaking her head thoughtfully.
Because you are more important to people.
- No, my dear, not at all, - Love sighed and stroked Love on the head. - I can forgive, that's what makes me like that.

Can you forgive betrayal?
- Yes, I can, because Betrayal often comes from ignorance, and not from malicious intent.
- Can you forgive Treason?
- Yes, and Treason too, because, having changed and returning, a person got the opportunity to compare, and chose the best.
- Can you forgive a lie?
- A lie is the lesser of evils, silly, because it often comes from hopelessness, awareness of one's own guilt, or from an unwillingness to hurt, and this is a positive indicator.
- I don't think so, because there are just lying people!!!
- Of course there are, but they have nothing to do with me, because they do not know how to love.
What else can you forgive?
- I can forgive Anger, as it is short-lived. I can forgive Sharpness, since it is often a companion of Grief, and Grief is impossible to predict and control, since everyone is upset in their own way.
- What else?
- I can still forgive Resentment - the older sister of Grief, as they often follow one from the other. I can forgive Disappointment as it is often followed by Suffering, and Suffering cleanses.
- Ah, Love! You are truly amazing! You can forgive everything, everything, but at the first test I go out like a burnt out match! I envy you so much!!!
And you're wrong, baby. Nobody can forgive everything. Even Love.
“But you just told me something completely different!”
- No, what I was talking about, I can actually forgive, and I forgive infinitely. But there is something in the world that even Love cannot forgive.

Because it kills feelings, corrodes the soul, leads to Longing and Destruction. It hurts so much that even a great miracle cannot heal it. It poisons the life of others and makes you withdraw into yourself.
It hurts more than Treason and Betrayal and hurts worse than Lies and Resentment. You will understand this when you face him yourself.
Remember, Love, the most terrible enemy of feelings is Indifference. Because there is no cure for it.

Somehow the souls gathered for a meeting before the incarnation on Earth. And so God asks one of them:
Why are you coming to Earth?
- I want to learn to forgive.

Who are you going to forgive? Look how pure, bright, loving souls are. They love you so much they can't do anything
for which they need to be forgiven. The Soul looked at her sisters, indeed, she loves them unconditionally and they love her just the same! The Soul became sad and said: - And I so want to learn to forgive!
Then another Soul comes up to her and says:
- Do not grieve, I love you so much that I am ready to be next to you on Earth and help you experience forgiveness. I will be your husband and be your
change, drink, and you will learn to forgive me.

Another Soul comes up and says:
- I love you very much too and will go with you: I will be your mother, punish you, interfere in your life in every possible way and prevent you from living happily, and you
you will learn to forgive me.
Third Soul says:
- And I'll be yours best friend and at the most inopportune moment I will betray you, and you will learn to forgive.

Another Soul comes up and says:
- And I will become your boss, and out of love for you, I will treat you harshly and unfairly so that you can experience forgiveness.
Another Soul volunteered to be an evil and unfair mother-in-law...

Thus, a group of loving souls gathered, came up with a scenario for their life on Earth to experience forgiveness and
embodied. But it turned out that on Earth it is very difficult to remember oneself and one's contract.
The majority took this life seriously, began to be offended and angry at each other, forgetting that they themselves made up this scenario of life, and
the main thing is that everyone loves each other!

Parable. Why is the woman crying?

The little boy asked his mother: "Why are you crying?"
- Because I'm a woman.
- I do not understand!
Mom hugged him and said: "You will never understand this."
Then the boy asked his father, "Why does mom sometimes cry for no reason?" - "All women sometimes cry for no reason" - all that the father could answer.
Then the boy grew up, became a man, but never ceased to wonder: "Why do women cry?"
Finally he asked God. And God answered:
“Having conceived a woman, I wanted her to be perfect.
I gave her shoulders so strong to hold the whole world, and so gentle to support a child's head.
I gave her a spirit strong enough to endure childbirth and other pain.
I gave her a will so strong that she goes forward when others fall, and she cares for the fallen and the sick and the weary without complaining.
I gave her the kindness to love children under any circumstances, even if they offend her.
I gave her the strength to support her husband despite all his shortcomings.
I made it from his rib to protect his heart.
I gave her the wisdom to understand that a good husband never intentionally hurts his wife, but sometimes tests her strength and determination to stand by his side without hesitation.
And finally, I gave her tears. And the right to spill them where and when necessary.
And you, My son, need to understand that the beauty of a woman is not in her clothes, hairstyle or manicure.
her beauty is in her eyes that open the door to her heart. The place where love lives."

two names

A woman is truly happy when she has two names:
the first is "Beloved", and the second is "Mom".

Real love

The daughter once asked her mother how to distinguish true love from a fake.
- It's very simple, - answered the mother, - "...because I love!" is true love. "I love because..." is a fake.

Heart

A sage lived in a village. He loved children and often gave them something, but it was always very fragile items. The children tried to handle them carefully, but their new toys often broke and they were very sad. The sage again gave them toys, but even more fragile ones. Once the parents could not stand it and came to him: - You are wise and kind person, why do you give our children fragile toys? They cry bitterly when toys break. - Quite a few years will pass, - the wise man smiled, - and someone will give them his heart. Maybe with my help they will learn to handle this priceless gift more carefully.

Abortion

Somehow a married couple came to the old man.
“Father,” says the wife, “I am expecting a child, and we already have four children; if the fifth is born, we will not live. Bless to have an abortion.
“I see that life is not easy for you,” the elder answers, “well, I bless you to kill your child.” Just kill the eldest daughter, she is already fifteen years old: tea, she has already lived in the world, she has seen something, but that crumb has not yet seen a ray of sunshine, it will be unfair to deprive him of this opportunity.
Terrified, the woman covered her face with her hands and sobbed.

One married couple did not have children, although they had been married for several years. In order not to feel lonely, the husband and wife purchased a German Shepherd puppy. They loved him and took care of him like their own son. The puppy grew up and turned into a big, beautiful, smart dog and more than once saved the master's property from thieves, was faithful, devoted, loved and protected his masters.
Seven years after the couple took the dog, they had a long-awaited child. The husband and wife were happy, the baby took almost all of their time, and the dog did not get almost a drop of attention. The dog felt unwanted and became jealous of the child to the owners. Once, the parents left their sleeping son in the house, while they themselves were preparing for a barbecue on the terrace. When they went to visit the child, a dog came out of the nursery. His mouth was bloodied and he wagged his tail contently.
The child's father assumed the worst, grabbed a weapon and immediately killed the dog. Then he ran into the nursery and on the floor, by the cradle of his son, he saw a huge headless snake. "I killed my faithful dog' said the man, holding back tears.
How often do we judge people unfairly? Worst of all, we do it without thinking, without even knowing the reasons why they did it one way or another. We don't care what they thought or felt, we don't care. And we do not allow the thought that later, perhaps, we will regret our haste. So let's next time, having condemned someone, remember this parable about the faithful dog.

Happiness

Happiness ran across the field ... So quickly, cheerfully and serenely that it did not notice the hole and fell into it. He sits at the bottom of this hole and cries. People learned about this and began to come to the pit to look at this miracle. Happiness fulfilled their desires, and they left, happy and contented. One day a young man was walking past this place. He stopped at the edge of the pit and watched for a long time as people make more and more new wishes, and then he extended his hand and rescued happiness from captivity. "What do you want? I will fulfill your every desire," - asked Happiness. But the young man did not answer, and went on his way. And Happiness ran near ...

As soon as the train started, he put his hand out the window to feel the air flow and suddenly shouted in admiration:
- Dad, you see, all the trees are going back!
The older man smiled back.
A married couple sat next to the young man. They were a little embarrassed that a 25 year old man was behaving like a small child.
Suddenly, the young man again shouted in delight:
- Dad, you see, the lake and the animals ... The clouds are moving along with the train!
The couple watched in embarrassment at the strange behavior of the young man, in which his father did not seem to find anything strange.
It began to rain, and the raindrops touched the young man's hand. He was filled with joy again and closed his eyes. And then he shouted:
- Dad, it's raining, the water touches me! Do you see, dad?
Wanting to do something to help, a couple sitting nearby asked an elderly man:
Why don't you take your son to some clinic for a consultation?
The older man replied, “We just got back from the clinic. Today my son got sight for the first time in his life...

Once upon a time, a wise pilgrim, wandering through different lands, walked past an open field towards the temple. In the field, he saw three people working. The pilgrim had not yet met anyone in this land, and he wanted to talk to these people. The pilgrim approached the three workers and, wanting to offer his help, turned to the one who looked the most tired and, as it seemed to the pilgrim, dissatisfied and even embittered. "What are you doing here?" asked the pilgrim. The first worker, all soiled and tired, answered with undisguised malice in his voice: "What, you don't see, I'm moving stones." This answer surprised and upset the pilgrim, and then he turned to the second worker with the same question. The second worker was distracted from his work for a moment and said indifferently: "Can't you see? I'm making money!" For some reason, the Pilgrim was dissatisfied with such an answer, but, let me remind you, he was a wise man. Then he approached the third worker to ask the same question. The third worker stopped, put aside his uncomplicated tool, dusted off his hands, bowed to the wanderer and, raising his eyes to the sky, said quietly: "I am building a road to the temple here."

Parable of sins

Two people go to the elder for confession. The first one committed one serious sin, and now he goes and humbly thinks how he should confess. And the second one goes to the elder and argues: he has a big sin, but why am I going, because I sin all over trifles and there is nothing to say. They come to the elder, he looked at them, and to the one who committed one big sin, he ordered to bring one big stone. And the second one hundred small stones. And when they brought them, the elder said to them: "Now return these stones to the place where you took them from." But to return a hundred stones to their place is much more difficult. This parable is about the fact that there are no petty, insignificant sins, that sin in its essence is always a violation of order.

The price of love

Not the one who has seen a lot will understand, but the one who has lost a lot. Forgive not the one who did not offend, but the one who forgave a lot. Everyone who is not able to condemn the way to another will condemn. Jealous only the one in whose veins, the blood will never boil. And someone else's pain will not be able to take, who lives by his own benefit. And sadness does not disturb at night, those who do not know love. And the happiness of the meeting will not be recognized by those who did not breathe parting. Only the one who loses a lot knows the price of a lot!

Parable about God

The hermit once came to a village where there were a lot of unbelievers. He was surrounded by young people who urged him to show where God lives, who is so deeply revered by him. He said that he could do it, but first let them give him a cup of milk.
When the milk was placed in front of him, he did not drink it, but looked at it for a long time and silently with ever-increasing curiosity. Young people showed impatience, their demands became more insistent. Then the hermit said to them:

Wait a minute; they say that milk contains butter, but in this cup, no matter how hard I tried, I did not see it.
The youth began to laugh at his naivete.
- Stupid you man! Don't jump to such ridiculous conclusions. Every drop of milk contains oil, which makes it nutritious. To get and see it, you need to boil the milk, cool it, add curdled milk, wait a few hours for it to curdle, then beat and extract a piece of butter that will appear on the surface.

Ah well! - said the ascetic, - now it is much easier for me to explain to you where God lives. He is everywhere, in every being, in every atom of the Universe, thanks to which they all exist and we perceive them and rejoice in them. But in order to see Him as a real being, you must strictly, zealously, and sincerely follow the prescribed rules. Then, at the end of this process, you will feel His mercy and His power.

Once upon a time, an old Indian revealed to his grandson one vital truth.
- In every person there is a struggle, very similar to the struggle of two wolves. One wolf represents evil - envy, jealousy, regret, selfishness, ambition, lies... The other wolf represents goodness - peace, love, hope, truth, kindness, loyalty...
The little Indian, touched to the depths of his soul by his grandfather's words, thought for a few moments, and then asked:
Which wolf wins at the end?
The old Indian smiled almost imperceptibly and replied:
The wolf you feed always wins.

Parable. Appreciate every person

Every person who appears in our life is a teacher! Someone teaches us to be stronger, someone - wiser, someone teaches us to forgive, someone - to be happy and enjoy every day. Someone does not teach us at all - they just break us, but we also gain experience from this. Appreciate every person, even if he appeared for a moment. After all, if he appeared, then this is no accident!

Parable about love

A young woman was sitting on a park bench and for some reason wept bitterly. At this time, Vanya was riding his tricycle along the alley. And he felt so sorry for his aunt that he asked:

Aunt, why are you crying?

Oh, baby, you won't be able to understand, - the woman waved her hand away.

It seemed to Vanya that after that the aunt began to cry even harder. He says:

Aunt, are you in pain and are you crying? Do you want me to give you my toy?

The woman burst into tears even more at these sympathetic words:

Oh, boy, - she answered, - no one needs me, no one loves me ...

Vanya looked seriously and said:

Are you sure you asked everyone?

Once there were three strangers. Night caught them on the way. They saw the house and knocked. The owner opened them and asked: “Who are you?”
- Health, Love and Wealth. Let us sleep over.
Sorry, but we only have one free seat. I'm going to go talk to my family about which one of you to let in.
The sick mother said, "Let's let Health in."
The daughter offered to let Love in, and the wife suggested Wealth.
While they were arguing, the wanderers disappeared.

All in your hands

One master had a lot of students. The most capable of them once thought: “Is there a question that our teacher cannot answer?” Then he caught the most beautiful butterfly in the meadow and hid it in his palms. Then he came to the master and asked:
- Tell me, teacher, what kind of butterfly, live or dead, do I hold in my palms? He was ready at any moment to squeeze his hands tighter for the sake of his truth.
Without looking at the student, the master replied: - EVERYTHING IS IN YOUR HANDS.

The Parable of the Brook

Once upon a time there lived a small Brook in the world. He descended from the mountains into a beautiful green valley. And then one day he ran to the desert. Then he stopped and thought: "But where to run further?" Ahead was a lot of new and unknown, so Brook got scared.
But then he heard a Voice: "Be bolder! Do not stop there, there is still a lot of interesting things ahead!"
But Brook continued to stand. He wanted to become a big full-flowing river. But he was afraid of change and did not want to take risks.
Then the voice spoke again: "If you stop, you will never know what you are really capable of! Just believe in yourself, and then you will be able to find the right path in any environment! Run on!"
And Brook made up his mind. He ran through the desert. He felt very bad. Unfamiliar places and sweltering heat every day took away his strength. And after a few days it dried up...
But having evaporated, small droplets met high in the sky. They united into one big cloud and floated further over the desert.
The cloud floated over the desert for a long time until it reached the sea. And then the brook spilled into the sea with numerous drops of rain. Now he has merged with the vast sea.
Swinging gently on the waves, he smiled to himself ...
Before, when he lived in the valley, he could not even dream of such a thing.
Brook thought: "I changed the form several times and only now it seems to me that I have finally become myself!"
Don't be afraid of change and never rest on your laurels. When you overcome yourself, your weaknesses, when you win, you experience an amazing, incomparable feeling of delight, a feeling of victory!
Life is so multifaceted that you never know what lies ahead for you. God does not give trials to a person who is not up to him. So all trials are surmountable.
And what a feeling of joy, happiness fills the one who overcomes them and wins!
Someone said: "He who risks nothing, risks everything"

The Parable of King Solomon's Ring

The wisdom of King Solomon was infinite, and the riches in his treasury were almost as incalculable. Therefore, when one of the courtiers presented him with a golden ring as a gift, the king ordered that it be taken to the rest of the treasures, without paying special attention to it, so it was lost among the rest of the riches ...

But one day there was a lean year in his country, men and women, children and old people died. Then Solomon ordered to take part of the treasure from his treasury and exchange it with the neighboring kingdom for grain in order to feed his people dying of hunger. When the gold was being taken out, a ring that had previously been presented to him fell from the tray, Solomon took it in his hands and read the engraved inscription on the outer edge: “Everything passes!”, He put it on his finger and never took it off again, looking at this engraving in difficult moments and find comfort in it.

But his beloved wife died, and for a long time Solomon could not find a place for himself from grief, the ring no longer saved. He took it off and was about to throw it into the pond, when another inscription flashed on the inner edge: “This too shall pass!”.
Being already a wise old man, sitting by the pond and watching the sunset, King Solomon twisted the ring on his finger and thought that his life was coming to an end, that everything had already happened ... how important was his life, and did it mean anything or. It was then that he saw the third and final engraving on the narrowest edge of the ring: "Nothing passes!"

parable angel

There lived a hunchback hermit in the old village.
He was feared, he was not loved,
There were rumors about him that he was an evil sorcerer,
and people avoided it.

He wandered around the village with an old bag
in a perennial coat, eaten by moths.
And if he was escorted with a laugh,
He sighed softly, without offense, but with pain.

And people sneered, whispering behind their backs:
his horns, they say, are hidden under his hat,
And that's why this little lame,
that he has hooves instead of fingers.

One day, trouble came to the village:
then the seedlings of wheat will die under the hail,
Then in the summer in July the cold will come,
then the wolves will slaughter the herd for pasture.

Troubled, difficult days have come,
they will have a hard time in the winter without grain.
Not knowing what to do, they decided:
"The hunchback is to blame! Death to you, Satan!

Let's go, let's go to the river!
He is there, he lives in a dugout like an exile!
And they moved in droves. And in each hand
a stone was picked up along the way.

He walked towards them, sad and quiet,
He already knew everything, He is not stupid, He understood.
And He did not turn, He did not hide from them
and only hid his face in his hands.

Never screaming under a hail of stones,
He only whispered: “May the Almighty forgive you!
Stones on the body, but the heart hurts more.
It doesn’t look like us, which means it’s evil, which means it’s superfluous ... "

The execution is over. Someone rudely said:
"Let's see the ugly back!
I've never seen such a hump!"
He took off his coat covered in blood.

The crowd languished in sick curiosity.
Suddenly, silently, like statues, people froze,
"Evil devil", "Satan" hid instead of a hump,
snow-white wings under the old coat ...

And past the dugout, lowering his eyes,
cruel stupid people pass by.
The Almighty, perhaps, will forgive them,
but the angel will no longer be around ...

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Parable of Happiness: The Wise Man and the Unfortunate Man

Early in the morning, when Hing Shi was walking with his disciple in the garden, a young man approached them. Somewhat embarrassed, he greeted Hing Shi and his student, and then asked, “Master, I love one girl very much, and our parents are not opposed to us getting married, but I am overcome with fears and doubts. “What are you worried about and what are you afraid of?” Hing Shi asked. I'm afraid to be disappointed in her, in family life...because I'm not...

Parable: Happiness

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Parable of happiness: the fisherman and the banker

One day, a banker stood on a pier in a small Mexican village and watched a fisherman sitting in a flimsy boat, he caught a huge tuna. The banker congratulated the Mexican on his luck, and asked how long it would take to catch such a fish. “A couple of hours, no more,” the Mexican replied. “Why didn’t you stay at sea longer, and didn’t catch a few more of these fish,” the banker was surprised. - One fish is enough for my family to live tomorrow, - ...

The parable of misfortune: A boat with one oar

Sufi Parable of Sorrow and Unhappiness, from Osho: There was once a Sufi fakir named Hassan. One fine day, the disciple said to him when they got into the boat: “I understand that there is joy, because God is our Father and, naturally, He should give joy to His children. But why is there sadness, unhappiness? Hassan did not answer, only began to row with one oar. The boat was spinning. - What are you doing? exclaimed the student. - If you row with one oar, ...

Parable of happiness and wealth

Hing Shi was not a rich man, despite the fact that he had a flourishing school, which taught many young men who came to him from all over China. One day, one of the students asked him: “Master, your glory thunders throughout the country, you could be a rich man who does not know what it is to care about tomorrow. Why don't you aspire to wealth? “I have everything I need to live,” Hing Shi replied. — …

We have prepared for you 3 short parables about love and happiness, which will help you understand these concepts more deeply and allow you to better understand people and life.

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A wealthy young man approached a dervish who was sitting in the marketplace and, putting a piece of gold into a begging bowl, said:

Sir, I need your advice. I like one girl. Very like. And now I am tormented, because I do not know what to do: to marry or not.
- Don't get married.

But why?!
If you really wanted to, you wouldn't have asked.

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A short story about life

One student often suffered from prolonged depression.

The doctor strongly advises me to start taking medication to cope with depression, he said.

Well, why don't you start? the Master asked him.

I'm afraid it will damage my liver and shorten my life.

What do you prefer - a healthy liver or a joyful mood? One year of life is more valuable than twenty years of sleep.

He later addressed his students:

Life is like a fairy tale: it doesn't matter if it's long or short; what matters is whether it is good.

A short story about happiness

Master Bahauddin was happy all his life, the smile never left his face. His whole life was saturated with the aroma of the holiday! Even as he died, he laughed merrily. He seemed to enjoy the coming of death. His disciples were sitting around, and one asked:

Why are you laughing? All your life you have been laughing, and we all hesitated to ask how you do it? And now, in the last minutes, you are laughing! What's funny here?

The old master replied:

Many years ago I came to my Master as a young man, seventeen years old, but already deeply suffering. The master was seventy, and he smiled and laughed just like that, for no apparent reason.

I asked him:
"How do you do it?"

And he answered:

“Inside, I am free to choose. It's just my choice. Every morning when I open my eyes, I ask myself what to choose today - bliss or suffering? And so it happens that I choose bliss, because it is so natural.