A rich man had many domestic related problems. To get solutions to his problems, he approached a saint and prayed for relief from his problems. The saint was quietly listening to the person‘s problem. The saint asked him to go out and pick up a pebble and he did so. The saint asked him to keep the pebble closer to eyes and look at the things around him. The seeker did so and replied he could not see anything else in his surroundings since the pebble obstructed everything. The saint had asked the seeker to keep the pebble away from his eye and look again. Now the seeker replied that he could able to see the pebble as well as other objects in the environment.
The saint responded to the seeker, “Your problems are also like pebbles. When you look the problem very close and thinking on the same all the time, you could not see other good things in life. When you keep the problem away from you and look at the problem at different perspective, you can solve problem as well as you can enjoy other things as well".
In our life span, we may come across the problems in every moment, which may be tiny, insignificant and time specific. It depends on how we are looking at from a different perspective. If we introspect, most of the problems, we magnify as big and create panic within ourself. Just think about a problem which you faced a year ago and how you responded to it and realize the relevance or significance of that problem today.
It just requires awareness on problems as they are part of life and how we look at problems makes a difference to our surroundings and us.
The saint responded to the seeker, “Your problems are also like pebbles. When you look the problem very close and thinking on the same all the time, you could not see other good things in life. When you keep the problem away from you and look at the problem at different perspective, you can solve problem as well as you can enjoy other things as well".
In our life span, we may come across the problems in every moment, which may be tiny, insignificant and time specific. It depends on how we are looking at from a different perspective. If we introspect, most of the problems, we magnify as big and create panic within ourself. Just think about a problem which you faced a year ago and how you responded to it and realize the relevance or significance of that problem today.
It just requires awareness on problems as they are part of life and how we look at problems makes a difference to our surroundings and us.