Tasting | The story is short, but its meaning is profound! 2016.9.8

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7. A scholar went to the capital for the exam for the third time and stayed at an inn he often used. Two days before the exam, he had three dreams. The first dream was that he was planting cabbages on a wall. The second dream took place on a rainy day; he was wearing a conical hat and an umbrella at the same time. The third dream was that he was lying naked with his beloved cousin, but they were facing each other’s backs. These three dreams seemed to hold some deeper meaning, so the scholar went to a fortune-teller right the next day to have them interpreted. Upon hearing this, the fortune-teller slapped her own thighs and said, “You’d better go home.” Think about it – isn’t it a waste of effort to grow vegetables on high walls? Isn’t it unnecessary to wear both a conical hat and an umbrella in the rain? We were both naked and lying in the same bed with our backs to each other – isn’t that a dead end? ” Upon hearing this, the scholar became disheartened and returned to the inn to pack his bags and prepare to go home. The shop owner was very puzzled and asked, “Isn’t the exam not until tomorrow? Why did you go back to your hometown today?” ”After the scholar said all that, the shop owner laughed and said, “Oh, I can interpret dreams too.” I think you really should stay this time. Think about it – growing vegetables on the wall isn’t that tall, is it? Wearing a conical hat and an umbrella doesn’t it mean you’re prepared for anything this time? Lying naked in bed, back to back with your cousin, doesn’t that mean it’s time for you to turn over? ” Upon hearing this, the scholar found it even more reasonable, so he attended the exam with renewed enthusiasm and surprisingly won third place. Insight: Positive people are like the sun; wherever they shine, light is brought to that place. Negative people are like the moon; their appearance changes on the first and fifteenth days of the month. Our thoughts determine our lives; the kind of thoughts we have determines the kind of future we will have. ▼ 8. One day, the zoo keepers noticed that the kangaroos had escaped from their cages, so they held a meeting to discuss the issue and agreed that the height of the cages was too low. So they decided to increase the height of the cage from the original ten meters to twenty meters. As a result, the next day they found that the kangaroos were still coming outside, so they decided to increase the height further to 30 meters. To their surprise, the next day they saw all the kangaroos outside again, so the administrators became very worried and decided to go ahead and increase the height of the cages to 100 meters. One day, a giraffe and several kangaroos were chatting, “Do you think those people will keep raising the height of your cages?” ”The giraffe asked. “It’s hard to say. ”The kangaroo said, “If they keep forgetting to close the door!” ” Insight: In fact, many people are like this; they only recognize that there is a problem, but they fail to grasp its core and root cause.