Salt and the lake

One time, there lived a wise old man. On one morning, there came a young man who was overwhelmed with many problems. Unsteady pace and intricate face. The visitor, it looks like an unhappy person. 

Without wasting time, people were told all her problems. A wise old man, but listen carefully. He then took a handful of salt, and asked his guest to take a glass of water. Salt sown into the glass, then stirred slowly. "Try, drink this, and tell me how it feels ..", said the old man.

"Bitter. Bitter at all", replied the guest, as he spat aside.
Old Man, a little smile. He then invited his guest was, to walk to the edge of the pond in the woods near his home. The two men walked side by side, and eventually they came to the edge of a quiet pond. 

Old Man's, then again sprinkled a handful of salt, into the lake. With a piece of wood, made waves stir up the water and creating ripples, disturbing the calm lake. "Try, take water from this lake, and drink. When the guest was finished drinking water, old man said again," How does it feel? ".
"Fresh.", Said his guest. "Do you feel the salt in the water?", Asked the old man again. "No", replied the young man. 

With the wise, old man patted the young man. He then sat down facing him, kneeling next to the lake. "Young man, listen. Bitterness of life, is like a handful of salt, no more and no less. The number and the bitter taste is the same, and it will remain the same. 

"But the bitterness we feel, will depend on our container. Bitterness that will be based from feeling where we put everything. It all depends on our hearts. So, when you feel the bitterness and failure in life, there is only one thing you can do. Relieve chest accept it. expanding your heart is to accommodate any bitterness. " 

The old man then returned to give advice. "Your heart is the container. Your feelings are there. Your heart, is where you hold everything. So do not make your heart is like glass, make like a pond that could reduce any bitterness and turn it into the freshness and happiness." 

Both then went home. They both learned that day. And the Old Man, the wise man that, again saving "a handful of salt", for other young people, who often came to him with disquiet the soul.