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One upon a time there live a young man in village. He was struggled by the habit of not being able to forget old bad memories. He would always keep thinking about the same thing over and over again. If some said something to him or something went wrong with him, he would just keep thinking about the incident while the day. The same thin kept swirling in his mind all the time. Then he would either curse his luck and God for some bad incident that happened in his life. He would keep thinking of taking revenge on the person. Who had said something wrong to him or did something wrong to him.
Because of his overthinking habit, he did not have good relations with people. Also, he did not know how to do any work well. He was always in a state of stress or mental disturbance. Seeing his condition, a friend of him advised him that a Zen mister live in a nearby Buddhist monastery, so you go to hem, he will definitely give some solution to his metal problem.
The young man went to the Zen master and explained his problem to him. He told him about how he kept thinking about the same event over and over and cannot forget the old bad memories. After listening to the young man’s problem without giving any answer, the Zen master got up and went inside the monastery, living him like, this the young man felt a bit stranger but the waited there for him return. After a while the Zen master came back with a glass of water I his hands. The Zen master came and stood near the young man. The young man also stood in front of him. The Zen master was holding a glass of water in his hand. He straightened his arm and asked the young man, tell me how much this glass weight? The young man said, I cannot tell exactly but the width of this glass is very little. The Zen master said alright now my question is that what will happen if I hold this glass like this for one minute?
The man said, nothing will happen. The Zen master said, alight now what if I hold this glass for an hour? The young ham said, master, your hand and arm will start to ache. Zen master again said, ok, now what would happen if I hold this glass of water for a full day? The young man said, master, your arm could go numb, you might have serve muscle stress and paralysis and you might have to go to hospital, Zen master said, great but did the weight of the glass change in the meantime? The main said, no master the weight did not changes. Then why was there pain in the arm and ache in the muscle? The boy kept quiet. What should I do now to get rid of this pain? The Zen master asked gain. This main said, master it simple, and just put the glass done. Zen master said, exactly that is what I wanted to hear. Then he put done the glass and said, you see my son life’s struggles are just like this. People pays too much attention to life’s problems. If you keep it in your mind for a while and then leave it. You will feel what everything is fine. If you think then you will start to suffer. And if you keep thinking about it all the day then you will be full of anxiety, stress and depression and you won’t be able to concentrate on anything else.
If we see in our lives then we will find that we all go through struggles in our lives. But lit does not mean that we keep thinking about it all the time. Rather it is important to learn from you part mistakes and move forward in your life. If you keep on holding to the same thing just life that glass of water. It will only cause pain in your life. Therefore, it is important to remember to let go of your stresses and worries. No matter what happens during the day. As early in the evening as you can, put all your burdens down. Do not carry them through the night and into the next day with you. If you still feel the weight of yesterdays’ stress, then it is strong sign that it is time to put the glass down.
