A disciple and his teacher were walking through the forest. The
disciple was disturbed by the fact that his mind was in constant
unrest.

He asked his teacher, “Why most people’s minds are restless, and only
a few possess a calm mind? What can one do to still the mind?”
The teacher looked at the disciple, smiled and said, “I will tell you
a story. An elephant was standing and picking leaves from a tree. A
small fly came, flying and buzzing near his ear. The elephant waved it
away with his long ears. Then the fly came again, and the elephant
waved it away once more.”

This was repeated several times. Then the elephant asked the fly, “Why
are you so restless and noisy? Why can’t you stay for a while in one
place?”

The fly answered: “I am attracted to whatever I see, hear or smell. My
five senses pull me constantly in all directions and I cannot resist
them. What is your secret? How can you stay so calm and still?”

The elephant stopped eating and said, “My five senses do not rule my
attention. Whatever I do, I get immersed in it. Now that I am eating,
I am completely immersed in eating. In this way I can enjoy my food
and chew it better. I rule and control my attention, and not the other
way around.”

Upon hearing these words, the disciple’s eyes opened wide and a smile
appeared on his face. He looked at his teacher and said, “I
understand! If my five senses are in control of my mind and attention,
then my mind is in constant unrest. If I am in charge of my five
senses and attention, then my mind becomes calm.”

“Yes, that’s right”, answered the teacher, “The mind is restless and
goes wherever the attention is. Control your attention, and you
control your mind.”

Once upon a time, a well known painter was finishing his painting. It’s an incredibly beautiful painting to be shown during Princess Diana’s marriage.

The painter was consumed by and excited with his own painting that he unconsciously took a few step backward while admiring the 2 x 8 m painting. He didn’t look back when he walked backward. He kept on walking backward until it was a step away from the edge of the tall building. Just one more step backward and he could get himself killed.

A man saw what the painter was doing and was about to shout at him to warn him when he realized that his shout might have surprised the painter and thus made him incidently took one step backward and fell down. The man then took a brush and paint and began to paint on the beautiful painting until it was completely damaged.

Upon realizing what’s happened to his painting the painter got very angry and moved forward to hit the man. However, some other people who were also present at the vicinity held him and showed him his last position which almost made him fall.

Sometimes we have painted our future with such beauty and dreamed of beautiful days we will spend with our loved one. But then God seemed to destroy our beautiful painting when He sees what danger lies ahead of us.

Sometimes we are angry and annoyed by what God has done to us, or we get angry to our superior in our workplace. But one thing we have to keep in our mind: God provides only the best for us, his children.

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