Three instructive stories about the meaning of life

Three instructive stories about the meaning of life

While in the park, a woman sits next to a man on a bench near a playground. "That's my son over there," she said, pointing to a little boy in a red sweater sliding down the rink. "He's a very sweet boy," the man said. "That's my daughter riding a bike in the white dress."

Then, looking at his watch, the man called his daughter. “How about we go, Melissa?” Melissa begged, “Just five more minutes, Dad. Please? Just five more minutes. The man nodded and Melissa continued to ride her bike to her heart's content. Five minutes passed and the father stood and called his daughter again. "Is it time to go now?"

Melissa pleaded again, “Five more minutes, Dad. Just five more minutes. The man smiled and said, “Okay.” “God, you sure are a patient father,” the woman called.

The man smiled and then said, “Her older brother Tommy was killed by a drunk driver last year while riding his bike here. I never spent much time with Tommy and now I would give anything for another five minutes with him. I vowed not to make the same mistake with Melissa. She thinks she has five more minutes to ride her bike. The truth is, I have five more minutes to watch her play. "

Life is about prioritizing, and family is the most important priority, so spend as much time as you can with loved ones.

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Two friends were walking through the desert. At one point during the trip, they got into an argument and one friend slapped the other in the face.

The one who was hit was hurt, but without saying anything, he wrote in the sand, "Today my best friend slapped me in the face."

They continued walking until they found an oasis where they decided to bathe. The one who was hit went into the mud and began to drown, but his friend saved him. After recovering from what happened, he wrote on a stone "Today my best friend saved my life".

The friend who had slapped and saved his best friend asked him, “After I hurt you, you wrote it in the sand, and now you're writing it on a stone, why?” The other friend replied:

"When someone hurts us, we must write it in the sand where the winds of forgiveness can wipe it away. But when someone does something good for us, we should engrave it in stone where no wind can erase it. "

Don't appreciate the things you have in your life. Appreciate the people you have in your life.

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An old man lived alone in a house in a deserted village. Every year he dug the yard with the help of his son to plant potatoes, but this year it was impossible. His only son who would help him was in jail and he couldn't afford a lawyer to get him out. The old man wrote a letter to his son and mentioned his situation:

dear son,

I feel pretty bad because it looks like I won't be able to plant my potato garden this year. I hate to miss because your mom always loved planting time. I'm just getting too old to dig a garden plot by myself. If you were here, all my troubles would be over. I know we would have done it together if he hadn't been in jail.

love,

Father

Soon the old man received this telegram: “For God's sake, Dad, don't dig up the garden!! That's where I buried the WEAPONS!!

At 4:00 a.m. the next morning, a dozen special units and local police arrived and searched the entire garden without finding any weapons.

Confused, the old man wrote another note to his son, telling him what had happened and asking him what to do next.

His son's response was, “Go ahead and plant your potatoes, Dad. This is the best I can do for you from here.

 It doesn't matter where you are, if you have decided to do something from the bottom of your heart, you can do it. It's the thought that counts, not where you are or where the person is.