One day one person climbed up a mountain where a hermit woman was meditating. She had taken refuge and was asked: "What are you doing here alone in such a solitude place?
To which she replied: "I have lots of work."
"And how can you have so much work? I don't see anything around you here....?"
"I have to train two hawks and two eagles, assure two rabbits, discipline one snake and motivate a donkey and tame a lion ..."
"And where have they gone that I don't see them?"
"I have them all inside here within me!
* The hawks stare on everything that is presented to me, good or bad, I have to work on them to see only good things. They are my eyes.
*The two eagles with their claws hurt and destroy, I have to train them not to hurt. They are my hands.
*Rabbits want to go where they want, at the same time they do not want to face difficult situations. I have to teach them to be calm even if there is suffering or stumbling. They are my feet.
*The donkey is always tired, stubborn and does not want to carry the load each time I walk. That is my body!
*The most difficult to tame is the "snake". Although it is locked in a strong cage with 32 bars, it is always ready to sting, bite and poison anyone nearby. I have to discipline it. That's my tongue.
*I also have one lion. Oh, how proud, how vain, he thinks that "he is the king". I have to tame him. And that's my ego.
As you see, my friend, I have lots of work. And you, what do you work on?"
Think about it.
(Author unknown)
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