Tuesday, April 9, 2013

The Grumbler

Once upon a time, there was a man who was very proud of himself.  He had a habit of grumbling at whatever he saw.  For instance, when he looked at the mountain, he would say, "Why must a mountain be so high that we have trouble climbing it?" 

When he looked at the dirt, he said "God is so strage.  Why did he make soil to get our clothes dirty?"

The man always had a grievance against everything.  One day as he was taking a walk, he stopped to rest under an oak tree.  There was a house nearby, whose roof was covered with gourds.  Looking at the gourds on the roof, he said, "Why did God let such big, round gourds hang on such thin vines?  He is really strange."

As he was grumbling an acorn fell and hit his head and he rubbed the painful spot.  Then all of a sudden he clapped his hands and shouted joyfully, "A-ha!  God is very wise!  If there were gourds on the acorn tree, my head would have been split in two.  But he only let small acorns grow on the tree, so I was saved."  From then on, the man was a generous person and never complained anymore....


Hello my dear Yogis and Yoginis! 

Here is a story from Korean folklore for you.  
I'm sure none of you are this sort of a grumbler, despite your hectic daily ins and outs.  
Still...if you find yourself weighed down heavily by all those things that fills your days and time endlessly...

Here is the reminder for you to Breathe....breathing in...pause...breathing out...longer pause...again...breathing in...pause...breathing out...and even longer pause....

There you go....you find yourself already feeling much better...
One more reminder...don't forget to smile...never grumble...

Then...you can become the angel like the man in the story!

Please check out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40DykbPa4Lc  just for laugh!!!