Moral Story #1: A child told the mother, “Mum you are very beautiful today.”
Replied the mother, “Why?”
The child said, “Because you did not get angry today.”
Moral of the story:
– It is easy to possess beauty: do not get angry.
– Anger is temporary madness.
Moral Story #2: A man attended an interview for a job. Along the corridor, he picked up a piece and threw it into a dustbin. The interviewer passed by and saw it. This man got the job.
Moral of the story: Live with good habits, and you will be recognized.
Moral Story #3: A small boy worked as an apprentice in a bicycle shop. A man sent a bicycle for repair. After repairing the bicycle, this boy cleaned up the bicycle and it looked like a new one. Other apprentices laughed at him for doing redundant work. The following day, this boy was pinched and offered a job.
Moral of the story:
– Go the extra mile to be successful.
– Doing more gains more; Doing less lose more.
Moral Story #4: The owner of a farm asked his child to work every day at the farm. His friend said to him, “You do not have to make your son work so hard. The crops would grow just as good.” Owner of the farm replied, “I am not cultivating my crops, but my child.”
Moral of the story: A simple way to groom a child is to let him experience some hardships.
If not cut, jade would not turn into useful ware.
Moral Story #5: A shop is always brightly lit up. Someone asked, “What brand of bulb are you using? It is so lasting.”
The shop owner replied, “Our bulbs blew out frequently. We replaced them once a bulb blew out.”
Moral of the story:
– It is simple to maintain brightness, change the bulbs regularly.
– To brightening up everyday life, endeavour to abandon unwholesome state of mind and make an effort to encourage wholesome states to grow.