sâmbătă, 24 iunie 2017
Trei sfaturi
A very poor newly wedded, young couple lived in a small farm. One day
the husband made the following proposal to his wife: Honey, I will leave
the house: I will travel faraway, get a job and work hard in order to
come back and give you the comfortable life that you deserve. I do not
know how long I will stay away, I only ask one thing, please wait for
me, and while I am away, you should be faithful to me, because I will be
faithful to you. His wife agreed, so the young man left. He walked many
days until he found a farmer who was in need of someone to help him.
The young man offered his services. He was accepted. Therefore he
discussed the terms with his boss: Let me work for as long as I want and
when I think I should go home, please relieve me of my duties. I do not
want to receive my salary. I ask you to save it for me, until the day I
leave. The day I decide to go, please give me the money and I will go
my way. They agreed on that. So, the young man worked for twenty years
without holiday and without rest. After twenty years, he came to his
boss and said: Boss, I want my money, because I am returning to my home.
The boss replied: All right, after all, I made a deal with you and I
will stick to it. However, before you go I want to offer you something
new: I will give you all your money and send you away; or I will give
you 3 pieces of advice and send you away. If I give you money, you lose
the 3 pieces of advice. If I give you the 3 pieces of advice, you lose
the money. Now, go to your room and think about your answer. He thought
for two days. Then he went to the boss and told him: I want the 3 pieces
of advice. The boss stressed again, if I give you the 3 pieces of
advice, I will not give you the money, and the man replied: I want the 3
pieces of advice. The boss then told him: No. 1: Never take shortcuts
in your life, shorter and unknown paths can cost your life. No. 2: Never
be too curious, for curiosity towards evil can be deadly. No. 3: Never
make decisions in moments of anger or pain, because when you repent, it
could be too late. After giving these 3 pieces of advice, the boss said
to him: Here, you have 3 loaves of bread, 2 are for you to eat during
the journey and the last is for you to eat with your wife when you get
home. So, the man went his way, after twenty years away from home and
from his wife, whom he loved so much. After the first day of travel, he
found a man who greeted him and asked: Where are you going? He replied:
To a distant place which is about 20 days away if I continue walking.
The man said to him: Ol' boy, this path is too long! I know a shortcut
that is very safe and you will arrive in 5 days only. The man began to
follow the path suggested until he remembered the first piece of advice.
Then, he returned and followed the long path. Days later he learned
that the shortcut led to an ambush. After a few more days of travel, he
found an inn by the roadside, where he could rest. He paid for a room
and after taking a bath he lay down to sleep. During the night he woke
up as he heard a terrifying scream. He rose to his feet and went to the
door to check what happened. As he was opening the door, he remembered
the second piece of advice. Therefore he returned, lay down again and
slept. At dawn, after breakfast, the owner of the lodging asked him if
he had not heard the scream at night. He affirmed that he heard. Then,
the host said: Were you not curious to see what happened? And he
replied: No, I was not. Then the host said: You are the first guest to
leave this inn alive. My neighbour is completely crazy. He usually
shouts at night to call someone’s attention. When some of the guests
come out, he kills them and buries their bodies in the backyard. The man
continued his long journey, eager to arrive soon. After many days and
nights walking, he was very tired, but he finally saw his house far
away. It was night. He saw some light coming out of the window of his
house and was able to see the silhouette of his wife. But he also saw
that she was not alone. He came closer and saw there was a man with her.
She softly caressed his hair. When he saw that scene, his heart was
filled with hatred and bitterness. He decided to rush at and kill them
both mercilessly. However, he took a deep breath and he remembered the
third piece of advice. Then he stopped, reflected and decided to sleep
outside that night. He slept in the midst of the bushes, determined to
make a decision the next day. At dawn, he was calmer and thought: I will
not kill my wife and her lover. I am going back to my boss to ask him
to take me back. But before I go, I want to tell my wife that I have
always been faithful to her. He went to the front door and knocked. When
his wife opened the door and recognized him, she cried and embraced him
warmly. He tried to push her away, but he was not able. Then, with
tears in his eyes he told her: I was faithful to you but you betrayed
me. She was shocked, so she replied: How did I betray you? I have never
betrayed you. I waited patiently for you for twenty good years. Then he
asked: How about the man that you were caressing yesterday? And she
said: That man is your son. When you left, I discovered I was pregnant.
Today he is twenty years old. Hearing that, the man asked her
forgiveness. He met and hugged his son. Then he told them all the things
he had experienced while away. Meanwhile, his wife prepared some coffee
for them to eat together, the last bread given by his boss. After a
prayer of thanksgiving, he broke the bread. When he looked at it, he
found all his money inside. In fact, there was even more than the right
payment for his twenty years of dedication and hard work. Friends, our
God is like this boss. When he asks us to make a sacrifice, he wants to
give us more than what we give Him. He wants us to have His unique
wisdom as well as the material blessings.
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