10 inspirational short stories

10 inspirational short stories

Short Story I. The Way of Employing People

Anyone who has been to the temple knows that upon entering the temple gate, the first person is Maitreya Buddha, with a smiling face to welcome the guests, while to his north is the black-mouthed and black-faced Vaitreya. But according to legend, in

long ago, they were not in the same temple, but were in charge of separate temples.

Maitreya Buddha was enthusiastic and happy, so there were very many people coming, but he didn't care about anything, lost everything and didn't manage the accounts properly, so he still couldn't make ends meet.

He did not manage the accounts properly, so he still could not make ends meet. And although Vedanta is a good manager of the accounts, but all day long with a gloomy face, too serious, so that the people less and less, and finally incense cut off.

Buddha found this problem when checking the incense, they will be placed in the same temple, by the Maitreya Buddha is responsible for public relations, smile to welcome the eight guests, so

incense flourished. And Vairocana, who is iron-faced and unselfish, put him in charge of the finances and was a strict gatekeeper. In the division of labor between the two, the temple was a thriving

In fact, in the eyes of the hiring master, the temple is a thriving place.

In fact, in the eyes of the master of employing people, there is no waste of people, just as the master of martial arts, do not need expensive sword, picking flowers and flying leaves can hurt people, the key depends on how to use.

Small story two: the longest is useless

There was a man from Lu who was good at weaving straw shoes and his wife was good at weaving white silk. He wanted to move to the State of Yue. His friend said to him, "If you go to the State of Yue, you will be poor.

." "Why?" "Straw shoes are for walking in, but the people of Yue are used to walking barefoot; white silk is for making hats, but the people of Yue

are accustomed to wearing their hair. Is it possible for you to keep yourself from poverty by going where your strengths are not used?"

[Learned] Insight: In order to give full play to one's expertise, one must fit the needs of the social environment. If it is separated from the needs of the social environment, its expertise will also

lose its value. Therefore, we should decide our own actions according to the needs of the society, so as to better play our own expertise.

Story 3: Kangaroo and the cage

One day the zookeepers found that the kangaroo had escaped from the cage, so they met to discuss and agreed that the height of the cage was too low. So they decided to

the height of the cage from the original 10 meters to 20 meters higher. The next day they found that the kangaroo still ran outside, so they decided to raise the height again to 30 meters.

The next day they found that the kangaroos still came outside, so they decided to raise the height to 30 meters. The next day they saw all the kangaroos running outside again, so the keepers were very nervous and decided to raise the height of the cage to 100 meters.

The height of the cage was increased to 100 meters.

One day the giraffe and a few kangaroos were chatting, "Do you think these people will continue to raise your cage? The giraffe asked. "It's hard to say.

Kangaroo said: "If they continue to forget to close the door!

[Learning] insights: things have "the end," "light," "priority, close the door is this, raise the cage is the end, and the end, of course, not to get the point

The first step is to make sure that the cage is closed.

Short Story 4: The Medical Skill of Bian Magpie

King Wen of Wei asked the famous doctor Bian Magpie, "Which of the three brothers in your family is the best doctor? Bian Magpie replied, "The eldest brother is the best, the middle brother is the second best, and I am the worst.

I am the worst.

King Wen asked again, "Then why are you the most famous?

Bian Magpie replied, "The eldest brother cured the sick before the onset of the disease.

Before the onset of the disease. Since people did not know that he could eradicate the cause of the disease beforehand, his fame could not be spread; the middle brother cured the disease at the beginning of the disease. The

The general public thought that he could only cure minor illnesses, so his fame only reached the local community. I heal when the disease is serious.

The general public saw me put blood through needles in the meridians, put medicine on the skin and other major operations, so they thought my medical skills were brilliant and my fame was nationwide.

[Learned] Insights: control afterwards is better than control during, control during is better than control before.

Small story five, Qu Tu Tu pay

A guest visited someone's home and saw that the chimney on the host's stove was straight, and there was a lot of wood next to it. The guest told the host that the chimney should be changed

The guest told the host that the chimney should be changed and the wood should be removed, otherwise there might be a fire in the future.

Soon the owner's house did catch fire, and the neighbors rushed to put out the fire, and the fire was finally extinguished.

So the master cooked sheep and slaughtered cattle and invited the neighbors to a banquet to thank them for putting out the fire, but he did not invite the man who had advised him to remove the wood and change the chimney.

Someone said to the master, "If you had listened to that gentleman, you wouldn't have to prepare a feast today, and there would be no damage from the fire.

It is strange that the person who gave you the original advice is not thankful, but the person who put out the fire is the guest of honor! The host suddenly realized that he hurried to invite the guest who had given the advice at the beginning to come and eat.

The master suddenly realized that he had to invite the guest who had given the advice to come and have a drink.

The host suddenly realized that he had to invite the guest who had given him advice to a meal.

Short story 6: Saving lives

In a fierce battle, the captain suddenly found an enemy plane swooping down toward the position. As a rule, when you find an enemy plane swooping down, you should not hesitate to lie down.

But the captain did not fall down immediately. But the captain did not immediately lie down, he found four or five meters away from him there is a small fighter still standing where. He couldn't think much about it, so he made a fish leap and put

The little soldier was pressed tightly under his body. At that moment there was a loud bang and the splash of mud fell on their bodies. The captain patted the dust on his body and looked back

A look, suddenly stunned: the location where he was just blown into a large crater.

The first thing you need to do is to help others and help yourself at the same time!

Short story 7: Going out

In ancient times, there were two brothers who each took a suitcase to go out. Along the way, the heavy suitcase weighed the brothers down and they couldn't breathe. They

had to change their right hand when their left hand got tired, and change their left hand when their right hand got tired. Suddenly, the elder brother stopped and bought a stretcher at the roadside, and hung the two suitcases one left and one right on the stretcher.

right hanging on the stretcher. He picked up two suitcases on the road, but felt much more relaxed.

[Learning]: In the road of our life, we will certainly encounter a lot of difficulties. But don't we all know that on the way forward

The first thing you need to do is to move away from the stumbling blocks under the feet of others, and sometimes it is just to pave the way for yourself?

Short Story 8: The Fish King's Son

There was a fisherman who had first-class fishing skills and was respected as the King of Fish. King of Fish? However, the fisherman's son was the son of a fisherman. King of Fish? When he was old, he was very distressed because his three sons

The fishing skills of his three sons were all very mediocre.

So he often told people his anguish: "I really don't understand, I am so good at fishing, why are my sons so bad?

Why are my sons so bad? I have been teaching them fishing skills since they could understand, starting from the basics, telling them how to weave the net to catch the fish most easily, how to

rowing the boat would not disturb the fish, and how to cast the net would be the

to invite the fish into the jar. When they grew up, I taught them how to know the tides and identify the fish flood. I taught them how to read the tide and identify the fish season.

But their fishing skills are not as good as the sons of fishermen who are less skilled than me!

After hearing his story, a passerby asked, "Have you been teaching them by hand?"

"Yes, I have taught them carefully and patiently in order to give them first-class fishing skills." "Have they been following you?"

"Yes, in order for them to take the road less traveled, I always let them follow me to learn."

The passerby said, "In that case, your mistake is obvious. You only imparted to them the technique, but not the lesson.

【Learn it】Insight: For talent, no lesson is as good as no experience, it can't make people great!

Short Story 9: The Apple by the River

An old monk had a group of devout disciples gathered around him. One day, he instructed each disciple to go to the south mountain and fetch a load of firewood. The disciples hurriedly walked

When they arrived at the river not far from the mountain, everyone was dumbfounded. They were dumbfounded to see that the flood was pouring down from the mountain, so they could not cross the river for firewood anyway. Without any success, the disciples

They were all a bit downhearted. Only a young monk and the master frankly face each other. The master asked why, the young monk took out an apple from his bosom and handed it to the master, saying

I saw an apple tree by the river, so I picked the only apple on the tree. Later, this young monk became

Later, the young monk became the mantle of the master.

The world has an endless road and a river that cannot be crossed. Can not cross the river to turn back, is also a kind of wisdom. But the real wisdom

Wisdom has to do one more thing at the river: fly the kite of thought and pick an apple. Throughout the ages, people who have held such a belief in life have eventually

They have achieved the breakthrough and transcendence of life.

Short story 10: The right hand holds the left hand

There is a popular jingle on the table: holding your wife's hand is like holding your left hand with your right hand.

Whenever someone reads out: familiar or unfamiliar table will be willing to laugh, the atmosphere immediately relaxed. Of course, this is based on people's

The jingle is based on people's consistent understanding - the feeling is accurate, the description is in place. One day at the dinner table someone recited the jingle again, the men laughed as usual

The men were laughing as usual.

Then they noticed that one of the women at the table was not laughing. The men were busy saying that it was just a joke and not to be taken seriously. I didn't expect the woman to say seriously: the best thing is this "right hand holding

left hand. First, the left hand is the most can be trusted by the right hand; second, the left hand and the right hand are their own; third, the other hand any how to call you pleasure

The excitement of the soul, after all can be shaken off, only the left hand, shake off you will be crippled, is not it? A table of men are impressed, praising the woman

The woman said indifferently: What is profound and unique, why not go back and read it to your respective wives and see what they say?

What.

Some of the men who were bold did go back and test their wives, and indeed the wives

The wives all understood the same as the ladies at the table.

They were all left-handed, so of course the men had to be left-handed.

And they are all right-handed, they certainly think right-handed. --------------------------------------------------------
Author: Biyi Zhizhi
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