Today I went to a really fantastic talk by Ajarn Brahm, one of the most famous Buddhist teacher in the world. Today's topic was about "How to balanced your study and Personal Life." Not only his content was great, he is wise and he exemplify the great communication skills.
One of the things that he uses was stories and we have been talking about this is ES2007s for very long. Stories get people interested, grab their attention and most important of all memorable. He was talking about having a positive attitude towards whatever comes to your life, Be Positive. This is a story to illustrate my point and to help you in your exam.
This story is called "Good, Bad, Who knows?" The story goes like this. There was a king who went for hunting in a jungle. As he was hunting, he was bitten on his finger by an animal. The cut was pretty swollen and the finger almost came off, so he asked the doctor to came over and examined his condition. He asked how was the wound after the doctor put the bandage on. The doctor says "Good, Bad, Who knows?" The king thought what a stupid doctor, he doesn't even know the condition.
After he went back to the palace, the doctor changed the bandage and was asked again about the condition. Again he said "Good, Bad, Who knows?" The king was stunned but still trust his doctor. Nevertheless, after 3 days, the cut was infected and the finger had to be amputated. The king was really angry with this stupid doctor, so he personally put the doctor in jail. The king asked how does that feel. The doctor once again answered "Good, Bad, Who knows?"
Few days later, the king went hunting again. But this time he got lost in a jungle alone. He then was caught by an indigenous tribe who need a human sacrifice for their god and they thought he would be a perfect one. After all the rituals, the king was at the post ready to be burnt. However, one of the tribal priest realized that he only had 9 fingers. The priest said "he is not a perfect sacrifice for our god, we must find a new one."
After the sweet escape, the king went back to the palace and immediately realizes the doctor because he just saved his life. Then, the king apologized to the doctor. But the doctor said "it's fine. I have 10 fingers. If I weren't in jailed, I would be with you and by now I would be dead."
From this story, we could learn that whatever comes to our life we will never know whether it is good or bad, so instead of worrying and dreading, why don't we take positive attitude and relax in life. " In the light of examination period, whatever we will do for our exam. Why don't we take a step back relax, smile and say "Good, Bad, Who knows?"
May you be well and happy,
Aww, Billet that was NICE! :) It brightened my day while studying. I was intending to go for that talk too, Ajahn Brahm's a really good speaker, but had other urgent things to settle:( Anyway, he'll have another talk soon, not in school though! :))
ReplyDeleteAnyway, somehow I guess it's always good to think "Good, Bad, Who knows?" only one day before the exam. For days before, you still have to get ready the ammunition in order to fight the battle! :)
As they say: Over-prepare, then go with the
flow! :D But I've got to admit it's different for everyone. All the best with your preparation!
Thanks, Billet, for recounting the talk and presenting the entertaining traditional story on the value of having a positive attitude!
ReplyDeleteAll the best to you!