a story about PERSPECTIVE - Buddhist Story

hi    this is dare to do motivation and this    is a story    about perspective so once upon a time    there was an old lady who cried all the    time    her elder daughter was married to an    umbrella merchant    while the younger daughter was the wife    of a noodle vendor    on sunny days she worried oh no    the weather is so nice and sunny no one    is going to buy any umbrellas    what will happen if the shop has to be    closed    these worries made her sad she just    could not help but cry    when it rained she would cry for the    younger daughter    she thought oh no my younger daughter    is married to a noodle vendor you cannot    dry noodles without the sun    now there will be no noodles to sell    what should we do    as a result the old lady lived in sorrow    every day    whether sunny or rainy she grieved for    one of her daughters    her neighbors couldn't console her and    jokingly called her    the crying lady    one day she met a monk he was very    curious    as to why she was always crying she    explained    the problem to him the monk smiled    kindly and said    madam you need not worry i will show you    a way to happiness    and you will need to grieve no more    the crying lady was very excited she    immediately asked the monk to show her    what to do    the monk replied it is very simple you    just    need to change your perspective on sunny    days    do not think of your elder daughter not    being able to sell umbrellas    but the younger daughter being able to    dry her noodles    with such good strong sunlight she must    be able to make plenty of noodles    and her business must be very good when    it rains    think about the umbrella store of the    elder daughter    with the rain everyone must be buying    umbrellas    she will sell a lot of umbrellas and her    store will prosper    finally the old lady saw the light she    followed the monk's instruction    after a while she didn't cry anymore    instead    she was smiling every day from that day    on    she was known as the smiling lady    you see in life in your life    everything is about perspective there    are always two sides to a coin    it depends on you what side you choose    to look at it    for the old lady actually nothing    changed in her life    it still rained some days and still was    sunny some days    so it didn't really make a difference to    her daughter's businesses    but the thing that changed was she she    changed    her perspective and that is the secret    to a happy life    this is their to do motivation stories    thanks for watching and stay blessed    

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