One old and very wise man said to his friend:
- Take a better look at the room we are in, and try to remember things that are brown.
There was a lot of brown in the room, and my friend quickly completed the task. But the wise Chinese asked him the following question:
- Now close your eyes and list all the things that are blue.
The friend was confused and indignant:
“I didn’t notice anything blue, because I only remembered things that were brown!”
To which the sage replied:
- Open your eyes, look around - there are a lot of blue things in the room.
And it was absolutely true.
Then the old man continued:
- If you look only for brown things in the room, and only bad things in life, then you will only see them, notice them exclusively, and only they will be remembered by you and participate in your life. Remember: if you are looking for bad things, you will definitely find them and not notice anything good.
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru