Seeds of the soul

(Baonghean)- Actually, we don't need to work hard, just need to have a seed of sadness, joy, resentment in our heart, a tree will automatically grow, just waiting for our emotions to water it. How do you want your green tree to grow, think carefully and leave the most beautiful seeds in your heart!

On both sides of my house are two neighbors who quarrel every afternoon over a trivial matter. It is because in the afternoons, the maid of one house often takes her dog out to play, and this dog has a strange hobby of... pooping in front of the other woman's house. In desperation, she went out to call out the other house's name to scold her, but received the answer: When there is evidence that my dog ​​goes there, then it will be good, because the whole neighborhood raises dogs, not just my house.

One day, as usual, she stood at the gate arguing for a while, then quietly took a broom and a shovel to clean up the “crime scene” of the family’s dog. Seeing me sitting and playing around in the yard, she started complaining about how the family lacked awareness and how she felt wronged. I listened for a while, not knowing how to judge the matter or how to comfort her, so I told her a foreign fable I read somewhere:

“There was a child who took his dog for a walk in the neighborhood every afternoon. It was unclear whether the dog was familiar with the smell or the child was unaware, but every time the dog would defecate right next to the gate of an old man’s house. After a few times pretending not to see his pet “committing a crime”, the child noticed that the next day the pile of feces was cleaned up by the old man, without ever complaining to anyone. He was very happy about this, thinking that the old man did not know who the “culprit” was, so gradually he made taking the dog to defecate in front of the old man’s house a daily pastime.

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Many years later, the child, now a young man studying far away, came home to visit his family and passed by the old man's gate. He was surprised to see a shady tree in front of the gate. On the tree, there were still ripe fruits hanging, looking very pleasing to the eye. He looked around and saw no one, so he threw a stone at one of the fruits and put it in his mouth to eat. He was so engrossed in eating that he didn't notice the old man had come out of the gate and smiled at him meaningfully. He was confused for a moment, but then quickly said:

- Is this tree yours? It's a beautiful tree and it bears delicious fruit. What kind of tree is this?

- The name of this tree is a bit sensitive, I'm a bit embarrassed to say it. The old man's answer made him even more curious.

- Just say it, it's just a tree, why are you embarrassed?

- He also doesn't know what kind of tree this is, it was given to him by a friend who lives far away. But the place where the tree was planted before was always covered with people's dogs pooping, so he calls it the dog poop tree.

The young man stood there, dumbfounded, not knowing what else to say, so he asked a few unrelated questions and then found an excuse to leave.

After listening to the story, the neighbor rested her chin on her hand and thought for a while, then asked me: So, do you think I should plant a tree in front of the gate now? I shook my head and laughed. Actually, we don't need to work hard, just need to have a seed of sadness, joy, resentment in our hearts, and a tree will automatically grow, just waiting for our emotions to water it. How do you want your tree to grow, think carefully and leave the most beautiful seeds in your heart!

Hai Trieu