Life Provides Us With Everything

Life is precious and full of everything. We can find everything in life alone. We have no need to look somewhere else. Some people ignore life, and look for material things. They think that they can find happiness elsewhere or that material things can fulfill their life. In fact, life provides us with all we need. We just have to concentrate and observe closely how we are living our life. Without concentration and observation, we maybe ignore something very precious in life. There is a story which can provide us with the correct understanding of life. Here is the story:

There was once a man, who while he was sleeping dreamed that an old monk told him that if he found one diamond in life, he could establish a mine as a result of his find. After this dream, the diamond remained on his mind. He sold all of his property,his house and possessions, and told everyone that he was going off travelling to search for the diamond he had seen in his dream. He spent years searching for the diamond, but never found it. Finally he despaired and felt very frustrated.

The person who bought the man’s house was one day washing his clothes by the canal behind the house. When the sun shone in the early morning, the sunshine reflected the sand. It reflected it as clearly as a diamond. He looked closely at the sand and then amazingly actually discovered a diamond in the canal. He dug up the sand and discovered a diamond mine. He thought to himself, "The old owner of the house went to great trouble to search for this diamond. In the end the diamond was just behind his own house. But he ignored this place and left it."

This story shows us that life is precious if we understand it. Both happiness and unhappiness are to be found within life. Neither is far away. So we have no need to search for happiness someplace else. We have no need to leave anything to be happy. Instead, we can integrate everything in life. We just have to understand life as it is, with its ups and downs. We just have to accept the truth of life as it is. Don’t leave your life behind! Concentrate and observe it closely! In this way your life will be fulfilled with happiness, peace, and wisdom.