Tuesday 3 April 2012

Behind 5 Things


One night a man had a dream. In his dream God commanded him to travel West, along with few things to do.

"The first thing you see, eat it. The second thing you encounter, hide it. The third thing you get, accept it. The fourth thing, do not lose hope and lastly, run from it."

The man got up from his dream and went towards West the next morning. He walked, and the first thing he saw was a big black hill. He was puzzled, he was ordered to eat it but surely it was impossible thing to do.

However the man went closer to the hill to eat it and suddenly, the hill shrunk into a piece of bread. He took it and placed it inside his mouth. It tasted sweet, like honey. He thanked God.

He continued his journey and came upon a gold cup. He quickly remembered he was ordered to hide it. Without wasting time he dug a hole next to the cup, and placed it in. He covered the hole and kept walking.

But suddenly the gold cup appeared from the hole. He man buried it 3 times but failed. Then he said, " I had done what you asked me to, God." So he left the place with the gold cup remained on the ground.

He kept on walking, as he saw an eagle was chasing a small other bird. The bird came and said to him, "Dear God's servant, help me." The man felt sympathy for the bird and took it, hiding it inside his shirt, as he remembered what God told him for the third thing, to hide what you see.

From the the eagle came to the man and said to him, "Dear God's servant, I am hungry and I have been chasing the bird since this morning. So please don't take my sustenance." Begged the eagle. The man remembered God's fourth order, never break hope.

So he jumped to a conclusion by cutting a small piece of his own flesh, taken from his thigh and gave it to the eagle. After the eagle left the man let the bird inside his shirt free.

With that, he continued. Soon he came across a rotten corpse with awful smell, that no one couldn't bear it. The stink was unbearable, so the man fled from the place, and returned to his home. On that night he prayed to God. "I have done all the things you asked me, now please tell me the meaning of each of my actions."

In his next dream God explained to him.

"The first thing you ate was rage and anger. First it might seem big like a hill but soon, when you managed to control and retain yourself, it would be sweeter than honey.

The second thing was all the good deeds a man does. No matter how the person tries to hide it, people and God will surely notice it.

The third thing is to accept someone's trust on us. So do not betray someone who has given his or her trust on us.

Fourthly, when a man comes to you and asks for your help, try to help him in anyway you can even though you yourself wish for it.

The last thing, the corpse resembles the action of telling someone's weakness. Then you should refrain yourself from getting closer to a group of people who're discussing about others' weaknesses.







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