Scenario No. 1
【和尚与屠夫】
从前有一个和尚跟一个屠夫是好朋友。和尚天天早上要起来念经，而屠夫天天要起来杀猪。 为了不耽误他们早上的工作，是他们约定早上互相叫对方起床。 多年以后，和尚与屠夫相继去世了。屠夫去上天堂了，而和尚却下地狱了。
Why?
因为屠夫天天作善事，叫和尚起来念经，相反地，和尚天天叫屠夫起来杀生……
小哲理：
你做的东西是不是都是你认为对的，却不一定是对的。
This story is on the monk and the butcher. They were good friends. Every morning, the monk will wake up to pray, and the butcher would wake up to slaughter pigs. In order for them to carry out their duties faithfully, they promised to wake each other up in the mornings. Years later, both died. The butcher went to Heaven yet the monk went to Hell instead.
Why? Because the butcher wakes the monk up every morning to pray for penitence, so he was doing a good act. Whereas the monk wakes the butcher up every morning to kill, so he was doing a bad act.
The moral of this story is : What you deem as right, may not necessarily be right.
Scenario No. 2
【一道终身受用的测试题】
你开着一辆车。
在一个暴风雨的晚上。
你经过一个车站。
有三个人正在焦急的等公共汽车。
一个是快要临死的老人，他需要马上去医院。
一个是医生，他曾救过你的命，你做梦都想报答他。
还有一个女人/男人，她/他是你做梦都想嫁/娶的人，也许错过就没有了。
但你的车只能在坐下一个人，你会如何选择？
我不知道这是不是一个对你性格的测试, 因为每一个回答都有他自己的原因。
老人快要死了，你首先应该先救他。
你也想让那个医生上车，因为他救过你，这是个好机会报答他。
还有就是你的梦中情人。错过了这个机会。你可能永远不能遇到一个让你这么心动的人了。
在200个应征者中，只有一个人被雇佣了，他并没有解释他的理由，他只是说了以下的话：
'给医生车钥匙，让他带着老人去医院，而我则留下来陪我的梦中情人一起等公车!'
每个人我认识的人都认为以上的回答是最好的，但没有一个人（包括我在内）一开始就想到。
小哲理：
是否是因为我们从未想过要放弃我们手中已经拥有的优势（车钥匙）? 有时，如果我们能放弃一些我们的固执，狭隘，和一些优势的话，我们可能会得到更多。
A psychological test. You are driving a car. During a thunderstorm at night, you came across three people waiting at a bus stop. One was an old man, who looked sickly and needed immediate medical attention. Another one was a doctor who once saved your life. The third was your dream guy / girl.
You could only take one of them. The old man was on the verge of dying. You had been waiting for the chance to repay the doctor for saving your life. And you had always wanted to get to know your dream guy / girl, as if you missed this chance, there may never be another chance ever again.
So what would you do? Different people will have different answers to this. At a job interview, out of two hundred applicants, only one answered this in an unorthodox way, and he was hired. His answer : "I would give the car key to the doctor, asking him to bring the old man to the hospital, and I would then stay behind waiting with my dream guy / girl at the bus stop."
Actually, my answer was something similar too. Before I even came across the answer, I was telling myself in my mind that I would just ask the doctor to drive the old man to the hospital, and he could render the old man assistance along the way, while I could just wait for the bus, and be with my dream guy / girl at the same time!
I thought this answer is pretty straightforward and common sensical, so I was really surprised that only one out of two hundred would come up with an answer like this. Apparently, when this answer was conveyed, everyone said that was the best answer, yet nobody figured it out right at the beginning.
So the moral of the story? People are unwilling to let go of material stuff which they already have (like the car key of the car). As evidenced most will either just say drive the old man, or drive the doctor, or drive the person of their dreams. But they did not realise that by letting go of the car, they could gain something even more immeasurable - save the old man, repay the doctor, and be with the person of their dreams at the same time.
Likewise, if people are able to let go of certain things, like their resolve, their stubbornness, or their material stuff, what they get back in return may be much better than if they hold on to certain things.
Scenario No. 3
【皮鞋的来历】
很久很久以前，人类都还赤着双脚走路。
有一位国王到某个偏远的乡间旅行，因为路面崎岖不平，有很多碎石头，刺得他的脚又痛又麻。回到王宫后，他下了一道命令，要将国内的所有道路都铺上一层牛皮。他认为这样做，不只是为自己，还可造福他的人民，让大家走路时不再受刺痛之苦。
但即使杀尽国内所有的牛，也筹措不到足够的皮革，而所花费的金钱、动用的人力，更不知凡几。虽然根本做不到，甚至还相当愚蠢，但因为是国王的命令，大家也只能摇头叹息。
一位聪明的仆人大胆向国王提出建言：「国王啊！为什么您要劳师动众，牺牲那么多头牛，花费那么多金钱呢？您何不只用两小片牛皮包住您的脚呢？」国王听了很惊讶，但也当下领悟，于是立刻收回成命，改采这个建议。据说，这就是「皮鞋」的由来。
小哲理：
想改变世界，很难；要改变自己，则较为容易。
与其改变全世界，不如先改变自己--「将自己的双脚包起来」。
改变自己的某些观念和作法，以抵御外来的侵袭。
当自己改变后，眼中的世界自然也就跟着改变了。
如果你希望看到世界改变，那么第一个必须改变的就是自己。
「心若改变，态度就会改变；态度改变，习惯就改变；习惯改变，人生就会改变。」
The origins of leather shoes. Once upon a time, people still walked everywhere with bare feet. There was a king who went to a rural area. The grounds and walkways were cobblestoned, so it made his feet hurt. When he went back to the palace, he set an order to cover all the grounds and walkways with a layer of cow skin. He thought by doing so, he could also allow comfort to the people in walking.
However, even if the people killed all the bulls and cows of the country, there was still not enough skins to go around. Not to mention the heavy cost of labour in the work involved. But since it was an order by the king, the people had no choice but to obey, even though it seemed to be an impossible task.
A smart servant then went to the king, suggesting, "Oh King! Why must we sacrifice all the bulls and cows and incur such big expenses? Why don't we just use two small pieces of skin to cover the soles of our feet? It would serve the same purpose while walking!"
The king was really surprised when he heard that. Thus he retracted the order, and told everyone to just put the skins underneath their feet instead of paving all the streets. Hence, this was how "leather shoes" came about.
The moral of this is : It's difficult to change the world, but easy to change oneself. Instead of trying to change the world, why not start with oneself (by covering our feet with leather). Changing oneself also prepares one for the challenges the rest of the world will impose on us, because by changing oneself, our perceptions of things will then start to change. So in order to change the world, we should change ourselves first.
"By changing our mindset, we will then change our attitudes. By changing our attitudes, we will then change our habits. By changing our habits, we will then be able to change our lives."
【和尚与屠夫】
从前有一个和尚跟一个屠夫是好朋友。和尚天天早上要起来念经，而屠夫天天要起来杀猪。 为了不耽误他们早上的工作，是他们约定早上互相叫对方起床。 多年以后，和尚与屠夫相继去世了。屠夫去上天堂了，而和尚却下地狱了。
Why?
因为屠夫天天作善事，叫和尚起来念经，相反地，和尚天天叫屠夫起来杀生……
小哲理：
你做的东西是不是都是你认为对的，却不一定是对的。
This story is on the monk and the butcher. They were good friends. Every morning, the monk will wake up to pray, and the butcher would wake up to slaughter pigs. In order for them to carry out their duties faithfully, they promised to wake each other up in the mornings. Years later, both died. The butcher went to Heaven yet the monk went to Hell instead.
Why? Because the butcher wakes the monk up every morning to pray for penitence, so he was doing a good act. Whereas the monk wakes the butcher up every morning to kill, so he was doing a bad act.
The moral of this story is : What you deem as right, may not necessarily be right.
Scenario No. 2
【一道终身受用的测试题】
你开着一辆车。
在一个暴风雨的晚上。
你经过一个车站。
有三个人正在焦急的等公共汽车。
一个是快要临死的老人，他需要马上去医院。
一个是医生，他曾救过你的命，你做梦都想报答他。
还有一个女人/男人，她/他是你做梦都想嫁/娶的人，也许错过就没有了。
但你的车只能在坐下一个人，你会如何选择？
我不知道这是不是一个对你性格的测试, 因为每一个回答都有他自己的原因。
老人快要死了，你首先应该先救他。
你也想让那个医生上车，因为他救过你，这是个好机会报答他。
还有就是你的梦中情人。错过了这个机会。你可能永远不能遇到一个让你这么心动的人了。
在200个应征者中，只有一个人被雇佣了，他并没有解释他的理由，他只是说了以下的话：
'给医生车钥匙，让他带着老人去医院，而我则留下来陪我的梦中情人一起等公车!'
每个人我认识的人都认为以上的回答是最好的，但没有一个人（包括我在内）一开始就想到。
小哲理：
是否是因为我们从未想过要放弃我们手中已经拥有的优势（车钥匙）? 有时，如果我们能放弃一些我们的固执，狭隘，和一些优势的话，我们可能会得到更多。
A psychological test. You are driving a car. During a thunderstorm at night, you came across three people waiting at a bus stop. One was an old man, who looked sickly and needed immediate medical attention. Another one was a doctor who once saved your life. The third was your dream guy / girl.
You could only take one of them. The old man was on the verge of dying. You had been waiting for the chance to repay the doctor for saving your life. And you had always wanted to get to know your dream guy / girl, as if you missed this chance, there may never be another chance ever again.
So what would you do? Different people will have different answers to this. At a job interview, out of two hundred applicants, only one answered this in an unorthodox way, and he was hired. His answer : "I would give the car key to the doctor, asking him to bring the old man to the hospital, and I would then stay behind waiting with my dream guy / girl at the bus stop."
Actually, my answer was something similar too. Before I even came across the answer, I was telling myself in my mind that I would just ask the doctor to drive the old man to the hospital, and he could render the old man assistance along the way, while I could just wait for the bus, and be with my dream guy / girl at the same time!
I thought this answer is pretty straightforward and common sensical, so I was really surprised that only one out of two hundred would come up with an answer like this. Apparently, when this answer was conveyed, everyone said that was the best answer, yet nobody figured it out right at the beginning.
So the moral of the story? People are unwilling to let go of material stuff which they already have (like the car key of the car). As evidenced most will either just say drive the old man, or drive the doctor, or drive the person of their dreams. But they did not realise that by letting go of the car, they could gain something even more immeasurable - save the old man, repay the doctor, and be with the person of their dreams at the same time.
Likewise, if people are able to let go of certain things, like their resolve, their stubbornness, or their material stuff, what they get back in return may be much better than if they hold on to certain things.
Scenario No. 3
【皮鞋的来历】
很久很久以前，人类都还赤着双脚走路。
有一位国王到某个偏远的乡间旅行，因为路面崎岖不平，有很多碎石头，刺得他的脚又痛又麻。回到王宫后，他下了一道命令，要将国内的所有道路都铺上一层牛皮。他认为这样做，不只是为自己，还可造福他的人民，让大家走路时不再受刺痛之苦。
但即使杀尽国内所有的牛，也筹措不到足够的皮革，而所花费的金钱、动用的人力，更不知凡几。虽然根本做不到，甚至还相当愚蠢，但因为是国王的命令，大家也只能摇头叹息。
一位聪明的仆人大胆向国王提出建言：「国王啊！为什么您要劳师动众，牺牲那么多头牛，花费那么多金钱呢？您何不只用两小片牛皮包住您的脚呢？」国王听了很惊讶，但也当下领悟，于是立刻收回成命，改采这个建议。据说，这就是「皮鞋」的由来。
小哲理：
想改变世界，很难；要改变自己，则较为容易。
与其改变全世界，不如先改变自己--「将自己的双脚包起来」。
改变自己的某些观念和作法，以抵御外来的侵袭。
当自己改变后，眼中的世界自然也就跟着改变了。
如果你希望看到世界改变，那么第一个必须改变的就是自己。
「心若改变，态度就会改变；态度改变，习惯就改变；习惯改变，人生就会改变。」
The origins of leather shoes. Once upon a time, people still walked everywhere with bare feet. There was a king who went to a rural area. The grounds and walkways were cobblestoned, so it made his feet hurt. When he went back to the palace, he set an order to cover all the grounds and walkways with a layer of cow skin. He thought by doing so, he could also allow comfort to the people in walking.
However, even if the people killed all the bulls and cows of the country, there was still not enough skins to go around. Not to mention the heavy cost of labour in the work involved. But since it was an order by the king, the people had no choice but to obey, even though it seemed to be an impossible task.
A smart servant then went to the king, suggesting, "Oh King! Why must we sacrifice all the bulls and cows and incur such big expenses? Why don't we just use two small pieces of skin to cover the soles of our feet? It would serve the same purpose while walking!"
The king was really surprised when he heard that. Thus he retracted the order, and told everyone to just put the skins underneath their feet instead of paving all the streets. Hence, this was how "leather shoes" came about.
The moral of this is : It's difficult to change the world, but easy to change oneself. Instead of trying to change the world, why not start with oneself (by covering our feet with leather). Changing oneself also prepares one for the challenges the rest of the world will impose on us, because by changing oneself, our perceptions of things will then start to change. So in order to change the world, we should change ourselves first.
"By changing our mindset, we will then change our attitudes. By changing our attitudes, we will then change our habits. By changing our habits, we will then be able to change our lives."
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