27/10/2025
“The pain of life is like this salt — the amount never changes.
But the bitterness you taste depends on the vessel you hold it in.
If your heart is small like this glass, pain will make it bitter.
But if you become vast like the river —the same pain will dissolve in peace.”
Why We Feel Hurt ?
One peaceful morning, a saint sat beneath a banyan tree by the river.
His disciples gathered around him, eager to learn.
A young man came forward and asked softly,
“Master, why do good people still get hurt?
Even when they love deeply, they are betrayed.
Even when they speak kindly, they are misunderstood.”
The saint looked at him with kind eyes and said,
“Bring me a glass of water… and a handful of salt.”
The disciple did as told.
The saint dropped the salt into the glass and said,
“Now drink it.”
The disciple took a sip and immediately spat it out.
“It’s too bitter, Master.”
The saint smiled.
“Now take the same salt… and throw it into the river.”
The disciple obeyed.
The saint asked, “Now drink from the river.”
The disciple knelt, drank from the flowing water, and said,
“It tastes pure and refreshing.”
The saint looked into his eyes and said gently,
“The pain of life is like this salt — the amount never changes.
But the bitterness you taste depends on the vessel you hold it in.
If your heart is small like this glass, pain will make it bitter.
But if you become vast like the river —the same pain will dissolve in peace.”
The disciple stood silent, tears forming in his eyes.
He understood that it was never the pain,
but the narrowness of the heart that made it unbearable.
🌻 Takeaway:
Don’t pray for a life without pain.
Pray for a heart wide enough to hold it with peace.
The salt will always be there…but you can always choose to be the river.🌊
