今天我读到两个小故事,读来很有意思,在此借来与各位简友共赏。
1.《一棵树的四季》
从前,一位父亲让他的四个儿子到很远的地方去寻一棵苹果树。 大儿子是冬天去的,二儿子春天启程,老三去时已是炎热的夏季,小儿子于金秋时节出门了。待他们全都寻树归来以后,父亲把他们叫到一起,听他们各自描述自己的所见。大儿子数落说大树病怏怏的很难看甚至没有一片树叶。二儿子连忙否认,说,“树上发满嫩绿的新芽,生机盎然。”老三说树上开满鲜花,吐露芬芳。小儿子却说树枝上坠满了果实,一片生机。父亲解释说,儿子们的说法都没错。但问题却是,他们看到的只是一个情景在大树一年四个季节里的他告诉儿子们说,“我们不能以一季来判断树,更不能以一时来判断人。”倘若你在冬季就已放弃,那无疑会错过春季的生机、夏季的美丽,和秋季的收益。勿为一季的失望而破坏了所有的欢乐。
英文:Once upon a time,father asked his four sons to go and look for an apple tree.The first son went in winter,the second in spring,the third in summer, and the youngest son in fall.When all the sons came back,the father called them to tell what they had seen.The first son said he only found an ugly and weak tree without even a leaf. The second son disagreed with his brother and said "No, it was covered with green buds and full of hope."The third son said that it was full of flowers and smelt very sweet.The last son said it was rich with fruit and full of life.The manthen said to his sons that they were all right.The question was that each of them had only seen one season in a tree's life.He told his sons,"We should not judge tree, or a person, by only one season.If you give up when it is in the winter,you will miss the hope of your spring, the beauty of your summer,and the harvest of your fall.We should learn not to let the disappointment of one season. destroy the joy of all the rest.
从这个英文小故事里我们也从中可以悟出“每个人所站立的位置不一样,拥有的知识面不一样,经历的事情不一样,对同一种事物站在不同的角度和立场去观察、识别后的结果也会不一样”。这与我们在高中时学过的“盲人摸象”的故事背后所哲射出的道理是如出一辙。
2. 《一年有三季还是四季》
有一天,子贡在院子里打扫卫生,有一个客人来到问他是不是孔子,子贡说找我师父有什么事,客人说:“问时。”子贡听他这么说,心中想时间季节我知道啊,于是就说这个我知道。然后客人就问他一年有几个季节,子贡感觉这个问题问的很搞笑,回答他说四季,客人却说是三季,他们两人争论了白天也没有要停下来的意思,这个时候孔子听到他们的争论声就走了出来,子贡问孔子一年有几个季节,孔子没有直接回答,而是仔细的观察了一下这个客人,然后回答说三个季节。客人听到孔子这么回答很开心的辞别了孔子。客人走后子贡疑惑地问孔子一年不是四季吗?孔子回答他说是四季。孔子说我刚才观察了刚才那个人的衣服肌肤都是绿色的,他其实是一只蚱蜢。春天出生到了秋季就死亡了,根本就见不到冬天。你和他争论四季,是说不清楚的。
这则故事告诉我们不要和三季人争论,和他们争论是没有必要的,如果你遇到的是三季人你和他语秋就够了,在多他是理解不了的。如果是一季人,那么夏秋冬也不要论了。如果你要和其争论那就是你糊涂了。见人要说人话,见鬼就说鬼话,要懂得随机应变。就如庄子说的“井蛙不可语海,夏虫不可语冰。”