【三月】一分辛勤，十分收穫！
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小和尚問：「師父啊，有一件事我始終不明白？」
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老和尚：「怎麼說呢？」
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小和尚：「經常，我覺得自己付出很多，收穫卻很少 ？」
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老和尚：「說說你付出了什麼，又少收穫些什麼？」
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小和尚：「我天天勤奮灑掃寺裡院外，每天還得跑幾里地外去提水，卻什麼也沒獲得？」
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老和尚聽了只笑笑，喚了小和尚陪著他去院外走走。
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老和尚邊走邊說：「你呀，看看路兩旁都有什麼？」
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只見道路兩旁開滿美麗的鮮花，一路上飄著淡淡花香，鳥鳴啾啾，抬頭一瞧，原來道路兩旁還長滿了各種香甜的菓子。
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老和尚摘了一顆甜美的菓子給小和尚：「這些都是你每日在提水過程中，灑下的水所澆灌出的豐碩成果啊！因為你只在乎眼前的獲益，忘了過程中，你收穫的是更多美麗的風景和菓實呢！」
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老和尚繼續說：「人之所以看不見回報，大多數是因為太在乎結果。其實，當我們為了一件事情，真心去努力奮鬥，過程中會獲得許多的回報；因為歷練而成長，這些都是都是無價之寶的收穫呢。
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所以，心存感恩，你將會發現！
原來你的付出，是翻倍在收穫著！」
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#三月
#台曆
#辛勤與收穫
【March】 An ounce of effort reaps 10 pounds of harvest!
A little monk said to his master, “Master, there is one thing I don’t understand.”
“What is it?” asked the old monk.
“I realized that the effort I put in is usually much more than what I gain.” said the young monk.
“Tell me what is the effort you put in and what is your gain?”
“Well, I clean the inside and outside of the temple, fetch water from miles away daily, but I gain nothing in return at all.”
The old monk smiled and asked the young monk to step outside.
“What do you see on both sides of the path?” asked the old monk.
Beautiful blossoms decorated both sides of the path, fragrance filled the air and birds chirping along the way. Craning his head for a closer look, he saw a variety of fruit trees.
The old monk picked a fruit for the young monk and said “This fruit grow so well because you spilt water on the way back to the temple every day! You are too focused on the immediate gain and overlooked that you have actually harvested a pretty scenery of flowers and fruits!”
He continued “The reason why people can’t see the reward is because they care too much about the end result. The truth is, whenever we work wholeheartedly for one thing, we always reap more in return and benefit from the experience. These are priceless harvest!
Therefore, be grateful and you will realize that your reward is much more than your effort!
#March, #DeskCalendar, #EffortAndHarvest