温馨夜读II PART3 5.Love of a Lifetime

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[00:00.52]5.Love of a Lifetime¹

[00:04.98]Once upon a time a teacher and his student lay down under the big tree near the big grass area.

[00:11.30]Then suddenly the student asked the teacher.

[00:14.89]“Teacher, I’m confused², how do we find our soul mate³?

[00:19.25]Can you please help me?”

[00:20.99]Silent for a few seconds, the teacher then answered, “Well, it’s a pretty hard and an easy question.”

[00:28.72]The teacher continued, “Look that way, there is a lot of grass, why don’t you walk there?

[00:36.56]Please don’t walk backwards⁴, just walk straight ahead.

[00:40.05]On your way, try to find a blade⁵ of beautiful grass and pick it up and then give it to me. But just one.”

[00:48.54]The student said, “Well, OK then... wait for me...” and walked straight ahead to the grassy⁶ field.

[00:57.14]A few minutes later the student came back.

[00:59.64]The teacher asked, “Well, I don’t see a beautiful blade of grass in your hand.”

[01:05.31]The student said, “On my journey, I found quite a few beautiful blade of grass,

[01:10.98]but I thought that I would find a better one, so I didn’t pick it.

[01:15.22]But I didn’t realize that I was at the end of the field, and I hadn’t picked any because you told me not to go back, so I didn’t go back.”

[01:23.71]The teacher said, “That’s what will happen in real life.”

[01:27.98]What is the message of this story?

[01:30.71]In the story, grass is the people around you, the beautiful blade of grass is the people that attract you and the grassy field is time.

[01:39.46]In looking for your soul mate, please don’t always compare and hope that there will be a better one.

[01:45.91]By doing that, you’ll waste your lifetime, cause remember “Time Never Goes Back”.