The result of greed is nothing

Life is as short as a white gap, and life is between insufficiency and inadvertently draining. Some people in this limited life space only know more and ask for more. They have the sunshine and want to take the starlight as their own. However, the more they want to possess, the more they lose.

Lin Yutang tells us that the secret of contentment is that you know how to enjoy what you have and to shed an unreal desire. But most people have it but don't know how to cherish it, but want more.

There is such a fable story. One day, an old man cuts wood in the forest. He picked up the axe and was about to cut a tree, suddenly flying a golden beak from the tree.

The bird said to the old man: "Why are you going to cut down this tree?"

"There is no firewood at home."

"You don't want to cut it down. Go home, there will be a lot of firewood in your house tomorrow." Then the bird flew away.

The old man returned home empty-handed. He said to his wife: "Go to bed, there will be a lot of firewood at home tomorrow."

The next day, my wife found that a lot of firewood was piled up in the yard. It was called the old man: "Look, come see, who is piled up with such a lot of firewood in the yard?"

The old man told his wife about the encounter with the golden mouth bird. The wife said: "Chai is there, but we have not eaten. You go to the golden mouth bird and let it order for us."

The old man returned to the tree in the forest. At this time, the golden mouth bird flew, and asked: "What do you want?"

The old man replied: "My wife told me to tell you that our family has not eaten."

"Go back, you will have a lot of things to eat tomorrow." The golden-mouthed bird finished and flew away.

The old man returned home and said to his wife: "Go to bed, there will be many foods at home tomorrow."

The next day, they really found that there were many meat, fish, sweets, fruits, wine and the food they wanted at home. After they had a full meal, the old man said to the old man: "Go to the golden mouth bird and let it send us a store. There are so many things in the store, so that our days will be comfortable."

The old man came to the tree in the forest again. The golden mouth bird came to ask him: "What do you want?"

"My wife asked me to come to you. She asked you to give us a store. Everything in the store has everything. She said, so we can live comfortably."

"Go back, you will have a store tomorrow." The golden mouth bird said.

The old man returned home and told his wife.

The next day they woke up, they couldn't believe their eyes. Everything is good in the house: cloth, buttons, pots, rings, mirrors... everything is there. After the husband carefully cleaned up these things, he said to the old man: "Go to the golden mouth bird again, let it turn me into a queen and turn you into a king."

The old man returned to the forest and found the golden mouth bird. He said to him, "My wife asked me to come to you and let you turn her into a queen and turn me into a king."

The golden mouth bird looked at the old man indifferently and said, "Go back, you will become a king tomorrow morning. Your wife will become a queen."

The old man returned home and told his wife the words of the golden mouth bird.

Woke up the next morning, they found that they were wearing silk satin, eating the taste of the mountains and the sea, surrounded by a large group of servants.

However, his wife is still not satisfied with this. She said to the old man: "Go, go find the golden mouth bird, let it give me the magic, let it come to the palace, and dance and sing for me every morning."

The old man had to go to the forest to find the golden mouth bird. He looked for a long time, and finally found it again. The old man said: "Golden mouth bird, my wife wants you to give her magic, she also lets you go to her every morning. Dancing and singing.” The golden-mouthed bird stared angrily at the old man. It said, “Go back and wait!”

The old man came home and they waited.

After getting up the next day, they found themselves turned into two ugly and small dwarves.

It is not wrong for people to have good hopes, but there are so many wonderful things in the world. We always hope to make as many things as possible for ourselves. As everyone knows, in the process of your greedy possession, your mind is also corroded. Lost. In fact, we have the greatest possession of life and happiness, and why should we greet too much? The final result of greed can only be nothing.