佚名/Anonymous
My grandfather took me to the fish pond on the farm when I was about seven, and he told me to throw a stone into the water. He told me to watch the circles created by the stone. Then he asked me to think of myself as that stone.
“You may create lots of splashes in your life, but the waves that come from those splashes will disturb the peace of all your fellow creatures,”he said.
“Remember that you are responsible for what you put in your circle and that circle will also touch many other circles.”
“You will need to live in a way that allows the good that comes from your circle to send the peace of that goodness to others. The splash that comes from anger or jealousy will send those feelings to other circles. You are responsible for both.”
That was the first time I realized that each person created the inner peace or discord that flowed out into the world. We cannot create world peace if we are riddled with inner conflict, hatred, doubt or anger.
We radiate the feelings and thoughts that we hold inside, whether we speak them or not. Whatever is splashing around inside of us is spilling out into the world, creating beauty or discord with all other circles of life.
七岁时，祖父带我到农场的鱼塘玩。他让我往水中扔一粒石子，并叫我细心观察激起的波纹。而后，他就要求我把自己也看成那粒石子。
“生活中，你可能会激起很多波纹，这些波纹会打破周围的平静。”他说。
“你要记住，一定要对自己激起的波纹负责，因为它们会触及他人的波纹，并对其产生影响。”
“那些愤怒和嫉妒的波纹会向外传递你的消极情绪，所以，你应该对它们负责，你应该将自己平和静谧的波纹传递给别人。”
那时，我第一次意识到，每个人平和或躁动的心情都会传递给整个世界。如果我们的内心充斥着矛盾、仇恨、怀疑和愤慨，就不可能创造一个和平的世界。