The story of hard work and dedication
(1) In the blue sky, there are a few white clouds floating. On the grass in the woods, a mother rabbit takes her child with a short tail, long ears and red eyes. Picking mushrooms. The short tail shouted: "Mom! Mom! Look where Aunt Magpie is flying with a bag of biscuits and Uncle Crow is carrying a bottle of water?" Before Mother Rabbit could answer, Long Ears also shouted in surprise: " Mom! Mom! Look at where Grandpa Elephant is carrying the tent and Grandma Sika Deer is carrying the medicine box, running there?" Red eyes jumped and shouted: "And more, look at Brother Lion carrying the grain, and Brother Fox carrying the medicine box. The sister is holding a shovel..." The rabbit mother was wondering, and the tiger king ran over to the rabbit mother holding the quilt and said: "Hurry! There has been a huge earthquake in Wenchuan, and there is a lot of trauma there. Let's go and help them!"
The short tail turned pale with fright: "Mom, they have done everything, what can we do?" Mother Rabbit said seriously: "My child, as long as you have love, you will find that you should What to do? Natural disasters may happen anywhere in the world at any time. If one party is in trouble, all parties will support it. Helping others is equivalent to helping yourself." Short tail said with a blushing face: "Take out my New Year's money and donate it to them. Build a house!" Long Er said with tears, "Give all my books and new clothes to the children there!" Red Eyes ran and said, "I will go to the disaster area as a volunteer, and I will go wherever needed. Where!" Mother Rabbit shouted loudly: "Good boy, wait a minute and bring our family's deposit slip to them and donate it to them!"
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An ancient Jewish Talmud story goes like this: There was a Jewish king whose beautiful and intelligent daughter was seriously ill and could not be cured for a long time. He made a contract with the people across the country - whoever cured the princess's illness would get the princess as his wife.
The king's notice was posted on the city wall and was discovered by a man far away. It turned out that this man had clairvoyance. The man then discussed with his two younger brothers and decided to go together to save the princess.
The second brother of this man has a flying carpet, and the younger brother has an apple that can cure all diseases. After the discussion, the three brothers quickly arrived at the palace on a flying carpet. The princess ate the apple and was cured. The whole palace was happy with the king and princess, but the three brothers got into a quarrel. "I want to marry the princess. If I hadn't seen the notice, we wouldn't have come to treat the princess." "The princess is mine! If there was no flying carpet, the princess's illness would definitely be delayed." There was one with the smallest voice: "My apples are gone."
What should I do? The king fell to the throne in a daze - Jewish law does not allow a woman to marry three people. This is a covenant that everyone is required to keep, and the king is no exception. How to plug the loopholes in the contract?
At this time, the princess walked up to her little brother and said shyly but generously: "In order to save me, you have nothing. From now on, I will be your wife." < /p>
The eldest brother and the second brother shouted at the same time: "No, this is absolutely not possible!" At this time, the king had restored his majesty. The king announced loudly: "Our holy scripture "Talmud" said that the most valuable thing is the person who devotes everything. Since the eldest brother still has clairvoyance and the second brother still has the flying carpet, then please give me the gift of clairvoyance." Go home after the wedding banquet. And your brother, who gave his only apple, certainly deserves the greatest reward."
The Lord Jesus promised those who poured out his heart. Those who devote themselves fully will receive a hundredfold reward in this life and eternal life in the next life. (Matthew 19:29) When we see others receiving blessings and rewards from God, we should not feel unjust because their efforts are greater than ours and they deserve God’s blessings.
(Note: "Talmud" is the "Second Bible" of the Jews. The content is the explanation and interpretation of the "Old Testament" by Jewish rabbis and sages, which is full of survival wisdom and philosophy. , providing guidelines for the Jewish people to live in peace)
I hope it can be of help to you!
『二』What are the stories of hard work and diligence?
Three stories of hard work:
1. Cutting through walls to steal light
Kuang Heng is diligent and studious, but there is no candle version at home. There was a candle in the neighbor's house, but the light couldn't reach his house, so Kuang Heng cut a hole in the wall to attract the light from the neighbor's house, so that the light could shine on the books for reading. There was a wealthy family in the county who was illiterate and had many books. Kuang Heng went to his house to work as a hired worker, but he didn't want any reward. The master felt very strange and asked him why. He said, "I hope to read all the master's books." After hearing this, the master sighed deeply and used books to support Kuang Heng.
2. Grind a pestle into a needle
It is said that when Li Bai was studying in the mountains, he gave up before completing his studies. He passed by a creek and saw an old woman grinding an iron rod there, so he asked the old woman what she was doing. The old woman said: "I want to grind this iron rod into a needle." Li Bai was very surprised by the old woman's perseverance and was deeply inspired, determined to be a diligent person.