The difference between heaven and earth lies only between a thought.

Author: He Chengwei
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Publish Date: 2006-08-01
Features: Life is truly like this. External appearance is difficult to change based on genetics, but the human spirit can flourish and become diverse through reading. There was a grandmother who had two daughters. She regarded them as her treasures. When the daughters grew up, the eldest daughter married the shopkeeper of a dyeing workshop, and the second daughter became the owner of an umbrella shop. As a result, the grandmother had many worries: on sunny days, she worried that the umbrellas in her daughter's shop wouldn't sell; on cloudy days, she worried that the cloth in her daughter's dyeing workshop wouldn't dry. Therefore, the grandmother's mood was never good, and she spent her days frowning and sighing, living a very unhappy life.
One day, an aunt from the neighborhood happily said to her, "Grandma, you really have good fortune! On sunny days, your eldest daughter's dyed cloth dries quickly, and on cloudy days, your second daughter's umbrellas sell well. You'll always have good news every day!" The grandmother thought about it and realized it was true. Suddenly, her mood lifted, and she turned from sadness to happiness.
The same thing can lead to completely different outcomes as long as the way of thinking is changed.