Sometimes people, it would seem, take simple things easier and try on themselves when they are in the form of a fairy tale, embellished or veiled. So, for example, from ancient years they transmit from generation to generation short parables about life with morality. They have a sense and moralizing. There are many life parables that help you think about how to do the right thing in a given situation, about your attitude to yourself and others.
A parable is a short story using allegory (the artistic representation of an idea) in order to tell the reader a thought. This genre is similar to a fable, because it also has morality.
Parable of Fear of Truth
Once Truth was naked, and so she walked through the streets and asked to go to people's houses. But the inhabitants did not like this, and they did not want to let her in. So she became sad and completely wilted. One day he meets the sad True Proverb. The same, quite the opposite, was luxurious, in beautiful outfits, and people, seeing her, were happy to open their doors. A parable asks the Truth:
“Why are you so sad and so naked walking in the streets?”
True with full sadness and longing, she answered:
- My dear, I feel worse and worse. My burden is becoming overwhelming and bitter. People do not accept me because I am old and bring misfortune.
- It’s strange that you are not accepted because of old age. After all, I’m not young, I’ll say even more that with age I become more and more interesting. You know, and people don’t want to know open and simple things. They like things to be embellished, unsaid. I have for you beautiful dresses, jewelry. I will give them to you, my sister, and people will like you in them, you will see, they will love you.
As soon as Pravda dressed in the clothes of the Parable, everything changed at once. People stopped avoiding her, they began to take her with pleasure. Since then, both sisters have become inseparable.
The Parable of the Three Sith of Truth
Once a man turned to Socrates:
“I want to tell you that the one you consider your friend is talking about you behind your back.”
“Take your time, ” said Socrates, “before telling, mentally ask for all the words you have conceived for me through three sieves.”
“How is it to sift the words through three sieves?”
- If you decided to pass me the words of others, then remember that you need to be able to sift them three times. First, take one sieve called the truth. Do you know for sure that this is true?
- No, I don’t know for sure, I only heard that from him.
- It turns out that you yourself do not know whether you are going to tell me the truth or falsehood. Now we take the second sieve - kindness. Will you say something good about my friend?
- No, on the contrary.
“So you don’t know about what you want to tell, is it true or not, and in addition to everything, this is something bad.” The third sieve is good. Do I really need to know what you want to tell me?
- No, there is no need for this knowledge.
- So, you came to tell me about that in which there is neither truth, nor benefit, nor kindness. Is it worth it to talk then?
The moral of this parable about the truth is this: it is better to think several times before speaking.
Priest
Here is another wise parable about the truth.
Once a priest, having finished the service, said to his listeners:
- A week later, on Sunday, I would like to talk with you about lies. You can prepare for our conversation at home, for this you need to read the seventeenth chapter of the Gospel of Mark.
When the week passed, it was Sunday, the priest addressed the parishioners before the sermon:
- Raise your hand up those who have read the seventeenth chapter.
Many of the listeners raised their hands. Then the priest said:
- With those who completed the task, I want to talk about lies.
The parishioners looked perplexedly at the priest, and he continued:
- The seventeenth chapter in the Gospel of Mark is not.
Fear
One monk wandered around the world. And then one day he saw a plague headed for the city. The monk asked her:
- Where are you going?
“I'm going to where you were born to take one thousand lives.”
Time has passed. The monk meets the plague again and asks:
“Why did you deceive me last time?” Instead of one thousand, you took all five thousand lives.
“I have not deceived you, ” the plague replies. “I really took only a thousand lives.” Others said goodbye to her from fear.
Here are the most popular short parables about life with morality.
Heaven and Hell
One man managed to communicate with God. Taking the opportunity, he asked:
“God, show me Paradise and Hell.”
God led man to the gate. He opened the gate, and there behind them was a huge table with a large bowl. In this bowl was aromatic and tasty food, which attracted to itself and involuntarily aroused appetite.
The people who sat around this table looked lifeless, painful. It was obvious that they did not have the strength and they were starving. Spoons with very long handles were attached to the hands of these people. They could get food easily, but they could not reach the mouth with a spoon physically. It was evident that they were unhappy.
The Lord said it was Hell.
Then he led to the other gates. Opening them, the man saw the same big table with a bowl, and it also had a lot of delicious food. The people around the table were with the same spoons. Only they looked happy, well-fed and happy with everything.
- Why is that? The man of the Lord asked.
“It's simple, ” the Lord answered. - Those people think only of themselves, and these can feed each other.
Moral: The Lord showed us that Paradise and Hell are the same. We set the difference for ourselves, it is within us.
