PureInsight | November 15, 2007
[PureInsight.org] During War
World II, some troops were engaged in a fierce battle with enemy in a
forest. Two soldiers who were from the same small town and took care of
each other during the battle, lost contact with their unit.
They trudged along with difficulty in the forest. They encouraged and
consoled each other. More than ten days passed, they still couldn't get
in contact with their unit. Fortunately, they killed a deer and were
thus able to depend on the deer meat to get by for several days.
Because of the war, there were few animals in the forest that they
couldn't find any other animals. The younger soldier carried the
remaining deer meat.
One day they encountered the enemy. After fierce fighting, they were
able to get away. When they thought they were safe, there was a gunshot
and the young soldier walking in the front was shot in the shoulder.
The soldier in the back was terrified and came to rescue his comrade.
He quickly ripped off his underclothes to wrap the wound.
That night, the unwounded soldier chattered incessantly about his
mother. Both of them thought their lives were coming to an end and
neither had touched the deer meat. Next day their unit rescued them.
Thirty years has gone by, the wounded soldier said: "I knew all along
that I was shot by my comrade. He died last year. When he held on to me
after I was shot, I happened to touch his gun barrel, which was still
hot from firing. But I forgave him that night. I knew he was attempting
to keep the deer meat for himself that he would live to see his mother.
I pretended I didn't know that fact for the last thirty years and had
never mentioned it to anyone. The war was brutal. His mother died
before he came home. He and I went to her tomb. He knelt down asking
for my forgiveness, but I didn't let him say anything. We still were
friends for the next twenty years. I had no reason not to forgive him.
People often can tolerate others' adhering to their opinions
stubbornly, opinionated, arrogant, ignorant, but they have difficulty
tolerating other people's malicious slandering and fatal harm.
Only when one returns good for evil and keeps the harm to himself, will
there be less misfortune in this world and will one be met with warmth,
kindness, and friendliness. It is the highest realm of tolerance.
Translated from:
http://xinsheng.net/xs/articles/gb/2007/11/8/41799.htm
