There was a young-Islamic student who was sitting on the edge of an Islamic school bench. His face showed that he was facing problems and feeling so pathetic. His wise teacher saw the student, came close to him and asked “Don’t you see there are many beautiful things in this world?” The teacher continued “Where is your grateful face?” Then, the student responded “Lately, I’ve been facing so many problems, that’s why I seem so pathetic, Syaikh.” Smiling and looking at his sad face, the teacher prompted “Bring me a handful of salt, son!” The student did what his teacher ordered and returned to him. Then the teacher instructed him to pour the handful of salt to a glass of water and ordered him to drink. “What did it taste?” The teacher asked, “It tasted really salty and made my stomach ill.” The student answered. After that, the teacher ordered him to bring a handful of salt again and took him out to the nearest lake around his school. The teacher would prompted him to drop off the salt into the lake water. Looking for a kind of low stone, the teacher ordered “Now, drink and taste how the water is!” Then the student responded “The water is really fresh, Syaikh.”This isn't unlike the previous which I drank before.” the student continued. “For you to know, every problem that befalls to someone is same in the degree. All of problems that befall to everyone are like a handful of salt. The degree is still the same, no more or less. Even in the early history of human, the problem encountered by one is no more than a handful of salt. The different is only on your heart. It depends on you. If you make yourself like a glass to resettle problems, the result will always taste salty. However, if you make yourself like a great lake, the result will always taste fresh. No matter how big your problem that you’re facing, it will not make you sad and pathetic.” The teacher conveyed a worth and important lesson and taught him how to face every problem wisely.***

***(The writing text above has been corrected)

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I tried to translate this story which is originally written in Indonesian. Thanks for you all who have spent a bit of time to read this one. I hope that you’ll find it useful. I’m sorry for my weakness in writing English, it’s possible you’ll find some errors in grammatical or inappropriate words that I used in the story above. I’m still learning for it.