The wife said 'It is a duck'
The husband said 'It is a chicken'
The wife said 'It is a duck, how can it be chicken'
The husband still instist it was a chicken
Later, they heard a sound 'quack' again,
The wife said 'It is definitely a duck , 'D U C K' duck.'
The husband still insist it was a chicken.
After arguing for some time.
The wife later said ' You are right, it is a chicken'
This wife is indeed full of wisdom.
The moral of the story is
Who care it is chicken or duck?
The most important thing is to have harmony in our life
Lots of conflicts between husband and wife are due to trivial argument like the above mentioned chicken and duck stuff.
We can love our children unconditionally, even thought we cannot choose them, including their look, gender etc. However, at times we can't love our spouse unconditionally. It is ironic as most of us spend lots of time ( normally in years) and money to choose our life time partner, how come we cannot love them unconditionally?
Some couples even broke off despite conducting 'test drive' before their marriage.
There was a woman keep on complaining his husband, but the husband just kept quiet. After 9 years, the wife asked her husband 'I was very fed up with this kind of life,how come you can tolerate? 'The husband answered 'chicken and duck'. The wife suddenly recalled the above story and realised her own mistake and changed herself.
See how amazing 'chicken and duck' can safe a marriage!
This is a story told by Ajahn Brahm in one of his talk.
Agreed.Each of us have responsibility to create our own happiness.
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