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I had tried to fix the pond which couldn't hold the full of water. I covered the stones with water-proof-concrete at least three times during the past year. I wanted the pond deeper in order to grow more water lilies.
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But the water still leaks. I couldn't make the pond deeper, although I spent lots of time. I almost thought I just wasted the time for nothing.
However, it was this effort that made me realize .....Instead of changing the size of pond, I thought of changing the size of the water
lily.
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Please look at the tiny flower. This was the smallest water lily I've ever seen. Then I placed many smaller water lilies in the shallow pond.
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Now, they show me the pure white flower, every day, without fail.
What I am teaching here every Sunday is nothing but this flexible viewpoints. In a sense, I am talking
it again and again from my different experiences.