Practice makes perfect—Whatever you practice in life, you become proficient in it.

Practice makes perfect

Once I heard a story:
An archer came to a small town to show his talents. He arrogantly showed off his skills, but was indeed an incredible marksman. With one arrow after another, he hit the bullseye and everyone cheered for him.

Suddenly a man with a rustic appearance stood up from the crowd. The man did not applaud, and said, “This is only practice, practice makes perfect, it is nothing exceptional, only practice makes perfect......”

The arrogant, proud archer was very angry with the man’s comment. The archer only expected compliments, and he was not prepared to hear any comments or criticism . The archer then stepped forward and asked, “What are you saying? Can you shoot the bow and arrows as precisely as I can? ”

The man in the crowd then replied calmly, “Of course I can’t, but I can show you something.” It turned out that this man was an oil seller. He took out a bottle with a long bottleneck. The bottleneck was very narrow, with a round body at the bottom . He picked up a big bucket of oil and poured the oil into the small mouth of the bottle. He perfectly poured the oil right into the bottle without spilling a single drop.

So the oil seller asked the marksman, “ Could you do this? “ The marksman shook his head thoughtfully. The oil seller went on to say, “I can’t shoot arrows like you, but you can’t pour oil like me. And none of this is surprising, it’s just practice makes perfect.......”

The moral of the story is that we should ask ourselves a question: What do you practice in your life? Because no matter what you practice, you will be proficient in it.
If you practice deception, you will be very good at cheating;
If you practice avoiding responsibilities, you will be very good at running away from duties;

If you practice controlling others, then you will be very skillful in manipulating people;

If you are practicing complaining, then you will know how to make a fuss well. You can whine and protest about anything without even thinking.......

So, in your life, what have you practiced ?
If you practice peace in your life, you will be proficient in making peace;

If you practice making life full of joy, you will be proficient in living with joy;

If you practice making life happy, you will be proficient in finding happiness;

If you practice gratitude in your life, you will be proficient in showing gratitude;

If you practice love and kindness, you will know how to use love and kindness;

If you practice knowing yourself, you will be very, very proficient in knowing yourself: you will know who you are!