The story of shoes 皮鞋的來歷

皮鞋的來歷

很久很久以前，人類都還赤著雙腳走路。 　　
有一位國王到某個偏遠的鄉間旅行，因為路面崎嶇不平，有很多碎石頭，刺得他的腳又痛又麻。回到王宮後，他下了一道命令，要將國內的所有道路都鋪上一層牛皮。他認為這樣做，不只是為自己，還可造福他的人民，讓大家走路時不再受刺痛之苦。 　　
但即使殺盡國內所有的牛，也籌措不到足夠的皮革，而所花費的金錢、動用的人力，更不知凡幾。雖然根本做不到，甚至還相當愚蠢，但因為是國王的命令，大家也只能搖頭嘆息。 　
　
一位聰明的僕人大膽向國王提出建言：「國王啊！為什麼您要勞師動眾，犧牲那麼多頭牛，花費那麼多金錢呢？您何不只用兩小片牛皮包住您的腳呢？」國王聽了很驚訝，但也當下領悟，於是立刻收回成命，改采這個建議。據說，這就是「皮鞋」的由來。 　　
 　
想改變世界，很難；要改變自己，則較為容易。 　　
與其改變全世界，不如先改變自己--「將自己的雙腳包起來」。 　　
改變自己的某些觀念和作法，以抵御外來的侵襲。 　　
當自己改變後，眼中的世界自然也就跟著改變了。 　　
如果你希望看到世界改變，那麼第一個必須改變的就是自己。 　　

「心若改變，態度就會改變；態度改變，習慣就改變；習慣改變，人生就會改變。」

The story of shoes

Once upon a time, there was a king who ruled a prosperous country.
One day, he went for a trip to some distant areas of his country.
When he returned to his place, he complained that his feet were very painful, because it was the first time that he had gone for such a long trip, and the roads that he traveled on were very rough and stony.

He then ordered his people to cover every road of the entire country with leather. Definitely, this would need thousands of cows' skins, and would cost a huge amount of money.
Then one of his wise servants dared himself to tell the king, "Why do you have to spend that unnecessary amount of money? Why don't you just cut a little piece of leather to cover your feet?" The king was surprised, but he later agreed to his suggestion, to make a "shoe" for himself.

It is hard to change the world while it is easy to change yourself.
It is good to change yourself, cover your feet, rather than change the world.
Change your some thoughts and actions in order to resist foreign invasion.
When you have changed, the world in your views will be changed naturally.
If you want to change the world, you must change yourself first.

'If thoughts change, attitude will change; if attitude change, habits will change; if habits change, your life will change.'