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An old farmer for many - years was forced to plow around a large rock on one patch of land. The stone is located right in the middle of the pack rice farmers and has broken several plowshares and a farmer's hoe.

That day pack peasant plowshares back the boulder to break because, as upset with a scene that is always repeated - again, then pack farmer decided to do something. "I have to get rid of this rock!", Then pack farmer took a crowbar and a crowbar when he menacapkan it to the bottom of the stone, he was surprised that the stone can easily lift him and remove him.

When finished, pack farmer sitting on the edge of his field with a smile, he remembered with all the difficulties he experienced because of the stone, and how easy he was to get rid of the stone. Taking a deep breath of the pack farmer muttered to myself "why it was not me doing all along".

When people have problems in life, sometimes we think is the thing - the remote, difficult and convoluted - the bush. And a reluctance to directly confront the problem that makes the problem was never finished and instead will provoke other problems.

Though not necessarily a problem that we hadapin as complicated as we think .. the wisest thing we do is "FACE" while we "surrender" and "begged" to God for strength and courage in living.

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