The Charger and the Miller

　　A CHARGER, feeling the infirmities of age, was sent to work in a mill instead of going out to battle. But when he was pelled to grind instead of serving in the wars, he bewailed his change of fortune and called to mind his former state, saying, Ah!Miller, I had indeed to go campaigning before, but I was barbed from counter to tail, and a man went along to groom me; and now I cannot understand what ailed me to prefer the mill before the battle. Forbear, said the Miller to him, harping on what was of yore, for it is the mon lot of mortals to sustain the ups and downs of fortune.

　　战马与磨坊主

　　磨坊里有一匹拉磨的老马，曾在战场上打过仗，因为年老才沦落到磨场干活。因此一回想起过去的战功累累，它就悲叹自己的不幸，对磨坊主说：当初我虽然在战场上打仗很辛苦，可是很受人尊敬，有专人为我洗刷、喂草，与现在的境遇相比，差距太大了。

　　磨场主说：别老是对过去念念不忘，要知道，人世间有幸运，就必然有不幸，这是不可辩驳的事实。

　　故事寓意：

　　这个故事告诉我们：怀念过去是人之常情，毕竟回忆是美好的，深刻的，令人难忘。然而终日沉于回忆之中，就会失去现在，印度哲学家泰戈尔说过：当你为错过了太阳而流泪时，你又错过了灿烂的群星了。

　　现实一些吧! 我们谁也不可能总过着一成不变的生活，一辈子起起落落很正常。时而荣华富贵，时而艰难困苦，不管境遇如何，都应以一种平和的心态去面对，要有随遇而安的准备，否则只会让自己更加痛苦。