Once, there were two women who lived in the same village. They grew the same plants in their own gardens. One woman called Lisa was hard-working and took care of her plants every day. The other woman, named Rebecca, didn't do too much. She just let her plants grow however they wanted.
One evening, there was a heavy rain. It destroyed (毁坏) many of the plants.
The next morning, when Lisa woke up, she found that all of her plants fell down because of the rain. However, when she got to Rebecca's garden, she saw that all of the plants were still standing in the garden. Rebecca's plants lived through the rain!
How did this happen? The plants of the relaxed woman learned to do things on their own from the very beginning. They grew deeper roots (根) and made places for themselves in the soil (土壤). They could stand up strong on their own, even in a heavy rain. But since Lisa did everything for her plants, they never learned to live through any difficulties.
It is the same for us. One day, you'll have to let go and become independent. If you just let others do everything for you, you'll never learn to do things by yourself.
