A wise man was walking from one town to another with a few of his followers, and they happened to pass a lake. They stopped there to ________ for a while, and the wise man said to one of his followers, “I am very ________. Could you please get me some water from the lake?”

As the wise man requested, the follower waked to the lake. Some people were ________ their clothes in the water, and right at that moment, several cows were going through the lake. As a ________, the water became very muddy (泥泞的). The follower went back and told the wise man that the water was very ________ and not fit to drink.

After they had rested for about half an hour, the wise man again asked the ________ follower to go back to the lake and get him some water to drink. As requested, the follower went to the lake. This time he found that all the mud had settled (沉淀) to the bottom. The water was very clear and looked fit to drink. So he ________ his water bottle and took it to the wise man.

The wise man took the water bottle and drank before looking up at the follower. “See ________ you did to make the water clean.” he said. “You let it be ________ and the mud settled down on its own, so that you could get some clear drinking water. Your mind can also be like that ________ when it is troubled by something. If you just let it be and give it a little time, it will settle down on its own without you having to put in any effort at all.”