there once was a * who went to india. in those times, we didn't have the communications or ai*es or many kinds of transportation that we do now. so the * went to india on foot. he had n*r been to india before; perhaps he came from persia. and when he got there, he saw a lot of fruit. in india they have plenty of fruit to sell, but much of it is expensive because they can't grow much due to the water situation. so he saw one basket, a *g basket of some very red, long fruit. and it was the cheapest in the shop, not expensive at all.
so he went up and asked, "how much per kilo?" and the shopkeeper said, "two rupees." two rupees in india is nothing; it's like dirt. so he bought a whole kilogram of the fruit and started eating it. but after he ate some of it: oh, my god! his eyes watered, his mouth watered and burned, his eyes were burning, his head was burning and his face became red. as he coughed and choked and gasped1 for breath, he jumped up and down, saying, "ah! ah! ah!"
but he still continued to eat the fruit! some people who were looking at him shook their heads and said, "you're crazy, man. those are chilies2! you can't eat so many; they're not good for you! people use them as a condiment3（调味品，佐料）, but only a little *t to put into food for taste. you can't just eat them by the handful like that; they're not fruit!" so the stupid * said, "no, i can't stop! i paid money for them, and now i'll eat them. it's my money!"
and you think that * was stupid, right? similarly, we sometimes do a lot of things like that. we invest money, time or effort in a relationship, business or job. and *n though it's been a long time, *tter experience tells us it won't work, and we know there's no * hope that things will change in the future - this we definitely know by intuition4 - we still continue just because we've invested money, time, effort and love into it. if so, we're kaput in the brain. just like the man who ate the chilies and suffered so much but couldn't stop because he didn't want to waste the money he'd paid.
so *n if you've lost something, let it go and move on. that's better than continuing to lose.
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