If we cultivate our mind, it will bear good fruit

"Who could find time, in this overworked and tired-out family, to bother about Gregor more than absolutely needful? The household was reduced more and more. Various family ornaments, which his mother and sister used to wear with pride at parties and celebrations, had to be sold."
Franz Kafka 《Metamorphosis》

While I felt real sympathy for Gregor, I realized clearly that hardship, exhaustion and prejudice contaminated people's mind easily.

By suffering hardships, I could understand both situations. If we cultivate our mind to look for the causes of wrongdoing so as to do better next time, I'm sure our spiritual life will become better.