How to understand the proverb "Love to ride - love and sledge to carry"?

The Russian people, extraordinarily observant and savvy, invented many interesting proverbs and sayings that reflected his understanding of love, friendship, truth, kindness, diligence and other moral and moral categories. Sometimes sly, sometimes ironic, but always kind and edifying-wise, these bits of folk art form a real treasure trove, from which you can scoop endlessly.

Sledge in the mountain

"You like to skate - love and sledge to carry!" - says the Russian proverb. What does it mean? In the literal sense, you can understand it like this. Imagine a clear sunny day with a light frost. The snow glistens on the trees and roofs of the houses, the winter silver underfoot creaks. It's easy to breathe, the mood is joyful and vigorous - how can you not go with friends on a hill! But ... you like to ride - love and sledge to carry! On slippery gorushke, if it is also steep, climbing up is not easy. And the sleigh is in the way, pulling down. But you really want to climb up to the very top of the head so that from there, already with a breeze, the arrow will fly to the foot, under the enthusiastic cries of friends-comrades! In this moment, the meaning of the statement is revealed: "You like to ride - love and sledge to carry."

From private to general

Consider another situation. You want to have an incendiary party at home. But it should be prepared in advance: clean out the rooms, think about music, take care of food. That is, to expend some effort. So, again it turns out: you like to ride - love and sledge to carry! And after all, after the party, we should again put things in order in the rooms, in the yard, deal with dirty dishes, and sometimes with neighbors if they disturbed someone else's sleep and peace. As you can see, this proverb is applicable to situations where a person needs to work, to spend his energy, time, that is, to sacrifice something in order to receive something good. You like to skate - love and sledge to carry, in other words, it is understood like this: like to rest, have fun - do not shy away and do things, cares, work. Do not shift your responsibilities to the hands and shoulders of others. Learn to take responsibility.

That the child understands you

How can we explain the meaning of the proverb to a child, say, five or six years? There are a lot of ways for this. Children often ask parents to have an animal for them. A dog or cat, fish or birds, hamsters or guinea pigs - all the same, if only they could be played with. Mom and Dad should explain to their children that they need to take care of pets: feed, keep clean, walk around, watch for well-being. What sense of the proverb is realized in such conversations? Very important, moral, educational.

Shades of meaning

A child will understand several serious truths at once. Firstly, that any living being is not a toy with which he was amused and abandoned. The phrase of the Little Prince that we are responsible for those who have tamed to ourselves, here will be very to the point. Your son or daughter will try to compare this measure of responsibility with their capabilities - and this is already an excellent result! Hence, the child will begin to think about other problems of being that previously escaped his attention or just did not come to mind because of his small age and a small life experience. But this is how growing up and becoming a person! Secondly, little philosophers will understand how much you treasure them, how you try to make their life joyful and bright, since they gave it to their children. Understand and surely will appreciate when tired after work, my mother hurries to the stove to make a delicious meal for dinner. Or when dad, returning home in the evening, does not go to the TV, but begins a fun fuss with his guys. A five-six-year-old man can quite compare himself to the very sleighs, on whom once they like to ride, then they like to carry them!