I have nothing Left

I HAVE NOTHING LEFT

(A Nice story told by Normal Vincent Peale)

A man once telephoned Norman Vincent Peale. He was despondent and told the reverend that he had nothing left to live for. Norman Vincent Peale invited the man over to his office. "Everything is gone, hopeless," the man told him. "I'm living in deepest darkness. In fact, I've lost heart for living altogether."

Norman Vincent Peale smiled sympathetically.

"Let's take a look at your situation," he said calmly. On a sheet of paper he drew a vertical line down the middle. He suggested that they list on the left side the things the man had lost, and on the right, the things he had left. "You won't need that column on the right side," said the man sadly. "I have nothing left, period."

Norman Vincent Peale asked, "When did your wife leave you?"

"What do you mean? She hasn't left me. My wife loves me!"

"That's great!" said Norman Vincent Peale enthusiastically. "Then that will be number one in the right-hand column - Wife hasn't left. Now, when were your children jailed?"

"That's silly. My children aren't in jail!"

"Good! That's number two in the right-hand column - Children not in jail," said Norman Vincent Peale, jotting it down.

After a few more questions in the same vein, the man finally got the point and smiled in spite of himself. "Funny, how things change when you think of them that way," he said.

"Be sure that you appreciate everything you've got; and be thankful for the little things in life that mean a lot."

" when you stop chasing the wrong things, you give the right things a chance to catch you"

Humanity is the Best Deed

Humanity at its best

A doctor entered the hospital in hurry after being called in for an urgent surgery. He answered the call asap, changed his clothes went directly to the surgery block. He found the boy's tensed father standing in the hall waiting for the doctor.

On seeing him, the dad yelled: "Why did U take all this time to come? Don't U know that my son's life is in danger? Don't U have any sense of responsibility?"

The doctor smiled said: "I am sorry, I wasn't in the hospital I came as fast as I could after receiving the call... And now, I wish you'd calm down so that I can do my work."

"Calm down?! What if your son was in this room right now, would U calm down? If your own son dies now what will U do?", said the father angrily.

The doctor smiled again replied: "I will say what Job said in the Holy Book "From dust we came to dust we return, blessed be the name of God. Doctors cannot prolong lives. Go intercede for your son, we will do our best by God's grace."

"Giving advises when we're not concerned is so easy", murmured the father.

The surgery took some hours after which the doctor went out happy and said, "Thank goodness!, your son is saved!

"And without waiting for the father's reply he carried on his way running and saying, "If U have any question, ask the nurse!!"

"Why is he so arrogant? He couldn't wait some minutes so that I ask about my son's state" Commented the father when seeing the nurse minutes after the doctor left.

The nurse answered, tears coming down her face: "His son died yesterday in a road accident, he was in the burial when we called him for your son's surgery. And now that he saved your son's life, he left running to finish his son's burial."

MORAL: Never judge anyone, you never know how their life is and what they're going through" !!

"societies are not destroyed by the activities of rascals but inactivities of good people"