Ubuntu: A very nice story

Ubuntu: A very nice story…!

           An Anthropologist proposed one game to the kids of African tribal children.  He placed a basket of fruits near a tree.

          And made them stand 100 metres away.  And announced that who ever reaches first would get all the fruits in the basket.  When he said ready steady go…

           Do you know what these small children did?

          They all caught each other’s hands and ran towards the tree together, divided the fruits among them and ate the fruits and enjoyed it.

          When the Anthropologist asked them why you did so?

          They said ‘Ubuntu’

         Which meant:

         ‘How can one be happy when all the others are sad?’

          Ubuntu in their language means:

         ‘I am because, we are!’

          Let’s all of us always carry this attitude within us and spread happiness, wherever we go…!

Lesson from Kite

Lesson from Kite

Father is flying a Kite. His Son is Watching him Carefully. After sometime son says " Dad Because of the String the kit is not able to go any further higher"

Hearing this the father Smiles and breaks the string. The kite goes higher after breaking of the thread and shortly after that it comes and falls on the ground. The child was dejected and Sad.

The Father sits next to him and calmly explains:

"Son, in life we reach a certain lever of prosperity and then we feel that there are certain things in our life that are not letting us grow any further like Home, Family, Culture, Friendship etc.,We feel we want to be free from these strings which we believe are stopping us from going higher.

But remember Son, "Going higher is easer than remaining higher. Friends , Family, Culture etc. things that will help us stay stable at the heights we have achieved. If we try to breack way from those strings our condition will be similar to the kite"

Moral: Never go away from Culture, Family, Friends and relationships as they help keep you stable while you are flying  high.

It is not what happens to you, but it is how you perceive what happens to you determines quality of your life.

OBSERVE SILENCE

OBSERVE SILENCE

A Superb Thought- - Silence

              There once was a farmer who discovered that he had lost his watch in the barn. It was no ordinary watch because it had sentimental value for him. After searching high and low among the hay for a long while; he gave up and enlisted the help of a group of children playing outside the barn. He promised them that the person who found it would be rewarded.

             Hearing this, the children hurried inside the barn, went through and around the entire stack of hay but still could not find the watch.

             Just when the farmer was about to give up looking for his watch, a little boy went up to him and asked to be given another chance. The farmer looked at him and thought, "Why not? After all, this kid looks sincere enough. So the farmer sent the little boy back in the barn.

          After a while the little boy came out with the watch in his hand! The farmer was both happy and surprised and so he asked the boy how he succeeded where the rest had failed.

        The boy replied, "I did nothing but sit on the ground and listen. In the silence, I heard the ticking of the watch and just looked for it in that direction

Moral:

A peaceful mind can think better than a worked up mind. Allow a few minutes of silence to your mind every day, and see, how sharply it helps

"The problem with today's world is Intelligents are full doubts and fools are fool of confidence"



Does Your Heart Still Ache (A Nice Story)

Does Your Heart Still Ache

(A Nice Story)

             A woman whose only son had died went to a holy man and asked, “What powers do you have that will lift the ache from my heart?”

            He said, “There is a wonderful thing you can do. But first you must bring me a mustard seed from a family that has no problems.

           The woman went immediately to a beautiful mansion, thinking, “Nothing can possibly be wrong here!” She knocked the door and said, “I have to find a mustard seed from a home where there are no problems. It’s very important to me. May I have one of your mustard seeds?”

           The people said to her, “Oh, you have come to the wrong house.” They began listing all their problems. The woman thought,  “I certainly know something about few problems. May be I can help them.” She listened, consoled and comforted.

           At every home in the town the same thing happened. Finally, she returned to the holy man and said, “I did not find the seed you wanted. Instead, I gave away all the seeds of love I could give.”

         “And does your heart still ache?” asked the holy man. “No,” she said but then she added with a smile, “but I’m thinking of growing some mustard seed and letting it go to seed.”

"Put your money in Trust but put not your trust in money"



Why We Shout In Anger (A Nice Story)

Why We Shout In Anger

                                                                         (Nice Story)

               A Hindu saint who was visiting river Ganges to take bath found a group of family members on the banks, shouting in anger at each other. He turned to his disciples smiled and asked.

             'Why do people shout in anger shout at each other?'
              Disciples thought for a while, one of them said, 'Because we lose our calm, we shout.'


             'But, why should you shout when the other person is just next to you? You can as well tell him what you have to say in a soft manner.' asked the saint


             Disciples gave some other answers but none satisfied the other disciples.


             Finally the saint explained, .


             "'When two people are angry at each other, their hearts distance a lot. To cover that distance they must shout to be able to hear each other. The angrier they are, the stronger they will have to shout to hear each other to cover that great distance."


             What happens when two people fall in love? They don't shout at each other but talk softly, Because their hearts are very close. The distance between them is either nonexistent or very small...'


             The saint continued, 'When they love each other even more, what happens? They do not speak, only whisper and they get even closer to each other in their love. Finally they even need not whisper, they only look at each other and that's all. That is how close two people are when they love each other.'


           He looked at his disciples and said.


           "So when you argue do not let your hearts get distant, Do not say words that distance each other more, Or else there will come a day when the distance is so great that you will not find the path to return."
 
"It does not matter how many times you fall. What matters is how many times you will stand up, shake it off, and keep moving forward"

You cannot paint the world green

YOU CANNOT PAINT THE WORLD GREEN

(A NICE SOTRY)

A millionaire who was bothered by severe eye pain consulted so many physicians and was getting his treatment done. He consumed heavy loads of drugs and underwent hundreds of injections. But the ache persisted with great vigor. At last a monk who was supposed to be an expert in treating such patients was called by the millionaire.

The monk understood his problem and said that for some time he should concentrate only on green colors and not to fall his eyes on any other colors. The millionaire got a group of painters and purchased barrels of green color and directed that every object his eye was likely to fall to be painted in green color.

After one month, When the monk came to visit him, the millionaire's servants ran with buckets of green paints and poured on him since he was in red dress, lest their master not sees any other color and his eye ache would comeback.

The monk laughed and said "if only you had purchased a pair of green spectacles, worth just a few rupees, you could have saved these walls, trees, pots and all other articles and also could have saved a large share of his fortune. You cannot paint the world green".

"Life is simple, when it is organized"

The One you Feed (Story told by a Old man)

The one you Feed

(Story today by a old man)

One evening, an old Cherokee told his grandson about a battle that goes on inside people.

He said, "My son, the battle is between two 'wolves' inside us all. One is Evil - It is anger, envy, jealousy, greed, and arrogance. The other is Good - It is peace, love, hope, humility, compassion, and faith."

The grandson thought about this for a while and then asked his grandfather, "Which wolf wins?"

To which the old Cherokee simply replied, "The one you feed"

"Resolve to be tender with young, compassionate with aged, sympathetic with with striving and tolerant with weak and wrong. Because sometime in our lives we would have been all of these ourselves.

Lloyd Shearer

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"

Wise man's message ( A good one)

Wise man's message ( A good one)

A wise man cracked a joke. All laughed like crazy. After a moment he cracked the same joke again and a little less people laughed this time.He cracked the same joke again and again. When there was no laughter in the crowd,

He smiled and said " When you can’t laugh on the same joke again & again,...then why do you keep crying over the same thing over and over again?”

"NEVER BE A PRISONER OF YOUR PAST, BECOME THE ARCHITECT OF YOUR FUTURE"

Care the one who cared us (Heart touching story)

CARE THE ONE WHO CARED US

(Heart touching story)

An 80 years oldman was sitting on a sofa in his house along with his 45 years old highly educated son.

Suddenly a crow perched on thier window.

The Father asked his son " What is this?"

The son replied "It is a Crow"

After a few mintues the father asked his son for 2nd time "What is this"?

The son said Father "I have just told you it is a crow"

After a little while the father asked the same question for 3rd time "What is this"?

At this time the expression of iritation felt in the son's tone when he said to this father with a rebuff. It is a crow, crow.

A little while after the father asked the same questuib for 4th time "What is this"?

This time the son shouter at his father. "Why do you keep asking me the same question again and again although I have told you so many times. IT IS A CROW. Are you not able to understand this?

A little later the father went to his room and came back with an old tattered dairy, which he had maintained since his son was born. On opening a page he asked him son to read it, the following words were written in the dairy.

Today my little son aged 3 was sitting with me on a sofa, when a crow sitting on the wndows, my little son asked me 23 times what it was. I replied to him all 23 times it was a crow. I hugged him lovlingly each time he asked me the question again and again for 23 times. I did not at all feel iritated. Rather I felt affection for my innocent child.

While the little child asked him 23 times what it this, the father felt no iritation in replying to the same question again and again for 23 times and when father asked his son the sam question just 4 times, the son iritated and felt annoyed.

SO ... If you parents attain old age, don't repulse them and don't look at them as burden, but speak to them a gracious word, be cool, obidient, humble and be kind to them. Be considerate to your parents. From today say this aloud I want to see my parents to be happy forever. They cared for me a lot since I was a little child. They have always showered their selfless love on me. they crossed all the mountains and valleys without seeing and storm and heat to make me a person presentable in the society today.

Say a prayer to god. Iwill serve my old parents in the best way. I will say all good and kind words to my dear parents. No matter how they behave.

"No person has ever honoured for what he received. Honour has been the reward for what he gave"

Calvin Goolidge

Paid with Glass of Milk

PAID WITH GLASS OF MILK

Oneday a poor boy who was selling goods from door to door to pay his way through school, found he had only one thin dime left, and he was hungry.

He decided he would ask for a meal at the next house. However, he lost his nerve when a lovely young woman opened the door.

Instead of a meal he asked for a drink of water! . She thought he looked hungry so brought him a large glass of milk. He drank it so slowly, and then asked, How much do I owe you?`

You don`t owe me anything,` she replied. `Mother has taught us never to accept pay for a kindness.`

He said ... `Then I thank you from my heart.`

As Howard Kelly left that house, he not only felt stronger physically, but his faith in God and man was strong also. He had been ready to give up and quit.

Many years later that same young woman became critically ill. The local doctors were baffled. They finally sent her to the big city, where they called in specialists to study her rare disease.

Dr. Howard Kelly was called in for the consultation. When he heard the name of the town she came from, a strange light filled his eyes.

Immediately he rose and went down the hall of the hospital to her room

Dressed in his doctor`s gown he went in to see her. He recognized her at once. He went back to the consultation room determined to do his best to save her life. From that day he gave special attention to her case.

After a long struggle, the battle was won.

Dr. Kelly requested the business office to pass the final bill to him for approval. He looked at it, then wrote something on the edge, and the bill was sent to her room. She feared to open it, for she was sure it would take the rest of her life to pay for it all. Finally she looked, and something caught her attention on the side of the bill. She read these words ...

`Paid in full with one glass of milk`

(Signed) Dr. Howard Kelly.

Tears of joy flooded her eyes as her happy heart prayed: `Thank You, God, that Your love has spread broad through human hearts and hands.`

There`s a saying which goes something like this: “The good deed you do today may benefit you or someone you love at the least expected time. If you never see the deed again at least you will have made the world a better place - And, after all, isn`t that what life is all about

"Face your past without regret. Handle your present with confidence, prepare for future without fear. Keep the faith and drop the fear"

An Interesting management case stuey

A good Management case study

The administrative building of a corporate company, stnding in the middle of the city is a proud possession for their employees. They used to lavishly light it up from outside. It was feast to outlookers.

The managing director of the company while signing the vochure for paining the building, doubted why the same job is taken up for every six months. The subodinates told him that it is due to bird droppings.

"why our building only?" he queried. it was found that by evening birds were attracted due to the trees and insects. Proposals were made and budgets were prepared for cutting of tree branches and pest control for insects. but the executive had the same doubt. why insects exceptionally prefer our building?"

After a through enquiry it was found that the building was being lighted up half an hour before the entire city was illumanated, with an over enthusiasm to show it to the public. By ordering the staff to dealy it by one hour, the executives could save lakhs of rupees to the organization. A lesson thought in the management course but also applicable in real life situations.

"Knowing others is intelligence. Kowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength. Mastering yourself is true power"

Two Inspirational Winners

TWO INSPIRATIONAL WINNERS

Olympics is a life time achivement. Lawrence lemieux stopped racing in a yacht race to help a fellow competitor who was in trouble. The whole world was watching. His priority of safety for other people's lives was greater than his desire to win. Even though he did not win the race, he was a winner. He won the hearts of millions of people. He was honoured by kings and queens around the world because he kept the spirit of Olympics alive.

Reuben Gonzales when he was in the final match of the racquet ball tournament. This was an important event and he was playing for the wolrd title. In his final game at match point, Gonzales played a super shot to save the point. The referee and the lineman both confirmed that the shot was good and he was decided as the wineer. But Gonzales after a little pause and hesitation, turned back to shake his opponent's hand and said " The shot was faulty". As a result he lost the serve and evantally the match.

Everyone was stunned. Who could imagine that a player with everything official in his favour, with winning in hs pocket, would disqualtiy himself and lose. When asked why he replied " It was the only thing to do in the order to maintain my integrity". He lost the match but still he is a winner

"Life is like a rose. life was meant to have its own thorns.let the beauty of rose inspires you. Don't let the thorns to discourage you"

Wonders of the world

WONDERS OF THE WORLD (A GREAT STORY)

A teacher was encouraging her students to identify the seven wornders of the world. Watching a girl unable to pen them, she gave some clues to the girl.

Hinting about the great wall of china she said "Think of a wall that stood courageously against the hail storms and hurricanes" and continued describing panama canal "Irrespective of seasons it flow without stop against all odds".

The girl thought for a while and wrote. The teacher said. "Another wonder is a tower that slightly bent, but never accepts defeat. It leans but never falls". And then she gave about Taj Mahal. "People say it glitters in moon light. But if you have insight, you can see its glitter with your heart." The girl wrote. About Pyramids she pointed out "it is a monument, a symbol of concentration, science and hard work that time could never destory".

The teacher has been beckoned the girl to check what she wrote. The shy kid was hesitant, walked slowly abd showed the teacher her answers " Mahatma Gandhi .... Martin Luther King .... Mother Theresa ... Helen keller ... Albert Einstein"

Preflexed first, the teacher recovered to announce those names to other students. After a brief silence, the class room vibrated with claps and applauds !!!!

"Fear knocked the door. Courage opened it. Nobody was outside"
Annonymous

An Indian Negotiating with God

AN INDIAN NEGOTIATING WITH GOD

God came and asked me for a wish, I told GOD "Let all my friends be healthy and happy forever!" \

GOD said: But for 4 days only!

I said: Yes, let them be a Spring Day, Summer Day, Autumn Day, and Winter Day.

GOD said: 3 days...

I said: Yes, Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow.

GOD said: No, 2 days!

I said: Yes, a Bright Day (Daytime) and Dark Day (Night-time).

GOD said: No, just 1 day!

I said: Yes!

GOD asked: Which day?

I said: Every Day in the living years of all my friends!

GOD laughed, and said: You INDIANS know how to negotiate. But since you are praying and asking happiness for your friends, I can't refuse. I love everyone who thinks of others first, so don't you worry.

"Like a rose life was meant to have its thorns. Let the beauty of the rose inspires you and don't get discouraged by its thorns"

Attuide makes the difference

Attuide makes the difference

During a momentous battle, a Japanese general decided to attack even though his army was greatly outnumbered. He was confident they would win, but his men were filled with doubt. On the way to the battle, they stopped at a religious shrine. After praying with the men, the general took out a coin and said, "I shall now toss this coin. If it is heads, we shall win. If tails, we shall lose. Destiny will now reveal itself."

He threw the coin into the air and all watched intently as it landed. It was heads. The soldiers were so overjoyed and filled with confidence that they vigorously attacked the enemy and were victorious.

After the battle, a lieutenant remarked to the general, "No one can change destiny."

"Quite right," the general replied as he showed the lieutenant the coin, which had heads on both sides.

"Always aim at complete harmony of thought, word and deed. Always aim at purifying your thoughts and everything will be well"

Mahatma Gandhi

Calm Up your Mind

CALM UP YOUR MIND

There once was a farmer who discovered that he had lost his watch in the barn. It was no ordinary watch because it had sentimental value for him. After searching high and low among the hay for a long while; he gave up and enlisted the help of a group of children playing outside the barn. He promised them that the person who found it would be rewarded.

Hearing this, the children hurried inside the barn, went through and around the entire stack of hay but still could not find the watch.

Just when the farmer was about to give up looking for his watch, a little boy went up to him and asked to be given another chance. The farmer looked at him and thought, "Why not? After all, this kid looks sincere enough." So the farmer sent the little boy back in the barn.

After a while the little boy came out with the watch in his hand! The farmer was both happy and surprised and so he asked the boy how he succeeded where the rest had failed.

The boy replied, "I did nothing but sit on the ground and listen. In the silence, I heard the ticking of the watch and just looked for it in that direction."

Moral: A peaceful mind can think better than a worked up mind. Allow a few minutes of silence to your mind everyday, and see, how sharply it helps you to set your life the way you expect it to be...!

"A Person should be strong enough to admit his mistakes, smart enough to profit from them and wise enough to correct them"

Letter from Grand Pa

Letter from Grand Pa

One day, a young man was cleaning out his late grandfather’s belongings when he came across a bright red envelope. Written on the front were the words, “To my grandson.” Recognizing his grandfather’s handwriting, the boy opened the envelope. A letter inside read:

Dear Ronny,
Years ago you came to me for help. You said, “Grandpa, how is it that you’ve accomplished so much in your life? You’re still full of energy, and I’m already tired of struggling. How can I get that same enthusiasm that you’ve got?”
I didn’t know what to say to you then. But knowing my days are numbered, I figure that I owe you an answer. So here is what I believe.

I think a lot of it has to do with how a person looks at things. I call it ‘keeping your eyes wide open.’

1.First, realize that life is filled with surprises, but many are good ones. If you don’t keep watching for them, you’ll miss half the excitement. Expect to be thrilled once in a while, and you will be.

2.When you meet up with challenges, welcome them. They’ll leave you wiser, stronger, and more capable than you were the day before. When you make a mistake, be grateful for the things it taught you. Resolve to use that lesson to help you reach your goals.

3.And always follow the rules. Even the little ones. When you follow the rules, life works. If you think you ever really get by with breaking the rules, you’re only fooling yourself.

4.It’s also important to decide exactly what you want. Then keep your mind focused on it, and be prepared to receive it.

5.But be ready to end up in some new places too. As you grow with the years, you’ll be given bigger shoes to fill. So be ready for endings as well as challenging beginnings.

6.Sometimes we have to be brave enough to move from the familiar to the unfamiliar. Life isn’t just reaching peaks. Part of it is moving from one peak to the next. If you rest too long in between, you might be tempted to quit. Leave the past in the past. Climb the next mountain and enjoy the view.

7.Dump things that weigh you down emotionally and spiritually. When an old resentment, belief, or attitude becomes heavy, lighten your load. Shed those hurtful attitudes that slow you down and drain your energy.

8.Remember that your choices will create your successes and your failures. So consider all the pathways ahead, and decide which ones to follow. Then believe in yourself, get up, and get going.

9.And be sure to take breaks once in a while. They’ll give you a renewed commitment to your dreams and a cheerful, healthy perception of the things that matter the most to you.

10.Most important of all, never give up on yourself. The person that ends up a winner is the one who resolves to win. Give life everything you’ve got, and life will give its best back to you.
Love always,Grandpa

"Sometimes in life to be KIND is more important than being Right."

Little boy and Grand Ma .. Life Lessons

LITTLE BOY AND GRAND MA .. LIFE LESSONS

A very ill little boy was telling his Grandma how "everything" was going wrong ...school was too hard, family problems other than his illness, his severe pain, just all the hardships he was going through.

Meanwhile, Grandma was baking a cake. She asked the child if he would like a snack, which of course he does.

"Here. Have some cooking oil."

"Yuck," said the boy.

"How about a couple of raw eggs?"

"Gross, Grandma."

"Would you like some flour then? Or maybe baking soda?"

"Grandma, those are all yucky!"

To which the Grandma replied: "Yes, Sweetheart, those things seem bad all by themselves. But, when they are put together in the right way, they make a wonderfully delicious cake! God works the same way. Many times we wonder why he would let us go through such bad and difficult times, but, God knows that, when He puts these things all in His order, they always work for good!

We just have to trust Him and, eventually the yucky stuff will make of our lives something wonderful!"

"Don;t define your failure by looking at somebody's success & don't define your success by looking at someboy's failure"