When I asked God .. Swamy Vivekanada

When I Asked God for Strength

He Gave Me Difficult Situations to Face

When I Asked God for Brain & Brown

He Gave Me Puzzles in Life to Solve

When I Asked God for Happiness

He Showed Me Some Unhappy People

When I Asked God for Wealth

He Showed Me How to Work Hard

When I Asked God for Favours

He Showed Me Opportunities to Work Hard

When I Asked God for Peace

He Showed Me How to Help Others

God Gave Me Nothing I Wanted

He Gave Me Everything I Needed

Swamy Vivekanada

"Maturity is achived when a person postpones his temporary pleasures for long term values"

Joshua L Liebman

Second thoughts .. An excellent Story

Second thoughts .. An excellent Story

A young man, a student in one of the universities, was one day taking awalkwith a professor, who was commonly called the student's friend for hiskindness to those who waited on his instructions.


As they went along,they saw lying in the path a pair of old shoes, which were supposed to belong toa poor man who was working in a field close by, and who had nearly finished his day's work…


The student turned to the professor, saying: "Let us play the man atrick: we will hide his shoes, and hide ourselves behind those bushes, andwait to see his perplexity when he cannot find them…"

“My young friend," answered the professor, "we should never amuse ourselves at the expense of the poor… But you are rich, and may give yourself amuch greater pleasure by means of this poor man. Put a coin in each shoe, and then we will hide ourselves and watch how this affects him."

The student did so and they both placed themselves behind the bushes close by. The poor man soon finished his work, and came across the field to the path where he had left his coat and shoes…

While putting on his coat he slipped his foot into one of his shoes, but feeling something hard, he stooped down to feel what it was, and found the coin. Astonishment and wonder were seen upon his countenance. He gazed upon the coin, turned it around, and looked at it again and again.

He then looked around him on all sides, but no person was to be seen. He now put the money into his pocket, and proceeded to put on the other shoe;but his surprise was doubled on finding the other coin…


His feelings overcame him… he fell upon his knees, looked up to heaven and uttered aloud afervent thanksgiving in which he spoke of his wife, sick and helpless, and his children without bread, whom this timely bounty, from some unknown hand, would save from perishing…


The student stood there deeply affected, and his eyes filled with tears. "Now," said the professor, are you not much better pleased than if youhad played your intended trick?"

The student stood there deeply affected, and his eyes filled with tears. "Now," said the professor, are you not much better pleased than if youhad played your intended trick?"

The youth replied, "You have taught me a lesson which I will neverforget… I feel now the truth of these words, which I never understood before: "It's more blessed to give than to receive."


If you want happiness….For an hour--- take a nap For a day--- go fishingFor a month----get marriedFor a year---inherit a fortune For many years---love someone For a lifetime---help someone…

"Do n't wait to strike till the iron is hot. Make it hot by striking"
William B Sprague

University of Standford ... A fascinating story

University Of Stanford - A fascinating story

Once upon a time, a lady in a faded gingham dress and her husband,dressed in a homespun threadbare suit, stepped off the train in Boston, and walked timidly without an appointment into the president of Harvard’s outer office.

The secretary could tell in a moment that such backwoods, country hicks had no business at Harvard and probably didn’t even deserve to be in Cambridge.

She frowned. “We want to see the president,” the man said softly. “He’ll be busy all day,” the secretary snapped. “We’ll wait,” the lady replied. For hours, the secretary ignored them, hoping that the couple would finally become discouraged and go away.

They didn’t. And the secretary grew frustrated and finally decided to disturb the president, even though it was a chore she always regretted to do. “Maybe if they just see you for a few minutes, they’ll leave,” she told him.

And he sighed in exasperation and nodded. Someone of his importance obviously didn’t have the time to spend with them, but he detested gingham dresses and homespun suits cluttering up his outer office. The president, stern-faced with dignity, strutted toward the couple.

The lady told him, “We had a son that attended Harvard for one year. He loved Harvard. He was happy here. But about a year ago, he was accidentally killed. And my husband and I would like to erect a memorial to him, somewhere on campus.”

The president wasn’t touched, he was shocked. “Madam,” he said gruffly. “We can’t put up a statue for every person who attended Harvard and died. If we did, this place would look like a cemetery”. “Oh, no,” the lady explained quickly. “We don’t want to erect a statue. We thought we would like to give a building to Harvard.”

The president rolled his eyes. He glanced at the gingham dress and homespun suit, then exclaimed, “A building! Do you have any earthly idea how much a building costs? We have over seven and a half million dollars in the physical plant at Harvard.” For a moment the lady was silent.

The president was pleased. He could get rid of them now. And the lady turned to her husband and said quietly, “Is that all it costs to start a University? Why don’t we just start our own?” Her husband nodded.

The president’s face wilted in confusion and bewilderment. And Mr. and Mrs. Leland Stanford walked away, traveling to Palo Alto, California where they established the University that bears their name, a memorial to a son that Harvard no longer cared about.

Moral Of The Story: “You can easily judge the character of others by how they treat those who can do nothing for them or to them.” Malcolm Forbes.

"Often the difference between a successful man failure is not one's better abilites and ideas but the courage that one has to bet on his ideas to take a calculated risk and to act"

Maxwell Maltz

Give your 100% .. A small Story

Give your 100% .. A small Story

A boy and a girl were playing together. The boy had a collection of marbles. The girl had some sweets with her. The boy told the girl that he will give her all his marbles in exchange for her sweets. The girl agreed.

The boy kept the biggest and the most beautiful marble aside and gave the rest to the girl. The girl gave him all her sweets as she had promised.

That night, the girl slept peacefully. But the boy couldn't sleep as he kept wondering if the girl had hidden some sweets from him the way he had hidden his best marble

Moral of the story:If you don't give your hundred percent in a relationship, you'll always keep doubting if the other person has given his/her hundred percent.. This is applicable for any relationship like love, employer-employee relationship etc., Give your hundred percent to everything you do and sleep peacefully

"Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are endless"

Mother Theresa

It’s truly an opportunity to improve one's condition

It’s truly an opportunity to improve one's condition

A king had a boulder placed on a roadway. Then he hid himself and watched to see if anyone would remove the huge rock. Some of the king's wealthiest merchants and courtiers came by and simply walked around it. Many loudly blamed the king for not keeping the roads clear, but none did anything about getting the big stone out of the way.

Then a peasant came along carrying a load of vegetables. On approaching the boulder, the peasant laid down his burden and tried to move the stone to the side of the road. After much pushing and straining, he finally succeeded. As the peasant picked up his load of vegetables, he noticed a purse lying in the road where the boulder had been. The purse contained many gold coins and a note from the king indicating that the gold was for the person who removed the boulder from the roadway.

The peasant learned what many others never understand. Every obstacle presents an opportunity to improve one's condition

"Getting stuck is not the problem. Staying stuck is"

Kindness of Guru Govind Singh

Kindness of Guru Govind Singh

Once Shri Guru Govind singh was going somewhere with his troop. Suddenly a stone came quickly from nowhere and hit his head.

A little line of blood appeared on the temple of Sri Govind Singh. His soldiers immediately went around finding the culprit. Very soon they came back with a destitute, lean and thin lady. The lady was trembling with fear.

When she was brought in front of Shri Govind Singh, she said," O my lord, please forgive me for this grave offence. My bad luck is following me everywhere.

My three kids were dying of hunger as we didn't get anything to eat for past three days. To save the life of my children, I thought of picking some fruits form the nearby garden.

As I threw stone to get the fruit from the tree, the stone instead of hitting the fruit, came and hit your temple."

Hearing her plight the heart of Sri Guru Govind Singh melted with compassion and he ordered his men to give 1000 coins and nice food items to the lady.

Everyone was astonished, including the poor lady. Then one of the confidants asked Guru Govind singh for the reason of this prize.

Sri Guru Govind Singh answered," Even a dumb, immovable tree gives fruits on throwing stones. Why should I not help the needy for I am far better and well off than that tree?"

"What is impossible yesterday is the hope of today and reality of tomorrow"

words of the Wise

4 - Words of the wise

It was a king's court, the ministers, pundits and artists were all seated in their respective places. The king and his ministers had earned quite a name and fame for their wit and wisdom.

One day a sage entered the court. He was given a warm welcome with all honours due to him. The king asked him: "Oh revered one! May I know what brings you here? We are very happy on account of your presence here today."

The sage replied: "Oh King, your court is reputed for its wit and wisdom. I have brought three beautiful dolls and I would like to have an assessment and evaluation of these dolls done by your ministers." He presented to the king the three dolls. The king called his senior most ministers and gave him the dolls for examination and evaluation..

The minister just looked once at the dolls and commanded a royal messenger to fetch him a thin steel-wire. The minister inserted the wire into the right ear of one of the dolls. The wire came out of the left ear. He kept it aside.

He took up another doll and once again passed the wire into its right ear. It came out of the mouth of the doll. He kept that doll in one place. He took up the third doll and inserted the wire, it neither came out of the other ear nor from the mouth.

The king and the courtiers were eagerly watching the scene. The minister paying his tributes to the sage said: "Oh revered one." Of the three dolls, the third one is the best.

The three dolls actually are symbolic of three types of listening. There are three types of listeners, in the world. The first type listens to every word, only to pass it out from the other ear. The second type listen well, remember it well only to speak out all that they have heard. The third type listen, retain everything they have heard and treasure it up in their hearts. They are the best type of listeners."

"The hand that gives is the hand that gathers. and that giving to othrers start the receving process"
Robin Sharma ..Family wisdom from the Monk who sold his ferrari