Monkey Story- It's an Old Story but with a New Ending.

A Hat seller who was passing by a Forest decided to take a Nap under one of the trees, so He left his whole basket of Hats by the Side.

A few hours later, He woke up and realized that all his Hats were gone.

He looked up and to his surprise, the tree was full of Monkeys and they had taken all his Hats.

The Hat seller sits down and thinks of how He can get the Hats down.

While thinking He started to scratch his head. The next moment, the monkeys were doing the same.

Next, he took down his own hat, the monkeys did exactly the same.

An idea came to his mind!

He took his hat and threw it on the floor and the monkeys did that too. So, he finally managed to get all his hats back.

Fifty years later, his Grandson, Mr.Pintoo, also became a Hat-seller and had heard this monkey story from his grandfather.

One day, just like his grandfather, he passed by the same forest. It was very hot, and he took a nap under the same tree and left the hats on the floor.

He woke up and realized that all his hats were taken by the monkeys on the tree.

He remembered his Grandfather's words, started scratching his head and the Monkeys followed. He took down his hat and fanned himself and again the monkeys followed.

Now, very convinced of his grandfather's idea, Mr.Pintoo threw his hat on the floor but to his surprise, the monkeys still held on to all the hats.

Then One Monkey climbed down the tree, grabbed the hat on the Floor, gave him a slap and

Guess!!! Said what???
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"You think only You have a Grandfather".

The Barber Who Didn't Believe in God..

A Man went to a Barber Shop to have his hair and his beard cut as always. He started to have a good conversation with the Barber who attended him. They talked about so many things and various subjects. Suddenly, they touched the subject of God.

The Barber said: "Look Man, I don't believe that God exists as You say so."

"Why do you say that?" asked the client.

"Well, it's so easy, You just have to go out in the street to realize that God does not exist. Tell me, if God exists, would there be so many sick people? Would there be abandoned children? If God exists, there would be no suffering nor pain. I can't think of a God who permits all of these things."

The Client stopped for a moment thinking but, he didn't want to respond so as to prevent an argument.

The Barber finished his job and the Client went out of the shop.

Just after he left the Barber Shop, he saw a Man in the street with a long hair and beard (it seems that it had been a long time since he had his hair cut and he looked so untidy).

Then the Client again entered the Barber Shop and

He said to the Barber: "Know what? Barbers do not exist."

"How come they don't exist?" asked the Barber.

"Well I am here and I am a barber."

"No!" the Client exclaimed. "They don't exist because if they did there would be no people with long hair and beards like that man who walks in the street."

"Ah, Barbers do exist, what happens is that People do not come to Us."

"Exactly!" affirmed the client. "That's the point. God does exist, what happens is people don't go to Him and do not look for Him that's why there's so much pain and suffering in the world."

The True King

The King of Iran had heard that Birbal was one of the wisest men in the East and desirous of meeting him sent him an invitation to visit his country.

In due course, Birbal arrived in Iran.

When he entered the palace he was flabbergasted to find not one but six kings seated there.

All looked alike. All were dressed in kingly robes. Who was the real king?

The very next moment he got his answer. Confidently, he approached the king and bowed to him.

"But how did you identify me?" the king asked, puzzled.

Birbal smiled and explained: "The false kings were all looking at you, while you yourself looked straight ahead. Even in regal robes, the common people will always look to their king for support."

Overjoyed, the King embraced Birbal and showered him with Gifts.

Be A Lake

The Old Man instructed the Unhappy Young Man to put a handful of Salt in a Glass of Water and then to drink it.

"How does it taste?" the Old Man asked.

"Awful," spat the apprentice.

The Old Man chuckled and then asked the Young Man to take another handful of Salt and put it in the lake.

The two walked in silence to the nearby lake and when the apprentice swirled his handful of salt into the lake,

The Old Man said, "Now drink from the Lake."

As the water dripped down the Young Man's chin, the Old Man asked,

"How does it taste?"

"Good!" remarked the apprentice.

"Do you taste the salt?" asked the Old Man.

No, said the Young Man.

The Old Man sat beside this troubled Young Man, took his hands, and said,

"The pain of life is Pure Salt; No More, No Less.

The amount of pain in life remains the same, exactly the same.
But the amount We taste the 'pain' depends on the container we put it into.

So when you are in pain, the only thing you can do is to enlarge your sense of things.

Stop being a Glass. Become a Lake.

What would You choose- Wealth, Success or Love?

A Woman came out of her house and saw Three(3) Old Men with Long White Beards sitting in Her front yard. She did not recognize them.

She said "I don't think I know you, but you must be hungry. Please come in and have something to eat."

"Is the man of the house home?", They asked.

"No", She replied. "He's out."

"Then We cannot come in", They replied.

In the evening when Her Husband came home, She told Him what had happened.

"Go tell Them I am home and invite Them in!"

The Woman went out and invited the Men in"

"We do not go into a House together," They replied.

"Why is That?" She asked.

One of the Old Men explained: "His name is 'Wealth',he said pointing to one of his friends, and said pointing to another one, He is 'Success' and I am 'Love'."

Then He added, "Now go in and discuss with Your Husband which one of Us You want in Your home."

The Woman went in and told Her Husband what was said. Her husband was overjoyed.

"How nice!!", He said. "Since that is the case, let us invite 'Wealth'. Let him come and fill our home with wealth!"

His Wife disagreed. "My Dear, why don't We invite 'Success'?"

Their Daughter was listening from the other corner of the house. She jumped in with Her own suggestion: "Would it not be better to invite 'Love'? Our Home will then be filled with love!"

"Let us heed Our Daughter's advice," said the Husband to his Wife.

"Go out and invite Love to be our guest."

The Woman went out and asked the Three(3) Old Men, "Which one of You is 'Love'? Please come in and be Our guest."

'Love' got up and started walking toward the house. The Other Two also got up and followed him.

Surprised, the Woman asked Wealth and Success: "I only invited Love, Why are You coming in?"

The Old Men replied together: "If You had invited 'Wealth' or 'Success', the Other Two of Us would've stayed out, but since You invited 'Love', wherever He goes, We go with him.

Wherever there is 'Love', there is also 'Wealth' and 'Success'."

Life Is Simply A Reflection Of Our Actions

"A Son and his Father were walking on the mountains. Suddenly, his Son falls, hurts Himself and screams: "AAAhhhhhh!!"

To His surprise, He hears the voice repeating, somewhere in the mountain: "AAAhhhh! !!"

Curious, He yells: "Who are you?"

He receives the answer: "Who are you?"

And then, He screams to the mountain: "I admire you!"

The voice answers: "I admire you!"

Angered at the response, He screams: "Coward!"

He receives the answer: "Coward!"

He looks to His Father and asks: "What's going on?"

The Father Smiles and says: "My Son, Pay Attention."

Again the man screams: "You are a Champion!"

The voice answers: "You are a Champion!"

The Boy is surprised, but does not understand.

Then the Father explains: "People call this as ECHO, but really this is LIFE. It gives you back everything you say or do. Our life is simply a reflection of our actions. If you want more love in the world, create more love in your heart. If you want more competence in your team, improve your competence. This relationship applies to everything, in all aspects of life; Life will give you back everything you have given to it."

"Your Life is Not a Coincidence. It's a Reflection of You".

The Shipwreck

The only Survivor of a Shipwreck was washed up on a small, uninhabited island. He prayed feverishly for God to rescue him, and every day he scanned the horizon for help, but none seemed forthcoming.

Exhausted, he eventually managed to build a little hut out of driftwood to protect him from the elements and to store his few possessions. But then one day, after scavenging for food, he arrived home to find his little hut in flames, the smoke rolling up to the sky.

The worst had happened; everything was lost. He was stunned with grief and anger. "God, how could you do this to me!" he cried. Early the next day, however, he was awakened by the sound of a ship that was approaching the island. It had come to rescue him. "How did you know I was here?" asked the weary man of his rescuers. "We saw your smoke signal," they replied.

It is easy to get discouraged when things are going badly. But we shouldn't lose heart, because God is at work in our lives, even in the midst of pain and suffering. Remember, next time your little hut is burning to the ground--it just may be a smoke signal that summons The Grace of God.

What Did You learn From The Trip

One day, a father of a very wealthy family took his son on a trip to the country with the firm purpose of showing his son how poor people live. They spent a couple of days and nights on the farm of what would be considered a very poor family. 

On their return from their trip, the father asked his son, "How was the trip?"

"It was great, Dad."

"Did you see how poor people live?" the father asked.

"Oh yeah," said the son.

 "So, tell me, what did you learn from the trip?" asked the father.

The son answered, "I saw that we have one dog and they had four. We have a pool that reaches to the middle of our garden, and they have a creek that has no end. We have imported lanterns in our garden, and they have the stars at night. Our patio reaches to the front yard, and they have the whole horizon. We have a small piece of land to live on, and they have fields that go beyond our sight. We have servants who serve us, but they serve others. We buy our food, but they grow theirs. We have walls around our property to protect us; they have friends to protect them."

 

The boy's father was speechless.

Then his son added, "Thanks, Dad, for showing me how poor we are."

Mindset

As my friend was passing the elephants, he suddenly stopped, confused by the fact that these huge creatures were being held by only a small rope tied to their front leg. No chains, no cages.

It was obvious that the elephants could, at anytime, break away from the ropes they were tied to but for some reason, they did not.

My friend saw a trainer nearby and asked why these beautiful, magnificent animals just stood there and made no attempt to get away.

“Well,” he said, “when they are very young and much smaller we use the same size rope to tie them and, at that age, it’s enough to hold them. As they grow up, they are conditioned to believe they cannot break away. They believe the rope can still hold them, so they never try to break free.”

My friend was amazed. These animals could at any time break free from their bonds but because they believed they couldn’t, they were stuck right where they were.

Like the elephants, how many of us go through life hanging onto a belief that we cannot do something, simply because we failed at it once before? So make an attempt to grow further. Why shouldn’t we try it again?

“YOUR ATTEMPT MAY FAIL, BUT NEVER FAIL TO MAKE AN ATTEMPT.”

The True King

The King of Iran had heard that Birbal was one of the wisest men in the East and desirous of meeting him sent him an invitation to visit his country.

In due course, Birbal arrived in Iran.

When he entered the palace, he was flabbergasted to find not one but six kings seated there.

All looked alike. All were dressed in kingly robes. Who was the real king?

The very next moment he got his answer. Confidently, he approached the king and bowed to him.

"But how did you identify me?" the king asked, puzzled.

Birbal smiled and explained: "The false kings were all looking at you, while you yourself looked straight ahead. Even in regal robes, the common people will always look to their king for support."

Overjoyed, the king embraced Birbal and showered him with gifts.

Five Things You Need To Know

The Pencil Maker took the pencil aside, just before putting him into the box.

"There are 5 things you need to know," he told the pencil, "Before I send you out into the world. Always remember them and never forget, and you will become the best pencil you can be."

"One: You will be able to do many great things, but only if you allow yourself to be held in Someone's hand."

"Two: You will experience a painful sharpening from time to time, but you'll need it to become a better pencil."

"Three: You will be able to correct any mistakes you might make."

"Four: The most important part of you will always be what's inside."

"And Five: On every surface you are used on, you must leave your mark. No matter what the condition, you must continue to write."

The pencil understood and promised to remember, and went into the box with purpose in its heart.

Now replacing the place of the pencil with you. Always remember them and never forget, and you will become the best person you can be.

One: You will be able to do many great things, but only if you allow yourself to be held in God's hand. And allow other human beings to access you for the many gifts you possess.

Two: You will experience a painful sharpening from time to time, by going through various problems in life, but you'll need it to become a stronger person.

Three: You will be able to correct any mistakes you might make.

Four: The most important part of you will always be what's on the inside.

And Five: On every surface you walk through, you must leave your mark. No matter what the situation, you must continue to do your duties.

Allow this parable on the pencil to encourage you to know that you are a special person and only you can fulfill the purpose to which you were born to accomplish.

Never allow yourself to get discouraged and think that your life is insignificant and cannot make a change.

10 Year Old Boy

A 10 year-old boy entered a hotel and sat at a table.

A waitress put a glass of water in front of him.

"How much is an ice cream sundae?" the little boy asked.

"Fifty cents," replied the waitress.

The little boy pulled his hand out of his pocket and studied the coins he had.

"Well, how much is a plain dish of ice cream?" he inquired.

By now, more people were waiting for a table and the waitress was growing very impatient.

"Thirty-five cents," she brusquely replied. The little boy again counted his coins.

"I'll have the plain ice cream," he said.

The waitress brought the ice cream, put the bill on the table and walked away.

The boy finished the ice cream, paid the cashier and left.

When the waitress came back, she began to cry.

As she wiped down the table, 

there placed neatly beside the empty dish were two nickels and five pennies. 

You see, he couldn't have the sundae because,
He had to have enough money to leave her a tip.

Kindness

One day, 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 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 H.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.

Year's later that 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. H.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 the case.

After a long struggle, the battle was won. Dr. H.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" .

The Wise Old Man

A wealthy man requested an old scholar to wean his son away from his bad habits.

The scholar took the youth for a stroll through a garden. 

Stopping suddenly he asked the boy to pull out a tiny plant growing there.

The youth held the plant between his thumb and forefinger and pulled it out.

The old man then asked him to pull out a slightly bigger plant.

The youth pulled hard and the plant came out, roots and all.

"Now pull out that one," said the old man pointing to a bush.

The boy had to use all his strength to pull it out.

"Now take this one out," said the old man, indicating a guava tree.

The youth grasped the trunk and tried to pull it out.
But it would not budge.
"I – It's impossible," said the boy, panting with the effort.

"So it is with bad habits," said the sage. 

"When they are young it is easy to pull them out but when they take hold they cannot be uprooted."

The session with the old man Changed the boy's life.

Everything Happens for a Reason

Once two friends planned to build a house for them. They arranged for finance etc and made it.

Their new house was beautifully finished.

They fixed up a date for the “NEW HOUSE FUNCTION /CEREMONY”.

All arrangements were on and they were excited as they approached the day.

The day just before the ceremony, a terrible shock was awaiting all. The house caught fire and entirely damaged.

The people of the village approached one among the friends to say that bad news.

“Your house destroyed in fire “Screamed the people. The person got shocked and instantly died on the spot.

The people were curious to see what would happen to the other one.

They rushed up to him. This time they added much shock and terribleness and informed him that his house got fired and everything has destroyed. Before they were about to inform his friend’s death he rushed to the stall near by and returned there.

To everyone’s surprise he distributed sweets to all happily. People decided to take up an admission for him in the mental hospital nearby. They tried to put him down the happiness and asked him the reason for distributing sweets.

He replied, had the house caught fire a day late! I would be no more alive.

God loves me and have saved me.

“Everything happens but for a reason”

Story for Professionals

A small touching Story:















A Man came home from work late, tired and irritated, to find his
5-year old son waiting for him at the door.

SON: "Daddy, may I ask you a question?"

DAD: "Yeah sure, what is it?" replied the man.

SON: "Daddy, how much do you make an hour?"

DAD: Angrily Man Said "That's none of your business.
Why do you ask such a thing?"

SON: "I just want to know. Please tell me, how much do you make in an hour?"

DAD: "If you must know, I make Rs.100 an hour."

SON: "Oh," the little boy replied, with his head down.
"Daddy, may I please borrow Rs.50?"

DAD: Furiously, "is the only reason You asked that is so you can borrow some
money to buy a silly toy or some other nonsense, then you march yourself straight
to your room and go to bed. Think about why you are being so selfish. I work hard everyday for such this childish behavior."

SON: 'Quietly', went to his room and shut the door.

DAD: Started to get even angrier about the little boy's questions.
How dare he ask such questions only to get some money?

After about an hour or so, the Dad had calmed down, and started to think:
Maybe there was something he really needed to buy with that Rs.50 and
he really didn't ask for money very often. The Dad went to the door of the
little boy's room and opened the door.

"Are you asleep, Son?".

SON: "No daddy, I'm awake," .

DAD: "I've been thinking, maybe I was too hard on you earlier" .
"It's been a long day and I took out my aggravation on you.
Here's the Rs.50 you asked for."

SON: Sat straight up, Smiling. "Oh, thank you daddy!" He yelled.
Then, reaching under his pillow he pulled out some crumpled up bills.

DAD: Saw that the boy already had money, started to get angry again.
The little boy slowly counted out his money, and then looked up at his father.
"Why do you want more money if you already have some?" he grumbled.

SON: "Because I didn't have enough, but now I do".
"Daddy, I have Rs.100 now. Can I buy an hour of your time?
Please come home early tomorrow. I would like to have dinner with you."

DAD: Put his arms around his little son, and he begged for his forgiveness.

Conclusion:
It's just a short reminder to all of you working so hard in life.
We should not let time slip through our fingers without having spent some time
with those who really matter to us, those close to our hearts.

Do remember to share that Rs.100 worth of your time with someone you love.

If we die tomorrow, the Company that we are working for could easily
replace us in a matter of days.

But the family & friends we leave behind will feel the loss for the rest of their lives.
And come to think of it, we pour ourselves more into work than to our family.

Sand and Stone

This story tells of two friends walking through the desert. During some point of the journey,
they had an argument, and one friend slapped the other one in the face.

The one who got slapped was hurt, but without saying anything, wrote in the Sand:
They kept on walking until they found an oasis, where they decided to take a bath.

The one who had been slapped got stuck in the mire and started drowning,
but the friend saved him.
After he recovered from the near drowning, he wrote on a stone:
The friend who had slapped and saved his best friend asked him, "After I hurt you,
you wrote in the sand, and now, you write on a stone. Why?"

The other friend replied, "When someone hurts us, we should write it down in sand,
where winds of forgiveness can erase it away. When someone does something good for us,
we must engrave it in stone, where no wind can ever erase it."

"Learn to write Your Hurts in Sand, and to carve Your Benefits in Stone".

The Blue Jackal

Once upon a time there lived a jackal who strayed into a city in search of food. He was hungry and was being chased by a group of dogs. He accidentally entered the house of a dyer and fell into a vat of indigo(blue), and was stained blue from head to toe. When he escaped from the house back into the forest, all animals were surprised at his appearance and could not place its identity. Taking advantage of the situation, the jackal decided to play the situation to his advantage. He proclaimed that he was Fierce Owl, sent by the king of Gods, Indra, to earth to gaurd the forest.

The gullible animals believed the jackal. The jackal then appointed the Lion as his Prime minister, tiger as his gaurdian of the bed chamber and the elephant was made the door keeper. He then drove all the jackals out of sight from the forest for fear of being recognized. The animals would hunt food and bring it to the self proclaimed king and the king would distribute the food to all equally just as a king would do. So he was leading a life of luxury.

One day a herd of jackals were passing by howling to their glory. Unable to control his natural instinct, Fierce Owl showed his natural voice and howled at the top of his voice. Hearing this howl, the animals realised that they had been fooled by a jackal and killed the jackal instantly.

MORAL: Excess of Greed is Harmful.

Panchatantra

Birbal Solves the Problem

Several Courtiers were vying to be the Royal Advisor of Emperor Akbar.

So one day, when they came to the court, they said to the Emperor, "We want to be your Royal Advisor." Akbar said, "No problem, but you will have to pass the test before you could be my Royal Advisor.

And whoever would pass the test will be appointed my Advisor." They agreed.

The King unfastened his waist cloth and lay down on the floor, and asked the candidates to cover him with that cloth from head to toe. Now everybody tried to cover him, but in vain. If one wanted to cover the head, then feet remained uncovered, or if the feet were covered, then his head remained open.

Just then Birbal entered the court, the king asked Birbal also, if he could cover him with that cloth from head to toe.
Birbal paused a moment, then asked the Emperor politely, "Huzoor, Could you pull up your knees a little bit?" The King did so, and Birbal could cover him from head to toe with that cloth.

Realizing that they failed the test, the courtiers left the court quietly and then they never thought about being the King's Advisor.

How many Crows

One day Akbar was strolling in his palace gardens with his dear minister Birbal. Many crows were flying around. The King enjoyed their flying. Just then he thought, that how many crows could be in his kingdom and immediately posed this question to Birbal.

Birbal thought a moment, then said, "They are ninety-five thousand, four hundred and sixty three (95, 463) crows in your kingdom, Huzoor." "How do you know that for sure?" the King asked. "You can get them counted, Huzoor." Birbal said.

The king again said, "If there will be less than that, then?" Birbal replied immediately, "That means that the rest of them have gone on vacation to some neighboring kingdoms." "Or if there were more than that, then?" "Then it means that other crows are visiting your kingdom, Huzoor."

Akbar was very pleased with this answer of his question.