May 07, 2012

Patience is very important these days. There is a Hindi proverb which states the fruit of patience is very sweet. And surely it is. After all a ripe mango tastes far yummier than an unripe mango. To prove this point here is a story. Read on to find out what it reveals.

The Story:

In a valley among the mountains lived an old man with his son named Tom. Tom had a big business in Chicago. He had become quite rich till now. One day he and his father were sitting in the garden of their big house watching the tall mountains. Suddenly the old man pointed to a bird and asked his son what is it. Tom frankly answered it was a crow. The old man said laughingly, "A crow? My eyes are going old nowadays." A few moments later the old man asked his son, "What is that?" Tom replied,"It is a crow." The old man said,"Ah! I see." The same question was repeating itself after a moment or two. At last an angry Tom replied,"How many times will I have to give you the same old answer? It's a crow!" Tom was very angry now. To this the old man went inside and brought a diary and opened a page which dated back to the year 1982. At that time Tom was about 5 years old. This was the diary entry —

March 12, 1982
".... Today my 5 year old son Tom was sitting on my lap. We both were talking and suddenly a crow passed by. Eagerly Tom asked what was it. I replied politely that it was a crow. He asked the same question about half a hundred times and I answered it every time with the same politeness .... I did not shout or yell at him. Well, none of the times ..."
He showed the page to Tom. After reading this Tom's anger and pride vanished. He decided to be a changed person after that.

The moral of the story is to be polite, patient and down to earth, and then you will surely succeed. Here's a beautiful quote summing up this —

Never cut a tree down in the wintertime. Never make a negative decision in the low time. Never make your most important decisions when you are in your worst moods. Wait. Be patient. The storm will pass. The spring will come. ~ Robert H. Schuller.

May 06, 2012

Originally published on 06/05/12, was based on an oral narration by my school teacher back then, apart from a minor grammatical edits, the story has been left untouched.

 Following is a very interesting story which has a good moral which we should always remember and follow in every aspect of our life. 

For your information: All characters in the story are fictional and do not resemble any person in real life.

The story:

In a class of forty students, there were twelve boys who were very good friends among themselves. All the boys in the group were good at something or the other.

Rahul was one of the boys in the group. He was a weak student. He was neither good at studies nor at sports, but he was an excellent dancer. He wanted to become like Rohit, a boy in the same group. Rohit was good at studies as well as sports. But do you know whom Rohit wanted to become like? He wanted to become like Ankit, a champion swimmer. But Ankit wanted to become like Rajat, who was a great basketball player. Rajat liked cricket very much and so he wanted to become like Gaurav who was a good batsman. But Gaurav had his own interest in singing and so wanted to become like Devansh who was a star singer in the whole school. But Devansh wanted to excel in dancing instead which was a growing trend these days. And so Devansh wanted to become a good dancer like Rahul himself.

So what was happening here? Each boy was copying some boy or the other. None of the boys in the whole group could achieve anything. They lost their talent, their original talent which they had been practising since years.
We should not copy each other just because they are an expert in a particular field. However we should practice our own specialities so that we may stand out in the world. However there is no harm in learning good qualities that others posses. But that does not mean that we start copying everything he or she does.
Note added by Ansh on 20/06/17: Almost five years down the line, today, when I'm now and then confused in taking major decisions in my life, this is the story I fall back on; basically I'm not the next (insert name of a well established person), I'm the first me. Part of this is inspired from a Classmate advert serie, but it holds firm in the modern day scenario.

May 04, 2012

Today while reading the daily newspaper I came across a story. Here it goes —

There was a poor boy. He was standing outside a shoe store looking through the big glass window hoping he could buy a pair. An old woman standing outside the City Hospital waiting at the bus stop was watching him. She asked him, " What are you doing here?".

To this the boy replied, "I am praying to God that I can buy a pair of shoes."

The woman took the boy to the store and asked the shopkeeper to give her a nice pair of shoes. She bought it and gave it to the boy. The boy asked her, "Did God send you?" which was out of sheer innocence.

The woman smiled and replied ,"No, I am just trying to be good. My son met with an accident and lost both of his feet."

The moral of this story was we cannot be like God to any person no matter how much we help him or her. But we can at least make ourselves a good person.
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May 04, 2012

It was Monday, 30th of April. As my father was back home after a long course of time, it was my time to celebrate. We did a lot of shopping that day. Of course, a good deal of shopping gives a great deal of discount. So I purchased some snacks too - Potato chips and some soft drinks too. But I cannot hold food in my hands because my stomach wants to hold them. And I could not resist. After about five - ten minutes I was wiping my hands and my mouth with the handkerchief. Then it was time to go to my favorite destination - Mc Donalds. We had some spicy Mexican treats and some fries. When we got back home my mother cooked some pizzas for supper. My tank was filled up completely but I didn't give up.

It were days and days before I could stand really still and think clearly because those spicy mexican treats and yummy pizzas kept working in my stomach till a long time later.

It is very well said by Mahatma Gandhi, which gives the very well awaited “Moral of the Story” to the readers, as —
“Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's needs, but not every man's greed.”
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