World is full of people who need someone who understands!

Welcome to 63^rd Monday Musings:

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A farmer had some puppies he needed to sell. He painted a sign advertising the pups and He placed the advertise at the gate of his house

A little boy saw the advertise and went inside the gate to meet the farmer.

Little boy said:"Mister," he said, "I want to buy one of your puppies."

"Well," said the farmer, as he rubbed the sweat off the back of his neck, "These puppies come from fine parents and cost a good deal of money."

The boy dropped his head for a moment. Then reaching deep into his pocket, he pulled out a handful of change and held it up to the farmer.

"I've got thirty-nine cents.. Is that enough to take a look?"

"Sure," said the farmer. And with that he let out a whistle. "Here, Dolly!" he called.

Out from the doghouse and down the ramp ran Dolly followed by four little balls of fur.

The little boy pressed his face against the chain link fence. His eyes danced with delight. As the dogs made their way to the fence, the little boy noticed something else stirring inside the doghouse.

Slowly another little ball appeared, this one noticeably smaller. Down the ramp it slid.

Then in a somewhat awkward manner, the little pup began hobbling toward the others, doing its best to catch up...

"I want that one," the little boy said, pointing to the runt.

The farmer knelt down at the boy's side and said," Son, you don't want that puppy. He will never be able to run and play with you like these other dogs would."

With that the little boy stepped back from the fence, reached down, and began rolling up one leg of his trousers.

In doing so he revealed a steel brace running down both sides of his leg attaching itself to a specially made shoe.

Looking back up at the farmer, he said, "You see sir,

I don't run too well myself, and he will need someone who understands.

With tears in his eyes, the farmer reached down and  picked up the little pup.

Holding it carefully he handed it to the little boy.

"How much?" asked the little boy... "

No charge,"  answered the farmer,

"There's no charge for love."

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Moral of the story :

Love everyone, life is too short to hate anyone and  The world is full of people who need someone who understands.

We have so many needs in our life, but at the end of the day, all we need is to be needed.

Make it a great Week !

Shailesh

Always Give 100%

Welcome to 62^nd Monday Musings:

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A boy ‘n 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 ‘n the most beautiful marble aside ‘n 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 :

Always give your 100% , whatever you do, If you don’t give your hundred percent in a relationship or anything, you’ll always keep doubting if the other person has given his/her hundred percent.

Make it a great Week !

Shailesh

Don't judge too early !

Welcome to 61^st Monday Musings:

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A Doctor entered the hospital in hurry  after being called in for an urgent surgery. He answered the call ASAP, changed his clothes and went directly to the surgery block.

He found the boy’s father going and coming in the hall waiting for the doctor.

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

The doctor smiled and said: "I am sorry, I wasn’t in the hospital and I came the fastest 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 you calm down?

If your own son dies now what will you do??"  said the father angrily

The doctor smiled again and replied: "I will say what Job said in the Holy Book "From dust we came and to dust we return, blessed be the name of God".

Doctors cannot prolong lives. Go and intercede for your son, we will do our best by God’s grace"

"Giving advice when we’re not concerned is so easy" Murmured the father.

The surgery took some hours after which the doctor went out happy,

"Thank goodness!, your son is saved!" And without waiting for the father’s reply he carried on his way running. "If you 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 of the story :

Never judge anyone  ! because you never know how their life is & as to what is happening or what they’re going through. Just thinking about this moment.

Don't judge a person until you've walked a mile in their shoes !

Make it a great Week !

Shailesh

Looking at Mirror !

Welcome to 60^th Monday Musings:

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A One day all the employees reached the office and they saw a big advice on the door on which it was written: "Yesterday the person who has been hindering your growth in this company passed away”

We invite you to join the funeral in the room that has been prepared in the gym". 

In the beginning, they all got sad for the death of one of their colleagues, but after a while they started getting curious to know who was that man who hindered the growth of his colleagues and the company itself.

The excitement in the gym was such that security agents were ordered to control the crowd within the room. The more people reached the coffin, the more the excitement heated up. Everyone thought: "Who is this guy who was hindering my progress? Well, at least he died!"

One by one the thrilled employees got closer to the coffin, and when they looked inside it they suddenly became speechless.

They stood nearby the coffin, shocked and in silence, as if someone had touched the deepest part of their soul.

There was a mirror inside the coffin: everyone who looked inside it could see himself. There was also a sign next to the mirror that said:

"There is only one person who is capable to set limits to your growth: it is YOU."

You are the only person who can revolutionize your life.

You are the only person who can influence your happiness, your realization and your success.

You are the only person who can help yourself. 

Your life does not change when your boss changes, when your friends change, when your partner changes,

when your company changes. Your life changes when YOU change, when you go beyond your limiting beliefs, when you realize that you are the only one responsible for your life.

"The most important relationship you can have is the one you have with yourself”

Moral of the story :

The world is like a mirror:

It gives back to anyone the reflection of the thoughts in which one has strongly believed.

The world and your reality are like mirrors lying in a coffin, which show to any individual the death of his divine capability to imagine and create his happiness and his success. It’s the way you face Life that makes the difference.

Make it a great Week !

Shailesh

Success, Happiness and Love !

Welcome to 59^th Monday Musings:

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A woman came out of her house and saw 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 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 2 also got up and followed him. Surprised, t he lady 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, then 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!!!!! !"

Moral of the story :

You can’t get success and wealth without having love inside you. Life is too short for hate…..Spread Love !

            Make it a great Week !

Shailesh

The Seeds !

Welcome to 58^th Monday Musings:

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A successful business man was growing old and knew it was time to choose a successor to take over the business..

Instead of choosing one of his Directors or his children, he decided to do something different. He called all the young executives in his company together.

He said, "It is time for me to step down and choose the next CEO.

I have decided to choose one of you..

"The young executives were Shocked, but the boss continued. "I am going to give each one of you a SEED today - one very special SEED... I want you to plant the seed, water it, and come back here one year from today with what you have grown from the seed I have given you. I will then judge the plants that you bring, and the one I choose will be the next CEO."

One man, named Jim, was there that day and he, like the others, received a seed.

He went home and excitedly, told his wife the story. She helped him get a pot, soil and compost and he planted the seed. Every day, he would water it and watch to see if it had grown. After about three weeks, some of the other executives began to talk about their seeds and the plants that were beginning to grow.

Jim kept checking his seed, but nothing ever grew.

Three weeks, four weeks, five weeks went by, still nothing.

By now, others were talking about their plants, but Jim didn't have a plant and he felt like a failure.

Six months went by -- still nothing in Jim's pot. He just knew he had killed his seed. Everyone else had trees and tall plants, but he had nothing. Jim didn't say anything to his colleagues, however.

He just kept watering and fertilizing the soil - He so wanted the seed to grow.

A year finally went by and all the young executives of the company brought their plants to the CEO for inspection.

Jim told his wife that he wasn't going to take an empty pot. But she asked him to be honest about what happened. Jim felt sick to his stomach, it was going to be the most embarrassing moment of his life, but he knew his wife was right. He took his empty pot to the board room. When Jim arrived, he was amazed at the variety of plants grown by the other executives. They were beautiful -- in all shapes and sizes. Jim put his empty pot on the floor and many of his colleagues laughed, a few felt sorry for him!

When the CEO arrived, he surveyed the room and greeted his young executives.

Jim just tried to hide in the back. "My, what great plants, trees, and flowers you have grown," said the CEO. "Today one of you will be appointed the next CEO!"

All of a sudden, the CEO spotted Jim at the back of the room with his empty pot. He ordered the Financial Director to bring him to the front. Jim was terrified. He thought, "The CEO knows I'm a failure! Maybe he will have me fired!"

When Jim got to the front, the CEO asked him what had happened to his seed - Jim told him the story.

The CEO asked everyone to sit down except Jim. He looked at Jim, and then announced to the young executives, "Behold your next Chief Executive Officer!

His name is Jim!"

Jim couldn't believe it. Jim couldn't even grow his seed.

"How could he be the new CEO?" the others said.

Then the CEO said, "One year ago today, I gave everyone in this room a seed. I told you to take the seed, plant it, water it, and bring it back to me today. But I gave you all boiled seeds; they were dead - it was not possible for them to grow.

All of you, except Jim, have brought me trees and plants and flowers. When you found that the seed would not grow, you substituted another seed for the one I gave you.

Jim was the only one with the courage and honesty to bring me a pot with my seed in it. Therefore, he is the one who will be the new Chief Executive Officer!"

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Moral of the story :

·       If you plant honesty, you will reap trust

·       If you plant goodness, you will reap friends

·       If you plant humility, you will reap greatness

·       If you plant perseverance, you will reap contentment

·       If you plant consideration, you will reap perspective

·       If you plant hard work, you will reap success

·       If you plant forgiveness, you will reap reconciliation

·       If you plant faith in God, you will reap a harvest

So, be careful what you plant now; it will determine what you will reap later !

"Whatever You Give To Life, Life Gives You Back"

Make it a great Week !

Shailesh

Winds of forgiveness !

Welcome to 57^th Monday Musings:

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A story tells that two friends were 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,

He wrote in the sand:

Today my best friend slapped me in the face .

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:

Today my best friend saved my life.

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.

But, 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 the sand and to carve your benefits in stone!!!

They say it takes a minute to find a special person, an hour to appreciate them, a day to love them, but then an entire life to forget them.

Moral of the story :

Happiness is not something you find, it's something you create , Life Is Too Short To Waste Time Hating Anyone.

Do not value the THINGS you have in your life. But value WHO you have in your life!

Value your good friends, wish you a happy Friendship week !

Make it a great Week !

Shailesh