A LIFE

A boy was drowning in a river and he shouted for help. A man passing by jumped in the
river and saved the boy's life. As the man was leaving the boy said, Thank-you.'' The
man asked, "For what?" The boy replied, "For saving my life." The man looked into the
boy's eyes and said, Upon, make sure when you grow up that your life was worth
saving."

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Diamond story

Diamond story

There was a farmer in Africa who was happy and content. He was happy because he
was content. He was content because he was happy. One day a wise man came to him
and told him about the glory of diamonds and the power that goes along with them. The
wise man said, "If you had a diamond the size of your thumb, you could have your own
city. If you had a diamond the size of your fist, you could probably own your own
country." And then he went away. That night the farmer couldn't sleep. He was unhappy
and he was discontent. He was unhappy because he was discontent and discontent
because he was unhappy.
The next morning he made arrangements to sell off his farm, took care of his family and
went in search of diamonds. He looked all over Africa and couldn't find any. He looked all
through Europe and couldn't find any. When he got to Spain, he was emotionally,
physically and financially broke. He got so disheartened that he threw himself into the
Barcelona River and committed suicide.
Back home, the person who had bought his farm was watering the camels at a stream
that ran through the farm. Across the stream, the rays of the morning sun hit a stone and
made it sparkle like a rainbow. He thought it would look good on the mantle piece. He
picked up the stone and put it in the living room. That afternoon the wise man came and
saw the stone sparkling. He asked, "Is Hafiz back?" The new owner said, "No, why do
you ask?" The wise man said, "Because that is a diamond. I recognize one when I see
one." The man said, no, that's just a stone I picked up from the stream. Come, I'll show
you. There are many more." They went and picked some samples and sent them for
analysis. Sure enough, the stones were diamonds. They found that the farm was indeed
covered with acres and acres of diamonds.

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Life Is An Echo

A little boy got angry with his mother and shouted at her, "I hate you, I hate you."
Because of fear of reprimand, he ran out of the house. He went up to the valley and
shouted, "I hate you, I hate you," and back came the echo, "I hate you, I hate you." This
was the first time in his life he had heard an echo. He got scared, went to his mother for
protection and said there was a bad boy in the valley who shouted "I hate you, I hate
you." The mother understood and she asked her son to go back and shout, "I love you, I
love you." The little boy went and shouted, "I love you, I love you," and back came the
echo. That taught the little boy a lesson that our life is like an echo: We get back what we
give.

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ANIMAL SCHOOL

ANIMAL SCHOOL

Some animals in a forest decided to start a school. The students included a bird, a
squirrel, a fish, a dog , a rabbit & a mentally retarded eel. A board was formed and it was
decided that flying, tree climbing, swimming, and burrowing would be part of the
curriculum in order to give a broad-based education. All animals were required to take all
subjects.
The bird was excellent at flying and was getting A's but when it came to burrowing, it kept
breaking its beak and wings and started failing. Pretty soon, it started making C's in flying
and of course in tree climbing and swimming it was getting F's. The squirrel was great at
tree climbing and was getting A's, but was failing in swimming. The fish was the best
swimmer but couldn't get out of the water and got F's in everything else. The dog didn't
join the school, stopped paying taxes and kept fighting with the administration to include
barking as part of the curriculum. The rabbit got A's in burrowing but tree climbing was a
real problem. It kept falling and landing on its head, suffered brain damage, and soon
couldn't even burrow properly and got C's in that too.
The mentally retarded eel, who did everything half as well became the valedictorian of
the class. The board was happy because everybody was getting a broad-based
education.
What a broad-based education really means is that the student is prepared for life,
without losing their areas of specialization or competence.

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WORLD, MY SON STARTS SCHOOL TODAY!

  World, take my child by the hand--he starts school today!
It is all going to be strange and new to him for a while, and I wish you would sort of treat
him gently. You see, up to now, he has been king of the roost. He has been the boss of
the backyard. I have always been around to repair his wounds, and I have always been
handy to soothe his feelings.
But now things are going to be different. This morning he is going to walk down the front
steps, wave his hand, and start on a great adventure that probably will include wars and
tragedy and sorrow.
To live in this world will require faith and love and courage. So, World, I wish you would
sort of take him by his young hand and teach him the things he will have to know. Teach
him-but gently, if you can.
He will have to learn, I know, that all people are not just that all men and women are not
true. Teach him that for every scoundrel, there is a hero; that for every enemy, there is a
friend. Let him learn early that the bullies are the easiest people to lick.
Teach him the wonder of books. Give him quiet time to ponder the eternal mystery of
birds in the sky, bees in the sun, and flowers on a green hill. Teach him that it is far more
honorable to fail than to cheat. Teach him to have faith in his own ideas, even if everyone
tells him they are wrong.
Try to give my son the strength not to follow the crowd when everyone else is getting on
the bandwagon. Teach him to listen to others, but to filter all he hears on a screen of truth
and to take only the good that comes through.
Teach him never to put a price tag on his heart and soul. Teach him to close his ears on
the howling mob-and to stand and fight if he thinks he is right. Teach him gently, World,
but do not coddle him, because only the test of fire makes fine steel.
This is a big order, World, but see what you can do. He is such a nice son.
Signed, Abraham Lincoln

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Discipline

A boy was flying a kite with his father and asked him what kept the kite up. Dad replied,
"The string." The boy said, "Dad, it is the string that is holding the kite down." The father
asked his son to watch as he broke the string.
Guess what happened to the kite? It came down. Isn't that true in life? Sometimes the
very things that we think are holding us down are the things that are helping us fly. That
is what discipline is all about.

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LUCK SHINEN FOR THOSE WHO DESERVE

LUCK SHINEN FOR THOSE WHO DESERVE

Alexander Graham Bell was desperately trying to invent a hearing aid for his partially

deaf wife. He failed at inventing a hearing aid but in the process discovered the principles

of the telephone. You wouldn't call someone like that lucky, would you?Good luck is

when opportunity meets preparation. Without effort and preparation, lucky coincidences

don't happen.

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UNDERSTAND FEELING

UNDERSTAND FEELING

A boy went to the pet store to buy a puppy. Four of them were sitting together, priced at

$50 each. Then there was one sitting alone in a corner. The boy asked if that was from

the same litter, if it was for sale, and why it was sitting alone. The store owner replied that

it was from the same litter, it was a deformed one, and not for sale.

The boy asked what the deformity was. The store owner replied that the puppy was born

without a hip socket and had a leg missing. The boy asked, "What will you do with this

one?" The reply was it would be put to sleep. The boy asked if he could play with that

puppy. The store owner said, "Sure." The boy picked the puppy up and the puppy licked

him on the ear. Instantly the boy decided that was the puppy he wanted to buy. The store

owner said "That is not for sale!" The boy insisted.

The store owner agreed. The boy pulled out $2 from his pocket and ran to get $48 from

his mother. As he reached the door the store owner shouted after him, "I don't

understand why you would pay full money for this one when you could buy a good one

for the same price." The boy didn't say a word. He just lifted his left trouser leg and he

was wearing a brace. The pet store owner said, "I understand. Go ahead, take this one."

This is empathy.

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BRICKS

BRICKS

Three people were laying bricks and a passerby asked them what they were doing. The

 first one replied, "Don't you see I am making a living?" The second one said, "Don't you

 see I am laying bricks?" The third one said, "I am building a beautiful monument."

 Three people doing the same thing gave totally different replies. The question is : did they have

 different attitudes? And would their attitude affect their performance? The answer is a

 clear yes.

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WOOD CUTTER STORY

WOOD CUTTER STORY

Jo John, a woodcutter, worked for a company for five years but never got a raise. The

company hired Bill and within a year he got a raise. This caused resentment in John and

he went to his boss to talk about it. The boss said, "You are still cutting the same number

of trees you were cutting five years ago. We are a result-oriented company and would be

happy to give you a raise if your productivity goes up." John went back, started hitting

harder and putting in longer hours but he still wasn't able to cut more trees. He went back

to his boss and told him his dilemma. The boss told John to go talk to Bill. "Maybe there

is something Bill knows that you and l don't." John asked Bill how he managed to cut

more trees. Bill answered, "After every tree l cut, l take a break for two minutes and

sharpen my axe. When was the last time you sharpened your axe?" This question hit

home like a bullet and John got his answer.

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LUCK HELP THOSE WHO HELP THEMSELF

LUCK HELP THOSE WHO HELP THEMSELF

A flood was threatening a small town and everyone was leaving for safety except one

man who said, "God will save me. I have faith." As the water level rose a jeep came to

rescue him, the man refused, saying "God will save me. I have faith." As the water level

rose further, he went up to the second storey, and a boat came to help him. Again he

refused to go, Belying, "God will save me. I have faith." The water kept rising and the

man climbed on to the roof. A helicopter came to rescue him, but he said, "God will save

me. I have faith." Well, finally he drowned. When he reached his Maker he angrily

questioned, "I had complete faith in you. Why did you ignore my prayers and let me

drown?" The Lord replied, "Who do you think sent you the jeep, the boat, and the

helicopter?"

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MONKEY HUNTS

MONKEY HUNTS

Monkey-hunters use a box with an opening at the top, big enough for the monkey to slide

its hand in. Inside the box are nuts. The monkey grabs the nuts and now its hand

becomes a fist. The monkey tries to get its hand out but the opening is big enough for the

hand to slide in, but too small for the fist to come out. Now the monkey has a choice,

either to let go off the nuts and be free forever or hang on to the nuts and get caught.

Guess what it picks every time? You guessed it. He hangs on to the nuts and gets caught.

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Learn With Nature

Learn With  Nature

We need to learn from nature. According to scientists, the bumblebee's body is too heavy

and its wing span too small. Aerodynamically, the bumblebee cannot fly. But the

bumblebee doesn't know that and it keeps flying.

When you don't know your limitations, you go out and surprise yourself. In hindsight, you

wonder if you had any limitations. The only limitations a person has are those that are

self-imposed. Don't let education put limitations on you.

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Education

Education

Henry Ford gave this world the V8 engine. He did not have much formal education. In

fact, he did not go to school beyond the age of 14. He was intelligent enough to know

there had to be a V8 engine but he was ignorant and didn't know how to build it.

So he asked all his

highly qualified, educated people to build one. But they told him what could be done and

what couldn't. According to them, a V8 was an impossibility. But Henry Ford insisted on

having his V8. A few months later he asked his people if they had the V8 and they

replied, "We know what can be done and we also know what cannot be done and V8 is

an impossibility." This went on for many months and still Henry Ford said, "I want my V8."

And shortly thereafter the same people produced his V8 engine.

How come? They let their imagination run beyond academic limitation. Education

teaches us what can be done and sometimes also teaches us false limitations.

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Ballon

Ballon

There was a man who made a living selling balloons at a fair. He had all colors of
balloons, including red, yellow, blue, and green. Whenever business was slow, he would
release a helium-filled balloon into the air and when the children saw it go up, they all
wanted to buy one. They would come up to him, buy a balloon, and his sales would go up
again. He continued this process all day. One day, he felt someone tugging at his jacket.
He turned around and saw a little boy who asked, "If you release a black balloon, would
that also fly?" Moved by the boy's concern, the man replied with empathy, "Son, it is not
the color of the balloon, it is what is inside that makes it go up."

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Alchol Story

Alchol Story

To give you an example of selective listening, let me share with you a story I heard about

a medical doctor who was invited as a guest speaker to address a group of alcoholics.

He wanted to make a demonstration that would be powerful enough to make people

realize that alcohol was injurious to their health. He had two containers, one with pure

distilled water and one with pure alcohol. He put an earthworm into the distilled water and

it swam beautifully and came up to the top. He put another earthworm into the alcohol

and it disintegrated in front of everyone's eyes. He wanted to prove that this was what

alcohol did to the insides of our body. He asked the group what the moral of the story

was and one person from behind said, "If you drink alcohol you won't have worms in your

stomach." Was that the message? Of course not. That was selective listening--we hear

what we want to hear and not what is being said.

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Whats your attitude?

Whats your attitude?

A man was washing his new car when his neighbor asked him, "When did you get the

car?" He replied "My brother gave it to me." The neighbor's response was, "I wish l had a

car like that." The man replied, "You should wish to have a brother like that." The

neighbor's wife was listening to the conversation and she interrupted, "I wish I was a

brother like that." What a way to go!

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A Pound Of Butter

A Pound Of Butter

There was a farmer who sold a pound of butter to the baker. One day the baker decided
to weigh the butter to see if he was getting a pound and he found that he was not. This
angered him and he took the farmer to court. The judge asked the farmer if he was using
any measure. The farmer replied, amour Honor, I am primitive. I don't have a proper
measure, but I do have a scale." The judge asked, "Then how do you weigh the butter?"
The farmer replied "Your Honor, long before the baker started buying butter from me, I
have been buying a pound loaf of bread from him. Every day when the baker brings the
bread, I put it on the scale and give him the same weight in butter. If anyone is to be
blamed, it is the baker." What is the moral of the story? We get back in life what we give
to others.
Whenever you take an action, ask yourself this question: Am I giving fair value for the
wages or money I hope to make?
Honesty and dishonesty become a habit. Some people practice dishonesty and can lie
with a straight face. Others lie so much that they don't even know what the truth is
anymore. But who are they deceiving? Themselves--- more than anyone else.
Honesty can be put across gently. Some people take pride in being brutally honest. It
seems they are getting a bigger kick out of the brutality than the honesty. Choice of
words and tact are important.

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Faith is good but don't be blind

A flood was threatening a small town and everyone was leaving for safety except one
man who said, "God will save me. I have faith." As the water level rose a jeep came to
rescue him, the man refused, saying "God will save me. I have faith." As the water level
rose further, he went up to the second storey, and a boat came to help him. Again he
refused to go, Belying, "God will save me. I have faith." The water kept rising and the
man climbed on to the roof. A helicopter came to rescue him, but he said, "God will save
me. I have faith." Well, finally he drowned. When he reached his Maker he angrily
questioned, "I had complete faith in you. Why did you ignore my prayers and let me
drown?" The Lord replied, "Who do you think sent you the jeep, the boat, and the
helicopter?"

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