The train has started moving. It is packed with people of all ages,
mostly with the working men and women and young college guys and gals.
Near the window, seated a old man with his 30 year old son. As the train
moves by, the son is overwhelmed with joy as he was thrilled with the
scenery outside..
" See dad, the scenery of green trees moving away is very
beautiful"
This behavior from a thirty year old son made the other people feel
strange about him. Every one started murmuring something or other about
this son."This guy seems to be a krack.." newly married Vinod whispered
to his wife.
Suddenly it started raining... Rain drops fell on the travelers
through the opened window. The Thirty year old son , filled with joy "
see dad, how beautiful the rain is .."
Vinod's wife got irritated with the rain drops spoiling her new suit.
Vinod ," cant you see its raining, you old man, if ur son is not
feeling well get him soon to a mental asylum..and dont disturb public
henceforth"
The old man hesitated first and then in a low tone replied " we are on
the way back from hospital, my son got discharged today morning , he was
a blind by birth, last week only he got his vision, these rain and
nature are new to his eyes.. Please forgive us for the inconvenience
caused..."
The things we see may be right from our perspective until we know the
truth. But when we know the truth our reaction to that will hurt even
us. So try to understand the problem better before taking a harsh
action.
Monday, February 18, 2008
Monday, October 15, 2007
A group of alumni, highly established in their careers, got together to visit their old university professor.
Conversation soon turned into complaints about stress in work and life.
Offering his guests coffee, the professor went to the kitchen and returned with a large pot of coffee and an assortment of cups porcelain, plastic, glass, crystal, some plain looking, some expensive, some exquisite - telling them to help themselves to hot coffee.
When all the students had a cup of coffee in hand, the professor said: "If you noticed, all the nice looking expensive cups were taken up, leaving behind the plain and cheap ones. While it is but normal for you to want only the best for yourselves, that is the source of your problems and stress. What all of you really wanted was coffee, not the cup, but you consciously went for the best cups and were eyeing each other's cups.
Now if life is coffee, then the jobs, money and position in society are the cups. They are just tools to hold and contain Life, but the quality of Life doesn't change. Some times, by concentrating only on the cup, we fail to enjoy& nbsp; the coffee in it."
Don't let the cups drive you... Enjoy the coffee instead.
Conversation soon turned into complaints about stress in work and life.
Offering his guests coffee, the professor went to the kitchen and returned with a large pot of coffee and an assortment of cups porcelain, plastic, glass, crystal, some plain looking, some expensive, some exquisite - telling them to help themselves to hot coffee.
When all the students had a cup of coffee in hand, the professor said: "If you noticed, all the nice looking expensive cups were taken up, leaving behind the plain and cheap ones. While it is but normal for you to want only the best for yourselves, that is the source of your problems and stress. What all of you really wanted was coffee, not the cup, but you consciously went for the best cups and were eyeing each other's cups.
Now if life is coffee, then the jobs, money and position in society are the cups. They are just tools to hold and contain Life, but the quality of Life doesn't change. Some times, by concentrating only on the cup, we fail to enjoy& nbsp; the coffee in it."
Don't let the cups drive you... Enjoy the coffee instead.
Monday, October 8, 2007
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Monday, September 24, 2007
Monday Morning Quote
Prayer does not change the situation; but it changes our attitude towards the situation and gives us hope; which in turn can change our life.
Monday, September 17, 2007
Monday, September 10, 2007
A person asked Lord Mahaveer "What surprizes you most about mankind". Lord Mahaveer replied "They loose their health to make money and then loose their money to restore their health. By thinking anxiously about future, they forget the present, such that they live neither for the present nor for the future. They live as if they will never die, and they die as if they had never lived".
Monday, September 3, 2007
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