SMART DONKEY STORY

“ One day a farmer's donkey fell down into a well.

The animal cried piteously for hours as the farmer tried to figure out what to do. Finally, he decided the animal was old, and the well needed to be covered up anyway; it just wasn't worth it to retrieve the donkey.

He invited all his neighbours to come over and help him. They all grabbed a shovel and began to dig the dirt into the well. At first, the donkey realized what was happening and cried horribly. Then, to everyone's amazement he quieted down.

A few mintutes after digging later, the farmer finally looked down the well. He was astonished at what he saw. With each shovel of dirt that hit his back, the donkey was doing something amazing. He would shake it off and take a step up.

As the farmer's neighbours continued to shovel dirt on top of the animal, he would shake it off and take a step up. Pretty soon, everyone was amazed as the donkey stepped up over the edge of the well and happily trotted off!

MORAL of the story is:

Life is going to shovel dirt on you, all kinds of worries and troubles.

The trick is in getting out of the well ie; is to shake it off and take a step up. Each of our troubles is a steppingstone. We can get out of the deepest worry just by not stopping, we need to give a PAUSE understand and unveil our Strength packets and never giving up!

Just need to know our true SELF and Shake it off and take a step up.

Trust...

A man just got married and was returning
home with his wife. They were crossing a lake in
a boat when suddenly a great storm arose. The
man was a warrior, but the woman became very
much afraid because it seemed almost hopeless
-- THE BOAT WAS SMALL AND THE STORM
WAS REALLY HUGE, AND ANY MOMENT THEY
WERE GOING TO BE DROWNED. But the man sat
silently, calm and quiet, as if nothing was
happening.
The woman was trembling and she said, "Are
you not afraid? This may be our last moment of
life! IT DOESN'T SEEM THAT WE WILL BE ABLE
TO REACH THE OTHER SHORE. Only some
miracle can save us, otherwise death is certain.
Are you not afraid? Are you mad or something?
Are you a stone or something?"
THE MAN LAUGHED AND TOOK THE SWORD
OUT OF ITS SHEATH. The woman was even
more puzzled -- what he is doing? Then he
brought the naked sword close to the woman's
neck -- so close that just a small gap was there,
it was almost touching her neck.
He said, "ARE YOU AFRAID?"
She started to giggle and laugh and said, "WHY
SHOULD I BE AFRAID? If the sword is in your
hands, why should I be afraid? I know you love
me."
He put the sword back and said, "This is my
answer. I know God loves me, and the sword is
in His hands, and the storm is in His hands --
so WHATSOEVER IS GOING TO HAPPEN IS
GOING TO BE GOOD. If we survive, good; if we
don't survive, good -- because EVERYTHING IS
IN HIS HANDS, AND HE CANNOT DO ANYTHING
WRONG."
This is the trust one needs to imbibe. SUCH
TREMENDOUS TRUST IS CAPABLE OF
TRANSFORMING YOUR WHOLE LIFE! And ONLY
such tremendous trust is capable of
transforming your life -- less than that won't
do."
~ Osho

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The new emperor

An emperor in the Far East was growing old and knew it was time to choose his successor. Instead of choosing one of his assistants or his children, he decided something different. He called young people in the kingdom together one day. He said, “It is time for me to step down and choose the next emperor. I have decided to choose one of you.”

The kids were shocked! But the emperor 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 this one seed. I will then judge the plants that you bring, and the one I choose will be the next emperor!”

One boy named Ling was there that day and he, like the others, received a seed. He went home and excitedly told his mother the story. She helped him get a pot and planting soil, and he planted the seed and watered it carefully. Every day he would water it and watch to see if it had grown. After about three weeks, some of the other youths began to talk about their seeds and the plants that were beginning to grow

Ling kept checking his seed, but nothing ever grew. Three weeks, 4 weeks, 5 weeks went by. Still nothing. By now, others were talking about their plants but Ling didn’t have a plant, and he felt like a failure. Six months went by-still nothing in Ling’s pot. He just knew he had killed his seed.

Everyone else had trees and tall plants, but he had nothing. Ling didn’t say anything to his friends, however. He just kept waiting for his seed to grow.

A year finally went by and all the youths of the kingdom brought their plants to the emperor for inspection. Ling told his mother that he wasn’t going to take an empty pot. But his mother encouraged him to be honest about what happened. Ling felt sick to his stomach, but he knew his mother was right. He took his empty pot to the palace. When Ling arrived, he was amazed at the variety of plants grown by the other youths. They were beautiful-in all shapes and sizes. Ling put his empty pot on the floor and many of the other kinds laughed at him. A few felt sorry for him and just said, “Hey nice try.”

When the emperor arrived, he surveyed the room and greeted the young people. Ling just tried to hide in the back. “What great plants, trees and flowers you have grown!” said the emperor. “Today, one of you will be appointed the next emperor!” All of a sudden, the emperor spotted Ling at the back of the room with his empty pot. He ordered his guards to bring him to the front. Ling was terrified. “The emperor knows I’m a failure! Maybe he will have me killed!”

When Ling got to the front, the Emperor asked his name. “My name is Ling,” he replied. All others were laughing and making fun of him. The emperor asked everyone to quiet down. He looked at Ling, and then announced to the crowd, “Behold your new emperor! His name is Ling!” Ling couldn’t believe it. Ling couldn’t even grow his seed. How could he be the new emperor? Then the emperor said, “One year ago today, I gave everyone here 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 which would not grow. All of you, except Ling, 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. Ling 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 emperor!”

 
Moral-“Truthfulness leads to righteousness, and righteousness leads to Paradise.  Falsehood leads to wickedness, evil-doing), which in turn leads to Hell.

A fruit full tree always bend toward earth.... :)

Have you ever heard a line :-

A fruit full tree always bend toward earth.... :)



Once Shri Guru Govind singh ji was going somewhere with his troop. Suddenly a stone came quickly from nowhere and hit his head. A little line of blood appeared on the temple of Sri Govind Singh Ji.

His soldiers immediately went around finding the culprit. Very soon they came back with a destitute, lean and thin lady.


The lady was trembling with fear.

When she was brought in front of Shri Govind Singh ji, she said," O my lord, please forgive me for this grave offence. My bad luck is following me everywhere.


My three kids were dying of hunger as we didn't get anything to eat for past three days.

To save the life of my children, I thought of picking some fruits form the nearby garden.


As I threw stone to get the fruit from the tree, the stone instead of hitting the fruit, came and hit your temple."

Hearing her plight the heart of Sri Guru Govind Singh ji melted with compassion and he ordered his men to give 1000 coins and nice food items to the lady.


Everyone was astonished, including the poor lady.


Then one of the confidants asked Guru Govind singh for the reason of this prize. Sri Guru Govind Singh ji answered," Even a dumb, immovable tree gives fruits on throwing stones.


Why should I not help the needy for I am far better and well off than that tree?"
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***MORAL:-


This is the spirit of humbleness and magnanimity of the character.


Let us try to develop such spirit, to be humbler than a blade of grass and more giving than a tree, without expecting anything in return...

BUDHA STORY...Settle down

Once Buddha was walking from one town to another town with a few of his followers.. This was in the initial days. While they were traveling, they happened to pass a lake. They stopped there and Buddha told one of his disciples, "I am thirsty. Do get me some water from that lake there."

The disciple walked up to the lake. When he reached it, he noticed that right at that moment, a bullock cart started crossing through the lake. As a result, the water became very muddy, very turbid. The disciple thought, "How can I give this muddy water to Buddha to drink!"

So he came back and told Buddha, "The water in there is very muddy. I don't think it is fit to drink." After about half an hour, again Buddha asked the same disciple to go back to the lake and get him some water to drink. The disciple obediently went back to the lake.

This time too he found that the lake was muddy. He returned and informed Buddha about the same. After sometime, again Buddha asked the same disciple to go back.
The disciple reached the lake to find the lake absolutely clean and clear with pure water in it. The mud had settled down and the water above it looked fit to be had. So he collected some water in a pot and brought it to Buddha.

Buddha looked at the water, and then he looked up at the disciple and said," See what you did to make the water clean. You let it be.... and the mud settled down on its own - and you got clear water.

Your mind is also like that! When it is disturbed, just let it be. Give it a little time. It will settle down on its own. You don't have to put in any effort to calm it down. It will happen. It is effortless."

A CREED FOR THOSE WHO HAVE SUFFERED

I asked God for strength, that I might achieve.

I was made weak, that I might learn humbly to obey . . .

I asked for health, that I might do greater things.

I was given infirmity, that I might do better things ...

I asked for riches, that I might be happy.

I was given poverty, that I might be wise ...

I asked for power, that I might have the praise of men.

I was given weakness, that I might feel the need of God .. .

I asked for all things, that I might enjoy life.

I was given life, that I might enjoy all things ...

I got nothing I asked for--but everything I had hoped for.

Almost despite myself, my unspoken prayers were answered.

I, among all men, am most richly blessed!