FLIGHT OF SWANS
Whenever you see the group of swans flying in the sky in “V” shape, you
might think why they fly in a particular shape? Earlier no body knew the
reason for this shape. Now the science has solved this mystery.
Whenever any swan open and moves his wings to take a fly, this helps the
other swan to take up the flight. Like this when the entire group fly in a “V”
shape the efficiency of the speed goes up by 71% as compare to the
speed of one single swan.
This is why the intelligent swans fly in “V” shape. If any swan tries to get
away from that shape, he starts feeling the stress and resistance, so he
don’t fly alone. Hence, this swan set back to his own group to take the
benefit of group synergy.
When the leader of the group gets tried, he comes back by folding his
wings and another swan takes the place of the leader. They also make a
particular sound while flying as to motivate the swans flying in the front.
When some one gets hurt or not well, he start to fall out from the group, to
help him immediately other two swans also leaves the group and come
down with him. They stay with him till he recovers back or he dies. Then,
go back to their group or join some other group in the sky.
MORALE:
THE NATURE HAS GIVEN INTELLEGENCE TO THESE SWANS. WE SHOULD LEARN
THE TEAM WORK, POWER OF UNION AND ONENESS FROM THEM.
THE REAL TEST
One day a known person approached Chankya and enthusiastically
started saying, “Do you know, just a while ago, I heard few things from you
friend about you?”
Chankya was famous for his wisdom, knowledge and good behavior. He
said to his known person, “Before I listen to what you have to say, I would
like to test it through my three step testing.”
“What is this three step test?”, the person asked.
Chankya made him understand, “ Before you tell me about what my
friend has said, let us test it. I call this testing – a three step test. The first test
is of truth-ness. Is it sure that whatever you are going to say is a truth?”
“No”, the person dais, “ I have heard it from somewhere.”
“Okay”, Chankaya analyzed. “If you don’t know whether this is truth or
not, we will do another test. The second test is for goodness. Are you
going to tell me some good thing about my friend?”
“No, it’s opposite to it…..”
“Then”, Chankya asked further. “Whatever you are going to say, is not the
truth, is not positive about my friend then lets do the third test. The third
test is of usefulness. Whatever you are going to tell me, is that useful to
me?”
“No, it’s not like that.”
Chankya then said the last thing.
“Whatever you are suppose to tell me, it is not true, its not positive and its
not useful also, then why you want to tell me?”
MORALE:
ANY INFORMATION MUST BE CHECKED ON THESE THREE PARAMETERS OF –
TRUTHNESS, GOODNESS AND USEFULNESS.
THE TARGET
There is martial art in Japan. We call it “ZEN”. In the ZEN Literature the
teacher is known as “ZEN Master”. This story is also linked to the same. A
very young student of martial art approached his ZEN Master. He had an
eagerness know how soon he will be an expert of this martial art. He asked
his master, “If I will work with full concentration how fast can I also
become ZEN Master?” The ZEN Master thought for a moment as to why
this boy is asking such a question and soon he understood the motive
behind. He answered after a well thought, “Ten years.”
The boy thought this period is too long. There should be solution to reduce
this time period. So he again asked, “ If I work very hard and try to learn
very fast, then how much time will it take?”
ZEN Master smiled. “Twenty years”. The boy was surprised to see the
increasing period. He posed the question again with more force, “ If I
really work hard, day and night, then how much time will it take?” ZEN
Master became little serious and replied, “Thirty years”.
“Thirty years”. The boy got disappointed after listening to it. He asked ZEN
Master, “ But sir, I fail to understand, why the time period is increasing even
if I am ready to put in more hard work and effort?” Then ZEN Master
replied with a smile, “ Son, your one eye is still on the achievement of the
target. And you will be only working with your one eye.
MORALE:
IF YOU WILL WORK HARD WITH YOUR FULL CONCENTRATION THE TARGET
WILL FOLLOW YOU.
I KNOW AND MY GOD KNOWS
Once upon a time there was very intelligent and religious person. For the
people of his town he was getting a temple built on his own land. He use
to visit the place of construction regularly and observe the people doing
their respective jobs. Once he saw that an artist was carving a sculpture
of the GOD. Suddenly he saw that at some distance a similar sculpture
was lying on the floor. He wondered and asked the artist “Do you need
two sculptures of the same GOD?”
The artist replied, “No, I need only one sculpture, but the first one got
damaged in its last finish, so I am making the other one.”
The wise man went near to that damaged sculptor and tried to find out
what might have wrong with it. After a very long observation he saw a
small scratch, almost negligible, near the nose of the sculpture.
He asked the artist, “Where will you keep this sculpture?”
The artist answered, “ On a 20 feet high pillar.”
“No body would be able to make out this scratch from such a height” the
wise man said.
The artist looked at the wise man with a smile and said, “I know and my
GOD knows that.”
MORALE:
The inner consciousness knows the right thing and always wants to
achieve it.
FREEDOM FROM HATERED
Once a Junior School teacher asked her students to bring some potatoes
in a plastic bag to school. Each potato will be given a name of the person
whom that child hates. Like this the number of potatoes will be equal to
the number of persons they hate. On a decided day the children brought
their potatoes well addressed. Some had two, some had three and some
had even five potatoes. The teacher said they have to carry these
potatoes with them everywhere they go for a week. As the days passed
the children started to complain about the spoiled smell that started
coming from these potatoes. Also some students who had many potatoes
complained that it was very heavy to carry them all around. The children
got rid of this assignment after a week when it got over.
The teacher asked, “How did you felt in this one week?” The children
discussed their problems about the smell and weight. Then the teacher
said, “This situation is very similar to what you carry in your heart when you
don’t like some people. This hatred makes your heart unhealthy and you
carry that hatred in your heart everywhere you go. If you can not bear
the smell of spoiled potatoes for a week, imagine the impact of this
hatred that you carry through out your life, on your heart?”
MORALE:
OUR HEART IS A BEAUTIFUL GARDEN THAT NEEDS A REGULAR CLANING OF
UNWANTED WEEDS.
CHOICE OF LIFE
There lived an old wise man in the heights if Himalayas.
Time to time he use to travel down to a village and use to entertain the
people with his talent. Out of many talents he had one amazing power to
tell anything that a person may be carrying in his pocket, bag, box and
hearts.
Once, few young boys planned to make fun of this elderly gentleman by
proving his amazing power not true.
One boy caught hold of a bird in his hands. He new that the old wise man
will definitely tell what he is holding in his hands.
He thought of a plan.
Since the boy new that the old man will tell what he has in his hands, he
will ask whether the bird is alive or dead. If the old man will say it’s alive,
the boy will kill the bird in his hand so that on opening his hands the bird is
found dead. If the old man will say that the bird the dead, the boy will
open his hands and let the bird fly. In this way, the boy will prove him
wrong.
Next time when the old man came down to the town, the boy caught
hold of a bird and hide in his hands at the back. He went the old man
and asked, “Tell me what I hold in my hands?”
The old man said, “ You have a bird”. He was right.
Then boy asked, “Tell me whether its alive or dead?’
The old wise man looked at the boy and said, “ The bird is in same state
the way you want”.
The old man further said while the boy looked at him in amazement, “The
same thing apply in your life too”.
MORALE:
We ourselves decide the direction of our life.
ONE CUP TEA
Once upon a time there was a bright student of Indian Scriptures. He
wanted to become more and more learned. One day he came to know
about the great Buddh Guru. He went to him. He introduced him and told
the purpose of his visit. Buddh Guru smiled and welcomed the student. He
asked about his wellness. Then Buddh Guru started asking him about his
past knowledge. The student described all what he has learned and told
that he has acquired knowledge about almost everything.
Little later the Guru asked one of his helper to bring some tea. He got tea
in a big pot and two cup-plates. The boy started to make the tea but the
Guru stopped him.
The Guru asked the student to hold a cup plate so that he can pour tea
into it. The student did the same. The Guru started to pour tea in his cup.
The cup got filled with tea but the Guru continued to pour tea in it. The
tea started to fell in the plate. The guru still continued to pour the tea. The
student wondered, “What is happening?”
When the tea started coming out from the plate also then the student told
his Guru that the cup is full. It cannot hold more tea now. The Guru
stopped pouring the tea and told his student with a smile, “ Son, your case
is also similar to this. We need an empty cup to pour the tea similarly the
mind has to be open to accept the knowledge. You should be free from
all pre-notions about the knowledge acquired and pride. If you are
already filled with what you have learned where will my teachings be
accepted. It will flow out of your mind like the tea and it will go waste.”
MORALE:
TO RECEIVE KNOWLEDGE THE BRAIN HAS TO BE FREE FROM BONDAGES,
OPEN TO ACCEPT AND CLAEAN FROM ALL PREDUJUICES.
THE PROMISE OF AN OX
There lived a very poor Brahmin. He got one calf in gift. After few years it grew up
to in a strong ox. The Brahmin had no family. He was also very old now and he
use to think that he will die in this poor state only. One day this ox said to his
owner, “Sir! You have brought me up like your own son. I have not done anything
for you. Now, I would like to do something for you that bring you some money.
The Brahmin wondered, still he asked, “ How it is possible?” The ox said, “ Sir! You
tell all the villagers that I can drag a Bullock Cart loaded with 100 bags of 40 Kgs
each. You bet with them. Put a bet of Rs 10 against Rs1. Tell them that they if get
10 rupees against each one rupees if I could not drag the bullock cart. Nobody
will believe you. But I promise that you will win the bet and become rich”.
Brahmin became very happy and he announced at all places. The villagers
could not believe that an ox can pull such a weight. So, the villagers agreed to
bet immediately.
The day of bet arrived. 100 bags of loaded rice were stocked in the Bullock Cart.
The poor ox kept trying and trying but the bullock cart did not move an inch. The
Brahmin started to curse and abuse the ox. The ox became sad. Brahmin lost the
bet and he has to give away all possessions he had. Looking at the condition of
his master ox had tears in his eyes. The Brahmin shouted at ox, “Why are you
crying now. Its me who should cry.”
The ox said, “ Sir! You did not behaved well with me. You shouted at me. I was
about to pull the bullock cart but you started to abuse me. That’s why I am
crying. After listening to your harsh words I lost my courage and we lost the bet.”
Brahmin immediately realized his mistake. Then the ox said, “ Believe me sir. This
time I will pull the Bullock Cart loaded with 200 bags of 40 Kgs each. You bet
with the villagers. Put a bet of Rs 20 against Rs1. After lots of thought, the Brahmin
agreed to take the biggest risk in his life to bet. Villagers thought that this Brahmin
has gone mad and yet they agreed to bet again.
Next Sunday the crowd gathered. 200 bags of loaded rice were stocked in the
Bullock Cart. The ox tried hard to pull the bullock cart. Even after 5 minutes of try
he could not move the bullock cart. Villagers thought that again this Brahmin
would loose the bet. Now the Brahmin went near to his ox and said, “ Son! This is
a tuff job, but I have full faith on you that you can do it. Try once more.”
After listening to such words of praise and faith the ox tried once more with all his
energy and the much-awaited amazement happened, the bullock cart started
to move. Everybody was surprised. Brahmin won the bet and became very rich
in few moments.
MORALE :
IF YOU TRUST PEOPLE, PEOPLE WILL KEEP YOUR TRUST. MOTIVATION CAN DO
WONDERS.
GIFT OF TIME
One day when a businessman came back to his home from the office, his
five-year-old son was waiting for him at the door. The father went inside,
relaxed and had a cup of tea. The son then asked his father, “ Father, I
would like to ask one question to you?”
Father : Yes son, you can ask.
Son: Father, Can you tell me how much you one hour cost?
Father : How is it concerned to you. Why are you asking for these details?
Son: I had a feeling to know that. Please father, tell me how much you
earn in an hour?
Father : If you so eager to know then let me tell you that I earn 200 rupees
per hour.
Son: Oh! That’s great father. Can you give me 100 rupees?
Father did not like this and refused the money. He got angry on this
behavior of his son. He did not wanted to waste his hard earned money
like this. The boy went to his room.
The father went ahead and rested for some time, had dinner and
watched television. When his anger vanished, he thought about his son
and his dialogue that they had today. He wondered that my son don’t
ever ask for any money, it might be something very important.
So he went to his son’s room. His son was reading a book in his bed. The
father sat beside him and gave 100 rupees that he demanded. The son
thanked him and took out few notes under his pillow. He counted the
money and gave it to his father. He said, “ Father, here are 200 rupees for
you, now can I take you one hour.
The father was amazed with this and realized his duties towards his family.
MORALE:
DON’T WASTE YOUR TIME. IT’S IMPORTANT TO SHARE YOUR TIME & LOVE
WITH YOUR FAMILY.
MARKS OF FOOT STEPS
One person died. He went to heaven and met God. God showed him his
entire life and the incidents happened at various stages in his life. The man
observed everything very carefully and said, “ GOD! You promised to stay
with me in my materialistic life at world. But I have observed that there
are two pair of foot marks at all places and times I have been through
whereas there is only one pair of foot marks in most difficult times, when I
needed you the most. Why did you left me alone in that difficult period?
God smiled and answered, “ Son! How could you even think that I can
leave you alone in the most difficult times? That one pair of footmark is
because I held you in my arms, close to my heart.”
MORALE:
TRUST AND FAITH IN GOD HELP US TO OVER COME THE DIFFICULT TIMES.
THE VICTORY
Once upon a time, a very old and poor man approached the eldest
Pandava- Yudhistir. The poor man’s name was also “Dharmaraj” because
he also followed the path of truth and right. This man asks for some help
from Yudhistir. Yudhistir said, “Come tomorrow. I will give you whatever
you need.
Bhim, he brother of Yudhistir heard the entire conversation. He
immediately called up an emergency meeting of important peoples. He
announced that the next day would be celebrated as the victory day.
Due to a sudden announcement there was a curiosity among the people
to know why is it so and who has won what. The message also reached
the Yudhidtir. He asked for an answer from Bhim.
Bhim said, “ For next twenty four hours we have got the victory on our
death. Our great Dharmraj has asked a person to come tomorrow to avail
the help that mean out Dharmraj has complete faith that next twenty four
hours he will be alive. Is this not a time to celebrate?
Yudhistir realized his mistake and he called that poor person and helped
him with required resources.
MORALE:
DON’T POSTPONE THE GOOD WORK ON TOMORROW.
ATTIDUE TOWARDS LIFE
A professor started to address the class by holding a glass of water in his hand.
He showed that glass to all students and asked, “ What could be the weight of
this glass in your observation?”
“50 grams,.100 grams…….125 grams………” students replied differently.
“Till I don’t measure it I can not tell you the exact weight”, professor replied. “ But
my question is, if I keep holding this for some minutes then what will happen?”
“Nothing”, the students said.
“Okay! If I hold it for an hour”, professor asked.
One student said, “ Your hand will start paining”.
“Very true, if I hold it for a day, then?”
“ Your hand will get jammed, muscles will get strained and it may also become
functionless for some time. You may also need to consult the doctor”, one
student replied.
“Very good, but tell me whether the weight of glass change during all this
period?” The professor asked.
“No”, students replied.
“Then why the muscles will feel the strain and hand will have the pain? What
could be solution to it?”
Students began to think seriously and one of them replied, “ Put the glass down”.
“Correct” the professor replied. The problems in life are also similar. If you hold
them for some time, it’s okay. If you will think about them for a long time, you
may feel the headache. If you hold them further then it may make you so
dependant that you may not be able to do anything else.
“Its important to think about the problem that you face in your life but it’s more
important to have faith in God and leave your tensions before going to bed.
Sleep peacefully and you will feel very fresh next day. You will be stronger to
face any problem and challenge in your life.
MORALE:
HAVE YOU KEPT YOUR GLASS DOWN WHEN YOU MOVED OUT FROM YOUR
OFFICE TODAY?
HARD EARNED MONEY
There use to live a well off businessman- “Dhanraj” in a small town. He had
a son named Chander. Because he was the only son his all demands and
wishes were fulfilled without any thought and as a result he became very
insensitive towards the money and efforts put in by his parents. When he
grew up as a youth, he used to waste lots of money and roam around
with his friends.
Dhanraj was getting old day by day and he wanted that his son should
learn about his business and take care of his hard earned money. But
Chander was spoiled so much that he could close his entire business and
waste the entire money. With all these thoughts Dhanraj became very
worried. He wanted to teach a lesson to his son. So he called his son and
said, “ You must earn some money today. Go any where, do anything,
but earn some money otherwise you will not get your food today.
Chander was very lazy. He did not even tried to find a job. He went to his
mother and requested for a rupee so that he can show it as an hard
earned money. But his mother refused to give. He insisted again and
again then she finally gave him a rupee.
In the evening Chander’s father asked him,” Did you earn anything?”
Chander showed him a rupees coin. Dhanraj told him to drop that coin in
the well. HE did so immediately without any hesitation.
However, Chander’s mother has told his father about that coin. Dhanraj
ask his wife to go and live with her parents for few days. And he ordered
Chander again to earn some money. This time he approached her sister
for the same thing and in the evening showed that money to his father.
Father this time again asks him to drop that coin in the well. He did without
a thought. Dhanraj checked with his daughter regarding the money, she
told him that Chander has taken one rupee coin from her. Dhanraj also
request his daughter to go to her in laws for some time. And again
ordered Chander again to earn some money otherwise he will not be
allowed to have the food. This time Chander was in real trouble to
approach whom. He kept sitting in his home and thought about how to
get the money. As the evening approached he got more worried and
moves out from home to railway station to find some job.
He found a very old man who was waiting to a Kuli to pick his luggage.
Immediately Chader went to him and asked him to give some money
against the help. Chander picked up the entire luggage and kept it inside
the train. He did not have experience of holding and carrying the
luggage so he felt the pain in doing that but he managed it somehow.
The old man gave him a rupee coin. He took that money and reached his
home. His father was waiting for him. He asked Chander, “ have you
earned something today?”
Chander showed the coin to him. Again his father asked him to throw the
coin in the well. This time Chander resisted doing so. He said, “ Do you
know with so much of effort I have earned this money. And you are asking
me to throw it in a well. Why should I throw my hard earned money in the
well?
Dhanraj said, “ Son, I just wanted to make you realize that money is
earned with hard work and the person who has done so can understand
the value of that money. Now I have no problem in handing over my
entire business to you.
MORALE:
THE RESULT OF HARDWORK IS ALWAYS SWEET.
DON’T CRY OVER THE SPILT MILK
An old farmer was walking along the road with a stick across his shoulder.
Hanging from the stick was a pot filled with milk. He stumbled and the pot
fell off and broke into pieces. The old farmer kept going unperturbed. A
man rushed up to him and said excitedly, “Don’t you know that your pot
broke and all the soup spilled out on the road?” “Yes” answered the
farmer, “I know. I heard it fall. The pot is broken; the soup is gone-what
can I do about it?”
MORALE:
LEARN FROM YOUR MISTAKES BUT DON’T KEEP WORRYING ABOUT IT.
THE CARPENTER
An elderly carpenter was ready to retire. He told his employer of his plans
to leave the house building business and live a more leisurely life with his
wife enjoying his extended family. He would miss the paycheck, but he
needed to retire.
The contractor was sorry to see his good worker go and asked if he could
build just one more house as a personal favor. The carpenter said yes, but
in time it was easy to see that his heart was not in his work. He resorted to
shoddy workmanship and used inferior materials. It was an unfortunate
way to end his career.
When the carpenter finished his work and the builder came to inspect the
house, the contractor handed the front-door key to the carpenter. "This is
your house," he said, "my gift to you."
What a shock! What a shame! If he had only known he was building his
own house, he would have done it all so differently. Now he had to live in
the home he had built none too well.
MORALE :
EVERY JOB MUST BE COMPLETED WITH AN EXPERTISE
THE DIFFERENCE
Once upon a time, there was a wise man that used to go to the ocean to
do his writing. He had a habit of walking on the beach before he began
his work. One day, as he was walking along the shore, he saw a human
figure moving like a dancer. As he got closer, he noticed that the figure
was that of a young man. The young man was reaching down to the
shore, picking up small objects, and throwing them into the ocean.
He came closer still and called out 'Good morning! May I ask what it is
that you are doing?'
The young man paused, looked up, and replied 'Throwing starfish into the
ocean.'
'I must ask, then, why are you throwing starfish into the ocean?‘
Asked the somewhat startled wise man.
He answered. “Because if I don’t, they’re going to die.”
“But there are thousands of starfish. You’re not going to make much of a
difference to all these starfish..” The Writer said.
The young man looked up at him, stooped down again to pick up
another starfish and, gently but quickly, flung it back into the ocean. “It’s
going to make a big difference to that one!” he replied.
MORALE :
ONE ATTITUDE DOES MAKE THE DIFFERENCE.
WHAT WILL PEOPLE SAY, ABRAHAM LINCOLN!
There was one man in this world, who believed in all that has been said
above, and who became a “lighthouse” for millions of stressful people
who followed him. His name was Abraham Lincoln. His resumes is as
follows:
Age.22, failed in business.
Age.23, ran for legislature and was defeated
Age 24, failed again in business.
Age.25, elected to legislature
Age 26, sweetheart died.
Age 27, had a nervous breakdown.
Age 29, defeated for speaker
Age 31, defeated for elector
Age 34, defeated for Congress.
Age 37, elected to Congress
Age 39, defeated for Congress
Age 46, defeated for Senate
Age 47, defeated for Vice president
Age 49, defeated for Senate
Age 51, elected President of the United States of America
Abraham Lincoln did not bother what people said about him when he
failed. Even when he became the President, people still criticized him but
instead of becoming stressful, he expressed this deathless line: “No man is
good enough to be President but someone has to be.”
MORALE:
PROVE YOUR WORTH AND DON’T GET CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT PEOPLE
SAY.
ONCE MORE, MAKES ALL THE DIFFRENCE, MANY TIMES
Two frogs fell into a shallow well. And their friends started shouting
instructions. Do this and do that.
After a while the frogs outside the well realized that it was a hopeless
case. And they suggested them to await their death! One frog accepted
the faith and did nothing. And the other frog kept on jumping. The frogs
outside the well started shouting again and again and gestured to the
second frog to give up.
After a while the second frog gave himself a big push and he was finally
out of the well.
There was a lot of excitement and happiness. And the frogs asked the
second frog why he kept jumping when they were shouting instructions to
give up! And the second frog proudly replied , “I am deaf! I did not hear
you but saw you as if you were encouraging me”.
MORALE:
Friends, listen to many people and every opinion but do what you think
you can do! Become a CAN person.
WOODCUTTER… SHARPEN YOUR AXE TO BE MORE PRODUCTIVE!
Once Upon a time a very strong woodcutter asked for a job from a timber
merchant, and he got it. The pay was really good and so were the
working conditions. For that reason, the woodcutter was determined to
do his best.
His boss gave him an axe and showed him the area where he was
supposed to work.
The first day, the woodcutter brought 18 trees.
“Congratulations,” the boss said. “Go on that way!”
Very motivated for the boss’ words, the woodcutter tried her harder next
day, but he could bring 15 trees. The third day he tried even harder, but
only could bring 10 trees. Day after day he was brining less and less trees.
“I must be losing my strength”, the woodcutter thought. He went to the
boss and apologized, saying that he could not understand what was
going on.
“When was the last time you sharpened you axe? The boss asked.
“Sharpen  I had no time to sharpen my axe. I have been very busy trying
to cut trees…”
MORALE:
WORK SMARTER THAN HARDER. TAKE BEST CARE OF YOUR RESOURCES THAT
HELP YOU ACHIEVE THE SUCCESS.