Showing posts with label Wisdom. Show all posts
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What we Feel We Attract


An 18 years old student was struggling to pay his school fees.
 He was an orphan, and not knowing where to turn for money, he came up with a bright idea. He and a friend decided to host a musical concert on campus to raise money for their education.
They reached out to The Great Pianist Ignacy J. Paderewski. His manager demanded a guaranteed fee of $2, 000 for the piano recital. A deal was struck and the boys began to work to make the concert a success.
The big day arrived. But unfortunately, they had not managed to sell enough tickets. The total collection was only $1600. Disappointed, they went to Paderewski and explained their plight. They gave him the entire $1600, plus a cheque for the balance $400. They promised to honour the cheque at the soonest possible.
“No,” said Paderewski. “This is not acceptable.” He tore up the cheque, returned the $1600 and told the two boys: “Here’s the $1600. Please deduct whatever expenses you have incurred. Keep the money you need for your fees. And just give me whatever is left”. The boys were surprised, and thanked him profusely.
It was a small act of kindness. But it clearly marked out Paderewski as a GREAT HUMAN BEING.
Why should he help two people he did not even know? We all come across situations like these in our lives. And most of us only think “If I help them, what would happen to me?” The truly great people think, “If I don’t help them, what will happen to them?” They don’t do it expecting something in return. They do it because they feel it’s the right thing to do.
Paderewski later went on to become the Prime Minister of Poland. He was a great leader, but unfortunately when the World War began, Poland was ravaged. There were more than 1.5 million people starving in his country, and no money to feed them. Paderewski did not know where to turn for help. He reached out to the US Food and Relief Administration for help.
The head there was a man called Herbert Hoover — who later went on to become the US President. Hoover agreed to help and quickly shipped tons of food grains to feed the starving Polish people.
The calamity devastating Poland was averted. Paderewski was relieved. He decided to go across to meet Hoover and personally thank him. When Paderewski began to thank Hoover for his noble gesture, Hoover quickly interjected and said, “You shouldn’t be thanking me Mr. Prime Minister. You may not remember this, but several years ago, you helped two young students go through college. I was one of them.”
The world is a wonderful place. What goes around comes around!

Stanford University 1892



There were once two rabbits, Wanda the Wise and Frederick the Foolish, who were walking through a field. They were good friends and enjoyed their strolls together.
On this walk, they came upon two carrots. One of the carrots had large leaves sprouting out of the top and the other looked much smaller from the surface. Frederick was excited and ran up to the carrot with the larger leaves. “I’ll have this one,” he proudly exclaimed and proceeded to extract it from the ground.
Wanda shrugged her shoulders and pulled out the other carrot, which turned out to be much bigger.
Frederick was surprised and asked how this could possibly be.
Wanda looked at her friend and replied, “You can’t always judge a carrot by its leaves.”
They kept on walking and came across another pair of carrots, again with differing sized leaves.
This time Frederick allowed his friend the first pick. Wanda hopped to each carrot, inspected and sniffed them carefully and, to Frederick’s surprise, chose the carrot with the larger leaves.
As they each extracted their carrots from the ground, Frederick was bemused to see that his carrot was smaller than Wanda’s. “I thought that you said that small leaves meant it would be a larger carrot.” He said. “No,” replied Wanda, “I said don’t judge a carrot by its leaves. It’s also important to remember to think before you choose.”
Frederick nodded and they ate their carrots before continuing their stroll.
For a third time, they found two carrots, again with different sized leaves.
Frederick looked confused and didn’t know what to do. Wanda indicated that he could choose which carrot to eat. The poor foolish rabbit, pretended to inspect each carrot, but he didn’t really know what to do. He knew that he wasn’t as smart as his friend and he looked to Wanda with a confused expression on his face. Wanda smiled warmly and hopped over to the carrots. She inspected them and pulled out one of the carrots. Frederick shrugged his shoulders and went to the other one before he was interrupted by his wise friend.
“No Frederick, this one’s your carrot,” she said. “But you made the choice and I’m sure it’s the bigger one of the two. I don’t know how you do it, but I guess you’re just smarter than me.”
“Frederick, there’s no point in having wisdom if you’re not willing to share the benefits of it with others. You’re my friend and I want you to have this carrot. A smart rabbit with a full stomach but no friends isn’t really wise is she?”
“I guess you’re right,” said Frederick with a full mouth, “As usual.”
In our search for wisdom, we must also search for a way to assist those around us with what we’ve learned. The ancient Greek philosopher Epicurus once said, “Of all the things which wisdom provides to make life entirely happy, much the greatest is the possession of friendship.” Be wise, share what you’ve learned with others and help make the world a better place for those around you.

A Story on Wisdom


One day, you will lock your door but you will not be the one that will open it.
One day, you will wash your best cloths but you will not be able to wear it.
One day, your best food will be prepared and you will be unable to eat it.
One day, you will eat and drink but will never excrete.
One day, your curriculum vitae will get an expired.
One day, the person that you seem to love most will never dare move closer to you
One day, you will think of what you can never accomplish.
One day, you will be regarded as “that thing”
One day, you will be isolated in a place called “grave”
One day, that thing you love most will come your way but you will not be able to give any attention to it.
One day, you will hold your breath and forget to release it.
One day, you will become a defendant before God’s Angels.
One day, housefly/termites will come your way and you will not be able to chase them away.
One day, you will receive a call that can never be declined.
One day, your name will be called but no one will answer.
One day, the assets you cherished most will be taken by another person.
One day, your deeds on earth will be presented like a Video.
One day, a title will be added to your name as LATE Mr. or Mrs A.
One day, the great allocator will locate you to appropriate place.
One day, your beautiful skin will turn to its original form which is SAND.
One day, your entire body will cease operation.
One day, you will be given infinite apartment, either Heaven or Hell.
 In summary, take life easy and remember that life is just an episode, but it can determine your eternity.
When you are about to do something, remember ONE DAY!
Whatever you are doing, remember ONE DAY!

JUST ONE DAY!

One Day

Yesterday night as I was leaving Best Buy, I noticed this man going through the garbage can outside of the store. As I walked to my car I watched him as he reached in the garbage can and pulled out fast food trash bags and inspected all that was in the thrown away bags. He did this for several minutes. He would find a few fries in one bag and a bite or two of a hamburger in another bag. You can see the hamburger wrapper by his knee where he was placing the food items he’d found. He never bothered anyone or tried to stop and beg for money as people entered and left the store. After he went through the entire trash can he neatly cleaned up the area and wrapped up the food he found in the dirty hamburger wrapper. My heart literally hurt for him. I am not someone who just hands out money or even helps homeless people because so many are not truly homeless. I don’t guess I’ve ever seen someone actually go through a garbage can to try to find food to eat. I knew I had to help him. I got out of my car and asked him if I could buy him something to eat. He told me he would appreciate anything I could get him. He was on a bike and I told him if he’d follow me I’d buy him a meal at the fast food place around the block. He followed me and I bought him the biggest meal they had on the menu. The only request he gave me for his order was if I could get him a big glass of sweet tea to go with his meal! When I brought him his food, he was so thankful. He told me his name was Steve and he’d been homeless ever since his sister died last September. He was trying to get off the streets, but it was so hard. I told him God loved him and I would pray for him. He told me again how much he appreciated the meal. When I got back in my car, I drove off with such a heaviness in my heart for this man. I drove down the road and felt compelled to go back to help this man. When I came back he had finished his meal and was riding away. I pulled up beside him and asked him if there was any way I could help him. He told me not really. He never asked me for money. I asked him if I could buy him a few meals and put it on a gift card for him. He told me that would be so kind. I drove to McDonalds and bought him some meals and gave him a gift card. He broke down crying. He told me that he prayed for me today! I wasn’t sure what he meant (I was assuming he was praying for me for what I did for him) so I thanked him. He said, “No, you don’t understand. I prayed that God would send someone to buy me a hot meal today… and he sent you!” I didn’t know what to say… I was speechless! Praying for a hot meal wasn’t a prayer I had prayed today! Come to think of it, that’s not a prayer I’ve ever prayed! I always pray over my food, but I’ve never prayed for a meal… its expected! I’ve never doubted that I wouldn’t be able to eat… Tears began to fill my eyes! Oh my… how blessed am I… Maybe God used me to answer this man’s prayer… to let him know that He cares for Him and knows what goes going through! But, maybe God used this man to show me just how blessed I am and what I take for granted… He said, “You see, I have cancer!” He pulled up his shirt and pointed to a huge mass that was poking out from his stomach. He said said he knew it wouldn’t be much longer. I asked him if knew Jesus. He told me that he did. I asked if I could pray for him and he said that I could. We prayed right there on the sidewalk of McDonalds. Tears just poured from his eyes. He told me he knew that he was going to die and that he was ready to die. He was tired of being in pain and he would be better off dead because this was no life – living this way. I stayed and encouraged him for a few minutes trying to fight back my tears. My prayer is that I showed him the love of Jesus today… that something I said gave him a hope. You see, everybody has a story! I know Steve’s story now… all because I felt compelled to help him… he ended up touching me today! When I left him, I knew I had done what God wanted me to do! God put him in my path today… I know he did! I’ve never felt such a feeling to help someone as I did today. I was reminded again of how blessed I am! I have a vehicle that gets me from place to place, I have a roof over my head, clean clothes, money to buy a hot meal, running water, electricity, my health, a job, family, and friends! Sometimes God sends situations our way to remind us of how blessed we are! If you’ve read this far, please remember Steve in your prayers! Yes, I have been blessed, God’s so good to me! Precious are His thoughts of you and me! There’s no way I could count them, there’s not enough time, so I’ll just thank Him for being so kind. God has been good, so good! I have been blessed!

Homeless Man Steve

Long ago a young couple, Lukas and Anna, lived on a small but prosperous farm. When Lukas' father, Heinrich, began to grow old, the couple invited him to share their home.
The night Heinrich arrived on the farm, the family celebrated. The table brimmed with produce from the fields and gardens, and Anna baked bread and filled the vases with flowers.
After the meal, Lukas showed his father to his room.
Heinrich's eyes teared up as he looked at the comfortable bed layered with blankets and pillows and at the handmade rocking chair beside a window that looked out on the southern fields. A fresh wind blew in through the window, ruffling his son's hair.
"I hope you will be comfortable here, Father," Lukas said.
Heinrich took his son's hands in his. "I will be happy so long as I am near my family," he said. "And I will happily help you on the farm."
The next morning Heinrich awoke early and strode to the chicken coop to feed the chickens. In the afternoon he mucked out the horse barn, and in the evening he helped his son feed and water the animals. Although he was sore by day's end, he was happy to be able to help his son.
That night once again the family shared a fine meal.
"There's good news," Lukas told his father. "In a few months you will have a grandson. Anna and I are due to have a baby."
Heinrich was overjoyed at this news.
The months passed, and all was well, though each night Heinrich felt a new ache in his body. Sometimes he wished he were young again. "Son," he told Lukas, "I won't always be able to work so much as I do now, I fear. I'm growing old."
"That doesn't matter," Lukas assured his father.
Sure enough, as time passed Heinrich grew weaker. Sometimes his hands trembled, so he stopped carrying buckets. He could no longer get up at dawn, and by evening he was exhausted. Still, all was well.
Then Anna gave birth to a son. They named him Niklas.
When Heinrich looked into his grandson's eyes, his own welled up with tears. He cradled the baby to his chest and looked down at him, remembering the day his own son, Lukas, was born. "It seems it was just yesterday that you were a baby like Niklas," Heinrich said to Lukas.
Lukas laughed. But Anna was scowling, and she reached for the baby. "Father, your hands are shaking. Here, let me take Niklas," and she snatched the baby from her father-in-law's arms.
Heinrich felt a stab in his heart. He did not wish to worry Anna. Of course he would take care with this child. How could she think otherwise?
That night at supper, Anna turned on her father-in-law. "I worry that with your unsteady hands you might drop one of our good plates," she said. "I've taken the liberty of bringing in this bowl for you to use," and with that she handed him a large wooden bowl
Heinrich stared in dismay. "That's the bowl for chicken feed," he said. "That bowl belongs in the barn."
"It's good enough," Anna said firmly. "We don't have money to burn, and if you break a plate, we'll have to replace it. This way we won't have to worry."
Lukas simply stared down at his plate.
The old man nodded. He saw that changes were happening rapidly to him these days, and so time passed.
By the time little Niklas was standing, the old man could barely walk outside. His feet throbbed, his back ached, and he was always tired and sore.
One night as Heinrich was pouring himself a glass of water, his hand shook so badly that he knocked the glass to the floor, where it shattered.
"See that!" Anna cried. "Even the baby doesn't break glasses! Lukas, I think it's time your father ate in his room."
Lukas sadly nodded. "I'm afraid she's right," he said to his father, and so they made a table for the old man where, each night, he ate simple porridge from a wooden bowl. No longer did he share the family's feasts.
"Now perhaps we'll have some peace at the supper table," Heinrich heard Anna say. And the baby heard too.
Several years passed, and when Niklas was old enough to speak, he often crept into his grandfather's room. There the old man and the young boy whispered together.
"What do they talk about?" Anna said. "I don't want your father filling our boy's head with nonsense."
"Father," Lukas said to Heinrich, "be careful what you say to our boy. He's young and impressionable."
Heinrich said nothing.
One afternoon a few months later, Anna walked out to the barn and discovered her son hard at work. He was at his father's worktable, scraping and pounding and cutting. "What are you doing, Niklas?" she asked.
"I'm making a gift for you and one for father," he said. "Don't look. You'll find out what they are tonight."
Anna was overjoyed; she could not wait to see her son's creation. That night Niklas handed each of his parents a box. "One for each of you."
They quickly opened the boxes and inside they discovered two wooden bowls.
Niklas smiled. "These will be your bowls when you are old -- when you no longer can eat from the good china, and when you must sit alone in your room eating porridge."
Anna and Lukas instantly understood. They rushed into Heinrich's room, and Lukas tenderly lifted his father into his arms.
"I'm so sorry, Father," he said as he carried him back to the table.
"We'll never neglect you again," Anna promised, as both she and her husband imagined their own old age.
And they were forever grateful to Niklas for the vital lesson he taught them.

The Wise Child



The Wise Psychologist
There are different ways through which you can fish out an offender. The intelligent people have different keys to that. If a child out of lot should steal, the child can be easily fished out if you have the key to do that. The story below tells how A Sr Psychology Professor fished out a boy who messed up in his class.

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One day in a well-known University, a Sr Psychology Professor started his class on a very serious Topic. The moment he turned towards the blackboard, one of the students Whistled. He turned, looked at the class and asked the whistler's name… As usual and as expected no one answered. The Professor peacefully kept the Pen in his pocket and picked up his bag. Saying that, the lecture ends here and that was enough for the day, he started moving towards the gate of the class. Students were overjoyed to be free. Then, he suddenly stopped and turned towards the class, kept his bag on the table and said, "I'll tell you a story to utilise the remaining time". Everyone became interested. Yesterday night I tried hard to sleep, but it was miles away from my eyes, so I thought I'd better get petrol in my car, which will save my time next morning and might induce sleep. After having my tank full, I started roaming in that area, enjoying the peace of a traffic free ride. Suddenly, on the corner I saw a girl who was as
young and beautiful as the clothes she was wearing. She must have been returning from a party, I guessed. Out of courtesy, I turned my car towards her and asked if I may be of any help. She asked me if I could drop her to her home, she'll be very obliged, to which I agreed.
(Who would deny a beautiful young company instead of a dry non sleepy night?) She sat in the front seat with me. We started talking, and to my amazement she was very intelligent, had control on many topics which many youngsters don't. When we reached her address, she admitted my courteous nature and behavior and accepted that she had fallen in love with me. I also admitted her intelligence and beauty and that I've also started liking her. I told her about my job as a professor in the university. The girl asked my number, which I gave her willingly. Then she asked me a favor, to which I couldn't have denied naturally. She said that her brother is a student in the same university, and asked me to take care of him, since we'll be in a long relationship now. I asked the name of the student. She said that I'll
recognise him with one of his very prominent quality. He whistles a lot. The moment the professor said this, all eyes in the classroom turned towards the boy who had whistled. The professor turned to that boy and said, "Young Man I didn't get My Ph. D in Psychology by sitting on my Ass." So Get out of my class!!!

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A time for everything
For everything there is a season
And for every matter under heaven
A time to be born and a time to die
A time to plant and a time to pluck
A time to breakdown, and a time to build up
A time to weep and a time to laugh
A time to mourn and a time to dance
A time to cast away stones and a time to gather stones
A time to seek and a time to lost
A time to keep silence and a time to speak
A time to love and a time to hate
A time for war and a time for peace

VALUE OF TIME
To realise the value of one year
Ask a student who has failed his final examination
To realise the value of a day,
Ask a daily paid labourer
To realise the value of an hour,
Ask friends who are desperately waiting to meet
To realise the value of one minute
Ask the person who has missed the train
To realise the value of a second
Ask the person who survived an accident
Make the best use of your time,
And you will be glad you did!


What is time?
How do you spend your leisure time?
What gain has the worker from his?

Please share your experience and let learn from you.

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