REFLECTION OF ONE SELF! (Moral Story)

 

In a land faraway lived a wise old man. Old man loved to watch people like merchants from other town and peasant who used to go to other towns to sell their products. So, everyday he used to sit on the bench placed just outside town to see people passing by that town.

 

When he used to sit there, his grandchild would come with him there and play around whole time till they go back home.

 

One day, a traveler approached him and started chatting with him.

 

Traveler asked, “Old man you have lived in this town, what kind of people of this town, what kind of people of this town are like?”

 

Old man questioned him, “Where are you from? What are people like over there in your town?”

 

Traveler replied, “I am from town from behind the mountains. People there are not very interesting. I found them very cold, mean and withdrawn.”

 

Old man with sad look, replied, “Even people here are mean and not friendly or helpful.”

 

After this reply travel left and continued on his journey.

 

Same day, a little later old man saw another travel approaching him. They both chatted for little and even that travel ended up asking same question to old man.

 

Traveler asked, “What are people living here are like?”

 

Old man questioned him, “Where are you from? What are people like in your town?”

 

Traveler replied, “I am from town from behind the mountains. People there are behind the mountains. People there are very generous, kind and friendly.”

 

“Well, here also you will find people generous, friendly and warm,” replied old man.

 

After a while even that traveler left. His grand kid who was playing by his side watched all this.

So kid came up to his grandfather and said, “Grandpa, you are telling lies. It’s not nice. You taught me not to lie and still you said different things about our town to them.”

 

Old man held his grandson in his lap and said, “During those exchanges I didn’t say anything. They themselves said how things were happening. All I did was mirroring and reflecting their own ideas and their own ways of living.”

 

Moral: Way we judge others or think about other is just of reflection of our own thinking and attitude.

CAUSES OF STRESS AND PROBLEMS (Moral Story)

 

Once, a group of friends who were now highly established in their work decided to meet one of their professors from university. So, one day they all went together to visit their old university professor.

 

When they meet professor all started to share about their life and work but soon all this turned into complaints and stress in life and work.

 

After a while professor went in to kitchen to bring coffee for guests. He returned with a large pot of coffee and a variety of cups (cups made of different materials) - Plastic, Glass, Crystal, Expensive, Porcelain etc.

 

After he placed coffee pot and cups on table he tells his students to help themselves to the coffee.

 

After all students have cup of coffee in their hands.

 

Professor said, “If you all noticed, you can see that all the expensive looking cups are taken away leaving the plain or cheap one’s on table. It’s normal for all of you to want best for yourselves but what you are not able to see is that is the source of all your problems and stress.”

 

He continued, “You all know that cup itself adds no quality to the taste of coffee. What all wanted was just coffee to drink not the cup but still consciously you all went for the best cups and then you begin to eyeing each other cups.”

 

Morals: Life is like coffee and all the things like job, money, position in society are like cups. Job, money is not something which defines our life or change the quality of life we live but still we concentrate only on that and fail to enjoy life given to us by God.

ALEXANDER THE GREAT LAST WISHES (Moral Story)

 

After conquering many kingdoms, when Alexander was returning home, on way back to his country he fell ill and his disease took him to his death bed. While on death bed he longed to be able to meet his mother before he die.

 

But he knew that his illness will not give him enough time to reach his distant homeland. At this point Alexander realized something so lying on bed helplessly waiting for his death he called his generals.

 

When generals came to him he said to them, “I have three wishes. Please carry them out without any fail after I die…”

 

Alexander continued, “My first desire is that….My coffin must be carried by my physicians alone…

 

Secondly, the path leading to the graveyard must be paved with all the jewels and precious stones which I have collected in my treasury.

 

Third and my last wish is that my both empty hands must be kept dangling out of coffin….”

 

King felt exhausted after saying this. Generals who gathered around their king were not able to understand strange wishes of their king but no one dared to question.

 

So, one of the generals who was close to king went to him, kissed his hand and said, “We assure you that your wishes will be fulfilled but please tell us why did you make such strange wishes?”

 

Alexander took a deep breath and said, “I would like world to know three lessons I just learned…

 

With my first wish I want people to know that no doctor can really cure anybody from death. They are powerless and cannot save a person from clutches of death.

 

My second wish is to tell people that all my life I chased wealth and spent my life earning riches but I cannot take anything with me. I want to let people know that its chasing wealth is waste of time.

 

And with my last wish I want to know people that I came empty handed into this world and will go out of this world empty handed…”

 

Alexander last words were, “When you bury my body….don’t build any monument and keep my hands outside so that world knows that a person who won the whole world had nothing in his hands while dying….”

 

CHANGING APPEARANCE VS INNER SELF! (Moral Story)

 

A young disciple wanted to learn wisdom so he went to Zen master and requested him to accept him as his disciple. Master accepted him.

 

Young disciple used to admire his master a lot. So he decided to observe his behavior minutely and believed that if he did everything the way his teacher did then he would be able to acquire the same wisdom as his master.

 

So he started imitating his master working and do things as his master did.

 

Firstly, he started to wear white clothes, as his master used to wear white clothes.

 

Secondly, he started sleeping on straw mattress as his master did.

 

Thirdly, young disciple was non-vegetarian but when he noticed that master ate only vegetables and herbs, he replaced his diet with vegetables and herbs. He started eating similar to what his master ate.

 

His master noticed all this changes in his disciple behavior and understood what’s going on so he called him to his room.

 

When disciple came, master asked, “Why did you change?”

 

Young disciple replied, “I am climbing step of initiation…Color of my clothes shows the simplicity of me, vegetarian food purifies my body and lack of comfort brings me more close to nature and spiritual things.

 

Master smiled and took him to a field where horse was grazing and said, “Look at horse…he has white skin and eats only grass and sleeps in stable on straw bed. Do you think that he is a teacher or saint?”

 

Master continued, “All this time you spent was on the outside of yourself but what matter most is the inner self.”

 

Disciple understood what master said and continued to work hard for spiritual enlightenment not from just outside but inside from his heart.

 

Moral: To understand and learn wisdom we need to find and change our inner self not just the outer self.

IMPORTANCE OF POSITIVE ATTITUDE IN LIFE! (Moral Story)

 

Once, in a telecommunication company worked a guy Michael. He was the kind of guy who always used to be in good mood. He was like natural motivator. He was always telling the employee how to look on the positive side of the situation.

 

One day, one of the co-employees Sam went up to him and asked him, “How do you do it? How can you be so positive all the time?”

 

Michael replied, “Each morning when I wake up….I say to myself….

You have two choices today…..You can choose to be in Good mood today or Bad mood…..I chose Good mood….

Whenever something bad happen I ask myself…..Either you can choose to be a victim or can learn something from it…..I chose to learn…

 

Every time someone comes complaining to me….I have choice to accept complaint or I can point our positive side of life….I chose positive side of life….”

Sam replied, “It’s not an easy as you say.”

Michael continued and said, “Life is all about choices. When you cut away all the junk, every situation is a choice. You choose how you react to situations. You choose how people affect your mood. You choose to be in a good mood or bad mood. The bottom line: It’s your choice how you live your life.”

 

Sam left the company and they never met again. Several years later Sam came to know about serious accident happened to Michael. Michael fell from a 60 feet high communication tower and was injured badly. After 18 hours of surgery and weeks of intensive care, Michael was released from the hospital.

 

After a year of accident, Sam got chance to meet Michael. When he met Michael he asked him about his health and well being.

 

After this Sam asked him, “What was going on in your mind as the accident took place?”

 

Michael replied, “Then, as I lay on the ground, I remembered that I had two choices: I could choose to live….or I could choose to die….I choose to live….”

 

Sam asked, “Weren’t you scared?”

 

Michael replied, “When I saw expression of doctors I was really scared. In their eyes I could see- “He’s a dead man.”

 

Then I knew I had to do something.

 

One of the nurses came asked if I were allergies to anything and I said yes….Then all doctors and nurses stopped waiting for my reply…

 

I took a deep breath and yelled, “Gravity…”

 

Over their laughter, I told them, I am choosing to live. Operate on me as if I am alive, not dead.”

 

Moral: Every day we have the choice to live fully. We should understand the effect of keeping a positive attitude in life. Each day has enough trouble of its own. It’s our choice how we react to the situation and live.

 

 

POINTING OTHER'S MISTAKES (Moral Story)

 

Once, there was a school where all types of arts were taught to students. Students from far away would come to school to learn different arts.

 

There was a boy Samar who was very passionate about painting and used to make beautiful landscapes and other paintings.

 

One day Samar made a painting with lose of effort and found it to be the best painting he ever made. So he decided to put it on display of school.

 

In morning he put that painting on display and besides painting he also put a note saying, “If you find any mistake please circle that part with black color.”

 

In evening when Samar came to check his painting to check for mistake he saw that whole painting was covered with black circles. Samar got very sad and depressed as it was the best painting he ever made.

In his class, his teacher noticed that Samar was sad. So he called him to his cabin and inquired about reason for being sad.

 

Samar told his teacher about what happened with painting.

 

Teacher told Samar to make another painting and keep it on display but this time he should put a note with painting saying, “Please correct the mistake in painting if you find any.”

 

Next morning Samar put on display a painting and did as his teacher instructed him to do. When in evening Samar came to check painting he saw that there was no correction made on painting he made.

 

He was surprised to see that. He went to his teacher to ask the reason.

 

His teacher replied, “For people it is very easy to find mistake in work done by others but when it comes to correct that mistake by themselves….No one is ready.

 

We should understand that even after trying our best in doing things and building anything people will keep finding mistakes in them. On should not get sad or depressed by that, instead should keep working harder to achieve ones goals.”

Moral: We should not get bothered about people pointing mistakes in our work. Instead we should continue to work hard to achieve our goal.

WHAT MATTER IS NOT JUST THE OUTSIDE BUT INSIDE (Moral Story)

 

One young man lived in neighboring house of an old retired man. They both used to love gardening and take care of their plants in the garden. Young man always wanted his garden to look better and best than old man’s garden.

 

Once, they both planted identical sapling in their garden.

 

Young man used to give a lot of water and manure to plants and old man used to give just little water and small amount of manure.

 

Young man’s plant grew into a beautiful green, leafy plant whereas old man’s plant looked quite normal in front of young man’s plant.

 

One night heavy rain occurred.

 

In morning when young man saw his garden he saw that plant which grew big and robust has got uprooted whereas old man’s plant was unharmed.

Soon old man came out of his house to check on his garden.

 

Young man went to old man and asked, “My plant was so big and green and still it was uprooted in last night rain whereas your plant was just normal and yet it is not uprooted…Why?”

 

Old man replied, “Look, you had supplied everything that a plant would need, in abundance…plant did not have to go for search of it because of this roots of plant did not have to go deep down into soil.

 

Whereas I was supplying just enough to keep it alive and rest of its need plants roots had to go down deep inside soil to fulfill its need.

 

That’s why your plant was not able to hold it in when hard weather comes.”

 

Moral: Same rule applies to children too. What matter is not just the outside but the inside. We should provide them with enough for basic need but after that we should let them learn on their own. This will help them to become a better and strong person.

OUR ATTITUDE AND SELF-CONFIDENCE (Moral Story)

 

Once, a businessman got caught in debt real deep and he was not able to think of any way to sort out that debt. So one day he went out and sat in the park to think if he could do anything so save his company from bankruptcy.

 

While he was sitting in park, an old man came to him and said to him, “I can see that something is troubling you…”

 

Businessman was sad and depressed so he told that old man everything about his problem while old man listened to him patiently.

 

Old man smiled and replied, “I believe I can help you.”

 

Old man put his hand into his pocket and took out a cheque book and asked that businessman his name then giving that cheque to businessman, old man said, “Take this money. Meet me here exactly after one year from today and you can pay me back at that time.”

 

After handing that cheque old man got up and walked away. Businessman had mixed feelings. He looked at that cheque and saw that it was cheque of 500,000$...signed by Warren Buffet (richest man in the world).

 

Businessman realized that with half million he can easily get out of his debt but instead he decided to put that cheque in his safe and to use it only in case of emergency.

 

With that cheque businessman felt more confident. With changed thinking businessman went back and in his business he was able to think better and negotiated better deals. He started reconstructing his business and worked really hard with full zeal and enthusiasm and with time got several big deals.

 

Within few months businessman was able to get out of his debt and also started making money back.

 

Year passed, as promised businessman returned to park after exact one year with same cheque which old man gave him. As agreed old man also appeared. Businessman was very happy to see old man and told him about his success story.

 

As businessman was about to hand old man back that cheque….a nurse came running up and grabbed old man by his hand and said “I am so glad I caught him….I hope he hasn’t been bothering you much. He always escaped from mental hospital and tells people that he is Warren Buffet…” and Nurse took that old man away.

 

Businessman was stunned. All year long he was dealing with all this problems thinking that he had half million dollars with him.

 

Moral: It’s just money but our attitude and self-confidence that gives us power to achieve anything we want.

 

SON REPLY TO HIS FATHER (Moral Story)

 

Once, an old man used to live with his son. But one day his son was convicted and sent in prison.

 

Old man had a plot in front of his house in which he used to grow potatoes. This year again it was time for planting of potatoes in plot but all the digging and planting was lots of hard work for old man to do all by himself.

 

His only son was still in prison as old man was not able to get any attorney to get him out of prison. So one day old man wrote a letter to his son in prison and told him about situation.

 

He wrote in letter:

 

Son,

 

I am feeling bad as this year I will not be able to plant potatoes in garden. I don’t want to miss this as your mother always loved this but son I am too old to dig up plot for gardening of potatoes.

 

I wish you were here with me, I know you would have dug the plot for me and all my troubles would be over.

 

Love Dad.

 

After just few days, old man received a telegram from his son with short reply from his son:

 

Note in the Telegram was:

 

Dad…! Don’t dig up that plot in front of our house…that’s where I had buried and hid all the Guns…!

 

Next morning, old man saw that FBI agents and police officers showed up in front of old man’s house and dug up whole plot in search of guns but weren’t able to find any gun so they left.

 

Confused by all this old man wrote another letter to his son in prison, telling him about all what happened.

His son reply was:

 

Dad, go ahead and plant your potatoes…. It’s best I could do to help you from here…

 

Moral: If you have decided to do something deep from your heart, you will find way to do it.

 

GRANDPA’S LESSON TO KID (Moral Story)

 

Once, a little boy went out with his grandfather. While roaming around in the market at one place they saw that a shoemaker was being insulted by the customer.

Customer was shouting at him and complaining about that something was wrong with his shoes that shoemaker made for him.

Even after seeing that customer was shouting at him, the shoemaker calmly replied to him and apologized. He even promised him that he would not repeat the mistake and give him a better pair of shoes next time.

After seeing this grandfather and kid continued to go further. After a while they saw a coffee shop and went inside.

 

After getting seated there, they ordered some snacks and coffee.

At table next to theirs, they saw a waiter requesting man to move his chair so that he could get by but instead of moving his chair that man started to abuse that waiter and even refused to move that chair.

 

Seeing this grandfather said to the little kid, “Never forget what you have seen today….”

 

Grandfather continued, “You remember just a while ago we saw a shoemaker getting insulted by the customer? Even after getting insulted the shoemaker didn’t get angry and accepted the customer.”

 

Kid replied, “Yes..!”

 

Grandfather said, “Now you saw that man next to us did not want to move…even when waiter requested him to..”

 

Kid replied, “Yes…!”

 

Grandfather continued, “From this you can learn that, men who perform some useful task are not bothered by the way they are treated. Even if someone treats them as useless…

 

It’s because they believe in their work and get back to work with all their heart….

 

But men who do useful work always think of themselves as important and hide their incompetence behind their authority…”

FIND YOUR CREATIVE SOLUTIONS! (Moral Story)

 

Finding creative solutions is an important skill in today’s world. It allows you to approach problems from different angles, open up new opportunities and possibilities, and stay competitive in a fast-paced and ever-changing world.

To develop this skill, it is essential for you to embrace a mindset of curiosity and openness, collaborate with others, and be flexible and adaptable. By doing so, you can find innovative and effective solutions to challenges and achieve your goals.

 

Finding creative solutions to problems:

 

Finding creative solutions to problems is a vital skill in today ’s fast-paced and ever-changing world.

It is a process of thinking outside the box and coming up with new and innovative ideas to address challenges or overcome obstacles.

Creative solutions not only solve problems but also bring about new opportunities and possibilities.

 

The significant advantages of finding creative solutions:

 

1. One of the significant advantages of finding creative solutions is that it allows you to approach problems from different angles.

When faced with a challenge, most people tend to use tried and tested methods, which may not always be effective. However, by thinking creatively, you can generate new ideas and approaches that may lead to more efficient and effective solutions.

2. Another advantage of finding creative solutions is that it can lead you to unexpected opportunities.

When you think creatively, you often come up with solutions that can open up new avenues for your growth and development.

For example, a company facing financial difficulties may think creatively and come up with innovative products or services that could lead to new revenue streams.

 

How can you develop the skill of finding creative solutions?

 

1. To develop the skill of finding creative solutions, it is essential for you to embrace a mindset of curiosity and openness. This means being willing to explore new ideas and perspectives, even if everything appear unconventional or risky. It also means being willing to take your calculated risks and experiment with different approaches.

2. Another way to develop the skill of finding creative solutions is to collaborate with others. Brainstorming with a team can help generate new ideas and perspectives that may not have been considered before. Collaborating with individuals from diverse backgrounds and experiences can also lead to more creative solutions as it brings different perspectives and ideas to the table.

3. It is also essential for you to keep an open mind and be willing to adapt and change.

Creative solutions often involve taking a new approach or trying something different. Therefore, it is crucial for you to become a flexible and open to change when working towards finding creative solutions.

 

 Anecdote:

Once upon a time, there was a young woman named Sangeeta who lived in a small town. Sangeeta had always been a dreamer and had big aspirations. She wanted to make a difference in the world and achieve great things. However, she soon realized that life was not always easy, and there were many obstacles in her way.

Sangeeta faced numerous challenges throughout her life, from financial struggles to health problems. She was always determined to find a way to overcome them, but sometimes it seemed impossible.

One day, Sangeeta faced a significant setback. She had been working on a project for months, and it was about to launch, but a crucial component failed. She was devastated, and all her hard work seemed to have been for nothing. She felt stuck and didn ’t know what to do.

Sangeeta knew that she needed to find a creative solution to overcome this obstacle. She took some time to think and reflect, and then she remembered a quote that had always inspired her, “Necessity is the mother of invention. ”

Sangeeta decided to approach the problem from a different angle. She began to think outside the box and consider new ideas that she had not previously explored. She collaborated with others and asked for their input and advice.

After days of brainstorming and experimenting, Sangeeta came up with a creative solution. She found an alternative component that was not only more affordable but also more reliable. She implemented the new solution and, to her delight, it worked perfectly.

Sangeeta learned an important lesson that day. She realized that sometimes, when faced with a challenge, we need to step back, be creative, and look for new solutions. She understood that there was always another way to approach a problem, and it was essential to be open-minded and willing to try new things.

From that day on, Sangeeta continued to face challenges in her life, but she always remembered the lesson she had learned. She approached each obstacle with creativity and innovation and always found a way to overcome them.

Years later, Sangeeta had achieved many of her dreams and goals. She was known in her community as a problem solver and creative thinker. She was grateful for the setbacks and challenges in her life because they had taught her the importance of finding creative solutions.