What you give is what you get

A wise man was sitting outside his village when a traveler came up and asked, " I am looking to move from my present village - What kind of people live in this village?" The wise man asked," What kind of people live in your village? " The man said, " They are mean, cruel,rude." The wise man replied," The same kind of people live in this village too." After some time another traveler came by and asked the same question, and the wise man asked him, "What kind of people live in your village?"And the traveler replied, " The people are very kind, courteous, polite and good." The wise man said, " you will find the same kind of people here too."

We see the world not the way it is but the way we are. If our motives are good, we assume the motives of others are good too. If our intentions are bad, we assume that the intentions of others are bad.

SELF MOTIVATION

There was a young boy who came regularly to soccer practice but never made it to the starting team. While he was practicing, his father would sit at the far end of the field, waiting for him. The matches began and for four days, the boy didn't show up for practice or the quarter or semi-finals. He appeared for the final game, went to the coach and said, " Coach, you have always kept me in the reserves and never let me play in the games. But today, please let me play." The coach said "Son, I'm sorry, I can't let you. There are better players than you and besides, it is the finals; the reputation of the school is at stake and I cannot take a chance on you." The boy pleaded, " Coach, I promise I will not let you down. I beg of you,please like this before. He said, " Okay son,go play. But remember, I am going against my better judgment and the reputation of the school is as stake. Don't let me down."
The game started and the boy played like a house on fire. Every time he got the ball, he shot a goal. Needless to say,he was the star of the game. His team had a spectacular win.

When the game finished, the coach went up to him and said, " Son, how could I have been so wrong? I have never seen you play like this before. What happened? How did you play so well? The boy replied, " Coach, my father is watching me today." The coach turned around and looked at the place where the boy's father used to sit. There was no one there. he said, " Son, your father used to there when you came for practice, but i don't see anyone there today." The boy replied, " Coach, There is something I never told you. My father was blind. Just four days ago, he died. Today is the first day he is watching me from above."

SHARPEN YOUR AXE

John, a woodcutter, worked for a company for five years but never got a raise. The company hired Bala and within a year he got a raise. Then jhon resented Bala's getting a raise after only a year and went to his boss to talk about it. The boss said, " You are still cutting the same number of trees you were cutting five years ago. We are a result-oriented company and would be happy to give you a raise if your productivity goes up." Jhon went back,started hitting harder and putting in longer hours but he still wasn't able to cut more trees. He went back to his boss and told him his dilemma. The boss told jhon to go talk to Bala. " Maybe there is somthing Bala knows that you and i don't." John asked Bala how he managed to cut more trees. Bala answered, " After every tree i cut, I take a break for two minutes and sharpen my axe. When was the last time you sharpened you axe?"

When was the last time you sharpened your axe? Past glory and education don't count for much. We have to continuously sharpen the axe.

Moral

Likewise we must sharp our body and mind everyday. our bodies need good food every day, our minds need good thoughts every day. We need to feed our mind with the pure and the positive to stay on track.

Assumptions

A man comes home with a brand new car. The whole family is looking at it. When the father says I will go to a big town next morning, his eldest son asks if he could go with him. So the next morning the father and the son go in the new car, the roads are empty and the man is driving very fast. A few kilometers from their starting point, suddenly a big truck appears just in front of them. The man cannot avoid it. There is an accident and both are seriously injured and are taken to the hospital. The surgeon arrives and says "I will not operate". Why does the surgeon say this? Now there can be many assumptions made that the child is already dead or that there was no one to sign etc. But the surgeon was the mother of the child.

Moral:

Normally the image created of a surgeon is connected with a male and hence we cannot imagine the mother of the child to be there. We guess and imagine and that prevent us from having a right idea of what it is really.

Change in Us

Once there was a storm in the ocean and many ships were taken away from their normal course in another direction.There was a battleship which was also driven in another direction by the storm. When the storm calmed down at midnight, the captain of the ship asked one of his officers, to go on the deck and see in which direction they were and set the ship accordingly. The officer was so enthusiastic that he went up, saw the direction and changed the direction of their ship. Then he started looking around.Far off on the same course, he visualised a steady light, so he came down and informed the captain.The captain asked to send a message to the other ship, to change its direction 20 degrees. The officer sent the message, and an immediate flashing message came back saying, "It is advisable for you to change20 degrees." The officer gave the message to the captain, As soon as the captain got the message; he was angry and asked what did he think of himself, advising him to change 20 degrees. So the captain of the battleship asked the officer to send a message on him name. The officer sent another message accordingly that the captain of the battleship requests you to change 20 degrees immediately. An immediate flashing message came back saying: "i am a second class seaman speaking but still it is advisable for you to change 20 degrees." The captain was furious and asked his officer to tell him that it was a battleship and it could not change its course. An immediate flashing message came back: " But I am lighthouse. How can I change?"So when the understanding of the captain changed that it was a lighthouse which could not change, the captain of the battleship then changed his mind.
Moral of the story: We always expect others to change. we can change us easily comparing to change others.

Today's Life

Once there were two people walking through a jungle when suddenly they heard the roar of a lion.One person sensing the danger, immediately removed his jungle boots and put on his running shoes.The other person asked him with great astonishment, What, do you think by wearing the running shoes are you going to run faster than the lion? The man replied, I don't think so, but at leastI can run faster than you because the lion needs only one victim and by the time he catches you I will be out of sight. So this is what is virtually happening today in the highly competitive world.

LIFE IS AN ECHO

A little boy got angry with his mother and shouted at her, " I hate you, I hate you". Because of fear of reprimand, he ran out of the house. He went up to the valley and shouted, " I hate you, i hate you", and the echo returned , " I hate you, I hate you". Having never heard an echo before , he was scared , and ran to his mother for protection. He said there was a bab boy in the valley who shouted " I hate you, I hate you " . The mother understood and she asked her son to go back and shout, " I love you, I love you " . The little boy went and shouted, " I love you, I love you" and back came the echo. The taught the little boy a lesson - that our life is like an echo: we get back what we give.