A group of 70 scientists were working on a project as a deadline. These 70 scientists were so absolutely under pressure because of their hectic work and the deadlines. They were really finding it hard but they were so loyal to their boss that they just kept going. One morning one of the scientists came to the boss and said,”There is an exhibition in town and I have promised my children to take them to the exhibition. Is it OK if I leave at 5.30?” The boss said, “We are really working on a deadline, but since you have promised your kids you can actually leave at 5.30.” The scientist was happy. He continued to work in his office and when he looked at his watch he had been so involved and absorbed in his work, he saw it was already 8.30 PM. Oh! He felt so guilty that he had promised his kids that he would take them for the exhibition and he hadn’t gone home at 5.30. He came to his boss’s cabin and saw that the boss was not there as well. The scientis...

A poor couple who lived in a small village of India, they had only one son. Gave him the best education. Son graduated as an engineer in the nearby city. Eventually, got married to a rich girl. Initially, they lived with the parents in the village. Soon the wife got tired of village life and persuaded the husband to move to the city leaving the old parents in the village. As the time passed by the husband seen an advert in the newspaper about a vacancy in Saudi Arabia.  He was successful and lived in Saudi Arabia for years with his wife. Regularly he used to send the money to his parents. Eventually, with the time he stopped and forgot about his parents ever existed. Every year he made Hajj (Pilgrimage) and immediately after that he used to see someone telling him  in a dream that his Hajj is not accepted. One day he related story to a pious Aalim who advised him to go back India to visit his parents. The man flew to I...

A crow holding a piece of meat in his beak was flying in the sky looking for a place to seat and eat it. Suddenly he saw a flock of eagles chasing him. Anxious to save his life the crow started flying higher and higher. Yet the eagles wouldn’t let go and kept chasing him. Seeing the plight of the crow, a bird a wise old owl sitting on a tall tree asked him, “What’s wrong with you my friend? You look very disturbed and why are you flying in such a state of panic?” The crow replied, “Look at these eagles! They are after my life. They want to kill me.” The wise owl said, “They are not after to kill you dear. All they want the piece of meat you are holding in your beak. Just drop it and see a magic.” The crow followed the advice of the owl. All the eagles flew towards the falling piece of meat and the crow could now fly higher. Isn’t this is true in our life as well? We hold on to the piece of meat. That money which is not ours and are always at...

Once a man was walking in a forest and he happened to see an exotic bird, being very charmed by it and wanting to have it as a pet, he tip toed towards it from behind and caught it. To his utter surprise, the bird started talking and it said to him, “Please release me, in return I shall give you three gems – three valuable pieces of advice that can transform your life.” I will give you first one only when you let me go. The second one when I fly up to that branch and the third one when I fly up high to the very top of the tree. The man instantly agreed and released the bird. As soon as it was free the bird started flying up as it said. “Here is the first gem, my first piece of advice - Do not torture, torment and burden yourself with excessive regret for your past mistakes.” As the man pondered over what he was just heard, the bird flew up and sat on a branch and spoke back. “And the second one is – Do not believe on anything that goes against commo...

Once a sage was passing through the capital city of the famous king. While he was walking, he noticed a single currency coin on the road. He picked it up. He was satisfied with his simple living and he had no use of that coin. So, he planned to donate it to the one who is in need of it. He strolled around the streets throughout the day but didn’t find anyone such. Finally, he reached the rest area and spent a night there. Next morning, he wakes up for his daily activities and sees that the king is going for his invasion of another state with his war ready army. When the king saw the sage standing, he ordered his army to be stopped. He came to the sage and said, “Oh great sage, I am going to war to win another state so that my state can be expanded. So bless me to be victorious.” After thinking, sage gave a single currency coin to the king! T he king was confused and annoyed with this because what use he has for a single coin while he ...

An old man saw a scorpion drowning and decided to pull it from the water. He calmly extended his hand to reach the creature. When he did, the scorpion stung him. With the effect of pain, the old man let go of the creature, and it fell back into the water. The old man realizing that the scorpion was drowning again, he got back and tried to rescue it but then still it stung him. He let go of it again. A young boy standing by, approached the old man and asked, “Excuse me sir, you are going to hurt yourself trying to save the evil – vicious creature, why do you insist? Don’t you realize that each time you try to help the scorpion, it stings you?” The old man replied, “Look son! The nature of scorpion is to sting and mine is to help. My nature will not change in helping the scorpion.” So the old man thought for a while and used a leaf from a nearby tree and pulled the scorpion out from the water and saved its life. Do not change your nature. I...

There once was a very wealthy and curious king. This king had a huge boulder placed in the middle of the road. Then the king hides nearby to see if any one would try to remove the gigantic rock from the road. The first people to pass by were some of the king’s courtiers and wealthiest merchants. Rather than moving it, they simply walked around it. A few loudly blamed the king for not maintaining the roads. Not one of them tried to move the boulder. Finally, a peasant came along. His arms were full of vegetables. When he got near the boulder, rather than simply walking around it as the others had, the peasant puts down his load and tried to move the stone to the side of the road. It took a lot of effort but he finally succeeded. The peasant gathered up his load and was ready to go on his way. When he saw a bag lying in the road where the boulder had been. The peasant opened the bag. The bag was stuffed full of gold coins and a note ...

Long time ago there lived a man who was extremely lazy and poor at the same time. He did not want to do any hard work but used to dream of being rich one day. He got his food by begging for alms. One morning he got pot of milk as part of the alms. He was extremely delighted and went home with the pot of milk. He boiled the milk, drank some of it and put the remaining milk in a pot. He added slight curds in the pot for converting the milk to curd. He then lay down to sleep. Soon he started imagining about the pot of curd while he lay asleep. He dreamed that if he could become rich somehow all his miseries would be gone. His thoughts turn to the pot of milk he had set to form the curd. He dreamed on, “By morning the pot of milk would set, it would be converted to curd. I would turn the curd and make butter from it. I would heat the butter and make ghee out of it. I will then go to the market and sell that ghee and make some m...

There was an old story about two twin boys, who had a father who was an alcoholic. They grew into young man. One grew up to be an alcoholic, and when asked what happened he said, “I watched my father.” The other grew up and never drank in his life. When he was asked what happened he said, “I watched my father.” From this simple story, we see three lessons. First, we are all role models. Like it or not, other people look at how we behave and model their lives after us. It sometime that we need to keep in mind for all the people we care about and influence. Second, we can learn from others. It’s much better to learn a lesson from someone else experience then you have to experience it ourselves. And that even applies to our parents. They are also not perfect either. We can look to them for an example, in some cases it may be a positive one, in others it won’t be. Either way, we can take away direction in how to live our lives. ...

One day, when all the employees got to work, they saw a note waiting for them on the door. “Yesterday, the person who has been hindering your growth in this company, passed away. We invite you to join the funeral in the room that has been prepared in the gym.” Head first, everyone was sad for the loss. But after a while, they grew curious to know who the man who was hindering their growth. At the funeral, the employees were excited to finally learn the man’s identity. “Who is this guy who was hindering my progress?” one said. “At least he is gone now.” Said another. Each employee had a chance to visit the coffin. But each became speechless once they looked inside. It was as if someone had touched the deepest part of their soul. Inside the coffin was only a mirror. Everyone who look inside it could see themselves. Next to mirror was a sign. “There is only one person who is capable of setting limits to your growth, you.” “You are the ...

It was a cold day in London in the month of December. A little barefoot boy about 10 years old was standing in front of a shoe store. He was shivering in the cold. As his eyes restlessly move around scanning the variety of shoes in the display window. A lady approached the young boy and said, “My son, it’s so cold, you are shivering. But you’re in such a deep thought staring at that window! What are you thinking?” “I was asking God if He could give me a pair of shoes. “Replied the boy. T he lady took him by the hand, entered the store and asked the store manager to get a half a dozen pairs of socks for the boy. She then asked for the basin of water and a towel which the manager quickly brought to her. She knelt down, remover her gloves and washed his little feet gently. She then dried them with a towel and placed a pair of socks on his feet. Purchased him a pair of shoes and handed him the remaining pairs of socks. As they left the store,...