Many kinds of trees and plants grew there. As the rose looked around,
a pine tree nearby said, "What a beautiful flower.
I wish I was that lovely." Another tree said, "Dear pine,
do not be sad, we can not have everything."
The rose turned its head and remarked, "It seems that I am
the most beautiful plant in this forest."
A sunflower raised its yellow head and asked, "Why do you say that?
In this forest there are many beautiful plants.
You are just one of them." The red rose replied,
"I see everyone looking at me and admiring me."
Then the rose looked at a cactus and said,
"Look at that ugly plant full of thorns!"
The pine tree said, "Red rose, what kind of talk is this?
Who can say what beauty is? You have thorns too."
The proud red rose looked angrily at the pine and said,
"I thought you had good taste! You do not know what beauty is at all.
You can not compare my thorns to that of the cactus."
"What a proud flower", thought the trees.
The rose tried to move its roots away from the cactus,
but it could not move. As the days passed,
the red rose would look at the cactus and say insulting things,
like: This plant is useless? How sorry I am to be his neighbor."
The cactus never got upset and he even tried to advise the rose,
saying, "God did not create any form of life without a purpose."
Spring passed, and the weather became very warm.
Life became difficult in the forest, as the plants and animals needed water
and no rain fell. The red rose began to wilt.
One day the rose saw sparrows stick their beaks into the cactus and
then fly away, refreshed. This was puzzling, and
the red rose asked the pine tree what the birds were doing.
"Does it not hurt when they make holes?" asked the rose.
"Yes, but the cactus does not like to see any birds suffer,"
replied the pine. The rose opened its eyes in wonder and said,
"The cactus has water?"
"Yes you can also drink from it. The sparrow can bring water
to you if you ask the cactus for help."
The red rose felt too ashamed of its past words and behavior
to ask for water from the cactus, but then it finally did ask
the cactus for help. The cactus kindly agreed
and the birds filled their beaks with water and watered the rose's roots.
MORAL OF THE STORY:
Thus the rose and all of us learned a lesson that never judge
anyone by their appearance again. God did not create anything without a purpose.
A Good Lesson for those who dont Hope and Quit in Life...
One day I decided to quit...
I quit my job, my relationship, my Spirituality...
I wanted to quit my life.
I went to the woods to have one last talk with God.
God, I said. Can you give me one good reason
not to quit His answer surprised me...
Look around, He said. Do you see the fern and the bamboo
Yes, I replied.
When I planted the fern and the bamboo seeds,
I took very good care of them.
I gave them light. I gave them water.
The fern quickly grew from the earth.
Its brilliant green covered the floor.
Yet nothing came from the bamboo seed.
But I did not quit on the bamboo.
In the second year the Fern grew more vibrant and plentiful.
And again, nothing came from the bamboo seed.
But I did not quit on the bamboo.
He said.
In year three there was still nothing from the bamboo seed.
But I would not quit. In year four, again,
there was nothing from the bamboo seed.
I would not quit. He said.
Then in the fifth year a tiny sprout emerged from the earth.
Compared to the fern it was seemingly small and insignificant.
But just 6 months later the bamboo rose to over 100 feet tall.
It had spent the five years growing roots.
Those roots made it strong and gave it what it needed to survive.
I would not give any of my creations a challenge it could not handle.
He said to me.
Did you know, that all this time you have been struggling,
you have actually been growing roots
I would not quit on the bamboo. I will never quit on you.
Don't compare yourself to others.
He said. The bamboo had a different purpose than the fern.
Yet they both make the forest beautiful.
Your time will come, God said to me. You will rise high
How high should I rise I asked.
How high will the bamboo rise He asked in return.
As high as it can I questioned
Yes. He said, Give me glory by rising as high as you can.
I left the forest and bring back this story.
I hope these words can help you see that
God will never give up on you.
He will never give up on you!
Lesson from the story:
In life never lose hope and never give up
or quit in life and Success will come to you later in life
Never take some one for granted,
Hold every person Close to your Heart because
you might wake up one day and realise that you have lost a diamond
while you were too busy collecting stones."
Remember this always in life.
A Boy was born to a couple after eleven years of marriage.
They were a loving couple and the boy was the gem of their eyes.
When the boy was around two years old, one morning the husband
saw a medicine bottle open.
He was late for office so he asked his wife to cap the bottle and
keep it in the cupboard. His wife, preoccupied in the kitchen
totally forgot the matter.
The boy saw the bottle and playfully went to the bottle
fascinated by its colour and drank it all. It happened to be
a poisonous medicine meant for adults in small dosages.
When the child collapsed the mother hurried him to the hospital,
where he died. The mother was stunned. She was terrified
how to face her husband.
When the distraught father came to the hospital and
saw the dead child he looked at his wife and uttered just five words.
QUESTIONS:
1. What were the five words?
2. What is the implication of this story?
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ANSWER :
The husband just said" "I am with you Darling"
The husband's totally unexpected reaction is a proactive behavior.
The child is dead. He can never be brought back to life.
There is no point in finding fault with the mother.
Besides, if only he had taken time to keep the bottle away,
this would not have happened.
No one is to be blamed. She had also lost her only child.
What she needed at that moment was consolation and sympathy
from the husband. That is what he gave her.
If everyone can look at life with this kind of perspective,
there would be much fewer problems in the world.
"A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step."
Take off all your envies, jealousies, unforgiven, selfishness,
and fears. And you will find things are actually not as difficult
as you think.
MORAL OF THE STORY :
Sometimes we spend time in asking who is responsible or whom to blame,
whether in a relationship, in a job or with the people we know.
By this way we miss out some warmth in human relationship.
