9th may

Life is actually a reflection of our thoughts and actions...

Long ago in a small, far away village, there was place known as the House of 1000 Mirrors.
A small, happy little dog came to know of this place and decided to visit. When he arrived, he bounced happily up the stairs to the doorway of the house.

He looked through the doorway with his ears lifted high and his tail wagging as fast as it could. To his great surprise, he found himself staring at 1000 other happy little dogs with their tails wagging just as fast as his.

He smiled a great smile, and was answered with 1000 great smiles just as warm and friendly. As he left the House, he thought to himself, "This is a wonderful place. I will come back and visit it often."

In this same village, another little dog, who was not quite as happy as the first one, decided to visit the house. He slowly climbed the stairs and hung his head low as he looked into the door. When he saw the 1000 unfriendly looking dogs staring back at him, he growled at them and was horrified to see 1000 little dogs growling back at him. As he left, he thought to himself, "That is a horrible place, and I will never go back there again."

All the faces in the world are mirrors. Just observe what kind of reflections do you see in the faces of the people you meet..

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__                        Learn To Let Go..!!

                                                                                          
There once was a happy monkey wandering the jungle, eating delicious fruit when hungry,

and resting when tired.

One day he came upon a house, where he saw a bowl of the most beautiful apples.

He took one in each hand and ran back into the forest.

He sniffed the apples and smelled nothing. He tried to eat them, but hurt his teeth.

They were made of wood, but they were beautiful, and when the other monkeys saw them,

he held onto them even tighter.

He admired his new possessions proudly as he wandered the jungle.

They glistened red in the sun, and seemed perfect to him.

He became so attached to them, that he didn’t even notice his hunger at first.

A fruit tree reminded him of his hunger, but he felt the apples in his hands. He couldn’t bear

to set them down to reach for the fruit. In fact, he couldn’t relax, either, if he was to defend

his apples.
A proud, but less happy monkey continued to walk along the forest trails.

The apples felt heavy, and at one point the poor little monkey thought about leaving them behind.

He was tired, hungry, and he couldn’t climb trees or collect fruit with his hands full.

What if he just let go?

Letting go of such valuable things seemed crazy, but what else could he do?

He was so tired. 

 Seeing the next fruit tree, and smelling its fruit was enough. He dropped the wooden apples and reached up for his meal.

He was happy again.
Like that little monkey, we sometimes carry things that seem too valuable to let go. Shiny wooden apples leave us tired and hungry for a better life. Still,
letting go seems crazy.

Even our worries are sacred apples - they prove we are “doing everything we can.”

We hold onto them compulsively.

So lets begin our life by letting go off our Worries and holding onto our Tasks for making

our lives ..and lives of other people around us better...!!. 

Four Apples

A teacher teaching Maths to five-year-old student asked him, "If I give you one apple and one apple and one apple, how many apples will you have? "Within
a few seconds the student replied confidently, "Four!"

The dismayed teacher was expecting an effortless correct answer (three). She was disappointed. "Maybe the child did not listen properly," she thought. She
repeated, "My boy, listen carefully. If I give you one apple and one apple and one apple, how many apples will you have?"

The student had seen the disappointment on his teacher's face. He calculated again on his fingers. But within him he was also searching for the answer that
will make the teacher happy. His search for the answer was not for the correct one, but the one that will make his teacher happy. This time hesitatingly
he replied, "Four."

The disappointment stayed on the teacher's face. She remembered that this student liked strawberries. She thought maybe he doesn't like apples and that
is making him loose focus. This time with an exaggerated excitement and twinkling in her eyes she asked, "If I give you one strawberry and one strawberry
and one strawberry, then how many you will have?"

Seeing the teacher happy, the boy calculated on his fingers again. There was no pressure on him, but a little on the teacher. She wanted her new approach
to succeed. With a hesitating smile the student enquired, "Three?"

The teacher now had a victorious smile. Her approach had succeeded. She wanted to congratulate herself. But one last thing remained. Once again she asked
him, "Now if I give you one apple and one apple and one more apple how many will you have?"

Promptly the student answered, "Four!"

The teacher was aghast. "How my boy, how?" she demanded in a little stern and irritated voice. In a voice that was low and hesitating young student replied,
"Because I already have one apple in my bag."

Moral of the Story:

When someone gives you an answer that is different from what you expect, don't think they are wrong. There maybe an angle that you have not understood at
all. You will have to listen and understand, but never listen with a predetermined notion