Failure to Success

Moral: Must learn to convert failures to successes.

Once upon a time, when Mewad was ruled by Maharana Pratap, mughal

emperor Akbar decided to snatch the kingdom from him. He told

Maharana Pratap to fight and easily defeated him. Maharana was made a

begger in his own territory. He wasn't able to cope up. His family was

worrying.

He had 2 sons and they both were fighting for same bread. Seeing this

condition, Maharana wanted to make Akbar his friend. One of his

companion said – Take your Chetak horse and fight with Akbar. Maharana

refused as he did not had any substantial army soldiers. But that friend told

him to make allies with tribes there. Maharana succeeded in that and

managed to defeat Akbar there after following long strategy. Alas! his

beloved horse Chetak died there.

Never Compare

Once, a boy named as Mohan was fed up of life. He decided to quit.
He went to the woods to have one last talk with GOD. "GOD," he said.
"Can you give me one good reason not to quit?"
GOD's answer surprised him... "Look around," GOD said. "Do you see the
fern and the bamboo?" "Yes," Mohan replied.
"When I planted the fern and the bamboo seeds, I took a 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," GOD said.
"In the third year, there was still nothing from the bamboo seed. But I
would not quit. In the fourth year, again, there was nothing from the
bamboo seed. I would not quit," GOD 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.
Did you know, my child, that all this time you have been struggling, you
have actually been growing roots?"
"I would not quit on the bamboo. Neither will I ever quit on you."
Moral: Never compare yourself with others as that is illegal.

Your Actions

Moral: What you are depends on how you tackle things.

One day, 3 boys went to an astrologer and said, "Tell us our future. But

donot look at our forehead nor palmistry or kundli milap to be needed."

The astrologer said, "Fine. Just take 1 banana and eat it." He gave an

banana to each.

One of them threw the peel on the ground. The astrologer said, "He will be

a fool."

Second threw it in dustbin. The astrologer said, "He will be intelligent."

Third gave it to a cow. The astrologer said, "He would be helping and

benevolent by nature."

The Triple Filter Test

   In ancient Greece, Socrates was reputed to hold knowledge in
 high esteem. One day an acquaintance met the great philosopher
 and said, "Do you know what I just heard about your friend?"
   "Hold on a minute," Socrates replied. "Before telling me
 anything, I'd like you to pass a little test. It's called the
 Triple Filter Test."
   "Triple filter?"
   "That's right," Socrates continued. "Before you talk to me about
 my friend, it might be a good idea to take a moment and filter what
 you're going to say. That's why I call it the triple filter test.
 The first filter is Truth. Have you made absolutely sure that what
 you are about to tell me is true?"
   "No," the man said, "Actually I just heard about it and..."
   "All right," said Socrates. "So you don't really know if it's
 true or not. Now let's try the second filter, the filter of
 goodness. Is what you are about to tell me about my friend
 something good?"
   "No, on the contrary..."
   "So," Socrates continued, "You want to tell me something bad
 about him, but you're not certain it's true. You may still pass
 the test though, because there's one filter left: the filter of
 usefulness. Is what you want to tell me about my friend going to
 be useful to me?"
   "No, not really."
   "Well," concluded Socrates, "If what you want to tell me is
 neither true nor good nor even useful, why tell it to me at all?"
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   The value of time:
   To understand the value of a year, talk to a student who has
 failed an important exam.
   To understand the value of a month, talk to a mother who has
 given birth to a baby a month prematurely.
   To understand the value of a week, talk to the publisher of a
 weekly newspaper.
   To understand the value of an hour, talk to a couple in love
 who are separated and want only to be together again.
   To understand the value of a minute, talk to someone who has
 just missed a train or a plane.
   To understand the value of a second, talk to someone who has
 lost a loved one in an accident.
   To understand the value of a millisecond, talk to someone who
 won a silver medal at the Olympic Games.
   Time waits for no one. Gather all the time you have left every
 moment, and it will be of great use to you. Share it with people
 you value and love and it will become even more precious.

Solution to Impossible

Moral: There is always a solution to even the impossible.

Unfortunately, we never think of that.

Many hundreds of years ago in a small Italian town, a merchant had the

misfortune of owing a large sum of money to the moneylender. The

moneylender, who was old and ugly, fancied the merchant's beautiful

daughter so he proposed a bargain. He said he would forgo the merchant's

debt if he could marry the daughter.

The moneylender told them that he would put a black pebble and a white

pebble into an empty bag. The girl would then have to pick one pebble

from the bag. If she picked the black pebble, she would become the

moneylender's wife and her father's debt would be forgiven. If she picked

the white pebble, she need not marry him and her father's debt would still

be forgiven. But if she refused to pick a pebble, her father would be

thrown into jail.

They were standing on a pebble-strewn path in the merchant's garden. As

they talked, the moneylender bent over to pick up two pebbles. As he

picked them up, the sharp-eyed girl noticed that he had picked up two

black pebbles and put them into the bag. He then asked the girl to pick her

pebble from the bag.

The girl put her hand into the moneybag and drew out a pebble. Without

looking at it, she fumbled and let it fall onto the pebble-strewn path where

it immediately became lost among all the other pebbles.

"Oh, how clumsy of me," she said. "But never mind, if you look into the

bag for the one that is left, you will be able to tell which pebble I picked."

Since the remaining pebble is black, it must be assumed that she had

picked the white one.

Are you a prairie Chicken?

An old Amerindian legend tells of a brave who found an eagle's
 egg one day and put it in a prairie chicken's nest. The eaglet
 hatched at the same time as a nestful of prairie chickens saw
 the light of day, and grew up alongside them.
   All his life the young eagle did exactly what prairie chickens do.
 He pecked for insects and grubs in the earth. He clucked and
 cackled exactly like a prairie chicken. And when he flew it was
 always in a cloud of feathers and only for a few yards at most.
   After all, that's how prairie chickens fly.
   The years passed and the eagle grew old. One day he saw a
 magnificent bird gliding high in the cloudless sky. Gracefully the
 huge bird rode the air currents, hardly moving his great golden
 wings.
   "What a beautiful bird!" exclaimed our eagle to his prairie
 chicken friends. "What is it?"
   "That's an eagle, the king of birds," clucked his neighbor.
 "But you better forget about it. You'll never be an eagle."
   And so the eagle forgot all about the magnificent bird and
 died, thinking he was a prairie chicken.
   Dear Friend, have you ever thought you were less than
 you could be, like the eagle who thought he was a prairie
 chicken?
   If so, think again...

The Success' Secret

During a meeting of top salespeople from around the country,
 the 'big cheese' himself, a man who'd consistently had the highest
 sales figures for the last 20 years, and who earned more money
 than even the owner of his company, got up to speak.
    "I am now going to reveal the secret of my success," he said.
 "I wrote it down on a piece of paper and I put it in this envelope.
 But success must be earned. So I'm going to sell the envelope to
 the highest bidder. You have my word that it contains what I said
 - the Secret of my Success, not only as a salesman, but also
 in life."
    The bidding started slowly... $5, then $10, then $50, $100,
 $130, $150, $200. Finally one of his colleagues bought the envelope
 for $1000. The happy buyer took the envelope and kept it to
 himself until he got home that night. Only then did he open it
 to learn THE SECRET OF SUCCESS.
    What do you think was written on the piece of paper?
    Think about it. Make a mental note of whatever comes to mind
 before reading the answer. Because I am going to tell you what it
 was later in this e-mail. And in my opinion what was written on
 that piece of paper is worth much more than $1000.
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    The winner of the auction tore open the envelope, unfolded
 the piece of paper and read the following hand-written words:


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               THE SUCCESS' SECRET IS... TO ASK.

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