Category: Monday Motivations

Monday Motivation….. November 09, 2020 (509) Long, long ago, in a dense forest there were thousands of tall and beautiful trees. They were happy, but proud of themselves. Among them there also an ugly tree whose branches were badly twisted. Its roots had uneven curves. All the trees made fun of that ugly tree.“How are…

Monday Motivation….. November 02, 2020 (508) Once upon a time there lived a rich man named Chulong in Thailand. He was a very rich man. Yet he wanted more riches, more money.One day he was walking in his garden. He saw a strange bird in a bush. It was very small. But it had very…

Monday Motivation….. October 26, 2020 (507) Kittu Mama (Krishnamurthy Iyer) is a 65-year-old senior citizen and sells Dosai and Idli in Trichy near Theppakulam closer to Chathiram Bus Stand in India. He sets up his shop after 6 PM and sells delicious Idli, Dosai with tasty chutney at very affordable prices. He is a roadside…

Monday Motivation….. October 19, 2020 (506) Once upon a time, a chief told one of his servants to bring him the best meat from the market.The servant brought him a tongue. The next day the chief told the servant to bring him the worst meat from the market.The servant brought a tongue again. “What?” the…

Monday Motivation….. October 12, 2020 (505)A Zen student said to his teacher, “Master, I have an ungovernable temper. Help me get rid of it.”“You have something very strange,” said the teacher.“Show it to me.”“Right now I cannot show it to you.”“Why not?”“It arises suddenly.”“Then it cannot be your own true nature,” said the teacher, “if…

Monday Motivation….. October 05, 2020 (504)This is Jim Thorpe. Look closely at the photo, you can see that he’s wearing different socks and shoes. This wasn’t a fashion statement. It was the 1912 Olympics, and Jim, an American Indian from Oklahoma represented the U.S. in track and field. On the morning of his competitions, his…

Monday Motivation….. September 28, 2020 (503) Ryokan, the Zen teacher, was requested by his sister-in-law to come to her house and talk to her son. “He does no work, squanders his father’s money in wild parties and is neglecting the estate,” she complained. “If he does not reform, we will be ruined.” Ryokan went to…

Monday Motivation….. September 21, 2020 (502) Once upon a time, a brave warrior had a horse and an ox. He used the horse for travelling and the ox was used for pulling load for the warrior. War had broken. The warrior was to go to a far off place. The horse said to the ox,…

Monday Motivation….. September 14, 2020 (501) It was a cyclonic season. There was flood everywhere. Many houses drowned in the flood. There was a copper pot and an earthen pot in a house. Both these were washed away in the flood to a river. The copper pot called the earthen pot and said, “My friend,…

Monday Motivation….. September 07, 2020 (500) Once upon a time, a woman had a pet mongoose. It was very faithful. One day she went to the market, leaving her baby in the care of the mongoose. At that time, a big cobra entered the house. The mongoose killed it after a long and fierce fight.…