Category: Monday Motivations

Monday Motivation….. April 13, 2020 (479) Once upon a time there lived a washerman named Dhavala. He once spotted a very beautiful lady at pond, who happened to be the daughter of another washerman. He instantly fell in love with her and pleaded with his parents to ask her parents for her hand in marriage.…

Monday Motivation….. April 06, 2020 (478) Once upon a time Nasruddin Hodja took his donkey to the market place and sold it for 30 dinars. The man who bought it immediately put it up for auction. “Look at this fine animal!” he shouted to passersby. “Have you ever seen a better specimen of a donkey?…

Monday Motivation….. March 30, 2020 (477) The ‘Fool of the Year’ contest was open to all the courtiers of king Krishnadeva Raya and all of them looked forward to the event as the winner stood to gain a handsome prize of 5000 gold coins. The trouble was, Raman always won the contest. One year the…

Monday Motivation….. March 23, 2020 (476) Once upon a time Mulla Nashruddin met an acquaintance in the street. The man looked worried and Mulla asked him what was troubling him. “I have this terrible dream,” said the man. “Every night I dream there’s a monster hiding under the bed. When I get up and look…

Monday Motivation….. March 16, 2020 (475) Once upon a time; a pandit crossing a field felt that there was something in his mouth and spat it out. It turned out to be a heron’s feather. He could not understand how it had got into his mouth and it perplexed him a great deal. When he…

Monday Motivation….. March 09, 2020 (474) Once upon a time; disciple asked his master “Where is God?”. “Everywhere, in everyone and everything,” said his Guru. Later, as the disciple was going home, he saw an elephant charging towards him. “Get out of the way, get out of the way,” shouted the elephant-driver. “He has gone…

Monday Motivation….. March 02, 2020 (473) Once upon a time, a man went to a psychiatrist with a problem: he was very annoyed with his boss. If his boss said anything to him, he immediately became angry and felt like taking off his shoe and hitting his boss with it. But, how can you hit…

Monday Motivation….. February 24, 2020 (472) Abraham was a poor tailor whose shop was next door to a very upscale restaurant. Every day at lunchtime, Abraham would go out the back of his shop and eat his black bread and herring while smelling the wonderful aroma coming from the restaurant’s kitchen. One day, Abraham was…

Monday Motivation….. February 17, 2020 (471) Once there lived an honest and hardworking farmer. He worked hard in his fields. His cattle were healthy and his tools were sharp. As a result, fields were well ploughed and they produced plentiful crops every year. His neighbors were not hard working like him. Their cattle were not…

Monday Motivation….. February 10, 2020 (470) Once upon a time, a man owned an orchard. There were many apple trees in it. Ripe apples were hanging from the trees. A naughty boy lived nearby. He knew the owner of the orchard. The man would not give a single apple if he asked for it. So…