Category: Monday Motivations

Monday Motivation….. April 17, 2017 (324) Once upon a time a man was sleeping at night in his cabin when suddenly his room filled with light, and God appeared. The Lord told the man he had work for him to do, and showed him a large rock in front of his cabin. The Lord explained…

Monday Motivation….. April 10, 2017 (323) The Japanese have always loved fresh fish. But the water close to Japan has not held many fish for decades. So to feed the Japanese population, fishing boats got bigger and went further than ever. The further the fishermen went, the longer it took to bring the fish. If…

Monday Motivation….. April 03, 2017 (322) Once upon a time there was a poor man in the city of Varanasi. He was very pious and used to pray the God daily. He used to ask every holy man he met why God is not taking pity on him and helping him. One day a holy…

Monday Motivation….. March 27, 2017 (321) Born in 1949 into a poor weaver family of Orissa, INDIA who were considered untouchables, PK was a gifted artist. However, the family didn’t have enough money to finance his education. He would often find himself at the receiving end of insult due to the dreaded caste system. Later In…

Monday Motivation….. March 20, 2017 (320) Samartha Ramdas Swamî was a great Saint from Maharashtra, India. He was the Guru of Shivajî Maharaj, a great and pious king of 17th century Maharashtra. One day, as the king and His Guru were inspecting some construction in the royal palace, the king thought, “Indeed I am a…

Monday Motivation….. March 13, 2017 (319) Zenkai, the son of a samurai, journeyed to Edo and there became the retainer of a high official. He fell in love with the official’s wife and was discovered. In self-defense, he slew the official. Then he ran away with the wife. Both of them later became thieves. But…

Monday Motivation….. March 06, 2017 (318) Once upon a time a teacher was explaining little bit about whales to grade 1 students. A little girl in class piped up and said: “I just learned that Jonah in the bible was swallowed by a whale.” The teacher said it was physically impossible for a whale to…

Monday Motivation….. February 27, 2017 (317) There was a laundry detergent salesman called Dilip in Kerala, a state in the southern part of India. He was honest, polite and hardworking. It was the month of June (start of monsoon in Kerala) when he got his first assignment in his new office. He was given a…

Monday Motivation….. February 20, 2017 (316) Once upon a time two boys were working their way through Stanford University. Their funds got desperately low, and the idea came to them to engage Ignacy Paderewski for a piano recital. They would use the funds to help pay their board and tuition. The great pianist’s manager asked…

Monday Motivation….. February 13, 2017 (315) Once upon a time a milkman became very wealthy through dishonest means. He had to cross a river daily to reach the city where his customers lived. He mixed the water of the river generously with the milk that he sold for a good profit. One day he went…