Category: Monday Motivations

Monday Motivation….. July 16, 2012 (075) Once upon a time, stumbling over stones, a man was trying to find his way through a dark cave with a light of hope from a lantern. Finally, he could trace a ray of sunlight entering the cave, which made him glitter with happiness. But, as he drew closer,…

Monday Motivation….. July 09, 2012 (074) Once upon a time a very strong woodcutter asked for a job in a timber merchant, and he got it. His salary was very good and so were the working condition. For that reason, the woodcutter was determined to do his best. His boss gave him axe and showed…

Monday Motivation….. July 02, 2012 (073) Once upon a time in night a snake, looking for food, entered a carpenter’s workshop. The carpenter, who was a rather untidy man, had left several of his tools lying on the floor. One of them was a saw. As the snake went round and round the shop, he…

Monday Motivation….. June 25, 2012 (072)  Once upon a time there was a storyteller. After getting tired of telling old fabricated stories, he left his house in search of a real life story. He reached a village and took a cottage for rent. After roaming in the village throughout the month, in search of true…

Monday Motivation….. June 18, 2012 (071) Once upon a time, a gentleman visited a temple under construction where he saw a sculptor making an idol of God. Suddenly he noticed a similar idol lying nearby. Surprised, he asked the sculptor, “Do you need two statues of the same idol?” “No,” said the sculptor without looking…

Monday Motivation….. June 11, 2012 (070) Once upon a time a Native American and his friend were in downtown New York City, walking near Times Square in Manhattan. It was during the noon lunch hour and the streets were filled with people. Cars were honking their horns, taxicabs were squealing around corners, sirens were wailing,…

Monday Motivation….. June 04, 2012 (069) Once upon a time a young couple moves into a new neighborhood. The next morning, while they are eating breakfast, the young wife sees her neighbor hang the wash outside. “That laundry is not very clean,” she said to her husband. “The neighbor doesn’t know how to wash correctly.…

Monday Motivation….. May 28, 2012 (068) Once upon a time there was a man who had four sons. He wanted his sons to learn not to judge things too quickly. So he sent them each on a quest, in turn, to go and look at a pear tree that was a great distance away. The…

Monday Motivation….. May 21, 2012 (067) Once there was a rich man who fell seriously ill. He sold all his belongings just to cure his illness. After he became healthy, he realized that he had nothing left. He had difficulties feeding himself, but he thought that in no time things would be back to normal…

Monday Motivation….. May 14, 2012 (066) Once upon a time in an Indian temple, when the priest had gone for lunch, the Idol of the Lord and the Stepping Stone were conversing. Stepping Stone: “What a good fate you have, we both were the same lump of rock for millions of years. The sculptor carved…