Category: Monday Motivations

Monday Motivation….. October 10, 2011 (035) Recently Bill ordered a spiffy new cell phone with a fabulously low billing rate. The promotion was so popular, Bill was told, that there would be a 30-90 day wait for the phone. Okay, He can wait; all these years of meditation should have taught him a little patience,…

Monday Motivation….. October 03, 2011 (034) Once upon a time a fisherman was sitting near seashore , under the shadow of a tree smoking his beedi. Suddenly a rich businessman passing by approached him and enquired as to why he was sitting under a tree smoking and not working. To this the poor fisherman replied…

Monday Motivation….. September 26, 2011 (033) Once upon a time two travelling angels stopped to spend the night in the home of a wealthy family. The family was rude and refused to let the angels stay in the mansion’s guest room. Instead the angels were given a small space in the cold basement. As they…

Monday Motivation….. September 19, 2011 (032) A businessman was highly critical of his competitors’ storefront windows. “Why, they are the dirtiest windows in town,” he claimed. Fellow business people grew tired of the man’s continual criticism and nitpicking comments about the windows. One day over coffee, the businessman carried the subject just too far. Before…

Monday Motivation….. September 12, 2011 (031) Once upon a time a giant ship engine failed. The ship’s owners tried one expert after another, but none of them could figure but how to fix the engine. Then they brought in an old man who had been fixing ships since he was a young. He carried a…

Monday Motivation….. September 05, 2011 (030) Once upon a time there dwelt an old King in a palace. In the center of a golden table in the main hall, there shone a large and magnificent jewel. Each day of the King’s life, the stone sparkled more resplendently. One day a thief stole the jewel and…

Monday Motivation….. August 29, 2011 (029) Once upon a time there was a farmer named Hafiz in Africa, Who was happy and content. He was happy because he was content. He was content because he was happy. One day a wise man came to him and told him about the glory of diamonds and the…

Monday Motivation….. August 22, 2011 (028) This is the story of Rebbi Yochanan, a great scholar who had a study partner named Reish Lakish. (Before becoming a rabbi, Reish Lakish was a bandit. But that’s another story…) These two men studied together for many years, until one day Reish Lakish got sick and died. Rebbe…

Monday Motivation….. August 15, 2011 (027) Once upon a time a daughter complained to her father that her life was miserable and that she didn’t know how she was going to make it. She was tired of fighting and struggling all the time. It seemed just as one problem was solved, another one soon followed. …

Monday Motivation….. August 08, 2011 (026) Once upon a time in ancient America there lived a farmer who grew the best quality corn. For last 10 years, every year the farmer entered his corn in the state fair where it won a blue ribbon for the best Corn of the year. One year a newspaper…