Category: Monday Motivations

Monday Motivation….. October 24, 2011 (037) Once upon a time a beggar lived near the king’s palace. One day he saw a proclamation posted outside the palace gate. The king was giving a great dinner. Anyone dressed in royal garments was invited to the party. The beggar went on his way. He looked at the…

Monday Motivation….. October 17, 2011 (036) There were two very good childhood friends. When they grew big, one friend became a tapasvi(Saint) and would stay alone in mountain areas to do his prayers and tapasaya. The other friend became very rich like a King and would stay in his palatial house. The tapasvi would wear…

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…