A short motivational story to start a week!

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…

Monday Motivation….. February 06, 2017 (314) Once upon a time, there lived an old man with his three sons in a deserted village, located in the vicinity of a desert. He had 17 camels, and they were the main source of his income. He used to rent out camels as a means of shipping in…

Monday Motivation….. January 30, 2017 (313) Once upon a time the night fell heavy on the heights of the mountains and the rock climber could not see anything. There was zero visibility; the moon and the stars were covered by the clouds. When he was just a few feet below the top of the mountain,…

Monday Motivation….. January 23, 2017 (312) Once upon a time a little girl sitting on a chair and she was holding two apples in her hands. Her mother came to her and softly asked her, Sweety, could you give your mom one apple? Girl looked at her mom for a second and then she suddenly…

Monday Motivation….. January 16, 2017 (311) Once upon a time a poor boy fell in love with a rich man daughter. Boy loved her lot so one day he proposed to her. Girl rejected him by saying, Listen, your monthly salary is even less than my daily expenses. How can I live with you? How…