A short motivational story to start a week!

Monday Motivation….. September 14, 2015 (240) Once there was a very rich magician who had a great many sheep. But at the same time this magician was very mean. He did not want to hire shepherds, nor did he want to erect a fence about the pasture where his sheep were grazing. The sheep consequently…

Monday Motivation….. September 07, 2015 (239) Once upon a time an elephant was standing and picking leaves from a tree. A small fly came, flying and buzzing near his ear. The elephant waved it away with his long ears. Then the fly came again, and the elephant waved it away once more.” This was repeated…

Monday Motivation….. August 31, 2015 (238) During Chandragupta Maurya’s rule a Chinese traveler came to meet Kautilya (Chanakya). It was dusk and darkness had just started to set in. When the traveler entered Chanakya’s room, he saw that Chanakya was busy writing some important papers under the lighting of an oil lamp. You know that…

Monday Motivation….. August 24, 2015 (237) Once upon a time, a great flood threatened a city in olden times. The waters were up to the palace doors. The king and the queen in the interest of the prince’s safety put the baby in a basket to prevent it from drowning. Unfortunately, in the confusion that…

Monday Motivation….. August 17, 2015 (236) In my school days I learned that eagle knows when a storm is approaching long before it breaks? The eagle will fly to some high spot and wait for the winds to come. When the storm hits, it sets its wings so that the wind will pick it up…

Monday Motivation….. August 10, 2015 (235) When war broke out between Spain and the United States, it was necessary to communicate quickly with the leader of the insurgence. Garcia was somewhere in the mountain vastness of Cuba—no one knew where. No mail or telegraph message could reach him. The President must secure his cooperation, and…

Monday Motivation….. August 03, 2015 (234) There is a well-known coffee shop in a neighbouring town of Venice, Italy, the city of lights and water. Let us go visit the shop in imaginary time capsule (CCTV camera footage in today’s age) and witness something very unusual but interesting and inspiring. A man entered the coffee…

Monday Motivation….. July 27, 2015 (233) Many years ago in a small Indian village, a farmer had the misfortune of owing a large sum of money to a village moneylender. The moneylender, who was old and ugly, fancied the farmer’s beautiful daughter. So he proposed a bargain. He said he would forgo the farmer’s debt…

Monday Motivation….. July 20, 2015 (232) A man who was troubled in mind once swore that if his problems were solved, he would sell his house and give all the money gained from it to the poor. The time came when he realized that he must redeem his oath. But he did not want to…

Monday Motivation….. July 13, 2015 (231) Once upon a time, there lived three friends. One day they were traveling through a forest in order to go to a city. They had a burning desire to earn money. Fortunately, they found a bag of money. They felt very happy. They decided to divide it equally among…