A short motivational story to start a week!

Monday Motivation….. December 01, 2014 (199) Once upon a time a group of 50 people was attending a seminar. Suddenly the speaker stopped and started giving each person a balloon. Each one was asked to write his/her name on it using a marker pen. Then all the balloons were collected and put in another room.…

Monday Motivation….. November 24, 2014 (198) Once upon a time there were two horses in the barn. From a distance, each horse looks like any other horse. But if you get a closer look you will notice something quite interesting… One of the horses is blind. His owner has chosen not to have him put…

Monday Motivation….. November 17, 2014 (197) High in the mountains was a monastery that had once been known throughout the world. Its monks were pious, its students were enthusiastic. The chants from the monastery’s chapel deeply touched the hearts of people who came there to pray and meditate. But, something had changed. Fewer and fewer…

Monday Motivation….. November 10, 2014 (196) In ancient Greece, Socrates was reputed to hold knowledge in high esteem. One day an acquaintance met the great philosopher and said, “Do you know what I just heard about your friend?” “Hold on a minute,” Socrates replied. “Before you talk to me about my friend, it might be…

Monday Motivation….. November 03, 2014 (195) Many years ago three soldiers, hungry and weary of battle, came upon a small village. The villagers, suffering a meager harvest and the many years of war, quickly hid what little they had to eat and met the three at the village square, wringing their hands and bemoaning the…

Monday Motivation….. October 27, 2014 (194) Once upon a time a man started running down the street of his town screaming, “The dam has broken”. Women shopping in the supermarket heard the scream and they dropped their grocery baskets and joined him; men in the barbershop and offices heard the mob and joined them; so…

Monday Motivation….. October 20, 2014 (193) There once was a man who was blind from birth! He owned a fruit stand on a very busy street. One day his only son came to him and told him that he read in the newspaper of a new discovery where they could operate on his eyes and…

Monday Motivation….. October 13, 2014 (192) Once upon a time a man was publicly offending Omar Khayyam (Persian Philosopher, poet & astronomer): – You’re an atheist! You’re drinker! Almost a thief! Omar just smiled in response. One dandy dressed in the silk trousers watching that scene asked Omar: – How can you tolerate such offences?…

Monday Motivation….. October 06, 2014 (191) Once upon a time, two men were jailed in the same cell. They were in the same conditions, but one of them was unhappy, and the other one was happy. – Why are you so sad? – a happy man asked unhappy man. – What should I joy for?…

Monday Motivation….. September 29, 2014 (190) Once upon a time there lived a poor Scottish farmer named Fleming. One day, while trying to eke out a living for his family, he heard a cry for help coming from a nearby bog. He dropped his tools and ran to the bog. There, mired to his waist…