A short motivational story to start a week!

Monday Motivation….. February 12, 2024 (681) Once upon a time in ancient Japan, there was a young disciple named Kiyoshi who was eager to learn the ways of Zen. He was a diligent student, practicing his meditation and studying the sutras. But he still felt that he lacked a deeper understanding of the true essence of Zen. Hearing…

Monday Motivation….. February 05, 2024 (680)Once upon a time, a young lady sat in a bus. At the next stop a loud and grumpy old lady came and sat by her. She squeezed into the seat and bumped her with her numerous bags.The person sitting on the other side of the young lady got upset,…

Monday Motivation….. January 29, 2024 (679) Once upon a time, an affluent man lived in a city. He was a very successful businessman with abundance of wealth. But, still he was always worried and restless. One day he went to meet a sage in his hermitage which was situated in the forest next to a nearby village. When…

Monday Motivation….. January 22, 2024 (678) Once upon a time, a young boy named James lived in a deserted village, located in the vicinity of a desert. He was an educated person and doing business in surrounding areas. He had a beautiful wife and cute son in his family. But he was not happy with his life, every now…

Monday Motivation….. January 15, 2024 (677) Lions love to eat gazelle meat. But it’s very difficult for lions to catch gazelles because the latter run so fast. So instead of trying to catch their quarry, a group of young lions will form a line and try to herd them in a particular direction. The gazelles…

Monday Motivation….. January 08, 2024 (676) Gillian is a seven-year-old girl who cannot sit in school. She continually gets up, gets distracted, flies with thoughts, and doesn’t follow lessons. Her teachers worry about her, punish her, scold her, reward the few times that she is attentive, but nothing. Gillian does not know how to sit…

Monday Motivation….. January 01, 2024 (675)Years ago, anthropologist Margaret Mead was asked by a student what she considered to be the first sign of civilization in a culture. The student expected Mead to talk about fishhooks or clay pots or grinding stones.But no. Mead said that the first sign of civilization in an ancient culture…

Monday Motivation….. December 25, 2023 (674) My parents, at the height of the Depression, were forced to go on home relief, which is known as welfare today. It was 1935, when I was 10 years old, and we lived on the first floor of a walk-up apartment on 43rd Street, in Brooklyn, New York. A…

Monday Motivation….. December 18, 2023 (673) A blonde was driving when she got lost in a snow storm December evening. She remembered that her dad had once told her. “If you ever get stuck in a snow storm, wait for a snow plow and follow it.” Pretty soon a snow plow came by, and she…

Monday Motivation….. December 11, 2023 (672) I was waiting in line for a ride at the airport. When a cab pulled up, the first thing I noticed was that the taxi was polished to a bright shine. Smartly dressed in a white shirt, black tie, and freshly pressed black slacks, the cab driver jumped out…