Thoughtful Story - THE SMART GAME !!

There once lived a great mathematician in a village outside Ujjain . He was often called by the local king to advice on matters related to the economy. His reputation had spread as far as Taxila in the North and Kanchi in the South of India. So it hurt him very much when the village headman told him, "You may be a great mathematician who advises the king on economic matters but your son does not know the value of gold or silver." 

The mathematician called his son and asked, "What is more valuable - gold or silver?" "Gold," said the son. "That is correct. Why is it then that the village headman makes fun of you, claims you do not know the value of gold or silver? He teases me every day. He mocks me before other village elders as a father who neglects his son. This hurts me. I feel everyone in the village is laughing behind my back because you do not know what is more valuable, gold or silver. Explain this to me, son." 

So the son of the mathematician told his father the reason why the village headman carried this impression. "Every day on my way to school, the village headman calls me to his house. There, in front of all village elders, he holds out a silver coin in one hand and a gold coin in other. He asks me to pick up the more valuable coin. I pick the silver coin. He laughs, the elders jeer, everyone makes fun of me. And then I go to school. This happens every day. That is why they tell you I do not know the value of gold or silver." 

The father was confused. His son knew the value of gold and silver, and yet when asked to choose between a gold coin and silver coin always picked the silver coin. "Why don't you pick up the gold coin?" he asked. In response, the son took the father to his room and showed him a box. In the box were at least a hundred silver coins. Turning to his father, the mathematician's son said, "The day I pick up the gold coin the game will stop. They will stop having fun and I will stop making money." 

The bottom line is...

Sometimes in life, we have to play the fool because our seniors and our peers, and sometimes even our juniors like it. That does not mean we lose in the game of life. It just means allowing others to win in one arena of the game, while we win in the other arena of the game. We have to choose which arena matters to us and which arenas do not.

Source : DSDG

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Morning Great Sayings !!

Living a life of integrity is one of the greatest missions we can undertake.

~   Greg Anderson

(American Author of "The 22 Non-Negotiable Laws of Wellness")

It is the nature of man to rise to greatness if greatness is expected of him.

~   John Steinbeck (1902-1968) American Novelist

Failure is the opportunity to begin again more intelligently.

~   Henry Ford (1863-1947) American Industrialist

The best portion of a good man's life is the little, nameless,

unremembered acts of kindness and love.

~   William Wordsworth (1770-1850) English poet

We are each of us angels with only one wing, and 

we can only fly by embracing one another.

~   Luciano de Crescenzo

Have A Refreshing Thursday !!

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Refreshing Morning Poem !!

A good morning hug

I'm sending to you

Wrapped up in love

With big smiles too

My special wish

Is you'll have a good day

I hope things are pleasant

Each step of the way

A day filled with sunshine

No clouds overhead

Feelings of peace

As you climb out of bed

Enjoy the fresh air

Be good to yourself

Find time to relax

We only live once

A good morning hug

For you my friend

Have a good day

From beginning till end

May your day be filled with sunshine! 

Start Your Day With A Positive Note !!

Don't go the way life takes you.

Take the life the way you go,

Remember you are born to live and 

not living because you are born. 

Some times Prayers doesnt change the situation, 

but it changes our attitude towards situation, 

& gives us the hopes which changes our entire Life. 

Happiness always looks small if you hold it in your hands, 

but when you learn to share it, 

you will realize how big and precious it is.

If you want something you never had, 

do something you have never done. 

Happiness is not something you postpone for the future.

It's something you design for the present. 

Make each moment a happy one.

I just did it by remembering U!

Have a nice day !!

Popular Morning Messages !

"Enjoy doing nothing, and you can enjoy doing anything. 

Enjoy having nothing, and you can enjoy whatever you have."

~   Ralph Marston 

"The best preparation for good work tomorrow is to do good work today."

~   Elbert Hubbard 

Nothing is ever lost by courtesy. 

It is the cheapest of pleasures, costs nothing, and conveys much.

~   Erastus Wiman

To give real service you must add something,

which cannot be bought or measured with money, 

and that is sincerity and integrity.

~   Donald A. Adams

Action may not always bring happiness; 

but there is no happiness without action.

~   Benjamin Disraeli

(1804-1881, British Statesman, Prime Minister)

HAVE A LOVELY DAY !!!

A Story That Tells Good Definition of Quality !!

Good definition of Quality and very relevant to our way of working also.....

A gentleman was once visiting a temple under construction. In the temple premises, he saw a sculptor making an idol of God. 

Suddenly he saw, just a few meters away, another identical idol was lying. Surprised he asked the sculptor, do you need two statutes of the same idol. No said the sculptor. We need only one, but the first one got damaged at the last stage. 

The gentleman examined the statue. No apparent damage was visible. Where the damage is? Asked the gentleman. There is a scratch on the nose of the idol. Where are you going to keep the idol? The sculptor replied that it will be installed on a pillar 20 feet high.

When the idol will be 20 feet away from the eyes of the beholder, who is going to know that there is scratch on the nose? The gentleman asked. The sculptor looked at the gentleman, smiled and said, ' The God knows it and I know it '. 

The desire to excel should be exclusive of the fact whether someone appreciates it or not. 

Quality is a drive from Inside not Outside.

Source  : DSDG

Enjoy Each Moment Of Your Life !!

The best revenge is a vow to never be like the one who hurt you.

There are too many people praying for mountains of difficulty to be removed, 

what they really need is courage to climb them.

The beginning of anxiety is the end of faith. 

The beginning of true faith is the end of anxiety.

Worry is interest paid in advance for a debt you many never owe.

Pray as if everything depended on GOD, 

Act as if everything depended on yourself!

With prayer as with other gifts from God, 

it is not what you get that counts, it's what you do with it.

Have a lovely day !!!

Keep Doing The Best !!

Everything in this world can be seen as you wish to 

Good or Bad;

Simple or Complicated;

Easy or Difficult; 

It's not how things are;

its about how you look up to them 

and how you look up to them is all up to you.

If you want something badly, let it go.

If it comes back to you,

then its going to be yours forever.

If it doesn't

then it's never going to be yours...

To love is a Duty...

To be Loved is a Success..

To be with someone you love

is a Achievement...

To be with someone who

loves you is Life ....

Success lies not in the result but in the efforts....

"Being" the Best is not important,

"Doing" the Best is all that matters....

Have a Blessed Day !!!

Enlightening Morning Quotes !!

There are two ways of exerting one's strength : 
one is pushing down, the other is pulling up.


~   Booker T. Washington




A champion is someone who gets up when he can't.


~   Jack Dempsey




Success comes in cans, failure in can'ts.


~   Source Unknown




Motivation is the art of getting people to do what you want them
to do because they want to do it.


~   Dwight D. Eisenhower
(1890-1969, Thirty-fourth President of the USA)




Fear is the opportunity for courage, not proof of cowardice.


~   John McCain




You are the only real obstacle in your path to a fulfilling life.


~ Les Brown
(1945-, American Speaker, Author, Trainer, Motivator Lecturer)

ENJOY THIS BEAUTIFUL MORNING !!

Thoughtful Morning Quotes !

Truth is like the sun. You can shut it out for a time, but it's not going to go away.

~   Elvis Presley

Nobody grows old merely by living a number of years. 

We grow old by deserting our ideals.

~   Samuel Ullman

I make the most of all that comes and the least of all that goes.

~   Sara Teasdale

People deal too much with the negative, with what is wrong. 

Why not try and see positive things, 

to just touch those things and make them bloom?

~   Thich Nhat Hanh - (Vietnamese Buddhist Monk, Teacher)

The artist who aims at perfection in everything achieves it in nothing.

~   Eugène Delacroix

Resentment is like drinking poison and waiting for the other person to die.

~   Carrie Fisher

HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY !!!

A Cute Story To Know Self - Good Morning !!

A well known speaker started off his seminar by holding up a $20 bill. In the room of 200, he asked. "Who would like this $20 bill?"

Hands started going up. He said, "I am going to give this $20 to one of you - but first, let me do this." 

He proceeded to crumple the 20 dollar note up. He then asked. "Who still wants it?" Still the hands were up in the air.

"Well," he replied, "what if I do this?" He dropped it on the ground and started to grind it into the floor with his shoe. He picked it up, now crumpled and dirty. "Now, who still wants it?"

Still the hands went into the air.

"My friends, you have all learned a very valuable lesson. No matter what I did to the money, you still wanted it because it did not decrease in value. It was still worth $20.

Many times in our lives, we are dropped, crumpled, and ground into the dirt by the decisions we  make and the circumstances that come our way. We feel as though we are worthless; but no matter what happened or what will happen, you will never lose your value. 

Dirty or clean, crumpled or finely creased, you are still priceless to those who love you. The worth of our lives comes, not in what we do or who we know, but by ...WHO WE ARE.

You are special - don't ever forget it."

BE CHEERFUL FOR THE WEEKEND !!

Energetic Morning Quotes !

I always prefer to believe the best of everybody, it saves so much trouble. 

~   Rudyard Kipling

Don't be yourself - be someone a little nicer. 

~   Mignon McLaughlin, The Second Neurotic's Notebook, 1966

There is no greater loan than a sympathetic ear. 

~   Frank Tyger

Never miss an opportunity to make others happy, 

even if you have to leave them alone in order to do it. 

~   Author Unknown

A fellow who does things that count, doesn't usually stop to count them. 

~   Variation of a saying by Albert Einstein

Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see. 

~   Mark Twain

Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for a kindness. 

~Seneca

CHECK OUT THE WONDERFUL DAY OUTSIDE !!

A Beautiful Morning Poem For A Friend !!

I gaze outside my window

sipping morning tea

squirrels running, playing

frolic so carefree

I see the rays of sunshine

reminded of your smile

looking toward the heavens

thankful all the while

Smelling fresh bloomed roses

moist with morning dew

reminded of the beauty

that grows inside of you

The birds are chirping softly

on this early morn

pretending we're together

fills my heart with song

Thoughts of you this morning

have brightened up my day

know how much I love you

although you're far away

So many miles between us

in my heart I keep you near

gazing out the window

wishing you were here

Missing U Friend !!

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