Beautiful Morning Story ...... Honesty in Life !

A beautiful message - about honesty in life !

A successful business man was growing old and knew it was time to choose a successor to take over the business. Instead of choosing one of his Directors or his children, he decided to do something different. He called all the young executives in his company together.

He said, "It is time for me to step down and choose the next CEO. I have decided to choose one of you. "The young executives were Shocked, but the boss continued. "I am going to give each one of you a SEED today - one very special SEED. I want you to plant the seed, water it, and come back here one year from today with what you have grown from the seed I have just given you. I will then judge the plants that you bring, and the one I choose will be the next CEO."

One man, named Jim, was there that day and he, like the others, received a seed. He went home and excitedly, told his wife the story. She helped him get a pot, soil and compost and he planted the seed. Everyday, he would water it and watch to see if it had grown. After about three weeks, some of the other executives began to talk about their seeds and the plants that were beginning to grow. 

Jim kept checking his seed, but nothing ever grew. Three weeks, four weeks, five weeks went by, still nothing. By now, others were talking about their plants, but Jim still didn't have anything growing and he felt like a failure.

Six months went by -- still nothing in Jim's pot. He just knew he had killed his seed. Everyone else had trees and tall plants, but he had nothing. Jim didn't say anything to his colleagues, however, he just kept watering and fertilizing the soil - He so wanted the seed to grow.

A year finally went by and all the young executives of the company brought their plants to the CEO for inspection. Jim told his wife that he wasn't going to take an empty pot. But she asked him to be honest about what happened. Jim felt sick to his stomach. It was going to be the most embarrassing moment of his life, but he knew his wife was right. He took his empty pot to the board room. When Jim arrived, he was amazed at the variety of plants grown by the other executives. They were beautiful -- in all shapes and sizes. Jim put his empty pot on the floor and many of his colleagues laughed, but a few felt sorry for him!

When the CEO arrived, he surveyed the room and greeted his young executives.

Jim just tried to hide in the back. "My, what great plants, trees and flowers you have grown," said the CEO. "Today one of you will be appointed the next CEO!"

All of a sudden, the CEO spotted Jim at the back of the room with his empty pot. He ordered the Financial Director to bring him to the front. Jim was terrified. He thought, "The CEO knows I'm a failure! Maybe he will have me fired!" 

When Jim got to the front, the CEO asked him what had happened to his seed - Jim told him the story. 

The CEO asked everyone to sit down except Jim. He looked at Jim, and then announced to the young executives, "Behold your next Chief Executive Officer! 

His name is Jim!" Jim couldn't believe it. He couldn't even grow his seed?

"How could he be the new CEO?" the others said.

Then the CEO said, "One year ago today, I gave everyone in this room a seed. I told you to take the seed, plant it, water it and bring it back to me today. But I gave you all boiled seeds; they were dead - it was not possible for them to grow.

All of you, except Jim, have brought me trees and plants and flowers. When you found that the seed would not grow, you substituted another seed for the one I gave you. Jim was the only one with the courage and honesty to bring me a pot with my seed in it. Therefore, he is the one who will be the new Chief Executive Officer!" 

* If you plant honesty, you will reap trust * If you plant goodness, you will reap friends

* If you plant humility, you will reap greatness

* If you plant perseverance, you will reap contentment

* If you plant consideration, you will reap perspective

* If you plant hard work, you will reap success

* If you plant forgiveness, you will reap reconciliation

So, be careful what you plant now; it will determine what you will reap later. 

Beautiful Morning Philosophy !!

Smartness of a person can be judged by the way a person answers unexpected questions

~   Proverb.

The power of one is the power to do something.

~   English Proverb.

The greater the risk, the greater the rewards.

~   Unknown

A person must not swallow more belief, than he can digest.

~   Haxelock Hills

Every man is the architect of his own future.

~   Keluzy

Never trust the advice of man in difficulties.

~   Aesop

Lovely Morning Poem !!

The world would like to change you;

There are pressures all around,

You must decide just who you are,

Then firmly hold your ground.

You have an image of yourself,

An ideal sense of you;

And to this vision you must always

Struggle to be true.

You know what you are good at,

And you know where talents lie;

But if you're ruled by others,

Your uniqueness could pass by.

Remember, there is much to learn,

All new things aren't good,

Wisdom lies in what you've learned

And what you have withstood.

So be yourself and don't allow

The world to take control,

Preserving your identity

Is life's most precious goal.

~~Bruce B. Wilmer

Beautiful Morning Words !!

Start the work in the name of God... 

Do the work with the help of God... 

Finish the work with thanks to God... 

because he decides, gives, and makes everything possible.

Past is experience, Present is experiment. Future is expectation!!! 

Use ur experience in your experiments to get your expectations. 

Wish u a happy life.

Life is only traveled Once, 

Today's Moment becomes Tomorrow's memory.

Enjoy every moment, good or bad, 

because the Gift of Life is Life itself...

Love yourself, 

Flirt with your understanding, 

Romance with dreams, 

Get engaged with simplicity, 

Marry genuineness, 

Divorce the egos... 

That's Good Life...

In the end, only 3 things matter the most: 

How fully you lived, 

how deeply you loved & 

how well you learned to let go of things not meant for you!

Truly Energizing Morning Sentences !

Happiness is not a state to arrive at, but a manner of travelling

Advice is like snow; the softer it falls , the longer it dwells upon, 

and the deeper it sinks into the mind.

Life is like a sewer... 

what you get out of it 

depends on what you put into it .

You may only be one person to the world, 

but you may also be the world to one person.

You never see the bad days in a photo album 

but it’s those days that get us from one happy snapshot to the next.

Death is life's way of telling you - you're fired.

Experience is a wonderful thing. 

It enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again.

Life is uncertain ....Eat Desert first !

A Beautiful Morning Story To Learn From !!

Bhagavat Geeta is very huge. So why we read the Bhagavat Geeta, even if we can't understand it? Here is a story that tells you why :

An old farmer lived on a farm in the mountains with his young grandson. Each morning, Grandpa was up early sitting at the kitchen table reading his Bhagavat Geeta.

His grandson wanted to be just like him and tried to imitate him in every way he could.

One day the grandson asked, "Grandpa! I try to read the Bhagawat Geeta just like you but I don't understand it, and what I do understand, I forget as soon as I close the book. What good does reading the Bhagawat Geeta do?"

The Grandfather quietly turned from putting coal in the stove and replied, "Take this coal basket down to the river and bring me back a basket of water."

The boy did as he was told, but all the water leaked out before he got back to the house.

The grandfather laughed and said, "You'll have to move a little faster next time," and sent him back to the river with the basket to try again.

This time the boy ran faster, but again the basket was empty before here turned home. Out of breath, he told his grandfather that it was impossible to carry water in a basket, and he went to get a bucket instead.

The old man said, "I don't want a bucket of water; I want a basket of water. You're just not trying hard enough," and he went out the door to watch the boy try again.

At this point, the boy knew it was impossible, but he wanted to show his grandfather that even if he ran as fast as he could, the water would leak out before he got back to the house. The boy again dipped the basket into river and ran hard, but when he reached his grandfather the basket was again empty.

Out of breath, he said, "SEE.... it is useless!"

"So you think it is useless?" The old man said, "Look at the basket."

The boy looked at the basket and for the first time realized that the basket was different. It had been transformed from a dirty old coal basket and was now clean, inside and out.

"Son, that's what happens when you read the Bhagavat Geeta. You might not understand or remember everything, but when you read it, you will be changed, inside and out. That is the work of GOD in our lives."

This is beautiful story - Can't say when it might inspire one.

Refreshing Morning Sentences !!

If you wish to travel far and fast, travel light.  

Take off all your envies, jealousies, unforgiveness, selfishness, and fears.

~   Glenn Clark

It is a miserable state of mind to have few things to desire 

and many things to fear.

~   Francis Bacon

Tears are the summer showers to the soul.

~   Alfred Austin

Seek respect mainly from thyself, for it comes first from within.

~   Steven H. Coogler

Never let your sense of morals get in the way of doing what's right.

~   Isaac Asimov

To get your ideas across use small words, big ideas, and short sentences.

~   John Henry Patterson

Mistakes are part of the dues one pays for a full life.

~   Sophia Loren

Motivating Morning Poem !!

Dreams are a big part of our Lives

and You must do whatever it takes

to make them a Reality;

by the plans you make,

the course you take,

and the things you do.

Don't dwell on past mistakes.

Leave yesterday behind,

along with all it's problems,

worries and doubts.

Realize you can't change the past,

but you can start a new tomorrow.

Don't try to do everything at once;

take one step at a time,

Don't ever be afraid to try the Impossible

no matter what others may think.

Remember you are Unique

in your own special way.

Don't ever stop Dreaming!

Don't ever stop wanting what's right for you!

 

Special Morning Messages !!

Often when we lose hope and think this is the end, 

GOD smiles from above and says, "Relax, sweetheart, 

it's just a bend, not the end !

Anger is a condition in which

the tongue works faster than the mind.

You can’t change the past,

but you can ruin the present

by worrying over the future.

Love…and you shall be loved.

God always gives His best to those

who leave the choice with Him.

All people smile in the same language.

A hug is a great gift… 

one size fits all.

It can be given for any occasion

and it’s easy to exchange.

Everyone needs to be loved…

especially when they do not deserve it.

The real measure of a man’s wealth

is what he has invested in eternity.

Find Your Each Moment Today !!

You can easily judge the character of others by how 

they treat those who can do nothing for them or to them.

~   Malcolm Forbes 

Look at a day when you are supremely satisfied at the end. 

It's not a day when you lounge around doing nothing; 

it's when you've had everything to do, and you've done it.

~   Margaret Thatcher

Anger is a prelude to courage.

~   Eric Hoffer

You cannot tailor make your situation in life, 

but you can tailor make your attitudes to fit those situations.

~   Zig Ziglar

Never tell people how to do things.  

Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.

~   General George S. Patton

The world cares very little about what a man or woman knows; 

it is what a man or woman is able to do that counts.

~   Booker T. Washington

Energetic Morning Statements !

The naked truth is always better than the best dressed lie.

~   Ann Landers

"Practice is the best of all instructors."

~   Publilius Syrus

"Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished."

~   Lao Tzu

Once you know yourself as a genuine seeker,

and when your own inner chamber is quite enlightened,

then comes the natural unfoldment of pure love and compassion

and a genuine desire to serve others.

~   Rod Stryker

Love looks through a telescope; envy, through a microscope.

~   Josh Billings

ENJOY YOUR WEEKEND !!!

Lovely Morning Quotes !!

The best preparation for tomorrow is do todays work superbly well. 

~   Hazer.

The tragedy of life doesn't lie in not reaching your goal.

The tragedy lies in having no goal to reach.

~   Benjamin Mays

Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction.

~   John F. Kennedy

Love does not claim possession, but gives freedom.

~   Rabindranath Tagore

The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.

~   William James

Happiness is mostly a by-product of doing what makes us feel fulfilled.

~   Dr. Benjamin Spock

Interesting Morning Statements !

Harsh words break no bones 
but they do break hearts.




We take for granted the things 
that we should be giving thanks for.




With prayer as with other gifts from God, 
it is not what you get that counts, 
it's what you do with it.




A man does not seek his luck, 
luck seeks its man.




"Love people, not things; 
use things, not people. "




Stand up for what you believe in, 
even if it means standing up alone.




"Everybody wants to go to heaven, 
but nobody wants to die."




"A balanced diet is a cookie in each hand."





Just about the time when your income gets to the point 
where food prices don't matter, 
calories do....

Motivating Morning Poem !!

Hope is like a star so bright;

it's there on sunny days,

yet shines brightest

through the darkest night.

Hope will always be

our greatest treasure

with a value

that's beyond measure.

For hope is the key

to finding our dreams,

the wind beneath our wings

no matter how long

the flight ahead seems.

It's the spark in our heart

that's ever ablaze,

and the bit of magic

that helps us get

through the days.

I'm sending this

star of hope to you.

It will ever

sparkle bright,

to keep the hope

alive in your heart

day and night.

Should you ever

get discouraged

the star of hope

will give you courage

Positive Morning Quotes !!

Three types of people are in this world :

People who make things happen, 

People who watch things happen,

People who wonder what will happen. 

Don't wait for things to happen, make things happen.

~   Shiv Khera

I do not believe that friends are nesscarily the people you like the most, 

they are merely the people who got there first.

~   Peter Ustinov.

"Blessed are those who can give without remembering and 

take without forgetting."

~   Elizabeth Bibesco

Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.

~   Winston Churchill

If you wait to do everything until you're sure it's right,

you'll probably never do much of anything.

~   Win Borden

"Life moves pretty fast; 

if you don't stop and look around every once in a while, 

you could miss it."

~   Ferris Bueller

HAVE A EXCITING WEEK AHEAD !!!