Making a Difference

A man was walking down a deserted Mexican beach at sunset. As he walked along he began to see another man in the distance.  


As he grew nearer he noticed that the local native kept leaning down, picking something up, and throwing it out into the water. Time and again he kept hurling things out into the ocean. As he approached even closer he noticed that the man was picking up starfish that had washed up onto the beach, and one at a time, he was throwing them back into the ocean. 

The first man was puzzled. He approached the second man and said, “Good Evening Friend, I was wondering what you are doing?” And he replied, “I’m throwing these starfish back into the ocean. You see its low tide right now and all these starfish have been washed up onto the shore. If I don’t throw them back into the sea, they will die from the lack of oxygen.” 


“I understand, the first man replied “but there must be thousands of starfish on this beach and you couldn’t possibly get to all of them. There are simply too many and don’t you realize that this is happening on hundreds of beaches up and down this coast … can’t you see that you can’t possibly make a difference? 


The local native smiled, bent down, picked up yet another starfish … and as he threw it back out into the sea, he replied, “It made a difference to that one!” 


You may feel like you cannot make a difference in the world today, but you can make a difference in one life at a time.  


Moral:Never underestimate your own efforts. You too could make a difference. Don’t ask what the world could do for you; seek what you could do to the world.

Secret of success

This about Mr.Zavere Poonawala who is a well-known industrialist in Pune. He had this driver named Ganga Dutt with him for the last 30 years on his limousine, which was originally owned by Osho Rajneesh.


Ganga Dutt passed away recently and at that time Mr. Poonawala was in Mumbai for some important work. As soon as he heard the news, he canceled all his meetings, requested the driver's family to await him for the cremation and came back to Pune immediately by a helicopter. 


On reaching Pune he asked the limo to be decorated with flowers as he wished Ganga Dutt should be taken in the same car which he himself had driven since the beginning. When Ganga Dutt's family agreed to his wishes, he himself drove Ganga Dutt from his home up to the ghat on his last journey.


 When asked about it, Mr. Poonawala replied that Ganga Dutt had served him day and night and he could at least do this being eternally grateful for him. He further added that Ganga Dutt rose up from poverty and educated both his children very well. His daughter is a Chartered accountant and that is so commendable. 


His comment in the end, is the essence of a successful life in all aspects: “We should always be grateful to those people who contribute to our success“


Source: Forwarded Mail

Are you asking the Right Questions

Intellectuals for ages have been saying that, there is nothing GOOD and BAD, It depends on how you perceive it  and how you act upon it  in different time and perspectives.

Here is a short episode of conversation in a religious ceremony that shows how a question you ask matters in the reply you get!  

Ram and Shyam are attending a religious service.
Shyam wonders whether it would be all right to smoke while praying.
Ram replies, “Why don’t you ask the Priest?”

So Shyam goes up to the Priest and asks, “Priest, may I smoke while I pray?”

But the Priest says, “No, my son, you may not. That’s utter disrespect to our religion.”

Shyam goes back to his friend and tells him what the Priest told….
Ram says, “I’m not surprised. You asked the wrong question. Let me try.”

And so Ram goes up to the Priest and asks the same question in different way, “Priest, may I pray while I smoke?”

To which the Priest eagerly replies, “By all means, my son, by all means.”

Moral : “The reply you get depends on the question you ask”

Be what you are

Long time ago there lived a jackal who strayed into a city in search of food. He was hungry and was being chased by a group of dogs. He accidentally entered the house of a dyer and fell into a drum of indigo (blue) dye, and was stained blue from head to toe. When he escaped from the house back into the forest, all animals were surprised at his appearance and could not place its identity. Taking advantage of the situation, the jackal decided to play the situation to his advantage. He proclaimed that he was fierce Owl, sent by the king of Gods, Indra, to earth to guard the forest.


The easy animals believed the jackal. The jackal then appointed the Lion as his Prime minister, Tiger as his guardian of the bed chamber and the Elephant was made the door keeper. He then drove all the Jackals out of sight from the forest for fear of being recognized. The animals would hunt food and bring it to the self proclaimed king and the king would distribute the food to all equally just as a king would do. So he was leading a life of luxury.


One day a herd of jackals were passing by howling to their glory. Unable to control his natural instinct, Fierce Owl showed his natural voice and howled at the top of his voice. Hearing this howl, the animals realized that they have been fooled by a jackal and killed the jackal instantly.


Moral: Destiny cannot be changed.

Destiny Never changes

Long time ago there lived a jackal who strayed into a city in search of food. He was hungry and was being chased by a group of dogs. He accidentally entered the house of a dyer and fell into a drum of indigo (blue) dye, and was stained blue from head to toe. When he escaped from the house back into the forest, all animals were surprised at his appearance and could not place its identity. Taking advantage of the situation, the jackal decided to play the situation to his advantage. He proclaimed that he was fierce Owl, sent by the king of Gods, to earth to guard the forest.

The animals easily believed the jackal. The jackal then appointed the Lion as his Prime minister, Tiger as his guardian of the bed chamber and the Elephant was made the door keeper. He then drove all the Jackals out of sight from the forest for fear of being recognized. The animals would hunt food and bring it to the self proclaimed king and the king would distribute the food to all equally just as a king would do. So he was leading a life of luxury.

One day a herd of jackals were passing by howling to their glory. Unable to control his natural instinct, Fierce Owl showed his natural voice and howled at the top of his voice. Hearing this howl, the animals realized that they have been fooled by a jackal and killed the jackal instantly.



Moral:Always be what you are and enjoy the uniqueness

Source: Panchatantra stories from IndianHinduNames.com

Need for Safety

A town-mouse paid a visit to his friend who lived in the countryside. The country-mouse was happy to see his friend. So he prepared a fine feast for him. The town-mouse looked at the fruit and the car of corn with hatred

"Is this how you live ?" he asked, "life in the country does not offer much."

the town-mouse arriving at the city.He persuaded the country-mouse to accompany him to the town and see all the good things there.

So, the country-mouse packed all his belongings and off they went to the city. The country-mouse was really surprised to see the things there. But as soon as they settled down to enjoy a fine meal of cheese and fruit, a big cat leapt in through the window. the cat entering through the windowSeeing the cat, both the mice ran into their hole to save themselves, so the cat ate up all the cheese and fruit.

When the cat had gone away, the mice came out of their hole.

"I am going," cried the country-mouse, " I like my simple fare in safety than this grand feast in such a danger."

Moral: Safety is the first importance.

GENEROSITY, a true meaning

Mahatma Gandhi went from city to city, village to village collecting funds for the Charkha Sangh. During one of his tours he addressed a meeting in Orissa.


After his speech a poor old woman got up. She was bent with age, her hair was grey and her clothes were in tatters. The volunteers tried to stop her, but she fought her way to the place where Gandhi Ji was sitting.


“I must see him,” she insisted and going up to Gandhi Ji touched his feet.


Then from the folds of her sari she brought out a copper coin and placed it at his feet. Gandhi Ji picked up the copper coin and put it away carefully. The Charkha Sangh funds were under the charge of Jamnalal Bajaj. He asked Gandhi Ji for the coin but Gandhi Ji refused.


“I keep cheques worth thousands of rupees for the Charkha Sangh,” Jamnalal Bajaj said laughingly “yet you won’t trust me with a copper coin.” “This copper coin is worth much more than those thousands” Gandhi Ji said. “If a man has several lakhs and he gives away a thousand or two, it doesn’t mean much.”


But this coin was perhaps all that the poor woman possessed. She gave me all she had. That was very generous of her. What a great sacrifice she made. That is why I value this copper coin more than a crore of rupees.


Moral: Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking less than you need.

Time for Moral Stories

I am not a very active blogger in this world of internet. But, I would say that am an active surfer and browse around 4 -6hr a day. I usually read blogs, stories, news articles and track cricket events. Now a days i am reading lots of moral stories from various sites, and finally i decided to have one for my self.

I have started this blog to primarily share the stories I come across while surfing/browsing. Being a husband of a Kinder Garden school teacher, My wife asks few stories to engage the small kids during their breaks.

Usually I get the stories from many other sites. But I decided to have a blog for myself and share the stories I come across in sites daily. 

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