C O R A G E

JAI MAA KAALI 
                             COURAGE
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 THERE WAS A MAN WHO--------------------
Failed in business at 31
Was defeated for the legislature at 32
Failed in Agro Business again at 34
Lost his beloved at 35
Had a nervous break down at 36
Was defeated in the election at 38
Was defeated for the congress at 43
Was again defeated for congress at 46
Was defeated yet again for congress at 49
Was defeated for the Senate at 55
Was defeated again for the senate at 58
But was elected PRESIDENT at 60.
That man was ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
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W I S D O M

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                                                            WISDOM 
 IT is said that memory is the mother of all wisdom.A merchant wanted to ascertain which of his two sons was more worthy of inheriting his property.After a long deliberation,he thought of a plan.He summoned his two sons and giving each a coin said,"Buy with this money something which will fill the house."
  The elder son scampered to the marketplace where he learned that the cheapest and bulkiest thing he could buy was straw.He spent his coin for that,but had not enough even to cover the floor.The younger one,perceiving that his dad had entrusted him with a mission,which could be executed only by unusual shrewdness and sagacity,mulled over the matter for a long time and finally spent his coin in purchasing candles. These he took home and lighted one in each room,so that the light they emitted filled the house.
 The merchant was very happy and impressed.He said to him,"You have shown wisdom.You deserve the inheritance.I give over all my business to you."
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MORAL:----TRY TO IDENTIFY THE 'YOUNGER SON IN YOURSELF'
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      [ DEVENDRA  SRIVASTAVA]
                                

JAI MAA KAALI

      CRITICISM
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  Once a potter and his son were trudging along the way to a market.They were driving their pet donkey with them.
 A bevy of girls saw them and started laughing.One maiden warbled,"Look at those two nincompoops.They are going on foot when the donkey can carry one of them on his back."
 This remark was within the earshot of the potter.He lifted his son and made him perch on the back of the donkey.After going some distance,they met an old guy.The guy rebuked the boy,'You are riding like a king while your dad is walking on foot.This is shameful.'
  The son instantaneously dismounted and asked his father to get on the donkey.After some distance,they came across a bunch of young lads.One lad exclaimed with sheer contempt,"Look at that cruel and selfish old man.He is comfortably riding the donkey while the poor son is walking."
   So the father lifted the son up and the two rode to the market.When they were approaching the market,a merchant snubbed them,"You cruel fools,have you no shame?You are going to kill this poor animal with your weight.You can carry the hapless donkey better than he can carry you."
  Thus reprimanded,the potter and his son got off the donkey.they tied the legs of the donkey together,slung him on a pole and carried him on their shoulders.
  The people on the way saw this sight and burst into peals of laughters. The cacophony frightened the donkey.It kicked through the cords,flumped down the pole and tried to scoot away.It fell into the river and was drowned.
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MORAL OF THE STORY----DON'T LEND  EARS TO UNDUE CRITICISM.
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BE THANKFUL

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              BE  THANKFUL
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1) Should you find something on your dinner plate that does not appeal to you,don't complain and create a fuss.There are people who don't have anything on their plate!

2) Should you have a bad day at work,think of the man who has been out of job for years!

3) Should your car develop a snag leaving you miles away from assistance,think of the paraplegic who would love the opportunity to take that walk!

4)Should you notice a new gray hair in the mirror,think of the cancer patient in chemo who wishes he had hair to examine!

5)Should you find yourself stuck in the snarling traffic,don't despair.There are people in this world for whom driving is an unheard of privilege!

       SO BE THANKFUL TO GOD FOR WHAT YOU ARE!!
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             -------DEVENDRA  SRIVASTAVA
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MUTUAL CO--OPERATION

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          MUTUAL  CO--OPERATION
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   Once there lived two beggars in a big city.One was blindborn and the other was crippled in leg(lame).Both were starving as the physical deformities of their bodies shackled them from moving about the city to seek alms.Both were practically cooped up in their respective huts.They had to pass their days in pathetic beggary and were totally helpless.
   It is said that when the going gets tough,the tough itself gets going.One day both the beggars came across each other by chance.The blind beggar said to the other,"How are you passing your days?I am,as sure as eggs in eggs,going to die of hunger."The lame beggar responded,"I am also sailing in the same boat.I,too,will not survive long."
   Suddenly,by the grace of God,an idea struck the blind one.He suggested to the other beggar,"If we join hands,we can certainly improve our lot.You climb on my shoulders and guide me the way to move about the streets for seeking alms.We will,cock-sure,get sufficient alms to ward off the death due to starvation."The lame jitterbugged with joy at the splendid idea.He perched on his shoulders and guided the way from place to place to beg alms.
   God is very kind.He definitely helps those who help themselves.By HIS GRACE,they got plenty of alms.They were thus able to satiate their hunger.Since then ,they became bosom buddies and were as happy as a lark.
   MORAL OF THE STORY----Co-operation with each other can convert even the toughest knot into the cotton-fluff.
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D I L I G E N C E

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           DILIGENCE
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     It is a fact that no success can actually be accomplished sans diligence.Hard work is the key to success.In this world no one is born happy.Happiness or success is not a gift of the God,it has to be achieved,striven for.The following yarn tells this fact-
   Once there was an industrious peasant.He had three sons.Unfortunately all the three sons were as dronish as a toad and were like a 'couch potato'.The hapless farmer moved heaven and earth together to reform them but all his efforts proved as futile as the efforts of a butterfly to reach the vertex of the sky!He fell seriously ill due to tension and there was no hope for his survival.He summoned his sons to his bedside.Then he told them he was dying and he would leave a treasure to them all.He further said that the treasure trove was camouflaged in the orchard.His sons asked him where it was interred.The peasant replied that he did not know exactly."Excavate all over the orchard."he said,"You will trace it somewhere there."The next day he gave up the ghost.
     The lure of the lucre made the lazy sons excavate the field. Day after day they dug.But they found nothing.They were angry and thought that they uselessly toiled and moiled and their father had lied to them.But next year the through digging produced a big crop.They sold the grains and earned oodles of money.This was the treasure they found by working hard in digging the farm.they realised the lesson that hard work only fetches money and happiness.
    Moral--Success and happiness is achieved by those who shun lethargy and toil and moil ceaselessly!!
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