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IN THE NAME OF ALLAH THE MOST BENEFICENT AND MERCIFUL
As Salamo Alaikum Wa Rahmatullahi Wa Barkatahu,
I am thankful to Allah for giving me the opportunity to compile many of my favorite
Moral Stories, in the form of an electronic book, which I had collected from various
resources, since last few years
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As the reader can himself see from these stories, the subject “Moral” is universal to
every human being
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So, let’s start with a Moral Story called as “A POND FULL
OF MILK
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Once the pond was
dug, the king made an announcement to his people saying that one person from each
household has to bring a glass of milk during the night and pour it into the pond
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After receiving the order, everyone
went home
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He thought that since everyone
will bring milk, he could just hide a glass of water and pour inside the pond
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So he quickly went and poured the water in the
pond and came back
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Dear friends, when it comes to help the Religion of Allah, do not think that others will
take care of it
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So,
change yourself to the way of Allah to serve Him and that will make the difference
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So that we may all benefit
from these stories
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DETERMINATON
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THE CRACKED POT
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GOD EXISTS
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A BOY WITH STRONG BELIEF
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A VERY POWERFUL STORY
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WORDS & ACTIONS SHOULD BE SAME
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YOU'RE MORE PRECIOUS THAN PEARLS
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THE ONE-EYED DOE
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THE CAGE BIRD'S ESCAPE
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THE THREE WISE MEN
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THE CLEVER BOY
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A MERCHANT AND HIS DONKEY
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THE ANT AND THE GRASSHOPPER
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THE FOX WHO GOT CAUGHT IN TREE
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CATS AND ROOSTERS
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THE PROUD RED ROSE
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THE SELFISH MAN
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YOU ARE PRICELESS
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BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU PLANT
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GENEROSITY
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THE CRYSTAL BALL
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THE SIGNS OF HAPPINESS
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HOPE AND GREED
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FOUR WIVES
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LION, RATS, SNAKE & HONECOMB
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THE MOST BEAUTIFUL HEART
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THE CLUB 99
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REPENTANCE
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THE NEIGHBOR
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A BOX FULL OF KISSES
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THE THREE COWS
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A WHITE HAS NO SUPERIORITY
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GHULAMHUSSEIN AND THE GAME
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FINDERS KEEPERS
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BANDAGE OF COMPLAINT!
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AN AGED STUDENT
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WEALTH - LOVE - SUCCESS
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LOVE AND TIME
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ALWAYS THANKFUL TO GOD
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THE MAYONNAISE AND THE COFFEE
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THE BAR
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LESSONS ON LIFE
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THE ROSE WITHIN
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PUT THE GLASS DOWN!
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MAY I NEVER GET TOO BUSY
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DON’T WE ALL
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THE STRANGER IN THE GARDEN
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TO TELL THE TRUTH
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WHEN THE WINDS BLOW
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THE ROPE
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THE SHIP
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THE CLEVER KING!
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THE ILLUSION OF REFLECTION
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BUILDING YOUR HOUSE
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SAND AND STONE
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A TEACHER’S PROTEST!
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DO NOT DO EVIL TO ANYONE
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PUPPIES FOR SALE
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OFFFICE BOY
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ONE BEDROOM FLAT
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THEY ARE NOT IN NEED
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YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL!
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BE PATIENT
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THE FATHER AND HIS SONS
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A SENSE OF A GOOSE
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MAKING A DIFFERENCE
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One day, he went for a trip to
some distant areas of his country
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He then ordered his people to cover every road of the
entire country with leather
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Then one of his wise servants dared himself to tell the king, “Why do
you have to spend that unnecessary amount of money? Why don’t you
just cut a little piece of leather to cover your feet?”
The king was surprised, but he later agreed to his suggestion, to make
a “shoe” for himself
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THE TRAVELERS AND THE PLANE TREE
Two men were walking along one summer day
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Gazing up into the branches one man said to the other:
“What a useless tree this is
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“Don’t be so ungrateful,” rustled the tree in reply
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And you call me a good-for-nothing!”
All of God’s creations have a good purpose
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LEARN FROM MISTAKES
Thomas Edison tried two thousand different materials in search of a filament for
the light bulb
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We have learned nothing
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We now know that there are two thousand elements which we
cannot use to make a good light bulb
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One day, he felt bored and decided to play a trick on the
villagers
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When they reached him, they asked,
“Where is the wolf?”
The shepherd boy laughed loudly, “Ha, Ha, Ha! I fooled all of you
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”
A few days later, the shepherd boy played this trick again
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They were very angry with him for being so naughty
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The wolf attacked one sheep, and then another
and another
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The boy
ran to the nearest villager and said, “A wolf is attacking the sheep
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It was true
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We may not believe someone who often tells lies, even when he tells the truth
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When he went to examine the net next morning he found
a number of cranes and also a stork
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I am a poor innocent stork,
as you may see - a most dutiful bird, I honor my father and mother
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But the farmer cut him short
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People are judged by the company they keep
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“My, my, you move so slowly, you will never get far!”
The tortoises, upset by the hare’s manner, said,
“Let’s have a race and see who is faster
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” Off he ran, leaving
the tortoise far behind
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He waited and waited till he felt sleepy
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“Even if she catches up with me, I can easily win the
race
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When the tortoise passed the sleeping hare, she walked on slowly
but steadily
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He ran as fast as he could, but he could not catch
up with the tortoise
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THE ANT AND THE DOVE
One hot day, an ant was searching for some water
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To reach the spring, she had to climb up a blade of grass
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She could have drowned if a dove up a nearby tree had not
seen her
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The ant moved towards the leaf and
climbed up there
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Just at that time, a hunter nearby was throwing out his net
towards the dove, hoping to trap it
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Feeling the pain, the hunter dropped his net
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One good turn deserves another
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One of
them brought his pet monkey along for the long journey
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Everyone fell into the sea, and the monkey was sure that he would drown
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They soon reached the island and the monkey came down from the
dolphin’s back
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In fact, the king of the island is my best
friend
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As you are the only creature on
this island, you will naturally be the king!”
Those who lie and boast may end up in trouble
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That evening, the stork flew
to the fox’s home and knocked on the door with her long beak
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The stork was invited to sit down at the table
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However, the stork
could not have any of it as the bowl was too shallow for her long beak
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The selfish fox asked, “Stork, why haven’t you taken your soup? Don’t you like it?”
The stork replied, “It was very kind of you to invite me for dinner
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”
The next day, when the fox arrived at the stork’s home, he
saw that they were also having soup for dinner
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The stork drank the soup
easily but the fox could not reach inside the tall jug
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A selfish act can backfire on you
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She soon found
some sweet grass at the edge of the field
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She was enjoying herself so much that she did not notice a wolf
coming nearer to her
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My stomach is full of
grass
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The wolf thought that was a good idea, so he sat down and waited
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” Again the wolf agreed
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She said,
“Please take the bell from around my neck
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The wolf took the bell and rang it as hard as he could
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The barking dogs frightened the wolf away and
saved the lamb’s life
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THE FOX AND THE GRAPES
It was a sunny day and fox was walking across the fields
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As he came nearer, he could see some bunches of juicy grapes
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He had to make sure that he was safe from the hunters
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He jumped upwards but he could not reach the grapes
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He still could not reach them
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He backed off, took some running steps
and leapt into the air towards the grapes
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It was getting dark, and he was getting angry
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At last he stopped trying
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I’m sure they are too sour to eat
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THE THIRSTY CROW
One hot day, a thirsty crow flew all over the fields looking for
water
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She felt very weak,
almost giving up hope
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She flew straight down
to see if there was any water inside
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Sadly, she found
that the neck of the jug was too narrow
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She found that the jug
was too heavy
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Then looking around her, she
saw some pebbles
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She started
picking up the pebbles one by one, dropping each into the jug
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Soon it was high enough for the crow to drink
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THE MILKMAID
A milkmaid was on her way to the market to sell some milk from her cow
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“With that money, I’ll buy a hundred chicks to rear in my backyard
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I can sell them at a good price at the market
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When
they are fully grown, I can sell them at an even better price!”
Still dreaming, she said to herself, “Soon, I’ll be able to buy
another cow, and I will have more milk to sell
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With these happy thoughts, she began to skip and jump
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The jug broke and all the
milk spilt onto the ground
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Do not count your chickens before they are hatched
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“There are 5 things you need to know,” he told the pencil, “Before I send you out into the world
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One: “You will be able to do many great things, but only if you allow yourself to be held in
someone’s hand
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Three: “You will be able to correct
any mistakes you might make
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And Five: “On every surface you are used on, you must leave your mark
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The pencil understood and promised to remember, and went into the box with purpose in its heart
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Always remember them and never forget, and you
will become the best person you can be
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And allow other human beings to access you for the many gifts you possess
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Three: “You will be able to correct any mistakes you might make
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And Five: “On every surface you walk through, you must leave your mark
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Allow this parable on the pencil to encourage you to know that you are a special person and only
you can fulfill the purpose to which you were born to accomplish
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THE BOY AND THE APPLE TREE
A long time ago, there was a huge apple tree
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He climbed to the treetop, ate the apples, and took a nap under the shadow
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Time went by, the little boy had grown up and he no
longer played around the tree every day
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“Come and play with me”, the tree asked the boy
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“I want toys
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“Sorry, but I do not have money, but you can pick all my apples
and sell them
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The boy was so excited
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The boy never came back after he picked the apples
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One day, the boy who now turned into a man returned and
the tree was excited
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“I do not have time to play
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We need a house for shelter
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But you can chop off my branches to build your house
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The tree was glad to see him happy but the
man never came back since then
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One hot summer day, the man returned and the tree was delighted
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“I am getting old
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Can you give me a boat?” said the man
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You can sail far away and be happy
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He went sailing and never showed up for a long time
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“Sorry, my boy
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No more apples for you”, the tree said
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“No more trunk for you to climb on
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“I really cannot give you anything, the only thing left is my dying roots,” the tree said with tears
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I am tired after all these years,” the man replied
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The man sat down and the tree was glad and smiled with tears
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The tree is like our parents
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When we grow up, we leave them; only come to them when we need something
or when we are in trouble
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You may think the boy is cruel to the tree, but that is how all of us treat our parents
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Wallahi, May Allah forgives us
of our shortcomings and may He guide us
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One day the child asked God, “They tell me
you are going to send me to earth tomorrow but how am I going to live there being so small and
helpless?” God replied, “Among the many angels I have chosen one for you
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Said child, “But tell me here in Heaven I don’t do anything else but sing and smile
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And you will feel your
angel’s love and be happy
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” The child looked up at God saying, “And what am I going to do when I
want to talk to you?” God smiled at the child saying, “Your angel will teach you how to pray
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Who will protect me?” God replied, “Your
angel will defend you, even if it means risking life!” The child looked sad, saying, “But I will always
be sad because I will not see you anymore
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At that moment there was much peace in Heaven,
but voices from earth could already be heard
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The ducklings were very happy
following their mother and quack-quacking along the way
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She was frightened and shouted, “Children, hurry to the
lake
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The mother duck
wondered what to do
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When the fox saw her he became happy
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The mother duck ran, leading the fox away from the lake
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Now he wouldn’t be able to harm her ducklings
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She was relieved, so she
stopped and took a deep breath
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She landed in the middle of the lake and her ducklings swam to her
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He could not reach them because
they were in the middle of the lake
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In this way they fool their enemies into thinking they are hurt
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MENTALLY RETARDED!
A few years ago, at the Seattle Special Olympics, nine contestants, all physically or
mentally disabled, assembled at the starting line for the 100-yard dash
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All, that is, except one little boy who stumbled on the
asphalt, tumbled over a couple of times, and began to cry
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They
slowed down and looked back
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every one of them
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Then all nine linked arms and walked together to the finish line
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People who were there are still telling the story
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What matters in this life is helping others win, even if it
means slowing down and changing our course
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After his mom dried her hands on an
apron, she read it, and this is what it said:
For cutting the grass: $5
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For going to the store for you: $
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Taking out the garbage: $1
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For cleaning up and raking the yard: $2
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Well, his mother looked at him standing there, and the boy could see the memories flashing
through her mind
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For all the nights that I’ve sat up with you, doctored and
prayed for you: No Charge
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For all the nights filled with dread, and for the worries I
knew were ahead: No Charge
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When you add it up, the cost of my love is: No Charge
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And then he took the pen and in great big letters he wrote:

“PAID IN FULL
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For many months he had admired a beautiful
sports car in a dealer’s showroom, and knowing his father could well afford it, he told him that was
all he wanted
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On the morning of his graduation his father called him into his private study
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He handed his son a beautiful wrapped
gift box
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Angrily, he
raised his voice at his father and said, “With all your money you give
me a Holy book?” and stormed out of the house, leaving the holy book
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Many years
passed and the young man was very successful in business
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He had not seen him since that graduation day
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He needed to come home immediately and take care
things
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He began
to search his father’s important papers and saw the still new Holy Qur’an, just as he had left it years
ago
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As he Read those words, a
car key dropped from an envelope taped behind the Holy Qur’an
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On the tag was the date of his
graduation, and the words PAID IN FULL
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SON: “Daddy, may I ask you a question?”
DAD: “Yeah sure, what is it?” replied the man
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Why do you ask such a thing?” the man said angrily
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Please tell me, how much do you make an hour?”
DAD: “If you must know, I make $20 an hour
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Looking up, he said,
“Daddy, may I please borrow $10?”
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The father was furious, “If the only reason you asked that is so you can borrow some money to buy
a silly toy or some other nonsense, then you march yourself straight to your room and go to bed
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I work hard everyday for such this childish behavior
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The man sat down and started to get even
angrier about the little boy’s questions
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The man went to the door of the little boy’s room and opened the door
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“No daddy, I’m awake,” replied the boy
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“It’s been a long day and
I took out my aggravation on you
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The little boy sat straight up, smiling
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Then, reaching under his pillow he pulled out some crumpled up bills
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The little boy slowly counted out his money, and then looked up at his father
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“Because I didn’t have enough, but now I do,” the little boy replied
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Can I buy an hour of your time? Please come home early tomorrow
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Share this story with someone you like
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It’s just a short reminder to all of you working so hard in life
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If we die tomorrow, the company that we are working for could easily replace us in a matter of
days
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And come to
think of it, we pour ourselves more into work than to our family
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and you know what’s the full word of FAMILY?

FAMILY = (F)ATHER (A)ND (M)OTHER,(I)(L)OVE (Y)OU!
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TRUE WEALTH
One day a father of a very wealthy family took his son on a trip to the country with the purpose of
showing his son how the poor people live so he could be thankful for his wealth
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On their return from their trip, the father asked his son, “How was the trip?” “It was great, Dad
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“Oh yeah” said the son
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The son answered, “I saw that we have one dog and they had four
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” “We have imported lanterns in our
garden and they have the stars at night
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” “We have a small
piece of land to live on and they have fields that go beyond our
sight
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“We buy our food, but they grow theirs
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With this the boy’s father was speechless
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A HOLE IN THE FENCE
There once was a little boy who had a bad temper
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The first day the boy had driven 37 nails into the fence
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He discovered it
was easier to hold his temper than to drive those nails into the fence
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He told his father about it and the
father suggested that the boy now pull out one nail for each day that he was able to hold his
temper
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The father took his son by the hand and led him to the fence
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The fence will never be the same
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You can put a knife in a man and draw it out
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A verbal wound is as bad as a physical one
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They make you smile and encourage you to succeed
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Water your
relationships with kindness… and they will grow
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GRANDPA’S TABLE
A frail old man went to live with his son, daughter-in-law, and four-year old grandson
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The family ate together at
the table
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Peas
rolled off his spoon onto the floor
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The son and daughter-in-law became irritated with the mess
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“I’ve had enough of his spilled milk, noisy eating, and food on the
floor
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There, Grandfather ate alone while
the rest of the family enjoyed dinner
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When the family glanced in Grandfather’s direction, sometimes he had a
tear in his eye as he sat alone
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The four-year-old watched it all in silence
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He
asked the child sweetly, “What are you making?” Just as sweetly, the boy responded, “Oh, I am
making a little bowl for you and Mama to eat your food in when I grow up
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The words so struck the parents that they were speechless
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Though no word was spoken, both knew what must be
done
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For the remainder of his days he ate every meal with the family
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BENJAMIN DISRAELI
Children are remarkably perceptive
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If they see us patiently provide a happy home atmosphere
for family members, they will imitate that attitude for the rest of their lives
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Let’s be wise builders
and role models
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Take care of yourself,
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today,
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The
father believed in encouragement
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He never missed a game
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His father continued to
encourage him but also made it very clear that he did not have to play football if he didn’t want to
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He was determined to try his best
at every practice, and perhaps he’d get to play when he became a senior
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His faithful father
was always in the stands, always with words of encouragement for him
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Everyone was sure he could never make the cut, but he did
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The news that he had
survived the cut thrilled him so much that he rushed to the nearest phone and called his father
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This
persistent young athlete never missed practice during his four years at college, but he never got to
play in the game
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The young man read the telegram and he
became deathly silent
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Is it all right if I miss practice today?”
The coach put his arm gently around his shoulder and said, “Take the rest of the week off, son
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” Saturday arrived, and the game was
not going well
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As he ran onto the sidelines, the coach and his
players were astounded to see their faithful team-mate back so soon
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I’ve just got to play today,” said the young man
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There was no way he wanted his worst player in this close
playoff game
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“All right,” he said
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” Before long, the coach, the players and everyone in the stands
could not believe their eyes
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The opposing team could not stop him
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His team began to triumph
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In the closing seconds of the game, this kid intercepted a pass and ran all
the way for the winning touchdown
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His team-mates hoisted him onto their
shoulders
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The coach came to him and said, “Kid, I can’t
believe it
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One day a small opening appeared; he sat and watched the
butterfly for several hours as it struggled to force its body through that little hole
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It appeared as if it had gotten as far as it could and it could go no
farther
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The butterfly then
emerged easily
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The man continued to watch the butterfly because he expected that, at any
moment, the wings would enlarge and expand to be able to support the
body, which would contract in time
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It never was able to fly
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Sometimes struggles are exactly what we need in our life
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We would not be as strong
as what we could have been
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THE OBSTACLE IN OUR PATH
In ancient times, a king had a boulder placed on a roadway
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Some of the king’s wealthiest merchants and courtiers
came by and simply walked around it
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Then a peasant came along carrying a load of vegetables
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After much pushing and straining, he finally succeeded
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The purse contained many gold coins and a note from the
king indicating that the gold was for the person who
removed the boulder from the roadway
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Every obstacle presents an opportunity to
improve one’s condition
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But one day it found the skin of a sheep that had been
flayed and thrown aside, so it put it on over its own pelt and strolled down
among the sheep
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Appearances are deceptive
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The secretary could tell in a moment that such backwoods, country hicks had no business at
Harvard and probably didn’t even deserve to be in Cambridge
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“He’ll be busy all day,” the secretary snapped
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For hours the secretary ignored them, hoping that the couple would finally become discouraged
and go away
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“Maybe if you see them for a few minutes, they’ll leave,” she said to him
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Someone of his importance obviously didn’t have the time
to spend with them, but he detested gingham dresses and homespun suits cluttering up his outer
office
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The lady told him, “We had a son who attended Harvard for one year
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He was
happy here
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My husband and I would like to erect a
memorial to him, somewhere on campus
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He was shocked
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If we did, this place would look like a cemetery
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“We don’t want to erect a statue
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The president rolled his eyes
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For a moment the lady was silent
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Maybe he could get rid of them now
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The president’s face wilted in confusion and bewilderment
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and Mrs
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You can easily judge the character of others by how
they treat those who they think can do nothing
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Suddenly, his son falls, hurts himself and screams: “AAAhhhhhhhhhhh!”
To his surprise, he hears the voice repeating, somewhere in the mountain: “AAAhhhhhhhhhhh!”
Curious, he yells: “Who are you?”
He receives the answer: “Who are you?”
And then he screams to the mountain: “I admire you!”
The voice answers: “I admire you!”
Angered at the response, he screams: “Coward!”
He receives the answer: “Coward!”
He looks to his father and asks: “What’s going on?”
The father smiles and says: “My son, pay attention
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Then the father explains: “People call this ECHO,
but really this is LIFE
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Our life is simply a reflection of our actions
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If you want more competence in your team,
improve your competence
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“Your life is not a coincidence
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All of the other frogs gathered around the pit to see what
could be done to help their companions
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Unwilling to accept this terrible fate, the two frogs began to jump with all of their might
...

The other frogs continued sorrowfully shouting that they should save their energy and give up,
since they were already as good as dead
...

Finally, one of the frogs took heed to the calls of his fellows
...
The other frog continued to jump with every ounce of energy he had, although his
body was wracked with pain and he was completely exhausted
...

The weary frog jumped harder and harder and - wonder of wonders! Finally leapt so high that he
sprang from the pit
...
What he had perceived as encouragement inspired
him to try harder and to succeed against all odds
...
Your encouraging words can lift someone up and help
him or her make it through the day
...
Your destructive,
careless word can diminish someone in the eyes of others, destroy their influence and have a lasting
impact on the way others respond to them
...
Take, for example, the story of
one 10-year-old boy who decided to study Judo despite the fact that he
had lost his left arm in a devastating car accident
...

The boy was doing well, so he couldn’t understand why, after three
months of training the master had taught him only one move
...
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Not quite understanding, but believing in his teacher, the boy kept training
...
Surprising himself, the boy
easily won his first two matches
...

Still amazed by his success, the boy was now in the finals
...
For a while, the boy appeared
to be overmatched
...

He was about to stop the match when the sensei intervened
...
”
Soon after the match resumed, his opponent made a critical mistake: he dropped his guard
...
The boy had won the match and the tournament
...

On the way home, the boy and Sensei reviewed every move in each and every match
...

“Sensei, how did I win the tournament with only one move?”
“You won for two reasons,” the Sensei answered
...
And second, the only known defense for that move is for your
opponent to grab your left arm
...


JUST P
...
S
...

The Lord explained that the man was to push against the rock with all his might
...
For many years he toiled from sun up to
sun down; his shoulders set squarely against the cold,
massive surface of the unmoving rock, pushing with all of
his might
...

Since the man was showing discouragement, the Adversary
(Satan) decided to enter the picture by placing thoughts into
the weary mind: “you have been pushing against that rock for
a long time, and it hasn’t moved
...
These thoughts discouraged and disheartened the
man
...
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...
”
That’s what he planned to do, but decided to make it a matter of prayer and take his troubled
thoughts to the Lord
...
Yet, after all this time, I have not even budged that rock
by half a millimeter
...
Never once did I mention to you that I expected you to move it
...

And now you come to Me with your strength spent, thinking that you have failed
...
Your arms are strong and muscled, your back sinewy and brown, your hands
are callused from constant pressure, your legs have become massive and hard
...
Yet you haven’t moved the rock
...
This you have done
...
” At times, when we hear a word from God, we tend to use our own intellect to decipher what
He wants, when actually what God wants is just a simple obedience and faith in Him
...

When everything seems to go wrong
...
U
...
H!
When the job gets you down
...
U
...
H!
When people don’t react the way you think they should
...
U
...
H!
When your money is “gone” and the bills are due
...
U
...
H!
When people just don’t understand you
...
U
...
H!
P + U + S + H = Pray + Until + Something + Happens

DETERMINATON
In 1883, a creative engineer named John Roebling was inspired by an idea to build a spectacular
bridge connecting New York with the Long Island
...
It just could not
be done
...
It had never been done before
...
He thought about it all the
time and he knew deep in his heart that it could be done
...
After much discussion and persuasion he managed to convince his son Washington,
an up and coming engineer, that the bridge in fact could be built
...
With great excitement and inspiration,
and the headiness of a wild challenge before them, they hired their crew and began to build their
dream bridge
...
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Washington was injured and left with a certain amount of brain
damage, which resulted in him not being able to walk or talk or even move
...
”
“Crazy men and their crazy dreams
...
”
Everyone had a negative comment to make and felt that the project should be scrapped since the
Roeblings were the only ones who knew how the bridge could be built
...

He tried to inspire and pass on his enthusiasm to some of his friends, but they were too daunted
by the task
...

It seemed that there was a message for him not to give up
...
All he could
do was move one finger and he decided to make the best use of it
...

He touched his wife’s arm with that finger, indicating to her that he wanted her to call the
engineers again
...

It seemed foolish but the project was under way again
...
Today the spectacular Brooklyn Bridge stands in all its glory as a
tribute to the triumph of one man’s indomitable spirit and his determination not to be defeated by
circumstances
...
It stands too as a tangible monument to the love and
devotion of his wife who for 13 long years patiently decoded the messages of her husband and told
the engineers what to do
...

Often when we face obstacles in our day-to-day life, our hurdles seem very small in comparison to
what many others have to face
...

Even the most distant dream
can be realized with
determination and persistence
...
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...
One of the pots
had a crack in it, and while the other pot was perfect
and always delivered a full portion of water at the end
of the long walk from the stream to the master’s house,
the cracked pot arrived only half full
...

Of course, the perfect pot was proud of its
accomplishments, perfect to the end for which it was
made
...

After two years of what it perceived to be a bitter failure, it spoke to the water-bearer one day by
the stream
...
” “Why?” asked the bearer
...
Because of my flaws, you have
to do all of this work and you don’t get full value from your efforts, the pot said
...
”
Indeed, as they went up the hill, the old cracked pot took notice of the sun warming the beautiful
wild flowers on the side of the path, and this cheered it some
...

The bearer said to the pot, “Did you notice that there were flowers only on your side of your path,
but not on the other pot’s side?
That’s because have always known about your flaw, and I took advantage of it
...
For two years I have been able to pick these beautiful flowers to decorate my master’s table
...
”
Each of us has our own unique flaw
...
You’ve just got to take each
person for what they are and look for the good in them
...
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...
He started to have a good conversation with the
barber who attended him
...

Suddenly, they touched the subject of God
...
”
“Why do you say that?”
Asked the client
...
Oh, tell me, if God
existed, would there be so many sick people? Would there be
abandoned children? If God existed, there would be neither
suffering nor pain
...
” The client stopped for a moment thinking but he
didn’t want to respond so as to prevent an argument
...

Just after he left the barbershop, he saw a man in the street with a long hair and beard (it seems
that it had been a long time since he had his cut and he looked so untidy)
...
”
“How come they don’t exist?” asked the barber
...
” “No!” - the
client exclaimed
...
”
“Ah, barbers do exist, what happens is that people do not come to us
...
“That’s the point
...
”

A BOY WITH STRONG BELIEF
Shaykh Fath al-Mowsily relates, once I saw a young boy walking through the jungle
...
I greeted him with Salaam and he replied accordingly
...
” I further asked, “What are you reciting?”
“The Qur’an” he replied
...
”
He said, “I have witnessed death approach people younger
than me and therefore would like to prepare if death was to
knock on my door
...
” He responded, “My duty
is to take the step and it remains the responsibility of Allah
to take me to my destination
...
”
He replied, “My Yaqeen (belief) is my provision and
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my feet’s are my conveyance
...
”
He replied! “Oh Shaykh if someone invited you to his house, would it be appropriate to take your
own food?” I exclaimed, “No!” “Similarly, My Lord has invited His servant to His house, it is only
the weakness of your Yaqeen that makes us carry provisions
...
He then left
...
He
approached me and inquired, “Oh Shaykh are you still of weak belief?”
Source: Stories of the Pious by Shaikh Ahmad Ali
...
” His grandmother’s age was 70 but whenever she heard the Adhan, she got
up like an arrow and performed Salah/Namaz/prayer
...
Whatever he did, his Salah was always the last to be offered and he prayed it
quickly to get it in on time
...
He quickly made Wudhu and performed Salat-ul Maghrib
...
His
grandmother prayed with such tranquility and peace
...

He had been at school all day and was tired, so tired
...
He was sweating profusely
...
It was very crowded
...
Some stood frozen looking around, some were running left and
right and some were on their knees with their heads in their hands just waiting
...

His heart was about to burst
...
When he was alive, he had heard many
things about the questioning on the Day of Judgment, but that seemed so long ago
...
The interrogation was still going on
...
No one could answer him
...
Two people grabbed his arms and led
him forward
...
The angels brought him to the
center and left him there
...
He opened his eyes but saw only another world
...
He saw his father running from one lecture to the other, spending his wealth in the way of
Islam
...

He pleaded his case; “I too was always on this path
...
I spread the word of Allah
...
I fasted in the month of Ramadan
...

Whatever he ordered us not to do, I did not
...
He knew that whatever he had done in life would be less than what Allah deserved and his
only protector was Allah
...
His eyes were
fixed on the scale, waiting for the final decision
...
The two angels with
sheets of paper in their hands, turned to the crowd
...
He
closed his eyes as they began to read the names of those people who were to enter Jahannam/Hell
...
He fell on his knees and yelled that this couldn’t be, “How could I go to
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Jahannam? I served others all my life, I spread the word of Allah to others
...
The two angels took him by the arms
...
He was yelling
and wondered if there was any person who was going to help him
...
The Jahannam angels continued to drag him
...
He looked back and these were his last pleas
...
The flames of the
fire were burning his face
...
One of the angels pushed him in
...
He had just fallen five or six feet when a hand
grabbed him by the arm and pulled him back
...

He wiped some dust off himself and asked him,
“Who are you?” The old man replied, “I am your prayers
...
”
The old man smiled and shook his head
...
He was in a sweat
...
He heard the adhan for Salat-ul
Isha
...

“Say Your Prayers Before Prayers For You Are Said
...
”

WORDS AND ACTIONS SHOULD BE THE SAME
There once was a boy who loved eating sweets
...
His
father was a poor man
...
But the little boy did not
understand this, and demanded sweets all the time
...
There was a
very holy man living nearby at that time
...
He decided to take the boy
to the great man who might be able to persuade the child to stop asking for sweets all the time
...
The father said to him, “O great saint, could
you ask my son to stop asking for sweets which I cannot afford?” The great man was in difficulty,
because he liked sweets himself
...

During that month, the holy man gave up eating sweets, and when the boy and his father returned
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after a month, the holy man said to the boy “My dear child, will you stop asking for sweets which
your father cannot afford to give you?”
From then on, the boy stopped asking for sweets
...
In the
last month I gave up eating sweets
...
When we ask
someone to do something, we must do it ourselves also
...

Always make sure that your actions and your words are same
...
I had been raised Orthodox Muslim, so I had never before
worn such revealing clothing while in my father’s presence
...

As usual, he was hiding behind the door waiting to scare us
...
My father took a
good look at us
...

He looked me straight in the eyes and said, “Hana, everything that God
made valuable in the world is covered and hard to get to
...
Where do you
find pearls? Deep down at the bottom of the ocean covered up and protected in a beautiful shell
...

You’ve got to work hard to get to them
...
“Your body is sacred
...
”
Source: More Than A Hero: Muhammad Ali’s Life Lessons Through His Daughter’s Eyes
...
So to avoid any danger she always used to feed on
a high cliff near the sea, with her sound eye looking towards the land
...
But the hunters found out that she was blind of one eye,
and hiring a boat rowed under the cliff where she used to feed and shot her from
the sea
...
“You cannot escape your fate
...
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He
took delight in her song day and night, and was so fond of her that he served her
water in a golden dish
...
What message should I take for them?”
The bird said, “Tell them I sit full of sorrow in a cage singing my captive song
...
I hope it will not be long before I see my friends
again and fly freely through the trees
...
Oh, I yearn for my Beloved, to fly with him, and
spread my wings
...
”
The merchant traveled on his donkey through the dense forest
...
When the merchant reached the forest where his bird came from, he stopped, pushed
his hood back, and said, “O you birds! Greetings to you all from my pretty bird locked in her cage
...
She asks for a reply that will
ease her heart
...
She wants to join her
Beloved and sing her songs through the air with a free heart, but I would miss her beautiful songs
and cannot let her go
...
Suddenly one bird shrieked and fell from a tree
brunch to the ground
...
Nothing could astound him
more than this did
...
At last he returned to his home
...
He stood
before her cage and said, “Oh, nothing to speak of no, no
...
”
I do not know what happened, said the merchant
...
Then, one of them
fell down dead
...
The merchant was horrified
...
My moon has gone and so has my sun
...
”
He opened the cage door, reached in, and took her into his hands gently and carefully
...
”
Suddenly, the moment he had lifted the bird out of the cage, she swooped up, flew out of the
window and landed on the nearest roof slope
...
That bird’s reply instructed me how to win my
freedom
...
I gained my freedom when I chose to die
...
Good-bye, good-bye, my master no longer
...

If you want to be with the ones you love, you must be ready to give up everything,
even life itself
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THE THREE WISE MEN
One day some wise men, who were going about the country trying to find answers to some of the
great questions of their time, came to Nasreddin’s district and asked to see the wisest man in the
place
...

The first wise man began by asking,
“Where is the exact center of the world?”
“It is under my right heel,” answered Nasreddin
...

“If you don’t believe me,” answered Nasreddin,
“measure and see
...

“How many stars are there in the sky?” he said
...

“What proof have you got of that?”
asked the second wise man
...
”
“That’s foolish talk,” said the other
...
” The second wise man was silent
...
“There are exactly as many hairs in its tail as there are in your beard
...

“I can prove it very easily,” answered Nasreddin
...
If the hairs on my donkey’s tail do not come to an end at exactly
the same time as the hairs in your beard, I will admit that I was wrong
...


OLD GRAVE

One day, the Nasreddin said to his friends: “If I die, bury me in an old grave
...
“Because”, he explained, “if the angels come, I’ll tell them that I died years before and have
already been questioned and then they will return the way they came
...
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After a little while he was tired and they rested under a tree
...
On the way he met a boy, he
asked the boy, “Have you seen my donkey?” The boy asked, “Is the
donkey’s left eye blind, his right foot lame and is he carrying a load of
wheat?” The man was happy and said, “Yes, exactly! Where have you
seen it?” the boy answered “I haven’t seen it
...

The judge asked, “Dear boy, if you had not seen at the donkey, how
could you describe it?” The boy answered, “I saw the tracks of a donkey
and the right and left tracks were different from this I understood that
the donkey that passed there was limping
...
From that I
understood that his left eye was blind
...
The judge
understood the boy’s cleverness and told the man to forgive the boy
...


A MERCHANT AND HIS DONKEY
One beautiful spring morning, a merchant loaded his donkey with
bags of salt to go to the market in order to sell them
...
They had not walked
far when they reached a river on the road
...

There was nothing the merchant could do, except return home
where he loaded his donkey with more bags of salt
...

The merchant quickly discovered the donkey’s trick
...

The foolish, tricky donkey again set on its way
...

But instead of the load becoming lighter, it became heavier
...
”
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THE ANT AND THE GRASSHOPPER
One cold, frosty day in the middle of winter a colony
of ants was busy drying out some, grains of corn, which
had grown damp during the wet autumn weather
...
“Please give me a grail or two
from your store of corn to save my life,” he said faintly
...

Why should I give it to you?” asked the ant crossly
...
“I was far too busy singing to carry corn about
...
“In that case you can sing all winter as far as I am concerned,” he said
...

Islam teaches us that we should help the less fortunate
...


THE FOX WHO GOT CAUGHT IN THE TREE TRUNK
Once upon a time, there was a hungry fox that was looking for something to ear
...
No matter how hard he tried, the fox could not find food
...
Suddenly he caught sight of a big tree with a hole in it
...
The hungry fox immediately thought that there might be food in it,
and he became very happy
...
He was going to eat it for his lunch
...
After the fox had finished eating, he
felt thirsty and decided to leave the trunk and drink some water
from a nearby spring
...
Do you know why? Yes, the fox had
eaten so much food that he became too big to fit through the hole
...
He told himself, “I wish that I had
thought a little before jumping into the hole
...

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CATS AND ROOSTERS
Once upon a time in Africa, roosters ruled cats
...
The king of the roosters would take all the food for
himself and for the other roosters
...
Thus, every cat had a purse hung
round its neck, which it filled with ants for the king of the roosters
...
They wanted to rid themselves of
the king so that the food they gathered through hard work and great
difficulty would be their own
...

The roosters had told the cats that rooster’s combs were made out of fire and that the fire of their
combs would burn anyone who disobeyed them! The cats believed them and therefore worked from
early morning until night for the roosters
...
Cat went out
...
Rooster’s house
...
Rooster
was fast asleep, his stomach swollen with the ants he had eaten
...

Mrs
...

As soon as the twigs catch fire, bring them home
...
He was still asleep
...

Fluffy rubbed the twigs against the rooster’s comb again but it was no use they would not catch fire
...
” Mrs
...
” So together they went to the house of Mr
...

He was still asleep
...
Cat put the twigs as near to the rooster’s comb as she could
...
Then, shaking with fear, she put her paw near the rooster’s comb and gently
touched it
...

As soon as Mrs
...
From that day on, the cats no longer
worked for the roosters
...
It is just the color of fire
...
You lied to us
...
Now, whenever roosters see a cat, they scurry
away, because to this very day they are afraid of cats
...
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Many
kinds of trees and plants grew there
...
I wish I was that
lovely
...
”
The rose turned its head and remarked, “It seems that I am the
most beautiful plant in this forest
...
You are just one of them
...
” Then
the rose looked at a cactus and said, “Look at that ugly plant full
of thorns!” The pine tree said, “Red rose, what kind of talk is this?
Who can say what beauty is? You have thorns too
...
You can
not compare my thorns to that of the cactus
...

The rose tried to move its roots away from the cactus, but it could not move
...

The cactus never got upset and he even tried to advise the rose, saying,
“God did not create any form of life without a purpose
...
Life became difficult in the forest, as the plants
and animals needed water and no rain fell
...
One day the rose saw
sparrows stick their beaks into the cactus and then fly away, refreshed
...
The pine tree explained that the birds got
water from the cactus
...

“Yes, but the cactus does not like to see any birds suffer,” replied the pine
...
The sparrow can bring
water to you if you ask the cactus for help
...
The cactus kindly
agreed and the birds filled their beaks with water and
watered the rose’s roots
...

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THE SELFISH MAN
Once upon a time, there was a selfish man
...
He could not share his belongings with anyone, not even his
friends or the poor
...
He went to his friend’s house
and told him how he lost his gold coins
...

As his friend’s daughter was coming from an errand she found thirty gold coins, when she arrived
home, she told her father what she had found
...
When the selfish man arrived, he told him how his daughter had
found his thirty gold coins and handed then to him
...
He further
commented that he will recover the remaining amount from him
...

The man left the gold coins and went to the court and informed the judge there about what had
taken place between him and the girl’s father
...
She replied thirty gold coins
...

The judge then told the man that the gold coins did not belong to him because the girl found thirty
and not forty as he claimed to have lost and then told the girl to take the gold coins and that if anybody is looking for them he will send for the girl
...
It was then that the man confessed that he lied and that he lost thirty gold coins but the
judge did not listen to him
...

YOU ARE PRICELESS TO THOSE WHO LOVE YOU
A well-known speaker started off his seminar by holding up a $20 bill
...
He said,
“I am going to give this $20 to one of you but first, let me do this
...
He asked, “Who still wants it?” Still hands were up in the air
...
He picked it up, now crumpled and dirty and asked, “Who still
wants it?” Still hands went up into the air
...
No matter what was done to
the money, it was still wanted because it did not decrease in value
...
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
...

But no matter what has happened or will happen, you will never lose your value: dirty or clean,
crumpled or finely creased, you are still priceless to those who love you
...
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Instead of choosing one of his assistants or his children, he decided something different
...
He said, “It is time for me to step down
and choose the next emperor
...
”
The kids were shocked! But the emperor continued
...
One very special seed
...
I will then judge
the plants that you bring, and the one I choose will be the next
emperor!”
One boy named Ling was there that day and he, like the others, received a seed
...
She helped him get a pot and planting soil, and he planted the
seed and watered it carefully
...
After
about three weeks, some of the other youths began to talk about their seeds and the plants that
were beginning to grow
...
3 weeks, 4 weeks, 5 weeks went by
...
By now, others were talking about their plants but Ling didn't have a plant, and he felt
like a failure
...
He just knew he had killed his seed
...
Ling didn’t say anything to his friends,
however
...

A year finally went by and all the youths of the kingdom brought their plants to the emperor for
inspection
...
But honest about what
happened, Ling felt sick to his stomach, but he knew his mother was right
...
When Ling arrived, he was amazed at the variety of plants grown by the other youths
...
Ling put his empty pot on the floor and many of the
other kinds laughed at him
...
”
When the emperor arrived, he surveyed the room and greeted the young people
...
“What great plants, trees and flowers you have grown,” said the emperor
...
He ordered his guards to bring him to the front
...
“The emperor knows I’m a failure! Maybe he will have me killed!”
When Ling got to the front, the Emperor asked his name
...
All the
kids were laughing and making fun of him
...
He looked
at Ling, and then announced to the crowd, “Behold your new emperor! His name is Ling!” Ling
couldn’t believe it
...
How could he be the new emperor? Then the
emperor said, “One year ago today, I gave everyone here a seed
...
But I gave you all boiled seeds, which would not grow
...
When you found that the
seed would not grow, you substituted another seed for the one I gave you
...
Therefore, he is the one who will
be the new emperor!”
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If you plant honesty, you will reap trust
...

way passes over it
...

as you deal with others, you will reap what
If you plant perseverance, you will reap victory
...

meet you tomorrow
...

If you plant forgiveness, you will reap reconciliation
...

If you plant patience, you will reap improvements
...

But
If you plant dishonesty, you will reap distrust
...

If you plant pride, you will reap destruction
...

If you plant laziness, you will reap stagnation
...

If you plant greed, you will reap loss
...

If you plant worries, you will reap wrinkles
...

So be careful what you plant now, It will determine what you will reap tomorrow, The seeds you
now scatter, Will make life worse or better, your life or the ones who will come after
...


GENEROSITY
Mahatma Gandhi went from city to city, village to village collecting funds for
the Charkha Sangh
...

After his speech a poor old woman got up
...
The volunteers tried to stop her,
but she fought her way to the place where Gandhi Ji was sitting
...

Then from the folds of her sari she brought out a copper coin and placed it at his feet
...
The Charkha Sangh funds were under the
charge of Jamnalal Bajaj
...

“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
...
“If a man has several lakhs and he gives away a thousand or two,
it doesn’t mean much
...
She gave me all she had
...
What a great sacrifice she made
...
" Imam Ali (AS)
why I value this copper coin more than a crore of rupees
...
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...
The
children played under the shade of trees in the gardens of their home
...
Early morning each
day, he takes his herd of goats up the hills to find a suitable place for them to graze
...
At night his grandmother would tell him a
story
...
This story really interested Nasir
...
When he came towards the branches he saw a transparent and most beautiful crystal ball
...
Nasir carefully took it in
his hand and turned it around
...
It said; “You can make a wish that your heart
desires and I will fulfill it
...
But he became so engrossed in his thoughts for he had so many
wishes but he must wish for something which was impossible like the wish to
be able to fly
...
He put the crystal ball in a bag and gathered the herd, happily returned back
to the village
...
On the following day
also, Nasir could not decide what to wish for, because he really had everything he needed
...
One day a boy followed Nasir and his herd and hid behind
a tree
...

The boy waited for the moment when Nasir would go to sleep
...
When he arrived in the village, he called all the people and showed them the crystal ball
...

Suddenly they heard a voice from inside the crystal ball, which says, “I can fulfill your wish
...
” Another took the ball and
said loudly, “I want two chest full of jewelry
...
Some also wished for bags full of jewelry, but nobody asked for gardens
in their palaces
...

They were jealous because the person that had a palace had no gold and the person that had the
gold had no palace
...
There was not even one garden which existed in the village where the children could
play
...
Nasir and his
family were happy and pleased
...

The children could not wait anymore and decided to return the crystal ball to Nasir
...
The children said to Nasir; “When we had a small village we all were
happy and joyful
...
In one way or another nobody is happy
...
When Nasir saw that the people were really regretful, he
said I have not wished till now, if you really want everything to return to its own place, then I will
wish for it
...
Nasir took the crystal ball in his hand turned around and
wished that the village become the same as it was before
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Once again the people started to live happily and the children played under the shade of trees
...

This story teaches us that we should be happy with whatever we have and not to be greedy
...
The only thing that they worried
about was, whether their happiness would last forever or would they too would have to face
problems
...
So the couple decided to visit the wise old man and tell him their
source of worry
...
When you find such a couple, ask them for a piece of cloth from the
man’s shirt, then keep that piece of cloth with you, and you always remain happy
...
In one place
they heard that the governor and his wife were the happiest people, so they went to their palace
and asked them, “Are you the happiest couple?”
The governor and his wife replied, “Yes, we are happy in every way except for one thing;
we do not have any children
...
So they continued their
journey
...

They went to their house and asked them, “Are you the happiest couple?”
The couple replied, “Yes, we are really happy in every way except that we have too many children
which make our life a bit uncomfortable
...
And, so they continued their journey
...

One Day the young couple came across a shepherd in the desert
...
The shepherd greeted his wife and gently patted
the child she was carrying
...
The young couple came to them and asked them,
“Are you the happiest couple?”
The shepherd and his wife replied, “Nobody is unhappier than
the king
...

The shepherd said, “If I give you a piece of cloth from my shirt
then I will be left without any clothes since I own just one shirt
...
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The couple decided to return to their own country
...
They also complained that his
guidance was difficult to abide by
...
”
Holy Quran (2:38) says:
“And whosever follows My (Allah’s) guidance, on them shall be no fear nor shall they grieve
...
”
Holy Quran (14:7) says:
“And your Lord declared publicly: if you are grateful, I will add more favors unto you
...

Holy Quran (2:45) says: “Seek help through patient perseverance and prayers
...
The wise
man prayed for them and said, “Indeed the sign of happiness is in their heart and they have good
manners and if the lifetime is spent in pleasure of God there would be no differences in the existence of mankind
...
”

HOPE AND GREED
Caliph Haroon Rashid desired that any one who had seen the Holy
Prophet (SAW) in his lifetime be brought before him
...
The Caliph asked the
old woman, “Did you see the Prophet yourself?” She said, “Yes! Sir
...

She said yes and said, “When old age comes two things become young,
one is hope and the other is greed
...
The woman thanked Caliph and she was taken back
...
When she was shown in, the
Caliph asked, “Well, why have you come back?” She said
...
“How true is the Prophet’s (SAW) word?” she has hope of life even now and
she has greed for money too
...
”
She was taken back but on the way she breathed her last
...
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There was a rich merchant who had 4 wives
...
He took great care of her & gave her
nothing but the best
...
He’s very proud of her and always wanted to show off her to
his friends
...

He too, loved his 2nd wife
...
Whenever the merchant faced some problems, he always turned to his
2nd wife and she would always help him out and tide him through difficult times
...
However, the
merchant did not love the 1st wife and although she loved him deeply, he hardly took notice of her
...
Before long, he knew that he was going to die soon
...
But when I die, I’ll be alone
...
Now that I’m dying, will you follow me and keep me company?”
“No way!” replied the 4th wife and she walked away without another
word
...

The sad merchant then asked the 3rd wife, “I have loved you so much
for all my life
...
“Life is so good over here! I’m going to
remarry when you die!” The merchant’s heart sank and turned cold
...
Now I need your help again
...
” “At the very most,
I can only send you to your grave
...

Then a voice called out: “I’ll leave with you
...
” The merchant
looked up and there was his 1st wife
...

Greatly grieved, the merchant said, “I should have taken much better care of you while I could
have!”
Actually, we all have 4 wives in our lives
...
No matter how much time and
effort we lavish in making it look good, it’ll leave us when we die
...
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When we die, they all go to others
...
No matter how close they had been there for us when
we’re alive, the furthest they can stay by us is up to the grave
...

Guess what? It is actually the only thing that follows us wherever we go
...


LION, RATS, SNAKE & THE HONEYCOMB
Once a man saw in his dream, that a lion was chasing him
...
He looked down and saw that the lion was still there waiting for him
...
One rat was black and the other one was white
...

The man then looked below again with fear and discovered that a big black
snake had come & settled directly under him
...

The man then looked up to see if there was anything that he could hold on to
...
Drops of honey falling from it
...
So, he put his tongue out and tasted
one of the fallen drops of honey
...
So, he
wanted to taste another drop
...

Meanwhile, he forgot about the two rats eating his branch away, the lion on
the ground and the snake that is sitting right under him
...

To get the meaning behind this dream, the man went to a pious scholar of
Islam
...
It always chases you
and goes wherever you go
...
Black one is the night and the
white one is the day
...
The big black snake with a dark mouth is your grave
...
The honeycomb is this world and the sweet honey is the luxuries of this world
...
Then we taste another drop
and yet another
...

“This world is like a serpent, so soft to touch, but so full of lethal poison
...
”
Imam Ali (AS)
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THE MOST BEAUTIFUL HEART
One day a young man was standing in the middle of the town proclaiming that he had the most
beautiful heart in the whole valley
...
There was not a mark or a
flaw in it
...

The young man was very proud and boasted more loudly about his beautiful heart
...
”
The crowd and the young man looked at the old man’s heart
...
but full of
scars
...
but they didn’t fit
quite right and there were several jagged edges
...
The people starred
...

“You must be joking,” he said
...
mine is
perfect and yours is a mess of scars and tears
...
but I would never trade with you
...
I tear out a piece of my heart and
give it to them
...
but because the pieces aren’t exact, I have some rough edges, which I cherish, because they
remind me of the love we shared
...
and the other person hasn’t returned a piece of
his heart to me
...
giving love is taking a chance
...
and I
hope someday they may return and fill the space I have waiting
...
He walked up to the old man,
reached into his perfect young and beautiful heart, and ripped a piece out
...

The old man took his offering, placed it in his heart and then took a piece from his old scarred
heart and placed it in the wound in the young man’s heart
...
but not perfectly, as there were
some jagged edges
...
They embraced and walked away side by side
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THE CLUB 99
Some time ago, there lived a King
...
However, this was not the case! The King always found himself
wondering why he just never seemed content with his life
...

One day, the King had woken up earlier than usual to stroll around his palace
...
following this
singing
...

This fascinated the King and he summoned this man to his chambers
...
The King asked why he was so happy?
To this the man replied: “Your Majesty, I am nothing but a servant, but I make
enough of a living to keep my wife and children happy
...
My wife and
children are my inspiration; they are content with whatever little I bring home
...
”
Hearing this, the King dismissed the servant and summoned his Personal Assistant to his
chambers
...

The Personal Assistant listened attentively and came to a conclusion
...
”
“The 99 Club? And what exactly is that?” the King inquired
...
place 99 Gold coins in a bag and leave it at this servant’s doorstep, you will then
understand what The 99 Club is
...
Although he was slightly hesitant and he thought he should have put 100 Gold coins into
the bag, but since his assistant had advised him to put 99 that is what he did
...
Wondering about
its contents, he took it into his house and opened the bag
...
Gold Coins
...
He could hardly believe it
...

He then took the bag to a table and emptied it out and began to count the coins
...
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...
99 Gold Coins
...
He began to search his entire house, looked around his backyard for hours, not wanting to
lose out on that one coin
...

He got up the next morning, in an extremely horrible mood, shouting at the children and his wife
for his delay, not realizing that he had spent most of the night conjuring ways of working hard so
that he had enough money to buy himself that gold coin
...

Seeing the man’s attitude change so drastically, the King was puzzled
...
The King related his thoughts about the servant and once again, his
assistant listened
...

To this the assistant replied “Ah! But your Majesty, the servant has now officially joined The 99
Club
...
We lose our sleep, our happiness;
we hurt the people around us just as a price to pay for our growing needs and desires
...
”
Hearing this King decided that from that day onwards, he was going to start appreciating all the
little things in life
...
One day I heard that the
whole Bazaar was burning so I rushed to see my shop
...
I said ‘Al-Hamdo lillah’ (All praise to Allah);
but immediately I realized my mistake
...
”
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THE NEIGHBOR
Sayyed Jawad Ameli, a great Mujtahid, was having his dinner when someone knocked at his door
...
He has just sat down for his dinner but refuses to
eat until he sees you
...
Sayyed Jawad Ameli left his dinner and rushed to
Ayatullah Bahrul Uloom’s residence
...

He said: “My master may guide me where I have failed
...
He was trying to buy some dates from a shop on credit but the shopkeeper refused
to grant him any more credit
...
” Sayed Jawad was taken by surprise
...
”
That is why I am displeased all the more
...
Well, If you had known
and ignored him despite your knowledge, then you would not even he a Muslim, Ayatullah Uloom
adjoined
...
“Sit with
him to eat, so that he does not feel ashamed
...
Place it under
his pillow or carpet so that he is not humiliated, and inform me when this work is completed, for
not until then shall I eat
...
” Holy Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon him)

A BOX FULL OF KISSES
The story goes back some time ago, a man punished his 3-year-old daughter for
wasting a roll of gold wrapping paper
...
Nevertheless,
the little girl brought the gift to her father the next morning and said, “This is for
you, Daddy
...
He yelled at her, stating, “Don’t you know, when you give someone a
present, there is supposed to be something inside?” The little girl looked up at him with tears in
her eyes and cried, “Oh, Daddy, it’s not empty at all
...
They’re all for you,
Daddy
...
He put his arms around his little girl, and he begged for her
forgiveness
...
It is also told that her father kept that
gold box by his bed for many years and, whenever he was discouraged, he would take out an
imaginary kiss and remember the love of the child who had put it there
...
from our children, family members, friends, and God
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THE THREE COWS
There was a green and fresh pasture, in which three cows lived, a white cow, a black cow and a
reddish-brown one
...
They were nice to each other
...
and they used to sleep near each other
...

The lion was unhappy
...
On catching sight of the cows it
became glad, but couldn't attack them, because they were together
...

The cows were together and wouldn’t part away from each other, because they knew that if they
were together, no predator could attack them
...

But the cows continued to remain together, and wouldn’t separate from each other
...

A plan occurred to it
...

Today I said to myself: “Anyhow I should come and see you
from near and visit you
...
”
The lion said: “I have always remembered you, and have even ordered a better pasture made ready
for you
...
”
Both the white and the black cows were troubled by what their friend, the reddish-brown cow said,
and were grieved at its thoughtlessness
...

They said to each other: Which forest has not got a better pasture? Why does the reddish-brown
cow believe what the lion says? Doesn’t it know that lions seek other animals only to prey on them?
The reddish-brown cow became more and more a close friend of the lion each day
...

One day the lion said to the reddish-brown cow: “You know that the color of our bodies is dark
and that the color of the body of the white cow is light, and you also know that the light color is the
opposite of the dark color
...
”
The reddish-brown cow accepted the saying of the selfish lion and started talking to the black cow
to keep it busy, so that the lion could eat the white cow with more ease
...

Two or three days passed since the lion had devoured the white cow
...
The lion
called the reddish-brown cow
...
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It will be very good if I eat the black cow, so that in this forest we all will be
of the same color
...

The lion attacked and devoured the black cow, too
...
It roamed and grazed and said to itself: “It is only
me who has the color of the lion
...
The lion roared and said
...
” The reddish-brown cow, with great fear &
horror said: “Why sir, I am your friend
...
So why do you want to eat me?”
The lion roared and said: “Friend of a friendless!” How is it possible that a lion makes friendship
with a cow? No matter how much the reddish-brown cow begged and entreated, the lion didn’t
accept its words
...

The cow said: “Mr
...
” The lion said:
“Quickly, quickly!” The reddish-brown cow cried out: “I was eaten the very day the white cow was
eaten
...
I was eaten the very day I made
...
” The lion devoured the reddish-brown cow very quickly
...
Now I had better go to other forests
...


A WHITE HAS NO SUPERIORITY OVER A BLACK
The following scene took place on a BA flight between Johannesburg and
London
...
Obviously disturbed by this, she called the air Hostess
...
You placed me next to a black man
...
Give me an alternative seat
...

Almost all the places on this flight are taken
...
The
Hostess went away and then came back a few minutes later
...
I spoke to the captain and he informed me that there is
also no seat in the business class
...

Before the woman could say anything, the hostess continued
...

She turned to the black guy, and said
...
At the moment, the other passengers who were
shocked by what they had just witnessed stood up and applauded
...
All mankind is from Adam and Eve; an
Arab has no superiority over a non-Arab, nor a non-Arab has any superiority over an Arab; also a
white has no superiority over a black, nor does a black have any superiority over white except by
piety and good action
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GHULAMHUSSEIN AND THE GAME OF CHANCE
Ghulamhusein was a popular social figure and a keen host of guests coming to him from distant
lands
...
Kilimanjaro in Tanzania
...
One of his hobbies during leisure hours particularly on
Saturdays and Sundays was to play the game of cards with his friends
...
It was not with the aim of gambling but rather just for
pleasure and pass time
...
He sent the servant back saying
he would come soon
...
So he continued to play
with keen interest
...

But Ghulamhusein was so deeply engrossed in the game that he did not want to be
disturbed
...

By the time he could be free from the very mind captivating game of cards, the
servant came for the third time
...
This news gave a shock of his life to
Ghulamhusein
...
There and
then he vowed never to indulge himself in such a game
...
It is meant to be prevention than a cure, lest man is one day
tempted to use the game for gambling purpose
...
" Imam Ali (AS)

FINDERS KEEPERS

A wise woman who was traveling in the
mountains found a precious stone in a stream
...
The hungry
traveler saw the precious stone & asked the woman to give it to him
...

The traveler left, rejoicing his good fortune
...
But a few days later he came back to return the stone to the wise woman
...
”

BANDAGE OF COMPLAINT!

Once a saint saw a man with a bandage tied round his head
...
“Because my head aches,” the man replied
...
“Thirty,” he
replied
...
“No,” the
man answered
...
Now because of this one night head ache, that you have, you tie the
bandage of complaint!”
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AN AGED STUDENT
Sikaki was a skilled artist an artisan
...
He expected that, appreciating his artistic
skill, the king would encourage him as far as possible
...
In the beginning the king was very impressed by his
artistic skill but afterwards an unpleasant event occurred that caused an extraordinary change in
Sikaki’ s life and way of thinking
...
As soon as the scholar entered, the king got so much absorbed in welcoming and talking to
him that he forgot Sikaki and his skilled artistry
...

He realized that now he would not receive the encouragement he had expected and all his desires
and hopes are useless now
...
He decided to do what the others have done and go on the
same way that the others have gone (uptill now)
...
Although for a wise man who has passed the days
of his young age, it was not easy to study with young children and to start right from the
preliminary stage
...
After all whenever the fish is taken out of water,
it is fresh
...
Perhaps spending a long time in artistic works and handicraft was the reason for
stagnancy in his scientific and literary talent
...
With great enthusiasm and zeal for attaining knowledge,
he strictly got busy with his studies, until another incident occurred:
The teacher who was teaching him Shafi’e jurisprudence (fiqh Shafi’e), taught him this lesson:
“The teacher believes that the skin of a dog becomes clean (tahir) after tanning
...
But
when he was asked to answer this question, he said: “The dog believes that the skin of a teacher
becomes clean after tanning
...
It was clear for everybody that this old
man is absolutely incapable of reading and writing
...
By chance, he reached the
foot of a mountain, where he saw that the water is falling drop by drop from the top
and due to the continuous falling of water, a hole had been formed in that hard stone
...
And he said:
“Maybe my heart is not ready to accept (knowledge) but it is not harder than this
stone
...
”
Therefore, he came back and with hard work, he got busy in the attainment of
knowledge
...

You never be too old to learn something new
...
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...

She did not recognize them
...

Please come in and have something to eat
...

“No,” she replied
...
”
“Then we cannot come in,” they replied
...

“Go tell them I am home and invite them in!”
The woman went out and invited the men in
...

“Why is that?” she asked
...
” Then he added, “Now go in and discuss
with your husband which one of us you want in your home
...
Her husband was overjoyed
...
“Since that is the case, let us invite Wealth
...
“My dear, why don’t we invite Success?”
Their daughter-in-law was listening from the other corner of the house
...

“Go out and invite Love to be our guest
...
”
Love got up and started walking toward the house
...

Surprised, the lady asked Wealth and Success: “I only invited Love, Why are you coming in?”
The old men replied together: “If you had invited Wealth or Success, the other two of us would’ve
stayed out, but since you invited Love, wherever He goes, we go with him
...
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...
One day it was announced to the feelings that the island
would sink, so all constructed boats and left
...

Love was the only one who stayed
...
When
the island had almost sunk, Love decided to ask for help
...
Love said, “Richness, can you take me with you?”
Richness answered, “No, I can’t
...
There is no place here
for you
...
“Vanity, please help me!”
“I can’t help you, Love
...

Sadness was close by so Love asked, “Sadness, let me go with you
...
Love, I am so sad that
I need to be by myself!” Happiness passed by Love, too, but she was so happy that she did not even
hear when Love called her
...
” It was an elder
...
When they arrived at dry land, the elder went his own way
...

“Time?” asked Love
...
”

ALWAYS THANKFUL TO GOD
Arthur Ashe, the legendary Wimbledon player was dying of AIDS
...

And today in pain I should not be asking GOD “Why me?”
Be thankful to GOD for 98% of good things in life
...
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...
and the Coffee
...
When the class began, wordlessly, he picked up a
very large and empty mayonnaise Jar and proceeded to fill it with
golf balls
...
They agreed that it was
...
He shook the Jar lightly
...
He then asked the students again if the Jar was full
...

The professor next picked up a box of sand and poured it into the Jar
...
He asked once more if the Jar was full
...
”
The professor then produced two cups of Coffee from under the table and poured the entire
contents into the Jar, effectively filling the empty space between the sand
...

“Now,” said the professor, as the laughter subsided, “I want you to recognize that this Jar
represents your life
...
” The pebbles are the other things that matter like your job,
your house, and your car
...

“If you put the sand into the Jar first,” he continued, “there is no room for the pebbles or the golf
balls
...
If you spend all your time and energy on the small stuff, you will
never have room for the things that are important
...
Play with your children
...
Set your priorities
...

One of the students raised her hand and inquired what the Coffee represented
...
“I’m glad you asked
...
”

THE BAR
A tale is told about a small town that had historically been “dry,”
(no alcohol sold) but then a local businessman decided to build a
tavern
...

It just so happened that shortly thereafter lightning struck the bar and it burned to the ground
...

The presiding judge, after his initial review of the case, stated that “No matter how this case comes
out, one thing is clear
...
”
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LESSONS ON LIFE
There was a man who had four sons
...
So he sent them each on a quest, in turn, to go
and look at a pear tree that was a great distance away
...

When they had all gone and come back, he called them together to
describe what they had seen
...
The second son said no it was covered with green
buds and full of promise
...
The last son
disagreed with all of them; he said it was ripe and drooping with fruit, full of life and fulfillment
...
He told them that you cannot judge a tree, or a person, by only one
season, and that the essence of who they are and the pleasure, joy, and love that come from that
life can only be measured at the end, when all the seasons are up
...
Don’t let the pain of one season destroy the joy of all the rest
...
Persevere through the difficult patches and better times are
sure to come some time or later
...
He saw the bud that would soon blossom, but noticed thorns
upon the stem and he thought, “How can any beautiful flower come from a
plant burdened with so many sharp thorns?” Saddened by this thought, he
neglected to water the rose, and just before it was ready to bloom
...

So it is with many people
...
The good qualities planted in us at
birth, grow amid the thorns of our faults
...

We despair, thinking that nothing good can possibly come from us
...
We never realize our potential
...
One of the
greatest gifts a person can possess is to be able to reach past the thorns of another, and find the
rose within them
...
to look at a person, know their true faults and accepting
that person into your life
...
Help others to realize
they can overcome their faults
...
Only then will they blossom many times over
...
Imam Sadiq (AS)
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PUT THE GLASS DOWN!
A professor began his class by holding up a glass with some water in it
...
‘100 gms!’
...
the students answered
...

“Ok! What would happen if I held it up like this for an hour?” the professor
asked
...

“You’re right, now what would happen if I held it for a day?”
“Your arm could go numb, you might have severe muscle stress and paralysis and have to go to
hospital for sure!” ventured another student; and all the students laughed
...
But during all this, did the weight of the glass change?” asked the professor
...

“Then what caused the arm ache and the muscle stress?” The students were puzzled
...

“Exactly!” said the professor
...
Hold it for a few minutes in
your head and they seem okay
...
Hold it even
longer and they begin to paralyze you
...
”
“It’s important to think of the challenges (problems) in your life, but EVEN MORE IMPORTANT is
to have trust in Allah (swt) and to ‘put them down’ at the end of every day before you go to sleep
...

Holy Quran (48:4) says: “He it is who sent down tranquility into the hearts of the believers that
they might have more faith added to their faith
...
Tell to your mind every day before you go to sleep: “YAA
AYYATUHAN NAFSUL MUTMAINNAH, IRJI’II ILAA RABBIKI RADHIYATAN MARDHIYYAH,
FADKHULII FII IBAADII WADKHULII JANNATII”
...
Return to your Lord well-pleased (with Him), well-pleasing (Him)
...
”
By worrying so much, do not turn your life to hell
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MAY I NEVER GET TOO BUSY IN MY OWN AFFAIRS!
It was a bitter, cold evening
...
The wait seemed endless
...
He heard the faint, steady rhythm of approaching hooves galloping along the frozen
path
...
He let the first one pass by without
an effort to get his attention
...
and another
...

As this one drew near, the old man caught the rider’s eye and said,
“Sir, would you mind giving an old man a ride to the other side?
There doesn’t appear to be a passageway by foot
...
Hop aboard
...
The horseman took the old man not just across
the river, but to his destination, which was just a few miles away
...
Then I
came up and you immediately asked me for a ride
...
What if I had refused and left you there?”
The old man lowered himself slowly down from the horse, looked the rider straight in the eyes, and
replied, “I’ve been around here for some time
...
”
The old-timer continued, “I looked into the eyes of the other riders and immediately saw there was
no concern for my situation
...
But when I
looked into your eyes, kindness and compassion were evident
...
”
Those heartwarming comments touched the horseman deeply
...
“May I never get too busy in my
own affairs that I fail to respond to the needs of others with kindness and compassion
...
”

DON’T WE ALL
I was parked in front of the mall wiping off my car
...
Coming my way from across the parking lot was what society
would consider a bum
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There are times when you feel generous but there are other times that you
just don’t want to be bothered
...
”
“I hope he doesn’t ask me for any money,” I thought
...

He came and sat on the curb in front of the bus
stop but he didn’t look like he could have enough
money to even ride the bus
...
“That’s a very pretty car,” he said
...
His scraggly blond beard keeps more than his face warm
...

He sat there quietly as I worked
...

As the silence between us widened something inside said, “Ask him if he needs any help
...

“Do you need any help?” I asked
...
We often look for
wisdom in great men and women
...

I expected nothing but an outstretched grimy hand
...

“Don’t we all?” he said
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Don’t we all?
I needed help
...
I reached in my wallet
and gave him not only enough for bus fare, but enough to get a warm meal and shelter for the day
...
No matter how much you have, no matter how much you
have accomplished, you need help too
...

Even if it’s just a compliment, you can give that
...
They are waiting on you to give them what they don’t have
...

Maybe the man was just a homeless stranger wandering the streets
...

maybe he was sent by a power that is great and wise, to messenger to a soul too comfortable in
themselves
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” Don’t we all?
“
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THE STRANGER IN THE GARDEN
Once upon a time there was a man who had a big garden
...
Now he wanted to pick up the fruits and sell them to make
money for his family
...
This man become
angry and shouted, “Hey you! What are you doing on my tree? Aren’t you
ashamed of stealing fruits in the day time?” The stranger on the branch
just looked at the gardener but didn’t reply, and continued picking the
fruits
...
” The gardener was very surprised at this answer and thought of a
plan
...
” His son
brought the rope and the gardener ordered him to tie the stranger to the tree
...
The stranger began to scream
...
”
The gardener paid no attention and continued beating him
...
” The stranger hesitated and then
spoke, “Wait don’t beat me, I am sorry for taking the fruits
...
So, please forgive and set me free
...
”
Then the gardener untied him and let him go free
...
Thirty children tried to think about
not only what they had done, but also what our teacher may have found
out
...
She wasn’t really
asking, she was demanding an answer
...
She held up a piece of broken glass and asked, “Who
broke this window?”
“Oh, oh,” I thought
...
I had not done it intentionally
...
I was working on my knuckleball
...

Why did it have to be me? It wasn’t really my fault
...

How would I be able to pay for a big window like that? I didn’t even get an allowance
...
I didn’t want to raise my hand, but some force much stronger than I
was pulled it skyward
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“I did it
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It was hard enough saying what I
had
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She then began walking "Do not be like persons on whom advice has no
towards my desk
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A sensible man acquires guidance through
to strike a student, but I feared she was going to
advice, while brutes and beasts always improve
start with me and she was going to use a book
through punishments
...

“I know how you like birds,” she said as she stood looking down at my guilt-ridden face
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It is yours
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The book is yours and you will not be punished as long as you
remember that I am not rewarding you for your misdeed, I am rewarding you for your
truthfulness
...
He constantly advertised for hired
hands
...
They dreaded the awful
storms that raged across the ocean, wreaking havoc on the buildings and crops
...

Finally, a short, thin man, well past middle age, approached the farmer
...
“Well, I can sleep when the wind blows,” answered the man
...
The little man worked
well around the farm, busy from dawn to dusk, and the farmer felt satisfied with the man's work
...
Jumping out of bed, the farmer grabbed
a lantern and rushed next door to the hired hand’s sleeping quarters
...
I told you, I can sleep when the wind blows
...
Instead, he hurried outside to prepare for
the storm
...
The cows were
in the barn, the chickens were in the coops, and the doors
were barred
...
Everything was tied down
...

The farmer then understood what his hired hand meant, so he returned to his bed to also sleep
while the wind blew
...
Can you sleep
when the wind blows through your life? The hired hand in the story was able to sleep because he
had secured the farm against the storm
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THE ROPE
The night fell heavy in the heights of the mountains and the man could not see anything
...
Zero visibility, and the moon and the stars were covered by the clouds
...
He could only see black spots as he went down, and the terrible sensation of being sucked by
gravity
...
He was thinking now about how close death was getting, when all of a sudden he felt the
rope tied to his waist pull him very hard
...

Only the rope was holding him and in that moment of stillness he had no other choice other to
scream: “Help me God
...
”
“Do you really think I can save you?”
“Of course I believe You can
...
”
There was a moment of silence and the man decided to hold on to the rope with all his strength
...
His hands holding tight to it
...

And We? How attached we are to our rope will we let go??? Don’t ever doubt about
the words of God
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THE SHIP
A voyaging ship was wrecked during a storm at sea and only two of the men on it were able to swim
to a small, desert like island
...
However, to find out whose prayer was more powerful, they agreed to divide the territory
between them and stay on opposite sides of the island
...
The next morning, the first man saw a fruit-bearing tree
on his side of the land, and he was able to eat its fruit
...

After a week, the first man was lonely and he decided to pray for a wife
...
On the other
side of the island, there was nothing
...
The next day, like magic, all of these
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Finally, the first man prayed for a ship, so that he and his wife
could leave the island
...
The first man boarded the ship with his wife
and decided to leave the second man on the island
...

As the ship was about to leave, the first man heard a voice from heaven booming, “Why are you
leaving your companion on the island?”
“My blessings are mine alone, since I was the one who prayed for them,” the first man answered
...
”
“You are mistaken!” the voice rebuked him
...
If not for
that, you would not have received any of my blessings
...
”
For all we know, our blessings are not the fruits of our prayers alone, but those of another praying for us
...
The person
who would become the king had to agree to a contract that he would be sent to an island after his
one year of being a king
...
The people
dressed him up in expensive clothes and put him on an elephant and took him around the cities to
say goodbye to all the people
...
After saying farewell, the people took the king with a boat to remote island and left him there
...
They saw a young man who
survived by holding on to a floating piece of wood
...
They requested him to be a king for a year
...
People told him about all the rules and regulations and
that how he will be sent to an island after one year
...
They agreed and took him to the island
...
The king went little bit
inside to check
...
He understood that as
soon as they were left in the island, the animals came and killed them
...
He took them to the island
and instructed them to clean the Jungle, remove all the deadly animals & cut down all excess trees
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In the first month, all
the animals were removed and many trees were cut down
...
The king then told the workers to plant gardens in various parts of the island
...
In the third
month, he ordered the workers to build big houses and docking stations for ships
...

The young king would wear simple clothes and spend very little
from his earnings as a king
...
When nine months passed like this, the king called the
ministers and told them: “I know that I have to go the island after
one year, but I would like to go there right now
...

3 months passed and now it was a full year
...
However, this king is
unusually happy to leave the kingdom
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Live such a life that when you are die, you
will be smiling and everyone around you will be crying
...
While all the other
kings were lost into the luxuries of the kingdom, I always thought about the future and planned for
it
...
”
The moral lesson from this story is about how we should live our life
...
In this life, we shouldn’t get lost into the deceiving and attractive
things of this world and forget about what is to come in the afterlife
...
May Allah make it easy for us all
...

Holy Quran (31:34) says: Verily the knowledge of the Hour is with Allah (alone)
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Nor does any one know what it is that
he will earn on the morrow: Nor does any one know in what land he is to die
...

Holy Quran (59:18) urges us to prepare for tomorrow: O ye who believe! Fear Allah, and let every
soul look to what (provision) He has sent forth for the morrow
...


Some body asked Imam Hassan (AS),
Why are we reluctant to die, why don’t we like death?
“Because,” replied the Imam Hassan (AS),
“You ruined your next world and developed this one; naturally,
you do not like to be transferred from flourishing to decline
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The necklace was stolen and his people in the kingdom searched everywhere but could
not find it
...
The king then asked them all to search for it and
put a reward for $50,000 for anyone who found it
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This river was
completely polluted, filthy and smelly
...
He decided to try and catch it so that he could
get the $50,000 reward
...
He took his hand out and looked again and the necklace
was still there
...
But strangely, he still missed the necklace!
He came out and started walking away, feeling depressed
...
This time he was determined to get it, no matter what
...
He plunged in, and searched everywhere for the
necklace and yet he failed
...

Just then a saint who was walking by, saw him, and asked him what was the matter
...
But the saint could see this man was troubled and being
compassionate, again asked the clerk to tell him the problem and promised that he would not tell
anyone about it
...
He
told the saint about the necklace and how he tried and tried to catch it, but kept failing
...
The clerk looked up and true enough, the necklace was dangling on the branch
of a tree
...

Material happiness is just like the filthy, polluted river; because it is a mere reflection of the TRUE
happiness in the spiritual world
...
Instead we should look upwards, toward God, who is the source of real happiness, and
stop chasing after the reflection of this happiness in the material world
...


“Happy is the man who always kept the
afterlife in his view, who remembers
the Day of Reckoning through his deeds,
who led a contented life and who was
happy with the lot that Allah hath
destined for him
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He told his employer-contractor of his plans to leave the
house-building business to live a more leisurely life with his wife and enjoy his extended family
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They could get by
...
The carpenter said yes, but over time it was easy to see that his heart was not in
his work
...
It was an unfortunate
way to end a dedicated career
...
Then he handed the front-door key to the carpenter and
said, "This is your house
...
"
The carpenter was shocked!
What a shame! If he had only known he was building his own house,
he would have done it all so differently
...
We build our lives, a day at a time, often putting less than our best into the
building
...

If we could do it over, we would do it much differently
...
You are the carpenter, and every day you hammer a nail, place a board, or
erect a wall
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” Your attitude, and the choices you
make today, helps build the “house” you will live in tomorrow
...
During some point of the journey
they had an argument, and one friend slapped the other one in the face
...
”
They kept on walking until they found an oasis, where they decided to
take a bath
...
After the friend recovered
from the near drowning, he wrote on a stone: “TODAY MY BEST
FRIEND SAVED MY LIFE
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But, when someone does something good for us, we must engrave it
in stone where no wind can ever erase it
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A TEACHER’S PROTEST!
There was no timetable nor a room designated for PRAYERS in the
School
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After being interviewed and accepted by the school administration,
the eager teaching prospect said in protest: “Let me see if I’ve got this
right
...
And I’m
supposed to instill a sense of pride in their ethnicity, modify their
disruptive behavior, observe them for signs of abuse and even censor
their T-shirt messages and dress habits
...

You want me to teach them firm belief in God, patriotism, good citizenship, sportsmanship, and
fair play, how and where to register to vote, how to balance a checkbook, & how to apply for a job
...

And I am to communicate regularly with the parents by letter, telephone, newsletter, & report card
...

You expect me not to pray when Holy Quran (Baqarah 2:45) says: “Nay, seek (Allah’s) help with
patient perseverance and PRAYER: It is indeed hard, except to those who bring a lowly spirit
...
” (Ibrahim: 40)
“Indeed it is the Prayers, which helps to refrain from indecent acts and evils
...
Holy Quran (Al-Mu’minuun: 9) says that successful believers are: “
...
”
Dear sir, since I am sure that I will not be able to fulfill your expectations, nor I will be successful in
my career WITHOUT prayers, “I resign willingly from the post
...
You have taught me a very important lesson today: Without prayers and help from God,
no work is a success
...
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DO NOT DO EVIL TO ANYONE
There was a man in Isfahan who used to beat his wife but unfortunately she
succumbed to his beating though he had not intended to kill her
...
In a state of anxiety he came out of
his house and met an acquaintance to whom he posed his problem
...
Then he would tell the wife’s relatives
that he had found them together in bed and was unable to control his ire
...
The man liked the idea and sat at the doorway in anticipation of
a young man
...
He invited him inside and
beheaded him
...
They were satisfied but
the person who had devised this plan had a teenage son who did not reach home that day
...
Yes, said he and took
him near the dead bodies
...
His evil advice caused the death of his own son
...

History is replete with such incidents
...
A similar proverb is present in Persian also:
Do not do evil to anyone the sane evil will turn towards you
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PUPPIES FOR SALE
A farmer had some puppies he needed to sell
...
As he was driving the last nail into the post, he felt a tug
on his overalls
...

“Mister,” he said, “I want to buy one of your puppies
...
”
The boy dropped his head for a moment
...
“I’ve got thirty-nine cents
...

And with that he let out a whistle, “Here Dolly!” he called
...

The little boy pressed his face against the chain link fence
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As the dogs made their way to the fence, the little boy noticed something else stirring inside the
doghouse
...
Down the ramp it slid
...

“I want that one,” the little boy said, pointing to the runt
...
He will never be able to run and play with you like these other dogs
would
...
In doing so he revealed a steel
brace running down both sides of his leg attaching itself to a specially made
shoe
...
”
The world is full of people who need someone who understands
...

The HR manager interviewed him, then a test: clean the floor
...

The man replied “I don’t have a computer, neither an email
...
And who
doesn’t exist, cannot have the job
...
He didn’t know what to do,
with only $10 US in his pocket
...
He then sold the tomatoes
in a door to door round
...
He repeated the
operation 3 times, and returned home with $60 US
...
Thus, his money doubles or triples every
day
...

5 years later, the man is one of the biggest food retailers in the US
...

He called an insurance broker, and chooses a protection plan
...
The man replied: “I don’t have an email
...
Do you imagine what you could have been if you had an email?
The man thought for a while, and replied: an office boy!
The moral of this story:
1: Internet is not the solution to your life
...

3: If you received this message by email, you are closer to be an office boy, rather than a
MILLIONAIRE
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When I arrived in the UK, it was as if a dream had come true
...
I decided I would be staying in this country for
about Five years (maximum Permit Free Period) in which time I would have earned enough money
to settle down in India
...
I wanted to do some thing more than him
...
I used to call home and speak to my parents every week using cheap
international phone cards
...

Finally I decided to get married
...
I got my ticket booked in the cheapest flight
...

If I miss anyone then there will be talks
...

In-laws told me, to my surprise, that I would have to get married in 2-3 days, as I will not get
anymore holidays soon and they cannot wait for long
...

My wife enjoyed this country for about two months and then she started feeling lonely
...
Our savings started diminishing
...

Two lovely kids, a boy and a girl, were gifted to us by the almighty
...
Every year I
decide to go to India
...
Years went by and visiting India was a
distant dream
...
I tried
but I couldn’t get any holidays and was stuck up in the procedures and thus could not go to India
...
I was depressed
...

After couple more years passed away, much to my children’s dislike (by now nearly cocos) and my
wife’s joy we returned to India to settle down
...
I had to
return to the UK
...

My 2 children and I returned to UK after promising my wife I would be back for good after two
years
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I decided that enough is enough and wound-up every thing and returned to India
...
Now I am 60
years old and the only time I go out of the flat is for the routine visit to the nearby place of worship
...

Sometimes I wondered was it worth all this? My father, even after staying in India, had a house to
his name and I too have the same, nothing more
...
Looking out from the window I
see a lot of children dancing
...
I get occasional cards from my children
asking I am alright
...
Now perhaps after I die it will be
the neighbors again who will be performing my last rites,
God Bless them
...
There are no unanswered
prayers
...


THEY ARE NOT IN NEED OF YOUR PRESENTS
...
During the caliphate of
Hazrat U’thman, he suffered a bout of illness, which eventually resulted in his death
...

“The honor of a Mu’min lies in night worship
and his esteem lies in his being
independent of the people
...

I desire God mercy, replied Ibn Masud
...

It is the Doctor who has made me sick, replied Ibn Masud
...

Ibn Masud retorted, at the time when I was in need, you did not give me a thing and now that I am
not in need, you wish to shower me with presents!
Hazrat U’thman insisted, Let these gifts be for your daughters then
...
I have instructed them to recite
the chapter Al-Waaqiah every night, for surely, I have heard the Holy Prophet (SAW) say: One, who
recites the chapter Al-Waaqiah every night, shall never be afflicted by poverty
...
” Imam Musa (AS)
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YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL!
It’s a phrase that my mother uses a lot
...
I call things
as I see them
...

My mother would tell people this with an enthusiasm they could feel
...
She wasn’t telling them they were beautiful to get something
from them
...

I wondered for years what was wrong with Mother’s perception and vision
...
Yet when my mother spoke, people smiled as though Glamour magazine
had listed them as one of the beautiful people of the year
...
” My mother had a spirit that could see the beauty in a person
...
That was
what I was doing
...

They may be balding, fat, wrinkled, pimply, or any of the other things the world frowns upon as
beauty
...
If you really look, you’ll see it
...
Sure enough, as I stared and opened another set of eyes,
I was able to see the beauty in every person
...

You just had to look for the beauty
...
When you leave your home this morning, look hard
at each person
...
Trust
me and try this
...
When you get home after seeing the beauty in
faces you see, look in the mirror
...
Thank you mama for all of the beauty that you
have not only seen, but added
...
”
Prophet Muhammad (SAW) said: “Indeed Allah is Beautiful and He loves beauty
...
”
Holy Quran emphasizes on remembering the beautiful things Allah (SWT) has created and praise
them profusely
...
” (93:11)
Allah (SWT) Himself remembers and praises the good creations He has created; among them is His
beloved Prophet Muhammad (SAW): “And He exalted your praise (O Muhammad)
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O you who believe, send
blessings upon him (you as well) and salute him with a (becoming) salutation
...
May Allah’s beautiful blessings be upon you always
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To his puzzlement, his three-year-old son was happily hammering
dents into the shiny paint of the truck
...

When the father calmed down, he rushed his son to the hospital
...

When the boy woke up from the surgery and saw his bandaged stubs, he innocently said, “Daddy,
I’m sorry about your truck
...


“One who cannot benefit by patience will die
of grief and excitement
...

Think first before you lose your patience with someone u love
...
Broken
bones and hurt feelings often can’t
...
We forget
that forgiveness is greater than revenge
...
We are allowed to make mistakes
...
Pause and ponder
...
Be patient
...

Love one and all
...
When he failed to heal their disputes by his exhortations, he
determined to give them a practical illustration of the evils of disunion; and for
this purpose he one day told them to bring him a bundle of sticks
...
They tried with
all their strength, and were not able to do it
...

He then addressed them in these words: “My sons, if you are of one mind, and unite to assist each
other, you will be as this faggot, uninjured by all the attempts of your enemies; but if you are
divided among yourselves, you will be broken as easily as these sticks
...
Divided we fall; United we stand
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As each bird flaps its wings,
it creates uplift for the bird immediately following
...

People who share a common direction and sense of community can get
where they are going more quickly and easily, because they are traveling
on the thrust of one another
...
If we have the
sense of a goose, we will stay in formation with those people who are heading the same way we are
...

It is sensible to take turns doing demanding jobs, whether with people or with geese flying south
...

What message do we give when we honk from behind?
Finally - and this is important - when a goose gets sick or is wounded by gunshot, and falls out of
the formation, two other geese fall out with that goose and follow it down to lend help and
protection
...

If we have the sense of a goose, we will stand by each other like that
...
As he walked along, he began to
see another man in the distance
...
Time and again he kept hurling
things out into the ocean
...
My friend was puzzled
...
“Good evening, friend
...
”
“I’m throwing these starfish back into the ocean
...
If I don’t throw
them back into the sea, they’ll die up here from lack of oxygen
...
You can’t
possibly get to all of them
...
And don’t you realize this is probably
happening on hundreds of beaches all up and down this coast
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