A Different Truth A blind boy sat on the steps of a building with a hat by his feet. He held up a sign which said: “I am blind, please help.” There were only a few coins in the hat. A man was walking by. He took a few coins from his pocket and dropped them into the hat. He then took the sign, turned it around, and wrote some …Read the Rest
Tag: Inspirational
Determination
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. However bridge building experts throughout the world thought that this was an impossible feat and told Roebling to forget the idea. It just could not be done. It was not practical. It had never been done before.
Just Five More Minutes
While at the park one day, a woman sat down next to a man on a bench near a playground.
“That’s my son over there,†she said, pointing to a little boy in a red sweater who was gliding down the slide.
Butterfly
A man found a cocoon of a butterfly. 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. Then it seemed to stop making any progress. It appeared as if it had gotten as far as it could, and it could go no further. So the man decided to help the butterfly. He took …Read the Rest
The Emperor’s Seed
Once there was an emperor in the Far East who was growing old and knew it was coming time to choose his successor. Instead of choosing one of his assistants or one of his own children, he decided to do something different. He called all the young people in the kingdom together one day. He said, “It has come time for me to step down and to choose the next …Read the Rest
One Step
Foolish people with all their other thoughts, have this one too: They are always getting ready to live, but never living. Your success will start when you begin to pursue it. To reach your goal or to attain success, you don’t need to know all of the answers in advance. You just need to have a clear idea of what your goal is.
Mom
MomGod saw you were getting tiredAnd a cure was not to be……So He put His arms around you and whispered, “Come to Me”With tearful eyes I watched you,and saw you pass away….Although I loved you dearly….I could not make you stay.A golden heart stopped beating,Hard working hands at rest.God broke my heart to prove to meHe only takes the best.
Five Short Chapters on Change
Five Short Chapters on Change Chapter 1. I walk down a street and there’s a deep hole in the sidewalk. I fall in. It takes forever to get out. It’s my fault. Chapter 2. I walk down the same street. I fall in the hole again. It still takes a long time to get out. It’s not my fault. Chapter 3. I walk down the same street. I fall in …Read the Rest
Why mother is so special
When I came home in the rain, Brother asked why didn’t you take an umbrella. Sister advised, Why didn’t you wait till rain stopped. Father angrily warned, only after getting cold, you will realize. But Mother, while drying my hair, said, stupid rain! Couldn’t it wait, till my child came home? That Is MOM !
Don’t give up your goodness.
There was this Hindu who saw a scorpion floundering around in the water. He decided to save it by stretching out his finger, but the scorpion stung him. The man still tried to get the scorpion out of the water, but the scorpion stung him again. A man nearby told him to stop saving the scorpion that kept stinging him. But the Hindu said: “It is the nature of the …Read the Rest
