A man has gone to buy a parrot.....

Man: These parrots seem nice.

         But show me the best and healthy one....

Shopkeeper: Sure sir, I have 3 best parrots.....
                    Soon the shopkeeper brought 3 
                    parrots.....

Man: How much each one of them costs...??

Shopkeeper: The 1st parrot costs 1000$. 2nd parrot costs 2000$.

                    And the 3rd parrot costs 5000$.

Man: That's interesting, but why so expensive....??

Shopkeeper: The 1st parrot can speak many languages and even knows about Windows XP.....

Man: Wow...What about the 2nd parrot...??

Shopkeeper: Well he also knows many languages, plus he knows some things about Windows XP and Linux Operating System....

Man: That's amazing....What about the 3rd one...

         Why he costs $5000....??

         Which languages he knows...??

Shopkeeper: Well, frankly speaking, he just fires bad words and doesn't know anything.

But the other Two parrots call him "BOSS...!”

Put a frog in a vessel of water

Put a frog in a vessel of water and start heating the water.

As the temperature of the water rises,

The frog is able to adjust its body temperature accordingly.

The frog keeps on adjusting with increase in temperature...

Just when the water is about to reach boiling point, the frog is not able to adjust anymore...

At that point the frog decides to jump out...

The frog tries to jump but is unable to do so, because it has lost all its strength in adjusting with the rising water temperature...

Very soon the frog dies.

What killed the frog ???

Many of us would say the boiling water...

But the truth is what killed the frog was its own inability to decide when it had to jump out.

We all need to adjust with people and situations, but we need to be sure when we need to adjust and when we need to confront/face.

There are times when we need to face the situation and take the appropriate action...

If we allow people to exploit us physically, mentally, emotionally or financially, they will continue to do so...

We have to decide when to jump.  Let us jump while we still have the strength.

Good luck…..

A sweet short story...

There is a building construction work was going on. Some poor laborers were working there and their small children used to hold onto one another's shirt and play "train-train". Someone would become the engine and others would become bogies.

Every day these children used to take turns becoming the engine and bogies ... But there was one small boy wearing only a half pant who used to hold one small green cloth in his hand & become the guard daily.

Once I went to him and asked ..."son, don't you also wish to become an engine or a bogie some time?

He softly replied ..." Sir, I don't have a shirt to wear so how will the other children catch me to make the train?

I could see the slight wetness in his eyes.

It gave me a lesson.... he could have cried and sat at home and abused his parents for not affording to buy him a shirt. But instead he chose another way to play and enjoy.

In life, we don't get all things we desire and we keep complaining...

I don't have a bike, I don't have car, I don't have this or that etc.

Life is like that ....we need to make our life beautiful and be satisfied with what we have…..

This story will really motivates anyone to be good.

A 6 year old boy was in a sea side market with his 4 year old sister. Suddenly the boy found that his sister was lagging behind.

His sister was standing in front of a toy shop and was watching something with great interest.

The boy went back to her and asked, “Do you want something?”

She pointed at a doll. The boy held her hand and like a responsible elder brother, gave that doll to her. Then she was very happy. 

The shopkeeper was watching everything and getting amused to see the matured behavior of the boy.

Now the boy came to the counter and asked the shopkeeper, “What is the cost of this doll, Sir?

The shopkeeper was a cool man and had experienced the odds of life. So he asked the boy with a lot of love & affection, “Well, What can you pay?”

The boy took out all the shells that he had collected from sea shore, from his pocket and gave them to the shopkeeper. The shopkeeper took the shells and started counting as if he were counting the currency. Then he looked at the boy. The boy asked him worriedly, “Is it less?”

The shopkeeper said, “No… These are more than the cost. So I will return the remaining.” Saying so, he kept only 4 shells with him and returned the remaining.

The boy, very happily kept those shells back in his pocket and went away with his sister.

A servant in that shop got very surprised watching all these. He asked his master, “Sir! You gave away such a costly doll just for 4 shells?”

The shopkeeper said with a smile, “Well, for us these are mere shells.

But for that boy, these shells are very precious. At this age he does not understand what money is, but when he will grow up, he definitely will. And when he would remember that he purchased a doll with the Shells instead of Money, he will remember me and think that world is full of Good people.

It will help him develop a positive attitude and he too in turn will feel motivated to be good.”

Whatever emotion you infuse into the world, it will further spread.

If you do good, goodness will spread. If you do bad, negativity will spread.

Realize you are a very powerful source of energy.

Your good or bad will come back to you magnified.

Not in the ways you want it, and probably not in the ways you can understand it.

But it will come back…

A woman goes to a Doctor, worried about her husband’s temper.

Doctor: “What’s the problem?

Woman: “Doctor, I don’t know what to do every day my husband seems to lose his temper for no reason.  It scares me”

Doctor: “I have a cure for that. When it seems that your husband is getting angry, just take a glass of water and start swishing it in your mouth.  Just swish and swish but don’t swallow it until he either leaves the room or calms down.”

Two weeks later the woman comes back to the doctor looking fresh and reborn.

Woman “Doctor that was a brilliant idea!  Every time my husband started losing it, I swished with water.  I swished and swished, and he calmed right down!  How does a glass of water do that?!

The Doctor says: “The water itself does nothing it’s keeping your mouth shut that does the trick”.

*****

Lessons to learn.....

A friend of mine turned 51.

I asked him what's changing?

He sent me following lines."

Yes, I am changing. 

After loving my parents, my siblings, my spouse, my children, my friends, now I have started loving myself.

I just realized that I am not “Atlas”. The world does not rest on my shoulders.

I now stopped bargaining with vegetables & fruits vendors. After all, a few rupees more is not going to burn a hole in my pocket but it might help the poor fellow save for his daughter’s school fees.

I pay the taxi driver without waiting for the change. The extra money might bring a smile on his face. After all he is toiling much harder for a living than me.

I stopped telling the elderly that they've already narrated that story many times. After all, the story makes them walk down the memory lane & relive the past.

I've learnt not to correct people even when I know they are wrong. After all, the load of making everyone perfect is not on me. Peace is more precious than perfection.

I give compliments freely & generously. After all it's a mood enhancer not only for the recipient, but also for me.

I've learnt not to bother about a crease or a spot on my shirt. After all, personality speaks louder than appearances.

I walk away from people who don't value me. After all, they might not know my worth, but I do.

I remain cool when someone plays dirty politics to outrun me in the rat race. After all, I am not a rat & neither am I in any race.

I am learning not to be embarrassed by my emotions. After all, it's my emotions that make me human.

I have learnt that its better to drop the ego than to break a relationship. After all, my ego will keep me alone whereas with relationships I will never be alone.

I've learnt to live each day as if it's the last. After all, it might be the last.

I am doing what makes me happy. After all, I am responsible for my happiness, and I owe it to me.

*****

Short story with deep meaning

"Everyone goes with the flow… but the one who goes against it becomes someone remarkable.” 

Before I could explain this to the traffic police, the man issued me a fine.

What taste do you leave in others' mouths

There was an old man who was admitted in a hospital.

A young man would visit him every day, and sit with him for more than one hour. He would help him eat his food, and take his shower. He would then take him walking in the garden of the hospital. After that he would bring him back to his room and help him to lie down. He would go away after reassuring himself that the old man was doing well.

One day the nurse entered his room, to give him medicine and inspect his condition, and said to him: "May the Lord be always gracious to your kind and caring son. Every day he visits you and shows great care."

The old man looked at her and closed his eyes and said to her:
"I wish he was one of my children. He is an orphan from the neighborhood where we live. I met him one day in the past, crying at the door of a Mosque, after his father died. I comforted him and bought for him some candy to put a smile on his face. I neither saw him nor talked to him after that for a very long time.

When he grew up he came to discover where my wife and I were living. He would visit us every day to inspect our conditions. When I later fell sick, he took my old wife to his home. He now comes to the hospital to see my treatment everyday. One day I asked him: "My son why do you have to deal with us and care about us so much?"

He simply smiled and said: "The taste of the candy is still in my mouth." 

To become successful, we may need family and friends.

But to become very successful, we need some enemies and competitors.

The Old Rich Man, the Young Man and the Apples…..

A young man asked an old rich man how he made his money.

The old guy fingered his expensive wool vest and said, "Well, son, it was 1932. The depth of the Great Depression. I was down to my last nickel."

"I invested that nickel in an apple. I spent the entire day polishing the apple and, at the end of the day, I sold the apple for ten cents."

"The next morning, I invested those ten cents in two apples. I spent the entire day polishing them and sold them at 5:00 pm for 20 cents. I continued this system for a month, by the end of which I'd accumulated a fortune of $9.80."

"After that," the old rich man continued, "I invested the $9.80 into a market stall so I could polish and display a lot more apples. I began making about $50 a month from then on."

"Then my wife's father died and left us Two million dollars."

Lady On Phone..

Lady On Phone..
Hi Sir, I want To Meet & Talk to you. You are The father of one of My Kids...

Man Stunned & Says Omg. Are you Sana?

Lady: No
Man: Rabia??
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Man: Nadia??
Lady: No
Man: Asma??
Lady: No
Man: Sadia??
Lady: No
Man: Alisha?
Lady: No
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Lady: No
...

Lady confused...

No Sir.... I am the class teacher of your Son.