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Monday, May18, 2009

The Best I can Ever Be
A Prince was taking a stroll in his beautiful garden, when a sudden doubt crossed his mind .Of what use was the garden? Did every thing in the garden benefit him as the owner?
Going near a mongo tree, the prince asked it, “Tell me, what are you doing for me?”
Going near a mongo tree, the prince asked it, “Tell me, what are you doing for me?’
In answer the mango tree said,” When the hot summer arrives, my branches are loaded with the most delicious mangoes. Your gardeners gather them, and they are served to you and your guests”.
The prince was very pleased.
“Well done”, he said to the mango tree.
Next , his eye fell on a huge banyan tree. It bore no fruit. The prince wondered what it could be doing for him.
“Tell me what you do for me?’ he demanded of the banyan tree.
“I beer no fruit like the mango tree”, the banyan replied. “ But I have my own uses. On my branches rest the chirping birds which sing their beautiful songs to wake you at dawn. And further , my spreading branches give shelter to your sheep and cattle!”
“Well done”, said the prince.
He now moved to the vast meadows of grass. the grass gave no fruit and could shelter none.
“What are you doing for me?’ he asked the grass.
“We give our life so that your sheep and cattle may be nourished”, the grass replied.
‘Well done!” exclaimed the prince.
His eye fell on a little daisy that grew amid the lush grass….
“Little one, what are you doing for me?” he asked the tiny flower.
“Nothing! Nothing!” exclaimed the daisy. “I give you no delicious fruits. I cannot offer nests to your birds, nor shade for your cattle, nor nourishment for your sheep and cows. All I can do is to be the best little daisy that I can ever be!”
The words went deep into the heart of the prince. Kneeling down, he kissed the little daisy.
“Well done little flower! There is no one like you, and I shall always wear you in my buttonhole to remind me that I must also be the best that I can ever be!’
Force is all-conquering, but its victories are short-lived.
The more argument you win, the fewer friends you will have.
Great talker are never great doers.
By practice , association and habit, thoughts tend to repeat themselves.
Tremendous Inner Strength
God places so many seeming difficulties in the path of our life. Only to enable us to know how to master them and gain tremendous inner strength.

Excessive Authority
Excessive authority, without liberty, is intolerable; but excessive liberty , without authority and without responsibility , soon becomes equally intolerable.
The hand of Grace
When I place my hand of faith in Thy Hand of Grace,
I feel secure and walk with free spirit.
When I walk with Thee, mountains of obstacles melt before my feet.
I am always safe when Thou dost lead me by The Hand of Grace.

I drive joy

There was a doctor in Benaras who spent 5 minutes in the morning and evening for mediation on God. Knowing this, his colleagues and friends laughed at him. One day they argued that he was wasting ten precious minutes on something, which he had been misled into believing. The doctor replied, “Well, if God does not exist, I agree that I am wasting ten minutes a day. But, if He exists? I am afraid you are wasting your entire lifetime. I prefer to waste ten minutes rather than a lifetime. Why should you grudge me the 10 minutes joy that I derive from? I am not robbing you of your joy; why should you rob me of mine. He asked. The critics were silenced. –Baba- Chinna Katha



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