Optimistic pesimistic

                                             What happens by smoking? How is smoking harmful to us? How does it leads to different kinds of diseases? Is smoking hereditary?  So on and so forth.  There are heck a lot of questions in every individuals mind, but do we have an answer of all these querries.  Let us see what this incident teaches us or tells us.

                                             Every time this old man came into the office he used to call all the staffs to his table.  Willing or unwilling all had to assemble around his table, as he was the chief of  the organisation.  Fearing punishment on refusal, every staff used to listen to the same old broken record that "Fools learn from their experience. Brilliant learn from others experience."All the staffs were fedup by this ordeal everyday.  One fine morning one young chap frustrated asked him -  Sir can you please stop this nonsense, and let us know what you mean.

The chief said  -  I was just 18 when I had completed my first year in my college.  We five friends were just like the famous five who used to be always together in all the activities.  Happy, free, fearless young chaps, enjoying everything in life to the core.  Once we all attended a birthday party. Party means lots of eatables with hot drinks and specialty being smoking.  Then being a teen and not smoking means a girlish character.  Friends instigated  to smoke just once.  That day I slipped down the slide board, and picked up this habit of smoking, which at this age of 53 has become a menace for my life.  Even though I stopped smoking ten years ago, I could not get rid of its effects.  How does this instigating, aromatic substance harm us. What are its effect?  I could realise it very late and it was too late to retrieve back.  Now I am left to fend for myself.  Smoking is harmful, how - Our nostril is lined up with tiny hairs called cilia, which prevents all the dusts particles from entering our lungs.  These hairs are lined down till the lungs.  When we smoke these hairs which are very tiny and soft, are burnt down.  Constant smoking, these hairs are totally destroyed.  Hence we are prone to attract any kinds of disease.  We strain the tea dust to have a aromatic hot drink.  God gave us an useful stainer to protect us from all harmful germs and bacteria's,  but we, for a minutes happiness forget the gift given by Him and destroy it.  You are young now, you can sustain this.  As old age sets in we loose our stamina and have to cough  out the dust and dirt that enters our nostril.  Young man now do you understand why I keep saying these words again and again.  Please learn from my experience, this is what I mean. 
The young staff apologized for his mistake.  The next day he wrote the Golden words neatly to be pasted in the office for everybody to see it daily.
FOOLS LEARN FROM THEIR OWN EXPERIENCE. BRILLIANT LEARN FROM OTHERS EXPERIENCE.
                                     I hope that I will be able to reach a few hundred people with this experience.  And if I am capable of correcting or making a few realize the harmfulness of smoking, my mission is successful.
                                                                                                                                Thankyou.

Natural Teacher

                                  Once a great scholar went for his morning walk as usual,on the streets  near his house.  He walked down a lane and was attracted by the sight of a flowering tree in a big garden.  Why this surprise.  It was summer time and such a treat was a pleasant surprise.  The flowers on the tree were beautiful and the fragrance that was spreading in the vicinity, was giving a pleasant feeling.  He was drawn by the beauty of the flowers, and automatically walked towards the gate of the big bungalow.  His hands opened the latch of the gate, he entered in, proceeded down the path, landed on the portico of the bungalow.  All these happened instantly.  The owner of the bungalow was on his lounge having his morning tea.  He was a little stunned to see a stranger in front of him.  With a exclamation mark on his forehead he asked, who he was.  What he wanted? Without answering his questions the stranger told him, Sir these flowers are really beautiful.  They are pleasant for the sight. The fragrance are giving a happy feel.  I wanted to tell you this.  The owner showed no reaction, but acknowledged his comments.  Next he called his gardener and asked him to cut down the branches of the tree before dawn.  The stranger, a scholar, a philosphere was surprised and wounded.  He felt very bad that his comments has brought destruction to the tree.  Considering it to be his fault, he stopped walking down that lane from the next morning.  Every time he stepped out for a walk he was reminded of this  incident which saddened him a lot.  He could not erase the beautiful flowers and the
earatic behavior of the owner from his mind.  Just like a mother who excuses her children even though  being rude, in the same way this philanthropist was drawn towards the big bungalow.  One fine morning he was in front of the bungalow.  It must be nearly more than two weeks by now, when he first entered that bungalow. As before he was drawn towards the house by the fragrance and pleasantness of the same tree. But this time it was more charming and beautiful.  He walked to the portico. The owner greeted him with a big smile, seated him comfortably, offered a cup of tea too.  He cheerfully said, Sir  you gave a good comment the
other day.  I disheartened you by my behavior, which perhaps saddened you and stopped you from strolling into this lane. But I wanted my tree to be more beautiful, so I trimmed it.  I was expecting you some day.  Your comments and my trimming has brought out  more beauty to this tree.  Can you realize the difference.

                           This man was taken aback.   This teaching cannot be achieved from  the books,scriptures doesn't teach. What a valuable teaching.  All activities  should not be monotonous, but should be trimmed to give a new touch/look. As it is said that nature is a natural healer, in the same way nature is a good teacher too. Spiritualism also needs trimming. 

                            In the same way children of today are wondering away from correct path nowadays.  They  need a trimming.  The teachers in the schools do the same thing.  Here the principal plays the role of the owner, and the teachers the gardener.  The children are trimmed, corrected and tuned into cultured and good citizens of tomorrow.  If we are going to be optimistic we will have a fruitful result.      
                                                                                                              Thankyou.

Wake up

                                     Prayers are always heard and blessed by God.  It can be in any form.  It has to be sincere, loving and truthful.  Just like a mother who is always loving and kind to her children,God who is the  mother of this universe is very kind and tries to teach us through our mistakes.

                                     Once upon a time there was an old man, who used to pray God everyday lovingly.
Wherever old age sets in many kinds of worries also shadows us.  It so happened that one day due to some other work the old man forgot to pray and thank God for all his blessing.  He went to sleep.  In his dream he was recollecting his days duties and remembered that he has missed his prayer today.  He felt he has committed a big mistake.  He cried bitterly to God to excuse him for  his mistake.  He would not commit this again.  The merciful God excused him as he had repented for his mistake and blessed him twice more than usual.  All this happened in his dream, which he forgot after waking.  A couple of days later some one was waking him up in the morning, saying it was time for prayer.  He woke up and asked him who he was and why he cared so much for him.  The stranger said he was saturn, and continued further, that a few days back you did not complete your prayer as usual.  In your dream you cried and prayed to God and begged him to pardon you.  God mercifully blessed you twice.  Suppose you keep repeating this again and again, I will be left jobless.   Hence I woke you up.   

                                    This small story tells us that God is very merciful  and will listen to our prayers  and bless us,  if we pray to him sincerely and truthfully.  But this doesn't mean that we make this a habit everyday, because God doesn't like hypocrisy.