Forgiveness

ForgivenessThought I should share this with you...Nice one.One day, the sage gave the disciple an empty sack and a basket of potatoes. "Think of all the people who have done or said something against you in the recent past, especially those you cannot forgive.
For each of them, inscribe the name on a potato and put it in the sack."The disciple came up quite a few names, and soon his sack was heavy with potatoes."Carry the sack with you wherever you go for a week," said the sage. "We'll talk after that."At first, the disciple thought nothing of it. Carrying the sack was not particularly difficult.
But after a while, it became more of a burden. It sometimes got in the way, and it seemed to require more effort to carry as time went on, even though its weight remained the same.After a few days, the sack began to smell. The carved potatoes gave off a ripe odor. Not only were they increasingly inconvenient to carry around, they were also becoming rather unpleasant.Finally, the week was over. The sage summoned the disciple. "Any thoughts about all this?""Yes, Master," the disciple replied. "When we are unable to forgive others, we carry negative feelings with us everywhere, much like these potatoes.
That negativity becomes a burden to us and, after a while, it festers.""Yes, that is exactly what happens when one holds a grudge. So, how can we lighten the load?""We must strive to forgive.""Forgiving someone is the equivalent of removing the corresponding potato from the sack. How many of your transgressors are you able to forgive?""I've thought about it quite a bit, Master," the disciple said. "It required much effort, but I have decided to forgive all of them.""Very well, we can remove all the potatoes. Were there any more people who transgressed against you this last week?"The disciple thought for a while and admitted there were. Then he felt panic when he realized his empty sack was about to get filled up again."Master," he asked, "if we continue like this, wouldn't there always be potatoes in the sack week after week?""Yes, as long as people speak or act against you in some way, you will always have potatoes.""
But Master, we can never control what others do. So what good is the Tao in this case?""We're not at the realm of the Tao yet. Everything we have talked about so far is the conventional approach to forgiveness. It is the same thing that many philosophies and most religions preach - we must constantly strive to forgive, for it is an important virtue. This is not the Tao because there is no striving in the Tao." "Then what is the Tao, Master?""You can figure it out.
If the potatoes are negative feelings, then what is the sack?""The sack is... that which allows me to hold on to the negativity. It is something within us that makes us dwell on feeling offended.... Ah, it is my inflated sense of self-importance.""And what will happen if you let go of it?""Then... the things that people do or say against me no longer seem like such a major issue.""In that case, you won't have any names to inscribe on potatoes. That means no more weight to carry around, and no more bad smells. The Tao of forgiveness is the conscious decision to not just to remove some potatoes... but to relinquish the entire sack."

Carriers of Thoughts

A group of frogs were traveling through the woods, and two of them 
fell into a deep pit. When the other frogs saw how deep the pit 
was, they told the two frogs that they were as good as dead. The 
two frogs ignored the comments and tried to jump up out of the pit 
with all their might. The other frogs kept telling them to stop, 
that they were as good as dead. Finally, one of the frogs took 
heed to what the other frogs were saying and gave up. He fell down 
and died. 

The other frog continued to jump as hard as he could. Once again, 
the crowd of frogs yelled at him to stop the pain and just die. He 
jumped even harder and finally made it out. When he got out, the 
other frogs said, "Did you not hear us?" The frog explained to 
them that he was deaf. He thought they were encouraging him the 
entire time. 

This story teaches two lessons: 

1. There is power of life and death in the tongue. Anencouraging 
word to someone who is down can lift them up and help them make it 
through the day. 

2. A destructive word to someone who is down can be what it takes 
to kill them. 

Be careful of what you say. Speak life to those who cross your 
path. The power of words... it is sometimes hard to understand 
that an encouraging word can go such a long way. Anyone can speak 
words that tend to rob another of the spirit to continue in 
difficult times. Special is the individual who will take the time 

The Power of Thoughts

By Remez Sasson 

yogi said: 
"When you focus your mind intently on any subject, it comes to pass." 

The yogi closed his eyes and started to meditate wOne day, a yogi and his disciple arrived to the big city. They had no money with them, but they needed food and a place to stay. The disciple was sure that they were going to beg for their food, and sleep in the park at night. 

"There is a big park not far from here. We can sleep there at night", said the disciple. 
"In the open air?" Asked the yogi. 
"Yes", responded the student. 

The yogi smiled and said: "No, tonight we are going to sleep in a hotel and eat there too". 

The student was amazed. "How?" 
"Come and sit down", said the yogi. 

They both sat down on the ground and the ith full concentration. After about ten minutes he got up and started to walk, with his disciple following him. They walked through several streets and alleys, until they arrived to a hotel. 

"Come, let's enter inside", the yogi said to his disciple. 

They just set foot in the entrance, when a well-dressed man approached them. 

"I am the manager of this hotel. You look like traveling swamis and I believe you have no money. Would you like to work in the kitchen, and in return I'll give you food and a place to stay?" 

"Fine", responded the yogi. 

The disciple was perplexed and asked the yogi: "Did you use any magic? How did you do that?" 

The yogi smiled and said, "I wanted to show you how the power of thoughts works. When you think with full and strong concentration about something that you want to happen, and your mind does not resist the subject of your thought, your thought materializes." 

"The secret is concentrating, visualizing, seeing details, having faith and projecting mental and emotional energy into the mental scene. These are the general prerequisites. When your mind is empty from thoughts, and only one single thought is allowed to enter, it gains a very great power. One should be very careful with what he thinks. A concentrated thought is powerful, and exerts a very strong influence." 

The disciple looked at his teacher and said: "I see that I have to sharpen my concentration in order to be able to use this power." 

"Yes, this is the first step", responded the yogi

One morning, the day nurse arrived to bring water for their baths only to find the lifeless body of the man by the window, who had died peacefully in his sleep. She was saddened and called the hospital attendants to take the body away. As soon as it seemed appropriate, the other man asked if he could be moved next to the window. The nurse was happy to make the switch, and after making sure he was comfortable, she left him alone. * Slowly, painfully, he propped himself up on one elbow to take his first look at the real world outside. He strained to slowly turn to look out the window beside the bed. * It faced a blank wall. The man asked the nurse what could have compelled his deceased roommate who had described such wonderful things outside this window The nurse responded that the man was blind and could not even see the wallShe said, "Perhaps he just wanted to encourage you." * *Epilogue*There is tremendous happiness in making others happy, despite our own situations Shared grief is half the sorrow, but happiness when shared, is doubled. If you want to feel rich, just count all the things you have that money can't buy. "Today is a gift, that's why it is called the present." *

Always Think: God and I can do This

Once upon a time there was a bunch of tiny frogs....

who arranged a running competition.

The goal was to reach the top of a very high tower.

A big crowd had gathered around the tower to see the race and cheer on the contestants....

The race began....

Honestly:

No one in crowd really believed that the tiny frogs would reach the top of the tower.

You heard statements such as:"Oh, WAY too difficult!!""

They will NEVER make it to the top.""

Not a chance that they will succeed.

The tower is too high!"

The tiny frogs began collapsing.

One by one....Except for those, who in a fresh tempo, were climbing higher and higher....

The crowd continued to yell, "It is too difficult!!! No one will make it!"

More tiny frogs got tired and gave up....

But ONE continued higher and higher and higher....

This one wouldn't give up!

At the end everyone else had given up climbing the tower.

Except for the one tiny frog who, after a big effort, was the only one who reached the top!

THEN all of the other tiny frogs naturally want ed to know how this one frog managed to do it?

A contestant asked the tiny frog how he had found the strength to succeed and reach the goal?

It turned out....

That the winner was DEAF!!!!

The wisdom of this story is:Never listen to other people's tendencies to be negative or pessimistic.... because they take your most wonderful dreams and wishes away from you -- the ones you have in your heart!

Always think of the power words have.

Because everything you hear and read will affect your actions!

Therefore:ALWAYS be....POSITIVE!

And above all:

Be DEAF when people tell YOU that you cannot fulfill your dreams!

Always think:God and I can do this!

Therefore readers, pass this message to "tiny frogs" you care about.Give them some motivation!!!Most people walk in and out of your life.

Never Expect Things to Happen

Once there was loving couple traveling in a bus in a mountainous area. They decided to get down at some place. After the couple got down at some place the bus moved on. As the bus moved on, a huge rock fell on the bus from the mountain and crushed the bus to crumbs. Everybody onboard was killed. The couple upon seeing that, said, "We wish we were on that bus" Why do u think they said that? Scroll down for answer

Come on think again ......Come on try hard.....------------ ------- Answer !!!! ------------ -------

If they had remained on the bus instead of deciding to get down, the resulting time delay could have been avoided and the rock would havefallen after the bus had passed ..!!! Think positive in life always and look for opportunities when u can help Others......

Many times in life, the opposite of Success is not Failure, itsQuitting.

Winners never quit, quitters never Win .

Never expect things to happen.

struggle and make them happen.

Never expect yourself to be given a good value...create a value of your own.

Stock Market

Welcome to the 'Stock Market'!Once upon a time in a village, a man announced to the villagers that hewould buy monkeys for Rs 10.The villagers, seeing that there were many monkeys around, went out tothe forest and started catching them. The man bought thousands at Rs 10 and as supply started to diminish,the villagers stopped their effort.He further announced that he would now buy at Rs20.
This renewed theefforts of the villagers and they started catching monkeys again. Soon the supply diminished even further and people started going backto their farms. The offer rate increased to Rs 25 and the supply ofmonkeys became so little that it was an effort to even see a monkey, let alone catch it!
The man now announced that he would buy monkeys at Rs 50! However,since he had to go to the city on some business, his assistant would nowbuy on behalf of him.In the absence of the man, the assistant told the villagers. Look at all these monkeys in the big cage that the man has collected. I will sellthem to you at Rs 35 and when the man returns from the city, you cansell it to him for Rs 50."The villagers squeezed up with all their savings and bought all the monkeys.
Then they never saw the man nor his assistant, only monkeys everywhere!Welcome to the 'Stock Market'!