Best Motivational Stories

The story of Roger Bannister ask a very simple question ... Are our greatest limitations physical or mental? Our thoughts form the limits of our world . When we change them , we open up with new set of possibilities for exploring new world.
Till 1954, running four minute mile was something beyond human capability and thus beyond human achievement. It was believed to be a real physical limit to run a mile in four minutes or less. In May 1954, Roger Bannister break this barrier by running the mile in 3 minutes 59.4 seconds. It's a great achievement but what happened after that .....
Two months later , Roger Bannister's MIRACLE MILE was again broken by Australian rival John Landy. In next 3 years 16 other runners also broken this record.(This is something serious)

What happened in those 3 years? Was there a sudden growth in human evolution? was there any miracle or some new energy drink which created a new race of super runners?
Nothing changed except the thinking , except the mind set. Earlier runners held back by a thought that said that they could not break the barrier of four minute mile. When Roger Bannister break that limit , others believed that they also can achieve it.


In our business and personal life there are four minute mile opportunities that we just have not recognised are possible.
We have to challenge them and ask ourselves - What possibilities would be opened if these barrier were no longer here.
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Roger Bannister four minute mile

A doctor entered the hospital in hurry after being called in for an urgent surgery. He answered the call , changed his clothes & went directly to the surgery block.

He found the boy’s father pacing in the hall waiting for the doctor.
On seeing him, the dad yelled: “Why did you take all this time to come? Don’t you know that my son’s life is in danger? Don’t you have any sense of responsibility?”

Never Judge Anyone

The doctor smiled & said: “I am sorry, I wasn’t in the hospital & I came as fast as I could after receiving the call…… And now, I wish you’d calm down so that I can do my work”

“Calm down?! What if your son was in this room right now, would you calm down? If your own son dies now what will you do??” said the father angrily
The doctor smiled again & replied: “I  will say what Job said in the Holy Book
“From dust we came & to  dust we return, blessed be the name of God”. Doctors cannot prolong lives. Go & intercede for your son, we will do our best by God’s grace”
“Giving advises when we’re not concerned is so easy” Murmured the father.

The surgery took some hours after which the doctor went out happy, “Thank goodness!, your son is saved!” And without waiting for the father’s reply he carried on his way running. “If you have any questions, asks the nurse!!”

“Why is he so arrogant? He couldn’t wait some minutes so that I ask about my son’s state” Commented the father when seeing the nurse minutes after the doctor left.

The nurse answered, tears coming down her face: “His son died yesterday in a road accident, he was at the burial when we called him for your son’s surgery. And now that he saved your son’s life, he left running to finish his son’s burial.”

-Anonymous 

Inspirational Moral Of Story :

Once upon a time, in a small city a very healthy calf was born . Since he was well bred for strength, he was bought by a high class rich man. He became very fond of the gentle animal, and called him 'Hunter'. He took good care of him and fed him only the best. When Hunter grew up into a big fine strong bull, he thought, "I was brought up by this big-hearted man. He gave me such good food and steady care, even though sometimes there were difficulties. Now I am a big grown-up bull and there is no other bull that can pull as heavy a load as I can. Therefore, I would like to use my power to give something in return to my master."

Good words bad words

So he said to the man, "Master, please find some wealthy merchant who is proud of having many strong bulls. Challenge him by saying that your bull can pull one- hundred heavily loaded bullock carts." Following his advice, the high class rich man went to such a merchant and struck up a conversation. After a while, he brought up the idea of who had the strongest bull in the city.

The merchant said, "Many have bulls, but no one has any as strong as mine." The rich man said, "Sir, I have a bull that can pull one hundred heavily loaded bullock carts." "No, friend, how can there be such a bull? That is unbelievable!" said the merchant. The other replied, "I do have such a bull, and I am willing to make a bet." The merchant said, "I will bet a thousand gold coins that your bull cannot pull a hundred loaded bullock carts." So the bet was made and they agreed on a date and time for the challenge.

The merchant attached together one-hundred big bullock carts. He filled them with sand and gravel to make them very heavy. The high class rich man fed the finest rice to the bull called Hunter. He bathed him and decorated him and hung a beautiful garland of flowers around his neck.

Then he harnessed him to the first cart and climbed up onto it. Being so high class, he could not resist the urge to make himself seem very important. So he cracked a whip in the air, and yelled at the faithful bull, "Pull, you dumb animal! I command you to pull, you big dummy!"
The bull called Hunter thought, "This challenge was my idea. I have never done anything bad to my master, and yet he insults me with such hard and harsh words!" So he remained in his place and refused to pull the carts. The merchant laughed and demanded his winnings from the bet. The high class rich man had to pay him the one thousand gold coins. He returned home and sat down, saddened by his lost bet, and embarrassed by the blow to his pride.
The bull called Hunter grazed peacefully on his way home. When he arrived, he saw his master sadly lying on his side. He asked, "Master, why are you lying there like that? Are you sleeping? You look sad." The man said, I lost a thousand gold coins because of you. With such a loss, how could I sleep?"

The bull replied. "Master, you called me 'dummy'. You even cracked a whip in the air over my head. In all my life, did I ever break anything, step on anything, make a mess in the wrong place, or behave like a 'dummy' in any way?" He answered, "No, my pet."

The bull called Hunter said, "Then Master, why did you call me 'dumb animal', and insult me even in the presence of others? The fault is yours. I have done nothing wrong. But since I feel sorry for you, go again to the merchant and make the same bet for two thousand gold coins. And remember to use only the respectful words I deserve so well."

Then the high class rich man went back to the merchant and made the bet for two-thousand gold coins. The merchant thought it would be easy money. Again he set up the one hundred heavily loaded bullock carts. Again the rich man fed and bathed the bull, and hung a garland of flowers around his neck. When all was ready, the rich man touched Hunter's forehead with a lotus blossom, having given up the whip. Thinking of him as fondly as if he were his own child, he said, "My son, please do me the honour of pulling these one hundred bullock carts." Lo and behold, the wonderful bull pulled with all his might and dragged the heavy carts. The merchant, with his mouth hanging open in disbelief, had to pay the two thousand gold coins. The onlookers were so amazed that they honoured the bull called Hunter with gifts. But even more important to the high class rich man than his winnings, was his valuable lesson in humility and respect.

Moral of the story :

Choose your words wisely, they can play decisive role in your life. Harsh words bring no reward. Respectful words bring honour to all.

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A man woke up early in order to pray in the Mosque. He got dressed, made his ablution and was on his way to the Mosque.

On his way to the Mosque, the man fell and his clothes got dirty. He got up, brushed himself off, and headed home. At home, he changed his clothes, made his ablution, and was, again, on his way to the Mosque.

On his way to the Mosque, he fell again and at the same spot! He, again, got up, brushed himself off and headed home. At home he, once again, changed his clothes, made his ablution and was on his way to the Mosque.

Inspirational Story : Man With Lamp

On his way to the Mosque, he met a man holding a lamp. He asked the man of his identity and the man replied "I saw you fall twice on your way to the Mosque, so I brought a lamp so I can light your way." The first man thanked him profusely and the two where on their way to the Mosque.

Once at the Mosque, the first man asked the man with lamp to come in and pray with him. The second man refused. The first man asked him a couple more times and, again, the answer was the same. The first man asked him why he did not wish to come in and pray.

The man replied "I am Satan."

The man was shocked at this reply. Satan went on to explain, "I saw you on your way to the Mosque and it was I who made you fall. When you went home, cleaned yourself and went back on your way to the Mosque, God forgave all of your sins. I made you fall a second time, and even that did not encourage you to stay home, but rather, you went back on your way to the Mosque. Because of that, God forgave all the sins of the people of your household. I was afraid if i made you fall one more time, then God will forgive the sins of the people of your village, so i made sure that you reached the Mosque safely."

 (Writer : Anonymous )

Inspirational moral of the story:

Do not put off a good that you intended to do as you never know how much reward you might receive from the hardships you encounter while trying to achieve that good.

Another thing which we can learn from this story is if we won't quit and keep trying, even the people who create hurdles will help us to achieve our goal.

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 One of the most common causes of failure is the habit of quitting when one is overtaken by temporary defeat. Every person is guilty of this mistake at one time or another. An uncle of R. U. Darby was caught by the "gold fever" in the gold-rush days, and went west to DIG AND GROW RICH. He had never heard that more gold has been mined from the brains of men than has ever been taken from the earth. He staked a claim and went to work with pick and shovel. The going was hard, but his lust for gold was definite.

Inspirational story : Three feet from gold

After weeks of labor, he was rewarded by the discovery of the shining ore. He needed machinery to bring the ore to the surface. Quietly, he covered up the mine, retraced his footsteps to his home in Williamsburg, Maryland, told his relatives and a few neighbors of the "strike." They got together money for the needed machinery, had it shipped. The uncle and Darby went back to work the mine.

The first car of ore was mined, and shipped to a smelter. The returns proved they had one of the richest mines in Colorado! A few more cars of that ore would clear the debts. Then would come the big killing in profits.

Down went the drills! Up went the hopes of Darby and Uncle! Then something happened! The vein of gold ore disappeared! They had come to the end of the rainbow, and the pot of gold was no longer there! They drilled on, desperately trying to pick up the vein again-all to no avail.

Finally, they decided to QUIT. They sold the machinery to a junk man for a few hundred dollars, and took the train back home. Some "junk" men are dumb, but not this one! He called in a mining engineer to look at the mine and do a little calculating. The engineer advised that the project had failed, because the owners were not familiar with "fault lines." His calculations showed that the vein would be found JUST THREE FEET FROM WHERE THE DARBYS HAD STOPPED DRILLING! That is exactly where it was found!

The "Junk" man took millions of dollars in ore from the mine, because he knew enough to seek expert counsel before giving up. Most of the money which went into the machinery was procured through the efforts of R. U. Darby, who was then a very young man. The money came from his relatives and neighbors, because of their faith in him. He paid back every dollar of it, although he was years in doing so.

Long afterward, Mr. Darby recouped his loss many times over, when he made the discovery that DESIRE can be transmuted into gold. The discovery came after he went into the business of selling life insurance (latter part of the 19th century).

Remembering that he lost a huge fortune, because he STOPPED three feet from gold, Darby profited by the experience in his chosen work, by the simple method of saying to himself, "I stopped three feet from gold, but I will never stop because men say `no' when I ask them to buy insurance."

Darby is one of a small group of fewer than fifty men who sell more than a million dollars in life insurance annually. He owes his "stickability" to the lesson he learned from his "quitability" in the gold mining business.

Story from best seller by Nepoleon Hill -Think & Grow Rich. This best selling book is responsible for changing life of many people and create hundreds of millionaire.

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Inspirational Story : The Locked Door

Once upon a time, there was a poor man. Due to his poor economical condition, he thought to end his life by committing suicide. When he was on the way to finish his life he noticed a bookseller selling a book called “1001 ways to become rich overnight”. He thinks “i am going to end my life but there is no harm to read this book before that. If it works then i will change my idea”. So he buys the book.
The book wasn't very interesting, but between its pages there was something very interesting indeed. It was a thin strip of vellum on which was written the secret of the Touchstone.
The touchstone was a small rock that could turn any common metal into pure gold. The writing explained that it was lying among thousands and thousands of other stones that looked exactly like it. But the secret was this: The real stone would feel warm, while ordinary stones are cold. So the man camped on the seashore, and began testing stones.

Inspirational story :1001 ways to become rich overnight

He knew that if he picked up ordinary stones and threw them down again because they were cold, he might pick up the same stones hundreds of times. So, when he felt one that was cold, he threw it into the sea. He spent a whole day doing this but none of them was the touchstone. Yet he went on and on this way. Pick up a pebble. Cold - throw it into the sea. Pick up another. Throw it into the sea.
The days stretched into weeks and the weeks into months. One day, however, about mid-afternoon, he picked up a pebble and it was warm. He threw it into the sea before he realized what he had done. He had formed such a strong habit of throwing each pebble into the sea that when the one he wanted came along he still threw it away.
Inspirational moral of the story
Unless we are watchful, it's easy to fail to distinguish an opportunity when it is in hand and it's just as easy to throw it away. The problem is we never know when the door of opportunity is going to open wide. For some, the big break comes early in life and for others later on. But for all of those who become successful, there is one key similarity: They were ready. Getting opportunity is one thing but to feel it and use it to the fullest is a different ball game. When one looks around in our society, one can come across many live examples of ordinary people who were prudent to spot the opportunities at various times and make use of it.

A young man was all set to graduate from college. For many months he had admired a beautiful sports car in a showroom, and knowing his father could well afford it, he told him that was all he wanted. His dad simply smiled without confirming whether he will buy the car or not.


Finally, on the morning of his graduation his father called him. His father told him how proud he was to have such a good son, and told him how much he loved him. He handed his son a beautiful wrapped gift box.
“This box is certainly not my cup of tea”. One thing was sure in young man’s mind.

Curious, but somewhat disappointed the young man opened the box and found a lovely, leather-bound Holy Book in it. Furiously, he shouted at his father and said "Look dad, you can’t understand me and not even respect my feeling. Is this the best that you can give your son with all your wealth? “He stormed out of the house, leaving the Holy Book.

Inspirational Story : Paid in full

After many years, the young man became a successful businessman and has accumulated wealth of his own. He finally bought himself the car that he has always wanted. He still holds a grudge to his father for not giving him the only gift that he wanted back in his college days.

One fine day he received a telegram telling him his father had passed away, and willed all of his possessions to his son. He needed to come home immediately.. When he arrived at his father's house, sudden sadness and regret filled his heart. He began to search his father's important papers and saw the same Holy Book wrapped in similar gift wrap, just as he had left it years ago. With tears, he opened the Holy Book and began to turn the pages.

As he read those words, a car key dropped from an envelope enclosed to the Holy Book. It had a tag with the dealer's name, the same dealer who had that sports car he had desired. On the tag was the date of his graduation, and the words ‘PAID IN FULL’.
The son was so ashamed of himself that he bitterly cried in repentance. His father has granted his graduation wish all along but he was so stupid not to look inside the wrap up.

Inspirational moral of the story

 God usually gives us great things in unanticipated packages too. May we not be like the stupid son who did not even unwrap the gift of his father. Instead, let us always look inside the book to find everything that we always wanted inside and turn each page of book of life with positive thoughts and without pre conceived notions!

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Once upon a time , in a land far away, there lived an massive monster. He was at least 12 feet tall. With a mop of red hair and a beard, he carried a mighty axe in his hand. Every year, on the same day, at the same time the monster would walk down the mountains to stand outside the fort wall, terrorizing the residents.
"Come send me the bravest man , and i will fight him," the monster would shout, towering over the wall and waving his axe menacingly. " Send me someone to fight or i will knock down your fort wall and kill everyone with my axe."
And every year, the gate in the fort wall would open slowly and fearfully, and one poor, valiant soul would walk out to face the foe and certain death. ' is this the best you can do?' the monster would laugh mockingly. Not one person even managed to draw his sword, before the monster would crush them with his mighty fist, and chop them into the pieces with the axe.
'One day a young prince arrived in the town. Why does everyone here look so frightened and sad?' He asked a fellow traveller.
' you haven't seen the monster yet'. replied the traveller and told him the tale. The young prince decided to accept the challenge of the monster. later when monster arrived he was waiting for him. After hearing the challenge of the monster prince came out of the fort. For a moment, they stood and faced each other. Although he was a long way away from him, the young prince was instantly struck by the sheer size and shocking appearance of his opponent.

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But summoning up all his courage, he started to walk towards the monster, brandishing his sword, and never taking his eyes off that dreadful face with red hair and beard.
Suddenly, he realized that as he was walking towards monster, rather than appearing larger-monster began to shrink before his very eyes. He stopped and stared. The monster was only 6 feet tall. He walked closer to him then stopped and stared. Now the monster was only 3 feet tall. He continued walking, by now monster was only one feet tall. The young prince took his sword, and plunged it into the monster's heart . As monster lay dying on the ground , the young prince bent down and whispered to him ,' Who are you?'
With his dying breath, monster replied ,' My name is FEAR.'

 Inspirational moral of the story

Sometime in our life inaction for some problem will create it huge fear about it. But when you take action - Fear disappears.

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A renowned master of escapology had become so proficient in his art that he started to issue challenges to people to find the strongest box, cage or water barrel, and the most secure or complex structure of chains or locks, so that he could show off his prowess. a bank had made a safe that they claim was impenetrable , and they contacted to dare him to try to break out of it.
The master could not resist the challenge. After he was bound and locked in the safe, he went through his normal routine. He had developed the process to such a fine art over the years that he was supremely composed and confident that he could easily manage to open locked door of the safe.

The Locked Door : Never Assume

But after first hour he was not feeling quite so calm. He had used up all his normal exercises without success. But no matter what he tried , the lock would not budge. After few hours he was completely exhausted. He fell against the huge door of the safe. Due to which door moved and swung open. Actually the door had never been locked. But in the mind of master that door was more secured than it ever could have been it had been locked.

Inspirational Moral of the story : The Locked Door 

Similarly in our life we are struggling to opens so many doors assuming that they are locked without assessing the current situation . This happens with all of us and we struggle with our preconceived notions. One of the great saying by Henry Ford really inspires us, he said: If you think you can, or you think you cannot - you are right.

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Inspirational story : Weakness or Strength

This is the story of a 10-year-old boy who decided to study Judo despite the fact that he had lost his left arm in an accident.The boy began lessons with an old Japanese Judo master. The boy was doing well, so he couldn't understand why, after three months of training the master had taught him only one move.

“Master,” the boy finally said, “Shouldn't I be learning more moves?”

“This is the only move you know, but this is the only move you’ll ever need to know.” – The Master replied.

The boy was not able to understand the logic behind it, but believing in his teacher, the boy kept training.

Several months later, the Master took the boy to his first tournament. Surprising himself, the boy easily won his first two matches. The third match proved to be more difficult, but after some time, his opponent became impatient and charged; the boy skilfully used his one move to win the match. Still astonished by his success, the boy was now in the finals of the championship.

Inspirational story : Weakness or Strength

This time, his rival was bigger, stronger, and more veteran. For a while, the boy appeared to be over matched. Concerned that the boy might get hurt, the referee called a time-out. He was about to stop the match when the Master intervened.

“No,” the Master insisted, “Let him continue.”

Soon after the match resumed, his rival made a vital mistake: he dropped his guard. Instantly, the boy used his move to pin him. The boy had won the match and the tournament. He was the champion.

On the way home, the boy and the Master reviewed every move in each and every match. Then the boy summoned the courage to ask what was really on his mind.

“Master, how did I win the tournament with only one move?”

“Dear son, you won for two reasons,” the Master answered. “First, you've almost mastered one of the most difficult throws in all of judo. And second, the only known defence for that move is for your opponent to grip your left arm.”
Sometimes we have some weakness but we think it’s an end of the road. But true Master (God) knows what we can do with that. The only thing we should trust our Master and follow his instructions.
As boy’s biggest weakness had become his biggest strength. Sometimes our biggest weakness can become our biggest strength.

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There was a farmer named Chris. Chris sold a pound of butter to the baker named Harry. One day the Harry decided to weigh the butter to see if he was getting a pound and he found that he was not. This angered him and he took the Chris to court. The judge asked the Chris if he was using any measure. Chris replied to the judge, “I am primitive. I don’t have a proper measure, but I do have a scale.” The judge asked, “Then how do you weigh the butter?” Chris replied “Your Honour, long before the baker started buying butter from me, I have been buying a pound loaf of bread from him. Every day when the baker Harry brings the bread, I put it on the scale and give him the same weight in butter. If anyone is to be blamed, it is the baker Harry.”
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A pound of Butter

” We get back in life what we give to others.”

We expect others to be honest but charity begins at home. We need to ask our self this question first before pointing our finger towards others: Am I giving fair value for the wages or money I hope to make? Honesty and dishonesty become a habit. Some people practice dishonesty and can lie with a straight face. Others lie so much that they don’t even know what the truth is. But did they deceive others or themselves?

Drops of Oil : The secret of happiness

Once upon a time there was a shopkeeper named Robert. Robert sent his son Andrew to learn about the secret of happiness from the wisest man in the world. The lad wandered through the desert for 40 days, and finally came upon a beautiful castle, high atop a mountain. It was there that the wise man lived.

Rather than finding a saintly man, Andrew on entering the main room of the castle, saw a hive of activity: tradesmen came and went, people were conversing in the corners, a small orchestra was playing soft music, and there was a table covered with platters of the most delicious food in that part of the world. The wise man conversed with everyone, and the boy had to wait for two hours before it was his turn to be given the man’s attention.

The wise man listened attentively to the Andrew’s explanation of why he had come, but told him that he didn't have time just then to explain the secret of happiness. He suggested that the boy look around the palace and return in two hours.

“Meanwhile, I want to ask you to do something”, said the wise man, handing the Andrew a teaspoon that held two drops of oil. “As you wander around, carry this spoon with you without allowing the oil to spill”.

Drops of Oil : The secret of happiness

Andrew began climbing and descending the many stairways of the palace, keeping his eyes fixed on the spoon. After two hours, he returned to the room where the wise man was.

“Well”, asked the wise man, “Did you see the Persian tapestries that are hanging in my dining hall? Did you see the garden that it took the master gardener ten years to create? Did you notice the beautiful parchments in my library?”

Andrew was embarrassed, and confessed that he had observed nothing. His only concern had been not to spill the oil that the wise man had entrusted to him.

“Then go back and observe the marvels of my world”, said the wise man. “You cannot trust a man if you don’t know his house”.

Andrew picked up the spoon and returned to his exploration of the palace, this time observing all of the works of art on the ceilings and the walls. He saw the gardens, the mountains all around him, the beauty of the flowers, and the taste with which everything had been selected. Upon returning to the wise man, he related in detail everything he had seen.

“But where are the drops of oil I entrusted to you?” asked the wise man. Looking down at the spoon he held, Andrew saw that the oil was gone.

“Well, there is only one piece of advice I can give you”, said the wisest of wise men. “The secret of happiness is to see all the marvels of the world and never to forget the drops of oil on the spoon”.

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The Japanese have always loved fresh fish. It’s essential to good Sushi. But the waters close to Japan have not held many fish for decades. So to feed the Japanese population, fishing boats got bigger and went very far in the sea. Greater the distance they travelled for fishing, the longer it took to bring in the fish. If the return trip took more than a few days, the fish were not fresh. The Japanese did not like the taste of Sushi.

To solve this problem, fishing companies installed freezers on their boats.
They would catch the fish and freeze them at sea. Freezers allowed the boats to go very far and stay longer. However, the Japanese could taste the difference between fresh and frozen and they did not like frozen fish. So, frozen fish fetched low prices and problem remained.


To go one step further, fishing companies installed fish tanks. They would catch the fish and stuff them in the tanks, fin to fin. After a little thrashing around, the fish stopped moving. They were tired and dull, but alive. Unfortunately, the Japanese could still taste the difference. Because the fish did not move for days, they lost their fresh-fish taste. The Japanese preferred the lively taste of fresh fish, not sluggish fish.

So how did Japanese fishing companies solve this problem? How do they get fresh-tasting fish to Japan?

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Sharks in life : Inspirational Phenomenon

To keep the fish tasting fresh, the Japanese fishing companies still put the fish in the tanks. But now they add a small shark to each tank. The shark eats a few fish, but most of the fish arrive in a very lively state. The fish are fresh because they have been challenged.


Have you realized that some of us are also living in a pond but most of the time tired & dull. We stop questioning our abilities and purpose of our life. We end up like a bad taste Sushi. If we want to taste good then we need Sharks in life.Challenges in our life are like Sharks. They keep us fresh, active and lively.

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Once upon a time there were two friends John and Mac. Both John and Mac were fun loving and care free. One day they planned a trip through the dessert. While travelling through the dessert they forgot the way. They were tired as the sun was beating down on their heads. They were thirsty for water and suddenly they began to argue. The argument got more and more heated and eventually John struck Mac across the face. It was really unfortunate and Mac felt hurt inside, but without anything to say, he wrote in the sand: "Today, my best friend slapped me in the face."

They kept on walking, until eventually they came across an oasis, where they decided to stop and bathe. Mac jumped in and began to wash, while John sat back and relaxed. Suddenly Mac began to scream and shout, he had developed a cramp and was having difficulty keeping his head above water and he was drowning.


John dived in after him, and brought him gently to shore. When Mac recovered from the shock, he scratched a message on a nearby stone:

"Today, my best friend saved my life"

John who had saved and slapped his best friend Mac, asked him, "Why, after I hurt you, you wrote in the sand, and now you write on a stone?"

Mac smiled and replied:

"When a friend hurts us, we should write his deeds in the sand, where the winds of forgiveness can blow it away, and when a friend does something good, we should engrave it in stone, where it shall remain for eternity."
But most of the time we are doing just opposite. We write some minor mistakes of near ones on stone and forget their good deeds and spoil our beautiful relationship with them. Remember, forgiveness is the key to happy and long lasting relationships.

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This simple story gives us a very strong message that, just change your perspective and you will see a different world....
A young couple moved into a new neighbourhood.The next morning, while they are eating breakfast, the young woman sees her neighbour hang the washed laundry outside."That laundry is not very clean", she said, "She doesn't know how to wash correctly. Perhaps she needs better laundry soap."
Her husband looked on, but remained silent. Every time her neighbour would hang her wash to dry, the young woman would make the same comments.

About one month later, the woman was surprised to see a nice clean wash on the line and said to her husband:Look! She has learnt how to wash correctly. I wonder who taught her this.
The husband said: "I got up early this morning and cleaned our windows!"

Change your perspective : Dirty Laundry

And so it is with life:
What we see when we are watching others, depends on the purity of the window through which we look.
Before we give any criticism, it might be a good idea to check our state of mind and ask ourselves if we are ready to see the good rather than to be looking for something in the person we are about to judge.
Most of the time if we change our perspective towards a particular thing we will see a better picture.

Inspiring story : Glass of Milk

Once there was a king. His name was John. One day king told some of his workers to dig a pond. The purpose of the king is to have a beautiful pond of milk to beautify his state. Once the pond was dug, the king made an announcement to his people saying that one person from each household has to bring a glass of milk during the night and pour it into the pond. So, the pond should be full of milk by the morning. After receiving the order, everyone went home. One man prepared to take the milk during the night. He thought that since everyone will bring milk, he could just hide a glass of water and pour inside the pond. Because it will be dark at night, no one will notice. So he quickly went and poured the water in the pond and came back. In the morning king was very excited as he was going to see his dream pond. The king came to visit the pond and to his surprise the pond was only filled with water! What has happened is that everyone was thinking like the other man that "I don't have to put the milk, someone else will do it."

Inspiring Story : Glass of milk

Similarly when it comes to help our society or our nation by contributing something, do not think that others will take care of it. Rather, it starts from us, if we don't do it, no one else will do it. So, change ourselves to create a better society and a better nation and that will make the difference. Even by doing right and responsible thing we can inspire others to do so.

you can also watch the YouTube video of this story below:

New Motivational Story: Shake it off and step up

There was a farmer. He has an old mule. One day accidentally mule fell into the farmer’s well. The farmer has evaluated the situation and thought to himself, that neither the well nor the old mule was worth the efforts to save them. Thus he decided to haul dirt to bury the old mule in the well.

Motivational Story Shake it off and step up