One day a man from a nearby village called out at the monastery gates and handed the old monk who opened it, a magnificent bunch of grapes, saying, “Dear Father, I have brought as a gift the finest grapes my vineyard has produced.” The monk smiled, “Thank you, I will take them to the Abbot […]
This is a good lesson, we all must learn. Three pieces of wise advice: 1) Never lose hope before the time 2) Never celebrate before the time 3) Never leave your post before the battle is over Now watch the video clip. It speaks for itself.
No one in this world lives life exactly like you do. You are unique in that your experiences, choices and priorities have shaped you into who you are today and no one else has been through the exact same experiences. Despite that, there are certain important truths about life that we cannot deny. We may […]
Author Unknown Just up the road from my home is a field, with two horses in it. From a distance, each horse looks like any other horse. But if you stop your car or are walking by, you will notice something amazing…. Looking into the eyes of one horse you will discover that he is […]
When we came into this world, we did not get an instruction manual on how to live a happy life, but if we think about it for a moment, we realize that we don’t really need one. Life can be much simpler than we think it is and the only thing we need to do […]
We’re not born with a manual on how to live life, which forces us to learn lessons the hard way. Our education system today may teach us how to make a living, but it doesn’t teach us how to live. Life can be hard, complicated and confusing. We’ll never encounter two situations that are exactly […]
Sometimes we ask ourselves: “What did I do to deserve this? Why does God let these things happen to me?” A daughter tells her mother how everything is going wrong for her. She probably failed her math exam…. Her boyfriend just dumped her…for her best friend. In times so sad, a good mother knows just […]
An anthropologist studying the habits and customs of an African tribe found himself surrounded by children most days. So he decided to play a little game with them. He managed to get candies from the nearest town, and put it all in a decorated basket at the foot of a tree. Then he called the […]
A birth certificate shows we were born. A photo album shows we have lived. A death certificate shows we have died. But that is not life all about. The purpose of life is to spread the fragrance of our good deeds, in our own small way and make a positive difference, even if it is […]
Our life is like a flute. A flute has many holes, so also our life has many holes (miseries, sorrows, pain, stress, failures, disappointments, imperfections, weaknesses, etc.). Unless we know how to play the flute of life, it can be harsh on us and may crush us. Lord Krishna’s favorite musical instrument is flute. […]
