This is a story of the lake and the three big fish that were in it, one of them intelligent, another half-intelligent and the third, stupid. Some fisherman came to the edge of the lake with their nets. The three fish saw them.   The intelligent fish decided at once to leave, to make the […]

All our problems originate in the mind. We carry in our minds the fears and phobias, insecurities, anxieties, false concepts and notions, etc., according to the data that has been fed to us right from our birth. We get thoroughly conditioned by these and then find it very difficult to break out of it. Unless […]

Whether we are prepared or not, some day it will all come to an end. There will be no more sunrises and sunsets, no days, hours or minutes left. All the things we collected, whether treasured or forgotten will pass to someone else. Our wealth, fame and temporal power will shrivel to irrelevance. It will […]

The Pencil Maker took the pencil aside, just before putting him into the box.   “There are 5 things you need to know,” he told the pencil, “Before I send you out into the world. Always remember them and never forget and you will become the best pencil you can be.”   “1) You will be […]

A little girl went to her bedroom and pulled a glass jelly jar from its hiding place in the closet. She poured the change out on the floor and counted it carefully. Three times even!! The total had to be exactly perfect. No chance here for mistakes.   Carefully placing the coins back in the […]

When we find ourselves in times of trouble, we should remember……The Highest!!   One day a farmer’s donkey fell down into a well. The animal cried piteously for hours as the farmer tried to figure out what to do. Finally he decided the animal was old and the well needed to be covered up anyway; […]

The Lord said to his devotee, “I am weary of your never ending petitions. I shall grant you three requests. Make sure you chose them carefully because, having granted them, I shall grant you nothing more.”   The elated devotee did not hesitate: “Here is my first request,” he said, “I want my wife to […]

Yesterday, I was driving and the FM radio went off for a few seconds. I thought, I should have an iPod. Then suddenly I realized that I have not used my iPod in last 6 months. And then, more things, Handycam in last 2 years, Digital Camera in last 2 months, DVD player in last […]

This is the story of a little girl called Ranu, who grew up studying in a convent, where besides the three R’s, she was taught to pray. ‘‘Ask and you shall receive,’’ says the Bible and Ranu had been trained well in the art of ‘asking’. Not just that, she also learned to do small […]

Wonder if this is a true story. But again God is known to work in mysterious ways and many a times simply unbelievable! Dr. Ahmed, a well-known doctor, was once on his way to an important medical conference in another city where-in he was to be felicitated for an important medical research he had recently […]