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Moral Stories are believed to
be meant for children. The reason being cited is that a child’s soul is
clear and pure and the lessons imparted by these stories stay with him
for the rest of his life. But at the same time, moral stories are
equally relevant for adults also who need occasional reminder of some of
the life’s important lessons. These tales reassure us of the
goodness of the human beings and inspire us in every sphere of life.
Moral stories are great source of inspiration and motivation.
Sometimes, moral fables make us go back to our roots and help us in
discovering some of the missing elements of life. Moral ideas present
the greatness of the humanity and are passed from generation to
generation. By reading more of moral stories, one can drastically
improve his life and learn more about moral values.
Never Give Up
This story is about a farmer and his mule. The effectiveness of the
story lies in the way it focuses upon adversity and how attitude
determines the course of seemingly lost cause. There was this farmer in
a tiny village.
He owned an old mule that used to carry grains and other farming related
stuff for the farmer. During one of those days, the mule fell into a
well. The well ran deep and despite trying hard many a times, mule
couldn’t get himself out the well. He started to lose hope. His
consistent shrieks drew attention of the farmer who came rushing to the
well.
Farmer looked around and tried to come up with a rescue plan but
eventually, he also lost the hope. He decided that the old mule was not
worth the trouble of saving. So, he called his neighbours and asked for
their help in hauling dirt to bury the old mule.
The mule got hysterical. Soon enough, the farmer and the neighbours
started to shovel and fill well with the dirt. When the first bout of
dirt hit mule’s back, suddenly his fast losing spirit came up with an
idea. He thought every time a shovel load of dirt will land on his back,
he will just shake it off and step up a bit higher. The idea filled him
with a new lease of life and hope.
Old mule kept doing the same blow after blow. He would just shake the
dirt off and step up a notch higher. He kept reminding himself of
possibility of a brand new life. He controlled his nerves and kept
stepping up. After some time, the exhausted mule managed to step over
the wall of that well. He was completely tired and fatigued yet his
spirit triumphed. The dirt that was meant to bury him actually helped
him in remaining alive.
The story is a clear example of how our attitude
towards seemingly impossible adversities determines the final
outcome. Life is like this only. If we respond
positively to the stream of problems faced by us and refuse to
surrender, we are likely to emerge victorious.
Important things of Life
There was this philosophy professor in a prestigious university who
loved to teach students about important theories of the subject. Once,
while his lecture was about to begin, he just closed the book and
instead stood before his class with some items on the table in front of
him. Students were curious but the professor without looking at
them silently picked up a very large and empty mayonnaise jar.
Thereafter, he started to fill it with small rocks. Once the jar
appeared full, professor proceeded to ask his students ‘whether the jar
was full?’
Entire class unanimously agreed that jar was indeed full. Next, the
professor picked up some pebbles and began pouring them into the jar.
The moment pouring was complete, he shook the jar lightly. As a result
of that, all the pebbles rolled into the open areas between the rocks
and settled comfortably.
Professor again asked the students if the jar is full. Same response
from the class like before and they all agreed that the jar was full.
Professor smiled a bit and this time he picked up a box of sand. He
poured the box into the jar and sand filled the entire remaining spaces.
Professor repeated his question to the class, if the jar was full? Yes
again, was the unanimous response of the students.
Professor now turned towards the class and said, this jar represents
your life. The entire things I poured into the jar symbolise some
important lessons. The rocks are the most important things, i.e.,
family, your partner, health and your children. Even if everything else
in your life goes away but the rocks remains there, your life would
still be full because the most important things are still present in
your life.
Pebbles represent other significant things like car, house and job etc.
And the sand is the small stuff or everything else.
So the lesson to be learnt here is, you all have to be
very selective about what to fill in the jar first
and in what order. If your time and energy is spent on small stuff then
there is no room for the pebbles or the rocks or in other words, most
important things of your life. Always pay
attention to things that are most important to you and never take things
for granted.
So take care of rocks first and rest everything will fall into place.
Paid in full with one
glass of milk
There was a poor boy named Howard Kelly who was going through some real
bad times. He wanted to study but had no monetary support so to make the
ends meet he started to sell goods from door to door. This way he could
pay his school fee. But selling is a hard job. One fine day, he found he
had just one thin dime left and he was hungry as well.
He wondered for a while and then decided to ask for the meal at the next
house. When he knocked at the door, a pretty lady came out and Kelly
felt nervous. Instead of asking for the food he just asked for a drink
of water.
Lady could feel pangs of hunger on boy’s face so she brought him a large
glass of milk. Boy was astonished and yet he could not resist his
hunger. He drank the milk slowly and asked lady, ‘how much do I owe
you?‘ Lady replied, ‘You don’t owe me anything. I have been taught never
to accept pay for an act of kindness’. Boy was extremely touched and
thanked her from the bottom of his heart. This incident left a profound
effect on boy’s psyche. His faith in God and man further increased.
Many years passed after that small incident. The young lady became
critically ill and local doctors were clueless about her illness. She
was sent to the big city where specialists were called upon to diagnose
and treat her problem. The mystery surrounding the illness forced
doctors to call Dr. Howard Kelly. When Mr. Kelly first heard about the
town she came from, he instantly remember the entire incident and rushed
his way to check the patient.
Howard Kelly immediately recognised her and started doing everything in
her capacity to save young woman’s life. After giving special attention
to the case for quite some time, the lady started getting better. When
it came to the matter of bill payment, Dr. Kelly requested hospital
authorities to pass the final bill to him.
After carefully examining the bill details, he scribbled something on
the edge of the paper and passed the bill to patient’s room. She was
scared to have a look at the bill knowing it would take her rest of the
life to pay for the expensive treatment. But when she finally opened the
bill, she saw something written on the side of the bill,
‘Paid in full with one glass of milk’
Signed, Dr. Howard Kelly.
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