Mammoth Lakes

“Mute Gossip”

It was a bad day for me. Many things had gone wrong for me during the day and I was feeling peevish and restless when I entered a city bus at Corporation.

As the city bus was much crowded, I did not get any place to sit and had to stand carrying a heavy sack on my shoulders.

Many school-going children were present in the city bus, returning to their homes. They were all talking loudly, shouting and producing so much of noise that the conductor had to shout “Ticket-ticket” with all his might to attract passengers’ attention.

In all this mayhem, I noticed a group of 2-3 little girls, around 10-12 years old, chatting animatedly with each other. However, there was something strange in their talk – they were rigorously using hand signs, body language for talking instead of words. They were all deaf.

But their mute conversation was more vocal than all the noise and cacophony around. They were all gossiping over something animatedly, smiling; their innocent faces bright with genuine happiness.

God did not gift them with the power of listening. But it did not seem to prevent them from being happy, from smiling genuinely. They did not seem to complain about life being unfair to them, in-fact they did not seem to lack anything in life.

Life may not be perfect, it may not give us all that we want, it may not always seem fair to us, but still life is beautiful and it does not prevent us from being happy, from smiling genuinely.

I felt much better when I left the city bus. My problems were too trivial to complain and get upset …

Lessons to Learn from This Story:

Life is beautiful. Cherish all that you have!

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The Saint’s wisdom

Don’t quit, keep playing

First be a believer, then be an achiever

Never let others make a slave of you

Team work can work wonders

Gratitude unfolded

Judge Yourself

“Nail in the Fence”

There was a little boy who had a very bad temper. His Father gave him a bag of nails and told him that every time he lost his temper, he must hammer a nail into the back of the fence.

The first day the boy had driven thirty seven nails into the fence. Over the next few weeks, as he learned to control his anger, the number of nails hammered daily gradually dwindled down.

It was easier to hold his temper than to drive those nails into the fence. Finally the day came when the boy didn't lose his temper at all. He told his father about it and the father suggested that the boy now pull out one nail for each day that he was able to hold his temper.

The days passed and the young boy was finally able to tell his father that all the nails were gone. The father took his son by the hand and led him to the fence.

He said, "You have done well, my son, but look at the holes in the fence. The fence will never be the same. When you say things in anger, they leave a scar just like this one. You can put a knife in a man and draw it out. It won't matter how many times you say "I'm sorry", the wound is still there. A verbal wound is as bad as a physical one.”

Lessons to Learn from This Story:

Control your anger and never say bad things in anger to anyone.

Touching Story

One old man was sitting with his 25 years old son in the train.The train was about to leave the station.
All passengers were settling down on their seat. As the train started, young man was filled with lots of joy and curiosity.

He was sitting towards the window side. He passed out one hand to feel the passing air and shouted, "Papa see all trees are going behind".

The old man smiled and admired son's feelings.

Beside the young man one couple was sitting and listing all the conversation between father and son. They were feeling little awkward on the attitude of 25 years old behaving like a small child.
Suddenly young man again shouted, "Papa see the pond and animals.The clouds are moving with train".

The Couple was watching the young man embarrassingly. Now it started raining and some of the water drops touched the young man's hand. He was
filled with joy and he closed his eyes. He shouted again," Papa it's raining, water is touching me, see papa".

The couple couldn't help themselves n asked old man,"Why don't u take ur son to some hospital for consultations?"

The old man said," Yes, We were coming from hospital only. Today, my son got his eyes first time in life".

Bottomline:-

*****"We must not come to any conclusion until we know all facts.