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The Peacock and the Crow

A crow is drinking some water from a lake when a peacock shows up.

 "Everyone look at me!" says the peacock. "Look at my feathers! They are colorful and brilliant! I am so beautiful!"

 "Are you still admiring yourself?" asks the crow....

 "Of course, my friend. I have colorful feathers. Aren't they pretty?" asks the peacock.

 "Sure they are," answers the crow. "But why do you have to show off everyday? People are getting tired of you!"

 "People envy me!" says the peacock. "Look at you. You are so very, very black. You don't even have a bit of colors on your wings. You are ugly, too!"

 "You're right, peacock," says the cow. "But there is one thing an ugly black crow can do, but you can't."

 "And what is that?" asks the peacock.
"I can go up to the sky and talk to the stars. I can fly, peacock!"

 

 

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Five things you can't recover in life,
1) Stone after thrown,
2) Word after said,
3) Occasion after missed,
4) Time after gone
And
5) Trust after lost.

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THE TRAVELERS AND THE PLANE TREE

Two men were walking along one summer day. Soon it became too hot to go any further and, seeing a large plane tree nearby, they threw themselves on the ground to rest in its shade.

 Gazing up into the branches one man said to the other: “What a useless tree this is. It does not have fruit or nuts that we can eat and we cannot even use its wood for anything.”

 “Don’t be so ungrateful,” rustled the tree in reply. “I am being extremely useful to you at this very moment, shielding you from the hot sun. And you call me a good-for-nothing!”

All of God’s creations have a good purpose.

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You can’t serve God and Mammon at the same time.

Knowledge of oneness is virtue, seeing diversity is sin.

That which tends to increase the divinity in you is virtue, and that which tends to increase brutality in you is vice.

We cannot see outside what we are not inside.

Good is life, evil is death.

Good action will entail upon us good effect, bad action bad.

As soon as we can give up good and evil it becomes a heaven.

Strength and manliness are virtue, weakness and cowardice are sin.

Purity is strength.

Unity is knowledge, diversity is ignorance.

- Swami Vivekananda

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DON'T CHANGE THE WORLD

Once upon a time, there was a king who ruled a prosperous country. One day, he went for a trip to some distant areas of his country. When he was back to his palace, he complained that his feet were very painful, because it was the first time that he went for such a long trip, and the road that he went through was very rough and stony. He then ordered his people to cover every road of the entire country with leather.

 Definitely, this would need thousands of cows’ skin, and would cost a huge amount of money.

 Then one of his wise servants dared himself to tell the king, “Why do you have to spend that unnecessary amount of money? Why don’t you just cut a little piece of leather to cover your feet?”

The king was surprised, but he later agreed to his suggestion, to make a “shoe” for himself.

 There is actually a valuable lesson of life in this story: to make this world a happy place to live, you better change yourself - your heart; and not the world.

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A Creed to Live By
by Nancye Sims
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Don't undermine your worth by comparing  yourself with others.

It is because we are different that each of us is special.

Don't set your goals by what other people... deem important.

Only you know what is best for you.

Don't take for granted the things closest to your heart.

Cling to that as you would your life, for without them life is meaningless.

Don't let your life slip through your fingers by living in the past or the future.

By living your life one day at a time, you live all the days of your life.

Don't give up when you still have something to give.

Nothing is really over ... until the moment you stop trying.

Don't be afraid to admit that you are less than perfect.

It is the fragile thread that binds us to each other.

Don't be afraid to encounter risks, It is by taking chances that we learn how to be brave.

Don't shut love out of your life by saying it's impossible to find.

The quickest way to receive love is to give love.

The fastest way to lose love is to hold on too tightly, And the best way to keep love is to give it wings.

Don't dismiss your dreams.

To be without dreams is to be without hope.

To be without hope is to be without purpose.

Don't run through life so fast that you forget where you've been.

But also know where you're going.

Life is not a race, but a journey to be savoured every step of the way.

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THE BOY AND THE APPLE TREE

 A long time ago, there was a huge apple tree. A little boy loved to come and play around it everyday. He climbed to the treetop, ate the apples, and took a nap under the shadow. He loved the tree and the tree loved to play with him. Time went by, the little boy had grown up and he no longer played around the tree every day. One day, the boy came back to the tree and he looked sad. “Come and play with me”, the tree asked the boy. “I am no longer a kid, I do not play around trees any more” the boy replied.  “I want toys. I need money to buy them.” “Sorry, but I do not have money, but you can pick all my apples and sell them. So, you will have money.” The boy was so excited. He grabbed all the apples on the tree and left happily. The boy never came back after he picked the apples. The tree was sad. One day, the boy who now turned into a man returned and the tree was excited. “Come and play with me” the tree said. “I do not have time to play. I have to work for my family. We need a house for shelter. Can you help me?” “Sorry, but I do not have any house. But you can chop off my branches to build your house.” So the man cut all the branches of the tree and left happily. The tree was glad to see him happy but the man never came back since then. The tree was again lonely and sad. One hot summer day, the man returned and the tree was delighted. “Come and play with me!” the tree said. “I am getting old. I want to go sailing to relax myself. Can you give me a boat?” said the man. “Use my trunk to build your boat. You can sail far away and be happy.” So the man cut the tree trunk to make a boat. He went sailing and never showed up for a long time. Finally, the man returned after many years. “Sorry, my boy. But I do not have anything for you anymore. No more apples for you”, the tree said. “No problem, I do not have any teeth to bite” the man replied.
“No more trunk for you to climb on.” “I am too old for that now” the man said. “I really cannot give you anything, the only thing left is my dying roots,” the tree said with tears. “I do not need much now, just a place to rest. I am tired after all these years,” the man replied. “Good! Old tree roots are the best place to lean on and rest, come sit down with me and rest.” The man sat down and the tree was glad and smiled with tears.

 This is a story of everyone. The tree is like our parents. When we were young, we loved to play with our Mum and Dad. When we grow up, we leave them; only come to them when we need something or when we are in trouble. No matter what, parents will always be there and give everything they could just to make you happy.

You may think the boy is cruel to the tree, but that is how all of us treat our parents. We take them for granted; we don’t appreciate all they do for us, until it’s too late.

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Spiritual truth is purity.

Everything will come right if you are pure and sincere.

Misery is a greater teacher than happiness.

The only power is in realisation and that lies in ourselves and comes from thinking.

All expansion is life, all contraction is death.

The more our bliss is within, the more spiritual we are.

Life is good or evil according to the state of mind in which we look at it, it is neither by itself.

It is life to do good, it is death not to do good to others.

Ignorance is death, knowledge is life.

Realisation is real religion, all the rest is only preparation.

- Swami Vivekananda

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THE ANT AND THE DOVE

 One hot day, an ant was searching for some water. After walking around for some time, she came to a spring. To reach the spring, she had to climb up a blade of grass. While making her way up, she slipped and fell into the water. She could have drowned if a dove up a nearby tree had not seen her. Seeing that the ant was in trouble, the dove quickly plucked off a leaf and dropped... it into the water near the struggling ant. The ant moved towards the leaf and climbed up there. Soon it carried her safely to dry ground. Just at that time, a hunter nearby was throwing out his net towards the dove, hoping to trap it. Guessing what he was about to do, the ant quickly bit him on the heel. Feeling the pain, the hunter dropped his net. The dove was quick to fly away to safety.

 One good turn deserves another.

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