Inspiring Story :What Life is all About..

A Long time ago, there was an Emperor who told his horseman that 

if he could ride on his horse and cover as much land area as he likes, 

then the Emperor would give him the area of land he has covered.

Sure enough, the horseman quickly jumped onto his horse and 

rode as fast as possible to cover as much land area as he could. 

He kept on riding and riding, whipping the horse to go as fast as possible.

When he was hungry,thirsty or tired, he did not stop because 

he wanted to cover as much area as possible. Came to a point 

when he had covered a substantial area and he was exhausted 

and was dying. Then he asked himself, "Why did I pushed myself 

so hard to cover so much land area? Now I am dying and 

I only need a very small area to bury myself."

The above story is similar with the journey of our Life. 

We push very hard everyday to make more money, 

to gain power and recognition. We neglect our health, time with our family 

and to appreciate the surrounding beauty and the hobbies we love to do.

One day when we look back, we will realize that we don't really need that much, 

but then we cannot turn back time for what we have missed.

Life is not about making money, acquiring power or recognition. 

Life is definitely not about work! Work is only necessary to keep us living

 so as to enjoy the beauty and pleasures of life.

Lessons to Learn from The Story:

Life is a balance of Work and Play, Family and Personal time. 

You have to decide how you want to balance your Life. 

Define your priorities, realize what you are able to compromise 

but always let some of your decisions be based on your instincts.

Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of Life, 

the whole aim of human existence. So, take it easy, 

do what you want to do and appreciate nature. Life is fragile, 

Life is short. Do not take Life for granted. 

Live a balance lifestyle and enjoy Life!

Author:Unknown

Presented by Hassan Ali

Flower and A Pearl Beautiful Inspiring Story

One day, a brilliantly beautiful and fragrant flower 

with attractive colors met a pearl that lives far in the bottom

of the sea and has none of these characteristics. 

Both got acquainted with each other.

The flower said: "Our family is large; roses and daisies are 

members of the family. And there are many other species that

are various and countless; each has a distinctive scent, appearance etc."

Suddenly, a tinge of distress appeared on the flower.

"Nothing accounts for sorrow in your talk; 

so why are depressed?" 

The pearl asked.

"Human beings deal with us carelessly; they slight us.

They don't grow us for our sake but to get pleasure 

from our fragrance and beautiful appearance. 

They throw us on the street or in the garbage can

after we are dispossessed of the most valuable properties;

brilliance and fragrance."

The flower sighed. And then the flower said to the pearl:

"Speak to me about your life! How do you live? 

How do you feel it? You are buried in the bottom of the sea."

The pearl answered: "Although I have none of your 

distinctive colors and sweet scents, humans think I am precious.

They do the impossible to procure me. They go on long journeys,

dive deep in the seas searching for me. You might be

astounded to know that the further I lay, 

the more beautiful and brilliant I become. That's what

upraises my value in their thought. I live in a thick shell

isolated in the dark seas. However, I'm happy and proud to be 

in a safe zone far from wanton and mischievous hands and still

the humans consider me highly valuable."

Do you know what the flower and the pearl symbolize?

Think, Think, Think...

You will find that: The flower is the unveiled woman

(who shows her charms) and the pearl is the veiled woman

(who conceals her beauties).

MORAL OF THE STORY: 

So decide do you want to be like a flower or Pearl, 

Flower which is used when needed and thrown away in Garbage 

after it is used or Pearl which is highly valuable and respected

every where. 

Presented by Hassan Ali

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Inspirational Story: Red Rose and the Cactus

One beautiful spring day a red rose blossomed in a forest.

Many kinds of trees and plants grew there. As the rose looked around,

a pine tree nearby said, "What a beautiful flower. 

I wish I was that lovely." Another tree said, "Dear pine,

do not be sad, we can not have everything."

The rose turned its head and remarked, "It seems that I am 

the most beautiful plant in this forest."

A sunflower raised its yellow head and asked, "Why do you say that?

In this forest there are many beautiful plants.

You are just one of them." The red rose replied, 

"I see everyone looking at me and admiring me." 

Then the rose looked at a cactus and said, 

"Look at that ugly plant full of thorns!" 

The pine tree said, "Red rose, what kind of talk is this?

Who can say what beauty is? You have thorns too."

The proud red rose looked angrily at the pine and said,

"I thought you had good taste! You do not know what beauty is at all. 

You can not compare my thorns to that of the cactus."

"What a proud flower", thought the trees.

The rose tried to move its roots away from the cactus, 

but it could not move. As the days passed, 

the red rose would look at the cactus and say insulting things,

like: This plant is useless? How sorry I am to be his neighbor."

The cactus never got upset and he even tried to advise the rose, 

saying, "God did not create any form of life without a purpose."

Spring passed, and the weather became very warm.

Life became difficult in the forest, as the plants and animals needed water 

and no rain fell. The red rose began to wilt. 

One day the rose saw sparrows stick their beaks into the cactus and 

then fly away, refreshed. This was puzzling, and

the red rose asked the pine tree what the birds were doing.

The pine tree explained that the birds got water from the cactus.

"Does it not hurt when they make holes?" asked the rose.

"Yes, but the cactus does not like to see any birds suffer,"

replied the pine. The rose opened its eyes in wonder and said, 

"The cactus has water?"

"Yes you can also drink from it. The sparrow can bring water

to you if you ask the cactus for help."

The red rose felt too ashamed of its past words and behavior 

to ask for water from the cactus, but then it finally did ask

the cactus for help. The cactus kindly agreed 

and the birds filled their beaks with water and watered the rose's roots.

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MORAL OF THE STORY: 

Thus the rose and all of us learned a lesson that never judge

anyone by their appearance again. God did not create anything

without a purpose.