Tuesday, December 14, 2010

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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Friday, December 3, 2010

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.