VIDYADAAN

Different people have different perception. One man’s meat could be another man’s poison.

A couple bought a donkey from the market.

On the way home, a boy commented, “Very stupid. Why neither of them ride on the donkey?”

Upon hearing that, the husband let the wife ride on the donkey. He walked besides them.

Later, an old man saw it and commented, “The husband is the head of family. How can the wife ride on the donkey while the husband is on foot?” Hearing this, the wife quickly got down and let the husband ride on the donkey.

Further on the way home, they met an old Lady. She commented, “How can the man ride on the donkey but let the wife walk. He is no gentleman.”

The husband thus quickly asked the wife to join him on the donkey. Then, they met a young man. He commented, “Poor donkey, how can you hold up the weight of two persons. They are cruel to you.” Hearing that, the husband and wife immediately climbed down from the donkey and carried it on their shoulders.

It seems to be the only choice left. Later, on a narrow bridge, the donkey was frightened and struggled. They lost their balance and fell
into the river. You can never have everyone praise you, nor will everyone condemn you. Never in the past, not at present, and never
will be in the future.

Thus, do not be too bothered by others words if our conscience is clear..

This is a true story which happened in the States. A man came out of his home to admire his new truck. To his puzzlement, his three-year-old son was happily hammering dents into the shiny paint of the truck. The man ran to his son, knocked him away, hammered the little boy’s hands into pulp as punishment. When the father calmed down, he rushed his son to the hospital.

Although the doctor tried desperately to save the crushed bones, he finally had to amputate the fingers from both the boy’s hands. When the boy woke up from the surgery & saw his bandaged stubs, he innocently said, ” Daddy,I’m sorry about your truck.” Then he asked, “but when are my fingers going to grow back?” The father went home &
committed suicide.

Think about this story the next time someone steps on your feet or u wish to take revenge. Think first before u lose your patience with someone u love. Trucks can be repaired.. Broken bones & hurt feelings often can’t.. Too often we fail to recognize the difference between the person and the performance. We forget that forgiveness is greater than revenge.

People make mistakes. We are allowed to make mistakes. But the actions we take while in a rage will haunt us forever.

A teacher from a primary school asks her students to write an essay 

about what they would like God to do for them.

At the end of the day while marking the essays, 

she reads one that made her very emotional.

Her husband, who had just walked in saw her crying 

and asked her what happened.

She answered: ‘ Read this essay’

“Oh God, tonight I ask you something very special: 

Make me into a television. 

I want to take its place. 

Live like the TV in my house. 

Have my own special place and have my family around me.

To be taken seriously when I talk. 

I want to be the centre of attention 

and be heard without interruptions or questions.

I want to receive the same specail care that the TV receives 

when it is not working. 

Have the company of my dad when he arrives home from work,

 even when he is tired.

I want my mom to want me when she is sad and upset, 

instead of just shouting at me or ignoring me. 

I want to feel that my family just leaves everything aside,       

every now and then, just to spend some time with me. 

Lord I don’t ask you for much…. I just want to live like every TV”

At that moment the husband said ‘ Poor child. 

What horrible parents’ 

His wife looked up at him and said,

‘That essay is our son’s’.