BeingAnOdia

  Story of Regret   There was this guy who believed very much in true love and decided to take his time to wait for his right girl to appear. He believed that there would definitely be someone special out there for him, but none came. Every year at Christmas, his ex-girlfriend would return from Vancouver to look him up. He was aware that she still held some hope of re-kindling the past romance with him. He did not wish to mislead her in any way. So he would always get one of his girlfriends to pose as his steady whenever she came back. That went on for several years and each year, the guy would get a different girl to pose as his romantic interest.   So whenever the ex-girlfriend came to visit him, she would be led into believing that it was all over between her and the guy. The girl took all those rather well, often trying to casually tease him about his different girlfriends, or so, as it seemed! In fact, the girl often wept in secret whenever she saw him with a...

Fulfilling a Promise   Ever since the beginning, the girl’s family members disagree with her relationship with the boy. Saying that because of family background, if she insists on being together with the boy, she’ll suffer for her whole lifetime.   Because of the pressure applied by family members, she frequently quarrels with him. The girl does love the boy, she used to ask him, “How much do you love me?” Because the boy is not good with words, he used to make her angry. With additional comments from her parents, her mood gets even worse. The boy has become her “anger releasing target”. And the boy, just silently allowed her to continuously release her anger on him. Later, the boy graduated from University. He plans to further study overseas but before he left. He proposed to the girl… ” I, don’t know how to say nice words but I do know that I love you. If you agree, I am willing to take care of you, the whole life. About your family members, I will work hard to con...

 खम्भे ने पकड़ रखा है! एक समय शराब का एक व्यसनी एक संत के पास गया और विनम्र स्वर में बोला, 'गुरूदेव, मैं इस शराब के व्यसन से बहुत ही दुखी हो गया हूँ। इसकी वजह से मेरा घर बरबाद हो रहा है। मेरे बच्चे भूखे मर रहे हैं, किन्तु मैं शराब के बगैर नही रह पाता! मेरे घर की शांति नष्ट हो गयी है। कृपया आप मुझे कोई सरल उपाय बताएँ, जिससे मैं अपने घर की शांति फिर से पा सकूँ।' गुरूदेव ने कहा, 'जब इस व्यसन से तुमको इतना नुकसान होता है, तो तुम इसे छोड़ क्यों नहीं देते?' व्यक्ति बोला, 'पूज्यश्री, मैं शराब को छोड़ना चाहता हूं, पर यह ही मेरे खून में इस कदर समा गयी है कि मुझे छोड़ने का नाम ही नहीं ले रही है।' गुरूदेव ने हँस कर कहा, 'कल तुम फिर आना! मैं तुम्हें बता दूँगा कि शराब कैसे छोड़नी है?' दूसरे दिन निश्चित समय पर वह व्यक्ति महात्मा के पास गया। उसे देख महात्मा झट से खड़े हुए और एक खम्भे को कस कर पकड़ लिया। जब उस व्यक्ति ने महात्मा को इस दशा में देखा, तो कुछ समय तो वह मौन खड़ा रहा, पर जब काफी देर बाद भी महात्माजी ने खम्भे को नहीं छोड़ा, तो उससे रहा नहीं गया और पूछ बैठा, कि '...

  There was once a merchant who employed many workers to build a temple in his garden. Regularly, they would start work in the morning; and take a break for the mid-day meals, and return to resume work till evening. One day, a group of monkeys arrived at the site of the building and watched the workers leaving for their mid-day meals. One of the carpenters was sawing a huge log of wood.  Since it was only half-done; he placed a wedge in between to prevent the log from closing up. He then went off along with the other workers for his meal. When all the workers were gone, the monkeys came down from the trees and started jumping around the site, and playing with the instruments. There was one monkey, who got curious about the wedge placed between the log. He sat down on the log, and having placed himself in between the half-split log, caught hold of the wedge and started pulling at it. All of a sudden, the wedge came out. As a result, the half-split log closed in and the monkey g...

 Positive Thinking Jerry was the kind of guy you love to hate. He was always in a good mood and always had something positive to say. When someone would ask him how he was doing, he would reply, “If I were any better, I would be twins!”         He was a unique manager because he had several waiters who had followed him around from restaurant to restaurant. The reason the waiters followed Jerry was because of his attitude. He was a natural motivator. If an employee was having a bad day, Jerry was there telling the employee how to look on the positive side of the situation.         Seeing this style really made me curious, so one day I went up to Jerry and asked him, “I don’t get it! You can’t be a positive person all of the time. How do you do it?” Jerry replied, “Each morning I wake up and say to myself, Jerry, you have two choices today. You can choose to be in a good mood or you can choose to be in a bad mood.’ I choose to be in a good mood...

 My story is my question? Today I will tell a story and ask a question, and you all have to answer it. Last Sunday, I saw an old man waiting for a long time outside a mall in my locality. The old man stands outside the mall from ten in the morning to noon without any work.  An easy question arises in my mind, why has the old man waited so long? Who is this old man??  With the help of people nearby, I learned that he comes here every Sunday and waits here for hours. The gentleman is about seventy years old, and has been here every Sunday, regardless of the drought, rain, or winter. As my curiosity grew, I  inquired about the old man to find out more. "It simply came to our notice then. He was divorced when he was twenty-five years old. But the ex-wife often comes to the mall with her new husband to shop. It is true that the gentleman has not spoken to his ex-wife, but has been waiting for many months for every Sunday to have a glimpse of her ex-wife.  We will do ...