Another story with 3 (again ?!) morals

No no no, i haven’t turned storywriter. It is just that on this public dairy of mine, I think this might be nice to share.

I must, however, say here that stories are stories – I can’t agree completely with this one because sometimes you have to believe your heart ….it is too stupid stereotyping yourself with what others think about that something you did, are doing or will do soon ….of course it is interesting listening to them but you know your heart is almost always right …..enjoy the story anyway (dont worry about all that philosophy above – i didn’t get that from a book but i’m sure books exist on philo héhéhé)…. the story then:

Lessons on Life

There was a man who had four sons. He wanted his sons to learn not to judge things too quickly. So he sent them each on a quest, in turn, to go and look at a pear tree that was a great distance away. The first son went in the winter, the second in the spring, the third in summer, and the youngest son in the fall. When they had all gone and come back, he called them together to describe what they had seen. The first son said that the tree was ugly, bent, and twisted. The seco nd son said no it was covered with green buds and full of promise. The third son disagreed; he said it was laden with blossoms that smelled so sweet and looked so beautiful, it was the most graceful thing he had ever seen. The last son disagreed with all of them; he said it was ripe and drooping with fruit, full of life and fulfillment. The man then explained to his sons that they were all right, because they had each seen but only one season in the tree’s life. He told them that you cannot judge a tree, or a person, by only one season, and that the essence of who they are and the pleasure, joy, and love that come from that life can only be measured at the end, when all the seasons are up. If you give up when it’s winter, you will miss the promise of your spring, the beauty of your summer, fulfillment of your fall.

Moral lessons:

Don’t let the pain of one season destroy the joy of all the rest.
Don’t judge life by one difficult season.
Persevere through the difficult patches and better times are sure to come some time or laterPS: I just received this story in an email today, so it isn’t mine; so obvious isn’t it :p

A Story with 3!!! Morals

Here’s a lengthy post after a long time now. This is a story I got from the fortune game on Linux. Don’t worry, fortune is NOT a astrology/horoscope-software or a fortune-teller, it just gives out random quotations from its database . So here’s the story (enjoy!!):

Once upon a time, there was a non-conforming sparrow who decided not to fly south for the winter. However, soon after the weather turned cold, the sparrow changed his mind and reluctantly started to fly south. After a short time, ice began to form his on his wings and he fell to earth in a barnyard almost frozen. A cow passed by and crapped on this little bird and the sparrow thought it was the end, but the manurewarmed him and defrosted his wings. Warm and happy the little sparrow began to sing. Just then, a large Tom cat came by and hearing the chirping investigated the sounds. As Old Tom cleared away the manure, he found the chirping bird and promptly ate him.

There are three morals to this story:

(1) Everyone who shits on you is not necessarily your enemy.

(2) Everyone who gets you out of shit is not necessarily your friend.

(3) If you are warm and happy in a pile of shit, keep your mouth shut.

Eh Cumpari

Here’s a lovely song one of my friends from Mexico spoke to me about, it really is nice, push the PLAY button  NOW – what are you waiting for !!! And, this is in Italian….