One day I decided to quit.....

One day I decided to quit.....

I quit my job, my relationship, my spirituality... I wanted to quit my life.

I went to the woods to have one last talk with God.

"God", I asked, "Can you give me one good reason not to quit?"
His answer surprised me...

"Look around", He said. "Do you see the fern and the bamboo?"

"Yes", I replied.

"When I planted the fern and the bamboo seeds, I took very good care of them.

I gave them light.

I gave them water.

The fern quickly grew from the earth.

Its brilliant green covered the floor.

Yet nothing came from the bamboo seed. But I did not quit on the bamboo.

In the second year the Fern grew more vibrant and plentiful.
And again, nothing came from the bamboo seed. But I did not quit on the bamboo. He said.

"In year three there was still nothing from the bamboo seed.

But I would not quit.

In year four, again, there was nothing from the bamboo seed. I would not quit." He said.
"Then in the fifth year a tiny sprout emerged from the earth. Compared to the fern it was seemingly small and insignificant...But just 6 months later the bamboo rose to over 100 feet tall.
It had spent the five years growing roots. Those roots made it strong and gave it what it needed to survive.
I would not give any of my creations a challenge it could not handle."

He asked me. "Did you know, my child, that all this time you have been struggling, you have actually been growing roots".
"I would not quit on the bamboo.

I will never quit on you."
"Don't compare yourself to others." He said.

"The bamboo had a different Purpose than the fern.
Yet they both make the forest beautiful."

"Your time will come", God said to me.

"You will rise high"

"How high should I rise?" I asked.
"How high will the bamboo rise?" He asked in return.
"As high as it can?" I questioned.
"Yes." He said, "Give Me glory by rising as high as you can."
I left the forest and brought back this story.
I hope these words can help you see that God will never give up on you.
Never, Never, Never, Give up.
Don't tell the Lord how big the problem is, tell the problem how Great the Lord is!

Marwadi Salesman

Marwadi Salesman
                 

A keen immigrant Indian Marwadi lad applied for a salesman's job at a premier downtown department store.

In fact, it was the biggest store in the world - you could get anything there.

The boss asked him, "Have you ever been a salesman before?" "Yes sir, I was a salesman in India ", replied the lad. The boss liked the cut of him and said, "You can start tomorrow and I'll come and see you."

The day was long and arduous for the young man, but he got through it. And finally 6:00 PM came around. The boss duly fronted up and asked, "How many sales did you make today?" "Sir, Just ONE sale." said the young salesman. "Only one sale?" blurted the boss. "No! No! You see here, most of my staff make 20 or 30 sales a day. "If you want to keep this job, you'd better be doing better than just one sale.
         
By the way "How much was the sale worth?"

$236,000" said the young Marwadi.

"What"," How did you manage that?" asked the flabbergasted boss.

"Well", said the salesman, "This man came in and I sold him a small fish hook, then a medium hook and finally a really large hook. Then I sell him new fishing rod and some fishing gear. Then I asked him where he was going fishing and he said down the coast. So I told him he'd need a boat, so I took him down to the boat department and sold him that twenty-foot schooner with the twin engines. Then he said his Volkswagen probably wouldn't be able to pull it, so I took him to our automotive department and sold him that new Deluxe 4X4 Blazer. I then asked him where he'll be staying, and since he had no accommodation, I took him to camping department and sold him one of those new igloo 6-sleeper camper tents. Then the guy said, while we're at it, I should throw in about $100 worth of groceries and two cases of beer.

The boss took two steps back and asked in astonishment, "You sold all that to a guy who came in for a fish hook!!"

"No" answered the salesman, "he came in to buy a box of sanitary napkins for his wife and I said to him, "Sir, your weekends screwed anyway, you might as well go fishing."

Boss - "You sit in my chair...

Love, happiness are all with in ........

Alok adds: we look at others, things,situations to give us happiness. Compare If people having those things are happy???No.

Find whether everyone has got everything no. Most have something or other missing from: health, wealth, children,spouse,job,security etc etc.

And even they have wealth/ children / spouse/job but those may be themselves be a reason for dissatisfaction / problems. What we do is we see different orchards,farms and gardens dream that all those things should grow in your one farm (life). Highly impossible.It is rightly said "adhi chod sari ko dhave adhi mile na sari pave".

The Sheikh chilli kicks his good fate in bad only by going in high dreams. Lets all stop dreaming and increse adaptability,adjustment and understanding of life,people and situations. Only source is good spiritual guru, good discourses like of Osho, Zen, Kabir, Jain muins or mental health expersts.

When one cant learn A B C without a guru then how can one learn life sciences / art of living without a guru????

 

I have seen many living happily and successful and without spiritualism. But suddenly something happens in life and they loose total happiness, go on depression,commit suicide, take law in hand etc etc. But the person already seasoned with tapa,yam, niyam etc knows such things will keep happening in life , in someone life it is early and others life it is in later part but no one has lived a friction free life. If your system is properly oiled u carry on and if not then u break down.Worst is it is nature of human beings to drift. So u need constant work up with good lessons/ pravachan/ knowledge/ exposure.

Note:

1. Person with deep rooted spiritualism may also get off road some times if faced with very severe shock but will get back on track sooner then those who are not spiritually loaded.

2. Spiritualism should not be confused with ritualism, show off, religious festivities,puja path,mere mechanical darshan.

 

The biggest learning from good teachings is compassion. If you have that then you can not hurt anyone thru words, deeds or actions. Read on..

 

 

I AM HAPPY...............

The Secret One day, one friend asked another, ' How is it that you are always so happy? You have so much energy, And you never seem to get down.. ' With her eyes smiling, she said, ' I know the Secret! ' ' What secret is that? ' To which she replied, I'll tell you all about it, But you have to promise to Share the Secret with others. ' ' The Secret is this: I have learned there is little I can do In my life that will make me truly happy I must depend on God to make Me happy and to meet my needs. When a need arises in my life, I have to trust God to supply According to HIS riches. I have learned most of the time I don ' t need half of what I think I do. He has never let me down. Since I learned that ' Secret ' , I am happy.' The questioner ' s first thought was, ' That ' s too simple! ' But upon reflecting over her own life She recalled how she thought a bigger house Would make her happy, but it didn't! She thought a better paying job Would make her happy, but it hadn't. When did she realize her greatest happiness? Sitting on the floor with her family, talking, playing games, eating pizza or reading a story, A simple gift from God. Now you know it too! We can't depend on people to make us happy. Only GOD in His infinite wisdom can do that. Trust HIM! And now I pass the Secret on to you! So once you get it, what will you do? YOU have to tell someone the Secret, too! That GOD in His wisdom will take care of YOU! But it ' s not really a secret... We just have to believe it and do it.. Really trust God!