EPISODE 1
HAPPINESS
A crow lived in the forest and
was absolutely satisfied in life. But one day he saw a swan. "This swan is so
white," he thought,
"and I
am so black. This swan must be the happiest bird in the world."
He expressed his thoughts to the
swan. "Actually," the swan replied, "I was feeling that I was
the happiest bird around until I saw a parrot, which has two colors. I now
think the parrot is the happiest bird in creation."
The crow then approached the
parrot. The parrot explained, "I lived a very happy life—until I saw a
peacock. I have only two colors, but the peacock has multiple
colors."
The crow then visited a peacock
in the zoo and saw that hundreds
of people
had gathered to see him. After the people had left, the crow approached
the peacock. "Dear peacock," the
crow said, "you are so beautiful. Every day thousands of people come to
see you. When people see me,
they
immediately shoo me away. I think you are the happiest bird
on the planet,”
The
peacock replied, “I always thought that I was the most beautiful and happy bird on the planet.
But because of my beauty, I am
entrapped
in this zoo. I have examined the zoo very
carefully, and I have realized
that crow
is the only bird not kept in a cage. So for past few days I have been thinking that
if I were a crow, I could happily
roam
everywhere."
EPISODE
2
VALUE
OF VALUE
JRD Tata (JRD) had a friend who used
to say that he misplaces and loses his pen very often. He would use only very cheap pens so that he
need not worry about losing them. He was worried about his carelessness. JRD
suggested to him to buy the costliest pen he could afford and see what
happens.
He did that and purchased a 22 carat
gold Cross pen. After nearly six months JRD met him and asked him if he
continued to misplace his pen. His friend said that he is very careful
about his costly pen and he is surprised how he has changed! JRD explained
to him that the value of the pen made the difference and there was nothing
wrong with him as a person!
This is what happens in our
life. We are careful with things which we value most.
‘If
we value our health, we will be careful about what and how we eat;
If we value our friends, we will treat them
with respect;
If we
value money, we will be careful while spending’
* if we value our time, we will not waste it.
*if we value relationship we will not break it.
Carefulness is a basic trait all of us have,we know when to
be careful!
Carelessness only shows what we don't value...
Have a wonderful and careful life...
EPISODE 3
HUMILITY
HUMILITY
STANFORD STORY
A lady in
a faded grey dress and her husband, dressed in a homespun suit walked in
timidly without an appointment into the Harvard University President's outer
office. The secretary could tell in a moment that such backwoods, country hicks
had no business at Harvard and probably didn't even deserve to be in Harvard.
"We want
to see the President " the man said softly. "He'll be busy all day
" the secretary snapped., “We'll wait" the lady replied. For hours
the secretary ignored them, hoping that the couple would finally become
discouraged and go away. They didn't and the secretary grew frustrated and
finally decided to disturb the president.
"Maybe
if you see them for a few minutes, they'll leave" she said to him. The
President, stern faced and with dignity, strutted toward the couple. The lady told him "We had a son who
attended Harvard for one year. He loved Harvard. He was happy here. But about a
year ago, he was accidentally killed. My husband and I would like to erect a
memorial to him, somewhere on campus.”
The
president wasn't touched....He was shocked. "Madam “he said, gruffly,” we
can't put up a statue for every person who attended Harvard and died. If we
did, this place would look like a cemetery.” "Oh, no," the lady
explained quickly "We don't want to erect a statue. We thought we would
like to give a building to Harvard.” The president rolled his eyes. He glanced
at the gingham dress and homespun suit, and then exclaimed, "A building!
Do you have any earthly idea how much a building costs? We have over seven and
a half million dollars in the physical buildings here at Harvard.”
For a
moment the lady was silent. The president was pleased. Maybe he could get rid
of them now. The lady turned to her husband and said quietly, "Is that all
it costs to start a university? Why don't we just start our own?" Her
husband nodded. The president's face wilted in confusion and bewilderment.
Mr. and
Mrs. Leland Stanford got up and walked away, traveling to Palo Alto, California
where they established the University that bears their name. STANFORD UNIVERSITY, a memorial to a son that
Harvard no longer cared about.
Tongue & Cheek
Comment.
Superciliousness of then President Harvard University, founded in 1636,
helped creation of an institution of excellence in 1891.
EPISODE 4
TRUE
STORY THAT WON FIRST PLACE
at
CRIMINAL
LAWYERS’ AWARD CONTEST—2012
Charlotte, North Carolina, USA—Part I
A lawyer purchased a box of
very rare and expensive cigars, and then insured them against fire, among other
things. Within a month he smoked the entire stock of branded cigars. He had yet
to pay the first installment of premium. Twisted mind-set of the lawyer hatched
a perfect plan. He filed a claim against the insurance company on the plea the
cigars were lost “in series of small fires”.
The insurance company
refused to pay, citing the obvious reason, he had consumed cigars in the normal
fashion. The lawyer sued and WON!
Delivering the ruling,
the judge agreed with the insurance company that the claim was frivolous. The
judge stated, nevertheless, that the lawyer held a policy from the company,
which it had warranted that the cigars were insurable, and also guaranteed that
it would insure them against fire, without defining what is considered to be
unacceptable "fire", and was obligated to pay the claim!
Rather than endure
lengthy and costly appeal process, the insurance company accepted the ruling
and paid $15,000 to the lawyer for his loss of the cigars lost in the
"fires".
After lawyer cashed the
cheque, insurance company had him arrested on 24 counts of ARSON!!! His own
insurance claim and testimony from the previous case was used as evidence against him.
The lawyer was convicted
of intentionally burning his insured property and was sentenced to 24 months in
jail and a $24,000 fine.
