The Boy & The Starfish

There are times in our life when we want to change the world... We may never be able to do that, but least we can do is to change somebody's world....

Once an old man was walking on the beach at dawn. He noticed a little boy ahead of him, picking up a starfish and flinging them into the sea. As the man watched, the kid picked one starfish after another & flung them into the sea. Wondering what the kid was trying to do, he caught up with the young boy & asked him why he was doing this. 

The kid looked up with innocent eyes & answered that the stranded starfish would die if left in the morning sun. “But the beach goes on for miles and there are thousands of starfish,” countered the old man. “How can your effort make any difference.” 


The young boy looked at the starfish in his hand and then threw it to the safety of the waves. “It makes a difference to this one,” he said. 

The Donkey attitude

When Life pushes you down... you got 2 options... to stay down there or get up,shrug off the dirt, brush yourself & move on...

Another story, that teaches just that....

One day a farmer's donkey fell down into a well. The animal cried piteously for hours as the farmer tried to figure out what to do. Finally, he decided the animal was old, and the well needed to be covered up anyway; it just wasn't worth it to retrieve the donkey.


He invited all his neighbors to come over and help him. They all grabbed a shovel and began to shovel dirt into the well. At first, the donkey realized what was happening and cried horribly. Then, to everyone's amazement he quieted down.

A few shovel loads later, the farmer finally looked down the well. He was astonished at what he saw. With each shovel of dirt that hit his back the donkey was doing something amazing. He would shake it off and take a step up.

As the farmer's neighbors continued to shovel dirt on top of the animal, he would shake it off and take a step up. Pretty soon everyone was amazed as the donkey stepped up over the edge of the well
and happily trotted off!

MORAL:
Life is going to shovel dirt on you, all kinds of dirt. The trick to getting out of the well is to shake it off and take a step up. Each of our troubles is a steppingstone. We can get out of the deepest wells just by not stopping, never giving up! Shake it off and take a step up. 

New Pages & a poem....

Just added pages to my blog... wish i could post on these pages too but pity :-( all i cud do was add links..

Nwaz, atleast all the posts are sorted & easily accessible now (neat enough i guess :-) )

Its a little more organised now.. so unlike my mind (its an eternal clutter of thoughts & ideas)... lol...

out of these thoughts sprung a poem ( am so glad for it.. had'nt thought up a rhyme in ages now!!!)

So here goes.....

Just another thought…..

As I chase my way through a busy life

my mind stumbles on a thought,

it whispers quietly, then nudges & prods

& lest I ignore, it does shout!

It steals its way through my mind,

implores & forces me to pause;

a fleeting thought.. a random idea

I share before its lost….