THE MONKEY BUSINESS STORY

Once upon a time, lived a lot of monkeys near a  remote village.

One day a very rich merchant came to the village to buy these monkeys! He announced at the village market square that he will buy the monkeys at $100 each. passers by villagers thought the merchant to be insane. They thought how can a reasonable person buy stray monkeys at $100 each?
Yet, some smart ones caught some monkeys and gave it to this merchant and he gave $100 for each monkey. 

This news spread like wildfire and people caught monkeys and sold it to the merchant.

After a few days, the merchant announced that he will buy monkeys at $200 each. The lazy villagers also ran around to catch the remaining monkeys!

YOUR DESTINY IS IN YOUR HANDS

A young chap visit to a soothsayer to inquire about his future.

Right before his eyes, the soothsayer drew two circles: One in white and the other in black. 

He then put a millipede in-between the circles, saying "if the millipede crawls into the white circle , it connotes your future will be great,  but if otherwise, then you are doomed! You've lost hope!".

THE FOUR LEPERS STORY

Once upon a time lived four lepers who sit at the gate of Samaria to beg.They were so popular and friendly that 10 out of every 100 passersby drops some coin in their bowl.

As time went on, the city was besieged by their neighboring country men which resulted to famine in the land. No passerby had enough money to feed let alone giving alms to these famous beggars. Soon the lepers began to feel the pinch. They called themselves into a meeting and one of them said "This is death staring us in the face, are we going to remain here and starve to death?" Another insinuated "I think its better we go into the camp of our said enemies, as they may see us as mere lepers

THE YOUNG PAINTER STORY

A young painting apprentice who had just completed his course under a great painter was so excited and enthusiastic that he wanted to show case his painting skill to the world for approval.  He put all his effort and painted a beautiful scenery which took him three days to do.

After creating the art work he decided to display it on a busy street-crossing of that small town close to where he resides.He had just one goal in mind;  people’s opinion about his painting skills. And attached to the art work down below was a card board which read-”Good day passers-by, I have just painted this piece.  I might have committed some mistakes while giving out my best for this project, Please put a cross wherever you see a mistake and if possible leave a comment.”

THE SOCRATES STORY

A young lad asked Socrates the secret to success. Socrates told him to meet him near the river the next morning. 

The next day they met, Socrates asks the lad to walk with him toward the river. When the water got up to their neck, Socrates took the young lad by surprise and ducked him into the water. The boy struggled to get out but Socrates was strong enough and kept him there until he started turning blue.

BILL GATES SHORT STORY

I came across the story line of one great thinker in person of Bill gate, the computer giant. As it was narrated,one day he was seriously engaged in a mental exercise at his tender age when his mother was so busy looking for him everywhere. “Bill! Bill!” she called relentlessly.

JUST ONE MOVE

 A 10 year old boy, who's left arm was damaged and subsequently amputated decided to learn judo. 

His teacher was an old Chinese judo expert.
The boy was able to grasp quickly and after three months, he was able to master only one move. 

THE BUTTERFLY COCOON

A man found a butterfly cocoon. One day a small opening appeared. He sat and watched the butterfly for several hours as it struggled to force its body through that little hole. Then it seemed to stop making any progress and appeared as if it could go no further.

So the man took a pair of scissors and snipped off the remaining bit of the cocoon. The butterfly then emerged easily, but it had a swollen body and small a pair of shriveled wings. The man continued to watch the butterfly because he expected that, at any moment, the wings would enlarge and expand to be able to support the body.

Neither happened! In fact, the butterfly spent the rest of its life crawling around with a swollen body and shriveled wings. It  was never able to fly to find food and later died. 

 What the kind man did not understand was that the restricting cocoon and the struggle required for the butterfly to get through the tiny opening were nature’s way of forcing fluid from the body of the butterfly into its wings so that it would be ready for flight once it achieved its freedom from the cocoon.

moral

struggles in life do not kill, it only makes you stronger

LION IN THE MIDST OF SHEEP

Once upon a time, there was a lion cub who found herself grew up in midst of the sheep. She has every look of a lion but the traits of a sheep because she mingles with the family.

THE SOCRATES STORY(how badly you want success?)

A desperate young man asked Socrates the secret to success. Socrates told the young man to meet him near the river the next morning. They met. Socrates asks the young man to walk with him towards the river. When the water got up to their neck, Socrates took the young man by surprise and duck him into the water. The man struggled to get out but Socrates was strong enough and kept him there until he started turning blue.

The Ant and the Grasshopper

A  grasshopper plays lazy and scorned at a little ant as she was always busy gathering food.

"workaholic little ant, wont you give your self some rest and come join me chirping? you seem to be working too hard for my liking."why are you like this?" he asked.

"Oh never mind". She said, "I am gathering up food for the winter. Sunny days won't last for ever."

The grasshopper laughed and said"Winter is still far, you have all the time to do that."
Shortly after, stormed the winter, but the ant settled down in her snug house and eat satisfactorily. She had plenty of food to last the whole winter. The grasshopper had nothing to eat so, he went to the ant and begged her for a little corn.

"No", replied the ant, "you laughed at me when I worked and played lazily. Now its my turn to laugh because he who laugh last always laugh best".

MORAL : 
The best time to do the right thing is yesterday, not now. why? because you're already running behind time.

The wise thirsty crow

on a hot sunny day, a thirsty crow flew all over the fields looking for water. For a long time, he could not find any. He felt very weak, almost lost all hope. Suddenly, he saw a water jug below the tree. He flew straight down to see if there was any water inside. Yes, he could see some water inside the jug!

The crow tried to push his head into the jug. Sadly, he found that the neck of the jug was too narrow. Then he tried to push the jug to tilt for the water to flow out but the jug was too heavy.

The crow thought hard for a while. Then looking around it, he saw some pebbles. he suddenly had a good idea. he started picking up the pebbles one by one, dropping each into the jug. As more and more pebbles filled the jug, the water level kept rising. Soon it was high enough for the crow to drink. His plan had worked!

Moral: Think and work hard,every lies in a problem.

You need to think well to get good result. there's no software for thinking

The ugly duckling story

A little duckling was very sad because he thought he was the ugliest amongst all his brothers and sisters. They would not play with him and teased the poor ugly duckling. One day, he saw his reflection in the water and cried, “Nobody likes me. I am so ugly.” He decided to leave home and went far away into the woods.

Deep in the forest, he saw a cottage in which there lived an old woman, her hen, and her cat. The duckling stayed with them for some time but he was unhappy there and soon left. When winter set in the poor duckling almost froze to death. A peasant took him home to his wife and children. The poor duckling was terrified of the children and escaped. The ugly duckling spent the winter in a marshy pond.

Finally, spring arrived. One day, the duckling saw a beautiful swan swimming in the pond and fell in love with her. But then he remembered how everyone made fun of him and he bent his head down in shame. When he saw his own reflection in the water he was astonished. He was not an ugly duckling anymore, but a handsome young swan! Now, he knew why he had looked so different from his brothers and sisters. “They were ducklings but I was a baby swan!” he said to himself.

He married the beautiful swan and lived happily ever after.

 Morals

Better days are ahead.

life is not always rosy at every beginning.

it might not look like it but keep doing it.

he who laugh last always laugh best.

A story of a born sicklier

Anthony Burgess. At forty, was confirmed by his doctor that he has only one more year to live. Just one year . He had a brain tumor that would kill him within a year. He knew he had a battle at hand. He was completely broke at this time as he had nothing to leave behind for his unborn child and wife, soon to be a widow.

Burgess never in his life time thought he could be a professional novelist, but he always knew the potentials was inside him to become a writer.

So for the sole purpose of leaving a royalty behind for his family, he put a piece of paper into a typewriter and began writing. He had no certainty that it would even be publish before his time lapse on earth, but he couldn't think of anything else to do.

“It was January 1960” he said “and according to prognosis, I had a winter and spring and summer to live through and would die with the fail of the leaf”. In that time he wrote energetically, finishing five and a half novels before the year ran through.

But as God's wisdom will prove medical verdict wrong, Burgess did not die.(it wasn’t told how the miracle happened) His sickness has gone into remission and then disappeared altogether. In his long and full life as a novelist (he is best known for clockwork orange). He wrote more than 70 books, but without the death sentence from cancer he may not have written at all. Today he has properties worth millions of dollars!

Lessons:

Don’t be a victim of circumstance.

I reasoned that the trauma would have killed him quicker if he did not channel it to achieving success. Indeed he turned his pain to prosperity as he overlooked his ill condition (circumstance).

Man is a function of what he hears- the news you access is what defines the changes in your life. He is a function of what he thinks- as a man think, so he is. He is a function of what he believes- what you believe will influence how you behave.

Never allow your circumstance to limit you in any way. If you are limited in mind, you will be limited in life. I'm sure you must have heard about the millionaire without arms and the likes of others.