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Here you will find 5 short 'Wisdom
Stories' per week.. The theme that is followed in each story is... a
short introduction, a wisdom related story and a powerful quote.
Please enjoy...
HAPPINESS:
Encouragement By The Window
Two men, both seriously ill, occupied the
same hospital room. One man was allowed
to sit up in his bed for an hour each afternoon
to help drain the fluid from his lungs. His bed
was next to the room's only window. The other
man had to spend all his time flat on his back.
The men talked for hours on end. They spoke
of their wives and families, their homes, their
jobs, their involvement in the military service,
where they had been on vacation.
And every afternoon when the man in the bed
by the window could sit up, he would pass the
time by describing to his roommate all the
things he could see outside the window. The
man in the other bed began to live for those
one-hour periods where his world would be
broadened and enlivened by all the activity
and colour of the world outside.
The window overlooked a park with a lovely
lake. Ducks and swans played on the water
while children sailed their model boats.
Young lovers walked arm in arm amidst
flowers of every colour of the rainbow. Grand
old trees graced the landscape, and a fine
view of the city skyline could be seen in the
distance.
As the man by the window described all this
in exquisite detail, the man on the other
side of the room would close his eyes and
imagine the picturesque scene. One warm
afternoon the man by the window described
a parade passing by. Although the other
man couldn't hear the band - he could see
it in his mind's eye as the gentleman by the
window portrayed it with descriptive words.
Days and weeks passed.
One morning, the day nurse arrived to bring
water for their baths only to find the lifeless
body of the man by the window, who had
died peacefully in his sleep. She was
saddened and called the hospital attendants
to take the body away. As soon as it
seemed appropriate, the other man asked if
he could be moved next to the window. The
nurse was happy to make the switch, and
after making sure he was comfortable, she
left him alone.
Slowly, painfully, he propped himself up on
one elbow to take his first look at the world
outside. Finally, he would have the joy of
seeing it for himself. He strained to slowly
turn to look out the window beside the bed.
It faced a blank wall.
The man asked the nurse what could have
compelled his deceased roommate who had
described such wonderful things outside this
window. The nurse responded that the man
was blind and could not even see the wall.
She said, "Perhaps he just wanted to
encourage you."
(Unknown Author)
There is tremendous happiness in making
others happy, despite our own situations.
If I could introduce an equation to this plot
If you share grief you reduce the sorrow by
half; if you share your happiness it doubles
the enjoyment...
If you want to feel rich, just count all of the
things you have that money can't buy.
QUOTE: "One abundance we know as
happiness, is not something we can acquire.
It is something we tune in to. (Wayne Dyer).
HAPPINESS:
Words are very powerful, I may mention it a
little too often, but the point of making the
comment again is that it can make your
life happier.
How can that be... you may ask?
Communication is a skill. If you could
communicate better everything you do will
have greater value.
The income from your career would improve,
the respect you get amongst your colleagues
and close friends would improve, the love your
family gave you would increase ten-fold.
Those three reasons alone should be enough
for you to consider improving your interest in
the subject. If not examine the comments
from this philosopher coach...
It also made me more aware of my words
and how they can hurt people. As a husband,
father, coach, and human being, I know how
powerful my words are to my wife, kids,
players, and those I come into contact with
every day.
For example, my coaching philosophy is
based on getting a player to play hard
because they want to, and because they
respect and love me. Not because I am
yelling and screaming at them for what
they do wrong.
If I have to correct a player I try and
sandwich anything of a corrective nature
with two positive things they do well. For
example: "Jamie, you are an awesome point
guard and I am so thankful for the opportunity
to coach you. The one thing you need to
work on to make you a better player is using
your left hand to dribble and pass with. When
you get better at that, you are going to be
simply unstoppable!"
As compared to: "Jamie! When are you going
to learn to use your left hand!! We are not in
Junior High anymore!! I can't believe that you
haven't learned that by now!! If you don't start
getting better at it, I'm going to sit your butt
down for the rest of the stinkin' season!"
Words are powerful... You see, the ones I love
the most are the ones that hurt the most. I put
on my positive face when I leave my house,
but when I get home, sometimes I take off my
mask, hang it by the door, and become
someone I am not very proud of.
I am getting better at learning to treat my wife
and kids with the same love, respect, and
honour that I treat those outside of my home
with. But I still fail my family at times.
Words... Little ink spots on a piece of paper,
or syllables uttered by a tongue. They don't
seem like much sometimes, but they are a
powerful force that can be used to build
people up, or tear people down.
I, for one, am going to try harder to build up. I
know I will fail at times, but Lord willing, I will
get better.
"The tongue that brings healing is a tree of life,
but a deceitful tongue crushes the spirit."
(Proverbs 15:4)
(Michael Powers).
QUOTE: "You are not happy because you are
well. You are well because you are happy. You
are not depressed because trouble has come to
you, but trouble has come because you are
depressed. You can change your thoughts and
feelings, and then the outer things will change
to correspond, and indeed there is no other way
of working.
(Emmet Fox, Author).
SOLVING PROBLEMS:
The great philosopher Descartes suggested we
should doubt all our beliefs until we could confirm
those beliefs as absolutely correct. Otherwise
those beliefs could be infected by an unnoticed error.
An abundance of doubt could be considered sceptical
but healthy. Yet in the wrong hands doubt can make
you act irrationally and suspend judgement for too long.
So can DOUBT hinder the process of SOLVING
PROBLEMS?
Many of us do not believe in God, Father Christmas,
a Buddha or any Spiritual Beings. In effect we have doubt!
A young child called Luke, had lost both his parents in
an accident. He had been taken to a children's home.
It was approaching Christmas and this was to be Luke's
first without his parents. He was eleven years old and
at this age had realised that Santa Claus was fictional.
Luke wanted nothing else for Christmas other than
some new parents to look after him. Yet his sadness
for no parents was multiplied when he was amongst
younger children who all believed in Father Christmas.
The bitterness of his parent's loss had almost brought
him to say to the other children that Santa Claus wasn't
real. The manager of the home saw the distress and
invited Luke into his office.
"What would you really like for Christmas?" asked the
manager. "All I want is some new parents, " said Luke.
"Then write to Santa Claus, " suggested the manager.
Luke doubted the prospect of Santa ever getting his
letter, as there wasn't a real one. "Santa has his helpers
all over the world, in every town and city. Write to Santa's
helpers and see if they can help pass the message on, "
said the manager.
Eventually the manager convinced Luke to write a letter
asking for some new parents. He addressed the
envelope to 'Santa's Helpers'.
Upon the post being sorted, the post worker noticed a
slightly odd recipient. The normal letters addressed for
Santa Claus or Father Christmas were directed in the
normal way; so the post worker took it to the postmaster
to resolve.
The postmaster opened the letter. Within two weeks he
had adopted Luke.
QUOTE: "If doubt is challenging you and you do not act,
doubts will grow. Challenge the doubts with action and
you will grow. Doubt and action are incompatible."
(John Kanary, Speaker and Success Coach).
SOLVING PROBLEMS:
I personally have a problem with jealousy and
consistently fight its effect, as I guess does everyone.
If I could help diminish its effect, would you be
impressed? Opportunities arise regularly to dissolve
big issues in life, but we forget to take them. Let me
explain
What I have always endeavoured to do with a
subject is to turn it on its head. Instead of jealousy
being a problem, I've tried to view it from beauty.
What is jealousy telling you? It is saying in a
relationship for example that you are selfishly in
love with your partner. But love is a beautiful thing!
Being too selfish is where the trap is! In every aspect
of your life, being too selfish can destroy what is
good. As jealousy can often damage a relationship,
isn't it then beautiful when you notice the moment a
jealous thought enters your head, this is an
opportunity to put things right?
Let me give an example of how beautiful life can be
It was a day of heavy rain and the flood-waters came,
a man, a religious man, was trapped on his own roof.
As he saw the waters rise he prayed for God's
assistance. "I know he will come and save me, " the
man said.
Two men came by in a small boat, "Hop in old chap,
we can take you to dry land, " they said. "It's okay, "
he replied, "God is coming to save me."
A speed-boat then passed. "Jump in quick, the water
is rising, " said the driver. "It's okay, " he replied, "God
is coming to save me."
As the waters began to rise a helicopter flew by. "Climb
onto the rope ladder, we can still save your life, " said
the rescuer. "It's okay, " he replied, "God is coming to
save me."
Eventually the man drowned. As he got to the gates of
heaven, he was annoyed. "Where is God, I want a
word with him, " he said in a raised voice. "I am God,
what can I do for you?" The man continued, "You of
all people should answer prayers, I drowned as a
consequence of you!"
God replied, "I sent a rowing boat, a speed boat and
a helicopter, what else could I have done!"
Opportunities are presented to you if you choose to
take them. As soon as you see a jealous moment arrive,
you have an opportunity to improve and thus lessen
the grip it is likely to take.
QUOTE: "Bad times have a value. These are occasions
a good learner would not miss."
(Ralph Waldo Emerson, Author & Philosopher).
SOLVING PROBLEMS:
QUOTE: "The arithmetic of love is unique: two halves do
not make a whole; only two wholes make a whole."
(Jo Coudert)
The marriage is the unit of society. Yet at times during a
marriage that unity can be lost. The very reason for their
togetherness, the unity; is momentarily drained from the
relationship. They both appear to be pulling separate ways.
The natural and spontaneous affections, present early in
the relationship, and the beauty and the eventual unity,
need to be re-investigated.
Dealing with problems alone, without sharing with your
partner. Tussling with your career, grieving for a family
member, striving to improve finances; all of which are
better shared. If this oneness called love isn't the unity
that causes us to soldier on through life's ups and downs
together, we may find that the result is resentment and
hatred.
We are all just a small cog in a big wheel. We all need to
work together to make the big wheel turn. If we don't
realise this we'll be the wave in this next story!
"Far out in the ocean a wave began. It moved and
danced and played with all the other waves, not
knowing as it did that it was slowly but surely heading
toward a distant shore.
The wave went on like this for a long time. Sometimes
the wind would come and it would become a very large
wave. Other times the wind would be all but gone and
the wave would become just a ripple on the surface.
But still, it continued.
One day, the wave came within sight of the shore. At first it was
thrilled to see something new and laughed with delight. Then its
delight turned to horror as it watched other waves head to the shore
and crash on its beach. The wave tried as hard as it could to avoid
reaching the shore, but it was impossible. Every second it was coming
closer and closer. The wave began to cry.
Another wave behind the first wave noticed that it was
crying and asked why. "Don't you see?" asked the first
wave in despair. "All the waves are crashing on the shore!
All of us waves are going to be gone!" The second wave
nodded and gave a small smile. "But don't you understand?", asked the
second wave gently. "You're not just a wave, you're part of the ocean!
You start deep in the ocean and eventually crash onto a shore; it's
the role of a wave as part of the sea!"
QUOTE: "Some things you have to do every day. Eating
seven apples on Saturday night instead of one a day just
isn't going to get the job done."
(Jim Rohn, American Business Philosopher).
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