HEART-WARMING SHORT STORIES.

 

Who does not like a good story? From a tiny tot to an old person everyone enjoys listening to tales with or without morals. Somehow they create an imprint on the mind for a long time.

Here are three thought-provoking stories that will touch your hearts.

1.  HAPPINESS IS A GIVE-N-TAKE GIFT.

The seminar-room was silent to a pin drop. The speaker was lecturing to a small gathering on their pursuit for happiness. As they listened intently, he suddenly stopped and suggested an activity game. Wondering what the game could be, the group became suddenly alive and noisy.

The speaker gave each person a balloon and asked them to mark their own name on it with a marker given to them.  The balloons were then collected and put in another room.

After a while, the attendees were let into the other room and asked to find the very same balloon with their own name on it. Five minutes cut-off time. They had to complete their task by that time

The search started.

You can imagine the chaos, commotion and jostling that this activity involved. People were frantic, as time was running out. At the end of five minutes, not a single person could find their own balloon.

Then the twist in the activity game came. Each one was asked to collect any balloon and hand it over to the person with the corresponding name. Wasn’t it easy? Within minutes, everyone got their own balloon with their own name written on it.

“What did you learn from this activity?”, asked the speaker. The answers were varied.

What was the real message? The chaos that was happening in the room to find their own balloons is the same chaos that is happening in all our lives. To find happiness. We run around, causing a lot of commotion and confusion, trying in vain to find that elusive happiness.

We never realize that Happiness is a give-and-take gift to each person. Only when you give happiness to another person, do you find or receive your own happiness. There is no point in running from pillar to post for Happiness. You have it within you, waiting to be tapped in the right way.

Make Others Happy. You Will Be Happy Yourself.

 

2.  THE STRANDED STARFISH

A man was walking across the beach when he noticed a young boy picking up something from the beach and throwing it back into the waves. The man went close to the boy. He found out that they were stranded starfish that had been washed ashore by the tides. The boy was painstakingly picking up each one and throwing it back into the waves.

Thinking it to be an utterly stupid act, the man finally asked the boy why he was doing that. “Anyway, it doesn’t make a difference. There are miles and miles of beach and hundreds of starfish that are stranded. How may can you throw back in? It is ridiculous.”

The boy smiled knowingly at the man and as he stooped down, picked up another and threw it into the sea, he replied, “It may not matter to you or to anyone, but it does matter to this starfish!”

We place no value for another life on Earth – be it an animal or a plant. Why, we Place no value for another human being here . All that has life on Earth needs our love and care. The least we can do is to be compassionate to all living beings and creatures that we come across. Being Kind does not hurt us in any way . In fact, it is the one Feel-Good factor that wells up in us as Joy and Happiness, of course. 

It is when these small acts of love and care we do, accumulate into our accounts during the course of a day that we feel elated, inspired and at the top of the world.

 

3. The Real Husband.

This is a beautiful story about an eminent and wealthy businessman who was very successful in every venture of his.

However, his behavior changed over the years. A man who traveled all over the world, busy as he was, seemed to have his trips cut short. He stopped going outstations and always seemed to be eager to go home at the drop of a hat. Specially to have his food.

Curious to know the crux of the matter, one of his friends  mustered up enough courage to ask him one day. “Why do you keep going home to have food?  Would you not save time if you snatched a bite from here? Moreover, the weather is also too bad these days. How tiring it must be to ride up and down in this inclement weather!!”

The businessman smiled.” Would you, too, like to join me for lunch today? We could go and be back in time.”

The friend, dying to find the reason, agreed. When they reached the mansion, he was not surprised to find the table all set, food and butlers ready and waiting.

That was what he expected. They sat down to the meal.

But what was shocking and unexpected there was that a wheelchair was brought in with a frail lady sitting propped up with pillows. She looked too thin and gaunt. She must have been beautiful in her earlier days. There was no sign of  recognition in her eyes. Her eyes had a vacant stare. Obviously she had lost her memory ,was too sick and needed care. There were two nurses waiting on her. They fed her.

Seeing the friend’s look, the businessman smiled and said, ” That’s my wife..she has been in this state for quite a while now. She needs constant attention. She cannot fend for herself at all nor can she recognize anyone. A mere vegetative state. I insist on coming home so that I can have food with her.”

The meal over, the businessman went over, bent and  kissed her forehead tenderly and whispered something in her ear. It was such an endearing act that his friend found tears welling up in his eyes. How much in love they must have been earlier, for him to still want to cherish her.

On their way back, they were both silent.

Then the businessman, guessing his friend’s thoughts, asked him, ” You want to ask me something, don’t you?”

The friend burst out. “But if she cannot recognize you or even know that you are her husband, then what is the point in going through this meal-time drama? I mean..it does not make sense to me.”

Pat came the reply,” She may not know who I am, in this condition that she is in, But I Know Who She Is!!

That is real love. To be compassionate to others, is a quality very few people possess. Very often we do not want to waste time on our loved ones who may have fallen sick or unable to cope by themselves.

Nurture Your Relationships.  Care for the Needy.  Value every Life on Earth As Precious. Spread Love And Happiness Around. Here and Now.