Motivate Yourself

The old Master instructed the unhappy young man to put a handful of salt in a glass of water and then to drink it. "How does it taste?" the Master asked. "Not good at all," spat the apprentice. The Master chuckled and then asked the young man to take another handful of salt and put it in the lake. The two walked in silence to the nearby lake and when the apprentice swirled his handful of salt into the lake, the old man said, "Now drink from the lake." As the water dripped down the young man's chin, the Master asked, "How does it taste?" "Good!" remarked the apprentice. "Do you taste the salt?" asked the Master. "No," said the young man. The Master sat beside this troubled young man, took his hands, and said, "The pain of life is pure salt; no more, no less. The amount of pain in life remains the same, exactly the same. But the amount we taste the 'pain' depends on the container we put it into. So wh...

There was once an earnest gardener who loved his work and his produce. One day he was walking through his delightful garden and happened to notice a weed. The gardener was particularly tired so he decided to leave it. The next day he had to leave to visit his relatives in another country for two weeks. When he came back, the back yard was covered in weeds and all his produce was dead! REFLECTION Likewise, if we allow just one bad thought in our head and fail to remove it, it will sprout and instead of having to pick one weed, we will have too much to control. If we destroy our negative thoughts, by allowing positive ones to grow, they will display in our personality like a beautiful garden. Thats the power of positive thought. We are, what our thoughts are. We should always entertain only good and positive thoughts in our mind and never give way for anything negative! Be alert and conscious of your thoughts and pick out the weeds of your negative thoughts consciously and quickly, at t...

A Young Couple Moves Into A New Neighborhood The Next Morning While They Are Eating Breakfast, the Young Women Sees Her Neighbor Hanging The Wash Outside. "The Laundry Is Not Very Clean" She Said "She Doesn't Know How To Wash Correctly, perhaps She Needs Better Laundry Soaps" Her Husband Looked On But Remained Silent. Every time Her Neighbor Would Hang Her Wash To Dry, the Young Women Would Make The Same Comments. About One Month Later, The Women Was Surprised To See A Nice Clean Wash On The Line And Said To Her Husband : "Look, She Has Learned How To Wash Correctly. I Wonder Who Taught Her This" The Husband Said : I Got Up Early This Morning And Cleaned Our Windows." And So it is With Life. What We See When Watching Others Depends On The Purity Of The Window Through Which We Look!!!