Thinking Out of the Box (Creative Thinking)

In a small Italian town, hundreds of years ago, a small business owner owed a large sum of money to a loan-shark. The loan-shark was a very old, unattractive looking guy that just so happened to fancy the business owner’s daughter.

He decided to offer the businessman a deal that would completely wipe out the debt he owed him. However, the catch was that we would only wipe out the debt if he could marry the businessman’s daughter.

Needless to say, this proposal was met with a look of disgust.

The loan-shark said that he would place two pebbles into a bag, one white and one black.

The daughter would then have to reach into the bag and pick out a pebble. If it was black, the debt would be wiped, but the loan-shark would then marry her. If it was white, the debt would also be wiped, but the daughter wouldn’t have to marry the loan-shark.

Standing on a pebble-strewn path in the businessman’s garden, the loan-shark bent over and picked up two pebbles.

Whilst he was picking them up, the daughter noticed that he’d picked up two black pebbles and placed them both into the bag.

He then asked the daughter to reach into the bag and pick one.

The daughter naturally had three choices as to what she could have done:

1. Refuse to pick a pebble from the bag.
2. Take both pebbles out of the bag and expose the loan-shark for cheating.
3. Pick a pebble from the bag fully well knowing it was black and sacrifice herself for her father’s freedom.

She drew out a pebble from the bag, and before looking at it ‘accidentally’ dropped it into the midst of the other pebbles. She said to the loan-shark;

 

“Oh, how clumsy of me. Never mind, if you look into the bag for the one that is left, you will be able to tell which pebble I picked.”

The pebble left in the bag is obviously black, and seeing as the loan-shark didn’t want to be exposed, he had to play along as if the pebble the daughter dropped was white, and clear her father’s debt.

Moral of the story:

It’s always possible to overcome a tough situation throughout of the box thinking, and not give in to the only options you think you have to pick from. 

Belief-The Elephant Rope

A gentleman was walking through an elephant camp, and he spotted that the elephants weren’t being kept in cages or held by the use of chains.

All that was holding them back from escaping the camp, was a small piece of rope tied to one of their legs.

As the man gazed upon the elephants, he was completely confused as to why the elephants didn’t just use their strength to break the rope and escape the camp. They could easily have done so, but instead, they didn’t try to at all.
Curious and wanting to know the answer, he asked a trainer nearby why the elephants were just standing there and never tried to escape.

The trainer replied;

“when they are very young and much smaller we use the same size rope to tie them and, at that age, it’s enough to hold them. As they grow up, they are conditioned to believe they cannot break away. They believe the rope can still hold them, so they never try to break free.”

The only reason that the elephants weren’t breaking free and escaping from the camp was that over time they adopted the belief that it just wasn’t possible.

Moral of the story:

No matter how much the world tries to hold you back, always continue with the belief that what you want to achieve is possible. Believing you can become successful is the most important step in actually achieving it.

Difference Between Right And Wrong.......Ratnesh Yadav

Difference Between Right And Wrong

Once many pupil from many parts of Japan came to attend seclusion weeks of meditation. During one of these gatherings One of them was caught stealing. Whole matter was reported to Bankei. All pupil requested Bankei to expel that person from gatherings but Bankei ignored the case.

Again that person was caught in similar act of stealing and again people demanded Bankei to detain that person from gatherings but Bankei refused.  Pupil who asked for dismissal of thief got angry and drew up a petition and stated that If the person who is stealing is not dismissed then all other people will leave the gathering.

This petition reached to Bankei. After reading petition he asked everyone to gather before him and said, “You are Wise Brothers. You know what’s right what’s wrong. You may go somewhere else to study if you wish but this brother doesn’t even know the difference between right and wrong. If i will not teach him then who will? I am going to keep him here even if you all leave.”

Tears came out of the person who had stolen and all desire to steal had vanished from his mind.

Moral:

If someone commits crime then sometimes we need to look deeper and we might just see that that person simply need to be shown right path. We also need to take time to teach them right and wrong.

खुद का परिक्षण ..........रत्नेश यादव

                                    खुद का परिक्षण 

एक छोटा लड़का टेलीफोन बूथ पर गया जो की स्टोर के कॅश काउंटर पर ही रखा था. वह लड़का टेलीफोन के पास गया और उसने वहा से एक नंबर लगाया.

उस टेलीफोन बूथ के दुकान का मालिक उसे देख ही रहा था और उसकी बाते भी सुन रहा था :

लड़का- “आंटी, क्या आप मुझे आपके घर के मैदान (लॉन) की सफाई करने का काम दे सकती हो?

महिला (जो फ़ोन में उस बच्चे से बात कर रही थी)- “हमारे पास पहले से एक लड़का काम कर रहा है जो मेरे लॉन की सफाई करता है और उसकी देखभाल भी करता है”

लड़का- “आंटी, मै आपके लॉन की सफाई और देखभाल उस लड़के से भी आधे पैसो में कर दूंगा.”

महिला- अभी जो मेरे लॉन की सफाई और देखभाल कर रहा है, मै उसी से बहोत संतुष्ट हु. वो अपना काम अच्छे से कर रहा है.

लड़का (इस बार उसने बड़ी लगन से कहा)- “आंटी, मै लॉन की सफाई और कटाई के साथ-साथ फर्श और सीढियों को भी साफ़ कर दूंगा, वो भी मुफ्त में.”

महिला- “नहीं, धन्यवाद !”

एक अच्छी सी मुस्कान के साथ ही उस लड़के ने फ़ोन रख दिया. ये सब स्टोर का मालिक सुन रहा था, इसीलिए वो जल्दी से उस लड़के के पास गया….

स्टोर मालिक- “बेटा….मुझे तुम्हारा रवैया पसंद आया, मुझे तुम्हारी सकारात्मक (पॉजिटिव) सोच पसंद आई और मै तुम्हे एक जॉब देना चाहूँगा.”
लड़का- “नहीं, धन्यवाद !“

स्टोर मालिक- “लेकिन कुछ समय पहले तो तुम इसी के लिए उस महिला से प्रार्थना कर रहे थे.”

लड़का- “नहीं सर, मै तो बस अपने काम की जांच कर रहा था, जो मै पहले से ही कर रहा हु. मै खुद उसी महिला के लिए मैदान (लॉन) की सफाई का काम करता हु जिस महिला से मै अभी बाते कर रहा था!”

                                       “इसी को खुद का परिक्षण कहते है” 

   

किसी भी काम को आप अपनी पूरी लगन और मेहनत से कीजिये तभी दुनिया आपकी तारीफ करेगी. आज के इस आधुनिक युग में इमानदार लोगो की बहोत कमी है, मेहनत करने वाले इमानदार लोगो की हमेशा से मांग होती है. चाहे कोई भी काम क्यू ना हो हमें उस काम में अपना 100% देना चाहिये. क्यू की आपका दिया हुआ 100% ही आपको जीवन में आगे बढ़ाने में मददगार साबित होता है.