The Right Attitude

Many years ago in a small Indian village, A farmer had the misfortune Of owing a large sum of money to a village moneylender. The Moneylender, who was old and ugly, fancied the farmer's beautiful Daughter. So he proposed a bargain.
He said he would forgo the farmer's debt if he could marry his Daughter. Both the farmer and his daughter were horrified by the Proposal.
So the cunning money-lender suggested that they let Providence decide the matter.
He told them that he would put a black Pebble and a white pebble into an empty money bag. Then the girl would Have to pick one pebble from the bag.

1. If she picked the black pebble, she would become his wife and her father's debt would be forgiven.
2. If she picked the white pebble she need not marry him and her father's debt would still be forgiven.
3. But if she refused to pick a pebble, her father would be thrown into Jail.

They were standing on a pebble strewn path in the farmer's field. As They talked, the moneylender bent over to pick up two pebbles. As he Picked them up, the sharp-eyed girl noticed that he had picked up two Black pebbles and put them into the bag. He then asked the girl to pick A pebble from the bag.
Now, imagine that you were standing in the field. What would you have Done if you were the girl? If you had to advise her, what would you Have told her?

Careful analysis would produce three possibilities:

1. The girl should refuse to take a pebble.
2. The girl should show that there were two black pebbles in the bag And expose the money-lender as a cheat.
3. The girl should pick a black pebble and sacrifice herself in order To save her father from his debt and imprisonment.

Take a moment to ponder over the story. The above story is used with The hope that it will make us appreciate the difference between lateral And logical thinking. The girl's dilemma cannot be solved with Traditional logical thinking. Think of the consequences if she chooses the above logical answers.

What would you recommend to the Girl to do?

Well, here is what she did ....

The girl put her hand into the moneybag and drew out a pebble. Without Looking at it, she fumbled and let it fall onto the pebble-strewn path Where it immediately became lost among all the other pebbles.
'Oh, how clumsy of me,' she said. 'But never mind, if you look into the Bag for the one that is left, you will be able to tell which pebble I Picked.'
Since the remaining pebble is black, it must be assumed that she had Picked the white one. And since the money-lender dared not admit his Dishonesty, the girl changed what seemed an impossible situation into An extremely advantageous one.

Moral Of The Story: Most complex problems do have a solution. It is only that we don't Attempt to think.

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Knock the "t" Off the "Can't"

Recently I took a sheet of paper and divided it into two columns: "Yes People" and "No People." Then I thought about individuals I knew and wrote their names in the appropriate column. What a shock it was to see the length of the "No" list.

These were the people who heard someone say, "You can't do that!" and they believed it.

Now they were saying, "It cannot be done!" and their negativity was affecting the lives of others.

If your friends made such a list right now, under which heading would they write your name? Do they see you as enthusiastic, affirmative and optimistic? Or do they believe you are see more problems than solutions?

It's time to knock the "t" off the "can't". I like the words of author Frank Hughes: "I will say this about being an optimist; even when things don't turn out well, you are certain they will get better."

You are only a decision away from responding with hope instead of fear, with encouragement instead of criticism, with belief instead of despair. It's your choice.

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Attitube is what life is all about!

1. Attitude is what life is all about.......

Soldier: Sir we are surrounded from all sides by enemies.
Major: Excellent! We can attack in any direction.

2. Every one knows about Alexander graham bell who invented the telephone, but he never made a call to his family. Because, his wife and daughter were deaf. That's life “live for others“.

3. The worst in life is “attachment” it hurts when you lose it. The best thing in life is “loneliness” because it teaches you everything and, when you lose it, you get everything.

4. Life is not about the people who act true to your face........ It's about the people who remain true behind your back...

5. If an egg is broken by an outside force - a life ends. If an egg breaks from within.......life begins. Great things always begin from within....

6. A relationship doesn’t shine by just shaking hands at the best of times. But it blossoms by holding firmly in critical situations.

7. Heated gold becomes ornaments. Beaten copper becomes wires. Depleted stone becomes statue... So, the more pain you get in your life the more valuable you become.

8. When you trust someone trust him completely without any doubt........ ....... At the end you would get one of the two: either a lesson for your life or a very good person.

9. Why we have so many temples, if god is everywhere? A wise man said: air is everywhere, but we still need a fan to feel it.


Be cheerful all the time.

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