(03) Three Inspiring Short Stories |1.The Exalted Love Of A Mother | 2.TAke Responsibility For Whatever You Do | 3.The Best Choice In Life

 

1.The Exalted Love Of a Mother

The American explorer William Kirdy was returning from an expedition. When he reached Hudson Bay, he met a Red Indian woman lying on the ground exhausted, covered in blood and wounds. The explorer had her wounds bandaged and took care of her and then asked her about herself.

The woman was hundreds of miles away from her tribe. Her tribe was at war with another one and she had had to emigrate. She later became exhausted and had to remain behind with her son.

“How about the wounds?” asked the explorer. No doubt, you were wounded in the war? Oh, no, she smiled faintly. These wounds are self-inflicted. She looked at a fishhook beside her.

Just before you came, I took this flesh from my arm to fix it in the fish hook. The explorer was incredulous, but the woman continued her story.

QUESTION:

1. What did she further say ?

2. What is the implication of this story?

ANSWERS:

1. I have been hungry for the past three days. My breast is completely dried-up and the baby is about to die. What could I do? I tore some flesh from my body and put it on the fishhook to try to catch some fish so that I could nurse my child again.

2. All mothers are like the one in our story. They go to any extent for the sake of their children. The sacrifices that mothers make, can never be compensated even if we serve them our entire life.

 

2.Take Responsibility For Whatever You Do

An archer, highly dedicated to the sport, became world-famous. But fame went to his head. One morning, an important official of a nearby town approached him with his son and requested the archer to be his tutor. Quite puffed up, the archer began to show off his skill to the little boy.

When an arrow struck bull’s eye, the archer praised himself aloud. The second one also hit bull’s eye and again, he cheered aloud. But when the next arrow missed the target completely, the archer angrily blamed a gust of wind.

(THE MESSAGE)

Taking credit for what turns out right and blaming someone else when things go wrong is a habit of many people. This attitude needs to change and one should take responsibility for one’s own actions.

QUESTIONS:

1. What did the archer say at that time?

2. What is the implication of this story?

ANSWERS:

1. The archer angrily blamed a gust of wind for missing the target.

2. Taking credit for what turns out right and blaming someone else when things go wrong is a habit in many people. This attitude needs to change and one should take responsibility for one’s own actions.

 

3.The Best Choice In Life

A man had three grown-up children. One day, he called all of them and decided to put them to a test so as to understand them better. He asked them to choose any one thing they desired the most in life.

The first son said, “Money”. The daughter replied, “Beauty”. The third son said, “Wisdom.” The father at once replied that all the three things they desired the most in their lives were nothing but zeroes and had no value at all.

He added that there is one most coveted thing in the world which is highly uncommon but carries maximum value in real life.

QUESTIONS: 

1. What is that one thing most desirable in life?

2. What is the implication of this story?

ANSWERS: 

1. The man said, “Virtue is the most desirable thing in   life, which cannot be compared to anything else.”

2. Five things constitute virtue —Courtesy, Magnanimity, Sincerity, Earnestness and Kindness. 

With courtesy, you avoid insult; with magnanimity, you win all with sincerity, men will come to trust you; and with earnestness and kindness you can achieve success.