MARIA'S NEW HAT!!!👒

Loved the story received from a friend on WhatsApp this morning....Placebo Effect..! Sharing the same...Do not know who is the author.

        MARIA'S NEW HAT!!!👒

Maria lived with her mother in a small apartment in NYC. 

She wasn't too young or too old.. 

not too short or too tall.. 

not particularly beautiful nor ugly..

She was just an average woman. 

She worked as a secretary at a large company and her life was pretty much boring and mundane. 

No one at work paid any attention to her...

Those that did considered her to be as boring as her life was. 

One morning, on her way to work, Maria saw a new hat shop that opened down the street. 

In a spur of curiosity she walked in!

In the shop was a little girl and her mother, 

who came to pick the girl a hat,  and another customer who was trying on hats...

Maria also tried on a few hats, until she found one she liked. 

She put it on and 

It looked nice!

First to notice was the little girl : "Mommy, look how pretty that woman looks with the hat on!"

The mother said:

"Ma'am, I must say, this hat just looks wonderful on you!"

The second buyer also came to look : "Ma'am, you look lovely with that hat on!"

Maria went to the mirror..

She looked at herself..

And for the first time in her adult life..

She liked what she saw. 

Smiling, she went to the counter and bought the hat. 

As she walked outside a new world revealed itself to her. 

She never before noticed the colors of the flowers..

or the scent of the fresh air..

The sound of the cars and the people.. 

sounded like an harmonious melody..

She walked as if drifting on a cloud..

with a song in her heart..

When she passed by the coffee shop she walked by every morning,

one of the young handsome man called out to her:

"Hey darling..looking good! 

Are you new here? 

Can I buy you a cup of coffee? "

She smiled shyly and kept walking..

Floating on her cloud...

When she got to the office building, the doorman opened the door and wished her Good Morning..

Never before had he even noticed her!

The people in the elevator asked her the floor she needed and pressed the button for her.

The people at the office, as if seeing her for the first time, flattered her on how lovely she looked today. 

The manager asked her out to lunch to talk about how she felt at work!

When this magical workday was over she decided to take a cab home instead of the bus. 

As soon as she put her hand up 2 taxis stopped!

She took the first one and sat in the back seat..

Thinking about the miraculous day she had and how her life changed!! Thanks to the new hat!

When she got home, her mom opened the door.

The sight of Maria took her breath away!

"Maria" she said surprised "How beautiful you look! Your eyes are all lit up like when you were a little girl! "

"Yes, mother" Said Maria

"It's all thanks to my new hat, I had the most marvelous day!"

"Maria" said her mother

"What hat??"

*Maria panicked.*

She touched her head and saw that the hat that changed her life was not there...  She didn't remember taking it off in the cab..

Or at lunch..

Or at the office..

She thought back to the store where she had bought it..

How she noticed it for the first time..

She put it on..

Paying for it at the cashier's...

And she remembered painfully now..

How she put it on the counter..

To get her purse out to pay..

And how she forgot the hat right there..

On the counter...

Then she walked out to the street..

Hat-less yet glowing!

It wasn't the hat that freed Maria, 

it was the quality of her thoughts!

*_Our thoughts can enslave us into a horrible bondage or liberate us towards sweet freedom: to be, do, or have anything we wish for!!!_*

This is called as Placebo effect..

Your mind is so powerful that it can create poison as well as Nectar. 

You just need to know how to create it.

🌿🌿

Change Yourself And Not The World

Whenever I get frustrated with someone and want them to change, I remind myself this story

*Change Yourself And Not The World*

Long ago, people lived happily under the rule of a king. The people of the kingdom were very happy as they led a very prosperous life with an abundance of wealth and no misfortunes.

Once, the king decided to go visiting places of historical importance and pilgrim centres at distant places. He decided to travel by foot to interact with his people. People of distant places were very happy to have a conversation with their king. They were proud that their king had a kind heart.

After several weeks of travel, the king returned to the palace. He was quite happy that he had visited many pilgrim centers and witnessed his people leading a prosperous life. However, he had one regret.

He had intolerable pain in his feet as it was his first trip by foot covering a long distance. He complained to his ministers that the roads weren’t comfortable and that they were very stony. He could not tolerate the pain. He said that he was very much worried about the people who had to walk along those roads as it would be painful for them too!

Considering all this, he ordered his servants to cover the roads in the whole country with leather so that the people of his kingdom can walk comfortably.

The king’s ministers were stunned to hear his order as it would mean that thousands of animals would have to be slaughtered in order to get sufficient quantity of leather. And it would cost a huge amount of money also.

Finally, a wise man from the ministry came to the king and said that he had another idea. The king asked what the alternative was. The minister said, “Instead of covering the roads with leather, why don’t you just have a piece of leather cut in appropriate shape to cover your feet?”

The king was very much surprised by his suggestion and applauded the wisdom of the minister. He ordered a pair of leather shoes for himself and requested all his countrymen also to wear shoes.

*Debrief*

Instead of trying to change the world, we should change ourselves. Therefore before expecting others to change, see what you can change.

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Cost of wrong Management

જંગલમાં સિંહે એક ફેકટરી ચાલુ કરી 

એમા વર્કર માટે પાંચ કીડી હતી જે સમયસર આવી ને પોતાનુ બધુ કામ ઈમાનદારીથી કરતી

સિંહનો બિઝનેસ બરાબર ચાલતો હતો

એમા સિંહને મનમાં થયુ કે પાંચ કીડી જો આટલુ સરસ કામ કરે છે તો એને કોઈ એક્ષપર્ટની દેખરેખમાં રાખુ તો વધારે સારૂ કામ કરશે 

એણે એક ભમરાને પ્રોડકશન મેનેજર તરીકે રાખ્યો ભમરાને કામનો અનુભવ હતો અને રીપોર્ટ લખવામાં પણ એક્ષપર્ટ હતો

ભમરાએ સિંહને કહ્યુ કે સૌથી પહેલા આપણે કીડીઓનુ વર્ક શેડ્યુલ બનાવવુ પડશે પછી એનો રેકોર્ડ પ્રોપરલી રાખવા માટે મારે એક સેક્રેટરીની જરૂર પડશે.

સિંહે મધમાખીને સેક્રેટરી તરીકે રાખી લીધી,

સિંહને મધમાખીનુ કામ ગમ્યુ અને કહ્યુ કે કીડીઓનુ અત્યાર સુધીના કમ્પલીટ કાર્યનો રીપોર્ટ અને પોગ્રેસ ગ્રાફ રજુ કરો...

મધમાખીએ કહ્યુ ઠીક છે,એના માટે મારે 

એક કોમ્પયુટર, લેઝર પ્રિન્ટર અને પ્રોજેકટર જોઈ છે..

સિંહે એક કોમ્પયુટર ડીપાર્ટમેન્ટ જ બનાવી આપ્યો અને એના હેડ તરીકે બિલાડીની નિમણુક કરી દીધી

હવે કીડીઓ કામને બદલે રીપોર્ટ પર વધારે ધ્યાન આપવા લાગી એના લીધે એનુ કામ અને પ્રોડકશન ઓછુ થવા લાગ્યુ...

સિંહને લાગ્યુ કે હજી એક ટેકનિકલ એક્ષપર્ટ રાખવો પડશે જે બધા ઉપર દેખરેખ ને સલાહ આપી શકે...

એટલે વાંદરાને એક્ષપર્ટ તરીકે રાખી લીધો,

હવે ફેકટરીમાં જે કામ સોંપવામાં આવતુ તેમાં કીડીઓ ડર અને રીપોર્ટને લીધે પુર નો કરી શકતી ફેકટરી નુકશાનમાં ચાલવા લાગી...

સિંહે એક નફા નુકસાનના માસ્ટર ડીગ્રીવાળા શિયાળને નુકસાનના કારણ માટે બોલાવ્યો...

ત્રણ મહીના પછી શિયાળે રીપોર્ટ સિંહને આપ્યો કે ફેકટરીમા વર્કરની સંખ્યા વધારે છે માટે એને છુટા કરવામાં આવે...

હવે કોને કાઢવા છેલ્લે બધાએ નકકી કર્યુ કે કીડીઓને રજા આપવામાં આવે.....

મોટા ભાગના સેકટરમાં આવુ જ હાલે છે જે મહેનત ને ઈમાનદારીથી ને ઓછા પગારમાં કામ કરે છે એનુ શોષણ કે હેરાનગતિ થાય છે અને જે પાડા બેઠા બેઠા મોટા પગાર ખાય છે તે જલસા કરે છે...!!!😣

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Never Regret

"A MUST READ" 

  One day I decided to quit... 💐💐💐💐

One day I decided to quit... 

I quit my job, my relationship, my spirituality... I wanted to quit my life.      🙏🙏🙏🙏

I went to the woods to have one last talk with God. 

"God", I said. "Can you give me one good reason not to quit?" 

 His answer surprised me... 

"Look around", He said. "Do you see the fern and the bamboo?" 

"Yes", I replied. 

When I planted the fern and the bamboo seeds, I took very good care of them. 

 I gave them light. I gave them water. 

The fern quickly grew from the earth. 

Its brilliant green covered the floor. 

Yet nothing came from the bamboo seed. 

But I did not quit on the bamboo. 

In the second year the Fern grew more vibrant and plentiful. 

And again, nothing came from the bamboo seed. 

But I did not quit on the bamboo. He said. 

"In the third year, there was still nothing from the bamboo seed. But I would not quit. In the fourth year, again, there was nothing from the bamboo seed. "I would not quit." He said. "Then in the fifth year a tiny sprout emerged from the earth. 

Compared to the fern it was seemingly small and insignificant... But just 6 months later the bamboo rose to over 100 feet tall. 

It had spent the five years growing roots. 

Those roots made it strong and gave it what it needed to survive. I would not give any of my creations a challenge it could not handle." 

He said to me. "Did you know, my child, that all this time you have been struggling, you have actually been growing roots." 

"I would not quit on the bamboo. I will never quit on you. " Don't compare yourself to others .." He said. " The bamboo had a different purpose than the fern ... Yet, they both make the forest beautiful." 

Your time will come, " God said to me. " You will rise high! " How high should I rise?" I asked. 

How high will the bamboo rise?" He asked in return. 

"As high as it can? " I questioned. 

" Yes. " He said, "Give me glory by rising as high as you can. " 

I left the forest and bring back this story. 

I hope these words can help you see that God will never give up on you. 

He will never give up on you. 

Never regret a day in your life. 

🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

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Real Love

Worth Reading..!

By P Narayana Murthy

My wife called, 'How long will you be with that newspaper? Will you  come here and make your darling daughter eat her food?

I tossed the paper away and rushed to the scene. My only daughter, Sindu, looked frightened; tears were welling up in her eyes. 

In front of her was a bowl filled to its brim with curd rice. Sindu is a nice child, quiet and  intelligent for her age.

I picked up the bowl. 'Sindu, darling, why don't you take a few mouthful of this curd rice? Just for Dad's sake, dear'.

Sindu softened a bit and wiped her tears with the back of her hands. 'Ok, Dad. I will eat - not just a few mouthfuls, but the whole lot of this. But, you should...' Sindu hesitated...... 'Dad, if I eat this entire curd Rice, will you give me whatever I ask for?'

'Promise'. I covered the pink soft hand extended by my daughter with mine, and clinched the deal.

Now I became a bit anxious. 'Sindu, dear, you shouldn't insist on getting a computer or any such expensive items. Dad does not have that kind of money right now. Ok?'

'No, Dad. I do not want anything expensive.'

Slowly and painfully, she finished eating the whole quantity. I was silently angry with my wife and my mother for forcing my child to eat something that she detested.

After the ordeal was through, Sindu came to me with her eyes wide with expectation. All our attention was on her.

'Dad, I want to have my head shaved off, this Sunday!' was her demand.

'Atrocious!' shouted my wife, 'A girl child having her head shaved off? Impossible!'

'Never in our family!' My mother rasped. 'She has been watching too much of television. Our culture is getting totally spoiled with these TV programs!'

'Sindu, darling, why don't you ask for something else? We will be sad seeing you with a clean-shaven head.'

'Please, Sindu, why don't you try to understand our feelings?' I tried to plead with her.

'Dad, you saw how difficult it was for me to eat that Curd Rice'. Sindu was in tears. 'And you promised to grant me whatever I ask for. Now, you are going back on your words. 

"Was it not you who told me the story of King Harishchandra, and its moral that we should honor our promises no matter what?'

It was time for me to call the shots. 'Our promise must be kept.'

'Are you out of your mind?' chorused my mother and wife.

'No. If we go back on our promises, she will never learn to honour her own. Sindu, your wish will be fulfilled.'

With her head clean-shaven, Sindu had a round-face, and her eyes looked big and beautiful.

On Monday morning, I dropped her at her school. It was a sight to watch my hairless Sindu walking towards her classroom. She turned around and waved. I waved back with a smile. 

Just then, a boy alighted from a car, and shouted, 'Sinduja, please wait for me!' What struck me was the hairless head of that boy. 'May be, that is the in-stuff', I thought.

A lady got out of car and came to me. She said 'Sir, your daughter Sinduja is great indeed! That boy who is walking along with your daughter is my son, Harish. He is suffering from... leukemia'. She paused to muffle her sobs. 

'Harish could not attend the school for the whole of the last month. He lost all his hair due to the side effects of the chemotherapy. He refused to come back to school fearing the unintentional but cruel teasing of the schoolmates.

...... Sinduja visited him last week, and promised him that she will take care of the teasing issue.....

"But, I never imagined she would sacrifice her lovely hair for the sake of my son! Sir, you and your wife are blessed to have such a noble soul as your daughter.'

I stood transfixed with tears 'My little Angel, you are teaching me how selfless real love is!'

The happiest people on this planet are not those who live on their own terms but are those who change their terms for others!

💕

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Born Winner

Lions never bother about the flies!!

Flies are flies. They don't spare anyone, not even the king of the jungle. And these flies bother the king especially when, it is just sitting and doing nothing. 

But lions are just not bothered about them. They will simply lift their tail once in a while, swing it this way or that way, to make the flies, fly away  and then just forget about them. 

Just imagine, what will happen if a lion decides to teach a lesson to these troublesome flies by trying to catch them and then kill them. 

Obviously, firstly he will have to forget that he is a king , instead he would need to act like a monkey  and then just run after these flies to catch them and kill them. 

Will he ever be able to do so. Of course not. Why?  Because most of the flies are near its tail and hence if the lion has to catch these flies, he will need to reach his head closer to his tail, which obviously he cannot. And even if he could do that, he would still not be able to catch the flies because of the unique shape of it's  head and mouth. 

So in case if a lion decides to kill the flies, he will keep running in circles, going round and round, reach nowhere, start looking funny and finally collapse out of frustration. 

Sometimes, this is what exactly happens in our lives too. There are so many small small things (flies) happening in our life and bothering us. And what do we do?  We forget as to what our life goal is, instead we start wasting our time and energy on them. In the end, we miss our goal, reach no where, and finally collapse out of frustration, because it is just not possible to catch those flies. 

And remember, these flies bother the lion, only when he is lying dormant. But when the lion is in action, up and running, these flies do not come anywhere close to the lion and they can't also. 

So what to do. Just be aware of the fact that flies do bother a lion, but only when he is sitting idle, dormant and in an inactive state. 

But when he is active, up and running, the flies never come any close to him. 

Therefore, remain fully active, focused on your goal and these small small problems (flies) will stop troubling you and you will be able to realise your main Goal. 

And always remember, "Lions never bother about the flies"

Wishing you a wonderful day, fully focused on your main goal.

Extract from the book 

"You Are A Born Winner"