> >--- On Sat, 9/6/08, Bhikkhu Uttamo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >From: Bhikkhu Uttamo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Fw: Moral story on effective communication >To: "Subhadevi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Date: Saturday, September 6, 2008, 6:10 PM > > > >Effective Communication > > >A blind boy sat on the steps of a building with a hat by his feet. He held >up a sign which said: 'I am blind, please help.' There were only a few >coins in the hat. > > >A man was walking by. He took a few coins from his pocket and dropped them >into the hat. He then took the sign, turned it around, and wrote some >words. He put the sign back so that everyone who walked by would see the >new words. > >Soon the hat began to fill up. A lot more people were giving money to the >blind boy. That afternoon the man who had changed the sign came to see how >things were. The boy recognized his footsteps and asked, 'Were you the one >who changed my sign this morning? What did you write?' > > >The man said, 'I only wrote the truth. I said what you said but in a >different way.' >What he had written was: 'Today is a beautiful day and I cannot see it.' > >Do you think the first sign and the second sign were saying the same thing? > >Of course both signs told people the boy was blind. But the first sign >simply said the boy was blind. The second sign told people they were so >lucky that they were not blind. Should we be surprised that the second >sign was more effective? > > >Moral of the Story: Be thankful for what you have. Be creative. Be >innovative. Think differently and positively. > >Invite others towards good with wisdom. Live life with no excuse and love >with no regrets. When life gives you a 100 reasons to cry, show life that >you have 1000 reasons to smile. Face your past without regret. Handle your >present with confidence. Prepare for the future without fear. Keep the >faith and drop the fear. > > >Great men say, 'Life has to be an incessant process of repair and >reconstruction, of discarding evil and developing goodness. In the journey >of life, if you want to travel without fear, you must have the ticket of a >good conscience.' > >The most beautiful thing is to see a person smiling!! >And even more beautiful is, knowing that you are the reason behind it!
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