BEST SHORT STORIES I READ.

 

 

1. *FALL and RISE*

 

Today, when I slipped on the wet tile floor a boy in a wheelchair caught me before I slammed my head on the ground.  He said, “Believe it or not, that’s almost exactly how I injured my back 3 years ago .

 

2. *A FATHER'S ADVICE*

 

Today, my father told me, “Just go for it and give it a try!  You don’t have to be a professional to build a successful product.  Amateurs started Google and Apple.  Professionals built the Titanic

 

3. *The POWER of UNIQUENESS* .

 

Today, I asked my mentor – a very successful business man in his 70’s – what his top 3 tips are for success.  He smiled and said, “Read something no one else is reading, think something no one else is thinking, and do something no one else is doing.

 

4. *LOOKING BACK*

 

Today, I interviewed my grandmother for part of a research paper I’m working on for my Psychology class.  When I asked her to define success in her own words, she said, “Success is when you look back at your life and the memories make you smile.

 

5. *TRY and YOU shall KNOW*

 

I am blind by birth. When I was 8 years old, I wanted to play baseball. I asked my father- "Dad, can I play baseball?" He said "You'll never know until you try." When I was a teenager, I asked him, - "Dad Can I become a surgeon?". He replied "Son, you'll never know until you try." Today I am a Surgeon, just because I tried!

 

6. *GOODNESS & GRATITUDE*

 

Today, after a 72 hour shift at the fire station, a woman ran up to me at the grocery store and gave me a hug.  When I tensed up, she realized I didn’t recognize her.  She let go with tears of joy in her eyes and the most sincere smile and said, “On 9-11-2001, you carried me out of world trade centre.

anonymous

URDU SHAYARI KE NAAM.TEEN AUR SALAAM

 

कौन सी जा है जहाँ जल्वा-ए-माशूक़ नहीं

 शौक़-ए-दीदार अगर है तो नज़र पैदा कर

–अमीर मीनाई

(जा = जगह,अवसर)

 

बस यही दो मसले, जिंदगीभर ना हल हुए!!!

ना नींद पूरी हुई, ना ख्वाब मुकम्मल हुए!!!

 

वक़्त ने कहा.....काश थोड़ा और सब्र होता!!!

सब्र ने कहा....काश थोड़ा और वक़्त होता!!!

SAFAR THHA

 

 

आगे सफर था और पीछे हमसफर था..

रूकते तो सफर छूट जाता और चलते तो हमसफर छूट जाता..

मंजिल की भी हसरत थी और उनसे भी मोहब्बत थी..

ए दिल तू ही बता,उस वक्त मैं कहाँ जाता...

मुद्दत का सफर भी था और बरसो  का हमसफर भी था

रूकते तो बिछड जाते और चलते तो बिखर जाते....

आगे सफर था और पीछे हमसफर था.

COURTSEY:ANJAAN SHAYAR

RESPECTING MINDS

 

I remember reading an essay in school.Ramvriksh Benipuri "गेहूं बनाम गुलाब"।Tells you a root reasoning about logic,facts and emotions.There is one para in it I identified with, big time.Here is it:

 

"मानव-शरीर में पेट का स्‍थान नीचे है, हृदय का ऊपर और मस्तिष्‍क का सबसे ऊपर। पशुओं की तरह उसका पेट और मानस समानांतर रेखा में नहीं है। "

We never understood this .Respect the hierarchy.

SERENDIPITY

 

Serendipity

It is the occurrence and development of events by chance in a happy or beneficial way(noun).

ORIGIN OF SERENDIPITY is from the characters in the Persian fairy tale The Three Princes of Serendip who made such discoveries .

Serendipitous is an adjective that describes accidentally being in the right place at the right time, like bumping into a good friend in some unusual location, or finding a hundred dollar bill on the ground.

   It is not the same as luck;luck is something that happens to someone by chance, a chance occurrence while serendipity is an unsought, unintended, and/or unexpected, but fortunate, discovery and/or learning experience that happens by accident.

RESPECT SERENDIPITY. IT IS NATURE'S WAY OF BLESSING YOU.

LOVE AND SELF RESPECT

 

I read somewhere something about love and self respect.We often humiliate ourselves in relationships specially in trying to prepare ourselves for the so called"right time" or "right moment" to say that’s it.

Save yourself because it isn't coming.There is no perfect time to decide to start respecting yourself.This is my view.

Now here is what I read:

"If love becomes too painful, then it’s time to let that love go and save yourself. You have to keep this in mind because you’ll be able to find another love but not another self."

"When a door closes, knock on it a few times. But if it still doesn’t open, let it stay closed. In career, in love, in LIFE – when you see the period at the end of the sentence, don’t try and turn it into a comma. Know when something is over and move on."

Combine my thought with this.Many of you may yet save yourselves...Before saving yourself becomes irrelevant.

 #self respect

HUSTLE

After "networking"this modern work pursuit method called hustling has taken the corporate world by storm.

Some may prefer self respect,decency and dignity.

Like "networking" this word too is considered a go getter aggressive achiever model.its a crying shame no one has any idea of even etymology of the word.Some management guru says it,algorithm manipulation gives it traction,and before u can say what,people are falling over each other to use it as being the "it" thing.

My two bit take: late 17th century (originally in the sense ‘shake, toss’): from Middle Dutch .Meaning "push roughly, shove" first recorded 1751.

hustler (n.)

1825, "thief" (especially one who roughs

up his victims), from hustle (v.) + -er (1).

According to the Oxford English Dictionary, hustle comes from the Dutch word "husselen," meaning "to shake or toss." Over time, the word expanded, meaning "to hurry" and "to obtain by begging."

The etymology twisters seem to have given a new form and shape to the word in a most convoluted Wodehousian adaptation.what a terrible tragedy!

And i see people applauding it as a work ethic ;its probably the worst form of human depravity and desperation to gain a foot into world of money comfort.Hustle is nothing except muscle.And tussle.

if you protest and say  term means: "work hard relentlessly in the face of discomfort to achieve your goals." then you are using the wrong term mate.

We call it "perseverance".Some even call it " putting in the hard yards".

So.Who wants to hustle?