Secret of Success

A young man asked Socrates the secret to success. Socrates told the young
man to meet him near the river the next morning. They met. Socrates asked
the young man to walk with him towards the river. When the water got up to
their neck, Socrates took the young man by surprise and ducked him into the
water. The boy struggled to get out but Socrates was strong and kept him
there until the boy started turning blue. Socrates pulled his head out of
the water and the first thing the young man did was to gasp and take a deep
breath of air. Socrates asked, 'What did you want the most when you were
there?" The boy replied, "Air." Socrates said, "*That is the secret to
success. When you want success as badly as you wanted the air, then you
will get it." There is no other secret. *

*Moral of the Story *

A burning desire is the starting point of all accomplishment. Just like a
small fire cannot give much heat, a weak desire cannot produce great
results. The motivation to succeed comes from the burning desire to achieve
a purpose.

Heart of Gratitude

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."
>
> I wrote: "Today is a beautiful day but I cannot see it."
>
> Both signs told people that the boy was blind. But the first sign simply
> said the boy was blind. The second sign told people that 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.
>
> 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.
>
> The most beautiful thing is to see a person smiling…
>
> And even more beautiful is, knowing that you are the reason behind it!!!
>
> *Enjoy your day with a heart of gratitude .*