The little butterfly

A girl butterfly sat on the sidewalk watching the other butterflies play. They were laughing and swinging, taking turns pushing each other. She watched them whisper secrets to each other. She had tried to be friends with them, but they told her they didn't like the way she looked. To play with them, she had to speak like them, behave like them, laugh like them, and appear to be part of the crowd like them her parents worked hard to make her like the other butterflies. They bought her what they could, but she had siblings that needed things too. She loved her parents. She didn't blame them. She couldn't figure out why everyone wanted her to change She was nice. She knew how to act right. Yet every day she sat and watched everyone play.

She would get lonely, she would get angry, and she even tried to make friends with bad butterflies from old times, so that they play with her. But at the end when they played a little , she knew they were not good and she really did not want to be with them.

She also wrote little poems to god

If you only knew my pain, then maybe you would understand.
If you could only see the, tears that I have cried.
If you could only hear, that agony that I've gone through. Maybe then you'd understand.
If you could only feel, my hopes and dreams disintegrate.
If only you knew, maybe then you'd understand my pain. The hurt that I've gone through, seems too great for me.
If only you could feel my pain, hear my hopes fall to the ground, see my dreams crushed beneath you feet. Can you hear my faint cry for help?
I have hurt more than you can imagine,

If you only knew my pain, then maybe you would see ,My soul broke into tiny shards of broken glass ,my heart to stone and then broke it into tiny pebbles.

How can you not see the pain, how can you not understand?

God heard her and sent her a boy butterfly, they both became friends, flew from flower to flower, garden to garden and were happy, gathering honey   and maybe were in love

Her old butterflies from the past saw her happy and constantly tried to get back to her for whatever reasons and tempted her .She used to get tempted of and on and felt they would want to be with them as well.

Now that her world seemed different, she wanted to still test the boy butterfly   

One day, they decided to play a game and the girl butterfly said “one who sits in this flower tomorrow first in the morning loves the other one more....." .The boy butterfly agreed .Next morning, the girl butterfly waits for the flower to open so that she can sit first . Finally, the flower opened .And what did she see? The buy butterfly had died inside the flower. He stayed there all night ,so that early in the morning as soon as she sees him he can fly and tell her how much he loved her.

Message : In a youthful world  where we are mechanically working morning to night ,are living in a nuclear family ,far away from our homes – the desire of pleasure , companionship , the mercurial world , loneliness , make us speak , act in a certain way .

Very often we forget to count our blessings, question our relationships, our companions, we forget living might mean taking chances, but they are worth taking, loving might be a mistake, but it’s worth making. May we all get what we want, but more importantly learn to love what we have.
I've observed and learnt that the greater part of our happiness or misery depends on our dispositions and not on our circumstances.

The monkey's paw

The Monkey's Paw" is a story   by author W. W. Jacobs.

The story involves Mr. & Mrs. White and their grown-up son, A friend gives them a monkey's paw, telling of its mysterious powers to grant three wishes, and tells the family of its journey from an old fakir to his comrade.

Mr. White greedily wishes for 200 pounds. Suddenly there is a knock on the door and they get a message that their son is killed by machinery at his company, and they will get the insurance amount of 200 pounds.

Days after they bury Herbert, Mrs. White, almost mad with grief, asks her husband to wish Herbert back to life with the paw. Mr. White is very reluctant, scared but does so. After few moments there are rapid knocking sounds on their door. Mrs. White already mad with grief, shrieks, fumbles at the locks in an attempt to open the door. Mr. White goes white with fear and thinks that if it is his son, he cannot be allowed inside the house, as his appearance will be too horrific; since his son was mutilated by the accident and was buried for more than a week.

Mr. White shaking with fear wishes his third wish; that Herbert be dead again. The knocking stops. Mrs. White already mad opens the door to find no one there and runs out of the house with grief

Later when Mr. White saw, the description of the paw was: '"It has a spell put on it by an old holy man. He wanted to show that if fate ruled people's lives, and those who interfered with it did so to their sorrow"'.

 Moral of the story  : Always be thankful for what you have and careful of what  you wish for , god might fulfill some of these wishes and at times they might come at a huge cost . 

care for your loved ones

A story given by a smart brain , with a cute head... a story that happened  somewhere. In order to renovate the house, a man breaks open the wall. There was  a  hollow space between the wooden walls. When tearing down the walls, he  found that there was a lizard stuck there because a nail from outside  hammered into one of its feet.   He sees this, feels pity, and at the same time curious, as when he checked  the nail, it was nailed 5 years ago when the house was first built!!! What happened? The lizard has survived in such position for 5 years . In a dark wall partition for 5 years without moving, it is impossible and  mind-boggling. Then he wondered how this lizard survived for 5  years! without moving a single step--since its foot was nailed! So he stopped his work and observed the lizard, what it has been doing,  and what and how it has been eating. Later, not knowing from where it came,  appears another lizard,with food in its mouth.Ah! He was stunned and   touched deeply.   For the lizard that was stuck by nail, another lizard has been feeding it  for the past 5 years... Imagine? It has been doing that untiringly for 5 long years, without giving up  hope on its partner. Imagine what a small creature can do that a creature blessed with a brilliant mind  can't. Please never abandon your loved ones   message ...Never Say you are Busy When They Really Need You ...You  May Have The Entire World At Your Feet.But You Might Be The Only  World To Them.. A Moment of negligence might break the very heart which  loves you through all odds.. Before you say something just remember..it takes  a moment to break but an entire lifetime to make...

When everything is all right

This hope was for someone who has been and shall be  very deAR to me  ... 

When the Idea is not right God says No

When the idea is not the best God says NO

When the idea is absolutely wrong , even though it may help you , it could create problems for someone else , God says NO

When the time is not right , god says “Slow”

What a catastrophe it would be if god answered every prayer at the snap of fingers .Do you know what would happen ?God would become your servant , not your master

Suddenly god would be working for you , instead of you working for God.

Remember :

God’s delays are not God’s denials .

God’s timing is perfect .Patience is what we need in prayer.

When you are not right god says grow

            A selfish person has to grow in unselfishness

            A timid person has to grow in courage

            A dominating person has to grow in confidence

            A critical person has to grow in sensitivity

            A negative person has to grow in positive attitudes

            A pleasure seeking person has to grow in compassion for suffering people

Do not do wrong , or wrong others , willfully or by mistake , for god is watching and you will repent

When everything’s all right , god says GO & miracles happen

The door to your dream suddenly swings open & there stands God saying “GO”

Unknown are the reasons -but their is a purpose

A monk was travelling , after a big storm ,disheartened he stopped looked around , and mumbled -"everything is wrong . Where is god , where is nature ; does anything have a purpose in life . Look at the huge banyan tree , it is so big but it has a small fruit the size of a small almond. Look at that huge creeper lying on the floor , it has a fruit which is a huge pumpkin .Nothing has been matched , there is no perfection , maybe god / nature have gone wrong .Wrong things have wrong pairs ". He kept on feeling unhappy & sorry ; then grumbling he fell asleep under the huge banyan tree.

The storm continued to rage , he was protected by the huge tree , suddenly the small banyan fruit fell on the monk ; he got up frightened , looked at the small fruit , at the huge banyan tree ; the creeper and the huge pumpkin growing on the creeper.

He wondered to himself "maybe nature was correct , if the banyan tree had a fruit the size of a pumpkin ; and instead of the small fruit , the pumpkin would have fallen on me , i would be dead "

message

Unknown are the ways of nature ; unknown are the reasons the hearts come together ; unknown are the reasons the things became the way they are ..maybe everything had a purpose ;maybe they did not .Life is not what comes to you , life is what you interpret of it ..live every moment ;for the moment will be gone

The Golden Axe

A story heard often..

There were 2 woodcutters A , B . They would go to the forest located on the banks of a river to cut wood .This they would sell & earn their livelihood. They would stand far away at different ends of the river bank, in order to give each other a fair share of the wood.

Their 2 WOODEN Axes, were the only priceless possession they had.

One day while they where cutting wood , their respective axes fell into the river .

Suddenly the river god appeared in front of B and said "what can i do to help you " , to which B said that he had lost his axe . The river god dived in and came back with three axes -a diamond, a golden and a wooden axe; he asked "is any of this yours ?" .To this B replied greedily "yes, both the diamond & golden are mine" . The river god swallowed him up .

Then the river god appeared in front of A and repeated the same process. A said only the wooden axe was his . The river god gifted him all three.

Moral of the story :
Honesty & ethics does get you results . In a corporate ,materialistic environment , it is easy to be distracted , seduced by riches & a desire to be dishonest ; the wrongs do catch up..never let your integrity , honesty be compromised

The 2 parrots

2 parrots were born to a holy parrot couple. These parrots had the gift to speak the human language.

At birth they got separated and one lived in a temple , while the other lived in the dark alleys of the crime world .

The one in the temple would always look hungrily at the food /money and the offerings the devotees brought to the temple.He always thought that living with these rich devotees or in a temple which had so many devotees ; would be such a delightful experience - a world of no needs , a world of satisfaction.

The parrot living in the dark alley saw little poor children trying to study hard , he saw the criminals coming back & repenting on their wayward behaviour , their crimes . He saw that most of them had a desire to lead a normal , honest life .The criminls talked about all the good they would want to do, but did not know how to.

As time passed , the parrot at the temple became greedier,lazier and was besotted with medical problems and could barely move. The parrot of the crime alley , listening to children read, hearing the good thoughts of bad people , became a renowned philosopher , who could counsel people , on the rights & wrongs ..people came from far & wide to listen to him...

On the day of judgement the temple parrot asked the crime alley parrot " why , even though I lived in a divine environment , I suffered , whereas you coming from a dark crime alley are loved by people ?"

the answer was -

it is not what lives throws you into , which determines your outcome ; but it is what you choose to do and how you react to what life gives you , defines the path you will walk .Destiny if what you make of each day .