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  Mothers Sacrifice My mom only had one eye. I hated her… she was such an embarrassment. My mom ran a small shop at a flea market. She collected little weeds and such to sell… anything for the money we needed she was such an embarrassment. There was this one day during elementary school. I remember that it was field day, and my mom came. I was so embarrassed. How could she do this to me? I threw her a hateful look and ran out. The next day at school… “Your mom only has one eye?!” and they taunted me. I wished that my mom would just disappear from this world so I said to my mom, “Mom, why don’t you have the other eye?! You’re only going to make me a laughingstock. Why don’t you just die?” My mom did not respond. I guess I felt a little bad, but at the same time, it felt good to think that I had said what I’d wanted to say all this time. Maybe it was because my mom hadn’t punished me, but I didn’t think that I had hurt her feelings very badly. That night… I woke up, and went to the kitch

  Gift from Daughter The story goes that some time ago, a man punished his 3-year-old daughter for wasting a roll of gold wrapping paper. Money was tight and he became infuriated when the child tried to decorate a box to put under the Christmas tree. Nevertheless, the little girl brought the gift to her father the next morning and said, “This is for you, Daddy.” The man was embarrassed by his earlier overreaction, but his anger flared again when he found out the box was empty. He yelled at her, stating, “Don’t you know, when you give someone a present, there is supposed to be something inside? The little girl looked up at him with tears in her eyes and cried, “Oh, Daddy, it’s not empty at all. I blew kisses into the box. They’re all for you, Daddy.” The father was crushed. He put his arms around his little girl, and he begged for her forgiveness. Only a short time later, an accident took the life of the child. It is also told that her father kept that gold box by his bed for many years

  Five More Minutes While at the park one day, a woman sat down next to a man on a bench near a playground. “That’s my son over there,” she said, pointing to a little boy in a red sweater who was gliding down the slide. “He’s a fine looking boy” the man said. “That’s my daughter on the bike in the white dress.” Then, looking at his watch, he called to his daughter. “What do you say we go, Melissa?” Melissa pleaded, “Just five more minutes, Dad. Please? Just five more minutes.” The man nodded and Melissa continued to ride her bike to her heart’s content. Minutes passed and the father stood and called again to his daughter. “Time to go now?” Again Melissa pleaded, “Five more minutes, Dad. Just five more minutes.” The man smiled and said, “OK.” “My, you certainly are a patient father,” the woman responded. The man smiled and then said, “Her older brother Tommy was killed by a drunk driver last year while he was riding his bike near here. I never spent much time with Tommy and now I’d give

  Evening Dinner with a Father A son took his old father to a restaurant for an evening dinner. Father being very old and weak, while eating, dropped food on his shirt and trousers. Other diners watched him in disgust while his son was calm.  After he finished eating, his son who was not at all embarrassed, quietly took him to the wash room, wiped the food particles, removed the stains, combed his hair and fitted his spectacles firmly. When they came out, the entire restaurant was watching them in dead silence, not able to grasp how someone could embarrass themselves publicly like that. The son settled the bill and started walking out with his father.   At that time, an old man amongst the diners called out to the son and asked him, “Don’t you think you have left something behind?”.  The son replied, “No sir, I haven’t”.  The old man retorted, “Yes, you have! You left a lesson for every son and hope for every father”.   The restaurant went silent.  Moral: To care for those who once car

  Father Son Conversation Once day, father was doing some work and his son came and asked, “Daddy, may I ask you a question?” Father said, “Yeah sure, what it is?” So his son asked, “Dad, how much do you make an hour?” Father got bit upset and said, “That’s none of your business. Why do you ask such a thing?” Son said, “I just want to know. Please tell me, how much do you make an hour?” So, father told him that “I make Rs. 500 per hour.”   “Oh”, the little boy replied, with his head down. Looking up, he said, “Dad, may I please borrow Rs. 300?” The father furiously said, “if the only reason you asked about my pay is so that you can borrow some money to buy a silly toy or other nonsense, then march yourself to your room and go to bed. Think why you are being so selfish. I work hard every day and do not like this childish behavior.”  The little boy quietly went to his room and shut the door. The man sat down and started to get even angrier about the little boy’s questions. How dare he as

  The Secret of Success Edison organized a meeting to show electric light bulbs for his friends and fellow scientists, that meeting took place at the top floor of his lab. Edison asked his assistant to bring the electric bulb to the top floor. When the servant came with the bulb, it accidentally fell and broke down. Everyone was shocked. But Edison was not surprised. It was easy for him to recreate the electric bulb as he met thousands of defeats and won them. He tried a little and made a bulb immediately. He gave it back to the assistant and told him to take it to the top floor. Are you giving the job back to the person who broke down the bulb?, asked some of them to Edison. Edison said, I was able to make the bulb even after it was broken. But if I hurt him, how can I fix it? If you give him the task again, he will realize his responsibility and my trust, then he will work with extra care. That's why I did it. At that time, others saw Edison's patience and felt that it had go

  The Clever Thief Devan was a clever thief. He robbed the rich and gave all to the sick and the needy. The other thieves were jealous of him. They planned to get rid of him. They challenged him to steal the King's Pyjamas. Devan accepted the challenge. After that he prepared to execute the new challenge. He charted out a plan to steal the King's pyjamas. He went to the King's Palace. He found the King sleeping. He opened a bottle of red ants on the bed. The King was badly bitten. He cried for help, the servants rushed in. Devan removed the King's Pyjamas at that time and escaped. On seeing that pyjamas, other thieves were dumb founded. They accepted Devan as their leader. Moral : Be Clever. புத்திசாலி திருடன் தேவன் ஒரு புத்திசாலி திருடன். அவன் செல்வந்தர்களிடம் கொள்ளையடித்து நோயாளிகளுக்கும் ஏழைகளுக்கும் கொடுத்தான். மற்ற திருடர்கள் அவன் மீது பொறாமை கொண்டிருந்தனர். அவர்கள் அவனை முடித்துக்கட்ட திட்டமிட்டனர். அவர்கள் ராஜாவின் பைஜாமாக்களை உன்னால் திருட முடியுமா என்று அவனிடம்

                             1. GOOD BEGINNING MAKES A GOOD ENDING நல்ல தொடக்கம் நல்ல முடிவைத் தரும் 2 A BAD WORKMAN BLAMES HIS TOOLS ஆடத் தெரியாதவன் தெருக்கோணல் என்றான் 3 A BURNT CHILD DREADS FIRE சூட கண்ட பூனை அடுப்பங்கரை நாடாது. 4 A CANDLE LIGHTS OTHERS AND CONSUMES ITSELF கணக்கன் கணக்கறிவான். தன் கணக்கை தானறியான் 5 A CLEAN HAND WANTS NO WASHING பொன் குடத்துக்கு பொட்டு வேண்டுமா 6 A CRACKLED BALL CAN NEVER SOUND WELL உடைந்த சங்கு பரியாது 7 A EYE FOR AN EYE AND A TOOTH FOR A TOOTH கண்ணுக்கு கண்ணும் பல்லுக்கு பல்லும் 8 A FRIEND IN NEED IS A FRIEND INDEED ஆபத்தில் உதவி செய்பவனே உண்மையான நண்பன் 9 A GUEST IS A GUEST FOR TWO DAYS, ON THE THIRD HE IS A PEST விருந்தும் மருந்தும் மூன்று நாள் 10 PREVENTION IS BETTER THAN CURE வருமுன் காப்பதே சிறந்தது 11 A HONEY TONGUE AND A HEART OF GALL அடி நாக்கிலே நஞ்சும். நுனி நாக்கிலே தேனும். 12 A HUNGRY MAN IS AN ANFRY MAN பசி வந்திடப் பத்தும் பறந்து போகும். 13 A LIE HAS NO LEGS கதைக்கு காலில்லை 14 A WILD GOOSE NEVER LAID A TAME EGG புலிக்குப் பிறந்தது ப

  Fear vs Respect   Long time ago very cruel king name Virat Singh was ruling the city of Vijay Nagar. All citizens were fearful because of his cruelty. Virat has a dog named Jack, which he used to love more than anything, one fateful morning Jack died. Virat Singh organized last rituals for dog; entire city came to cremation ground. Virat Singh was very happy to see that people love him so much and he felt he is the most popular king in the world. After few days Virat Singh died, but no one came for his funerals. Moral: Respect is something you have to earn, you cannot force it on others to respect you. There is a thin line between Fear and Respect, every one of us should understand it and do necessary corrections in our personalities.

  A Soldiers Story A story is told about a soldier who was finally coming home after having fought in Vietnam. He called his parents from San Francisco. “Mom and Dad, I’m coming home, but I’ve a favor to ask. I have a friend I’d like to bring home with me. “Sure,” they replied, “we’d love to meet him.”  “There’s something you should know,” the son continued, “he was hurt pretty badly in the fighting. He stepped on a land mind and lost an arm and a leg. He has nowhere else to go, and I want him to come live with us.”  “I’m sorry to hear that, son. Maybe we can help him find somewhere to live.”  “No, Mom and Dad, I want him to live with us.”  “Son,” said the father, “you don’t know what you’re asking. Someone with such a handicap would be a terrible burden on us. We have our own lives to live, and we can’t let something like this interfere with our lives. I think you should just come home and forget about this guy. He’ll find a way to live on his own.”  At that point, the son hung up the