Motivational Stories Part Seven

🍂Pea Blossom

 

Five peas lived inside a green shell. The first four were arrogant while the last one was humble and kind hearted. They were happily spending their days when one day, the farmer came and plucked them. “What will happen to us?” the peas grew unsure of their fate.

One day, they found themselves in the hands of a child who began throwing them in all directions. While one fell into the gutter; the other went flying towards the sun; the other two fell before a pigeon that ate them instantly. The last pea however fell inside a hut where a poor woman lived with her sick child. The mother had given up all hopes for her daughter’s survival.

“Mother, look! There is a pea on the floor,” beamed the child. There was a glow in the girl’s pale cheeks. “Will you plant it outside my window?” As the pea took roots and grew, sprouting new leaves, the child too recovered.

🍂The Tree with Agate Beads

 

One day, a man and his dog went to hunt in the woods. There the man shot an arrow at a beautiful deer but the animal quickly escaped into a cave.

The man followed the animal into the dark cave. The animal went deeper and deeper into the cave and the man followed. Soon he realised that he was hopelessly lost and couldn’t find his way out. A while later, he heard his dog barking. Following the sound, he felt his way in the darkness. His hands touched a tree, which seemed to have berries on it. When the man broke off a branch, the tree began to talk! The frightened man ran out as fast as he could. Outside, he discovered that the berries on the branch were actually precious agate beads.

When the people heard the story they went in search of the tree. Instead they found that evil sprits had taken it away and had left strange carvings on the walls of the cave that are there even today.

Story - 3

There was once this professional thief. He was incredibly talented. He was one of the most brilliant people I had ever heard about. Not that I'm considering a new line of work, but the way he planned his burglaries was fascinating. He burglarized homes for twenty-one years without getting caught. He never hurt anyone. He only broke in during the day if no one was home. The police were so frustrated. They had figured out his pattern, and they knew, generally, where he would hit, but he always outsmarted them. They brought in federal agents and some of the most brilliant detectives around. But still, year after year, he continued to elude them.

Then, because of a fluke, he was caught after twenty-one years. I saw an interview with him. He looked like a typical middle-class businessman. He did not look like a thief. An interviewer asked him, "With all of your skills and expertise, why did you choose a life of crime?"

I'll never forget the way he answered. "This is all that I know how to do," he said. The thief told how he was raised in a dysfunctional family. He didn't have anyone really giving him guidance. As I watched his interview, I thought, How limited we become in our thinking. We get so one-dimensional.

I wanted to say to the thief, "If you could steal successfully for twenty-one years, outsmarting some of the brightest minds around, don't you think you could run your own business? Don't you think you could do something equally as successful, being productive with your life?"

Use the same skills, but change your approach.