Heal Yourself With Your Thoughts

One day the young Thomas Alva Edition came home and handed a paper to his mother from his school. He told her, "My teacher gave this paper to me and told me to give it only to you." His mother's eyes were tearful as she read the letter out loud to her son, "Your son is a genius. The school is too small for him and doesn't have good teachers for training him. Please teach him yourself." After years, Edison's mother died and he was renowned as one of the greatest inventors of the century. One day he was going through his old family things. Suddenly, he noticed a folded paper in the corner of a drawer. He took it and opened it up. On the paper was written, "Your son is addled. We won't let him come to school anymore." Thomas Edison cried for hours and then he wrote in his diary: " Thomas Alva Edison was an addled child that, by a hero mother, became the genius of the century."

More than a decade ago, a man was reading his morning newspaper. To his surprise and horror, he read his name in the obituary column. The newspapers had mistakenly reported the death of the wrong person for sure. He was shocked to read news headline about his death. When he regained his composure, He read it to find out what people had said about him.  The obituary included sentences like, "Dynamite King Dies." and "He was the merchant of death." The man was the inventor of dynamite and when he read the words, 'merchant of death,' he asked himself a question. "Is this how am I going to be remembered?" he asked himself. He decided that this was not the way he wanted to be remembered and he decided to change. From that day on, he started working towards world peace. His name was Alfred Nobel and he is remembered today by the great Nobel prize, the greatest of all the prizes. The Nobel prize has been honoring men and women from all corners of...

Once at an interview at a reputed business school, a panel of intelligent  Interviewers was taking interview of prospective students for admission in the school. When one of the prospective students entered the room and nervously sat on the chair in front of them, the panel said to the boy, “We shall either ask you ten easy questions or one really difficult question. Choose carefully as it will determine your admission to the school!” The boy thought for a while and answered, “I would like to answer one really difficult question.” “Well, good luck to you, you have made your choice! Now answer us. What comes first, Day or Night?” The boy was jolted into reality as his admission depended on the correctness of his answer to this single question, but he thought for a while and said, “It’s the day sir!” “How?” asked the interviewer. “Sorry sir, you assured me that I do not need to answer the second difficult question!” He was selected for admission.

A professor entered his classroom with a glass of water. He raised  the glass of water. everyone in the room expected the: half entry or half full” question. Instead, to everyone’s surprise, the professor smiled and inquired: “ How heavy is this glass of water?”. The answers called out for the range from 8 Oz to 15 Oz. “ I need to weigh it to know how much exactly it weighs. But the question, I really want you to answer is – what if I held the glass up  for a minute?”, asked the professor. “ Nothing” the students answered unanimously. “ But what if I hold it for an hour?” asked the professor. “ Your arms will start aching “ , answered one of the students. “ You are right!, But what if I held it up for a whole day?”, queried the professor. “ Your arms will feel numb, your muscles get stressed and it may even get paralyzed” ventured an another student . “ You are right!”, exclaimed the professor. “ So what should I do to avoid the pain “ asked the professor. ...

A samurai who was known for his nobility and honesty, went to visit a monk to ask him for his advice. When the monk had finished his prayers, the Samurai asked, “Why do I feel so inferior? I have faced death many times, have defended those who are weak. Nevertheless, upon seeing you meditating, I felt that my life had absolutely no importance whatsoever.” “Wait. Once I have attended to all those who come to see me today, I shall answer you.” – replied the monk. The samurai spent the whole day sitting in the temple gardens, watching the people go in and out in search of advice. He saw how the monk received them all with the same patience and the same illuminated smile on his face. At nightfall, when everyone had gone, he demanded: “Now can you teach me?” The master invited him in and led him to his room. The full moon shone in the sky, and the atmosphere was one of profound tranquility. “Do you see the moon, how beautiful it is? It will cross the entire firmament, and tomo...

A man and his son were once going with their Donkey to market. As they were walking along by its side a countryman passed them and said : "You fool, what a Donkey for but to ride is upon?"  So the Man put the Boy on the Donkey and they went on their way. But soon they passed a group of men. One of whom said : "See that lazy youngster. He lets his father walk while he rides."  So the Man ordered his Boy to get off and got on himself. But they hadn't gone far when they passed two women. One of whom said to the other : "Shame on that lazy lout to let his poor little son trudge along."  Well the Man did not know what to do. But at last he took his Boy up before him on the Donkey. By this time they had come to the town and the passers-by began to jeer and point at them. The Man stopped and asked what they were scoffing at. The men said :  "Aren't you ashamed of yourself for overloading that poor Donkey of yours - you and your hulking son?"  T...