A Pound of Butter

There was a farmer who sold a pound of butter to the baker. One day the baker decided to weigh the butter to see if he was getting a pound and he found that he was not. This angered him and he took the farmer to court. The judge asked the farmer if he was using any measure. The farmer replied, amour Honor, I am primitive. I don't have a proper measure, but I do have a scale." The judge asked, "Then how do you weigh the butter?" The farmer replied "Your Honor, long before the baker started buying butter from me, I have been buying a pound loaf of bread from him. Every day when the baker brings the bread, I put it on the scale and give him the same weight in butter." 

What is the moral of the story? We get back in life what we give to others. Whenever you take an action, ask yourself this question: Am I giving fair value for the wages or money I hope to make? Honesty and dishonesty become a habit. Some people practice dishonesty and can lie with a straight face. Others lie so much that they don't even know what the truth is anymore. But who are they deceiving? Themselves

आगे सफर था और पीछे हमसफर था

आगे सफर था और पीछे हमसफर था

रूकते तो सफर छूट जाता और चलते तो हमसफर छूट जाता

मंजिल की भी हसरत थी और उनसे भी मोहब्बत थी

ए दिल तू ही बता,उस वक्त मैं कहाँ जाता

मुद्दत का सफर भी था और बरसो का हमसफर भी था

रूकते तो बिछड जाते और चलते तो बिखर जाते

यूँ समँझ लो, प्यास लगी थी गजब की मगर पानी मे जहर था

पीते तो मर जाते और ना पीते तो भी मर जाते

बस यही दो मसले, जिंदगीभर ना हल हुए

ना नींद पूरी हुई, ना ख्वाब मुकम्मल हुए

वक़्त ने कहा काश थोड़ा और सब्र होता

सब्र ने कहा काश थोड़ा और वक़्त होता

"शिकायते तो बहुत है तुझसे ऐ जिन्दगी,

पर चुप इसलिये हु कि, जो दिया तूने,

वो भी बहुतो को नसीब नहीं होता"

जब लगे पैसा कमाने, तो समझ आया,

शौक तो मां- बाप के पैसों से पुरे होते थे,

अपने पैसों से तो सिर्फ जरूरतें पुरी होती है।

Time

                     How to stop time : kiss

                     How to travel in time : read

                     How to escape time : music

                     How to feel time : write

                     How to release time : breathe

Nothing is Permanent

Seventeen Camels

A father left 17 Camels as an Asset for his Three Sons.

When the Father passed away, his sons opened up the will.

The Will of the Father stated that the Eldest son should get Half of 17 Camels,

The Middle Son should be given 1/3rd of 17 Camels,

Youngest Son should be given 1/9th of the 17 Camels,

As it is not possible to divide 17 into half or 17 by 3 or 17 by 9, the sons started to fight with each other.

So, they decided to go to a wise man.

The wise man listened patiently about the Will. The wise man, after giving this thought, brought one camel of his own & added the same to 17. That increased the total to 18 camels.

Now, he started reading the deceased father’s will.

Half of 18 = 9.
So he gave 9 camels
to the eldest son.

1/3rd of 18 = 6.
So he gave 6 camels
to the middle son.

1/9th of 18 = 2.
So he gave 2 camels
to the youngest son.

Now add this up:
9 + 6 + 2 = 17 &
This leaves 1 camel,
which the wise man took back.

MORAL: The attitude of negotiation & problem solving is to find the 18th camel i.e. the common ground. Once a person is able to find the common ground, the issue is resolved. It is difficult at times.

However, to reach a solution, the first step is to believe that there is a solution. If we think that there is no solution, we won’t be able to reach any!