..Donkey In the Well..

The following story I read on a Facebook page and found it too interesting that I'm posting it on my blog...

MUST READ IT GUYS !!... It really worth something special to learn --

One day a farmer's donkey fell down into a well. The animal cried piteously for hours as the farmer tried to figure out what to do. Finally, he decided the animal was old, and the well needed to be covered up anyway; it just wasn't worth it to retrieve the donkey.

He invited all his neighbors to come over and help him. They all grabbed a shovel and began to shovel dirt into the well. At first, the donkey realized what was happening and cried horribly. Then, to everyone's amazement he quieted down.

A few shovel loads later, the farmer finally looked down the well. He was astonished at what he saw. With each shovel of dirt that hit his back, the donkey was doing something amazing. He would shake it off and take a step up.

As the farmer's neighbors continued to shovel dirt on top of the animal, he would shake it off and take a step up. Pretty soon, everyone was amazed as the donkey stepped up over the edge of the well and happily trotted off!

MORAL :
Life is going to shovel dirt on you, all kinds of dirt. The trick to getting out of the well is to shake it off and take a step up. Each of our troubles is a steppingstone. We can get out of the deepest wells just by not stopping, never giving up! Shake it off and take a step up.

Remember the five simple rules to be happy:

1. Free your heart from hatred - Forgive.

2. Free your mind from worries - Most never happens.

3. Live simply and appreciate what you have.

4. Give more.

5. Expect less from people but more from yourself...

( Still if you forgot my initial article on "Key to Success", then Click Here...)

A poem that shook my sentiments

           -माँ की मजबूरी-

              

एक माँ चटाई पे लेटी आराम से सो रही थी...

कोई स्वप्न सरिता उसका मन भिगो रही थी...

तभी उसका बच्चा यूँही गुनगुनाते हुए आया...

माँ के पैरों को छूकर हल्के हल्के से हिलाया...

माँ उनीदी सी चटाई से बस थोड़ा उठी ही थी...

तभी उस नन्हे ने हलवा खाने की ज़िद कर दी...

माँ ने उसे पुचकारा और फिर गोद मे ले लिया...

फिर पास ही ईंटों से बने चूल्हे का रुख़ किया...

फिर उसने चूल्हे पे एक छोटी सी कढ़ाई रख दी...

फिर आग जला कर कुछ देर उसे तकती रही...

फिर बोली बेटा जब तक उबल रहा है ये पानी...

क्या सुनोगे तब तक कोई परियों वाली कहानी...

मुन्ने की आँखें अचानक खुशी से खिल गयी...        

जैसे उसको कोई मुँह माँगी मुराद हो मिल गयी...

माँ उबलते हुए पानी मे कल्छी ही चलाती रही...

परियों का कोई किस्सा मुन्ने को सुनाती रही...

फिर वो बच्चा उन परियों मे ही जैसे खो गया....

सामने बैठे बैठे ही लेटा और फिर वही सो गया...

फिर माँ ने उसे गोद मे ले लिया और मुस्काई...

फिर पता नहीं जाने क्यूँ उनकी आँख भर आई...

जैसा दिख रहा था वहाँ पर सब वैसा नही था...

घर मे इक रोटी की खातिर भी पैसा नही था...

राशन के डिब्बों मे तो बस सन्नाटा पसरा था...

कुछ बनाने के लिए घर मे कहाँ कुछ धरा था...

न जाने कब से घर मे चूल्हा ही नहीं जला था...

चूल्हा भी तो बेचारा माँ के आँसुओं से गला था...

फिर उस बेचारे को वो हलवा कहाँ से खिलाती...

उस जिगर के टुकड़े को रोता भी कैसे देख पाती...

वो मजबूरी उस नन्हे मन को माँ कैसे समझाती...

या फिर फालतू मे ही मुन्ने पर क्यूँ झुंझलाती...

इसलिए हलवे की बात वो कहानी मे टालती रही...

जब तक वो सोया नही, बस पानी उबालती रही...

Societal Ethics vs Love Relations

Societal Ethics   vs   Love Relations

        Before you start reading this article, I would like to bring your kind attention to your surroundings first. You would definitely not disagree that we live not only in the world of ethics but also bound by them throughout our lifespan. Human beings are those animals who have developed the most as compared to other species. They found society and preferred living under its purview. Then they gave rise to the ethics that became so powerful within a few span of time that it overtook the importance of love between those who are attached to one another mentally as well as emotionally.

       Through this article of mine, I would like to express my great confusion between the two concepts that we human beings have made necessary to live. One we call as SOCIETAL ETHICS and the other as LOVE RELATIONS. By the word “love relations” I mean particularly those love affairs that are totally against the “societal ethics”. If one is there, then the existence of the other would definitely be in a great worry. When we come to know about any love affair between the two well matured people and that too which is against the societal ethics, we start to think in a different way about that person whether a male or female. We treat them as against our society and its so called values after which we, in a manner, start a revolt against that love relation.

Though I'm not arguing that society is an unnecessary hindrance in the life of the human beings. Actually, societies and its ethical values are so important for the evolution of mankind that it would be almost impossible to live a human life with the stability we are living right now. A love relation makes us feel livelier, more energetic and it definitely gives us the proper meaning to our birth. But it would also not be wrong to say that it is the society that could make this love relation look more lovely. Man is a social animal and this we know from our childhoods. If any unacceptable love relation is rejected by the society, which is true in almost every case especially in a country like India, then it is quite impossible for this love relation to exist here in this world.

The fault is not only from the one end. Sometimes, I think that societal ethics are too rudely made that there is no scope for any love relation to enter within its limits. And sometimes the case is totally opposite. Even the love relationship between the two is so selfish, or I must say, so blindly selfish within itself that the loved ones do not bother about their social duties and responsibilities under which almost each human is bound worldwide.

There seems to be some kind of war between the two i.e. societal ethics and love relations. And we all know it very well that every war has a consequence of some sort of sacrifice from either ends. This war is actually not to showcase their superiority over the other but to represent one's existence within the limits of the other.

My confusion actually is here in this WAR i.e. which side I must take. Should I be with the societal ethics under which I was born and living, may be just for the sake of so called Mankind or Should I stand with the love relation which makes my life look more meaningful. Should I support the societal ethics because without them no love relation would practically exist forever or Should I favor the love relation without which no society would be as lively as it could. Although, if anyone of you have any answer then do tell me but kindly be sure to think over it critically.

                                                                     - Anuj Prakash Gautam