A professor in the science of English grammar undertook a sea voyage.
During the voyage, he asked the sailor whether knew anything of
the science of grammar.
The sailor replied that he did not.
"Then you have lost one half of your life" said
the professor.

Later, a violent storm blew out. Wind and waves swept and tossed the vessel
like a feather, and the small ship was about to sink.
The sailor came near the grammarian and
asked him, "Do you know how to swim, sir?"
The grammarian replied sadly that he did not.
The sailor smiled and said to him, "Then you have lost all your life".

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One wintry day a Woodman was tramping home from his work when
he saw something black lying on the snow. When he came closer he
saw it was a Serpent to all appearance dead. But he took it up
and put it in his bosom to warm while he hurried home. As soon as
he got indoors he put the Serpent down on the hearth before the
fire. The children watched it and saw it slowly come to life
again. Then one of them stooped down to stroke it, but the
Serpent raised its head and put out its fangs and was about to
sting the child to death. So the Woodman seized his axe, and with
one stroke cut the Serpent in two. "Ah," said he,

"No gratitude from the wicked."

A young Man had been caught in a daring act of theft and had
been condemned to be executed for it. He expressed his desire to
see his Mother, and to speak with her before he was led to
execution, and of course this was granted. When his Mother came
to him he said: "I want to whisper to you," and when she brought
her ear near him, he nearly bit it off. All the bystanders were
horrified, and asked him what he could mean by such brutal and
inhuman conduct. "It is to punish her," he said. "When I was
young I began with stealing little things, and brought them home
to Mother. Instead of rebuking and punishing me, she laughed and
said: "It will not be noticed." It is because of her that I am
here to-day."

"He is right, woman," said the Priest; "the Lord hath said:

"Train up a child in the way he should go; and
when he is old he will not depart therefrom

A Lion had come to the end of his days and lay sick unto death
at the mouth of his cave, gasping for breath. The animals, his
subjects, came round him and drew nearer as he grew more and
more
helpless. When they saw him on the point of death they thought to
themselves: "Now is the time to pay off old grudges." So the Boar
came up and drove at him with his tusks; then a Bull gored him
with his horns; still the Lion lay helpless before them: so the
Ass, feeling quite safe from danger, came up, and turning his tail
to the Lion kicked up his heels into his face. "This is a double
death," growled the Lion.

Only cowards insult dying majesty

The Lion went once a-hunting along with the Fox, the Jackal,
and the Wolf. They hunted and they hunted till at last they
surprised a Stag, and soon took its life. Then came the question
how the spoil should be divided. "Quarter me this Stag," roared
the Lion; so the other animals skinned it and cut it into four
parts. Then the Lion took his stand in front of the carcass and
pronounced judgment: The first quarter is for me in my capacity
as King of Beasts; the second is mine as arbiter; another share
comes to me for my part in the chase; and as for the fourth
quarter, well, as for that, I should like to see which of you will
dare to lay a paw upon it."

"Humph," grumbled the Fox as he walked away with his tail
between his legs; but he spoke in a low growl
."You may share the labours of the great,
but you will not share the spoil."

A professor began his class by holding up a glass with
some water in it. 

He held it up for all to see; asked the students,' How much
do you think this glass weighs?' 

'50gms!' .... '100gms!' ......'125gms' ......the students answered. 

'I really don't know unless I weigh it,' said the professor,
'but, my question is: 
What would happen if I held it up like this for a few minutes?' 

'Nothing' the students said. 

'Ok what would happen if I held it up 
like this for an hour? ' the professor asked. 

'Your arm would begin to ache' said one of the students. 

'You're right, now what would happen if I held it for a day? ' 

'Your arm could go numb, you might have severe muscle 
stress; paralysis; 


have to go to hospital for sure!'ventured another student;
all the students laughed. 

'Very good. But during all this, did the weight of the 
glass change?' asked the professor. 

'No' the students said. 

Then what caused the arm ache & the muscle stress? ' 

The students were puzzled. 

'Put the glass down!' said one of the students. 

'Exactly!' said the professor.' Life's problems are 
something like this . 

Hold it for a few minutes in your head; they seem OK. 

Think of them for a long time & they begin to ache.
Hold it even longer & they begin to paralyze you. You will
not be able to do anything. 

It's important to think of the challenges (problems) in your
life,but 

EVEN MORE IMPORTANT to 'put them down' at the end of 
every day before you go to sleep. 


That way, you are not stressed, you wake up every day
fresh & strong & can handle any issue, any challenge that 
comes your way!'

There was a man who had four sons. He wanted his sons to learn not to judge things too quickly. So he sent them each on a quest, in turn, to go and look at a pear tree that was a great distance away . The first son went in the winter, the second in the spring, the third in summer, and the youngest son in the fall.

When they had all gone and come back, he called them together to describe what they had seen . The first son said that the tree was ugly, bent, and twisted .The second son said no it was covered with green buds and full of promise .The third son disagreed; he said it was laden with blossoms that smelled so sweet and looked so beautiful, it was the most graceful thing he had ever seen . The last son disagreed with all of them; he said it was ripe and drooping with fruit, full of life and fulfillment. The man then explained to his sons that they were all right, because they had each seen but only one season in the tree's life. He told them that you cannot judge a tree, or a person, by only one season and that the essence of who they are and the pleasure, joy, and love that come from that life can only be measured at the end, when all the seasons are up. If you give up when it's winter, you will miss the promise of your spring the beauty of your summer, the fulfillment of your fall.

Moral lessons:

Don't judge life by one difficult season.

Don't let the pain of one season destroy the joy of all the rest.

Persevere through the difficult patches and better times are sure to come some time or later.

There was a boy who was always losing his temper.
His father gave him a bag full of nails and said to him,
“My son, I want you to hammer a nail into our garden
fence every time you need to direct your anger 
against something and you lose your temper.” 
So the son started to follow his father’s advice. 
On the first day he hammered in 37 nails,
but getting the nails into the fence was not easy,
so he started trying to control himself when he got .
As the days went by, he was hammering in less nails,
and within weeks he was able to control himself and
was able to refrain from getting and from hammering nails.
He came to his father and told him what he had achieved.
His father was with his efforts and said to him: “But now,
my son, you have to take out a nail for every day that you
do not get .” 
The son started to take out the nails for each day that
he did not get , until there were no nails left in the fence. 
He came to his father and told him what he had achieved. 
His father took him to the fence and said, “My son,
you have done well, but look at these holes in the fence.
This fence will never be the same again.” Then he added:
“When you say things in a state of anger, they leave
marks like these holes on the hearts of others.
You can stab a person and withdraw the knife but it 
doesn’t matter how
many times you say ‘I’m sorry,’ because the wound will remain .

This is a love story that u will never forget...
He met her on a party. She was so outstanding, many guys chasing after her
,
while he was so normal, nobody paid attention to him. At the end of the
party, he invited her to have coffee with him, she was surprised, but 
due to
being polite, she promised.
They sat in a nice coffee shop, he was too nervous to say anything, she 
felt
uncomfortable, she thought, please, let me go home.. suddenly he asked 
the
waiter: "would you please give me some salt? I'd like to put it in my
coffee."
Everybody stared at him, so strange! His face turned red, but, still, 
he put
the salt in his coffee and drank it. She asked him curiously: why you 
have
this hobby?
He replied: "when I was a little boy, I was living near the sea,
I liked playing in the sea, I could feel the taste of the sea , just 
like
the taste of the salty coffee. Now every time I have the salty coffee, 
I
always think of my childhood, think of my hometown, I miss my hometown 
so
much, I miss my parents who are still living there". While saying that
tears filled his eyes. She was deeply touched.
That's his true feeling, from the bottom of his heart. A man who can 
tell
out his homesickness, he must be a man who loves home, cares about 
home, has
responsibility of home.. Then she also started to speak, spoke about 
her
faraway hometown, her childhood, her family. That was a really nice 
talk,
also a beautiful beginning of their story.
They continued to date. She found that actually he was a man who meets 
all
her demands; he had tolerance, was kind hearted, warm, careful. He was 
such
a good person but she almost missed him! Thanks to his salty coffee! 
Then
the story was just like every beautiful love story, the princess 
married to
the prince, then they were living the happy life... And, every time she 
made
coffee for him, she put some salt in the coffee, as she knew that's the 
way
he liked it.
After 40 years, he passed away, left her a letter which said: "My 
dearest,
please forgive me, forgive my whole life lie. This was the only lie I 
said
to you---the salty coffee. Remember the first time we dated? I was so
nervous at that time, actually I wanted some sugar, but I said salt It 
was
hard for me to change so I just went ahead. I never thought that could 
be
the start of our communication!
I tried to tell you the truth many times in my life, but I was too 
afraid to
do that, as I have promised not to lie to you for anything.. Now I'm 
dying,
I afraid of nothing so I tell you the truth: I don't like the salty 
coffee,
what a strange bad taste.. But I have had the salty coffee for my whole
life! Since I knew you, I never feel sorry for anything I do for you. 
Having
you with me is my biggest happiness for my whole life. If I can live 
for the
second time, still want to know you and have you for my whole life, 
even
though I have to drink the salty coffee again".
Her tears made the letter totally wet.
Someday, someone asked her: what's the taste of salty coffee?
It's sweet. She replied.
Pass this 2 everyone coz
love is not 2 forget
but 2 forgive
not 2 c but understand
not 2 hear but 2 listen
not 2 let go but HOLD ON !!!!
Love begins with a smile, grows with a kiss and ends with a tear.
"The glory of Success is in bouncing high every time you 
hit the bottom!!"
“Love is not selfish so Love is not being happy it is to make happy whom you love even if you are unhappy with it.” 

one day a woman came out of her home in the morning and saw 3 old men with a long white beard sitting in her front yard . she said to herself I do not think I know those men , but they must be hungry then she went to them and told them with a smile Welcome: Please log in to give you food.
they asked her if her Husband is home ? she replied : no he is out . “Then we cannot come in”, they replied
In the evening when her husband came home, she told him what had
happened and asked him to invite them . The woman went out and invited the men in . they give her a very strangr answer , they said : ” We will not go into a House together! ” Why is that?” she asked One of the old men explained : “His name is Wealth,” he said as
pointing to one of his friends, and said, pointing to another one
, “He is Success, and I am Love .” Then he added, “Now go in and
discuss with your husband which one of us you want in your home ” The woman went in and told her husband what was said. Her husband
was overjoyed . “How nice!” he said . “Since that is the case, let
us invite Wealth. Let him come and fill our home with wealth His wife disagreed . “My dear, why don’t we invite Success . Their daughterinlaw was listening from the other corner of the
house. She jumped in with her own suggestion : “Would it not be
better to invite Love? Our home will then be filled with love . “Let us heed/follow our daughterinlaw’ s advice,” said the
husband to his wife . Go out and invite Love to be our guest The woman went out and asked the three old men , “Which one of
you is Love? Please come in and be our guest . Love got up and started walking toward the house. The other two
also got up and followed him. Surprised, the lady asked Wealth and
Succes “I only invited Love ; Why are you coming in The old men replied together : “If you had invited Wealth or
Success, the other two of us would’ve stayed out, but since you
invited Love, wherever He goes, we go with him. Wherever there is ove, there is also Wealth and Success

A little boy asked his mother, Why are you crying ?
-Because I'm a woman, she told him I don't understand,
he said. His Mom just hugged him and said, And you
never will
Later the little boy asked his father,
Why does mother seem to cry for no reason ?
All women cry for no reason, was all his dad could say
The boy still didn't get an answer! so he only had his
old grandfather to ask
The little boy asked his grandfather, why do women
cry so easily
The grandfather said, when God made women, she had to
be special.
He made her shoulders strong enough to carry the weight of
the world, yet ! gentle enough to give comfort
God gave her an inner strength to under child birth and
the rejection that many times comes from her
children
God gave her a hardness that allows her to keep going
when everyone else gives up,
and take care of her family through sickness and fatigue
without complaining
God gave her the sensitivity to love her children under any and
all circumstances, even when her child has hurt her very badly
God gave her strength to carry her husband through his faults
and fashioned her from his rib to protect his heart
God gave her wisdom to know that a good husband
never hurts his wife,
but sometimes tests her strengths and her resolve to
stand beside him unfalteringly
And finally, God gave her a tear to shed. This is hers exclusively
to use whenever it is needed
You see my son, the beauty of a woman is not in the
clothes she wears, the figure that she carries, or the way she
combs her hair
The beauty of a woman must be seen in her eyes, because that
is the doorway to her heart...

  A Lion had come to the end of his days and lay sick unto death
at the mouth of his cave, gasping for breath. The animals, his
subjects, came round him and drew nearer as he grew more and
more
helpless. When they saw him on the point of death they thought to
themselves: "Now is the time to pay off old grudges." So the Boar
came up and drove at him with his tusks; then a Bull gored him
with his horns; still the Lion lay helpless before them: so the
Ass, feeling quite safe from danger, came up, and turning his tail
to the Lion kicked up his heels into his face. "This is a double
death," growled the Lion.
Only cowards insult dying majesty

Once upon a time, there was an island where all the feelings lived:
Happiness, Sadness, Knowledge, and all of the others,
including Love. One day it was announced to the feelings that the
island would sink, so all constructed boats and left.
Except for Love.
Love was the only one who stayed. Love wanted to hold
out until the last possible moment.
When the island had almost sunk, Love decided to ask for help.
Richness was passing by Love in a grand boat. Love said, 
"Richness, can you take me with you?"
Richness answered, "No, I can't. There is a lot of gold and
silver in my boat. There is no place here for you."
Love decided to ask Vanity who was also passing by in
a beautiful vessel. "Vanity, please help me!"
"I can't help you, Love. You are all wet and might damage my
boat," Vanity answered.
Sadness was close by so Love asked, "Sadness, let me go
with you."
"Oh . . . Love, I am so sad that I need to be by myself!"
Happiness passed by Love, too, but she was so happy that 
she did not even hear when Love called her. 
Suddenly, there was a voice, "Come, Love, I will take you.
" It was an elder. So blessed and overjoyed, Love even forgot
to ask the elder where they were going. When they arrived
at dry land, the elder went her own way. Realizing how
much was owed the elder, 
Love asked Knowledge, another elder, "Who Helped me?"
"It was Time," Knowledge answered.
"Time?" asked Love. "But why did Time help me?"
Knowledge smiled with deep wisdom and answered,
"Because only Time is capable of understanding how
valuable Love is

While Dad was polishing his new car .His 4 yr old son picked stone & scratched lines on
the side of the car.In his anger, Dad took the child's hand & hit it many
times, not realizing he was using a wrench.
At the hospital, his child said 'Dad when will my fingers 
grow back?Dad was so hurt .He went back to car and kicked it a lot of times.Sitting back he looked at the scratches, child wrote ' 'I LOVE YOU DAD '    ,,, 'Anger and Love has no limits .

There was a boy who was always losing his temper.
His father gave him a bag full of nails and said to him,
“My son, I want you to hammer a nail into our garden
fence every time you need to direct your anger 
against something and you lose your temper.” 
So the son started to follow his father’s advice. 
On the first day he hammered in 37 nails,
but getting the nails into the fence was not easy,
so he started trying to control himself when he got .
As the days went by, he was hammering in less nails,
and within weeks he was able to control himself and
was able to refrain from getting and from hammering nails.
He came to his father and told him what he had achieved.
His father was with his efforts and said to him: “But now,
my son, you have to take out a nail for every day that you
do not get .” 
The son started to take out the nails for each day that
he did not get , until there were no nails left in the fence. 
He came to his father and told him what he had achieved. 
His father took him to the fence and said, “My son,
you have done well, but look at these holes in the fence.
This fence will never be the same again.” Then he added:
“When you say things in a state of anger, they leave
marks like these holes on the hearts of others.
You can stab a person and withdraw the knife but it 
doesn’t matter how
many times you say ‘I’m sorry,’ because the wound will remain.