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• May 2020 LP

Teaching story
THE MOST IMPORTANT BODY PART

A young girl and her mother used to play a game where the mother used to ask her about the most important part of the body. At first, she thought that sound was very important to humans, so she said, “My ears.” The mother said, “No, dear. Many people are deaf and still continue with their lives But you keep thinking about it. I will ask you again soon.”

Several years passed before the mother asked  this again. This time, after contemplating seriously, the girl replied, “Our eyes.” But again, it wasn’t the correct answer since many people are blind. Stumped again, the little girl continued her quest for knowledge. One year, when her grandpa died, everybody around was sad and crying.

When it was time to say the final goodbyes, the mother held the little girl and gently asked her the question again. Seeing the confusion on her daughter’s face, the mother said, “This question is very important. It shows that you have really lived your life. For every body part you gave me in the past, I have told you that you were wrong and I have given you the reason why. But today is the day you need to learn this important lesson.” She continued, “My dear, the most important body part is your shoulder. Because it can hold the head of a friend or a loved one when they cry. Everybody needs a shoulder to cry on sometime in life. I only hope that you have enough love and friends so that you will always have a shoulder to cry on when you need it.”

Then and there, the little girl understood that the most important body part is not a selfish one. It is sympathetic to the pain of others.

—Anonymous

INSPIRATION
DECIDE TO DREAM

Decide to dream 
Decide to widely open the gates

Of your wonderful mind,
Heart and soul

Let flow in the dreams of God,

Of the angels, saints, prophets 

and sages

Give birth and let out into the world
The dreams of your own uniques, 

Unrepeatable cosmic being

If not born for any other purpose

Be born to dream
To love
Be born to fashion a better world

Dreams and dreamers never die
From heaven you will see your dreams

Come true

You will reincarnate, 

Inspire and energise the new
dreamers

The dreams of our beautiful Planet of Dreams 

Will never die
Until we become the Paradise
We were always meant to be
And are about to now joyfully
become

—Robert Muller

Carl Jung
THIS, I KNOW
• As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light in the darkness of mere being.
• Your vision will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakens.
• When an inner situation is not made conscious, it appears outside as fate.
• The word happy would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness.
• The shoe that fits one person, pinches another. There is no recipe for living that suits all cases.
• If one does not understand a person, one tends to regard him as a fool.
• Man’s task is to become conscious of the contents that press upwards from the unconscious.

ONE-MINUTE WISDOM
THE WARRIOR’S DESTINY

A great Japanese warrior was going to war with a fierce enemy with only one-tenth the number of men the opposition commanded. He knew that he could win the fight with a well-planned strategy, but his soldiers were in doubt.

On the way, the leader stopped at a Shinto shrine and told his men: “After I visit the shrine, I will toss a coin. If it’s heads, we will win; if tails, we will lose. Destiny holds us in her hand.” After offering prayers, he came forth and tossed a coin in front of his men. Heads appeared. The soldiers were filled with confidence and were eager to win the battle. 

“No one can change the hand of destiny,” one of his attendants told him after the battle. “Indeed not,” said the warrior and showed the coin which was doubled with heads on both sides.

JUST FOR LAUGHS
CATHOLIC SCHOOL

Little Zachary was doing poorly in maths, and after trying every possible way to help him, his parents enrolled him with a local Catholic school. The first day, after coming from school, Zachary went straight to his room and started studying. This went on for some time, while the mother tried to understand what made such a difference. Finally, his results came out and his report card showed an ‘A.’

 His mother was surprised and went to his room and asked, “Son, what was it? Was it the nuns?” The little boy shook his head. “Well, then,” she asked, “was it the books, the discipline, the structure, the uniforms?”

Zachary looked at his mother and said, “No. It was on the first day of school when I saw that guy nailed to the plus sign. I knew they weren’t fooling around.”

QUOTE
“Wealth consists not in having great possessions but in having few wants.”

—Epictetus