STORIES - The Handwriting On the Wall

A weary mother returned from the store,
Lugging groceries through the kitchen door.
Awaiting her arrival was her 8 year old son,
Anxious to relate what his younger brother had done.

"While I was out playing and Dad was on a call,
T.J. took his crayons and wrote on the wall!
It's on the new paper you just hung in the den.
I told him you'd be mad at having to do it again."

She let out a moan and furrowed her brow,
"Where is your little brother right now?"
She emptied her arms and with a purposeful stride,
She marched to his closet where he had gone to hide.

She called his full name as she entered his room.
He trembled with fear--he knew that meant doom!
For the next ten minutes, she ranted and raved
About the expensive wallpaper and how she had saved.

Lamenting all the work it would take to repair,
She condemned his actions and total lack of care.
The more she scolded, the madder she got,
Then stomped from his room, totally distraught!

She headed for the den to confirm her fears.
When she saw the wall, her eyes flooded with tears.
The message she read pierced her soul with a dart.
It said, "I love Mommy," surrounded by a heart.

Well, the wallpaper remained, just as she found it,
With an empty picture frame hung to surround it.
A reminder to her, and indeed to all,
Take time to read the handwriting on the wall

Enjoy this story...

Stories: Fearing the Wind

A long, long time ago, a beautiful elephant lived in the forest of India. Her skin was as white and silky soft as the feathers of a swan. All the people who ventured into the forest and happened to see her were amazed at her beauty. Word spread across the land about this great, big, strong, white, beautiful elephant.

When the king of that land heard about the elephant, he wanted it for himself. He sent his elephant trainers out to find her. They caught her in a huge net, drove her back to the palace grounds, and chained her to a stake.

When the elephant didn't do what the trainers told her to do, they jabbed her with their training sticks. Soon, red, blue, and purple bruises broke out all over her beautiful white skin, and she was constantly terrified.

One day the elephant went crazy with fear. She reared up on her hind legs and her chain broke loose. She ran up into the mountains, so far and deep that the trainers couldn't find her. They searched and searched for a long time, but at last they gave up. Eventually they forgot about her.

But the elephant did not forget about them. Every time the wind moaned, whined, shrieked or blasted, she dashed off in terror, racing around in big, loopy circles, thrashing her trunk wildly from side to side.

Even though she was free, she might just as well have been recaptured by the king's trainers, for now her mind was often so troubled she forgot to eat. Her big, strong body became thin and weak. Running in heedless fear, she would frequently trip and collapse over rocks, fallen branches, or holes in the ground.

The only thing close to peace the elephant ever felt was when she'd lean against one special tree to catch her breath. This tree had a smooth, thick trunk and a big, sheltering crown of leaves where the wind would gently whisper.

The tree could sense the fear that was tormenting the elephant and felt great compassion for her. One day, it whispered these words:

"Do you fear the wind?
It only moves the clouds and dries the dew!
Look inside your mind?
There, fear alone has captured you."

As soon as the tree finished whispering these words, the beautiful elephant smiled. Suddenly she realized that she had nothing to worry about but her own habit of always being afraid. From that day on she was at peace with herself.

Sometimes when we meet something bad or got phobia of something, the kind of image that we have is imprinted in our mind, sometimes is the imagination that give us the kind of fear or what we called the anticipated fear. Shaun has shared with us in the training at Phuket that Fear actually stand for False Evidence Appearing Real..I admit it is true something for me..being fear of something actually not happening at all..actually I got phobias of cat, but I didn't have cat bitten me when I was young, just being chased by them before..but I still got the fear when I see them. Even my mum laughed at me that I am so big sized than the cat, still fear of them, which she don't understand.Sometimes I wish to have more courage to face the cat. Haha
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Stories: My Four Wives

I came across this article about this four wives...I find it quite meaning...

Once upon a time, there was a king who had four wives. He loved the 4th wife the most and treated her to the finest things in life.

He also loved the 3rd wife very much and was always showing her off to neighbouring kingdoms.

He also loved his 2nd wife. She was his confidante and was always kind, considerate and patient with him.

The King's 1st wife was a very loyal partner and had made great contributions in maintaining his wealth and kingdom. However, he did not love the 1st wife and although she loved him deeply, he hardly took notice of her.

One day, the King fell ill and he knew his remaining time was short. He asked the 4th wife, "I have loved you the most and endowed you with the best. Now that I'm dying, will you follow me and keep me company?"

"No way!" replied the 4th wife and she walked away without another word.

The sad King then asked the 3rd wife, "I have loved you all my life. Now that I'm dying, will you follow me and keep me company?"

"No!" replied the 3rd wife. "Life is too good! When you die, I'm going to remarry!"

He then asked the 2nd wife, "You've always been there for me. When I die, will you follow me and keep me company?"

"I'm sorry, I can't help you out this time!" replied the 2nd wife. "At the very most, I can only send you to your grave."

Then a voice called out: "I'll follow you no matter where you go." The King looked up and there was his first wife. She was so skinny, she was suffering from malnutrition. Greatly grieved, the King said, "I should have taken much better care of you when I had the chance!"

We all have four wives in our lives - our 4th wife is our body. No matter how much time and effort we lavish on it, it'll leave us when we die. Our 3rd wife is our possessions, status and wealth. When we die, it will all go to others. Our 2nd wife is our family and friends. No matter how much they have been there for us, the furthest they can stay by us is up to the grave. And our 1st wife is our Soul, often neglected in our pursuit of wealth, power and pleasures of the flesh. However, our Soul is the only thing that will follow us wherever we go.

So cultivate, strengthen and cherish your soul. It's our only eternal companion.

I agreed with the author, sometimes we are chasing too much material possession in our life, like i wish to have more like big house, nice car or beautiful wife, but when we get all these, are we really achieve the kind of happiness? For some maybe, but for me, I think is more of my value whether they are fulfilled. I understand for my mentor, Shaun Stenning shared with us on the stage that when he got those big house or cars that he wants, he still can't achieve the kind of satisfaction that he want, still lack of something in his life which is the spiritual satisfaction. There is why he stepped out to give more to the society by helping others to achieve the kind of lifestyle or passive income they want through internet marketing channel. There is why we can see a lot of successful people, like Bill Gates, even they have achieved their personal goals in life, he still contribute back to the society to have the self-actualization fulfillment.