The Destiny

During a crucial battle, a general decided to attack, even that his army was far outnumbered by the enemy. He was confident in victory, but his men were filled with doubt.  

On the way to the battlefield they stopped at a shrine. After he prayed with his soldiers, the general pulled out a coin and said:
"I'll throw this coin now. If the head will come out, we will win, if it will be Tails, we will lose. Now it's the moment that destiny shows to us. "

Said and done! He threw the coin into the air. All were looking forward to see what fate has decided. Head was out. Soldiers were relieved. Boldly they attacked the enemy and came out victorious.

 
After the battle, a lieutenant remarked: "No one can change destiny!"

"Indeed" replied the General to the lieutenant and he showed him the coin. It had the head on both sides.

The Magician

Houdini was the greatest magician of his time. He was a fantastic robber locks. Claimed he could escape from any cell in the world in less than an hour.
In a small town in Britain was built a new jail and Houdini was challenged to try to escape. Since he liked challenges and money, he accepted the proposal.
When the big day arrived, a lot of people and media representatives were there. Houdini stepped confident in the cell and the door was closed. He immediately took off his coat and started to work. He hided inside of his belt a piece of steel strap flexible and tough, 25-inches long, which then he used it to try to open the lock.

After 30 minutes his trust was gone. After an hour he was bathed in sweat. After 2 hours Houdini simply collapsed over the door which opened immediately. In fact the door was never closed, except in the imagination of the great magician.

The door was closed only in the mind of Houdini, but he acted as if he had to beat a thousand locks. Exactly like Houdini, we are prisoners of our own minds. To escape the "mental prison", we must first realize and accept this and then find ways to free ourselves.

True Love

Moses Mendelsson, the grandfather of the famous German composer, was a man far from being handsome. On the contrary, besides the fact that he was of short, he had a grotesque hunchback.
One day he was visited by a merchant from Hamburg who had a very pretty girl, whose name was Frumtje.

Moses fall in love with her in a desperate way, but the girl was looking to him with reluctance.

When he visited the home of the merchant, before he leaves, Moses took the courage and went upstairs in the room where the girl was sitting to tell her a few last words. She was heavenly beauty and he is struggling in the throes of hell when the girl refused to even look at him. After several attempts to relate a conversation, Moses shyly asked:

- Do you know why marriages are made in Heaven?
- Yes, the girl said, while she was still looking into the ground. But, you know why?
- Yes, I know, he said. You see, in heaven at the birth of each boy, the Lord announces which girl will be his wife. When I was born, it was shown to me my future bride.

  God said to me:
- Your bride will have a hunchback!
Then I said to God:
- God, a hunched woman would be a tragedy. God, give me the hump and let her be beautiful.
Fascinated by his words, Frumtje looked up from the floor, and she accepted him in marriage, being a faithful wife to him.

The meaning of LIFE

A teacher finishes his class and then he say the usual words:
- Questions?
One student said:
- Sir, what is the meaning of life?
One of the students, which was about to leave, began to laugh. Professor looked extensively to the student searching if the question was a serious one. He understood that it is.
- I will respond.
He took out from his pocket a wallet and from that wallet a piece from a mirror, not bigger than a coin. Then he said:
- I was a child during the war. One day I found a mirror shattered on the street. I kept the largest shard.This it is. I started playing with it and I was excited to see how I could with the help of light reflection to clear up the darkest corners, where the sun never gets: deep holes, cracks, hiding places. I kept the little piece.  

Becoming a man, I understood that it was not a simple child's play, but a foreshadowing of what I have done in my life.

I myself, I am a glimpse from a mirror that I have not seen it one piece. By through what I have, however, I can bring light, truth, understanding, knowledge, kindness, gentleness in people's most hidden place from their hearts and change something in some of them. Perhaps others will do the same if  they see me doing this. I think that this lies the meaning of life.

Do you know about what I will speak today?

 

Once upon a time, there was an Eastern Prophet who, once a year, meet with his followers who were willing to hear him speaking.

On the first day the Prophet asked them: "Do you know about what I will speak today?" The disciples answered in chorus: "No!". 

"Then - the prophet said - if you do not know, is useless for me to stay here to waste my time. See you in another time." 

 

Disciples felt very offended and decided that to the next meeting to respond all of them with " Yes! "

The next day, the Prophet asked again: "Do you know about what I will speak today?" 

They all responded, "Yes!". Then the wise Prophet answered: "If you know, it's useless to speak."  

And he left this time too.  

Disciples, even more offended than first time, had a brilliant idea: "At the next meeting, half of us will answer yes and the other half no. In this way the Prophet will not have a way out. "

The third day he asked again: "Do you know about what I will speak today?" Half of the disciples responded yes, and half no.  

Then the Prophet exclaimed: "Good! I am very pleased with your answer and please everyone of you who answered yes to tell others what I wanted to say."

The Prophet left this time and the disciples never saw him again.

What thought raised in your mind the Prophet's history? Think carefully! Meditate on the story of the Prophet!

Every smile we meet on our way makes growing inside us the love for life and for others.

It makes us to forget the past, makes the future worth to be lived and gives us the chance to born again.