Crows in the Kingdom

Crows in the Kingdom

 

 

One day Emperor Akbar and Birbal were taking a walk in the palace gardens. It was a nice summer 

 

morning and there were plenty of crows happily playing around the pond. While watching the crows, a 

 

question came into Akbar’s head. He wondered how many crows were there in his kingdom.

 

                                          

 

Since Birbal was accompanying him, he asked Birbal this question. After a moment’s thought, Birbal 

 

replied, “There are ninety-five thousand four hundred and sixty-three crows in the Kingdom”.

 

Amazed by his quick response, Akbar tried to test him again, “What if there are more crows than you 

 

answered?” Without hesitating Birbal replied, “If there are more crows than my answer, then some 

 

crows are visiting from other neighboring kingdoms”. “And what if there are less crows”, Akbar asked. 

 

“Then some crows from our kingdom have gone on holidays to other places”.

 

Moral:There is always a way if you think with ease.

 

 

 

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The Power of Praise

The Power of Praise

Question: What is the best advice your mother ever gave you?

Answer By Jonathan Pettit

I was about ten. My mom had just finished creating one of her amazing meals, and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Delicious. Later, as I was washing the dishes, my mom came up to me. “Sorry dinner was so awful again,” she said.

                             

I was shocked. “What? No, it was great. I loved it.”

“Really?” she said, with mock surprise. “You always eat so quietly, never saying anything. You’ve never told me you liked my cooking, so I thought you hated it.”

“No, you’re the best cook I know.”

“Then you should tell me that,” she said. “Whenever someone does something nice for you, you should thank that person. If you don’t, then she might think she’s not appreciated and stop doing those nice things.”

Something clicked right then. From that day forward, I thanked everyone for literally everything. If you did something that even vaguely helped me, I thanked you profusely. It became a habit, something I didn’t even think about, and that’s when the magic started happening.

People liked me more. They talked to me more, shared with me, were more friendly. In my first year of high school, during the final week, I came home and found a giant freezie (a kind of sweet frozen snack) waiting for me. “Thanks, mom,” I said instinctively.

                                           

“This isn’t from me, she said. “This is from your bus driver.” He had been driving that bus for years, and my siblings and I were the first people to ever thank him as we got dropped off. Those two simple words made a huge difference, so much so that he went out of his way to tell our mom and give us a present.

                                           

That’s the power of appreciation. When you have it, all is right in the world, but when it’s missing life is empty. My mom taught me many things, but taking two seconds to say ‘thank you’ every time, in any situation, was the best.

*Debriefing of this Story*

You would have met people who call themselves as good critics but have you ever a person who says I am good at appreciating others? Isn't that a sad part of our society?

Let's start appreciating people more frequently especially people who are close to us.

"The sweetest of all sounds is praise"

 

 

 

 

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