Wisdom Stories

Retold Arabian Nights Tale: Ali Baba and 40 Thieves - 23

Marjina investigates their enigmatic guest & performs a dazzling sword belly dance

Retold Arabian Nights Tale: Ali Baba And 40 Thieves - 24

Dance ends in murder. Murder leads to discovery. Discovery to marriage.

But why didn’t Marjina feel scared?

Retold Arabian Nights Tale: Ali Baba And 40 Thieves - 25

Alibaba goes to the secret cave when thieves make no more moves.

What he finds, changes his life forever.

Insightful Story: All Roads Lead To Rome

Abraham bought his lucky ticket at Mecca.

But can the holy places - Vaticans, Varanasis or Vagharshapats help one attain God?

Dronacharya (Teacher Dron) taught archery equally to all his students, yet Arjun excelled the others in mastering it.

The seed which falls in a rich and ready soil bears the greatest fruits.

Anger Management Story: Angry Buddha

Vietnamese Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh shows how anger dissipates not from paying it lip service, but by mindfulness of it.

"Animals also have some special dietary needs," Josh agreed, "You can't feed your goldfish chicken bones."

"The bone is probably bigger than the fish anyway!" Rosh joked, "And you can't get your dog to eat grass clippings".

"Senior Management is happy as it believes the workforce has become efficient, customers are happy because they believe the company is delivering value for money, and workers won't squeal because they need jobs. Whoever bells the cat, won't be making any friends. So, I guess for the moment, we have a stalemate."

"As long as he pretends that you are getting a fair wage", she responded, "you can pretend you're working hard. Outlast him."

Insightful Story: Are You A Leaf Or Root?

Tyler Perry’s Tree analogy.

His tree test classifies people into three types: Leaf People, Branch People & Root People

Insightful Story: Awakening

As the Waitakere Ranges awaken, Hosh wonders if it isn’t the love we feel that makes us notice serenity & observe the wonder around us?

“How are you feeling, Richard?” Hosh asked.

"I've never felt better, Doc” Richard beamed back, “I have a 20-year-old bride now. And she is pregnant with my child. What do you think about that?"

Rosh recounts his personal experience while narrating a few insurance horror stories shared by Andrew Hooker.

Moral - read the small print.

"You know what?" he said to the barber. "Barbers don't exist."

"How can you say that?" asked the surprised barber. "I am here, and I am a barber. I just worked on you. Have you forgotten so quickly?"

Be informed to spot opportunities in business & life.

Learning business management becomes easy, when Sunny shows the benefits of being informed using a nun joke...

Insightful Story: Bedsheet For The Soul

Rosh explains the lyrics of Kabir’s iconic poem 'Jhini Chadaria', in which he calls the human body a finely woven tapestry

“If we want to be great, we should learn to have habits of the great. Discussing people and their follies, like we are, is futile. In doing that, we become no more than the three raindrops.”

“Raindrops?” Josh was perplexed.

“Well, the teacher said she’ll give a chocolate fish to the child who can tell her, who the most famous man was, who ever lived," Josh replied.

"So, what happened then?" she asked.

Bank: When she applied for the card, she agreed to and signed its Terms and Conditions.

Relative: Perhaps you could resend her a copy of those. Would you like her new mailing address?

Caring for car batteries is simple & easy.

Informative story with basic battery care tips.

Car care tips on when, where, why, what & how to do car maintenance.

"See, I can't even see what is so obvious to you. I am like these coffee beans soiling whatever they touch and completely useless thereafter."

"Wish I were more like these other two, still holding their own after all their troubles."