Wisdom Stories

Wisdom stories to feed your mind. Mind is a garden, thoughts are seeds. Grow flowers, or you get weeds. Insightful thought-provoking stories as food for thought !

  • Drive To The Conditions

    Road BlockInformative story on how to drive to the conditions.

    Conditions of the road, of your car & yourself, and of traffic & hazards around you.

    Good driving habits...

  • Dumbest Kid?

    Behind Her Back"When people live as intimately together as couples do, there aren't many secrets left."

    "Distance creates mystique, familiarity breeds contempt."

    "Love loses its glamour when you are under the same sheets, smelling each other's farts."

  • Dwelling On Insurance

    Insurance“Unlike many other countries, insurers in New Zealand are almost free to insure or refuse to insure anyone they choose.”

    “No Kiwi has a right to insurance, and the insurance industry is free to refuse your application or cancel your policy at its whim. It does not have to provide reasons or justification.”

  • Encounter In The Alley

    Assassin's Creed (91)Thrilling Story: Encounter in the alley

    A father returns to his estranged son after six years. But the son has learnt to survive without him.

    Can they reunite?

  • Ensuring A Safe Dawn

    No thanks, I'd rather swimEnsuring A Safe Dawn

    An inspiring story on SOS Children's Villages, world's largest NGO in providing integrated long-term familial care to orphans & abandoned kids...

     

  • Euthanasia

    Last aid"Pa," Hosh suddenly asked. "Do we have a right to Euthanasia?"

    "That is an interesting question," Rosh answered between bites. "Why do you ask?"

  • Executive Decisions

    What Is the Most Dangerous Dog of All TimeExecutive decisions screw the minions regardless of who is at fault.

    A dictator’s minister avoids being mauled by dogs, but Rosh is dubious of the story message...

  • Eye Of The Beholder

    magic eye // I have been tagged

    Nothing changes in the world around you, yet your world changes completely.

    The eye sees. The eye of the beholder is the key.

  • Fair Share Of Tax Cuts

    Throwing Money Away"I oppose tax cuts," Isha was saying, "because they benefit the rich. The rich get a lot more money back than the ordinary taxpayers like me. That's not fair."

    “You’re not the only one who feels that way," Rosh replied, "what you forget is that they’ve paid a lot more in the first place, so it is only fair that they get more of it back."

  • Female Logic

    Tiger Style (C&N_166ra)Funny Story: Female Logic

    Logic is logic, but female logic is beyond logic! Completely incomprehensible, except to females.

    These retold jokes are proof.

  • Finding My Way

    Dzogchen“Where else can one go? It is all here. What more is there to seek? I already have Him. What more is there to become? I already am.”

    “No, my liberation is not in seeking more, not in getting more, but in giving back what I do have now.”

  • Follow The Money

    George is Keeping an Eye On You!Rosh tries to follow the money to gauge where growing worldwide debt & money printing might lead us.

    Was the wealth effect in NZ just a game of musical chairs?

  • Found The Bottle-Lovers

    Drinks

    Funny story: Found The Bottle-Lovers

    With lyrics translation of Hindi song: Nasha Sharab Me Hota To.

    If alcohol could intoxicate, bottles would have danced

  • From The Water's Womb

    Sunrise at KanyakumariThis was Cape of Comorin - the Cape Reinga of India – almost at the southernmost tip of the peninsula. We were in a town called Kanyakumari in the Indian State of Tamil Nadu.

    Contrary to the sensational popular belief that Kanyakumari lies at the meeting point of three bodies of water, the Bay of Bengal, the Arabian Sea and the Indian Ocean, it is surrounded by only one: the Laccadive Sea.

  • Fruits Of My Labor

    man-on-long-office-chair illustrationShouldn’t I benefit from fruits of my labor?

    Employee engagement is driven by purpose, recognition & monetary incentives.

    Insightful tale on worker demotivation...

  • Funny Haiku Error Messages

    Error HaikuRosh recounts funny Haiku Error Messages from Salon Challenge, when his laptop freezes.

    Interesting story with Japanese Zen Poetry on computer & windows errors.

  • Get A Worry Doll

    Worry DollStress Management Story: Get A Worry Doll

    Guatemalan indigenous ancients knew how to delegate worrying to others...

     

  • Get In The Line

    HearseFunny Story: Get In The Line

    What life needs is not perfection, but love.

    Not finding the perfect person, but learning to see an imperfect person perfectly!

  • Get Perspective

    PerspectiveGet Perspective. Know what you want to learn & why you want it!

    Learning becomes fun or boring depending on our perspective.

    Interesting story on how to learn...

  • Glimpses Of Greatness

    Mother and daughter chat in front of the Mount Rushmore National Memorial

    Glimpses of greatness can be seen all around us, not just in ancient avatars and famous leaders.

    Necessity and opportunity creates heroes out of ordinary beings.

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