How can we remember interesting stories.

Dear friends, here is one interesting story. But what is more interesting is what followes after we know this story and apriciate it's beauty or lesson. Let me tell you the story first...

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Old man and a horse
The story happened in the days of Lao Tzu in China and Lao Tzu loved it very much. Here it goes:-There was an old man in a village, very poor, but even kings were jealous of him because he had a beautiful white horse. Kings offered fabulous prices for the horse, but the man would say, "This horse is not a horse to me, he is a person. And how can you sell a person, a friend?" The man was poor, but he never sold the horse. One morning, he found that the horse was not in the stable. The whole village gathered and they said, "You foolish old man! We knew that someday the horse would be stolen. It would have been better to sell it. What a misfortune!" The old man said, "Don't go so far as to say that.

Simply say that the horse is not in the stable. This is the fact; everything else is a judgment. Whether it is a misfortune or a blessing I don't know, because this is just a fragment. Who knows what is going to follow it?" People laughed at the old man. They had always known that he was a little crazy. But after fifteen days, suddenly one night the horse returned. He had not been stolen, he had escaped into the wild. And not only that, he brought a dozen wild horses with him. Again the people gathered and they said, "Old man, you were right. This was not a misfortune, it has indeed proved to be a blessing." The old man said, "Again you are going too far. Just say that the horse is back . . . Who knows whether it is a blessing or not? It is only a fragment. You read a single word in a sentence-how can you judge the whole book?"
This time the people could not say much, but inside they knew that he was wrong. Twelve beautiful horses had come. The old man had an only son who started to train the wild horses. Just a week later he fell from a horse and his legs were broken. The people gathered again and again they judged. They said, "Again you proved right! It was a misfortune. Your only son has lost the use of his legs, and in your old age he was your only support. Now you are poorer than ever." The old man said, "You are obsessed with judgment. Don't go that far. Say only that my son has broken his legs. Nobody knows whether this is a misfortune or a blessing. Life comes in fragments and more is never given to you."
It happened that after a few weeks the country went to war, and all the young men of the town were forcibly taken for the military. Only the old man's son was left, because he was crippled. The whole town was crying and weeping, because it was a losing fight and they knew most of the young people would never come back. They came to the old man and they said, "You were right, old man-this has proved a blessing. Maybe your son is crippled, but he is still with you. Our sons are gone forever." The old man said again, "You go on and on judging. Nobody knows! Only say this, that your sons have been forced to enter into the army and my son has not been forced. But only God, the total, knows whether it is a blessing or a misfortune." Judge ye not'-otherwise you will never become one with the total. With fragments you will be obsessed, with small things you will jump to conclusions. Once you judge you have stopped growing.
- Sanjay Sir (email)

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This is an amazing story with a great lesson. We are, where we are, and there is no point in crying about a situation or doing pre mature calibrations.
Here is the interesting part. Now I’m sure this is not the first time we have come across this lesson. But still some were in our day to day life we forget it, and keep REACTING to the situations rather than RESPONDING to it. We lose out calm when things don’t happen to our expectations. Be it home, office or any other place. We forget “we are where we are” and can not let go of the though “what if…” and all the negative emotions that come along with it.
May time we justify the same in the name of “Human”. Here we use weakness of humans rather than strength. Most of the great people of the world are successful because hold this lesson close to their heart and they don’t try to repair what’s gone wrong but to create what right. One of the tool with which we can absorb this lesson permanently in our system, is SSY. There are many lessons… and I’m still learning.