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>>--- On Sat, 9/6/08, Bhikkhu Uttamo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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>>From: Bhikkhu Uttamo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>Subject: Fw: Moral story on effective communication
>>To: "Subhadevi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>Date: Saturday, September 6, 2008, 6:10 PM
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>>Effective Communication
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>>A blind boy sat on the steps of a building with a hat by his feet. He
>>held up a sign which said: 'I am blind, please help.' There were only a
>>few coins in the hat.
>>
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>>A man was walking by. He took a few coins from his pocket and dropped
>>them into the hat. He then took the sign, turned it around, and wrote
>>some words. He put the sign back so that everyone who walked by would see
>>the new words.
>>
>>Soon the hat began to fill up. A lot more people were giving money to the
>>blind boy. That afternoon the man who had changed the sign came to see
>>how things were. The boy recognized his footsteps and asked, 'Were you
>>the one who changed my sign this morning? What did you write?'
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>>
>>The man said, 'I only wrote the truth. I said what you said but in a
>>different way.'
>>What he had written was: 'Today is a beautiful day and I cannot see it.'
>>
>>Do you think the first sign and the second sign were saying the same thing?
>>
>>Of course both signs told people the boy was blind. But the first sign
>>simply said the boy was blind. The second sign told people they were so
>>lucky that they were not blind. Should we be surprised that the second
>>sign was more effective?
>>
>>
>>Moral of the Story: Be thankful for what you have. Be creative. Be
>>innovative. Think differently and positively.
>>
>>Invite others towards good with wisdom. Live life with no excuse and love
>>with no regrets. When life gives you a 100 reasons to cry, show life that
>>you have 1000 reasons to smile. Face your past without regret. Handle
>>your present with confidence. Prepare for the future without fear. Keep
>>the faith and drop the fear.
>>
>>
>>Great men say, 'Life has to be an incessant process of repair and
>>reconstruction, of discarding evil and developing goodness. In the
>>journey of life, if you want to travel without fear, you must have the
>>ticket of a good conscience.'
>>
>>The most beautiful thing is to see a person smiling!!
>>And even more beautiful is, knowing that you are the reason behind it!
