English Speaking People

How long can you keep hatred in your heart? A kindergarten teacher had decided to let her class play a game. The teacher told each child in the class to bring along a plastic bag containing a few potatoes. Each potato will be given a name of a person that the child hates. So the number of potatoes that a child will put in his/her plastic bag will depend on the number of people he/she hates. So when the day came, every child brought some potatoes with the name of the people he/she hated. Some had 2 potatoes, some 3 while some up to 5 potatoes. The teacher then told the children to carry the potatoes in the plastic bag with them wherever they go for 1 week. Days after days passed, and the children started to complain due to the unpleasant smell let out by the rotten potatoes. Besides, those having 5 potatoes also had to carry heavier bags. After 1 week, the children were relieved because the game had finally ended. The teacher asked: “How did you feel while carrying the potat...

An old man gave his money and gold to his sons. He showed them his diamond ring and said to them, “I am not giving this ring to you now. Go out and do some noble deeds. Then come to me. Tell me your deeds. Then I will give this diamond ring to one of you. The ring will be the reward for the noblest-deed."  The sones went out. They did noble deeds. After some time, they returned to their father.  One of the sons said, “Father… Give me the ring. I have done a great and noble deed. A man left all his money with me. He traveled many countries. Then he came to me. He wanted his money back. I returned his money to him."  Another son said, “A child fell into a river. The water was carrying the child away. I jumped into the river. I saved the child."  The third son said, “Father….please listen to me. My enemy was sleeping on the edge of a huge rock. I went to him and woke him up."  The father said, “All the people love their friends. But you loved your enemy. You saved ...

A man and his wife were awakened at 3:00 am by a loud pounding on the door. The man got up and opened the door to a drunken stranger, standing in the pouring rain, asking for a push. 'Not a chance," said the husband, "It is 3:00 in the morning!" He slammed the door and returned to bed. “Who was that?" asked his wife. "Just some drunk guy asking for a push," answered the husband. “Did you help him?" asked the wife. "No I didn't! It's 3 in the morning and it's blooming well…pouring with rain out there!" said the husband. “Well, you have a short memory" said the wife. And further continued, "Can't you remember about three months ago when we broke down and those two guys helped us? I think you should help him! God loves people too, you know," said the wife. The man sighed, got dressed and walked out into the pounding rain. He called out in the rain, “Hello! Are you still there?" “Yes!" the voice ca...

An old woman wanted to cross a road. She was weak. Therefore she wanted help. She waited long. She waited alone. She saw a large number of school boys. They were laughing and talking. They were going home. So they were happy. They looked at the old woman. They did not help her. They walked on. But one boy went to the old woman. He said to her, “Mother! Do you want to cross the road? I will help you. I will take you to the other side." The boy helped the old woman. He led her across the road. He did a good deed. He was happy. He said, “I helped somebody’s mother. So, somebody will help my mother in her old age." “Dear God! Be kind to this good boy," said the old woman in her prayer.

 Enjoy reading this story. Thousands of years ago, there lived a King. His people loved him since he looked after their needs well. At the end of every month, he would invite some noble men of his Kingdom to analyze his work and advised him. The King built many things. Every year he would rebuild his palace and every time it looked better that before. “Marvelous! Unmatched!!" the couriers would praise and the King would feel elated. One day the King thought, “This year, I will build the perfect palace, with all comforts. It should be praised not only within my kingdom, but also by the people of the neighboring states." The next day, the King worked out a perfect design for his perfect palace. After finalizing it, he handed it over to the builders and masons. In about a month, the perfect palace of the King’s dream was ready. The King invited noblemen of his kingdom, as well as the neighboring states, to get their opinions about the palace. “Unbelievable! Indeed, it is a ...

Once a young man asked the wise man, Socrates, the secret to success. Socrates patiently listened to the man’s question and told him to meet him near the river the next morning for the answer. The next morning Socrates asked the young man to walk with him towards the river. As they went in the river the water got up to their neck. But to the young man’s surprise, Socrates ducked him into the water. The young man struggled to get out of the water, but Socrates was strong and kept him there until the boy started turning blue. Socrates pulled the man’s head out of the water. The young man gasps and took a deep breath of air. Socrates asked, ‘What did you want the most when your head was in the water?” The young man replied, “Air.” Socrates said, “ That is the secret to success.  When you want success as badly as you wanted the air while you were in the water, then you will get it. There is no other secret.” Moral: A burning desire is the starting point of all accomplishment. J...

One night four college students were out partying late night and didn’t study for the test which was scheduled for the next day. In the morning, they thought of a plan. They made themselves look dirty with grease and dirt. Then they went to the Dean and said they had gone out to a wedding last night and on their way back the tire of their car burst and they had to push the car all the way back. So they were in no condition to take the test. The Dean thought for a minute and said they can have the re-test after 3 days. They thanked him and said they will be ready by that time. On the third day, they appeared before the Dean. The Dean said that as this was a Special Condition Test, all four were required to sit in separate classrooms for the test. They all agreed as they had prepared well in the last 3 days. The Test consisted of only 2 questions with the total of 100 Points:              ...