Sai Inspires - 28th May 2006 from Prashanti Nilayam

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Forwarding herewith the SAI INSPIRES of 28.05.2006 received from H2H team.

 

Swami bless us all.

 

Sairam

papu

 

 

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Loving Sairam from the Heart2Heart Team.

 

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"TWO SHORT AND STIRRING STORIES"

 

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Sai Inspires - 28th May 2006

 

 

To achieve anything in this world, discipline is indispensable;

we must also have self-confidence, and then self-sacrifice. If you do not

possess these three, your life will be meaningless. When a river is flowing

erratically, we construct a dam, change its course and divert is usefully on

its way to the ocean. So also, when our ideas are recklessly and aimlessly

going their own way, they should be channelled by the construction of the

dam of discipline. They should be made to take the form of sacrifice and go

towards the ocean of faith in one’s Self. We should regard it as absolutely

essential to attain these three qualities – sacrifice, self-confidence and

discipline.

 

-Sadhana the Inward Path, Ch 3, No. 26.

 

 

Surrendering the fruit of action to the Lord is real

sacrifice. - Baba

 

TWO SHORT AND STIRRING STORIES

 

Loving Sai Ram, and greetings from Prashanti Nilayam. For a

change, this Sunday, we offer you two stories relating to the famous

Stanford University in America . Each has its own lesson for us. Here is the

first one:

 

A lady in a faded gingham dress and her husband, dressed in a

homespun threadbare suit, stepped off the train in Boston, and walked

timidly without an appointment into the Harvard University President's outer

office. The Secretary could tell in a moment that such backwoods, country

hicks had no business at Harvard.

 

“We want to see the President,” the man said softly.

 

“He'll be busy all day,” the Secretary snapped.

 

“We'll wait,” the lady replied.

 

After many hours, Secretary grew frustrated and finally decided

to disturb the President.

 

“Maybe if you see them for a few minutes, they'll leave,” she

said to him. He sighed in exasperation and nodded. The President, stern

faced and with dignity, strutted toward the couple.

 

The lady told him, “We had a son who attended Harvard for one

year. He loved Harvard. He was happy here. But about a year ago, he was

accidentally killed. My husband and I would like to erect a memorial to him,

somewhere on campus."

 

The President wasn't touched.... He was shocked. “Ma'am,” he

said, gruffly, “we can't put up a statue for every person who attended

Harvard and died. If we did, this place would look like a cemetery.”

 

“Oh, no,” the lady explained quickly. “We don't want to erect a

statue. We thought we would like to give a building to Harvard."

 

The President rolled his eyes. He glanced at the gingham dress

and homespun suit, and then exclaimed, “A building! Do you have any earthly

idea how much a building costs? We have over seven and a half million

dollars in the physical buildings here at Harvard."

 

For a moment, the lady was silent. She turned to her husband and

said quietly, “Is that all it costs to start a University? Why don't we

just start our own?"

 

Her husband nodded. The President's face wilted in confusion and

bewilderment.

 

Mr. and Mrs. Leland Stanford got up and walked away, travelling

to Palo Alto, California, where they established the University that bears

their name, Stanford University, a memorial to a son that Harvard no longer

cared about.

 

You can easily judge the character of others by how they treat

those who they think can do nothing.

 

Here is the second story.

 

Many years ago two boys were working their way through Stanford

University. Their funds got desperately low, and the idea came to them to

engage the famous pianist Ignacy Paderewski for a piano recital. They would

use the funds to help pay their board and tuition.

 

The great pianist’s manager asked for a guarantee of $2000. The

guarantee was a lot of money in those days, but the boys agreed and

proceeded to promote the concert. They worked hard, only to find that they

had grossed only $1600.

 

After the concert, the two boys told the great artist the bad

news. They gave him the entire $ 1600, along with a promissory note for

$400, explaining that they would earn the amount at the earliest possible

moment and send the money to him. It looked like the end of their college

careers.

 

“No, boys,” replied Paderewski, “that won’t do”. Then, tearing

the note in two, he returned the money to them as well. “Now,” he told them,

“take out of this $1600 all of your expenses and keep for each of you 10

percent of the balance for your work. Let me have the rest."

 

The years rolled by. World War I came and went. Paderewski, now

premier of Poland, was striving to feed thousands of starving people in his

native land. The only person in the world who could help him was Herbert

Hoover, who was in charge of the US Food and Relief Bureau. Hoover responded

and soon thousands of tons of food were sent to Poland.

 

After the starving people were fed, Paderewski journeyed to

Paris to thank Hoover for the relief sent by him. “That’s all right, Mr

Paderewski,” was Hoover’s reply. “Besides, you don’t remember it, but you

helped me once when I was a student at college, when I was in trouble."

 

We seldom realise that when we help others, the Good Lord will

make sure that in due course we are amply rewarded.

 

H2H wishes to thank Mr. Sanjay Tandon for the above stories.

 

Till we meet again next Sunday. Jai Sai Ram.

 

 

 

With Love and Regards,

"Heart2Heart" Team.

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