motivational sayings & stories - A Box Full of Kisses

 


The story goes that some time ago, a man punished his 3-year-old daughter for wasting a roll of gold wrapping paper. Money was tight and he became infuriated when the child tried to decorate a box to put under the Christmas tree. Nevertheless, the little girl brought the gift to her father the next morning and said, "This is for you, Daddy." 

The man was embarrassed by his earlier overreaction, but his anger flared again when he found out the box was empty. He yelled at her, stating, "Don't you know, when you give someone a present, there is supposed to be something inside? The little girl looked up at him with tears in her eyes and cried, "Oh, Daddy, it's not empty at all. I blew kisses into the box. They're all for you, Daddy."

The father was crushed. He put his arms around his little girl, and he begged for her forgiveness. 

Only a short time later, an accident took the life of the child. It is also told that her father kept that gold box by his bed for many years and, whenever he was discouraged, he would take out an imaginary kiss and remember the love of the child who had put it there.

In a very real sense, each one of us, as humans beings, have been given a gold container filled with unconditional love and kisses... from our children, family members, friends, and God. There is simply no other possession, anyone could hold, more precious than this.
 

A short inspirational story :Two frogs

A group of frogs were traveling through the woods, and two of them 
fell into a deep pit. When the other frogs saw how deep the pit 
was, they told the two frogs that they were as good as dead. The 
two frogs ignored the comments and tried to jump up out of the pit 
with all their might. The other frogs kept telling them to stop, 
that they were as good as dead. Finally, one of the frogs took 
heed to what the other frogs were saying and gave up. He fell down 
and died.

The other frog continued to jump as hard as he could. Once again, 
the crowd of frogs yelled at him to stop the pain and just die. He 
jumped even harder and finally made it out. When he got out, the 
other frogs said, "Did you not hear us?" The frog explained to 
them that he was deaf. He thought they were encouraging him the 
entire time.

This story teaches two lessons:

1. There is power of life and death in the tongue. An encouraging 
word to someone who is down can lift them up and help them make it 
through the day.

2. A destructive word to someone who is down can be what it takes 
to kill them.

Be careful of what you say. Speak life to those who cross your 
path. The power of words... it is sometimes hard to understand 
that an encouraging word can go such a long way. Anyone can speak 
words that tend to rob another of the spirit to continue in 
difficult times. Special is the individual who will take the time 
to encourage another.

PUPPIES FOR SALE

A farmer had some puppies he needed to sell. He painted a sign advertising the pups and set about Nailing it to a post on the edge of his yard. As he was driving the last nail into the post, he Felt a tug on his overalls. He looked down into the Eyes of a little boy. 
Mister," he said, "I want to buy one of your puppies." 
"Well," said the farmer, as he rubbed the sweat off the back of his neck, "these puppies come from fine parents and cost a good deal of money." 
The boy dropped his head for a moment. Then reaching deep into his pocket, he pulled out a handful of change and held it up to the farmer. "I've got thirty-nine cents. Is that enough to take a look?"
"Sure," said the farmer. 
And with that he let out a whistle,"Here,Dolly!" he called.
Out from the doghouse and down the ramp ran Dolly followed by four little balls of fur. The little boy pressed his face against the chain link fence. His eyes danced with delight. 

As the dogs made their way to the fence, the little boy noticed something else stirring inside the doghouse. Slowly another little ball appeared; this One noticeably smaller. Down the ramp it slid. Then in a somewhat awkward manner the little pup began hobbling toward the others, doing its best to catch up....
"I want that one," the little boy said, pointing to the runt. 
The farmer knelt down at the boy's side and said, "Son, you don't want that puppy. He will never be able to run and play with you like these other dogs would."
With that the little boy stepped back from the fence, reached down, and began rolling up one leg of his trousers. In doing so he revealed a steel brace running down both sides of his leg attaching itself To a specially made shoe. Looking back up at the farmer, he said, "You see sir, I don't run too well myself, and he will need Someone who understands." 

The world is full of people who need someone who understands. 

 

Moral story

The Stone in the Desert

An Arab while crossing a desert came across a huge rock half buried in the sand. Scrawled on the boulder was this inscription:

TURN ME OVER AND YOU WILL BENEFIT FROM IT 


The Arab felt sure there was a great treasure hidden beneath it and worked mightily to turn it over.
He succeeded after several hours. But there was no treasure there, only an inscription on the underside of the rock. 


The Inscription Was

GREED IS THE ROOT OF ALL EVIL REMEMBER THIS AND YOU WILL BE A BETTER MAN.

Fear

Fear

There was a lion who feared nothing except the crowing of cocks. A chill would go down his spine whenever he heard a cock crowing.
One day he confessed his fear to the elephant, who was greatly amused.
“How can the crowing of a cock hurt you?” he asked the lion. “Think about it!”
Just then a mosquito began circling the elephant’s head, frightening him out of his wits.
“If it gets into my ear I’m doomed!” he shrieked, flailing at the insect with his trunk.
Now it was the lion’s turn to feel amused.

Moral: If we could see our fears as others see them we would realise that most of our fears make no sense!

POTENTIAL OF RURAL INDIA

India is one of the fastest growing free market democracy. Having a population of 1.1 billion, the economy is worth of $3trillion and GDP is growing at 8-9%.India would be the fifth largest market by 2025.
Rural India has a population of 790 million and contributes 50% of India’s national Income. Nearly 100 million have been pulled out of poverty in the last 10 years. The earning of rural people in India is $2+/day and will grow nine times to 200 million by 2025.By 2017,Rural consumption levels will equal current Urban levels.
In understanding Rural India ,4As –Awareness ,Availability, Affordability and Acceptability-can be used as marketing framework.
AWARENESS
About 40% of the population is illiterate while 50% of the population lives in the media dark areas. There are 16 languages and 432 dialects.
Awareness can be spread through below the line (BTL)communication.
AVAILABILITY
Availability is assured through 47,000 periodic markets. Other touch points include 25,000 fairs and festivals and 7,ooo agriculture markets.
Out of 6,00,000 villages 50% are not connected by motorable road There are by and large 5 shopes in villages.
Women’s Micro-Finance Groups.Individual women take credit from the group to start Income generating activity.
For the 50% villages is not connected by the road ,Uniliver wanted a solution so as to insure deeper reach Enterprising individual women were on the look out for sustainable business opportunities. Project Shakti proved to be a win –win for both .It was co-created by Unilever and Mart.
Under Project shakti, Individual women take up dealership for Unilever brands .There are 35000 shakti dealers at present and the turnover is around $50 million .
Under Integrated Marketing Model using Youth ,educated Rural youth are selected from youth clubs and recruited and trained for marketing corporate brands .These entrepreneurs communicate brand benefit s,merchandize and sell.
AFFORDABILITY
Average per capita income is less than $1 per day. Mostly it is irregular income through wage labor. Moreover rural population has limited access to institutional finance. Solution lies in low unit packs at low price points or equated monthly installments (EMIs) offered by market.

ACCEPTABILITY
More than 50% households are without electricity .Rural marketers have limited understanding of need of rural consumer .The solution lies with local customization .For example, color television with battery backup ,mobile phone with menu in local language, dust cover and torch, and ice box to chill aerated drinks.

POEM

GRACE OF GOD
Oh man! Listen here oh man
By the grace of
God be with you
At luckily moment
God be with you
What will be will be
By the grace of God
From day to day
Give place to your betters
With courage and faith
Love conquers all
Oh! Man attend you what you do
Oh! Man beware what you say
When and whom
This is labor, this is toil
I think therefore I exist!
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