Family is everything in life!

"I hired a carpenter to help me repair an old farmhouse.
He already had a rough and tiresome day. 

• a flat tire 
• his electric drill fault
• his old car broke down. 
• his tiffin was spoilt
• he lost his wallet
• his bank was calling for loan repayments

In all the tension and stress he finished my repairs. 

Since his car broke down, I drove him home. 
While I drove him home, he sat silently, but I could mark his agony and restlessness. 

On arriving, he invited me in to meet his family.
As we walked toward the front door, he paused at a small tree, touching the tips of the branches with both hands and closed his eyes.

When the door opened, he was smiling and happy. 
In seconds he underwent an amazing transformation.

He hugged his two small children, gave his wife a kiss, laughed, and never even slightly made them feel the troubles that he had encountered that day.

I was astonished and curious. Seeing my inquisitive eyes he said, “Oh, that's my Trouble Tree. My best friend.  My trouble carrier for the night”.
He replied. "I know I can't help having troubles on the job, but one thing's for sure. Those troubles don't belong in the house with my wife and the children. So I just hang them up on the tree every night when I come home and ask God to take care of them. Then in the morning I pick them up again.”
He smiled and shared a secret. He said, “when I come out in the morning to pick 'em up, there aren't nearly as many as I remember hanging there the night before!!”

Life may be a burden of worries, but there is a way to keep our loved ones untouched from these worries. 

Time will heal every wound. 

Whoever is tensed today, look for a tree

Acceptance!!!

When we don't accept an undesired event, it becomes Anger; 
when we accept it, it becomes Tolerance.

When we don't accept uncertainty, it becomes Fear; 
when we accept it, it becomes Adventure.

When we don't accept other's bad behavior towards us, it becomes Hatred;
when we accept it, it becomes Forgiveness.

When we don't accept other's Success, it becomes Jealousy;
when we accept it, it becomes Inspiration.

Acceptance is the key to handling life well.

No end to the expectations people have from you.

One night, just before the shopkeeper was about to close the shop, a dog came into the shop.
There was a bag in its mouth. The bag had a list of items to be bought and money. 

The shopkeeper took the money and kept the items in the bag.
Immediately, The dog picked up the bag of items and left. 

The shopkeeper was surprised and went behind the dog to see who the owner was.

The dog waited at the bus stop. After sometime, a bus came and the dog got into the bus. Dog showed his neck belt which had money and the address as well. 
Bus driver took the money and put the ticket in his neck belt again.

When it reached the destination, the dog went to the front and wagged his tail indicating that he wanted to get down. 

The moment the bus stopped, it got down. The shopkeeper was still following it.

The dog knocked on the door of a house with its legs. Its owner came from inside and beat it with a stick.

The shocked shopkeeper asked him "why are you beating the dog?", to which the owner replied, "he disturbed my sleep. It could have taken the keys with it."

Moral:
This is the truth of life. There is no end to the expectations people have from you. 
The moment you go wrong, they start pointing at our mistakes. 
All the good done in the past is vanished. 
Any small mistake committed then gets magnified. 
This is the nature of this material world.