BREATHING WITH NO AIR

A boy once asked a wise old man, what the secret of success is. After listening to the boy's question, the wise man told the boy to meet him at the river in the morning and he will be given the answer there

In the morning, the wise man and the boy began walking toward the river. They continued on into the river, past this point of the water covering their nose and mouth. At this time, the wise man ducked the boy into the water.

As he struggled to get out, the wise man continued to pitch him further down, The boy felt a fish slip by his leg and squirmed to get up even harder. The man eventually pulled the boy's head up so he could get air. The boy gasped as he inhaled a deep breath of air.

The wise man said, What were you fighting for when you were under water?
The boy replied, "Air!" The man said. "There you have the secret to success. When you want to gain success as much as you wanted air when you were under water, you will obtain it. That's the only secret"

THE MORAL
Success starts with the desire to achieve something if your motivation is weak your results will follow suit. Think about what you desire the most in life and work towards getting it. Don't allow your environment or other people to influence the things that you truly want. Just because the fish swimming by is comfortable with being under water doesn't mean that you are.

DIRTY MONEY

A well-respected speaker began a seminar by showing an audience of 150 people a crisp $100 bill. He asked, “Who wants this $100 bill?”

All 150 people nodded.

He said, “I am going to give this money to someone, but first….” Then he proceeded to crumple the bill up.

He asked the crowd again if anyone wanted it.

All 150 hands went up in the air.

The speaker then dropped the money on the floor and stomped all over it.

He then raised it in the air to show the crowd. The money was filthy.

“Does anyone want it now?”

Every hand went up.

The speaker proceeded to tell the crowd that no matter what he did to ruin the money, people still wanted it because its value remained the same. It was still worth $100.

The Moral:

Life often beats us up to the point where we feel inadequate. We deal with bad circumstances and make bad choices that we have to deal with later. However, no matter what you go through, your value will remain the same. You have something special to offer that no one can take away from you.