Life Skills

The Boss was retiring.  Everyone had tears in their eyes on the day of his farewell.  One of the employees said,  “Sir, there is one thing we want to learn from you. You worked here for so many years.  Leave aside about scolding your subordinates, we have never seen you even shouting at them.  We have scolded our subordinates on pressure of work or for other reasons.  We want to know about the seed of your patience.” The Boss said,  “This all comes from the incident of my childhood.  My father was working as a lower level employee in an office.  He was a very nice person.  He was respected very much in our family.  It happened one day,  I was studying in the 4th standard.  I had gone to the office of my father for some reason.  I saw that my father was not on his seat.  I waited outside. After some time,  the door of the Boss opened, my father came out of the door.  I saw the fair face of my father had ...

School Name: *LIFE* Class: *40th Standard* (All students are above 40 years) * ANGER * - Present sir * EGO * - Present sir * STRUGGLE * - Present sir *ENVY* - Present sir *REGRET* - Present sir *ANXIETY* - Present sir *BOREDOM* - Present sir *DESIRES* - Present sir (in full volume) *KILLED DESIRES* - Present sir *FRUSTRATION* - Present sir *IRRITATION* - Present sir *MONTHLY EMI* - Present sir (in full volume) *OFFICE TENSION* - Present sir *FUTURE TENSION* - Present sir *TROUBLE* - Present sir *HURDLES* - Present sir *WORRIES* - Present sir *PROBLEMS* - Always Present sir *UNCERTAINTIES* - Present sir *CRITICISM* - Present sir *GREED* - Present sir *ARROGANCE* - Present sir *HALF KNOWLEDGE* - Present sir *HAPPINESS* - ??? (no sound) *HAPPINESS* - ???  *HAPPINESS* - Absent sir *PEACE OF MIND* - Absent sir *CONTENTMENT* - Absent sir *FULL KNOWLEDGE* - Absent sir *WISDOM* - Always on the way, stopped by Ego *LOVE* - Sleeping/Missing sir *Hope* - Leaving sir *PATIENCE* - Lost sir *GEN...

*"That Which You Know Already" - Real Life Story !* 'Ouspensky' was a marvelous thinker from Russia. He had written many books, one of which had brought special fame. It was said that there was no book in the world to equal his. At the time Ouspensky went to visit 'Gurdjieff', He was a famous man, Gurdjieff was a simple 'Fakir'. Ouspensky said to him: ”I want to put some questions to you.” Gurdjieff handed him a blank piece of paper and said: ”Before we talk, write down all that you know and all that you do not know. Then we shall talk on that which you do not know. That which you know already, needs no elucidation. It will only profit you if we talk on the matters you do not know.” That was a strange way to greet a famous man! However Ouspensky took the paper and went in a corner of the room He meant to make a long list. But when he started to write, he found himself in a strange predicament!  He asked himself: ”Do I know God?”  The answer came from w...