A STORY ABOUT SUCCESS

One day a farmer's donkey fell
down into a
well. The animal cried piteously
for
hours as the farmer tried to figure
out what
to do. Finally, he decided the
animal was old,
and the well was dry and needed
to be
covered up anyway it just wasn't
worth it to
retrieve the donkey. He invited all
his
neighbours to come over and help
him. They all
grabbed a shovel and began to
shovel dirt
into the well. At first, the donkey
realised
what was happening and cried
horribly. Then,
to everyone's amazement he
quiet down. A
few shovel loads later, the farmer
finally
looked down the well. He was
astonished at
what he saw. With each shovel of
dirt that hit
his back, the donkey was doing
something
amazing. He would shake it off
and take a
step up.
As the farmer's neighbours
continued to
shovel dirt on top of the animal,
he would
shake it off and take a step up.
Pretty soon,
everyone was amazed as the
donkey stepped
up over the edge of the well and
happily
trotted off!
KNOW THIS;
Life is going to shovel dirt on you,
all kinds of
dirt. The trick to getting out of the
well is to
shake it off and take a step up.
Each of our
troubles is a stepping stone. We
can get out of
the deepest wells just by not
stopping, never
giving up! Shake it off and take a
step up.....

Ţђξ STORY OF LOVE...


Once upon a time there was an island where all the feelings lived; Happiness, Sadness, Knowledge, and all the others......, including Love.

One day it was announced to all of the feelings that the island was going to sink to the bottom of the ocean. So all the feelings prepared their boats to leave. Love was the only one that stayed. She wanted to preserve the island until the last possible moment. When the island was almost totally under, Love decided it was time to leave. She began looking for someone to ask for help. Just then Riches was passing by in a grand boat. Love asked, "Riches, Can I come with you on your boat? "Riches answered, "I'm sorry, but there is a lot of silver and gold on my boat and there would be no room for you. "Then Love decided to ask Vanity for help who was passing in a beautiful vessel. Love cried out, "Vanity, help me please." I can't help you", Vanity said, "You are all wet and will damage my beautiful boat. "Next, Love saw Sadness passing by. Love said, "Sadness, please let me go with you." Sadness answered, "Love, I'm sorry, but, I just need to be alone now. "Then, Love saw Happiness. Love cried out, "Happiness, please take me with you." But Happiness was so overjoyed that he didn't hear Love calling to him.

Love began to cry. Then, she heard a voice say, "Come Love, I will take you with me." It was an elder. Love felt so blessed and overjoyed that she forgot to ask the elder his name. When they arrived on land the elder went on his way. Love realised how much she owed the elder. Love then found Knowledge and asked, "Who was it that helped me?" "It was Time", Knowledge answered. "But why did Time help me when no one else would?", Love asked. Knowledge smiled and with deep wisdom and sincerity, answered, "Because only Time is capable of understanding how great Love is. Only Time can tell who YOU truly love and who truly loves γφυ.

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I recently graduated from one of †he prestigious university in Nigeria. All through my university days i had †o pay my way through myself as i have lost both my parents and my rich uncles seems †o be too concern about their families alone. i usually work with one man in his photocopying business and scot with any of my friends that care †o know my welfare for †he day as i have many of them. Going through my project was like going through hell as my supervisor was very strict and disciplined but thank God for †he timely intervention of †he HOD before i was let go.
Upon my graduation, i served with one of †he new generation banks and lucky for me i was retained due †o my sheer dint of hard work and commitment to all †o task given †o me in meeting my targets. Hell was let loose one monday morning when i got †o †he banking hall and sat comfortably on my relaxing chair which i was looking forward †o as. Comfort due †o †he rigours of †he early morning traffic bustle, As i sat i entered my password only †o discovered that was not accepting it, i initially pretend as if †he computer must have made †ђξ error and i tried and tried and tried it again, not until †he fifth time that it dawn on me that †he worse had happened. i have been sacked, i need nobody †o explain †o me as they did †o some set of staffs 3 months ago.
With my head down and fear of what next i packed myself back to my apartment which †he bank gave me, So by extension i have lost †ђξ place too. From †hen i began †o search for jobs but none seems coming, all this while i became more regular in church as i now have ample time, i kept on praying and it was as if God has left me alone. My time †o leave †he apartment came and having Ŋo where †o go i packed into †he church and was sleeping in †he church office. All i lived on were †he goodwill of church members who knew what i was going through.
Then, one broke and disgusting friday afternoon one church member came †o †he church with black nylon and ask of †he pastor i told him †ђξ pastor has left and everybody, †he man was in a hurry and told me that he is travelling †o America by first light †he following morning and he cannot return †he money, he dropped †he money with me and left. Not a single soul was present. i opened †he nylon, Lo and Behold two million naira in 1000 mint notes.
i was dazed, and immediately two thoughts began †o talk †o me, i can take †he money and NOBODY will ever know or take †he money †o †he pastor. i held †he money and cried. i needed †he money at that time coz i was broke, hungry, busted and disgusted. i wept sincerely and called †he pastor and delivered †he money †o him. All he did was thank you that sank my heart †he more as no dime was given †o me. i slept with an empty stomach that night and cried †o God that he should give me my own too. Due †o †he kind of person i am i quickly let that over me, †he following morning i woke up i thank God and went about my daily business.
Three months later †o my surprise one certain lady who happens †o be from a billionaire family approached me and told me that †he lord has confirmed me for her i quickly rebuked her as am yet †o see any sign let alone confirmation, i prayed about it and †he lord confirmed her †o me too. Not only that, i was called †o head a church in one of †he capital city in †ђξ south east and there i was given an end of discussion honda car and 13 plots of land †o build anything i want †o build on it and what i get today is more than 2 million in a month.

Each time i remember this tears roll down my cheek and thought of what might have happened if i had taken that 2 million. i would have been circulating around that 2 million and it would have been my limit. Then it dawn on me that i was taken through all †he Hardship for a reason

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Marriage.

“When I got home that night as my wife served dinner, I held her hand and said, I’ve got something to tell you. She sat down and ate quietly. Again I observed the hurt in her eyes.

Suddenly I didn’t know how to open my mouth. But I had to let her know what I was thinking. I want a divorce. I raised the topic calmly. She didn’t seem to be annoyed by my words, instead she asked me softly, why?

I avoided her question. This made her angry. She threw away the chopsticks and shouted at me, you are not a man! That night, we didn’t talk to each other. She was weeping. I knew she wanted to find out what had happened to our marriage. But I could hardly give her a satisfactory answer; she had lost my heart to Jane. I didn’t love her anymore. I just pitied her!

With a deep sense of guilt, I drafted a divorce agreement which stated that she could own our house, our car, and 30% stake of my company. She glanced at it and then tore it into pieces. The woman who had spent ten years of her life with me had become a stranger. I felt sorry for her wasted time, resources and energy but I could not take back what I had said for I loved Jane so dearly. Finally she cried loudly in front of me, which was what I had expected to see. To me her cry was actually a kind of release. The idea of divorce which had obsessed me for several weeks seemed to be firmer and clearer now.

The next day, I came back home very late and found her writing something at the table. I didn’t have supper but went straight to sleep and fell asleep very fast because I was tired after an eventful day with Jane. When I woke up, she was still there at the table writing. I just did not care so I turned over and was asleep again.

In the morning she presented her divorce conditions: she didn’t want anything from me, but needed a month’s notice before the divorce. She requested that in that one month we both struggle to live as normal a life as possible. Her reasons were simple: our son had his exams in a month’s time and she didn’t want to disrupt him with our broken marriage.

This was agreeable to me. But she had something more, she asked me to recall how I had carried her into out bridal room on our wedding day. She requested that every day for the month’s duration I carry her out of our bedroom to the front door ever morning. I thought she was going crazy. Just to make our last days together bearable I accepted her odd request.

I told Jane about my wife’s divorce conditions. . She laughed loudly and thought it was absurd. No matter what tricks she applies, she has to face the divorce, she said scornfully.

My wife and I hadn’t had any body contact since my divorce intention was explicitly expressed. So when I carried her out on the first day, we both appeared clumsy. Our son clapped behind us, daddy is holding mummy in his arms. His words brought me a sense of pain. From the bedroom to the sitting room, then to the door, I walked over ten meters with her in my arms. She closed her eyes and said softly; don’t tell our son about the divorce. I nodded, feeling somewhat upset. I put her down outside the door. She went to wait for the bus to work. I drove alone to the office.

On the second day, both of us acted much more easily. She leaned on my chest. I could smell the fragrance of her blouse. I realised that I hadn’t looked at this woman carefully for a long time. I realised she was not young any more. There were fine wrinkles on her face, her hair was gray! Our marriage had taken its toll on her. For a minute I wondered what I had done to her.

On the fourth day, when I lifted her up, I felt a sense of intimacy returning. This was the woman who had given ten years of her life to me. On the fifth and sixth day, I realised that our sense of intimacy was growing again. I didn’t tell Jane about this. It became easier to carry her as the month slipped by. Perhaps the everyday workout made me stronger.

She was choosing what to wear one morning. She tried on quite a few dresses but could not find a suitable one. Then she sighed, all my dresses have grown bigger. I suddenly realised that she had grown so thin, that was the reason why I could carry her more easily.

Suddenly it hit me… she had buried so much pain and bitterness in her heart. Subconsciously I reached out and touched her head.

Our son came in at the moment and said, Dad, it’s time to carry mom out. To him, seeing his father carrying his mother out had become an essential part of his life. My wife gestured to our son to come closer and hugged him tightly. I turned my face away because I was afraid I might change my mind at this last minute. I then held her in my arms, walking from the bedroom, through the sitting room, to the hallway. Her hand surrounded my neck softly and naturally. I held her body tightly; it was just like our wedding day.

But her much lighter weight made me sad. On the last day, when I held her in my arms I could hardly move a step. Our son had gone to school. I held her tightly and said, I hadn’t noticed that our life lacked intimacy. I drove to office…. jumped out of the car swiftly without locking the door. I was afraid any delay would make me change my mind…I walked upstairs. Jane opened the door and I said to her, Sorry, Jane, I do not want the divorce anymore.

She looked at me, astonished, and then touched my forehead. Do you have a fever? She said. I moved her hand off my head. Sorry, Jane, I said, I won’t divorce. My marriage life was boring probably because she and I didn’t value the details of our lives, not because we didn’t love each other anymore. Now I realize that since I carried her into my home on our wedding day I am supposed to hold her until death do us apart. Jane seemed to suddenly wake up. She gave me a loud slap and then slammed the door and burst into tears. I walked downstairs and drove away. At the floral shop on the way, I ordered a bouquet of flowers for my wife. The sales girl asked me what to write on the card. I smiled and wrote, I’ll carry you out every morning until death do us apart.

That evening I arrived home, flowers in my hands, a smile on my face, I run up stairs, only to find my wife in the bed – dead. My wife had been fighting CANCER for months and I was so busy with Jane to even notice. She knew that she would die soon and she wanted to save me from the whatever negative reaction from our son, in case we push through with the divorce.— At least, in the eyes of our son—- I’m a loving husband….

The small details of your lives are what really matter in a relationship. It is not the mansion, the car, property, the money in the bank. These create an environment conducive for happiness but cannot give happiness in themselves. So find time to be your spouse’s friend and do those little things for each other that build intimacy. Do have a real happy marriage!

If you don’t share this, nothing will happen to you.

If you do, you just might save a marriage. Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.”

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....JOE BRIGHT.