Priya Sanjay Tandon

A Samurai who was known for his nobility and honesty, went to visit a Zen Monk to ask him for his advice. When the monk had finished his prayers, the Samurai asked, “Why do I feel so inferior? I have faced death many times, have defended those who are weak.

When Henry Ward Beecher was a young boy in school, he learned a lesson in self confidence which he never forgot. He was called upon to recite in front of the class. He had hardly begun when the teacher interrupted with an emphatic, “No!” He started over and again the

As a young man, Norman Vincent Peale had a difficult time coping with tough problems in his life. He took his problems to a trusted friend, and asked, “Why can’t I cope with these problems?” The friend suggested, “Maybe it’s because you are not grateful enough.” Peale was

When a little girl was growing up, her father had three jobs to care for his family. She said her dad never complained, and though he worked very hard, he always had time for them. One day, her father was injured at his full-time job. For several months, he

One of the Gopikas in Gokul thought of a novel idea to catch Bal-Krishna red-handed in the act of ‘Maakhan-Chori’. She hung the earthern pot containing butter, high up, and also attached a bell to the rope, but a little higher up. Krishna came with his ‘Gwal-

Our lives are not determined by what happens to us but how we react to what happens, not by what life brings us but the attitude we bring to life. One Sunday morning, a wealthy man sat in his balcony enjoying sunshine and his coffee when a little ant caught