How
to fill your empty glass
A city boy, Raj, moved to the village and bought a donkey from an old farmer for
Rs.1000. The farmer agreed to deliver the donkey the next day.
The
next day the farmer drove up and said, "Sorry Rajji, but I have some bad
news, the donkey died while I was bringing him here."
Raj replied:
"Well then, just give me my money back." The farmer said: "Can't
do that. I went and spent it already."
Raj
said: "OK then, just unload the donkey."
The
farmer asked: "What you are going to do with him?"
Raj:
"I'm going to raffle him off." (Note: To raffle is like lottery - draw
lot to a group of people each paying the same amount for a ticket and there is
a big prize for the people who win.)
Farmer:
"You can't raffle off a dead donkey!"
Raj:
"Sure I can. Watch me. I just won't tell anybody he's dead."
A
month later the farmer met up with Kenny and asked, "What happened with that
dead donkey?"
Raj:
"I raffled him off. I sold 500 tickets at Rs. 10 each and made a profit of
Rs 4990 with the donkey worth Rs. 1000 as the prize.
Farmer:
"Didn't anyone complain?"
Raj:
"Just the guy who won. So I gave him back his Rs. 10."
Moral
of the story- No situation is so bad that it cannot be turned
around.You need to just think hard.So look at your glass always as half full (positive
attitude ) rather then half empty. Do not lose hope.
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