Motivational Stories: Part Eight

By Raja Sharma

In this fast paced world, people hardly get time to pause and think about the forces which motivate or retard them. They are immersed in their works so deeply, earning and arranging that there is hardly any time for them to read the stories which children used to read in the past.

Nowadays, most of the children are lost in the world of electronic gadgets, course books, and the things which they think will make them successful in future, which is obviously told them by their elders. Gone are those elders who used to sit with their children to tell them beautiful inspiring stories.

I am trying to add my share by reviving some of those stories in this series. These short stories are not only interesting, but also highly inspiring and motivating.

If you are really serious about your children, I mean if you want to make them good human beings, besides seeing them successful in their respective careers, kindly tell them these stories. You will begin to see the magical effects of these stories on the young minds of your children.

All the best

Raja Sharma M. Sc. (Physics), M. Tech. (Metallurgy), M. A. (English)

• Language: English
• Publisher: Raja Sharma
• Release date: Feb 26, 2013
• ISBN: 9781301521746

Raja Sharma

Raja Sharma is a retired college lecturer.He has taught English Literature to University students for more than two decades.His students are scattered all over the world, and it is noticeable that he is in contact with more than ninety thousand of his students.

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Motivational Stories: Part Eight

Raja Sharma

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Motivational Stories: Part Eight

Raja Sharma

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Preface

In this fast paced world, people hardly get time to pause and think about the forces which motivate or retard them. They are immersed in their works so deeply, earning and arranging that there is hardly any time for them to read the stories which children used to read in the past.

Nowadays, most of the children are lost in the world of electronic gadgets, course books, and the things which they think will make them successful in future, which is obviously told them by their elders. Gone are those elders who used to sit with their children to tell them beautiful inspiring stories.

I am trying to add my share by reviving some of those stories in this series. These short stories are not only interesting, but also highly inspiring and motivating.

If you are really serious about your children, I mean if you want to make them good human beings, besides seeing them successful in their respective careers, kindly tell them these stories. You will begin to see the magical effects of these stories on the young minds of your children.

All the best

Raja Sharma M. Sc. (Physics), M. Tech. (Metallurgy), M. A. (English)

Chapter One: Anastasius and the Monk

In ancient Egypt, there was an abbot named Anastasius. He was the abbot of a very big monastery. There was a very big collection of books in the monastery. Among the books there was a very rare volume of a certain book and it was worth a fortune.

One morning, a monk visited the library. Seeing that rare volume of the book, he was tempted. Without being noticed, he hid the book in his clothes and walked away with it.

Since it was a very precious book, the theft was discovered the same day. It was quite obvious that the monk was the thief, but Anastasius did not send anyone after the monk. Anastasius was afraid that the monk might say that he had not stolen the book and it would add to the sin of perjury to that