A wealthy man requested an old scholar to wean his son away from his bad habits. The scholar took the youth for a stroll through a garden. Stopping suddenly he asked the boy to pull out a tiny plant growing there.
The youth held the plant between his thumb and forefinger and pulled it out. The old man then asked him to pull out a slightly bigger plant. The youth pulled hard and the plant came out, roots and all. “Now pull out that one,” said the old man pointing to a bush. The boy had to use all his strength to pull it out.
“Now take this one out,” said the old man, indicating a guava tree. The youth grasped the trunk and tried to pull it out. But it would not budge. “It’s impossible,” said the boy, panting with the effort.
“So it is with bad habits,” said the sage. “When they are young it is easy to pull them out but when they take hold they cannot be uprooted.”
The session with the old man changed the boy’s life.
Moral: Don’t wait for Bad Habits to grow in you, drop them while you have control over it else they will get control you.
October 14, 2009 at 10:23 am
Worth to give a thought and implement as well. Good Job!!
October 20, 2009 at 1:59 am
This was a nice inspirational story to correct the mistakes….
November 22, 2010 at 7:13 am
it was great it realy get u thinking
March 29, 2011 at 12:11 pm
worth implementing………good’un
May 29, 2011 at 4:16 am
ya
one SHOULD FIND THEIR MISTAKE AND REMOVE IT AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE. YA IT MAY BE HARD TO DO SO BUT IT IS NOT IMPOSSIBLE .
May 30, 2012 at 10:31 am
hula hula story
August 2, 2012 at 1:33 am
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September 1, 2012 at 7:37 pm
This story really inspired me!!!!
September 6, 2012 at 11:42 pm
Very teaching story.
October 5, 2012 at 2:26 am
that is very short…………………….