Asteya

Heal, make the choice❤️

Beautiful....so powerful!

“When we had our son, a lot of people congratulated my wife saying, ‘you can relax now…you have a son in the house’ and my wife and I laughed at their mentality but realised that this is how people still think. I was overjoyed that I had a son, but I knew I wanted to raise him right. It’s okay if he cries and if he shows his emotions — my wife and I are constantly telling him that crying doesn’t make him any less of a man. We teach him to respect girls as equals and even in little things like a game of football or cricket to not make fun of them — that’s where it all begins.
Just the other day at the park, they were playing football and right before this small girl was about to kick the ball, a boy shouted — ‘don’t kick like a girl…we’ll lose’ and everyone began to laugh. That small girl looked so shaken, but before anyone could say anything my son went upto her and said, ‘kick like a girl…that’s how we’ll show them how to win!’ and I promise you, that girl was beaming — she played like a real rockstar.
As a father, I felt proud because the boys we raise today are the men of tomorrow. Everyday we hear things about women empowerment and feminism but I’m trying to teach my son that women don’t need to be empowered— they already are. By trying to empower them, we’re proving that they’re weaker and need us to help them. Truth is, women are ready to rule the world as is…all they need is the world to be fair to them —to give them the respect they deserve…whether it’s at home, at work or out on the streets.”

Amid all the chaos, this is called humanity.

Via- तर्कसंगत - Tarksangat

'उत्तर प्रदेश के एक किसान 100 और 50 की नोट में बचाई अपनी आधी कमाई को जमा कराने बैंक पहुँचे, कहा शायद इससे लोगों की मदद हो जाए'

500-1000 के नोट बंद होने के बाद देश भर के सभी बैंकों और एटीएमों के आगे लंबी-लंबी कतारें लगी हुई हैं, कोई पैसे जमा करने के लिए खड़ा है तो कोई पैसे निकालने के लिए। हर कोई अपने पुराने 500-1000 के नोटों से जल्द से जल्द छुटकारा पाना चाहता है पर क्या आप सोच सकते हैं कि इस अफ़रा-तफ़री में कोई बैंक में 100 और 50 के नोट जमा कराने जाएगा, यकीन नहीं होता है ना? पर सहारनपुर के पिंजौरा निवासी शिवकुमार ने ऐसा ही किया और लोगों की नज़र में नायक बन गए।

शिवकुमार जी एक छोटे से किसान हैं, नोटबंदी की ख़बरें उन्हें परेशान कर रही थीं, वो लोगों की तकलीफ़ों और परेशानियों को सुनकर दुखी थे। रविवार को वो लोगों की मदद करने दिल्ली रोड स्थित पंजाब नेशनल बैंक की आवास विकास शाखा में पहुँच गए। उनके पास 100 और 50 की नोट थीं, जिनको वो बैंक में जमा करने गए थे। उनके इस छोटे से प्रयास को देखकर वहाँ मौजूद लोग हैरान रह गए, बैंक मैनेजर अपनी कुर्सी छोड़कर खड़े हो गए। शिवकुमार जी के लिए कुर्सी मँगाई गई और उन्होंने मैनेजर के कक्ष में ही फार्म भरा और पैसे जमा किये।

शिवकुमार जी एक किसान हैं, उनके पास बचत के कुछ पैसे थे, जो 100-50 की नोट में थे, उन्होंने बचत का आधा पैसा परिवार के खर्च के लिए रख लिया और बाकी का बैंक में इसलिए जमा कर दिया ताकि लोगों की मदद हो सके। बैंक मैनेजर का कहना था कि यदि शिवकुमार जैसे और लोग हों तो इस समस्या का आसानी से समाधान हो जाएगा और लोगों को तकलीफ़ भी नहीं होगी।

तर्कसंगत सलाम करती है शिवकुमार जी के सेवाभाव और लोगों की मदद करने के जज़्बे को। इस वक़्त जब देश के सामने एक चुनौती खड़ी है, ऐसे समय में हम सब को संयम रखना होगा। हम अपने सभी पाठकों से अनुरोध करते हैं कि वो अपनी ज़रूरतों को पूरा करने के साथ-साथ अन्य लोगों का भी ध्यान दें, यदि शिवकुमार जी ऐसा कर सकते हैं तो हम और आप क्यों नहीं।

True That!!

Word. Be NICE!

Beauty in thoughts and actions. Let the world bloom.

"Last night I bought a sunflower to put on the windshield of someone I'm smitten with. After some consideration I decided not to since we had only been on one date, the night previous. Don't want to come off too strong, right? Anyway, I grabbed the flower on my way out this morning with the intention to give it to someone on my way to work so it didn't die alone. What happened next has left me changed in ways I don't even have words for yet.

While I was sitting and drinking my morning joe at the coffee shop (which I typically take to go), I saw a woman reading something with tears quietly and quickly sliding down her pale face. It was like there was a magnet in the sunflower that was being drawn to her, because I knew in that moment she was who I was going to give the sunflower to; she was who I had to give it to.

When I got to her table I said, 'hey, pardon me. I have this sunflower that I was hoping to give to someone special and that someone I had in mind didn't work out, but I can feel that you're special too, so I want you to have it.'

Before I could even hand her the sunflower, this complete stranger flew into my arms with tears flowing, and gratitude spewing, as if I was someone she once loved, and lost. It's what she said next that I'm still trying to grip.

She was crying because her fiancé had died the week before, just months before they were going to get married. On their first date he brought her a sunflower and from then on, got her sunflowers, never roses, because she was the light of his life.

Today, through me, he was able to show her that she'll always be the light of his life and how we as humans have a message to carry that goes far beyond words.

I'm shaken, awaken and feeling raw. You never know how much a simple gesture of giving someone a $5 flower will change their life, as well as yours. Life is about giving and being of service to others. I challenge you all to find a way to make someone else's life just a little bit brighter today and be of service. You never know the impact you could have."

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A Love What Matters Original Story

Submitted by Danny Wakefield