Stories About Diligence - Character Development Series

In those days I was posted in Ladakh region. I had to go back to Ladakh after the vacation was over. My bus was from my hometown at 10 pm. I caught the bus which was going to Chandigarh at the right time. It was winter season and I sat on my seat and fell asleep and when I woke up it was 4 in the morning. After getting down from the bus, I took a taxi and left for the airport. On enquiry, it was learned that due to bad weather in Ladakh region, flights towards Ladakh have been cancelled. I contacted my office regarding this issue. I came to know from my office that my leave has been extended by ten days as the weather is going to be like this in the region for a week. I planned to return home instead of staying in Chandigarh. It was noon time and I had my lunch at a nearby restaurant and ran towards the bus stand. It was 3 in the afternoon when I caught the bus to my home town. It was 11 in the night when I left for my home town by bus. It had rained a lot here and now the weathe...

The first relationships we make in life are with our families. A father's advice, a mother's warmth and a sibling's support are just what we need in the face of an impasse. The more the strings of relationships are pulled, the more the distance increases. I have started writing the story of my life. It has become a way for us to bond. My mom tells us stories about where and when my brothers and I were born and the things we loved. I have heard a lot about my life, but there is still a lot to be done. Even though I was away from home during the day, we used to get together before going to bed at night. So I am trying my best to connect with my family and write my life story. My mother was working long hours, so she could not spend much time at home. We were also working out together as if it had become a family ritual. My family could gather only in the evening so that my mother could join us. Now we have the same hobbies and spend all our evenings at the same place. I...

Drama is commonly used to describe a style of story telling on stage. Despite what the name implies, plays are not always serious. Drama is that which tells a story through action and speech and is meant to be acted out on a stage. A good understanding of the characters, roles, and subtext of plays will help members better engage with different situations, contexts, and even cultures. As a result, members are encouraged to develop empathy—the ability to see the world from another person's point of viewwithout judgment. Similarly, our life is also a drama which we have to play till the end of our life. Just as there are mysteries in drama, in the same way our lives are also full of mysteries. No one knows what time will happen in life. Our curiosity remains that how will be the time to come, in this curiosity life moves ahead happily. We all have our roles to play. Life is like a play which has many happy, angry, sad and bitter scenes. Every character has a part and role in th...

A couple lives in a small house in a city. The man was working in a company and his wife was a housewife. Both are very happy with their life. With the passage of time they were blessed with a child after two years. Now his life revolves around the child. Time passed and the boy was admitted to the school. But in the meanwhile an accident happened, her husband died in an accident. The woman got very upset due to this sudden incident. Without earning, his financial condition sank into debt. The woman was worried about her son's future. So, instead of going back home; She decided to work for her son and make his future as per her husband's plan. She went in search of work in a nearby colony and asked for a job as she did not want to leave her son alone at home. He got a job in the nearby locality and life came back on track. She was happy with her only son. He worked hard for her education. Her hard work showed results as her son got a job after his studies. Time changed ag...

One late autumn day I had to make a long trip on business. It had rained a lot, and now the wind was very strong and the dry leaves were blowing on the road in the rain. The banks of the river were quite high, and all the fields are filled with water .I reached at the bridge. The bridge was made of wood and raised from the middle so that if the river was full, the water would not overflow the bridge. The river was flowing fast, and he feared it would be a bad night. The meadows were full of water, and the water on the road was halfway up to my knees. Of course I had to wait a long time to reach the city. Since it took me a long time to finish work, I could not leave for home till evening. The wind was very strong at that time, I saw where the big branches were shaking like twigs, and the rattling was terrible and I had never been out in such a stormy day earlier. On my way back it was almost dark by the time I reached the bridge. We were moving along at a good pace, but as soon as my f...

This is the story of a man who had a happy family with a wife and two children. He was working with the Indian Army and never faced any problem. But one incident changed them forever. He was quite happy with his family. He came home happily after retirement. Time was going well. He had his own fields to work and cattle at home. One day the couple planned for family planning and went to the hospital for a surgical procedure. Both were very happy and were unaware of what was happening to them. He admitted his wife to the hospital and came back to his home to take care of his children. He was busy with household chores as today he had to do all the routine household chores alone. He made dinner and fed his children. He put the milk on the stove to heat it and got busy with other household chores. Then fed milk to the children and put them to sleep and fell asleep himself. The next day after getting up early in the morning after finishing the household chores, went to heat milk for t...

There are two ends of our life. One is building one's self-esteem and the other is placing other's rights above one's own. You may really care about respecting yourself, but you probably don't know how to embody it. Look for people in your life who you admire, such as leaders. If you don't know them personally, consider reading articles about them if they are highly successful. Look for patterns of people being true to themselves, standing up for themselves, calling out people to interrupt them, and being honest. All these are the characteristics of self-respecting people. The more you look for role models after whom you can model yourself, the better you will be able to understand which behaviors you must align with in order to gain greater self-esteem and respect from others. Social responsibility is a moral principle in which individuals are accountable for fulfilling their civic duty, and that one person's actions should benefit society as a whole. As su...

In this universe, earth is only the planet where life sustaining elements i.e. Land, Air and Water are present. Life exists because of these resources available on Earth. It creates a balance between living and non-living resources and sustaining both. The three basic and most important non-renewable resources for us are: – the air we breathe, the water we drink and the land on which we live. Without these three resources, our existence cannot be possible. Air Air is a mixture of gases which is composed of nitrogen, oxygen and very small amounts of water vapor and other gases. Oxygen in the air is essential for all living beings because we use this oxygen to produce energy from the food we eat. The carbon dioxide from which we exhale is essential for the plants to take energy from the sun and convert it into food. Wind regulates the temperature of the Earth and causes different patterns of weather. Water: Water is required in all life on the planet because all chemical reactions that...