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Don't worry about the small things in life

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A man was sitting on a bench with both of his hands over his head and looked tense as he had just lost his job. A saint was passing by and stopped when he saw the man. "Son, you look tense. Is everything alright?" he asked. "No baba. Nothing is alright. I have just lost a job and I have nothing to do. How am I going to earn a living? How am I going to feed my family?", the man replied while having tears in his eyes. The saint gave a faint smile on his face. At this, the man got angry and asked him, "You are laughing. Are you a fool? Have you ever lost something? Do you know what happens when you lose your job?" The saint didn't mind his anger because he knew he was upset but just said, "Son, I am just coming from the crematorium where I have cremated my entire family as I had lost them due to the earthquake that happened three days earlier". He then moved ahead while giving him blessings to take care of him. The man was so moved when he hear

Marriage is an empty box

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A boy was very nervous on his day of marriage as he was getting married to a girl whom he had never known. His father saw him and asked, "Son, you look nervous? What happened?"   "Aren't you excited that you're getting married?" he asked again   "Dad, isn't marriage a beautiful thing one always longs for that consists of intimacy, friendship, and companionship", he enquired.   "This is a common myth that most people believe in but reality is something else. The truth is that marriage is nothing but an empty box", he replied.   "Ah, is it!“, he exclaimed feeling more nervous.   His father sensed his nervousness so he replied again, "Marriage is a box where you must put something in before you take something out. There is no love in marriage as love is in the people and people put love in marriage. Similarly, there is no romance in marriage but people infuse romance into marriage. You must learn this ar