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Scattered papers

Once upon a time an old man spread rumors that his neighbor was a thief. As a result, the young man was arrested. Days later the young man was proven innocent. After been released he sued the old man for wrongly accusing him.

In court the old man told the Judge: ‘They were just comments, didn’t harm anyone.’

The judge, before passing sentence on the case, told the old man: ‘Write all the things you said about him on a piece of paper. Cut them up and on the way home; throw the pieces of paper out. Tomorrow, come back to hear the sentence.’

The next day, the judge told the old man: ‘Before receiving the sentence, you will have to go out and gather all the pieces of paper that you threw out yesterday.’

The old man said: ‘I can’t do that! The wind spread them and I won’t know where to find them.’

The judge then replied: ‘The same way, simple comments may destroy the honor of a man to such an extent that one is not able to fix it.  

If you can’t speak well of someone, rather don’t say anything.

‘Let’s all be masters of our mouths, so that we won’t be slaves of our words.’

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  1. asiya fathima says

    nice story wth a strong message.. hope those lik the old man, get the moral of the story.. good attempt, diwakar. :)

  2. Bo says

    what a beautiful way of treating others and ourselves with respects.

  3. Benaam Rhymester says

    wow what an excellent idea to give us lesson :) beautiful story !

  4. Nikhat Fatima says

    That was excellent peice of advise. Good one.

  5. Shambavi ganesh says

    you know,i bet this happens to every one one time or other,spreading rumors and getting caught i mean.
    very nice post

  6. rini biswas says

    One timely post at a time of raging impatience all around…nice work buddy…keep it up…

  7. Aria says

    cool :)

  8. ale gra says

    nice matter….should be read by those people who are more interested in other’’s life than their own’’s..

  9. Daredevil says

    nice one yar

  10. anvesha says

    So nice…very nice story….thanx a lot fr sharin…$

  11. K B says

    very well stated!

  12. bidisha says

    Wisdom, wonderfully put across.

  13. sanu says

    really nice post

  14. nitin bhatnagar says

    gr8 post

  15. akhtarrizvi says

    Diwakar Bhai…Bahut khoob sahi likha hi aap ne zubn se ek bar jo bat nikal jati hai woh wapas nahi aati….isi liye kehte hain pehle tolo phir bolo….all the best

  16. sarita singh says

    wonderful post…..very relevant message so beautifully and effectively put across!

  17. iveenia says

    WOW - i love that story - thank you for sharing!!!

  18. nikita prashar says

    Amazing blog, wonderful way of expressing…….. nice moral …. Keep Writting!!

  19. seema n says

    wow this was a wonderful message .so true

  20. Meenu says

    really inspiring and touched me some where inside.If all people started thinking in this way then i think most of the problems will be solved