Cosmic Poetic Vision

A Lesson on Gratitude

A blind old man sat on the steps of a building with a hat by his feet. He held up a sign which read, "I am blind, please help." There were only a few coins in the hat. A girl was walking by and she took a few coins from her pocket and dropped them into the hat. She then took the sign, turned it around, and wrote some words. Then she put the sign…

Miles to go before You sleep

"Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" is a highly inspirational poem written by Robert Frost, in 1922 and published in 1923. The gist of the poem goes like this. Once, the poet was returning to his farm house in the evening, passing through the woods. He got down from his horse and was fascinated by the jungle beauty on the snowy evening. Since…

TUNING-UP

There was a music band, all of them were expert guitarists. They used to give mega-concerts to hundreds of guitar fans. In a little room they kept their guitars when not in use. One day, before one of their concerts, they called on an expert tuner to tune and fix up their guitars. The tuner began his job right in earnest. He picked one of the guitars an…

Cracked Pots

A water-bearer carried two large pots, one hung on each end of a pole which he carried across his neck. One pot was perfect, but the other had a crack in it. Naturally, by the time the bearer reached his master's house from the stream, the cracked pot would be half empty. After several months, perceiving its imperfection, the cracked pot spoke to th…

The House of 1000 Mirrors

Long ago in a small, far away village, there was a place known as the House of 1000 Mirrors. A small, happy little dog learned of this place and decided to visit. When he arrived, he bounced happily up the stairs to the doorway of the house. He looked through the doorway with his ears lifted high and his tail wagging as fast as it could. To his great surp…