<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802218131451214530</id><updated>2012-02-16T21:58:47.777+05:30</updated><title type='text'>www.reachout.net.in/stories</title><subtitle type='html'>Stories, Tales, Anecdotes, Real Life Incidents, etc. that educate, entertain, elevate, emancipate, inspire, motivate, teach, train, coach, mentor..</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default?start-index=101&amp;max-results=100'/><author><name>Reach Mentor</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/108071715966844332453</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh5.googleusercontent.com/-FT7iodMcmTc/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAALYQ/mB-yPZiridk/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>435</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802218131451214530.post-8234635181725399334</id><published>2012-02-11T13:45:00.000+05:30</published><updated>2012-02-11T13:46:09.709+05:30</updated><title type='text'>Key to Happiness</title><summary type='text'>                                        When I was a kid, my mom would                 prepare special breakfast every now and then. And I                 remember one night in particular, after a long, hard day                 at work. On that evening so long ago, my mom placed a                 plate of eggs, sausage and extremely burned biscuits in                 front of my dad. I remember </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/feeds/8234635181725399334/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5802218131451214530&amp;postID=8234635181725399334' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/8234635181725399334'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/8234635181725399334'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/2012/02/key-to-happiness.html' title='Key to Happiness'/><author><name>Reach Mentor</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/108071715966844332453</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh5.googleusercontent.com/-FT7iodMcmTc/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAALYQ/mB-yPZiridk/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802218131451214530.post-5476996764960069172</id><published>2012-02-04T21:53:00.001+05:30</published><updated>2012-02-04T21:53:21.949+05:30</updated><title type='text'>Elastic Time</title><summary type='text'>                         &lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;        &lt;![endif]--&gt;               &lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;     Normal   0               false   false   false      EN-IN   X-NONE   X-NONE                                                                                             &lt;![endif]--&gt;&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/feeds/5476996764960069172/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5802218131451214530&amp;postID=5476996764960069172' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/5476996764960069172'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/5476996764960069172'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/2012/02/elastic-time.html' title='Elastic Time'/><author><name>Reach Mentor</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/108071715966844332453</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh5.googleusercontent.com/-FT7iodMcmTc/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAALYQ/mB-yPZiridk/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802218131451214530.post-8201935751259053970</id><published>2012-02-04T21:30:00.000+05:30</published><updated>2012-02-04T21:31:09.792+05:30</updated><title type='text'>They Simply Cant See You...</title><summary type='text'>                         &lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;        &lt;![endif]--&gt;               &lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;     Normal   0               false   false   false      EN-IN   X-NONE   X-NONE                                                                                             &lt;![endif]--&gt;&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/feeds/8201935751259053970/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5802218131451214530&amp;postID=8201935751259053970' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/8201935751259053970'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/8201935751259053970'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/2012/02/they-simply-cant-see-you.html' title='They Simply Cant See You...'/><author><name>Reach Mentor</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/108071715966844332453</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh5.googleusercontent.com/-FT7iodMcmTc/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAALYQ/mB-yPZiridk/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802218131451214530.post-7265230149966547163</id><published>2012-01-26T19:26:00.001+05:30</published><updated>2012-01-26T19:26:41.226+05:30</updated><title type='text'>The Story of Shunkai</title><summary type='text'>                         &lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt; 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       &lt;![endif]--&gt;               &lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;     Normal   0               false   false   false      EN-IN   X-NONE   X-NONE                                                                                             &lt;![endif]--&gt;&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/feeds/26497760040246362/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5802218131451214530&amp;postID=26497760040246362' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/26497760040246362'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/26497760040246362'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/2012/01/learning-to-soar.html' title='Learning to Soar'/><author><name>Reach Mentor</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/108071715966844332453</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh5.googleusercontent.com/-FT7iodMcmTc/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAALYQ/mB-yPZiridk/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802218131451214530.post-1312565133042413281</id><published>2012-01-26T18:54:00.001+05:30</published><updated>2012-01-26T18:54:48.714+05:30</updated><title type='text'>A small story with a BIG message</title><summary type='text'>                         &lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;        &lt;![endif]--&gt;               &lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;     Normal   0               false   false   false      EN-IN   X-NONE   X-NONE                                                                                             &lt;![endif]--&gt;&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/feeds/1312565133042413281/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5802218131451214530&amp;postID=1312565133042413281' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/1312565133042413281'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/1312565133042413281'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/2012/01/small-story-with-big-message.html' title='A small story with a BIG message'/><author><name>Reach Mentor</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/108071715966844332453</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh5.googleusercontent.com/-FT7iodMcmTc/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAALYQ/mB-yPZiridk/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802218131451214530.post-7622111765912979874</id><published>2011-12-31T12:43:00.001+05:30</published><updated>2011-12-31T12:43:43.616+05:30</updated><title type='text'>How you create Hell for Yourself</title><summary type='text'>                         &lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;        &lt;![endif]--&gt;               &lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;     Normal   0               false   false   false      EN-IN   X-NONE   X-NONE                                                                                             &lt;![endif]--&gt;&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/feeds/7622111765912979874/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5802218131451214530&amp;postID=7622111765912979874' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/7622111765912979874'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/7622111765912979874'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/2011/12/how-you-create-hell-for-yourself.html' title='How you create Hell for Yourself'/><author><name>Reach Mentor</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/108071715966844332453</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh5.googleusercontent.com/-FT7iodMcmTc/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAALYQ/mB-yPZiridk/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802218131451214530.post-6593954418690294311</id><published>2011-12-30T12:55:00.001+05:30</published><updated>2011-12-30T12:55:51.211+05:30</updated><title type='text'>The Woman</title><summary type='text'>                         &lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;        &lt;![endif]--&gt;               &lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;     Normal   0               false   false   false      EN-IN   X-NONE   X-NONE                                                                                             &lt;![endif]--&gt;&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/feeds/6593954418690294311/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5802218131451214530&amp;postID=6593954418690294311' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/6593954418690294311'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/6593954418690294311'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/2011/12/woman.html' title='The Woman'/><author><name>Reach Mentor</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/108071715966844332453</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh5.googleusercontent.com/-FT7iodMcmTc/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAALYQ/mB-yPZiridk/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802218131451214530.post-9040565818643297539</id><published>2011-12-30T12:48:00.000+05:30</published><updated>2011-12-30T12:49:03.732+05:30</updated><title type='text'>Christmas &amp; Grandma</title><summary type='text'>                         &lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;        &lt;![endif]--&gt;               &lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;     Normal   0               false   false   false      EN-IN   X-NONE   X-NONE                                                                                             &lt;![endif]--&gt;&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/feeds/9040565818643297539/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5802218131451214530&amp;postID=9040565818643297539' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/9040565818643297539'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/9040565818643297539'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/2011/12/christmas-grandma.html' title='Christmas &amp; Grandma'/><author><name>Reach Mentor</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/108071715966844332453</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh5.googleusercontent.com/-FT7iodMcmTc/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAALYQ/mB-yPZiridk/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802218131451214530.post-1411952742755220796</id><published>2011-12-04T20:48:00.000+05:30</published><updated>2011-12-04T20:49:22.916+05:30</updated><title type='text'>Can You Explain This?</title><summary type='text'>We come across       varieties of personalities in our day to day life and much more       varieties of behaviors, when interacting with them. The behavior       of all the humans cannot be completely comprehended! On the       contrary,       there are so many peculiar behaviors of animals, which even though       look stunningly strange, can be easily explained!     For example, “Amma       </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/feeds/1411952742755220796/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5802218131451214530&amp;postID=1411952742755220796' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/1411952742755220796'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/1411952742755220796'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/2011/12/can-you-explain-this.html' title='Can You Explain This?'/><author><name>Reach Mentor</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/108071715966844332453</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh5.googleusercontent.com/-FT7iodMcmTc/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAALYQ/mB-yPZiridk/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802218131451214530.post-6438167089854298805</id><published>2011-12-04T20:45:00.000+05:30</published><updated>2011-12-04T20:46:13.868+05:30</updated><title type='text'>The evil you do remains with you: The good you do.....</title><summary type='text'>                         &lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;        &lt;![endif]--&gt;               &lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;     Normal   0               false   false   false      EN-IN   X-NONE   X-NONE                                                                                             &lt;![endif]--&gt;&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/feeds/6438167089854298805/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5802218131451214530&amp;postID=6438167089854298805' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/6438167089854298805'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/6438167089854298805'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/2011/12/evil-you-do-remains-with-you-good-you.html' title='The evil you do remains with you: The good you do.....'/><author><name>Reach Mentor</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/108071715966844332453</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh5.googleusercontent.com/-FT7iodMcmTc/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAALYQ/mB-yPZiridk/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802218131451214530.post-8079128340776352177</id><published>2011-12-04T19:01:00.001+05:30</published><updated>2011-12-04T19:01:42.143+05:30</updated><title type='text'>Some 'shortest' but amazing real life stories</title><summary type='text'>                         &lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt; 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but amazing real life stories'/><author><name>Reach Mentor</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/108071715966844332453</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh5.googleusercontent.com/-FT7iodMcmTc/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAALYQ/mB-yPZiridk/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802218131451214530.post-2627798234516623799</id><published>2011-10-30T21:28:00.001+05:30</published><updated>2011-10-30T21:28:51.804+05:30</updated><title type='text'>Alexander's TEN Questions</title><summary type='text'>While       in India, Alexander took ten of the Brahmins 19  prisoner.  These       men had a great reputation for intelligence, so Alexander decided       to give them a test.  He announced that the one who gave the worst       answer would be the first to die, and he made the oldest Brahmin       the judge of the competition.                    Which           are more numerous, Alexander asked</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/feeds/2627798234516623799/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5802218131451214530&amp;postID=2627798234516623799' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/2627798234516623799'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/2627798234516623799'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/2011/10/alexanders-ten-questions.html' title='Alexander&apos;s TEN Questions'/><author><name>Reach Mentor</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/108071715966844332453</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh5.googleusercontent.com/-FT7iodMcmTc/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAALYQ/mB-yPZiridk/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802218131451214530.post-2877997655101906947</id><published>2011-10-30T20:00:00.001+05:30</published><updated>2011-10-30T20:00:53.618+05:30</updated><title type='text'>Simpler Physics</title><summary type='text'>The teacher asks a student how he would         measure the height of a very tall building using a barometer,         evidently expecting to hear about the reduced air pressure being         proportionate to the elevation... .              The student says: Tie the barometer to a long string, lower the         string till the barometer touches The ground, measure the length         of the string!</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/feeds/2877997655101906947/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5802218131451214530&amp;postID=2877997655101906947' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/2877997655101906947'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/2877997655101906947'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/2011/10/simpler-physics.html' title='Simpler Physics'/><author><name>Reach Mentor</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/108071715966844332453</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh5.googleusercontent.com/-FT7iodMcmTc/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAALYQ/mB-yPZiridk/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802218131451214530.post-2245692050525933595</id><published>2011-10-30T19:58:00.001+05:30</published><updated>2011-10-30T19:58:53.728+05:30</updated><title type='text'>USA Today</title><summary type='text'>{A similar one has been posted earlier and has done its rounds over     the internet as a story illustrating a very different perspective     from the one below.  This one has been contributed by bvk.rao11 @       gmail.com}          It is raining, and       the little town looks totally deserted. It is tough times,       everybody is in debt, and everybody lives on credit.        Suddenly, a </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/feeds/2245692050525933595/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5802218131451214530&amp;postID=2245692050525933595' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/2245692050525933595'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/2245692050525933595'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/2011/10/usa-today.html' title='USA Today'/><author><name>Reach Mentor</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/108071715966844332453</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh5.googleusercontent.com/-FT7iodMcmTc/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAALYQ/mB-yPZiridk/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802218131451214530.post-1171478560026976169</id><published>2011-10-26T21:51:00.001+05:30</published><updated>2011-10-26T21:51:41.755+05:30</updated><title type='text'>A foot has no nose</title><summary type='text'>       Of the many             interactions I had with my mother those many years ago, one             stands out with clarity. I remember the occasion when mother             sent me to the main road, about twenty yards away from the             homestead, to invite a passing group of seasonal             work-seekers home for a meal. She instructed me to take a             container along and </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/feeds/1171478560026976169/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5802218131451214530&amp;postID=1171478560026976169' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/1171478560026976169'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/1171478560026976169'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/2011/10/foot-has-no-nose.html' title='A foot has no nose'/><author><name>Reach Mentor</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/108071715966844332453</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh5.googleusercontent.com/-FT7iodMcmTc/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAALYQ/mB-yPZiridk/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802218131451214530.post-838908270267952280</id><published>2011-10-09T19:49:00.001+05:30</published><updated>2011-10-09T19:49:45.765+05:30</updated><title type='text'>Passing the Torch</title><summary type='text'>                                                                                                                                                                                    Most of you know that both my dad                         and my father in law died in the same week this                         past July. Since then my wife and I have been                         busy literally </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/feeds/838908270267952280/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5802218131451214530&amp;postID=838908270267952280' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/838908270267952280'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/838908270267952280'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/2011/10/passing-torch.html' title='Passing the Torch'/><author><name>Reach Mentor</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/108071715966844332453</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh5.googleusercontent.com/-FT7iodMcmTc/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAALYQ/mB-yPZiridk/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802218131451214530.post-816053727390184907</id><published>2011-09-25T19:08:00.001+05:30</published><updated>2011-09-25T19:08:57.067+05:30</updated><title type='text'>What goes Around usually comes Around</title><summary type='text'>This is a true story that had happened in 1892 at Stanford     University. Its moral is still relevant today.               A young, 18 year old student was struggling to pay his fees. He was      An orphan, and not knowing where to turn for money, he came up with     a bright idea. A friend and he decided to host a  musical concert on     Campus to raise money for their education.               </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/feeds/816053727390184907/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5802218131451214530&amp;postID=816053727390184907' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/816053727390184907'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/816053727390184907'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/2011/09/what-goes-around-usually-comes-around.html' title='What goes Around usually comes Around'/><author><name>Reach Mentor</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/108071715966844332453</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh5.googleusercontent.com/-FT7iodMcmTc/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAALYQ/mB-yPZiridk/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802218131451214530.post-7155393749473264905</id><published>2011-09-18T19:10:00.001+05:30</published><updated>2011-09-18T19:10:40.892+05:30</updated><title type='text'>The Falcon</title><summary type='text'>                         &lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;        &lt;![endif]--&gt;               &lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;     Normal   0               false   false   false      EN-IN   X-NONE   X-NONE                                                                                             &lt;![endif]--&gt;&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/feeds/7155393749473264905/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5802218131451214530&amp;postID=7155393749473264905' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/7155393749473264905'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/7155393749473264905'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/2011/09/falcon.html' title='The Falcon'/><author><name>Reach Mentor</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/108071715966844332453</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh5.googleusercontent.com/-FT7iodMcmTc/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAALYQ/mB-yPZiridk/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802218131451214530.post-3423362413226308968</id><published>2011-08-21T19:35:00.000+05:30</published><updated>2011-08-21T19:36:13.033+05:30</updated><title type='text'>Learning To Listen</title><summary type='text'>Author: Johnny       Silvas                 We all know what it's like to         get that phone call in the middle of the night.            This night's call was no         different.            Jerking up to the ringing         summons, I focused on the red illuminated numbers of my clock.         Midnight. Panicky thoughts filled my sleep-dazed mind as I         grabbed the receiver.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/feeds/3423362413226308968/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5802218131451214530&amp;postID=3423362413226308968' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/3423362413226308968'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/3423362413226308968'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/2011/08/learning-to-listen.html' title='Learning To Listen'/><author><name>Reach Mentor</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/108071715966844332453</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh5.googleusercontent.com/-FT7iodMcmTc/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAALYQ/mB-yPZiridk/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802218131451214530.post-1348688200101035809</id><published>2011-07-26T12:46:00.001+05:30</published><updated>2011-07-26T12:46:42.791+05:30</updated><title type='text'>THE COST OF HOPE</title><summary type='text'>&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;        &lt;![endif]--&gt;&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;     Normal   0                                 false   false   false      EN-IN   X-NONE   X-NONE                                                                                             &lt;![endif]--&gt;&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/feeds/1348688200101035809/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5802218131451214530&amp;postID=1348688200101035809' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/1348688200101035809'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/1348688200101035809'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/2011/07/cost-of-hope.html' title='THE COST OF HOPE'/><author><name>Reach Mentor</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/108071715966844332453</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh5.googleusercontent.com/-FT7iodMcmTc/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAALYQ/mB-yPZiridk/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802218131451214530.post-5390940746688805131</id><published>2011-07-26T12:34:00.001+05:30</published><updated>2011-07-26T12:34:56.947+05:30</updated><title type='text'>A Story of Appreciation</title><summary type='text'>&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;        &lt;![endif]--&gt;&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;     Normal   0                                 false   false   false      EN-IN   X-NONE   X-NONE                                                                                             &lt;![endif]--&gt;&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/feeds/5390940746688805131/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5802218131451214530&amp;postID=5390940746688805131' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/5390940746688805131'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/5390940746688805131'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/2011/07/story-of-appreciation.html' title='A Story of Appreciation'/><author><name>Reach Mentor</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/108071715966844332453</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh5.googleusercontent.com/-FT7iodMcmTc/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAALYQ/mB-yPZiridk/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802218131451214530.post-6662029186907130150</id><published>2011-05-08T21:34:00.001+05:30</published><updated>2011-05-08T21:34:50.655+05:30</updated><title type='text'>Always Grab The First Opportunity</title><summary type='text'>&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;        &lt;![endif]--&gt;&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;     Normal   0                                 false   false   false      EN-IN   X-NONE   X-NONE                                                                                             &lt;![endif]--&gt;&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/feeds/6662029186907130150/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5802218131451214530&amp;postID=6662029186907130150' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/6662029186907130150'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/6662029186907130150'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/2011/05/always-grab-first-opportunity.html' title='Always Grab The First Opportunity'/><author><name>Reach Mentor</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/108071715966844332453</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh5.googleusercontent.com/-FT7iodMcmTc/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAALYQ/mB-yPZiridk/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802218131451214530.post-5699661713547520902</id><published>2011-05-08T21:23:00.001+05:30</published><updated>2011-05-08T21:23:47.209+05:30</updated><title type='text'>The Comfort Zone</title><summary type='text'>&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;        &lt;![endif]--&gt;&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;     Normal   0                                 false   false   false      EN-IN   X-NONE   X-NONE                                                                                             &lt;![endif]--&gt;&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/feeds/5699661713547520902/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5802218131451214530&amp;postID=5699661713547520902' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/5699661713547520902'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/5699661713547520902'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/2011/05/comfort-zone.html' title='The Comfort Zone'/><author><name>Reach Mentor</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/108071715966844332453</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh5.googleusercontent.com/-FT7iodMcmTc/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAALYQ/mB-yPZiridk/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802218131451214530.post-5577798450953121887</id><published>2011-03-28T10:25:00.001+05:30</published><updated>2011-03-28T10:25:45.000+05:30</updated><title type='text'>The Power of Actions</title><summary type='text'>&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;        &lt;![endif]--&gt;&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;     Normal   0                                 false   false   false      EN-IN   X-NONE   X-NONE                                                                                             &lt;![endif]--&gt;&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/feeds/5577798450953121887/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5802218131451214530&amp;postID=5577798450953121887' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/5577798450953121887'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/5577798450953121887'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/2011/03/power-of-actions.html' title='The Power of Actions'/><author><name>Reach Mentor</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/108071715966844332453</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh5.googleusercontent.com/-FT7iodMcmTc/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAALYQ/mB-yPZiridk/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802218131451214530.post-1019083369262626741</id><published>2011-03-28T10:04:00.001+05:30</published><updated>2011-03-28T10:04:25.880+05:30</updated><title type='text'>The Master</title><summary type='text'>&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;        &lt;![endif]--&gt;&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;     Normal   0                                 false   false   false      EN-IN   X-NONE   X-NONE                                                                                             &lt;![endif]--&gt;&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/feeds/1019083369262626741/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5802218131451214530&amp;postID=1019083369262626741' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/1019083369262626741'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/1019083369262626741'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/2011/03/master.html' title='The Master'/><author><name>Reach Mentor</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/108071715966844332453</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh5.googleusercontent.com/-FT7iodMcmTc/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAALYQ/mB-yPZiridk/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802218131451214530.post-8140911858461336570</id><published>2011-03-28T09:57:00.001+05:30</published><updated>2011-03-28T09:57:33.919+05:30</updated><title type='text'>Would you have made the same choice?</title><summary type='text'>&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;        &lt;![endif]--&gt;&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;     Normal   0                                 false   false   false      EN-IN   X-NONE   X-NONE                                                                                             &lt;![endif]--&gt;&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/feeds/8140911858461336570/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5802218131451214530&amp;postID=8140911858461336570' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/8140911858461336570'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/8140911858461336570'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/2011/03/would-you-have-made-same-choice.html' title='Would you have made the same choice?'/><author><name>Reach Mentor</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/108071715966844332453</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh5.googleusercontent.com/-FT7iodMcmTc/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAALYQ/mB-yPZiridk/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802218131451214530.post-5203290898720455354</id><published>2011-01-27T20:17:00.001+05:30</published><updated>2011-01-27T20:17:33.523+05:30</updated><title type='text'>What the Modern Woman Wants...</title><summary type='text'>&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;        &lt;![endif]--&gt;&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;     Normal   0                                 false   false   false      EN-IN   X-NONE   X-NONE                                                                                             &lt;![endif]--&gt;&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/feeds/5203290898720455354/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5802218131451214530&amp;postID=5203290898720455354' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/5203290898720455354'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/5203290898720455354'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/2011/01/what-modern-woman-wants.html' title='What the Modern Woman Wants...'/><author><name>Reach Mentor</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/108071715966844332453</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh5.googleusercontent.com/-FT7iodMcmTc/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAALYQ/mB-yPZiridk/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802218131451214530.post-2953393188298783627</id><published>2011-01-27T20:10:00.001+05:30</published><updated>2011-01-27T20:10:59.822+05:30</updated><title type='text'>Born To Win: Conditioned To Lose</title><summary type='text'>&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;        &lt;![endif]--&gt;&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;     Normal   0                                 false   false   false      EN-IN   X-NONE   X-NONE                                                                                             &lt;![endif]--&gt;&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/feeds/2953393188298783627/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5802218131451214530&amp;postID=2953393188298783627' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/2953393188298783627'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/2953393188298783627'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/2011/01/born-to-win-conditioned-to-lose.html' title='Born To Win: Conditioned To Lose'/><author><name>Reach Mentor</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/108071715966844332453</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh5.googleusercontent.com/-FT7iodMcmTc/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAALYQ/mB-yPZiridk/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802218131451214530.post-2857849674195575650</id><published>2010-12-26T19:28:00.001+05:30</published><updated>2010-12-26T19:28:35.695+05:30</updated><title type='text'>Maintain Integrity</title><summary type='text'>&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;        &lt;![endif]--&gt;&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;     Normal   0                                 false   false   false      EN-IN   X-NONE   X-NONE                                                                                             &lt;![endif]--&gt;&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/feeds/2857849674195575650/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5802218131451214530&amp;postID=2857849674195575650' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/2857849674195575650'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/2857849674195575650'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/2010/12/maintain-integrity.html' title='Maintain Integrity'/><author><name>Reach Mentor</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/108071715966844332453</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh5.googleusercontent.com/-FT7iodMcmTc/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAALYQ/mB-yPZiridk/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802218131451214530.post-5115776195782712635</id><published>2010-12-26T19:22:00.001+05:30</published><updated>2010-12-26T19:22:46.534+05:30</updated><title type='text'>A Little Moment of Joy</title><summary type='text'>&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;        &lt;![endif]--&gt;&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;     Normal   0                                 false   false   false      EN-IN   X-NONE   X-NONE                                                                                             &lt;![endif]--&gt;&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/feeds/5115776195782712635/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5802218131451214530&amp;postID=5115776195782712635' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/5115776195782712635'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/5115776195782712635'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/2010/12/little-moment-of-joy.html' title='A Little Moment of Joy'/><author><name>Reach Mentor</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/108071715966844332453</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh5.googleusercontent.com/-FT7iodMcmTc/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAALYQ/mB-yPZiridk/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802218131451214530.post-8227141822041693400</id><published>2010-12-26T19:15:00.001+05:30</published><updated>2010-12-26T19:15:15.692+05:30</updated><title type='text'>How Could She Have Known?</title><summary type='text'>&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;        &lt;![endif]--&gt;&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;     Normal   0                                 false   false   false      EN-IN   X-NONE   X-NONE                                                                                             &lt;![endif]--&gt;&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/feeds/8227141822041693400/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5802218131451214530&amp;postID=8227141822041693400' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/8227141822041693400'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/8227141822041693400'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/2010/12/how-could-she-have-known.html' title='How Could She Have Known?'/><author><name>Reach Mentor</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/108071715966844332453</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh5.googleusercontent.com/-FT7iodMcmTc/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAALYQ/mB-yPZiridk/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802218131451214530.post-2298649300854503551</id><published>2010-12-25T12:28:00.000+05:30</published><updated>2010-12-25T12:29:05.590+05:30</updated><title type='text'>What IT Feels like</title><summary type='text'>&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;        &lt;![endif]--&gt;&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;     Normal   0                                 false   false   false      EN-IN   X-NONE   X-NONE                                                                                             &lt;![endif]--&gt;&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/feeds/2298649300854503551/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5802218131451214530&amp;postID=2298649300854503551' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/2298649300854503551'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/2298649300854503551'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/2010/12/what-it-feels-like.html' title='What IT Feels like'/><author><name>Reach Mentor</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/108071715966844332453</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh5.googleusercontent.com/-FT7iodMcmTc/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAALYQ/mB-yPZiridk/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802218131451214530.post-2221087190301129690</id><published>2010-12-25T12:26:00.001+05:30</published><updated>2010-12-25T12:26:32.437+05:30</updated><title type='text'>There is Always The Other Side</title><summary type='text'>&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;        &lt;![endif]--&gt;&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;     Normal   0                                 false   false   false      EN-IN   X-NONE   X-NONE                                                                                             &lt;![endif]--&gt;&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/feeds/2221087190301129690/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5802218131451214530&amp;postID=2221087190301129690' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/2221087190301129690'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/2221087190301129690'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/2010/12/there-is-always-other-side.html' title='There is Always The Other Side'/><author><name>Reach Mentor</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/108071715966844332453</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh5.googleusercontent.com/-FT7iodMcmTc/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAALYQ/mB-yPZiridk/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802218131451214530.post-1259006635453125356</id><published>2010-12-25T12:20:00.001+05:30</published><updated>2010-12-25T12:20:28.186+05:30</updated><title type='text'>Self worth</title><summary type='text'>&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;        &lt;![endif]--&gt;&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;     Normal   0                                 false   false   false      EN-IN   X-NONE   X-NONE                                                                                             &lt;![endif]--&gt;&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/feeds/1259006635453125356/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5802218131451214530&amp;postID=1259006635453125356' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/1259006635453125356'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/1259006635453125356'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/2010/12/self-worth.html' title='Self worth'/><author><name>Reach Mentor</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/108071715966844332453</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh5.googleusercontent.com/-FT7iodMcmTc/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAALYQ/mB-yPZiridk/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802218131451214530.post-7453458387527157397</id><published>2010-12-25T12:16:00.000+05:30</published><updated>2010-12-25T12:17:10.309+05:30</updated><title type='text'>The Entitlement Mentality</title><summary type='text'>&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;        &lt;![endif]--&gt;&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;     Normal   0                                 false   false   false      EN-IN   X-NONE   X-NONE                                                                                             &lt;![endif]--&gt;&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/feeds/7453458387527157397/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5802218131451214530&amp;postID=7453458387527157397' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/7453458387527157397'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/7453458387527157397'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/2010/12/entitlement-mentality.html' title='The Entitlement Mentality'/><author><name>Reach Mentor</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/108071715966844332453</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh5.googleusercontent.com/-FT7iodMcmTc/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAALYQ/mB-yPZiridk/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802218131451214530.post-2860508390281578768</id><published>2010-12-25T12:04:00.001+05:30</published><updated>2010-12-25T12:04:39.203+05:30</updated><title type='text'>Eraser Shavings</title><summary type='text'>&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;        &lt;![endif]--&gt;&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;     Normal   0                                 false   false   false      EN-IN   X-NONE   X-NONE                                                                                             &lt;![endif]--&gt;&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/feeds/2860508390281578768/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5802218131451214530&amp;postID=2860508390281578768' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/2860508390281578768'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/2860508390281578768'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/2010/12/eraser-shavings.html' title='Eraser Shavings'/><author><name>Reach Mentor</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/108071715966844332453</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh5.googleusercontent.com/-FT7iodMcmTc/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAALYQ/mB-yPZiridk/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802218131451214530.post-5989937731951602919</id><published>2010-12-25T12:01:00.000+05:30</published><updated>2010-12-25T12:02:06.020+05:30</updated><title type='text'>His Ways Are The Best</title><summary type='text'>&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;        &lt;![endif]--&gt;&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;     Normal   0                                 false   false   false      EN-IN   X-NONE   X-NONE                                                                                             &lt;![endif]--&gt;&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/feeds/5989937731951602919/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5802218131451214530&amp;postID=5989937731951602919' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/5989937731951602919'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/5989937731951602919'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/2010/12/his-ways-are-best.html' title='His Ways Are The Best'/><author><name>Reach Mentor</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/108071715966844332453</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh5.googleusercontent.com/-FT7iodMcmTc/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAALYQ/mB-yPZiridk/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802218131451214530.post-548924348922452260</id><published>2010-12-25T12:00:00.001+05:30</published><updated>2010-12-25T12:00:15.450+05:30</updated><title type='text'>BUDDHA’S LESSON ON WASTING</title><summary type='text'>&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;        &lt;![endif]--&gt;&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;     Normal   0                                 false   false   false      EN-IN   X-NONE   X-NONE                                                                                             &lt;![endif]--&gt;&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/feeds/548924348922452260/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5802218131451214530&amp;postID=548924348922452260' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/548924348922452260'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/548924348922452260'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/2010/12/buddhas-lesson-on-wasting.html' title='BUDDHA’S LESSON ON WASTING'/><author><name>Reach Mentor</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/108071715966844332453</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh5.googleusercontent.com/-FT7iodMcmTc/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAALYQ/mB-yPZiridk/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802218131451214530.post-877755283756478773</id><published>2010-12-25T11:58:00.001+05:30</published><updated>2010-12-25T11:58:30.983+05:30</updated><title type='text'>The Easier Way May Actually Be the Tougher Way</title><summary type='text'>&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;        &lt;![endif]--&gt;&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;     Normal   0                                 false   false   false      EN-IN   X-NONE   X-NONE                                                                                             &lt;![endif]--&gt;&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/feeds/877755283756478773/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5802218131451214530&amp;postID=877755283756478773' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/877755283756478773'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/877755283756478773'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/2010/12/easier-way-may-actually-be-tougher-way.html' title='The Easier Way May Actually Be the Tougher Way'/><author><name>Reach Mentor</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/108071715966844332453</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh5.googleusercontent.com/-FT7iodMcmTc/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAALYQ/mB-yPZiridk/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802218131451214530.post-4953689659334175815</id><published>2010-12-20T19:44:00.000+05:30</published><updated>2010-12-20T19:45:01.254+05:30</updated><title type='text'>Three Red Marbles</title><summary type='text'>&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;        &lt;![endif]--&gt;&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;     Normal   0                                 false   false   false      EN-IN   X-NONE   X-NONE                                                                                             &lt;![endif]--&gt;&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/feeds/4953689659334175815/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5802218131451214530&amp;postID=4953689659334175815' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/4953689659334175815'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/4953689659334175815'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/2010/12/three-red-marbles.html' title='Three Red Marbles'/><author><name>Reach Mentor</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/108071715966844332453</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh5.googleusercontent.com/-FT7iodMcmTc/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAALYQ/mB-yPZiridk/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802218131451214530.post-8665581791005144970</id><published>2010-11-07T17:48:00.001+05:30</published><updated>2010-11-07T17:48:32.626+05:30</updated><title type='text'>A Father and Son Love Story</title><summary type='text'>&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;        &lt;![endif]--&gt;&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;     Normal   0               false   false   false      EN-IN   X-NONE   X-NONE                                                                                             &lt;![endif]--&gt;&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/feeds/8665581791005144970/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5802218131451214530&amp;postID=8665581791005144970' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/8665581791005144970'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/8665581791005144970'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/2010/11/father-and-son-love-story.html' title='A Father and Son Love Story'/><author><name>Reach Mentor</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/108071715966844332453</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh5.googleusercontent.com/-FT7iodMcmTc/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAALYQ/mB-yPZiridk/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802218131451214530.post-7654917766477021537</id><published>2010-11-07T17:44:00.001+05:30</published><updated>2010-11-07T17:44:40.670+05:30</updated><title type='text'>The Thing He Valued Most..</title><summary type='text'>&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;        &lt;![endif]--&gt;&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;     Normal   0               false   false   false      EN-IN   X-NONE   X-NONE                                                                                             &lt;![endif]--&gt;&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/feeds/7654917766477021537/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5802218131451214530&amp;postID=7654917766477021537' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/7654917766477021537'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/7654917766477021537'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/2010/11/thing-he-valued-most.html' title='The Thing He Valued Most..'/><author><name>Reach Mentor</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/108071715966844332453</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh5.googleusercontent.com/-FT7iodMcmTc/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAALYQ/mB-yPZiridk/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802218131451214530.post-3131948484641139811</id><published>2010-11-06T17:51:00.001+05:30</published><updated>2010-11-06T17:51:10.816+05:30</updated><title type='text'>An Elephant and a Fly</title><summary type='text'>&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;        &lt;![endif]--&gt;&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;     Normal   0               false   false   false      EN-IN   X-NONE   X-NONE                                                                                             &lt;![endif]--&gt;&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/feeds/3131948484641139811/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5802218131451214530&amp;postID=3131948484641139811' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/3131948484641139811'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/3131948484641139811'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/2010/11/elephant-and-fly.html' title='An Elephant and a Fly'/><author><name>Reach Mentor</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/108071715966844332453</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh5.googleusercontent.com/-FT7iodMcmTc/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAALYQ/mB-yPZiridk/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802218131451214530.post-3821224634380516872</id><published>2010-11-06T17:43:00.001+05:30</published><updated>2010-11-06T17:43:27.948+05:30</updated><title type='text'>Acchu</title><summary type='text'>&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;        &lt;![endif]--&gt;&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;     Normal   0               false   false   false      EN-IN   X-NONE   X-NONE                                                                                             &lt;![endif]--&gt;&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/feeds/3821224634380516872/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5802218131451214530&amp;postID=3821224634380516872' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/3821224634380516872'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/3821224634380516872'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/2010/11/acchu.html' title='Acchu'/><author><name>Reach Mentor</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/108071715966844332453</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh5.googleusercontent.com/-FT7iodMcmTc/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAALYQ/mB-yPZiridk/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802218131451214530.post-1491606449947143304</id><published>2010-09-14T19:21:00.001+05:30</published><updated>2010-09-14T19:21:30.785+05:30</updated><title type='text'>The Woman and the Fork</title><summary type='text'>                         &lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;        &lt;![endif]--&gt;               &lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;     Normal   0               false   false   false      EN-IN   X-NONE   X-NONE                                                                                             &lt;![endif]--&gt;&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/feeds/1491606449947143304/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5802218131451214530&amp;postID=1491606449947143304' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/1491606449947143304'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/1491606449947143304'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/2010/09/woman-and-fork.html' title='The Woman and the Fork'/><author><name>Reach Mentor</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/108071715966844332453</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh5.googleusercontent.com/-FT7iodMcmTc/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAALYQ/mB-yPZiridk/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802218131451214530.post-2646017095677586566</id><published>2010-09-14T11:55:00.001+05:30</published><updated>2010-09-14T11:55:43.571+05:30</updated><title type='text'>Just BE There!</title><summary type='text'>                         &lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;        &lt;![endif]--&gt;               &lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;     Normal   0               false   false   false      EN-IN   X-NONE   X-NONE                                                                                             &lt;![endif]--&gt;&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/feeds/2646017095677586566/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5802218131451214530&amp;postID=2646017095677586566' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/2646017095677586566'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/2646017095677586566'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/2010/09/just-be-there.html' title='Just BE There!'/><author><name>Reach Mentor</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/108071715966844332453</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh5.googleusercontent.com/-FT7iodMcmTc/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAALYQ/mB-yPZiridk/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802218131451214530.post-3410131925460212506</id><published>2010-09-14T11:45:00.001+05:30</published><updated>2010-09-14T11:45:44.459+05:30</updated><title type='text'>Slaves of Our Words!</title><summary type='text'>                         &lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt; 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"I can't go to Sunday School," she  sobbed to the pastor as he walked by. &lt;?xml:namespace prefix = o ns =  "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /&gt; Seeing her shabby, unkempt appearance, the pastor guessed the  reason and, taking her by the hand, took her inside and found a place for her</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/feeds/7774188737185072856/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5802218131451214530&amp;postID=7774188737185072856' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/7774188737185072856'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/7774188737185072856'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/2010/06/power-of-faith-what-god-can-do-with-57.html' title='The Power of Faith - What God can do with 57 cents'/><author><name>Reach Mentor</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/108071715966844332453</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh5.googleusercontent.com/-FT7iodMcmTc/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAALYQ/mB-yPZiridk/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802218131451214530.post-422362804525578552</id><published>2010-06-29T18:06:00.001+05:30</published><updated>2010-06-29T18:06:41.125+05:30</updated><title type='text'>Five Sponges</title><summary type='text'> There are five sponges laying on a kitchen counter top. Each member  of your family has been cleaning up different areas of your home. But, all the  sponges look the same. &lt;?xml:namespace prefix = o ns =  "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /&gt;  You are curious as to  what was cleaned in your home. But, you can't tell by looking. They all look the  same. So, what do you do? You squeeze each</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/feeds/422362804525578552/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5802218131451214530&amp;postID=422362804525578552' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/422362804525578552'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/422362804525578552'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/2010/06/five-sponges.html' title='Five Sponges'/><author><name>Reach Mentor</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/108071715966844332453</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh5.googleusercontent.com/-FT7iodMcmTc/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAALYQ/mB-yPZiridk/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802218131451214530.post-639673835121394146</id><published>2010-06-15T18:48:00.001+05:30</published><updated>2010-06-15T18:48:16.079+05:30</updated><title type='text'>Growing old gracefully with Marbles</title><summary type='text'>"The  older I get, the more I enjoy Saturday morning. Perhaps it's the quiet solitude  that comes with being the first to rise, or maybe it's the unbounded joy of not  having to be at work. Either way, the first few hours of a Saturday morning are  most enjoyable. A  few weeks ago, I was shuffling toward the garage with a steaming cup of coffee  in one hand and the morning paper in the other. </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/feeds/639673835121394146/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5802218131451214530&amp;postID=639673835121394146' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/639673835121394146'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/639673835121394146'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/2010/06/growing-old-gracefully-with-marbles.html' title='Growing old gracefully with Marbles'/><author><name>Reach Mentor</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/108071715966844332453</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh5.googleusercontent.com/-FT7iodMcmTc/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAALYQ/mB-yPZiridk/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802218131451214530.post-6658439886072034867</id><published>2010-04-26T09:49:00.001+05:30</published><updated>2010-04-26T09:49:32.041+05:30</updated><title type='text'>S H M I L Y</title><summary type='text'> My grandparents were married for over half a century,  and played their own special game from the time they had met each other. The  goal of their game was to write the word "shmily" in a surprise place for the  other to find. They took turns leaving "shmily" around the house, and as soon as  one of them discovered it, it was their turn to hide it once  more.&lt;?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/feeds/6658439886072034867/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5802218131451214530&amp;postID=6658439886072034867' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/6658439886072034867'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/6658439886072034867'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/2010/04/s-h-m-i-l-y.html' title='S H M I L Y'/><author><name>Reach Mentor</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/108071715966844332453</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh5.googleusercontent.com/-FT7iodMcmTc/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAALYQ/mB-yPZiridk/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802218131451214530.post-2057616821587725437</id><published>2010-04-26T09:42:00.001+05:30</published><updated>2010-04-26T09:42:43.560+05:30</updated><title type='text'>Let Them Know</title><summary type='text'>&lt;!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"&gt;       One fine day, an old couple around the age of 70, walks into a  lawyer's office. Apparently, they are there to file a divorce. Lawyer was very  puzzled, after having a chat with them, he got their story.&lt;?xml:namespace  prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office"  /&gt; This couple had been quarrelling for all their </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/feeds/2057616821587725437/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5802218131451214530&amp;postID=2057616821587725437' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/2057616821587725437'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/2057616821587725437'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/2010/04/let-them-know.html' title='Let Them Know'/><author><name>Reach Mentor</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/108071715966844332453</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh5.googleusercontent.com/-FT7iodMcmTc/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAALYQ/mB-yPZiridk/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802218131451214530.post-4217079987527139583</id><published>2010-03-09T21:02:00.001+05:30</published><updated>2010-03-09T21:02:25.910+05:30</updated><title type='text'>You Reap What You Sow</title><summary type='text'>The man slowly looked up. This was a woman clearly accustomed to  the finer things of life. Her coat was new. She looked like she had never missed  a meal in her life. His first thought was that she wanted to make fun of him,  like so many others had done before. "Leave me alone," he growled... To his amazement, the woman  continued standing. She was smiling -- her even white teeth displayed in  </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/feeds/4217079987527139583/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5802218131451214530&amp;postID=4217079987527139583' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/4217079987527139583'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/4217079987527139583'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/2010/03/you-reap-what-you-sow.html' title='You Reap What You Sow'/><author><name>Reach Mentor</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/108071715966844332453</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh5.googleusercontent.com/-FT7iodMcmTc/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAALYQ/mB-yPZiridk/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802218131451214530.post-7517302864438083842</id><published>2010-03-08T07:45:00.003+05:30</published><updated>2010-03-08T07:45:27.810+05:30</updated><title type='text'>The Mental Chain</title><summary type='text'> Most people are like the circus elephant. Have you ever seen a  giant elephant in an indoor arena tied to a little wooden stake. That huge  creature can pick up two thousand pounds with its trunk, yet it calmly stays  tied. Why?  When that elephant was just a baby, and not very strong, it was  tied by a huge chain to an iron stake that could not be moved. Regardless of how  hard it tried, it </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/feeds/7517302864438083842/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5802218131451214530&amp;postID=7517302864438083842' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/7517302864438083842'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/7517302864438083842'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/2010/03/mental-chain.html' title='The Mental Chain'/><author><name>Reach Mentor</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/108071715966844332453</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh5.googleusercontent.com/-FT7iodMcmTc/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAALYQ/mB-yPZiridk/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802218131451214530.post-138117990678019269</id><published>2010-03-08T07:45:00.001+05:30</published><updated>2010-03-08T07:45:11.882+05:30</updated><title type='text'>The Chicken</title><summary type='text'> Once upon a time, there was a large mountainside, where an eagle's  nest rested. The eagle's nest contained four large eagle eggs. One day an  earthquake rocked the mountain causing one of the eggs to roll down the  mountain, to a chicken farm, located in the valley below. The chickens knew that  they must protect and care for the eagle's egg, so an old hen volunteered to  nurture and raise the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/feeds/138117990678019269/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5802218131451214530&amp;postID=138117990678019269' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/138117990678019269'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/138117990678019269'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/2010/03/chicken.html' title='The Chicken'/><author><name>Reach Mentor</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/108071715966844332453</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh5.googleusercontent.com/-FT7iodMcmTc/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAALYQ/mB-yPZiridk/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802218131451214530.post-323193865219617809</id><published>2010-03-05T22:36:00.001+05:30</published><updated>2010-03-05T22:36:29.211+05:30</updated><title type='text'>Just A Quarter</title><summary type='text'>Several years ago a preacher moved to Houston, Texas.   Some weeks after he arrived, he rode the bus from his home to the  downtown area.    When he sat down, he discovered that the driver had accidentally  given him a quarter too much change.    As he considered what to do, he thought to himself, " You'd better  give the quarter back. It would be wrong to keep it."   Then he thought, "Oh, forget</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/feeds/323193865219617809/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5802218131451214530&amp;postID=323193865219617809' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/323193865219617809'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/323193865219617809'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/2010/03/just-quarter.html' title='Just A Quarter'/><author><name>Reach Mentor</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/108071715966844332453</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh5.googleusercontent.com/-FT7iodMcmTc/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAALYQ/mB-yPZiridk/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802218131451214530.post-3366468259922102410</id><published>2010-03-03T20:16:00.003+05:30</published><updated>2010-03-03T20:16:53.184+05:30</updated><title type='text'>Instinct Is A Prison</title><summary type='text'> The  hunted fears the predator, and    the predator fears hunger and  death. One day a young child got lost in the fields. He was very far from the  village he lived in, when suddenly he met a hungry tiger.       "If  you eat me now, Tiger," the child said, "you will still have to hunt  tomorrow."       "Yes,  but if I eat you now I will live another day!" the Tiger  replied.       "I  can teach</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/feeds/3366468259922102410/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5802218131451214530&amp;postID=3366468259922102410' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/3366468259922102410'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/3366468259922102410'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/2010/03/instinct-is-prison.html' title='Instinct Is A Prison'/><author><name>Reach Mentor</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/108071715966844332453</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh5.googleusercontent.com/-FT7iodMcmTc/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAALYQ/mB-yPZiridk/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802218131451214530.post-949622424294510475</id><published>2010-03-03T20:16:00.001+05:30</published><updated>2010-03-03T20:16:37.915+05:30</updated><title type='text'>Fear in the face of Victory</title><summary type='text'> During the time of Napoleon I, a great French general names La  Variere made the decision to attack,  even though his troops were largely  outnumbered. He was certain of victory, but he felt his men's fear and wanted to  do something to cut short their protestations. On a country road he stopped before an isolated chapel and  declared, "I am going inside and I will ask for God's help. Then I </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/feeds/949622424294510475/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5802218131451214530&amp;postID=949622424294510475' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/949622424294510475'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/949622424294510475'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/2010/03/fear-in-face-of-victory.html' title='Fear in the face of Victory'/><author><name>Reach Mentor</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/108071715966844332453</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh5.googleusercontent.com/-FT7iodMcmTc/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAALYQ/mB-yPZiridk/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802218131451214530.post-7028378107498081067</id><published>2010-02-28T16:49:00.000+05:30</published><updated>2010-02-28T16:51:19.674+05:30</updated><title type='text'>The 'Duplicate' Artist</title><summary type='text'>&lt;!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"&gt;        There was a king who was a great admirer of art. He encouraged  artists from all over his country and gave them valuable gifts.&lt;?xml:namespace  prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office"  /&gt; One day an artist came and said to the king, "Oh King! Give me a  blank wall in your palace and let me paint a picture on </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/feeds/7028378107498081067/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5802218131451214530&amp;postID=7028378107498081067' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/7028378107498081067'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/7028378107498081067'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/2010/02/duplicate-artist.html' title='The &apos;Duplicate&apos; Artist'/><author><name>Reach Mentor</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/108071715966844332453</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh5.googleusercontent.com/-FT7iodMcmTc/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAALYQ/mB-yPZiridk/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802218131451214530.post-4957594111257974519</id><published>2010-02-28T14:01:00.000+05:30</published><updated>2010-02-28T14:03:10.920+05:30</updated><title type='text'>A Well-Planned Retirement - From The London Times:</title><summary type='text'>  Outside the Bristol Zoo, in England , there is a  parking Lot for 150 cars and 8 coaches, or buses.&lt;?xml:namespace prefix = o ns =  "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /&gt; It was manned by a very pleasant attendant with a  Ticket machine charging cars £1 (about $1.40) and Coaches £5 (about  $7). This parking attendant worked there solid for all of  25 Years.  Then, one day, he just  didn't</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/feeds/4957594111257974519/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5802218131451214530&amp;postID=4957594111257974519' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/4957594111257974519'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/4957594111257974519'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/2010/02/well-planned-retirement-from-london.html' title='A Well-Planned Retirement - From The London Times:'/><author><name>Reach Mentor</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/108071715966844332453</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh5.googleusercontent.com/-FT7iodMcmTc/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAALYQ/mB-yPZiridk/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802218131451214530.post-4458277174018883062</id><published>2010-02-28T13:05:00.000+05:30</published><updated>2010-02-28T13:07:10.263+05:30</updated><title type='text'>The Seed Which Refused To Sprout</title><summary type='text'>A successful business man was growing old and knew it was time to  choose a successor to take over the business.  Instead of choosing one of his Directors  or his children, he decided to do something different. He called all the young  executives in his company together.&lt;?xml:namespace prefix = o ns =  "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /&gt; He said, "It is time for me to step down and </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/feeds/4458277174018883062/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5802218131451214530&amp;postID=4458277174018883062' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/4458277174018883062'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/4458277174018883062'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/2010/02/seed-which-refused-to-sprout.html' title='The Seed Which Refused To Sprout'/><author><name>Reach Mentor</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/108071715966844332453</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh5.googleusercontent.com/-FT7iodMcmTc/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAALYQ/mB-yPZiridk/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802218131451214530.post-7113509566381871475</id><published>2010-02-21T19:16:00.001+05:30</published><updated>2010-02-21T19:16:21.854+05:30</updated><title type='text'>Growing up is optional</title><summary type='text'> The first day of school our professor introduced  himself and challenged us to get   to know someone we didn't already  know. I stood up to look around when a gentle hand touched my  shoulder.&lt;?xml:namespace prefix = o ns =  "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /&gt; I turned a round to find a wrinkled, little old lady  beaming up at me with a smile that lit up her entire  being. She said, "Hi</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/feeds/7113509566381871475/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5802218131451214530&amp;postID=7113509566381871475' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/7113509566381871475'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/7113509566381871475'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/2010/02/growing-up-is-optional.html' title='Growing up is optional'/><author><name>Reach Mentor</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/108071715966844332453</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh5.googleusercontent.com/-FT7iodMcmTc/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAALYQ/mB-yPZiridk/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802218131451214530.post-13589036148090600</id><published>2010-02-21T19:10:00.000+05:30</published><updated>2010-02-21T19:11:14.561+05:30</updated><title type='text'>A wound by words</title><summary type='text'>There once was a boy with a very bad character. His father gave him  a box of spikes and told him to hammer one into the garden fence every time he  lost his patience and got into an argument with someone.&lt;?xml:namespace prefix =  o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /&gt; The first day the boy hammered 37 spikes into the fence. Over the  next few weeks he began learning to control </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/feeds/13589036148090600/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5802218131451214530&amp;postID=13589036148090600' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/13589036148090600'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/13589036148090600'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/2010/02/wound-by-words.html' title='A wound by words'/><author><name>Reach Mentor</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/108071715966844332453</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh5.googleusercontent.com/-FT7iodMcmTc/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAALYQ/mB-yPZiridk/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802218131451214530.post-7310650391739658740</id><published>2010-02-15T10:40:00.000+05:30</published><updated>2010-02-15T10:41:17.819+05:30</updated><title type='text'>The Birdies</title><summary type='text'> On July 22nd I was in route to Washington,  DC , for a business trip.  It was all so very ordinary, until we  landed in Denver for a plane change. As I collected my belongings from the  overhead bin, an announcement was made for Mr. Lloyd Glenn to see the United  Customer Service Representative immediately.  I thought nothing of it until I reached the door to  leave the plane and I heard a </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/feeds/7310650391739658740/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5802218131451214530&amp;postID=7310650391739658740' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/7310650391739658740'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/7310650391739658740'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/2010/02/birdies.html' title='The Birdies'/><author><name>Reach Mentor</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/108071715966844332453</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh5.googleusercontent.com/-FT7iodMcmTc/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAALYQ/mB-yPZiridk/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802218131451214530.post-120937730474651056</id><published>2010-02-14T19:14:00.000+05:30</published><updated>2010-02-14T19:20:07.705+05:30</updated><title type='text'>The Tibetan Spider</title><summary type='text'> A Tibetan student was practicing meditation in his  cell when a spider   descended  from the ceiling and hung suspended in front of him.&lt;?xml:namespace prefix = o  ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /&gt; It slowly spun around, attached to the end of its web,  until the novice tried to catch it, at which point it raced back up to the  ceiling in a second. Every day for a week the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/feeds/120937730474651056/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5802218131451214530&amp;postID=120937730474651056' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/120937730474651056'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/120937730474651056'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/2010/02/tibetan-spider.html' title='The Tibetan Spider'/><author><name>Reach Mentor</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/108071715966844332453</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh5.googleusercontent.com/-FT7iodMcmTc/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAALYQ/mB-yPZiridk/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802218131451214530.post-8893835357055035669</id><published>2010-01-31T17:40:00.001+05:30</published><updated>2010-01-31T17:40:28.092+05:30</updated><title type='text'>The Wrong Visa?</title><summary type='text'> {JUST ANOTHER POINT OF VIEW...You may or may not agree...is  fine.} In a poor zoo of India, a lion was frustrated as he was offered not  more than 1 kg meat a day. The lion thought its prayers were answered when one  US Zoo Manager  visited the zoo and  requested the zoo management to shift the lion to the US Zoo.   The lion was so happy and started thinking of a central A/c  environment, a goat</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/feeds/8893835357055035669/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5802218131451214530&amp;postID=8893835357055035669' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/8893835357055035669'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/8893835357055035669'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/2010/01/wrong-visa.html' title='The Wrong Visa?'/><author><name>Reach Mentor</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/108071715966844332453</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh5.googleusercontent.com/-FT7iodMcmTc/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAALYQ/mB-yPZiridk/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802218131451214530.post-954164197970030409</id><published>2010-01-03T18:18:00.000+05:30</published><updated>2010-01-03T18:19:39.397+05:30</updated><title type='text'>The most precious gift</title><summary type='text'>A wise woman who was traveling in the mountains found a precious  stone in a stream.&lt;?xml:namespace prefix = o ns =  "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /&gt; The next day she met another traveler who was hungry, and the wise  woman opened her bag to share her food. The hungry traveler saw the precious  stone and asked the woman to give it to him. She did so without hesitation. The traveler </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/feeds/954164197970030409/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5802218131451214530&amp;postID=954164197970030409' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/954164197970030409'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/954164197970030409'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/2010/01/most-precious-gift.html' title='The most precious gift'/><author><name>Reach Mentor</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/108071715966844332453</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh5.googleusercontent.com/-FT7iodMcmTc/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAALYQ/mB-yPZiridk/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802218131451214530.post-5194070695969645182</id><published>2010-01-03T18:05:00.000+05:30</published><updated>2010-01-03T18:06:48.726+05:30</updated><title type='text'>The Leadership of Small Things</title><summary type='text'> One stormy night many years ago, an elderly man and his wife  entered the lobby of a small hotel in Philadelphia. Trying to get out of the  rain, the couple approached the front desk hoping to get some shelter for the  night."Could you possibly give us a room here?" the husband asked.   The clerk, a friendly manwith a winning smile, looked at the couple  and explained that there were three </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/feeds/5194070695969645182/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5802218131451214530&amp;postID=5194070695969645182' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/5194070695969645182'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/5194070695969645182'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/2010/01/leadership-of-small-things.html' title='The Leadership of Small Things'/><author><name>Reach Mentor</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/108071715966844332453</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh5.googleusercontent.com/-FT7iodMcmTc/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAALYQ/mB-yPZiridk/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802218131451214530.post-8348114262094915261</id><published>2010-01-02T22:24:00.000+05:30</published><updated>2010-01-02T22:25:08.966+05:30</updated><title type='text'>Life's mantra</title><summary type='text'>&lt;!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"&gt;       Once  a King called upon all of his wise men and asked them, Is there a mantra or  suggestion which works in every situation, in every circumstances, in every  place and in every time, in every joy, every sorrow, every defeat and every  victory?   One answer for all  questions?  Something which can help  me, when none of you is </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/feeds/8348114262094915261/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5802218131451214530&amp;postID=8348114262094915261' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/8348114262094915261'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/8348114262094915261'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/2010/01/lifes-mantra.html' title='Life&apos;s mantra'/><author><name>Reach Mentor</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/108071715966844332453</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh5.googleusercontent.com/-FT7iodMcmTc/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAALYQ/mB-yPZiridk/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802218131451214530.post-7248906197940400205</id><published>2010-01-01T22:58:00.001+05:30</published><updated>2010-01-01T22:58:58.227+05:30</updated><title type='text'>The Wallet</title><summary type='text'>As  I walked home one freezing day, I stumbled on a wallet someone had lost in the  street. I picked it up and looked inside to find some identification so I could  call the owner. But the wallet contained only three dollars and a crumpled  letter that looked as if it had been in there for years. The  envelope was worn and the only thing that was legible on it was the return  address. I started </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/feeds/7248906197940400205/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5802218131451214530&amp;postID=7248906197940400205' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/7248906197940400205'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/7248906197940400205'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/2010/01/wallet.html' title='The Wallet'/><author><name>Reach Mentor</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/108071715966844332453</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh5.googleusercontent.com/-FT7iodMcmTc/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAALYQ/mB-yPZiridk/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802218131451214530.post-6880763781614126704</id><published>2010-01-01T21:34:00.001+05:30</published><updated>2010-01-01T21:34:43.291+05:30</updated><title type='text'>The Faith of an Atheist</title><summary type='text'> An atheist and a believer had the same doctor. Every time they met  in the doctor's waiting room, they would argue and end up insulting each  other.  "You really believe  that you are going to be saved on Judgment Day and go up to heaven. Do you  really believe everything you read in the Bible, and everything they told you in  church?" said the atheist. "I'm not certain of anything," the  </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/feeds/6880763781614126704/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5802218131451214530&amp;postID=6880763781614126704' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/6880763781614126704'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/6880763781614126704'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/2010/01/faith-of-atheist.html' title='The Faith of an Atheist'/><author><name>Reach Mentor</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/108071715966844332453</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh5.googleusercontent.com/-FT7iodMcmTc/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAALYQ/mB-yPZiridk/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802218131451214530.post-2693245952758569422</id><published>2010-01-01T20:48:00.000+05:30</published><updated>2010-01-01T20:50:15.220+05:30</updated><title type='text'>The Optimist Creed</title><summary type='text'> A family had twin boys whose only resemblance to each  other was their looks. If one felt it was too hot, the other thought it was too  cold. If one said the TV was too loud, the other claimed the volume needed to be  turned up. Opposite in every way, one was an eternal optimist, the other a doom  &amp; gloom pessimist.&lt;?xml:namespace prefix = o ns =  "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /&gt; </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/feeds/2693245952758569422/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5802218131451214530&amp;postID=2693245952758569422' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/2693245952758569422'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/2693245952758569422'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/2010/01/optimist-creed.html' title='The Optimist Creed'/><author><name>Reach Mentor</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/108071715966844332453</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh5.googleusercontent.com/-FT7iodMcmTc/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAALYQ/mB-yPZiridk/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802218131451214530.post-3521941959577734695</id><published>2009-12-29T16:57:00.000+05:30</published><updated>2009-12-29T16:59:22.236+05:30</updated><title type='text'>THE DIME</title><summary type='text'> Bobby was getting cold sitting out in his back yard in  the snow. Bobby didn't wear boots; he didn't like them and anyway he didn't own  any.  The thin sneakers he wore had  a few holes in them and they did a poor job of keeping out the cold.  Bobby had been in his backyard for about  an hour already.  And, try as he  might, he could not come up with an idea for his mother's Christmas gift.  He </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/feeds/3521941959577734695/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5802218131451214530&amp;postID=3521941959577734695' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/3521941959577734695'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/3521941959577734695'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/2009/12/dime.html' title='THE DIME'/><author><name>Reach Mentor</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/108071715966844332453</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh5.googleusercontent.com/-FT7iodMcmTc/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAALYQ/mB-yPZiridk/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802218131451214530.post-5277080854650855754</id><published>2009-12-13T21:29:00.000+05:30</published><updated>2009-12-13T21:31:02.203+05:30</updated><title type='text'>Unbreakable</title><summary type='text'> My friend Hans Zimmer had a serious motorcycle accident and lost  the use of his left hand.&lt;?xml:namespace prefix = o ns =  "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /&gt; "Fortunately I'm right handed," he told me as he adroitly served me  a cup of tea. "It's amazing what I can do with just one  hand." Despite the loss of his fingers, he learned to fly an airplane in  less than  a year. But one </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/feeds/5277080854650855754/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5802218131451214530&amp;postID=5277080854650855754' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/5277080854650855754'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/5277080854650855754'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/2009/12/unbreakable.html' title='Unbreakable'/><author><name>Reach Mentor</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/108071715966844332453</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh5.googleusercontent.com/-FT7iodMcmTc/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAALYQ/mB-yPZiridk/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802218131451214530.post-1144153082131971973</id><published>2009-12-13T13:44:00.000+05:30</published><updated>2009-12-13T13:45:47.476+05:30</updated><title type='text'>The Real Meaning of Peace</title><summary type='text'> "There once was a king who offered a prize to the artist who would  paint the best picture of peace. Many artists tried. The king looked at all the  pictures. But there were only two he really liked, and he had to choose between  them.&lt;?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office"  /&gt; One picture was of a calm lake. The lake was a perfect mirror for  peaceful towering </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/feeds/1144153082131971973/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5802218131451214530&amp;postID=1144153082131971973' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/1144153082131971973'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/1144153082131971973'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/2009/12/real-meaning-of-peace.html' title='The Real Meaning of Peace'/><author><name>Reach Mentor</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/108071715966844332453</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh5.googleusercontent.com/-FT7iodMcmTc/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAALYQ/mB-yPZiridk/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802218131451214530.post-974166745754350746</id><published>2009-10-11T19:58:00.000+05:30</published><updated>2009-10-11T19:59:26.070+05:30</updated><title type='text'>What She Didn't Say</title><summary type='text'> I got married in May, on a Sunday. It was, to some  extent, an act of rebellion. I wanted to be different from everybody else. A  week before I had invited a priest, a friend of mine, to my stag party. Half way  through the evening, a little tipsy, we all went out onto the terrace of the  restaurant, which faced the sea.&lt;?xml:namespace prefix = o ns =  "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/feeds/974166745754350746/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5802218131451214530&amp;postID=974166745754350746' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/974166745754350746'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/974166745754350746'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/2009/10/what-she-didnt-say.html' title='What She Didn&apos;t Say'/><author><name>Reach Mentor</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/108071715966844332453</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh5.googleusercontent.com/-FT7iodMcmTc/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAALYQ/mB-yPZiridk/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802218131451214530.post-5602557579796519785</id><published>2009-09-13T10:08:00.000+05:30</published><updated>2009-09-13T10:09:43.663+05:30</updated><title type='text'>The New Donkey and the Dog Story</title><summary type='text'>Read and think - You may  find one in your midst &lt;?xml:namespace prefix = o ns =  "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /&gt; There was once a washer man who had a donkey and a dog. One night  when the whole world was sleeping, a thief broke into the house, the washer man  was fast asleep too but the donkey and the dog were awake. The dog decided not  to bark since the master did not take good </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/feeds/5602557579796519785/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5802218131451214530&amp;postID=5602557579796519785' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/5602557579796519785'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/5602557579796519785'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/2009/09/new-donkey-and-dog-story.html' title='The New Donkey and the Dog Story'/><author><name>Reach Mentor</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/108071715966844332453</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh5.googleusercontent.com/-FT7iodMcmTc/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAALYQ/mB-yPZiridk/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802218131451214530.post-2397329275864959305</id><published>2009-08-30T19:25:00.000+05:30</published><updated>2009-08-30T19:26:46.686+05:30</updated><title type='text'>Discreet Silence</title><summary type='text'>&lt;!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"&gt;        Ravi and I work in the same office ,are close to each  other sharing even our personal matters.. His rich dad had died some years back.  His old mother was living with him. Unfortunately Ravi's wife Anita had not  taken kindly to the old woman. Coming from a rich family herself, she was a much  pampered lady lacking in finer </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/feeds/2397329275864959305/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5802218131451214530&amp;postID=2397329275864959305' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/2397329275864959305'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/2397329275864959305'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/2009/08/discreet-silence.html' title='Discreet Silence'/><author><name>Reach Mentor</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/108071715966844332453</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh5.googleusercontent.com/-FT7iodMcmTc/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAALYQ/mB-yPZiridk/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802218131451214530.post-8877593765164969283</id><published>2009-08-30T19:08:00.000+05:30</published><updated>2009-08-30T19:09:40.467+05:30</updated><title type='text'>A Little Burnt Toast</title><summary type='text'> "When I was a little girl, my mom liked to make breakfast food for  dinner every now and then. And I remember one night in particular when she had  made breakfast after a long, hard day at work. On that evening so long ago, my  mom placed a plate of eggs, sausage, and extremely burned toast in front of my  dad. I remember waiting to see if anyone noticed! Yet all my dad did was reach  for his </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/feeds/8877593765164969283/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5802218131451214530&amp;postID=8877593765164969283' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/8877593765164969283'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/8877593765164969283'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/2009/08/little-burnt-toast.html' title='A Little Burnt Toast'/><author><name>Reach Mentor</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/108071715966844332453</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh5.googleusercontent.com/-FT7iodMcmTc/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAALYQ/mB-yPZiridk/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802218131451214530.post-521834087569362128</id><published>2009-08-30T17:37:00.000+05:30</published><updated>2009-08-30T17:40:05.030+05:30</updated><title type='text'>Man Without Humanity</title><summary type='text'> Once upon a time, a man was passing through a jungle.  He saw a monkey and was attracted to it. He called the monkey and to his  surprise, the monkey came near him. The man told the monkey that it was his  ancestor and so they should cultivate friendship. With different kinds of  gestures, he was able to establish friendship with it. &lt;?xml:namespace prefix =  o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/feeds/521834087569362128/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5802218131451214530&amp;postID=521834087569362128' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/521834087569362128'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/521834087569362128'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/2009/08/man-without-humanity.html' title='Man Without Humanity'/><author><name>Reach Mentor</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/108071715966844332453</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh5.googleusercontent.com/-FT7iodMcmTc/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAALYQ/mB-yPZiridk/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802218131451214530.post-9085707436608512533</id><published>2009-07-05T19:52:00.000+05:30</published><updated>2009-07-05T19:54:46.108+05:30</updated><title type='text'>Honesty is Still the Best Policy</title><summary type='text'> Once a general manager wanted to test his people who had come from  all over India, about their values of life. &lt;?xml:namespace prefix = o ns =  "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /&gt; He announced that in their seminar folder, there is PVC pouch and  in it there is a seed. When they return, they must put it in a good soil in a  pot and look after it very well.  He would hold a competition </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/feeds/9085707436608512533/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5802218131451214530&amp;postID=9085707436608512533' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/9085707436608512533'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/9085707436608512533'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/2009/07/honesty-is-still-best-policy.html' title='Honesty is Still the Best Policy'/><author><name>Reach Mentor</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/108071715966844332453</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh5.googleusercontent.com/-FT7iodMcmTc/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAALYQ/mB-yPZiridk/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802218131451214530.post-3284487446214530591</id><published>2009-06-28T22:32:00.000+05:30</published><updated>2009-06-28T22:33:10.617+05:30</updated><title type='text'>Man is least himself..</title><summary type='text'> Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a  mask, and he will tell you the truth. &lt;?xml:namespace prefix = o ns =  "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /&gt; Once a King called upon all of his wise men and asked  them, "Is there a mantra or suggestion which works in every situation, in  every circumstance, in every place and in every time. Something which can help  me </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/feeds/3284487446214530591/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5802218131451214530&amp;postID=3284487446214530591' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/3284487446214530591'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/3284487446214530591'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/2009/06/man-is-least-himself.html' title='Man is least himself..'/><author><name>Reach Mentor</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/108071715966844332453</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh5.googleusercontent.com/-FT7iodMcmTc/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAALYQ/mB-yPZiridk/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802218131451214530.post-3490224719735343683</id><published>2009-06-28T22:24:00.000+05:30</published><updated>2009-06-28T22:25:20.482+05:30</updated><title type='text'>The Thing Valued Most</title><summary type='text'>It had been some time since Jack had seen the old man. College,  girls, career, and life itself got in the way. In fact, Jack moved clear across  the country in pursuit of his dreams. There, in the rush of his busy life, Jack  had little time to think about the past and often no time to spend with his wife  and son. He was working on his future, and nothing could stop  him.&lt;?xml:namespace prefix </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/feeds/3490224719735343683/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5802218131451214530&amp;postID=3490224719735343683' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/3490224719735343683'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/3490224719735343683'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/2009/06/thing-valued-most.html' title='The Thing Valued Most'/><author><name>Reach Mentor</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/108071715966844332453</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh5.googleusercontent.com/-FT7iodMcmTc/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAALYQ/mB-yPZiridk/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802218131451214530.post-2547567732961028412</id><published>2009-06-21T23:13:00.000+05:30</published><updated>2009-06-21T23:14:06.035+05:30</updated><title type='text'>The Maths Teacher</title><summary type='text'> One day Maths teacher asked her students to list the names of the  other students in the room on two sheets of paper, leaving a space between each  name. &lt;?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office"  /&gt; Then she told them to think of the nicest thing they could say  about each of their classmates and write it down.  It took the remainder of the class period to finish</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/feeds/2547567732961028412/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5802218131451214530&amp;postID=2547567732961028412' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/2547567732961028412'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/2547567732961028412'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/2009/06/maths-teacher.html' title='The Maths Teacher'/><author><name>Reach Mentor</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/108071715966844332453</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh5.googleusercontent.com/-FT7iodMcmTc/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAALYQ/mB-yPZiridk/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802218131451214530.post-8906578365623820352</id><published>2009-06-21T23:09:00.001+05:30</published><updated>2009-06-21T23:09:47.307+05:30</updated><title type='text'>Habits</title><summary type='text'> A wealthy man requested an old scholar to wean his son away from  his bad habits.&lt;?xml:namespace prefix = o ns =  "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /&gt; The scholar took the youth for a stroll through a garden. Stopping  suddenly he asked the boy to pull out a tiny plant growing there. The youth held  the plant between his thumb and forefinger and pulled it  out. The old man then asked him</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/feeds/8906578365623820352/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5802218131451214530&amp;postID=8906578365623820352' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/8906578365623820352'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/8906578365623820352'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/2009/06/habits.html' title='Habits'/><author><name>Reach Mentor</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/108071715966844332453</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh5.googleusercontent.com/-FT7iodMcmTc/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAALYQ/mB-yPZiridk/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802218131451214530.post-2988741247978108958</id><published>2009-06-21T21:44:00.001+05:30</published><updated>2009-06-21T21:44:22.730+05:30</updated><title type='text'>Do Not Hurt Yourself</title><summary type='text'> One night a snake while it was looking for food, entered a  carpenter's workshop.&lt;?xml:namespace prefix = o ns =  "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /&gt; The carpenter, who was a rather untidy man, had left several of his  tools lying on the floor. One of them was a saw. As the snake went round and  round the shop, he climbed over the saw, which gave him a little  cut. At once, thinking </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/feeds/2988741247978108958/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5802218131451214530&amp;postID=2988741247978108958' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/2988741247978108958'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/2988741247978108958'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/2009/06/do-not-hurt-yourself.html' title='Do Not Hurt Yourself'/><author><name>Reach Mentor</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/108071715966844332453</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh5.googleusercontent.com/-FT7iodMcmTc/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAALYQ/mB-yPZiridk/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802218131451214530.post-8112625789849523084</id><published>2009-06-16T18:17:00.000+05:30</published><updated>2009-06-16T18:18:08.369+05:30</updated><title type='text'>Two Wolves - A Cherokee Parable</title><summary type='text'> Contributed  by: Asian Woman (i_asianwoman@ yahoo.com)&lt;?xml:namespace prefix = o ns =  "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office"  /&gt; Native Wisdom An old Cherokee chief was teaching his grandson about  life... "A fight is going on inside me," he said to the boy.   "It is a terrible fight and it is between two  wolves. "One is evil - he is anger, envy, sorrow, regret,  greed, arrogance, self-pity</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/feeds/8112625789849523084/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5802218131451214530&amp;postID=8112625789849523084' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/8112625789849523084'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/8112625789849523084'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/2009/06/two-wolves-cherokee-parable.html' title='Two Wolves - A Cherokee Parable'/><author><name>Reach Mentor</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/108071715966844332453</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh5.googleusercontent.com/-FT7iodMcmTc/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAALYQ/mB-yPZiridk/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802218131451214530.post-8809235184190224355</id><published>2009-06-16T18:13:00.001+05:30</published><updated>2009-06-16T18:13:55.098+05:30</updated><title type='text'>A Ray of Hope</title><summary type='text'> Contributed  by: Natarajan Gurumurthy (gnatarajan53 @ gmail.com)&lt;?xml:namespace prefix = o ns  = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office"  /&gt; There is a fine moral in this short story. There lived  a wicked man who went to hell on his death. He found himself in pitch dark  bottomless pit deep down. He could hear many voices of people around him  screaming, sobbing, cursing and some even </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/feeds/8809235184190224355/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5802218131451214530&amp;postID=8809235184190224355' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/8809235184190224355'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/8809235184190224355'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/2009/06/ray-of-hope.html' title='A Ray of Hope'/><author><name>Reach Mentor</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/108071715966844332453</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh5.googleusercontent.com/-FT7iodMcmTc/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAALYQ/mB-yPZiridk/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802218131451214530.post-8875620611557868334</id><published>2009-06-16T18:02:00.001+05:30</published><updated>2009-06-16T18:02:15.520+05:30</updated><title type='text'>A REAL HERO</title><summary type='text'> Suvendu Roy shares his inspirational encounter with a  rickshaw driver in Mumbai &lt;?xml:namespace prefix = o ns =  "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /&gt; Last Sunday, my wife, kid and I had to travel to  Andheri from Bandra. When I waved at a passing auto rickshaw, little did I  expect that this ride would be any  different. As we set off, my eyes fell on a few magazines (kept in an  </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/feeds/8875620611557868334/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5802218131451214530&amp;postID=8875620611557868334' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/8875620611557868334'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/8875620611557868334'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/2009/06/real-hero.html' title='A REAL HERO'/><author><name>Reach Mentor</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/108071715966844332453</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh5.googleusercontent.com/-FT7iodMcmTc/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAALYQ/mB-yPZiridk/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802218131451214530.post-3953408040787473479</id><published>2009-06-07T17:10:00.001+05:30</published><updated>2009-06-07T17:10:38.751+05:30</updated><title type='text'>No More With Me</title><summary type='text'>Contributed by: Asian  Woman (i_asianwoman @ yahoo.com) "I'm sorry. Please forgive me! I don't mean to hold you up," he  said as he struggled to get off the escalator. I'll admit to it.  There have been times when walking or driving behind an older  person that I've gotten impatient and upset.  I've huffed and zoomed around them, because I was in a hurry to get  nowhere.  Perhaps I'm more aware </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/feeds/3953408040787473479/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5802218131451214530&amp;postID=3953408040787473479' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/3953408040787473479'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/3953408040787473479'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/2009/06/no-more-with-me.html' title='No More With Me'/><author><name>Reach Mentor</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/108071715966844332453</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh5.googleusercontent.com/-FT7iodMcmTc/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAALYQ/mB-yPZiridk/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802218131451214530.post-1525198733614464121</id><published>2009-06-04T20:05:00.001+05:30</published><updated>2009-06-04T20:05:46.314+05:30</updated><title type='text'>The Lentil Seed</title><summary type='text'> My boyhood dream was to acquire a big motorcycle and  become a Knight of the open highway. But getting a license to drive a bike was a completely  different story! I had to learn the rules of the road by heart and practice  driving so I could pass safely between strategically placed pylons without  touching them. I had to learn to maneuver through crowded city streets, never  forgetting to </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/feeds/1525198733614464121/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5802218131451214530&amp;postID=1525198733614464121' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/1525198733614464121'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/1525198733614464121'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/2009/06/lentil-seed.html' title='The Lentil Seed'/><author><name>Reach Mentor</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/108071715966844332453</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh5.googleusercontent.com/-FT7iodMcmTc/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAALYQ/mB-yPZiridk/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802218131451214530.post-8314560049231124766</id><published>2009-06-03T18:28:00.001+05:30</published><updated>2009-06-03T18:28:24.454+05:30</updated><title type='text'>Rains</title><summary type='text'> She had been shopping with her Mom in Wal-Mart. She  must have been 6 years old, this beautiful red haired, freckle faced image of  innocence. It was pouring outside. The kind of rain that gushes over the top of  rain gutters, so much in a hurry to hit the earth it has no time to flow down  the spout. We all stood there under the awning and just inside the door of the  Wal-Mart. We waited, some </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/feeds/8314560049231124766/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5802218131451214530&amp;postID=8314560049231124766' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/8314560049231124766'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/8314560049231124766'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/2009/06/rains.html' title='Rains'/><author><name>Lucas D'Cunha</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802218131451214530.post-1004048029563770844</id><published>2009-06-02T17:53:00.001+05:30</published><updated>2009-06-02T17:53:57.857+05:30</updated><title type='text'>The Elephant Who Lost an Eye</title><summary type='text'>An elephant came to the edge of a stream of clear rushing water.  Being thirsty, the elephant leaned over, dropped its trunk into the cool water  and... plunk!  "What? What happened?" the elephant cried. "I can't see! My eye...  it fell in the water! Oh nooooooh," the elephant wailed in a panic, "I lost my  eye!" And, in fact, the elephant's right eye had popped out of its socket  and fallen into</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/feeds/1004048029563770844/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5802218131451214530&amp;postID=1004048029563770844' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/1004048029563770844'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/1004048029563770844'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/2009/06/elephant-who-lost-eye.html' title='The Elephant Who Lost an Eye'/><author><name>Lucas D'Cunha</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802218131451214530.post-193503317030424146</id><published>2009-06-01T19:30:00.000+05:30</published><updated>2009-06-01T19:31:07.777+05:30</updated><title type='text'>A True Story of Billy, The Fireman</title><summary type='text'>Contributed by: Thulsiram  Govindan (thulsiramlavanya @ yahoo.co.in) In Phoenix , Arizona , a 26-year-old mother stared down at her 6  year old son, who was dying of terminal leukemia. Although her heart was filled with sadness, she also had a strong  feeling of determination.Like any parent, she wanted her son to grow up &amp;  fulfill all his dreams. Now that was no longer possible.. The leukemia </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/feeds/193503317030424146/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5802218131451214530&amp;postID=193503317030424146' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/193503317030424146'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/193503317030424146'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/2009/06/true-story-of-billy-fireman.html' title='A True Story of Billy, The Fireman'/><author><name>Reach Mentor</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/108071715966844332453</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh5.googleusercontent.com/-FT7iodMcmTc/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAALYQ/mB-yPZiridk/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802218131451214530.post-954098567507855440</id><published>2009-05-31T09:46:00.001+05:30</published><updated>2009-05-31T09:46:48.461+05:30</updated><title type='text'>The Blue Ribbon</title><summary type='text'>I sat in my seat on a cross country flight. As always, I was buried  deep in my work in order to distract myself from the boring drone of the engines  and to take me mentally away from the mundane nature of yet another air plane  trip.&lt;?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office"  /&gt; As I sat there I could not help but over-hear the conversation  taking place behind me</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/feeds/954098567507855440/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5802218131451214530&amp;postID=954098567507855440' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/954098567507855440'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/954098567507855440'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/2009/05/blue-ribbon.html' title='The Blue Ribbon'/><author><name>Lucas D'Cunha</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802218131451214530.post-5812578326478909214</id><published>2009-05-12T13:09:00.000+05:30</published><updated>2009-05-12T13:10:59.503+05:30</updated><title type='text'>GOD DIDN'T MAKE PERFECT MOTHERS</title><summary type='text'>Contributed by: Asian  Woman (i_asianwoman @ yahoo.com) "May I go now?" the almost completed, eager mother  asked. "Not yet. There are essential parts and finishing touches to be  added," her Maker replied. "I look pretty good to me," she said, peering into the crystal pool  at her feet. "True, you're looking better all the time. But bear with  me." "What does a mother have to do, God, besides </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/feeds/5812578326478909214/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5802218131451214530&amp;postID=5812578326478909214' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/5812578326478909214'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/5812578326478909214'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/2009/05/god-didnt-make-perfect-mothers.html' title='GOD DIDN&apos;T MAKE PERFECT MOTHERS'/><author><name>Reach Mentor</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/108071715966844332453</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh5.googleusercontent.com/-FT7iodMcmTc/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAALYQ/mB-yPZiridk/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802218131451214530.post-3743899901972342577</id><published>2009-05-12T13:07:00.000+05:30</published><updated>2009-05-12T13:08:37.529+05:30</updated><title type='text'>The Making of Mother</title><summary type='text'>Contributed by: Asian  Woman (i_asianwoman @ yahoo.com)&lt;?xml:namespace prefix = o ns =  "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /&gt; By the time the Lord made mothers, he was into the sixth day  working overtime. An Angel appeared and said "Why are you spending so much time  on this one?"  And the Lord answered and said, "Have you read the spec sheet on  her? She has to be completely washable, </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/feeds/3743899901972342577/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5802218131451214530&amp;postID=3743899901972342577' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/3743899901972342577'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/3743899901972342577'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/2009/05/making-of-mother.html' title='The Making of Mother'/><author><name>Reach Mentor</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/108071715966844332453</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh5.googleusercontent.com/-FT7iodMcmTc/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAALYQ/mB-yPZiridk/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802218131451214530.post-174486081036414649</id><published>2009-05-05T21:31:00.000+05:30</published><updated>2009-05-06T09:38:44.959+05:30</updated><title type='text'>The Old Fisherman</title><summary type='text'>Contributed by: Rahul  (bruntno1 @ yahoo.com) Our house was directly across the street from the clinic entrance  of Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. We lived downstairs and rented the  upstairs rooms to out patients at the clinic.  One summer evening as I was fixing supper, there was a knock at the  door.  I opened it to see a truly awful looking man.   "Why, he's hardly taller than my eight </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/feeds/174486081036414649/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5802218131451214530&amp;postID=174486081036414649' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/174486081036414649'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802218131451214530/posts/default/174486081036414649'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reachstories.blogspot.com/2009/05/old-fisherman.html' title='The Old Fisherman'/><author><name>Reach Mentor</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/108071715966844332453</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh5.googleusercontent.com/-FT7iodMcmTc/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAALYQ/mB-yPZiridk/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
