I read this in a book The Alladin factor by Jack Canfield & Mark Victor HansenA number of years back the University of Chicago received a million dollar grant from Mrs. Fields of the Marshall Fields Department Store fame and fortune. When the administration at Northwestern University read the headline in the newspaper, the people of Northwestern were shocked, How could this be?
Mrs. Fields lived in Evanston, Illinois.Northwestern was in Evanston, Illinois. She had been a supporter in the past. Why hadn’t she donated the money to Northwestern? Why had she given the money to the University of Chicago instead?
When the University officials called Mrs. Fields to discover why she had given the money to the University of Chicago rather than to them. She replied, “The people of the University of Chicago asked.”You didn’t.”
The answer is yes……. But you have to ask! This would apply even to asking God
Great point KP!
ReplyDelete"Ask and it shall be given"
Agreed you have to ask, but then how many times will keep on asking?
ReplyDeleteSuper...but who doesn't ask these days? Starting from veiled threats to open daring accusations, we do ASK in different styles. I am yet to find out which style works our better- the weeping loud ones or the silent yearning ones:P
ReplyDeleteVery nice true story, even I have read it. It is true, and here is a prayer in the Christian religion that goes like :
ReplyDeleteAsk and you shall receive, seek and you shall find, knock and it shall be opened to you...
Never expect things to just fall on your lap.
true..sometimes people tell me that we need not to ask god for anything as he already knows, but I believe in asking:)
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ReplyDeleteCongrats, first, Partha Sir!
ReplyDeleteMy husband always says,'if you help people without their asking, they will never value it'! It is like 'freebies'!
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God bless you and your family.
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