14 Short Heart Touching Gratitude Stories For My Mother
Short heart-touching gratitude stories shared by Satya Nadella – CEO of Microsoft.
Each story may change our attitude toward life and make us better.
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has opened up about how his journey with his son, who has special needs, has shaped his life and career.
Nadella’s son Zain, now 21, has cerebral palsy and is legally blind.
Zain’s pregnancy was complicated.
“I remember the year 1996 as a thrilling time.
My wife, Anu, was 25, and I was 29.
My career as an engineer was taking off while she was building her career as an architect,” Nadella wrote in a blog post.
“Even more exciting, however, was that Anu was pregnant with our first child.”
A DOOR CLOSES TO OPEN ANOTHER
Today at 7 AM, I woke up feeling ill but decided I needed the money, so I went to work.
At 3 PM, I got laid off.
On my drive home, I had a flat tire. When I went into the trunk for the spare, it was also flat.
A man in a BMW pulled over, gave me a ride, chatted, and offered me a job.
I start tomorrow.
A FATHER’S ADVICE
Today, my father told me, “Go for it and give it a try!
You don’t have to be a professional to build a successful product.
Amateurs started Google and Apple.
Professionals built the Titanic.
AFFECTION
Today, I kissed my dad on the forehead as he passed away in a small hospital bed.
About 5 seconds after he passed, I realized it was the first time I had kissed him since I was a little boy.
FALL AND RISE
Today, when I slipped on the wet tile floor, a boy in a wheelchair caught me before I slammed my head on the ground.
He said, “Believe it or not, that’s almost exactly how I injured my back three years ago.
GOODNESS & GRATITUDE
Today, after a 72-hour shift at the fire station, a woman hugged me at the grocery store.
When I tensed up, she realized I didn’t recognize her.
She let go with tears of joy in her eyes and the sincerest smile and said,
“On 9-11-2001, you carried me out of the World Trade Center.”
INNOCENCE
Today, in her cutest voice, my 8-year-old daughter asked me to start recycling.
I chuckled and asked, “Why?”
She replied, “So you can help me save the planet.”
I chuckled again and asked, “And why do you want to save the planet?”
“Because that’s where I keep all my stuff,” she said.
JOY
Today, when I witnessed a 27-year-old breast cancer patient laughing hysterically at her 2-year-old daughter’s antics.
I suddenly realized that I needed to stop complaining about my life and start celebrating it again.
KINDNESS
Today, a boy in a wheelchair saw me desperately struggling with my broken leg crutches and offered to carry my backpack and books for me.
He helped me across campus to my class, and as he was leaving, he said, “I hope you feel better soon.”
LOOKING BACK
Today, I interviewed my grandmother for part of a research paper I’m working on for my Psychology class.
When I asked her to define success in her own words, she said,
“Success is when you look back at your life, and the MEMORIES make you smile.”
LOVE CONQUERS PAIN
After I watched my dog get run over by a car, I sat on the side of the road, holding him and crying.
And just before he died.
He licked the tears off my face.
THE POWER OF UNIQUENESS
Today, I asked my mentor – a very successful businessman in his 70s – his top 3 tips for success.
He smiled and said, “Read something no one else is reading, think something no one else is thinking, and do something no one else is doing.
TOGETHERNESS
Today, as my father, three brothers, and two sisters stood around my mother’s hospital bed, my mother uttered her last coherent words before she died.
She said, “I feel so loved right now.
We should have gotten together like this more often.”
TRY & YOU SHALL KNOW
I am blind by birth.
When I was eight years old, I wanted to play baseball.
I asked my father- “Dad, can I play baseball?”
He said, “You’ll never know until you try.”
When I was a teenager, I asked him, – “Dad, Can I become a surgeon?”
He replied, “Son, you’ll never know until you try.”
Today I am a Surgeon, just because I tried!
SHARING
Today, I was traveling in Kenya and met a Zimbabwe refugee.
He said he hadn’t eaten anything in over three days and looked extremely skinny and unhealthy.
Then, my friend offered him the rest of the sandwich he was eating.
The first thing the man said was,
“WE CAN SHARE IT.”
Cheers to life!
In Conclusion:
You Can Go WrongThe Extra Mile With Gratitude Stories
With gratitude, whether we receive it from other people or experience it ourselves, we are deeply impacted.
Be kind.
Be appreciative of each other and count our blessings.
Bless others, too.
Make Gratitude a Principle of Your Life.
Share this and other stories to bless your friends and loved ones and make them smile.
Gratitude, when multiplied, returns a hundredfold and more.
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Seven short stories shared by Satya Nadella [ CEO of Microsoft ]
14 Short Stories Shared By Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella
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