The sky was clear and the stars shone brightly...The whole night sky looked so beautiful with the twinkling lights...each had its own unique beauty; if one observed them carefully, he could find thousands of his dreams treasured in them delicately...for once, one could see millions of desired paths of life in them…

A little boy sat on a small swing along with his mother.He looked quiet, calm and dreamy. Looking up towards the sky with a very thoughtful mind, he asked his mom,’ Why do the stars always shine so brightly? They are so beautiful. Can I make them my friends, mom?’. Her son’s innocent question made the lady give him a lovely smile and then she replied,’ They shine because they always listen to their parents. So God made them achieve so many things that they always brighten up others’ world by staying high up in the sky and making us feel so good. If you too listen to what I and dad say to you, one day you too will shine by reaching the peak of success, my boy.” Hearing what his mom said just now, he asked her as if he still wanted to know more, ‘But who are their parents? I have never seen them!””Dear, the entire universe is their guardian...it is the entire universe which gave them birth…do you understand, my boy?” ‘Oh! I didn’t know about it!”, saying this, he stood up and reached out his hands towards the sky, trying to touch the stars…he asked his mom, ‘Mama, how can I ever make friends with them? I cannot even reach them…they are so far away! I thought I would give them a helping hand and thus befriend them.But now, how can I?”. It took a few minutes for the lady to answer her inquisitive son.’My dear,if you always do something worth appreciable in life and make your parents proud, you will always find the stars smiling at you.So you must achieve the impossibles in life.Only then will the stars give you company and love..”Oh! Really, so this means, if I study well and listen to you and daddy, they will become my friends and will play with me? But how will they come near me? Do they have a Mercedes like us?””No dear, they neither have a Mercedes nor will they come near you but they will show their love and care for you by smiling all the way from the heaven above…”, replied the lady. The little boy felt so blessed that he started counting how many stars he could see because he wanted to know how many of them would make him their friend!