Friday, December 17, 2004

Rich Poor


One day a father of a very wealthy family took his son on a trip to the country with the firm purpose of showing his son how poor people can be. They spent a couple of days and nights on the farm of what would be considered a very poor family.
On their return from their trip, the father asked his son, "How was the trip?" "It was great, Dad." "Did you see how poor people can be?" the father asked. "Oh Yeah" said the son. "So what did you learn from the trip?" asked the father.
The son answered, "I saw that we have one dog and they had four. We have a pool that reaches to the middle of our garden and they have a creek that has no end. We have imported lanterns in our garden and they have the stars at night. Our patio reaches to the front yard and they have the whole horizon.
We have a small piece of land to live on and they have fields that go beyond our sight. We have servants who serve us, but they serve others. We buy our food, but they grow theirs. We have walls around our property to protect us, they have friends to protect them."
With this the boy's father was speechless.
Then his son added, "Thanks dad for showing me how poor we are."

Too many times we forget what we have and concentrate on what we don't have. What is one person's worthless object is another's prize possession. It is all based on one's perspective. Instead of worrying about wanting more, Take joy in all you have......

Thursday, December 16, 2004

Be Thankful

Be Thankful...You can walk.
There are those who have never taken their first step.

Be Thankful...You can see the beauty all around you.
There are those whose world is always dark.

Be Thankful...You can hear music playing.
There are those who entire life has been spent in silence.

Be Thankful...Your heart can be broken.
There are those who are so hardened they cannot be touched.

Be Thankful...You have been loved.
There are those for whom no one has ever cared.

Many times in life, we forget about the simple things we should be thankful for...

Wednesday, December 08, 2004

A Winner


A winner is NOT one who NEVER FAILS......but one who NEVER QUITS!!!
Officials rejected a candidate for a news broadcasters post since his voice was not fit for a news broadcaster.He was also told that with his obnoxiously long name, he would never be famous.
He is AMITABH BACHCHAN.
A small boy--the fifth amongst seven siblings of a poor father, was selling newspapers in a small village to earn his living.He was not exceptionally smart at school but was fascinated by religion and rockets.The first rocket he built crashed.A missile that he built crashed multiple times and he was made a butt of ridicule.He is the person to have scripted the Space Odyssey of India single-handedly
He is Dr. APJ ABDUL KALAM.
In 1962, four nervous young musicians played their first record audition for the executives of the Decca Recording Company.The executives were not impressed.While turning down this group of musicians, one executive said, We don't like their sound. Groups of guitars are on the way out."
The group was called THE BEATLES.
In 1944, Emmeline Snively, director of the Blue Book Modeling Agency told modeling hopeful Norma Jean Baker, "You'd better learn secretarial work or else get married".She went on and became MARILYN MONROE.
In 1954, Jimmy Denny, manager of the Grand Ole Opry, fired a singer after one performance.He told him, "You ain't goin' nowhere son. You ought to go back to drivin' a truck
He went on to become ELVIS PRESLEY.
When ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL invented the telephone in 1876, it did not ring off the hook with calls from potential backers.After making a demonstration call, President Rutherford Hayes said, "That's an amazing invention, but who would ever want to see one of them?"
When THOMAS EDISON invented the light bulb, he tried over 2000 experiments before he got it to workA young reporter asked him how it felt to fail so many times.He said, "I never failed once. I invented the light bulb.It just happened to be a 2000-step process".
In the 1940s, another young inventor named Chester Carlson took his idea to 20 corporations, including some of the biggest in the country.They all turned him down. In 1947, after 7 long years of rejections, he finally got a tiny company in Rochester, NY, the Haloid Company, to purchase the rights to his invention--an electrostatic paper-copying process.
Haloid became XEROX CORPORATION.
A little girl--the 20th of 22 children, was born prematurely and her survival was doubtful.When she was 4 years old, she contracted double pneumonia and scarlet fever, which left her with aparalyzed left leg.At age 9, she removed the metal leg brace she had been dependent on and began to walk without it.By 13 she had developed a rhythmic walk, which doctors said was a miracle. That same year she decided to become a runner...She entered a race and came in last.For the next few years doctors told her to quit, but she kept on running. every race she entered, she came in last.One day she actually won a race. And then another.. From then on she won every race she entered.
Eventually this little girl - WILMA RUDOLPH, went on to win three Olympic gold medals
A schoolteacher scolded a boy for not paying attention to his mathematics and for not being able to solve simple problems.She told him that you would not become anybody in life.
The boy was ALBERT EINSTIEN...
add your name to this list...:-) :-)

Tuesday, December 07, 2004

Our Parents

When you came into this world
They held you in their arms
You thanked them by wailing loudly...

When you were 1 year old
They fed you and bathed you
You thanked them by
Crying all night and keeping them awake...

When you were 2 years old
They taught you how to walk
You thanked them by
Running away when they called...

When you were 3 years Old
They taught you poems
You thanked them by
Not speaking a word at the school interview...

When you were 4 years old
They took you out for meals
You thanked them by
Tossing the plate on the floor...

When you were 5 years old
They bought you crayons
You thanked them by
Spoiling all the drawing room walls...

When you were 6 years old
They drove you to school bus
You thanked them by crying loudly
"I don't want to go"...

When you were 7 years old
They bought you the best toys they found
You thanked them by saying
"my friend has got better ones !"...

When you were 8 years old
They bought you a cricket bat
You thanked them by smashing
The neighbour's window pane...

When you were 9 years old
They drove you to your friend's B'day Party
You thanked them by jumping out of the car
And not looking back...

When you were 10 years old
They paid for your music classes
You thanked them by
Never bothering to practice...

When you were 11 years old
They took you to a Hill Station for vacation
You thanked them by complaining
That your friends go abroad...

When you were 16 years old
They invited your friends home on you B'day
You thanked them by asking them
To stay out and leave you and
your friends alone in the room...

When you were 17 years old
They turned up for your School PTA meeting
You thanked them by blaming them
For embarrassing you in front of friends...

When you were 18 years old
They taught you how to drive
You thanked them by taking the car
At every possible opportunity and
Making them wait up in worry...

When you were 19 years old
They were expecting important calls
You thanked them by being on the
Phone with friends for hours...

When you were 20 years old
They wanted to discuss your career with you
You thanked them by saying that
Your plans are different from theirs...

When you were 23 years old
They arranged for a job for you
You thanked them by complaining all the time
That its not 'your kind of work'...

When you were 24 years old
They were excited to find a life partner for you
You thanked them by breaking the news
That you already have someone in mind...

When you were 25 years old
They spent all their savings on your wedding
You thanked them by
Moving to a separate house with your spouse...

When you were 30 years old
They called up with some advice on your baby
You thanked them by telling them
That things are different from their time...

When you were 35 years old
They wished you on your wedding anniversary
You thanked them by going our with your wife
And leaving the kids behind for them to take care...

When you were 45 years old
They wished to come over and stay with you
You thanked them by saying that your children
Had trouble 'communicating' with them...

When you were 50 years old
They fell ill and needed your care
You thanked them by making sure
They had signed all 'property papers'...


And then one day
They quietly went away
And everything you never did
Come crashing down on your face...

We may find it childish and silly
To tell our parents in word that we love them
But can't we take our moments to make sure
They know this someway ?????...


There is no substitute for them
Cherish every single second spent in their care
They may not be your best friends
And you may not agree with everything they say
But this is one place you can just close your eyes
And trust blindly that whatever they are saying
Is only for you good...
Have different viewpoints from them
But never let it overpower love and respect...

THEY MADE YOU WHAT YOU ARE...
THEY ARE NOT TO BE TAKEN FOR GRANTED...
LOVE THEM MORE THAN YOU LOVE YOURSELF...
AND SHOW IT TOO...
LIFE IS MEANINGLESS WITHOUT THEM..
OUR PARENTS !!!