Tuesday, December 28, 2010

THE STORY OF LIFE



On the very first day, God created the cow. He said to the cow, "Today I have created you! As a cow, you must go to the field with the farmer all day long. You will work all day under the sun! I will give you a life span of 50 years."
The cow objected, "What? This kind of a tough life you want me to live for 50 years? Let me have 20 years, and the 30 years I'll give back to you." So God agreed.


On the second day, God created the dog. God said to the dog, "You are supposed to do is to sit all day by the door of your house. Any people that come in, you will have to bark at them! I'll give a life span of 20 years."
The dog objected, "What? All day long to sit by the door? No way! I give you back my other 10 years of life!" So God agreed.


On the third day, God created the monkey. He said to the monkey, "Monkeys have to entertain people. You've got to make them laugh and do monkey tricks. I'll give you 20 years life span."
The monkey objected. "What? Make them laugh? Do monkey faces and tricks? Ten years will do, and the other 10 years I'll give you back." So God agreed.


On the fourth day, God created man and said to him, "Your job is to sleep, eat, and play. You will enjoy very much in your life. All you need to do is to enjoy and do nothing. This kind of life, I'll give you a 20 year life span."


The man objected. "What? Such a good life! Eat, play, sleep, do nothing? Enjoy the best and you expect me to live only for 20 years? No way, man!....Why don't we make a deal? Since the cow gave you back 30 years, and the dog gave you back 10 years and the monkey gave you back 10 years, I will take them from you! That makes my life span 70 years, right?" So God agreed.
AND THAT'S WHY.... In our first 20 years, we eat, sleep, play, enjoy the best and do nothing much. For the next 30 years, we work all day long, suffer and get to support the family. For the next 10 years, we entertain our grandchildren by making monkey faces and monkey tricks. And for the last 10 years, we stay at home, sit by the front door and bark at people.


Sunday, August 8, 2010

60 MOST BEAUTIFUL QUOTES


1)“Stay” is a charming word in a friend’s vocabulary. Louisa May Alcott
2)If you can find it in your heart to care for somebody else, you will have succeeded. Maya Angelou
3) Nobody minds having what is too good for them. Jane Austen
4)When an opinion is general, it is usually correct. Jane Austen
5)Love does not begin and end the way we seem to think it does. Love is a battle, love is a war; love is a growing up. James Baldwin
6)Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced. James Baldwin
7)It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend. William Blake
8)Men judge us by the success of our efforts. God looks at the efforts themselves. Charlotte Bronte
9)Look twice before you leap. Charlotte Bronte
10)If I could I would always work in silence and obscurity, and let my efforts be known by their results. Emily Bronte
11)Reading is important—read between the lines. Don’t swallow everything. Gwendolyn Brooks
12)Books succeed, and lives fail. Elizabeth Barrett Browning
13)A woman’s always younger than a man of equal years. Elizabeth Barrett Browning
14)Where there is great love, there are always wishes. Willa Cather
15)Give people a new word and they think they have a new fact. Willa Cather
16)Advice is like snow—the softer it falls, the longer it dwells upon, and the deeper it sinks
into the mind. Samuel Taylor Coleridge
17)A word is dead when it is said, some say, I say it just begins to live that day. Emily Dickinson
18)Without a struggle, there can be no progress. Frederick Douglass
19)A little learning, indeed, may be a dangerous thing, but the want of learning is a calamity to any people. Frederick Douglas
20)Oh, how with more than dreams the soul is torn, ere sleep comes down to soothe the weary eyes. Paul Lawrence Dunbar
21)Anger and jealousy can no more bear to lose sight of their objects than love. George Eliot
22)It is never too late to be what you might have been. George Eliot
23)The ancestor of every action is a thought .Ralph Waldo Emerson
24)Books are for nothing but to inspire. Ralph Waldo Emerson
25)This is the way the world ends; not with a bang, but a whimper. T. S. Eliot
26)The end of wisdom is to dream high enough to lose the dream in the seeking of it.William Faulkner
27)I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most people never listen.Earnest Hemingway
28)In three words I can sum up everything I have learned about life: it goes on. Robert Frost
29)Never be afraid to sit a while and think. Lorraine Hansberry
30)The thing that makes you exceptional, if you are at all, is inevitably that which must also make you lonely. Lorraine Hansberry
31)I love sleep. My life has a tendency to fall apart when I am awake, you know? Ernest Hemingway
32)Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken winged bird that cannot fly. Langston Hughes
33)It is from the blues that all that may be called American music derives its most distinctive characteristics. James Weldon Johnson
34)Get busy living, or get busy dying. Stephen King
35)Borrow trouble for yourself, if that’s your nature, but don’t lend it to your neighbors’ .Rudyard Kipling
36)The one thing that does not abide by majority rule is a person’s conscience. Harper Lee
37)Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not love breathing. Harper Lee
38)The proper function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time. Jack London
39)For whatever is truly wondrous and fearful in man, never yet was put into words or books. Herman Melville
40)What difference does it make if the thing you are scared of is real or not? Toni Morrison
Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past. George Orwell
41)Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. George Orwell
42)I have great faith in fools. My friends call it self-confidence. Edgar Allen Poe
43)A fool thinks himself wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool. William Shakespeare
44)This above all: to thine own self be true William Shakespeare
45)It is not in the stars to hold our destiny, but in ourselves. William Shakespeare
46)No one wants advice—only corroboration. John Steinbeck
47)Ours is not to reason why, ours is but to do or die. Alfred Lord Tennyson
48)Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all. Alfred Lord Tennyson
49)Somebody’s boring me. I think it’s me. Dylan Thomas
50)Goodness is the only investment that never fails. Henry David Thoreau
51)Books are thee treasured wealth of the world and the fit inheritance of generations and nations. Henry David Thoreau
53)It is better to deserve honors and not have them than to have them and not deserve them.
Mark Twain
54)If we’d stop trying to be happy we could have a pretty good time. Edith Wharton
55)I have learned that to be with those I like is enough. Walt Whitman
56)Experience is one thing that you can’t get for nothing. Oscar Wilde
57)No person is your friend who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow. Alice Walker
58)Being happy is not the only happiness. Alice Walker
59)A sure way for one to lift himself up is by helping lift someone else. Booker T. Washington
60)The impulse to dream was slowly beaten out of me by experience. Now it surged up again and I hungered for books, new ways of looking and seeing. Richard Wright

Friday, June 11, 2010

FOOTPRINTS IN THE SAND


One night a man had a dream. He dreamed he was walking along the beach with the LORD. Across the sky flashed scenes from his life. For each scene, he noticed two sets of footprints in the sand; one belonging to him and the other to the LORD.When the last scene of his life flashed before him, he looked back at the footprints in the sand. He noticed that many times along the path of his life there was only one set of footprints. He also noticed that it happened at the very lowest and saddest times in his life.

This really bothered him and he questioned the LORD about it. "LORD, you said that once I decided to follow you, you'd walk with me all the way. But I noticed that during the most troublesome times in my life, there is only one set of footprints. I don't understand why when I needed you most you would leave me."The LORD replied, "My precious, precious child, I love you and I would never leave you. During your times of trial and suffering, when you see only one set of footprints, it was then that I carried you."

author unknown

Sunday, May 16, 2010

CALL ME

If one day you feel like crying...Call me.I don't promise that I will make you laugh,But I can cry with you .



If one day you want to run away--Don't be afraid to call me.I don't promise to ask you to stop...But I can run with you .




If one day you don't want to listen to anyone...Call me.I promise to be there for you.And I promise to be very quiet.



But if one day you call...And there is no answer...Come fast to see me.Perhaps I need you.
AUTHOR UNKNOWN




Saturday, March 20, 2010

24 INTERLUDES OF LIFE

1. Don't go for looks, they can deceive. Don't go for wealth even that fades away. Go for someone who makes you smile.

2. There are moments in life when you really miss someone that you want to pick them up from your dreams and hug them. Hope you dream of that someone.

3. Dream what you want to dream, go where you want to go, be what you want to be, because you have only one life and one chance to do all the things you want in life.

4. May you have...Enough happiness to make you sweet Enough trials to make you strong Enough sorrow to keep you human Enough hope to make you happy And enough money to keep you comfortable.

5. When one door of happiness closes, another opens. But we often took so long at the closed door, that we don't see the one which has been opened for us.

6. The best kind of friend is the one you could sit on a porch, swing with, never saying a word and then walk away feeling like that was the best conversation you've had.

7. It's true that we don't know what we've got until we lose it, but it's also true that we don't know what we've been missing until it arrives.

8. Always put yourself in other's shoes. If you feel that it hurts you, it probably does hurt the person too.

9. A careless word may kindle a strife;A cruel word may wreck a life A timely word may level stress A lovely word may heal and bless.

10. The beginning of love is to let those we love be perfectly themselves and not to twist them with our own image, otherwise we love only the reflection of ourselves we find in them.

11. The happiest people don't necessarily have the best of everything, they just make the most of everything that comes along the way.

12. Maybe God wants us to meet a few wrong people before meeting the right one so that when we finally meet the right person, we should know how to be grateful for that gift.

13. It takes a minute to have a crush on someone, an hour to like someone and a day to love someone, but it takes a lifetime to forget someone.

14. Happiness lies for those who cry, those who hurt, those who have searched and those who have tried. For only they can appreciate the importance of people who have touched their lives.

15. Love is when you take away the feeling, the passion, the romance and find out you still care for that person.

16. A sad thing about life is that when you meet someone who means a lot to you only to find out in the end that it was never bound to be and you just have to let go.

17. Love starts with a smile, develops with a kiss and ends with a tear.

18. Love comes to those who still hope even though they've been disappointed, to those who still believe even though they've been betrayed, need to love those who still love, even though they've been hurt before.

19. It hurts to love someone, and not to be loved in return but what is most painful is to love someone and never finds the courage to let the person know how you feel.

20. The brightest future will always be based on a forgotten past. You can't go on well in life until you let go of your past failures and heartaches.

21. Never say goodbye when you still want to try;Never give up when you still feel you can take it;Never say you don't love that person anymore when you can't let go.

22. Giving someone all your love is never an assurance that they'll love you back. Don't expect love in return, just wait for it to grow in their hearts but if it doesn't, be content it grew in yours.

23. There are things you love to hear but you would never hear it from the person whom you would like to hear it from, but don't be deaf to hear it from the person who says it with his heart.

and lastly

24. When you were born, you were crying and the world was rejoicing on ur birth Live in a way such that when you die, let u rejoice and let the world cry.
-author unknown

BEAUTIFUL SHORT STORIES.



The Chicken
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 large egg. One day, the egg hatched and a beautiful eagle was born. Sadly, however, the eagle was raised to be a chicken. Soon, the eagle believed he was nothing more than a chicken. The eagle loved his home and family, but his spirit cried out for more. While playing a game on the farm one day, the eagle looked to the skies above and noticed a group of mighty eagles soaring in the skies. "Oh," the eagle cried, "I wish I could soar like those birds." The chickens roared with laughter, "You cannot soar with those birds. You are a chicken and chickens do not soar." The eagle continued staring, at his real family up above, dreaming that he could be with them. Each time the eagle would let his dreams be known, he was told it couldn't be done. That is what the eagle learned to believe. The eagle, after time, stopped dreaming and continued to live his life like a chicken. Finally, after a long life as a chicken, the eagle passed away. The moral of the story: You become what you believe you are; so if you ever dream to become an eagle follow your dreams, not the words of a chicken.





The Mental Chain
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 could not break the chain and run free. After it a while it just gave up. Later, when it is strong, it never attempts to break free. The "imprint" is permanent. "I can't! I can't!' it says. There are millions of people who behave like this creature of the circus. They have been bound, tied and told "You'll never make it," so many times they finally call it quits. The may have dreams, but the "imprinting" keeps pulling them back. Today, eliminate the source of your limitations. When you mentally break free, the boundaries will be removed from your future.

Monday, March 1, 2010

BEAUTIFUL QUOTES


Flatter me, and I may not believe you. Criticize me, and I may not like you. Ignore me, and I may not forgive you. Encourage me, and I will not forget you. Love me and I may be forced to love you. William Arthur Ward

Desire is the starting point of all achievement, not a hope, not a wish, but a keen pulsating desire which transcends everything. Napoleon Hill

Stop acting as if life is a rehearsal. Live this day as if it were your last. The past is over and gone. The future is not guaranteed. Wayne Dyer

People who are unable to motivate themselves must be content with mediocrity, no matter how impressive their other talents. Andrew Carnegie

Motivation is a fire from within. If someone else tries to light that fire under you, chances are it will burn very briefly. Stephen R. Covey

A man without a smiling face must not open a shop.Chinese Proverb

Two men look out the same prison bars; one sees mud and the other stars. Frederick Langbridge

Any fact facing us is not as important as our attitude toward it, for that determines our success or failure. The way you thing about a fact may defeat you before you ever do anything about it. You are overcome by the fact because you think you are.Norman Vincent Peale

Attitude is an important part of the foundation upon which we build a productive life. A good attitude produces good results, a fair attitude poor results, a poor attitude poor results. We each shape our own life, and the shape of it is determined largely by our attitude. M. Russell Ballard

Do not be desirous of having things done quickly. Do not look at small advantages. Desire to have things done quickly prevents their being done thoroughly. Looking at small advantages prevents great affairs from being accomplished. Confucius

The greater the difficulty the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests.Epictetus

Sunday, February 14, 2010

FAITH, TRUST,HOPE & CONFIDENCE ( LITTLE NICE STORIES)...

1) Once, all villagers decided to pray for RAIN, on the day of prayer all people gathered and only one boy came with an umbrella ( THAT'S FAITH ).


2)Example of the feeling of a one year old baby. when you throw him in the air, he laughs because he knows you will catch him ( THAT'S TRUST ).



3) Every night we go to bed without any of assurance of being alive the next morning but still we set the alarms in our watch to wake up (THAT'S HOPE ).

4) We plan big things for tomorrow inspite of zero knowledge of future and having certainity of uncertainities ( THAT'S CONFIDENCE ).

Saturday, February 6, 2010

Rules For Being Human


1. You Will Receive A Body You may like it or hate it, but it will be yours for the entire period this time around.

2. You Will Learn Lessons You are enrolled in a full-time informal school called Life. Each day in this school, you will have the opportunity to learn lessons - you may like the lesson or think them irrelevant and stupid.

3. There Are No Mistakes, Only Lessons There is a process of trial and error; experimentation. The 'failed' experiments are as much a part of the process as the experiment that ultimately 'works'.

4. A Lesson Is Repeated Until It Is Learned A lesson will be presented to you in various forms until you have learned it. When you have learned it, you can go on to the next lesson.

5. Learning Lessons Does Not End. There is no part of Life that does not contain its lessons. If you are alive, there are lessons to be learned.

6. 'There' Is No Better Than 'here'. When your 'there' has become a 'here', you will simply obtain another 'there' that will again look better than 'here'.

7. Others Are Merely Mirrors Of You. You cannot love or hate something about another person unless it reflects something you love or hate about yourself.

8. What You Make Of Your Life Is Up To You. You have all the tools and resources you need. What you do with them is up to you. The choice is yours.

9. Your Answers Lie Inside You. The answers to Life's questions lie inside you. All you need do is look, listen and trust.

10. You Will Forget All This.

11. You Can Remember It Whenever You Want


Author Unknown

Sunday, January 31, 2010

THE MAKING OF MOTHER



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, but not elastic; have 200 movable parts, all replaceable; run on black coffee and leftovers; have a lap that can hold three children at one time and that disappears when she stands up; have a kiss that can cure anything from a scraped knee to a broken heart; and have six pairs of hands."

The Angel was astounded at the requirements for this one. "Six pairs of hands! No way!" said the Angel.The Lord replied, "Oh, it's not the hands that are the problem. It's the three pairs of eyes that mothers must have!" "And that's on the standard model?" the Angel asked. The Lord nodded in agreement, "Yep, one pair of eyes are to see through the closed door as she asks her children what they are doing even though she already knows. Another pair in the back of her head are to see what she needs to know even though no one thinks she can. And the third pair are here in the front of her head. They are for looking at an errant child and saying that she understands and loves him or her without even saying a single word." The Angel tried to stop the Lord "This is too much work for one day. Wait until tomorrow to finish." "But I can't!" The Lord protested, "I am so close to finishing this creation that is so close to my own heart. She already heals herself when she is sick AND can feed a family of six on a pound of hamburger and can get a nine year old to stand in the shower." The Angel moved closer and touched the woman, "But you have made her so soft, Lord." "She is soft," the Lord agreed, "but I have also made her tough. You have no idea what she can endure or accomplish.""Will she be able to think?" asked the Angel. The Lord replied, "Not only will she be able to think, she will be able to reason, and negotiate.
"The Angel then noticed something and reached out and touched the woman's cheek. "Oops, it looks like You have a leak with this model. I told You that You were trying to put too much into this one.""That's not a leak." the Lord objected. "That's a tear!" "What's the tear for?" the Angel asked. The Lord said, "The tear is her way of expressing her joy, her sorrow, her disappointment, her pain, her loneliness, her grief, and her pride." The Angel was impressed. "You are a genius, Lord. You thought of everything for this one. You even created the tear!"The Lord looked at the Angel and smiled and said,
"I'm afraid you are wrong again. I created the woman, but she created the tear!"