Interesting Anecdotes

hi!
When I read NOV's story's title and first few lines(carry in arms), I thought it would be some kind of spoof like she devil (in our local parlances a typical sathi leelavathi). Any way let me alter the story a little.
"Once it is decided that the husband should carry the wife in his hands, the wife goes five times a day to MacDonalds and once in a day to Pizza Hut, at the end of the week she gains some twenty kilos. The poor husband tries to lift her, but fails and collapses!!!"
How is this for a happy ending???? :twisted:

Here's one that brought tears into my eyes when I first read it...

The story goes that some time ago a mother punished her 5 year old daughter for wasting a roll of expensive gold wrapping paper. Money was tight and she became even more upset when the child pasted the gold paper so as to decorate a box to put under the Christmas tree.
Nevertheless, the little girl brought the gift box to her mother the next morning and said, "This is for you, Momma."

The mother was embarrassed by her earlier over reaction, but her anger flared again when she found the box was empty. She spoke to her in a harsh manner, "Don't you know, young lady, when you give someone a present there's supposed to be something inside the package?"

The little girl looked up at her with tears in her eyes and said, "Oh,
Momma, it's not empty. I blew kisses into it until it was full." The
mother was crushed. She fell on her knees and put her arms around her little girl, and she begged her to forgive her for her unnecessary anger.

An accident took the life of the child only a short time later and it
is told that the mother kept that gold box by her bed for all the years of her life. Whenever she was discouraged or faced difficult problems she would open the box and take out an imaginary kiss and remember the love of the child who had put it there.

In a very real sense, each of us, as human beings, have been given a Golden box filled with unconditional love and kisses from our children, family, and friends. There is no more precious possession anyone could hold.

Nembave touching aa irukku! I guess I have grown old and mean to not cry! nice stories. recently After a long time I cried watching anbe sivam! I thought if i see it the second time, i wouldn't. I was wrong, tears swelled up in my eyes the second time too. I am hoping to see if I cry the next time I see it. Paasamalar makes me cry anytime any day. I have seen it only 15 times and every time I cried like a baby. the only hindi movie that made me cry was Legend Of Bhagat Singh. The jail sequence in the movie was very very moving. On real life incidents, I felt very heavy after seeing tsunami pictures from nagapattinam and kanyakumari. I just shudder to think what the survivors there must be going through. Strangely the TV serials make me laugh. Some thing must be terribly wrong in them....

Hey ratchasi!
Those were wonderful stories! I forwarded them in the office net and ppl are asking for more! :D Thanks for making me popular in my office!!!

jaiganes, cash on the popularity while you can!! :wink: :wink: :wink:

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Hey ratchasi!
Those were wonderful stories! I forwarded them in the office net and ppl are asking for more! :D Thanks for making me popular in my office!!!

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yendha officela work panreenga? email thaanga resume anuparen :D

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recently After a long time I cried watching anbe sivam! I thought if i see it the second time, i wouldn't. I was wrong, tears swelled up in my eyes the second time too.

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Me too !! Cried the second, third and even fourth time.

hhhw wrote

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yendha officela work panreenga? email thaanga resume anuparen

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my hotmail id is visible to you. send it there. I work in big blue!

Here are some vocabulary that are commonly used in the
computer world


Adobe

This came from name of the river Adobe Creek that
ran behind the house of founder John Warnock.

Apple Computers

It was the favorite fruit of founder Steve Jobs. He
was three months late in filing a name for the
business, and he threatened to call his company Apple
Computers if the other colleagues didn't suggest a better
name by 5 O'clock.

CISCO

It is not an acronym as popularly believed. It is
short for San Francisco.

Compaq

This name was formed by using COMp, for computer,
and PAQ to denote a small integral object.

Corel

The name was derived from the founder's name Dr.
Michael Cowpland. It stands for COwpland Research
Laboratory.

Google

The name started as a joke boasting about the amount
of information the search-engine would be able to
search. It was originally named 'Googol', a word for the
number represented by 1 followed by 100 zeros. After
founders - Stanford graduate students Sergey Brin and
Larry Page presented their project to an angel
investor; they received a cheque made out to 'Google'

Hotmail

Founder Jack Smith got the idea of accessing e-mail
via the web from a computer anywhere in the world.
When Sabeer Bhatia came up with the business plan for
the mail service, he tried all kinds of names ending in
'mail' and finally settled for hotmail as it included
the letters "html" - the programming language used to
write web pages. It was initially referred to as
HoTMaiL with selective uppercasing.

Hewlett Packard

Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard tossed a coin to
decide whether the company they founded would be called
Hewlett-Packard or Packard-Hewlett.

Intel

Bob Noyce and Gordon Moore wanted to name their new
company 'Moore Noyce' but that was already trademarked
by a hotel chain so they had to settle for an acronym
of INTegrated ELectronics.

Lotus (Notes)

Mitch Kapor got the name for his company from 'The
Lotus Position' or 'Padmasana'. Kapor used to be a
teacher of Transcendental Meditation of Maharishi Mahesh
Yogi.

Microsoft

Coined by Bill Gates to represent the company that
was devoted to MICROcomputer SOFTware. Originally
christened Micro-Soft, the hyphen was removed later on.

Motorola

Founder Paul Galvin came up with this name when his
company started manufacturing radios for cars. The
popular radio company at the time was called Victrola.

ORACLE

Larry Ellison and Bob Oats were working on a
consulting project for the CIA (Central Intelligence Agency).
The code name for the project was called Oracle (the
CIA saw this as the system to give answers to all
questions or something such). The project was designed to
help use the newly written SQL code by IBM. The
project eventually was terminated but Larry and Bob decided
to finish what they started and bring it to the world.
They kept the name Oracle and created the RDBMS
engine. Later they kept the same name for the company.

Sony

It originated from the Latin word 'sonus' meaning
sound, and 'sonny' a slang used by Americans to refer to
a bright youngster.

SUN

Founded by 4 Stanford University buddies, SUN is the
acronym for Stanford University Network. Andreas
Bechtolsheim built a microcomputer; Vinod Khosla recruited
him and Scott McNealy to manufacture computers based
on it, and Bill Joy to develop a UNIX-based OS for the
computer.

Yahoo!

The word was invented by Jonathan Swift and used in
his book 'Gulliver's Travels'. It represents a person
who is repulsive in appearance and action and is
barely human. Yahoo! Founders Jerry Yang and David Filo
selected the name because they considered themselves
yahoos [!!]

GEEKS RULE THE WORLD!!!!

INSTALLING LOVE


Tech Support : Yes ma'am...how can I help you?
Customer : Well, after much consideration, I've decided to install LOVE. Can you guide me through the process?

TS: Yes, I can. Are you ready to proceed?
C: Well, I'm not very technical, but I think I'm ready. What do I do first?

TS: The first step is to open your HEART. Have you located your HEART ma'am?
C: yes, but there are several other programs running now. Is it okay to install LOVE while they are running?

TS: What programs are running?
C: let's see, I have Past Hurt, low Self-Esteem, Grudge and Resentment running right now.

TS: No problem, love will gradually erase Past/Hurt from your current operating system. It remain in your permanent memory, but it will no longer disrupt other programs. Love will eventually override Love Self-Esteem with a module of it's own called High Self-Esteem, However, you have to completely to turn off Grudge and Resentment. Those program prevent Love from being properly installed. Can you turn those off ma'am?
C: I don't know how to turn them off. Can you tell me how?

TS: With pleasure. Go to your start menu and invoke forgiveness. Do this as many times as necessary until Grudge and Resentment are completely erased.
C: Okay, done! Love has started installing itself.Is that normal?

TS: Yes, but remember that you have only the base program. You need to begin connecting to other Hearts in order to get the upgrades.
C: Oops! An error message. It says," Error-program not run on external component." What should I do?
TS: Don't worry ma'am. It mean that the Love Program is set up to run on Internal Hearts, but has not yet been run in your Heart. In non-technical terms, it simply means you have to Love yourself before you can Love others.

C: So, what should I do?
TS: Can you pull down Self-Acceptance, then click on the following files: Forgive Yourself; Realise Your Worth; Acknowledge Your Limitations.
C: Okay, done.

TS: Now copy them to the " My heart" directory. The system will overwrite any conflicting files and begin patching faulty programming. Also, you need to delete Verbose Self-Criticism from all directories and empty your recycle bin to make sure it is completely gone and never comes back.

C: Got it. Hey, My Heart is filling up with new files! Smile is playing on my monitor, and peace and contentment are copying themselves all over my heart. Is this normal?

TS: Sometimes. For others it takes a while, but eventually everything gets it at the proper times. So love is installed and running. One more thing before we hang up, Love is Freeware. Be sure to give it and its various modules to everyone you meet. They will in turn share it with others and return some cool modules back to you.

C: I promise to do just that. By the way, what's your name?
TS: Just call me the Divine Cardiologist, also known as the Great Physician, or simply "I AM". Most people feel all they need is an annual check-up to stay heart-healthy. But the manufacturer (ME) suggest daily maintenance schedule for maximum love efficiency

wow!

nice a.ratchasi ! thats the nicest one !

"INSTALLATION COMPLETE !!"

Hi ratchasi,

This is really great!! :o :o Truly enlighterning and entertaining!!

"peace and contentment" :?: :!: My God! when I was in love my head was bedlam.. :D :D

But I know, the love you are talking about is love on a different plane, not necessarily only between a boy and a girl.

Teaching(or preaching) an important subject in the best known modern terms. :) A GREAT procedure :D Well done, a.ratchasi :lol:

Madam PP and all, I am merely the 'poster' of the above.
It's from one of the many forwarded mails that l receive from my contacts.

The credit should be given to the originator and the person who sent it to me, for it has touched not one but many! :)

Amazing!
The first thing that I do after receiving such emails is to ....
promptly delete them. See I am more bothered about the
size of my mail box than my heart!!! :twisted:

Put the glass down..

Once A professor began his class by holding up a glass with some water in it. He held it up for all to see; asked the students,

"How much do you think this glass weighs?'50gms!' ?....'100gms!'
......'125gms' ......the students answered.

I really don't know unless I weigh it,' said the professor, 'but, my question is: What would happen if I held it up like this for a few minutes?'

'Nothing' the students said.

OK what would happen if I held it up like this for an hour?' the professor asked.

Your arm would begin to ache' said one of the students.

You're right, now what would happen if I held it for a day?

' Your arm could go numb, you might have severe muscle stress & paralysis; have to go to hospital for sure! ventured another student ; all the students laughed.

Very good. But during all this, did the weight of the glass change? Asked the professor.

No' replied the students

Then what caused the arm ache; the muscle stress?' Instead What should I do?

The students were puzzled.

Put the glass down! said one of the students.

Exactly!' said the professor
'Life's problems are something like this. Hold it for a few minutes in your head; they seem OK. Think of them for a long
time; they begin to ache. Hold it even longer; they begin to paralyze you.

You will not be able to do anything. It's important to think of the
challenges (problems) in your life, but EVEN MORE IMPORTANT to 'put them down' at the end of every day before you go to sleep. That way, you are not stressed, you wake up every day fresh; strong ; can handle any issue, any challenge that comes your way!

PUT THE GLASS DOWN TODAY GUYS & GIRLS :)

LETS CELEBRATE LIFE

That was a nice one NM !! Thanks :)

Superb,NM :clap:

NM :thumbsup: This is sure to grace the desks and walls of many a hectic office.

It is strange indeed that we pick silly quarrels and ruminate profound theories and get fresh perspectives in this very same place called the hub. This is what keeps me coming back!

hello cygs,

Welcome back !! :D

This story posted is weird.

A MAN SHOULD HAVE SENSE ENOUGH TO REALISE love still lingers on
heavier grounds esp on marital relationships. It cant be reminded and made visible by making the man carry the bride (now
atleast 5 kgs more) from the threshold every single day.

If such a reminder is NCESSARY, that marriage is NOT WORTH KEEPING.

NOBODY IS HERE TO SAY ON A REBOUND.

Guys & Gals,
What Cygnus said is very true.....
I retreated into my little hole for sometime but when this came to me, just can't resist the temptation to share it in this hub....glad Roshan, PP and Cygnus found it good...
Will keep a look out for more.... till then, chao!

If we reduce the population of the Earth to a small town with 100
People and keep the proportions, it will look like this:

57 Asians
21 Europeans
14 Americans (northern and southern)
8 Africans
52 women
48 men
70 coloured-skins
30 Caucasians
89 heterosexuals
11 homosexuals

6 people would own 59% of the whole world wealth and all of them
will be from the United States of America

80 would have bad living conditions
70 will be uneducated
50 will be underfed

1 would die
2 would be born

1 will have a computer
1 (only one) will have higher education

If you look at the world from this point of view, you will see how
there is a big need for solidarity, understanding, patience and education.

Also think about the following:

If this morning you've woke up healthy, you are happier then 1
million people that will not survive next week.

If you never suffered a war, the loneliness of the jail cell, the
agony of torture, or hunger, you are happier then 500 million people in the
world.

If there is a food in your fridge, you have shoes and clothes, you
have bed and a roof, you are richer then 75% of the people in the world.

If you have bank account, money in your wallet and some coins in the
money-box, you belong to the 8% of the people on the world, which
are well-to-do.

glad i could atleast contribute once...

Querida .. welcome to this forum....& thanks for the silent reminders........plz contribute more....

Querida,

That's a good one ! :) Let me also contribute something :) I have posted this long time back in Ulagam Enbathu thread and I remember some interesting analysis posted by geno and Akil on this anecdote :) Here it is;


I’m special

I’m special. In all the world there is nobody like me.

Since the beginning of time there has never been another person like me. Nobody has my smile. Nobody has my eyes, my nose, my hair, my voice. I’m special.

Nobody anywhere has my tastes, for food or music or art. No one sees things just as I do.

In all of time there has been no one who laughs like me, no one who cries like me. And what makes me laugh and cry will never provoke identical laughter and tears for anybody else, ever.

No one reacts to any situation just as I would react. I’m Special..!

I’m the only one in all of creation who has my set of abilities. Oh! There will always be somebody who is better at some of the things I’m good at, but no one in the universe can reach the quality of my combination of talents, ideas, abilities and feelings. Like a room full of musical instruments, some may excel alone, but none can match the symphony , when all are played together. I’m a symphony.

Through all entity no one will ever look, walk, think or do like me. I’m Special, I’m rare.

And as in all reality, there is great value. Because of my rare value, I need not attempt to imitate others. I will accept, yes! Celebrate my differences.

I’m special and I’m beginning to realize it’s no accident that I’m special. I’m beginning to see that God made me special for a very special purpose. He must have a job for me that no one else can do as well as I. Out of all billion applicants only one qualified, only one has the right combination of what it takes.

That one is ME ... Because I’M SPECIAL !!!!!!!!!

:thumbsup: Roshan!

hey Roshan that was enlightening :D ...yet it is sad to know how hard some of us would find it to say those things about ourselves...yet being able to understand how true one is special is a encouraging step in the right direction...thanx for sharing that! :D

Querida, I came across something similar like the one you posted, it goes like this:

1) If you have food in the refrigerator, clothes on your back, a roof overhead and a place to sleep . . . you are richer than 75% of this world.

2) If you woke up this morning with more health than illness . . . you are more blessed than the million who will not survive this week.

3) If you have never experienced the danger of battle, the loneliness of imprisonment, the agony of torture, or the pangs of starvation . . . you are ahead of 500 million people in the world.

4) If you can attend a spiritual meeting without fear of harassment,
arrest, torture, or death . . . you are luckier than three billion people in the world.

5) If you can hold up your head with a smile on your face and are truly thankful (for anything), you are blessed....because the majority can do the same, but most do not.

6) If you can hold someone's hand, hug them or even touch them on the shoulder you are blessed because you can offer healing touch.

7) If you can read this message, you are more blessed than over two billion people in the world who cannot read at all.

So, isn't it time to thank God for the happiness He has given us?

Other ones, albeit diff context:

Once a Japan's biggest cosmetics company received a complaint that a consumer had bought a soap box that was empty. Immediately the authorities isolated the problem to the assembly line, which transported all the packaged boxes of soap to the delivery department. For some reason, one soap box went through the assembly line empty. Management asked its engineers to solve the problem. Post-haste, the engineers worked hard to devise an X-ray machine with high-resolution monitors manned by two people to watch all the soap boxes that passed through the line to make sure they were not empty. No doubt, they worked hard and they worked fast but they spent whoopee amount to do so.

But when a rank-and-file employee in a small company was posed with the same problem, did not get into complications of X-rays, etc but instead came out with another solution. He bought a strong industrial electric fan and pointed it at the assembly line. He switched the fan on, and as each soap box passed the fan, it simply blew the empty boxes out of the line.

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When NASA began the launch of astronauts into space, they found out that the pens wouldn't work at zero gravity (Ink won't flow down to the writing surface). In order to solve this problem, it took them one decade and $12 million.
They developed a pen that worked at zero gravity, upside down, underwater, in practically any surface including crystal and in temperature range from below freezing to over 300 degrees C.

And what did Russians do...............................?? The Russians used a Pencil!!!

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Moral of the story: always look for simple solutions. Devise the simplest possible solution that solves the problem.

Its nice to learn to focus on solutions not on problems.

Now for some laughs:
Corporate Lesson 1

A man is getting into the shower just as his wife is finishing up her shower when the doorbell rings. After a few seconds of arguing over which one should go and answer the doorbell, the wife gives up, quickly wraps herself up in a towel and runs downstairs.

When she opens the door, there stands Bob, the next-door neighbor. Before she says a word, Bob says, "I'll give you $800 to drop that towel that you have on."

After thinking for a moment, the woman drops her towel and stands naked in front of Bob. After a few seconds, Bob hands her 800 dollars and leaves. Confused, but excited about her good fortune, the woman wraps back up in the towel and goes back upstairs.

When she gets back to the bathroom, her husband asks from the shower, "Who was that?"
"It was Bob the next door neighbor," she replies.
"Great!" the husband says, "Did he say anything about the $800 he owes me?"

Moral of the story:
If you share critical information pertaining to credit and risk in time with your stakeholders, you may be in a position to prevent avoidable exposure.

Corporate Lesson 2
A priest was driving along and saw a nun on the side of the road, he stopped and offered her a lift, which she accepted. She got in and crossed her legs, forcing her gown to open and reveal a lovely leg.

The priest had a look and nearly had an accident. After controlling the car, he stealthily slid his hand up her leg. The nun looked at him and immediately said, "Father, remember Psalm 129?" The priest was flustered and apologized profusely. He forced himself to remove his hand.

Changing gears, he let his hand slide up her leg again. The nun once again said, "Father, remember Psalm 129?" Once again the priest apologized, "Sorry sister, but the flesh is weak."

Arriving at the convent, the nun got out gave him a meaningful glance and went on her way. On his arrival at the church, the priest rushed to retrieve a bible and looked up Psalm 129.

It said, "Go forth and seek, further up, you will find glory."

Moral of the story:
Always be well informed in your job, or you might miss a great opportunity.

Corporate Lesson 3
A sales rep, an administration clerk and the manager are walking to lunch when they find an antique oil lamp. They rub it and a Genie comes out in a puff of smoke.

The Genie says, "I usually only grant three wishes, so I'll give each of you just one."

"Me first! Me first!" says the admin clerk. "I want to be in the Bahamas, driving a speedboat, without a care in the world."
Poof! She's gone.

In astonishment, "Me next! Me next!" says the sales rep. "I want to be in Hawaii, relaxing on the beach with my personal masseuse, an endless supply of pina coladas and the love of my life."
Poof! He's gone.

"OK, you're up," the Genie says to the manager.

The manager says, "I want those two back in the office after lunch."

Moral of the story:
Always let your boss have the first say.

Corporate Lesson 4
A crow was sitting on a tree, do ing nothing all day. A small rabbit saw the crow, and asked him, "Can I also sit like you and do nothing all day long?"

The crow answered, "Sure, why not."

So, the rabbit sat on the ground below the crow, and rested. All of a sudden a fox appeared, jumped on the rabbit and ate it.

Moral of the story:
To be sitting and doing nothing, you must be sitting very, very high up.

Corporate Lesson 5
A turkey was chatting with a bull. "I would love to be able to get to the top of that tree," sighed the turkey, "but I haven't got the energy."

"Well, why don't you nibble on some of my droppings?" replied the
bull. "They're packed with nutrients." The turkey pecked at a lump of dung and found that it actually gave him enough strength to reach the lowest branch of the tree.

The next day, after eating some more dung, he reached the second branch. Finally after a fourth night, there he was proudly perched at the top of the tree.

Soon, he was promptly spotted by a farmer, who shot the turkey out of the tree.

Moral of the story:
Bullshit might get you to the top, but it won't keep you there for long.

Corporate Lesson 6

A little bird was flying south for the winter. It was so cold the bird froze and fell to the ground in a large field.

While it was lying there, a cow came by and dropped some dung on it. As the frozen bird lay there in the pile of cow dung, it began to realize how warm it was. The dung was actually thawing him out! He lay there all warm and happy, and soon began to sing for joy.

A passing cat heard the bird singing and came to investigate. Following the sound, the cat discovered the bird under the pile of cow dung, and promptly dug him out and ate him.

Moral of the story:
1) Not everyone who shits on you is your enemy.
2) Not everyone who gets you out of shit is your friend.
3) And when you're in deep shit, it's best to keep your mouth shut!

:)

Hi happyindian :D
yes i've read the first one you posted before...and the pen in space dilemma before as well...but the lessons you posted afterward were a real treat!... :rotfl:

This is a story of four people named Everybody, Somebody, Anybody and Nobody.
There was an important job to be done and Everybody was sure that Somebody would do it.
Anybody could have done it, but Nobody did it.
Somebody got angry about that because it was Everybody’s job.
Everybody thought Anybody could do it, but Nobody realized that Everybody wouldn’t do it.
It ended up that Everybody blamed Somebody when Nobody did what Anybody could have done.

PP Ma'm,

I' m sure 'anybody' and 'everybody' will definitely enjoy that saying.

HappyIndian!

Though it is a repeat for me ( got them thru' mail sometime back), I enjoyed yr corporate lessons!

That was a good one PP :)

Bill Gates

Love him or hate him, he sure hits the nail on the head with this!

To anyone with kids of any age, here's some things you will agree with.

Bill Gates recently gave a speech at a High School about 11 things they will not learn in school. He talked about how feel-good, politically correct teachings created a generation of kids with no concept of reality and how this concept set them up for failure in the real world.

Rule 1: Life is not fair-get used to it!

Rule 2: The world won't care about your self-esteem. The world will expect you to accomplish something BEFORE you feel good about yourself.

Rule 3: You will NOT make $60,000 a year right out of high school.
You won't be a vice-president with a car phone until you earn both.

Rule 4: If you think your teacher is tough, wait till you get a boss.

Rule 5: Flipping burgers is not beneath your dignity. Your Grandparents had a different word for burger flipping-they called it opportunity.

Rule 6: If you mess up, it's not your parents' fault, so don't whine about your mistakes, learn from them.

Rule 7: Before you were born, your parents weren't as boring as
they are now. They got that way from paying your bills, cleaning your clothes and listening to you talk about how cool you thought you were. So before you save the rain forest from the parasites of
your parent's generation, try delousing the closet in your own room.

Rule 8: Your school may have done away with winners and losers,
but life HAS NOT. In some schools they have abolished failing grades and they'll give you as MANY TIMES as you want to get the right answer.
This doesn't bear the slightest resemblance to ANYTHING in real ife.

Rule 9: Life is not divided into semesters. You don't get summers off and very few employers are interested in helping you FIND YOURSELF.
Do that on your own time.

Rule 10: Television is NOT real life. In real life peopleactually have to leave the coffee shop and go to jobs.

Rule 11: Be nice to nerds. Chances are you'll end up working for one.

:lol: Rule 11: Be nice to nerds. Chances are you'll end up working for one. :lol: ...glad someone said it :P

THE FOUR AGREEMENTS


BE IMPECCABLE WITH YOUR WORD

Speak with integrity. Say only what you mean. Avoid using words to speak against yourself or gossip about others. Use the power of your words in the direction of truth and love.


DON'T TAKE ANYTHING PERSONALLY

Nothing others do is because of you. What others say and do is a protection of their own reality, their own dream. When you are immune to the opinions and actions of others, you won't be victim of needless suffering.


DON'T MAKE ASSUMPTIONS

Find the courage to ask questions and express what you really want.
Communicate with others as clearly as you can to avoid misunderstandings, sadness and drama. With just this one agreement, you can completely transform your life.


ALWAYS DO YOUR BEST

Your best is going to change from moment to moment; it will be different when you are healthy as opposed to sick. Under any circumstances, simply do your best, and you will avoid self-judgement, self-abuse, and regret.


Don Miguel Ruiz
(from the ancient Toltec Wisdom)

Hamaara Bharat MAHAN! :D

The information below about India as given in Pakistan magazine "The News International" by "Mr. Masood Khan" on December 14, 2004 .

* World's 5 largest car companies are procuring their spare parts from India. In 2002, the export was Rs.1700 crores and it quadrupled in 2003 to Rss.7000 crores. In the next 5 years this will cross Rs.70,000 crores.
* India's HERO HONDA is the world largest Motorcycle manufacturing company. It manufactures 17 lacs motorcycles per year.
* England's popular Rover car company is going to manufacture TATA INDICA, the Indian technology car at the rate of 1 lac car per year.
* "BHARAT FORGE" had emerged as the largest forging company in the world and supplies its products to world popular companies like Volvo, Toyota, Honda etc.
* "ASIAN PAINTS" an Indian paint company has its Manufacturing plants in 22 countries across 5 continents and is the market leader in 11 countries.
* "HINDUSTAN INKS" an Indian ink manufacturing company is producing world largest 1 lac ton Ink per annum with its manufacturing branches at Europe & America.
* "Escelfbopack" an Indian Company has manufacturing plants in 11 countries and World's 25 %, Pastes and medicines are packed in their product.
* Many Indian Industries keeps getting world popular awards. The Popular Austin car company have given order to an Indian company for new designs.
* Multinational car companies like Suzuki, Hyundai & Ford have started exporting their cars from India and by 2010, they will export around 5 lacs car from India.
* Indian Medicine sector manufactures products worth Rs.30,000 crores per year out of which Rs.10,000 crores are exported.
* Due to better performance of Indian Industrial sector, their share in Indian market has raised from 25 to 65% where as the multinationals share reduced from 75 to 35%.
* Indian Herbal business grown to Rs.4,000 crore per annum.
India contributes 20% of world's textile manufacturing.
* India has proudly established its own Super Computer whereas the other Super computer established countries are only America & Japan.
* India is one among the 6 countries, which can build and launch Satellites. Even technologically advanced countries like Germany & Belgium are yet to do that.
* Due to Insat Organization, India had become the very big national satellite networked country in the World.
* 9 out of 10 Diamonds in the world are cut & polished in India being the no.1 Diamond works country in world.
* India & China's business has grown to 104% with in a year.
* India's foreign reserve had risen from 82 billion US$ to 118 billion US$.
* India had returned back the IMF loan before the due date and started funding other countries.
* India provides software to 7 out of 10 largest CD-ROM manufactures in the world.
* India spends only Rs.70,000 for producing a MBA whereas in America the expense is Rs.54 Lacs.
* The Eye Cataract operation in India costs only Rs.600 where as in America Rs.7000.
A Heart surgery in India costs only Rs.40,000 where as in America it is Rs. 6 lacs.
* The R&D expense to make a car in America is Rs.4,500 crores whereas in India in half of its expense the R&D is done with same perfection.
* More than 70 multinational companies have established their R&D centres in India.
* Indian telephone & Internet network expanding by crores in numbers.
* 100 out of Fortune 500 companies have come to India to do business while only 33 have gone to China.
* So, India is making jumping progress in the World's market, which is ranging from Brazil to China,

According to Mr.Masood Khan "these developments have not come to India in a day or by luck. In India also same situations of Pakistan exists like Dirty politics, corruption, arrogant officials, poor infrastructure etc. But still India keeps growing every day and nobody can deny the fact. This happens because the Indian people are not just seeing the dirty problems around them but they also see the confidence star on the sky, the growth opportunity and working for it with self motivation having a target for progress".

"WE MIGHT AS WELL DANCE!"

Too many people put off something that brings them joy just because they haven't thought about it, don't have it on their schedule, didn't know it was coming or are too rigid to depart from their routine.

I got to thinking one day about all those women on the Titanic who
passed up dessert at dinner that fateful night in an effort to cut
back. From then on, I've tried to be a little more flexible.

How many women out there will eat at home because their husband didn't suggest going out to dinner until after something had been thawed? Does the word "refrigeration" mean nothing to you?

How often have your kids dropped in to talk and sat in silence while you watched you favorite television show?

I cannot count the times I called my sister and said, "How about going to lunch in a half hour?" She would gas up and stammer, "I can't. I have clothes on the line. My hair is dirty..."

Because people nowadays cram so much into their lives, we tend to schedule our headaches...We live on a sparse diet of promises we make to ourselves when all the conditions are perfect!

We'll go back and visit the grandparents when we get Stevie
toilet-trained. We'll entertain when we replace the living room
carpet. We'll go on a second honeymoon when we get two more kids out of college.

Life has a way of accelerating as we get older. The days get
shorter, and the list of promises to ourselves gets longer. One morning, we awaken, and all we have to show for our lives is a litany of "I'm going to," "I plan on," and "Someday, when things are settled down a bit."

Now...go on and have a nice day. Do something you WANT to...not
something on your SHOULD DO list. If you were going to die soon and had only one phone call you could make, who would you call and what would you say? And why are you waiting? Make sure you read this to the end; you will understand why I sent this to you.

Have you ever watched kids playing on a merry go round or listened to the rain lapping on the ground? Ever followed a butterfly's erratic flight or gazed at the sun into the fading night?

Do you run through each day on the fly? When you ask "How are you?" Do you hear the reply?

When the day is done, do you lie in your bed with the next hundred chores running through your head? Ever told your child, "We'll do it tomorrow." And in your haste, not see his sorrow? Ever lost touch? Let a good friendship die? Just call to say "Hi"?

When you worry and hurry through your day, it is like an unopened
gift...Thrown away...Life is not a race. Take it slower. Hear the music before the song is over.

"Life may not be the party we hoped for...but while we are here we might as well dance!"

ratchasi,

Your post is really wonderful and enlightening.

I am reminded of an other thought...

We miss great experiences in life, just becasue we feel shy to try something new.