Manual...!?!

Faith...!?!

A man had been on a long flight. The first warning of the approaching problems came when the sign on the airplane flashed on: "Fasten your seat belts." Then, after a while, a calm voice said, "We shall not be serving the beverages at this time as we are expecting a little turbulence. Please be sure your seat belt is fastened." As he looked around the aircraft, it became obvious that many of the passengers were becoming apprehensive.

Later, the voice of the announcer said, "We are so sorry that we are unable to serve the meal at this time. The turbulence is still ahead of us." And then the storm broke. The ominous cracks of thunder could be heard even above the roar of the engines. Lightening lit up the darkening skies and within moments that great plane was like a cork tossed around on a celestial ocean.

One moment the airplane was lifted on terrific currents of air; the next, it dropped as if it were about to crash. The man confessed that he shared the discomfort and fear of those around him. As he looked around the plane, he could see that nearly all the passengers were upset and alarmed. Some were praying. The future seemed ominous and many were wondering if they would make it through the storm.

And then, he suddenly saw a girl to whom the storm meant nothing. She had tucked her feet beneath her as she sat on her seat and was reading a book. Everything within her small world was calm and orderly. Sometimes she closed her eyes, then she would read again; then she would straighten her legs, but worry and fear were not in her world. When the plane was being buffeted by the terrible storm, when it lurched this way and that, as it rose and fell with frightening severity, when all the adults were scared half to death, that marvelous child was completely composed and unafraid.

The man could hardly believe his eyes. It was not surprising therefore, that when the plane finally reached its destination and all the passengers were hurrying to disembark, he lingered to speak to the girl whom he had watched for such a long time. Having commented about the storm and behavior of the plane, he asked why she had not been afraid.



The sweet child replied:
"Sir, my Dad is the pilot and

he is taking me home."

Philanthropy...!?!

Today's story has no morale...???

There was a good-natured millionaire in the town. Three beggars thought of approaching him for help. The first man went to the millionaire and said: "O Lord! I want five rupees. Please give me." The millionaire was taken aback at this man's impudence. "What! You demand five rupees from me as though I owe you the money! How dare you? How can I afford to give five rupees to a single beggar? Here, take these two rupees and get away," he said. The man went away with the two rupees.

The next beggar went to the millionaire and said: "Oh Lord! I have not taken a square meal for the past ten days. Please help me."
"How much do you want?" asked the millionaire.
"Whatever you give me, Maharaj," replied the beggar.
"Here, take this ten rupee note. You can have nice food for at least three days." The beggar walked away with the ten rupee note.

The third beggar came. "Oh Lord, I have heard about your noble qualities. Therefore, I have come to see you. Men of such charitable disposition are verily the manifestations of God on earth," he said.
"Please sit down," said the millionaire. "You appear to be tired. Please take this food," he said, and offered food to the beggar.
"Now please tell me what I can do for you."
"Oh Lord," replied the beggar; "I merely came to meet such a noble personage that you are. You have given me this rich food already. What more need I get from you? You have already shown extraordinary kindness towards me. May God bless you!"
But the millionaire, struck by the beggar's spirit, begged of the beggar to remain with him, built a decent house for him in his own compound, and looked after him for the rest of his life.

The morale differs from individual to individual, you see...!!!

Poem...!?!

Update...!?!

Sharpen Your Skills

Once upon a time a very strong woodcutter asked for a job with a timber merchant, and he got it. His salary was really good and so were the working conditions. For that reason, the woodcutter was determined to do his best.

His boss gave him an axe and showed him the area where he was supposed to fell the trees. The first day, the woodcutter brought down 15 trees.

"Congratulations," the boss said. "Carry on with your work!"

Highly motivated by the words of his boss, the woodcutter tried harder the next day, but he only could bring 10 trees down. The third day he tried even harder, but he was only able to bring down 7 trees.

Day after day he was bringing lesser number of trees down.

"I must be losing my strength", the woodcutter thought. He went to the boss and apologized, saying that he could not understand what was going on.

"When was the last time you sharpened your axe?" the boss asked.
"Sharpen? I had no time to sharpen my axe. I have been very busy trying to cut trees..."

That's right. Most of us NEVER update our skills.
We think that whatever we have learned is very much enough.
But good is not good when better is expected.
Sharpening our skills from time to time is the key to success...

Am I Doing It...?

Wishlist...?

My TOP 10 Wish-list for 2010

10. Awareness about saving the Beings (Not the Planet… It will take care of itself)
09. Being proactive about conservation of all type of energy and resources…
08. People finding there selves and putting the priorities right…
07. India rediscovers itself and stops blind following the vulgarity and shallow trends…
06. Eradication of moral, social, financial corruption…
05. Girl child loved, adored and taken care of as good as a boy or even more…
04. Every child getting the basic education…
03. Achieving 0% child labor rate…
02. Nobody goes to sleep hungry…

and the TOP 1

01. Creativity doesn’t get lost in blogging / sending bulk mails…!?!

Applaud…?

Dear All,

A Very Happy and Prosperous New Year to you all!!

I am sure there would have been lots and lots of Resolutions and Promises as always...

Let's see if we can arrive at a common resolution for one and all with this frog story...

There once was a bunch of tiny frogs who arranged a running competition.

The goal was to reach the top of a very high tower.
A big crowd had gathered around the tower to see the race and cheer on the contestants…
The race began…
Honestly no one in the crowd really believed that the tiny frogs would reach the top of the tower.
You heard statements such as:“Oh, WAY too difficult!!They will NEVER make it to the top.” or
“Not a chance that they will succeed. The tower is too high!”
The tiny frogs began collapsing. One by one… Except for those who in a fresh tempo were climbing higher and higher…The crowd continued to yell“It is too difficult!!! No one will make it!” More tiny frogs got tired and gave up…...But ONE continued higher and higher and higher…
This one wouldn’t give up!
At the end everyone else had given up climbing the tower. Except for the one tiny frog who after a big effort was the only one who reached the top! THEN all of the other tiny frogs naturally wanted to know how this one frog managed to do it?

A contestant asked the tiny frog how the one who succeeded had found the strength to reach the goal?
It turned out…
That the winner was DEAF!!!!

The wisdom of this story is:

Never listen to other people’s tendencies to be negative or pessimistic……cause they take your most wonderful dreams and wishes away from you.
The ones you have in your heart!

Always think of the power words have. Because everything you hear and read will affect your actions!
Therefore:
ALWAYS be… POSITIVE!

And above all:
Be DEAF when people tell YOU that YOU can not fulfill YOUR dreams!
Always think: I can do this!
(I will do this…!)