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Every Day is A New Day

New day.. New office location.. New Seat.. So many new things happened to me before this new year comes. Newness always brings enthusiasm and excitement. Hope this New Year also comes with hand full of surprises as Every Day is a New Day indeed..!!!

12 Most Famous Love Stories of All Time

When: 31 BC Where: Rome and Egypt What’s So Special about Their Love: These two had a love so strong, war was waged against them to break them up. When Mark Antony left his wife, Octavia, for the mesmerizing Cleopatra, Octavia’s brother Octavian brought the army of Rome to destroy them. These two lovers were so entranced with each other that they committed suicide rather than be apart- the ultimate Romeo and Juliet true love story.

Mahatma`s Teachings

I like both the movies MunnaBhai MBBS and Lage Raho MunnaBhai. I dont know about the Gandhi`s political decisions but I believe in his teachings to the nation.

Universal Truth about Boys............lolz!!

Now i truly admit, Google is very very very smart......

Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Tell him that you love him

When you are going around with your guy and love is in the air,
there are some things you can do in order to draw him closer to you.
Love is something you have to feed. If you let it just sit there and expect
it to grow on its own, it won’t happen. Today, I am going to give you secrets
to get to the man`s heart.

7. Don’t be Money Hungry

Some girls out there are just so money hungry. Some track guys down and use them just because they have extra money to spend. Ladies, more and more guys are starting to catch on to this little trick. While some will fall for the trick, there are others who knows the game. So, if you would like to draw him closer to you, make sure you do not use him just for his money. In fact, feel free to pay for some date nights here and there.

6. Let Him Know He’s the Only One

Guys enjoy hearing that they are the only one. They enjoy hearing that you do not plan on going out and finding any other guy. So, if you want to draw him closer to you, remind him how he is the only one on Earth for you.

5. Tell Them How Hard They Work

When a guy works hard, they enjoy hearing that they work hard. So, I believe it would be a good idea to tell the guy how hard they work.

4. Tell Him How Proud You Are

Let him know just how proud you are of him. It pays off to say this more than once. Some guys really like to be reminded every now and then that their girl is truly proud of them for doing the things they do in life.

3. Tell Him How Luck You Are

Tell him the truth – that he makes you feel as if you are the luckiest girl in the world. There are phrases like this that always flatter guys. Of course, like I said, make sure it is true and you are not just saying it.

2. Show Him Respect

If you want to draw the guy in closer to you, then you need to show him respect. Show him that you are not using him. Cook him a good dinner and let him know that you truly care for his needs. Of course, I’m not insinuating that you need to be his slave, but I am saying that you should be respectful to him.

1. Tell Him How You Love Him

If you really love him, let him know just how much you love him.
Don’t just tell him, but show him how deep your love is for him.

If you are in love with the guy, then you should definitely do these things
on my list and see how happy he will be.

Monday, April 25, 2011

Ways to Handle a Horrible Mother-in-Law

Most women are blessed with wonderful mother-in-laws. However, an unfortunate few find their mother-in-laws to be unbearable. For those who find themselves dealing with a stressful mother-in-law situation, here are some helpful tips.

Here are 10 ways to handle a horrible mother-in-law!

1. Separate Yourself

You may find it necessary to remove yourself from the situation to give yourself time to think things through and decide on a plan to come to terms with your mother-in-law. Be up front with her and let her know you that you need a “time-out.”

2. Don’t Take it Personally

Your mother-in-law’s behavior is most likely not personal; some mother-in-laws would never be satisfied with their son’s choice. Because you love your husband, try to quietly put up with her.

3. Make Up Your Mind

Don’t give up your power to your mother-in-law; make your mind up that regardless of how horrible she is that is will not impact your home and your ability to be a great wife and mother.

4. Husband Duty

It is your husband’s responsibility to lead the family and to protect you, even from his own mother. He should never allow his mother to make negative comments about you or to act badly towards you. Make sure he understands how you feel about the situation and his role in it.

5. Lock the Doors

Never give your in-laws the spare keys to your house. Unannounced visits are not always welcome visits, and if you or your husband give her keys, you’re giving up the power of inviting her, or NOT inviting her, over.

6. Talk to Her

Have an honest chat with your problematic mother-in-law. Fill her in on how her actions are affecting your family; perhaps she simply has no idea what her role as mother-in-law really is.

7. Two Sides to Every Story

Try to understand where your mother-in-law is coming from; maybe the situation is a gross misunderstanding or maybe she has a legitimate concern. Whatever her concern, address it and move on.

8. Always be the better person

This may be difficult but never approach your mother-in-law situation in anger. Address the situation with a cool head and open mind, and always, ALWAYS take the high road.

9. Put Yourself in Her Shoes

No matter how our children are, they are still our children. Your mother-in-law may be having trouble letting her son grow up. Imagine yourself in her shoes and gain from that perspective.

10. Always Try for a Loving Outcome

TRY to make it work. Concessions may need to be made but the give and take will be worth your effort to keep your family intact. She will be a part of your family until one of you dies, so why not make it bearable until then, right?

Working out your differences with your mother-in-law may not be easy or quick, but a peaceful result is well worth your efforts. Do you really want to be the wife who draws the line and asks her mother to choose between his mother and you? Be very careful with ultimatums, you may not like the outcome. Have you ever dealt with a monster-in-law? What other tips can you share for dealing with a terribly mother-in-law?

Sunday, April 24, 2011

My Shayri Collection

Aaj Kisi Duwa ki Kami he,
Tabhi To Hamari Ankho Me Nami He,
Koi To He Jo BHUL Gaya Hame,
Par Hamare Dil Me Unki Jagah To Wahi He.


Majburi me nhi dil kare to yad karna,
duniya se fursat ho to baat karna,
duwa hai jamane ki har khusi pao,
fir b aankh bhar aaye to muze yaad karna..:-)


Chahane se koi baat nahi hoti,
thode se andhere se raat nahi hoti,
jinhe chahate hai jaan se zyada,
unse aaj kal mulakaat hi nahi HOTI.


Narazgi Tera Gavara Na Kr Sake
Teri Mohbt Se Kinara Na Kar Sake
Mere Tamam Khwab Adhure Rah Gae
Hum Khwab Me Bhi Khud Ko Tmhara Na Kar Sake


Pyar Use Karo Jo Tume Pyar Kare
Khud Se Zyada Tum Par Aitbar Kare
Tum Bus 1 Bar Kaho K Ruko 2 Pal,
Or Wo Un 2 Palo k Liye Puri Zindgi Intzar kare.


Zakhm Mera H Dard Mujko Hota HE
Is Zmane Me Kaun Kiska Hota H
Unhe Neend Nhi Aati Jo Mohbt Krte HE
Jo DiLKo Todte H Wahi Chain Se SotE HE


jitna pyar paya hai tumse usse aur jyada pane ko ji chahata hai,
jane woh kaun si khubi hai tumme ki har rishta tum se banane ko ji chahata


Pehle kabhi ye yadein ye tanhai na thi,
Kabhi Dil pe madhoshi chhayi na thi,
Jane kya asar kar gai apki batein,
Warna is tarah kabhi yaad kisi ki aayi na thi


Dil me Yaado k mele hai,
Tum bin dost hum bahut akele hai,
Subkuch chhodkar tumhe yaad karte hai,
Dekho hum tumhe kitna miss karte hai


Tanhai me Fariyad to kar sakte hai.
Virane ko to abaad kar sakte hai.
Kya hua aap se mil nahi sakte,
DIL se yaad to kar sakte hai!


Aapki talash me kadam khud hi nikal gaye,
aapki yadon me arman khud hi pighal gaye,
khoja tha aapko sare jahan me lekin,
palke band ki to aap aakhon me hi mil gaye


Hoto ki zuban ansu kehte hai,
chup rehte hai phir bhi behte hai,
in ansu ki sitam toh dekhiye
yeh unke liye behte hai jo ankho me rehte hai


Teri Shikayten Pyari Lagti He
Jaan Se Kimti Teri Yaari Lagti He
Sanbhal Kar Rkhna Apni Dhdkano Ko
Qki Teri Dhdkane Bhi Hamhe Hamari Lagti He


Yado k kitab mai 1 kitab hamara ho,
phulo k bagiche mai 1 phul hamara ho,
kuda kare jab aap apno ko yad karo
to un apno me 1 naam hamara ho.


Aisi kya duwa de apko..
jo apke labo pe Hasi khila de..
Bas yahi duwa he hamari khudase..
ki sitaro ki roshni se wo apki takdeer saja de!


Hamare beech ki nazdikiya kabhi kam na ho..
khuda kare tume koi gum na ho..
jis din toote ye rishta apna..
khuda kare uss din HUM na ho


DIL K Kisi Kone Me Humhe Panah Dena,
Apna Thoda Waqt Zara Humhe B Dena,
Hum zyada Kuch Nahi Mangte Aapse,
Bus Kahi Milo to Mushkura Dena..



jab humko unse mohabbat thi,
unhe hamari mohabbat pe shak tha,
jab unhe eshass hva hamari mohabbat ka,
tab hum par kisi ar ka hak tha. . .

Saturday, April 23, 2011

KUMAR VISHWAS - Ultimate Poetry

koi deewana kehta hai koi paagal samjhta hai..
dharti ki baichani to bus baadal samjhta hai..
tu mujhsai door kaisi hai mai tujhsai door kaisa hu..
ye mera dil samjhta hai ye tera dil samjta hai..

mohabat ek ehsaaso ki paawan si kahani hai..
kabhi kabira deewana tha kabhi meera diwaani hai..
yahan sab log kehte hai meri aakho mai aansu hai..
jo tu samjhe to moti hai jo na samjhe to paani hai..

This poetry touched my heart deep inside.
Even if loved one is wrong HEART takes their side only as
this intense feeling of sticking and being committed to the
one you love will become the ultimate essence of life.

Actually love is divine and people usually misunderstand it by
mixing up with the concept of loneliness, selfishness and rejection.

Today money comes easily but love is rare.
you cannot find a person who can do anything for your happiness.
And if you are lucky enough to found any then please never loose them.
Because someday somewhere you will realise that Today its u but Tomorrow it can b someone else.

Friday, April 22, 2011

After a while

After a while you learn the subtle difference between holding a hand and
chaining a soul and you learn that love doesn't mean possession and company
doesn't mean security.And you begin to learn that kisses aren't contracts
and presents aren't promises and you begin to accept your defeats
with your head up and your eyes ahead with the grace of an adult not the grief
of a child.And you learn to build your roads today because tomorrows ground
is too uncertain for plans and futures have ways of falling down in mid-flight.
After a while you learn that even sunshine burns if you get too much so you
plant your own garden and decorate your own soul instead of waiting for someone
to bring you flowers.And you learn that you really can endure that you really
are strong and you really do have worth and you can and you really can.

Thursday, April 21, 2011

A Mystery called Love

If you find yourself in love with someone who does not love you, be gentle with yourself. There is nothing wrong with you. Love just didn't choose to rest in the other person's heart.


If you find someone else in love with you and you don't love him/her, feel honored that love came and called at your door, but gently refuse the gift you cannot return, do not take advantage, do not cause pain.


How you deal with love is how you deal with you, and all our hearts feel the same pains and joys, even if our lives and ways are different.


If you fall in love with another, and he/she falls in love with you, and then love chooses to leave, do not try to reclaim it or to assess blame, let it go. There is a reason and there is a meaning. You will know in time.


Remember that you don't choose love. Love chooses you. All you can really do is accept it for all its mystery when it comes into your life. Feel the way it fills you to overflowing, then reach out and give it away.


Give it back to the person who brought it alive in you. Give it to others who deem it poor in spirit. Give it to the world around you in anyway you can. There is where many lovers go wrong. Having been so long without love, they understand love only as a need. They see their hearts as empty places that will be filled by love, and they begin to look at love as something that flows to them rather than from them.


The first blush of new love is filled to overflowing, but as their love cools, they revert to seeing their love as need. They cease to be someone who generates love and instead become someone who seeks love.


They forget that the secret of love is that it is a gift, and that it can be made to grow only by giving it away.


Remember this, and keep it to your heart. Love has its own time, its own seasons, and its own reason for coming and going. You cannot bribe it or coerce it, or reason it into saying. You can only embrace it when it arrives and give it away when it comes to you. But if it chooses to leave from your heart or from the heart of your lover, there is nothing you can do and there is nothing you should do.


Love always has been and always will be a mystery. Be glad that it came to live for a moment in your life.

Wednesday, April 20, 2011

12 Most Famous Love Stories of All Time

1. Cleopatra and Mark Antony



When: 31 BC

Where: Rome and Egypt

What’s So Special about Their Love: These two had a love so strong, war was waged against them to break them up. When Mark Antony left his wife, Octavia, for the mesmerizing Cleopatra, Octavia’s brother Octavian brought the army of Rome to destroy them. These two lovers were so entranced with each other that they committed suicide rather than be apart- the ultimate Romeo and Juliet true love story.

2. Napoleon and Josephine



When: 1800′s

Where: France

What’s So Special about Their Love: Napoleon was immediately smitten when he saw the beautiful Josephine, but it took him years to woo her. Once they were together, theirs was a stormy romance full of infidelity and drama. When Josephine could not produce him an heir, Napoleon left her for another woman, and she died of a broken heart. Napoleon never got over Josephine – rumor has it that he carried violets from her garden in his locket until he died.

3. Juan and Evita Peron



When: 1940′s

Where: Argentina

What’s So Special about Their Love: Juan Domingo and Evita were the ultimate political power couple. After raising herself up from poor beginnings, Evita charmed Juan Domingo and the two fell in love. They changed the entire scope of Argentinian government and became one of the most beloved political couples of the era. Just after one of their biggest political victories, Evita tragically died of cancer.


4. Prince Edward and Wallis Simpson



When: 1900′s

Where: England

What’s So Special about Their Love: Edward made big news – and big changes to the British monarchy – when he fell for the charming (and married!) Wallis Simpson. Wallis, an American who was unable to be a British queen, soon divorced her husband in 1934, and the two embarked on a wild romance. Edward became King of England in 1936, but he soon abdicated the throne to be married to the woman he loved.

5. Voltaire and Emilie du Chatelet



When: 1700′s

Where: France

What’s So Special about Their Love: Voltaire was a brilliant playwright and author who was beloved by French royal society, and Emilie was a young, intelligent socialite.

Emilie was married to the Marquis du Chatelet, but neither she nor Voltaire cared about what people thought – they went out and about together as a couple for the fifteen years until Emilie died, even living together in a house owned by her husband. These two were not only attracted to each other physically, but even more so attracted to each other’s superior intellect.

6. Czar Nicholas II and Alexandra Federovna



When: late 1800′s – early 1900′s

Where: Russia

What’s So Special about Their Love: Nicholas, the future Czar of Russia, fell in love with the lovely German princess Alexandra. Against the wishes of both families, they were determined to be together, and were well-known for their public displays of affection! When the Bolsheviks took the Russian royal family captive, Alexandra and Nicholas were executed. Together.


7. Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor



When: 1960′s

Where: United States

What’s So Special about Their Love: Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor starred together in many movies, including the story of Mark Antony and Cleopatra! Their chemistry and sexual attraction to each other could not be contained, even though they were both married to other people when their love story began.

They married, but their tumultuous relationship burned out quickly, and they divorced… only to remarry each other 16 months later in Africa!


8. Lord Nelson and Lady Emma Hamilton



When: late 1700′s

Where: England

What’s So Special about Their Love: Emma is a famous beauty who was a muse to artist George Romney – her loveliness is featured in many of his paintings. Emma was married to Sir William Hamilton, while Lord Nelson was married to the Lady Fanny Nelson. When they met, the gorgeous Emma was so taken with Lord Nelson that she fainted against him, calling out, “Oh, God, is this possible?!” What a meeting! They lived together with her husband for several years in an audacious affair that captivated London.


9. Tristan and Isolde



When: 1200′s AD

Where: Ireland

What’s So Special about Their Love: Tristan falls in love with his beloved uncle King Mark’s wife, Isolde. Involved in a bitter love triangle where all parties have love and respect for the other, Tristan and Isolde cannot deny their passion for each other and ultimately begin an adulterous affair. When King Mark finds out, he flies into a rage and kills his nephew Tristan with a poisoned sword. When Isolde learns of his death and sees his corpse, she dies of grief and falls over upon him.

10. Pyramus and Thisbe



When: 331 BC

Where: Babylonia

What’s So Special about Their Love: Pyramus was the most gorgeous man and Thisbe the most beautiful maiden in Babylonia. Neighbors and childhood friends, they were forbidden to marry by their parents. One night, they planned to meet and run away together, but a mountain lion attacked Thisbe. She escaped, but the mountain lion took her veil.

When Pyramus saw her bloodied veil in the mountain loin’s mouth, he believed she’d been killed, and so he stabbed himself with his sword. When Thisbe saw Pyramus dead, she picked up his sword and killed herself also. What star-crossed lovers!


11. Prince Khurram and Mumtaz Mahal Begum



When: 1600 AD

Where: India

What’s So Special about Their Love: Prince Khurrum (who later became Shah Jahan) fell passionately in love with the beautiful, graceful Arjumand Banu Begum (who he later renamed Mumtaz Mahal) when she was only fourteen. Although he had two other wives, Mumtaz Mahal was the love of his life. They traveled everywhere together, and when she died in childbirth delivering their fourteenth child, Shah Jahan commissioned the Taj Mahal be built in her honor.


12. Prince Saleem and Anarkali



When: 1615 AD

Where: Lahore

What’s So Special about Their Love: Prince Saleem, son of Mughal Emperor Akbar, fell in love with the lovely slave girl Anarkali. Akbar and his wife Jodha were shamed by their son’s love for a common servant, and they forbid him to see her. Instead, Prince Saleem declared war on his father.

After a battle, Akbar defeated his son and demanded that Saleem either surrender Anarkali or be killed. Prince Saleem chose death, but Anarkali could not see her love killed – instead, she gave her up life in exchange for one night with Prince Saleem. After their one night together, Akbar had her buried alive in a brick tomb that still stands today.

Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Wounded by Love Agreement

The convention on the wounded by Love Agreement

General Provision:

Considering that it’s absolutely correct the saying that states that “all is fair in love and war”;

Considering that in war we have the Geneva Convention, adopted in August 22nd of 1864, that determines the fate of the wounded in battlefields whereas there is no convention that was promulgated until this day that deals with the wounded of love, who are much more populous;

It is here declared that:

Art. 1 – all lovers, male or female, are now being notified that love, besides being a blessing, is also something very dangerous, unpredictable and able to cause serious damages. Consequently the one who decides to love has to know that his or her body and soul are exposed to many types of wounds and will not be able to blame the partner in any moment, since the risk is equal to both.


Art. 2- Once a lost arrow from the bow of Cupid hits a person, that person has to immediately ask the archer to dart another arrow in the opposite direction, so that one will not fall prey to the wound famously known as “non-reciprocal love”. In case Cupid refuses such act, the Convention here promulgated demands that the wounded immediately retrieve the arrow from his heart and throw it in the bin.

In order to achieve this effect, the wounded has to avoid phone calls, internet messages, flower deliveries, or any other act of seduction, since these acts only achieve short term results and are inevitably erased by time. The convention declares that the wounded has to quickly seek the company of other people in order to control the obsessive thought “it’s still worth fighting for this person”.

Art. 3 – In case the wound comes from third parties, meaning, the loved one is interested by someone else who was not expected in the pre-established plans, it is hereby expressly forbidden any act of revenge. In this case, it is permitted the profuse use of tears, some punches on the wall or pillow, talks with friends where the wounded can freely insult the ex-partner, allege his or her complete lack of good taste, but refraining to lessen the partner’s honor.

The convention determines that art. 2 can also be applied: the wounded may seek the company of other people, preferably in places where the partner does not dwell.

Art. 4 – In case of light wounds, hereby classified as small betrayals, fulminating passions that do not last long, transitory sexual disinterest, one has to quickly and abundantly apply a medicine called Forgiveness. Once this medicine is applied, one must never look back and the subject must be completely forgotten, never being mentioned as an argument in occasional fights or moments of hate.

Art. 5 – In the case of definitive wounds, also called “break-ups”, the only medicine capable of truly healing one’s heart is Time. It’s pointless and ineffective to find consolation with fortune-tellers (who will always claim that the lost love will return), romantic books (in which the endings are always happy ones), TV soap operas or other similar things. One has to suffer with intensity, completely avoiding the use of drugs, painkillers, prayers. Alcohol is only allowed in moderation, never surpassing more than two glasses of wine a day.

Final Provision: the wounded of love, contrary to the wounded of armed conflicts, are neither victims nor torturers. They have chosen something that is part of life and therefore they have to face the agony and the ecstasy of their choice.

And for those that were never wounded by love, they will never be able to say: “I lived”. Because they haven’t.

This text was written in Geneva, June 25th, 2007

Monday, April 18, 2011

The Brick

A young and successful executive was traveling down a neighborhood street, going a bit too fast in his new Jaguar. He was watching for kids darting out from between parked cars and slowed down when he thought he saw something. As his car passed, no children appeared. Instead, a brick smashed into the Jag's side door! He slammed on the brakes and backed the Jag back to the spot where the brick had been thrown. The angry driver then jumped out of the car, grabbed the nearest kid and pushed him up against a parked car shouting, "What was that all about and who are you? Just what the heck are you doing? That's a new car and that brick you threw is going to cost a lot of money. Why did you do it?" The young boy was apologetic. "Please, mister...please, I'm sorry but I didn't know what else to do," He pleaded. "I threw the brick because no one else would stop..." With tears dripping down his face and off his chin, the youth pointed to a spot just around a parked car. "It's my brother, "he said "He rolled off the curb and fell out of his wheelchair and I can't lift him up. "Now sobbing, the boy asked the stunned executive, "Would you please help me get him back into his wheelchair? He's hurt and he's too heavy for me. "Moved beyond words, the driver tried to swallow the rapidly swelling lump in his throat.! He hurriedly lifted the handicapped boy back into the wheelchair, then took out a linen handkerchief and dabbed at the fresh scrapes and cuts. A quick look told him everything was going to be okay.
"Thank you and may God bless you," the grateful child told the stranger. Too shook up for words, the man simply watched the boy! Pushhis wheelchair-bound brother down the sidewalk toward their home. It was a long, slow walk back to the Jaguar. The damage was very noticeable, but the driver never bothered to repair the dented side door. He kept the dent there to remind him of this message:

Moral of the story
"Don't go through life so fast that someone has to throw a brick at you to get your attention!" God whispers in our souls and speaks to our hearts. Sometimes when we don't have time to listen, He has to throw a brick at us. It's our choice to listen or not.

Thought for the Day:

If God had a refrigerator, your picture would be on it.

If He had a wallet, your photo would be in it.

He sends you flowers every spring.

He sends you a sunrise every morning Face it, friend - He is crazy about you!

God didn't promise days without pain, laughter without sorrow, sun without
rain, but He did promise strength for the day, comfort for the tears, and light for the way.

Read this line very slowly and let it sink in...
If God brings you to it, He will bring you through it.

Sunday, April 17, 2011

Judge a Human Character

The following story i havent able to trace it..........I dont know whether its a part of real life event or a fictional story. But i felt its worth sharing with you since its central moral is very touching

----------------[ Story to Judge a Character]-----------------------------------

A lady in a faded gingham dress and her husband, dressed in a homespun threadbare suit, stepped off the train in Boston, and walked timidly without an appointment into the president of Harvard's outer office. The secretary could tell in a moment that such backwoods, country hicks had no business at Harvard and probably didn't even
deserve to be in Cambridge.

She frowned. "We want to see the president," the man said softly. "He'll be busy all day," the secretary snapped. "We'll wait," the lady replied.

For hours, the secretary ignored them, hoping that the couple would finally become discouraged and go away. They didn't. And the secretary grew frustrated and finally decided to disturb the president, even though it was a chore she always regretted to do. "Maybe if they just see you for a few minutes, they'll leave," she told him. And he sighed in exasperation and nodded.

Someone of his importance obviously didn't have the time to spend with them, but he detested gingham dresses and homespun suits cluttering up his outer office. The president, stern-faced with dignity, strutted toward the couple. The lady told him, "We had a son that attended Harvard for one year. He loved Harvard. He was happy here. But about a year ago, he was accidentally killed. And my husband and I would like to erect a memorial to him, somewhere on campus."

The president was not touched; he was shocked. "Madam," he said gruffly. "We can't put up a statue for every person who attended Harvard and died. If we did, this place would look like a cemetery".

"Oh, no," the lady explained quickly. "We don't want to erect a statue. We thought we would like to give a building to Harvard." The president rolled his eyes. He glanced at the gingham dress and homespun suit, and then exclaimed, "A building! Do you have any earthly idea how much a building costs? We have over seven and a half million dollars in the physical plant at Harvard."

For a moment the lady was silent. The president was pleased. He could get rid of them now. And the lady turned to her husband and said quietly, "Is that all it costs to start a University? Why don't we just start our own?" Her husband nodded. The president's face wilted in confusion and bewilderment.

And Mr. and Mrs. Leland Stanford walked away, traveling to Palo Alto, California where they established the University that bears their name, a memorial to a son that Harvard no longer cared about.

You can easily judge the character of others by how they treat those who can do nothing for them or to them

Saturday, April 16, 2011

The Power of Decision Making

he story given here is quite interesting and really gives us an insight into DECISION MAKING.

A group of children were playing near two railway tracks, one still in use while the other disused. Only one child played on the disused track, the rest on the operational track.

The train came, and you were just beside the track interchange. You could make the train change its course to the disused track and saved most of the kids

However, that would also mean the lone child playing by the disused track would be sacrificed. Or would you rather let the train go its way?

Let's take a pause to think what kind of decision we could make...


Analyse the situation...

Think and reflect...

Decided your answer!!!!...

Now ... go ahead...

Most people might choose to divert the course of the train, and sacrifice only one child. To save most of the children at the expense of only one child was rational decision most people would make, morally and emotionally.

But, have you ever thought that the child choosing to play on the disused track had in fact made the right decision to play at a safe place?

Nevertheless, he had to be sacrificed because of his ignorant friends who chose to play where the danger was.

This kind of dilemma happens around us everyday. In the office, community, in politics and especially in a democratic society, the minority is often sacrificed for the interest of the majority, no matter how foolish or ignorant the majority are, and how farsighted and knowledgeable the minority are.

The child who chose not to play with the rest on the operational track was sidelined. And in the case he was sacrificed, no one would shed a tear for him.

To make the proper decision is not try to change the course of the train because the kids playing on the operational track should have known very well that track was still in use, and that they should have run away if they heard the train's sirens.

If the train was diverted, that lone child would definitely die because he never thought the train could come over to that track! Moreover, that track was not in use probably because it was not safe.

If the train was diverted to the track, we could put the lives of all passengers on board at stake! And in your attempt to save a few kids by sacrificing one child, you might end up sacrificing hundreds of people to save these few kids

While we are all aware that life is full of tough decisions that need to be made, we may not realize that hasty decisions may not always be the right one. "Remember that what's right isn't always popular... and what's popular isn't always right."

Everybody makes mistakes; that's why they put erasers on pencils

Friday, April 15, 2011

Story of Touching Life

A young man was getting ready to graduate college. For
many months he had admired a beautiful sports car in a dealer's showroom, and knowing his father could well afford it, he told him that was all he wanted.

As Graduation Day approached, the young man awaited
signs that his father had purchased the car. Finally, on the morning of his graduation his father called him into his private study. His father told him how proud he was to have such a fine son, and told him how much he loved him. He handed his son a beautiful wrapped gift box.
Curious, but somewhat disappointed the young man opened the box and found a lovely, leather-bound Bible. Angrily,
he raised his voice at his father and said, "With all your money you give me a Bible?" and stormed out of the house, leaving the holy book.

Many years passed and the young man was very successful in
business. He had a beautiful home and wonderful family, but realized his father was very old, and thought perhaps he should go to him. He had not seen him since that graduation day. Before he could make arrangements, he received a telegram telling him his father had passed away, and willed all of his possessions to his son. He
needed to come home immediately and take care things.
When he arrived at his father's house, sudden sadness and
regret filled his heart.

He began to search his father's important papers and
saw the still new Bible, just as he had left it years ago. With tears, he opened the Bible and began to turn the pages. As he read those words, a car key dropped from an envelope taped behind the Bible. It had a tag with the dealer's name, the same dealer who had the sports car he had desired. On the tag was the date of his graduation, and the words...PAID IN FULL.

~~ How many times do we miss God's blessings because they are not packaged as we expected? ~~