Sunday, March 31, 2013
We must develop and maintain the capacity to forgive.
We must develop and maintain the capacity to forgive. He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love.
~ Unknown
No Other Person In This World Can Take Place Of Mom . .
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A Woman was Admitted in Hospital
as She was
Suffering from Brain Tumor..
His Son & Relatives were Around
Her,
She Died within a few Hours..
His Son Cried the whole Day&
Became Ill.
He Returned Home the Next Day; &
When He Opened His Moms
Cupboard,
He found some Tablets kept in a
Letter !!
In the Letter it was Written:
"TAKE THESE TABLETS DEAR; I know
UCatch Cold Easily after Crying.."
MOTHERS LOVE MAKE IT LIVE
LONG..". .
MORAL LESSON:
No Other Person In This World Can
Take Place Of Mom . .
The red and blue coat!!!
Once there were two boys who were great friends, and they were determined to remain that way forever. When they grew up and got married, they built their houses facing one another. There was a small path that formed a border between their farms.
One day, a trickster from the village decided to play a trick on them. He dressed himself in a two-color coat that was divided down the middle. So, one side of the coat was red, and the other side was blue.
The trickster wore this coat and walked along the narrow path between the houses of the two friends. They were each working opposite each other in their fields. The trickster made enough noise as he passed them to make sure that each of them would look up and see him passing.
At the end of the day, one friend said to the other, "Wasn't that a beautiful red coat that man was wearing today?"
"No", the other replied. "It was a blue coat."
"I saw the man clearly as he walked between us!" said the first, "His coat was red."
"You are wrong!" said the other man, "I saw it too, and it was blue."
"I know what I saw!" insisted the first man. "The coat was red!"
"You don't know anything," the second man replied angrily. "It was blue!"
They kept arguing about this over and over, insulted each other, and eventually, they began to beat each other and roll around on the ground.
Just then, the trickster returned and faced the two men, who were punching and kicking each other and shouting, "Our friendship is OVER!"
The trickster walked directly in front of them, and showed them his coat. He laughed at their silly fight. The two friends saw this his coat was red on one side and blue on the other.
The two friends stopped fighting and screamed at the trickster saying, "We have lived side by side like brothers all our lives, and it is all your fault that we are fighting. You have started a war between us."
"Don't blame me for the battle," replied the trickster. "I did not make you fight. Both of you are wrong, and both of you are right. Yes, what each one saw was true. You are fighting because you only looked at my coat from your own point of view."
Saturday, March 30, 2013
A long term relationship doesn't always promise .....
A long term relationship doesn't always promise an endless happy life and a short term relationship doesn't always bring an unhappy life.
~ Unknown
I am the masterpiece of God.
I am the masterpiece of God. HE give me beauty, knowledge and especially a unique personality.
~ Unknown
You will never be happy .....
"You will never be happy if you continue to search for what happiness consists of. You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life."
~ Unknown
Give time to PARENTS!!!!!!
An elderly man in Mumbai calls his son in New York and says,
'I hate to ruin your day son, but I have to tell you that your mother and I are getting a divorce; 35 years of marriage... and that much misery is enough!'
'Dad, what are you talking about?' the son screams.
'We can't stand the sight of each other any longer,' the old man says.
'We're sick of each other, and I'm sick of talking about this, so you call your sister in Hong Kong and tell her!'
Frantic, the son calls his sister, who explodes on the phone.
'Like heck they're getting divorced,' she shouts,
'I'll take care of this.'
She calls Mumbai immediately,and ¬ screams at the old man, 'You are not getting divorced. Don't do a single thing until I get there. I'm calling my brother back, and we'll both be there tomorrow. Until then, don't do a thing, DO YOU HEAR??' and she hangs up.
The old man hangs up his phone and turns to his wife.
'Okay', he says, 'It's all set. They're both coming for our anniversary and paying their own airfare!!'
*MORAL :*
No man / woman is busy in this world all 365 days.
The sky is not going to fall down if you take few days LEAVE and meet your dear ones.
*OFFICE WORK IS NOT EVERYTHING IN LIFE and MONEY MAKING IS NOT EVERYTHING IN LIFE.*
Give time to PARENTS!!!!!!
Words and Actions Should Be the Same
There once was a boy who loved eating sweets. He always asked for sweets from his father. His father was a poor man. He could not always afford sweets for his son. But the little boy did not understand this, and demanded sweets all the time.
The boy's father thought hard about how to stop the child asking for so many sweets. There was a very holy man living nearby at that time. The boy's father had an idea. He decided to take the boy to the great man who might be able to persuade the child to stop asking for sweets all the time.
The boy and his father went along to the great man. The father said to him, "O great saint, could you ask my son to stop asking for sweets which I cannot afford?" The great man was in difficulty, because he liked sweets himself. How could he ask the boy to give up asking for sweets? The holy man told the father to bring his son back after one month.
During that month, the holy man gave up eating sweets, and when the boy and his father returned after a month, the holy man said to the boy "My dear child, will you stop asking for sweets which your father cannot afford to give you?"
From then on, the boy stopped asking for sweets.
The boy's father asked the saint, "Why did you not ask my son to give up asking for sweets when we came to you a month ago?" The saint replied, "How could I ask a boy to give up sweets when I loved sweets myself. In the last month I gave up eating sweets."
A person's example is much more powerful than just his words. When we ask someone to do something, we must do it ourselves also. We should not ask others to do what we do not do ourselves.
ALWAYS MAKE SURE THAT YOUR ACTIONS AND YOUR WORDS ARE THE SAME.
Sweet little story !!!
Little girl and her father were crossing a
bridge. The father was kind of scared so he asked his little daughter,
“Sweetheart, please hold my hand so that you don’t fall into the river.” The
little girl said, “No, Dad. You hold my hand.” “What’s the difference?” Asked
the puzzled father. “There’s a big difference,” replied the little girl. “If I
hold your hand and something happens to me, chances are that I may let your hand go.
But if you hold my hand, I know for sure that no matter what happens, you will
never let my hand go.”
Moral : TRUST and RESPECT cannot be LEARNED, PURCHASED or ACQUIRED. They can only be EARNED..
Moral : TRUST and RESPECT cannot be LEARNED, PURCHASED or ACQUIRED. They can only be EARNED..
Mom’s Last Laugh
Consumed by my loss, I didn’t notice the hardness of the pew where I sat. I was at the funeral of my dearest friend — my mother. She finally had lost her long battle with cancer. The hurt was so intense, I found it hard to breathe at times.
Always supportive, mother clapped loudest at my school plays, held a box of tissues while listening to my first heartbreak, comforted me at my father’s death, encouraged me in college, and prayed for me my entire life.
When mother’s illness was diagnosed, my sister had a new baby and my brother had recently married his childhood sweetheart, so it fell on me, the 27-year-old middle child without entanglements, to take care of her. I counted it an honor.
“What now, Lord?” I asked sitting in church. My life stretched out before meas an empty abyss. My brother sat stoically with his face toward the cross while clutching his wife’s hand.
My sister sat slumped against her husband’s shoulder, his arms around her as she cradled their child. All so deeply grieving, no one noticed I sat alone. My place had been with our mother, preparing her meals, helping her walk, taking her to the doctor, seeing to her medication, reading the Bible together. Now she was with the Lord. My work was finished and I was alone.
I heard a door open and slam shut at the back of the church. Quick footsteps hurried along the carpeted floor. An exasperated young man looked around briefly and then sat next to me. He folded his hands and placed them on his lap. His eyes were brimming with tears.
He began to sniffle. ”I’m late,” he explained, though no explanation was necessary. After several eulogies, he leaned over and commented, “Why do they keep calling Mary by the name of ‘Margaret’?”
“Oh” “Because that was her name, Margaret. Never Mary. No one called her ‘Mary,’ I whispered. I wondered why this person couldn’t have sat on the other side of the church. He interrupted my grieving with his tears and fidgeting. Who was this stranger anyway?
“No, that isn’t correct,” he insisted, as several people glanced over at us whispering, “Her name is Mary, Mary Peters.”
“That isn’t who this is, I replied..”
“Isn’t this the Lutheran church?”
“No, the Lutheran church is across the street.”
“Oh.”
“I believe you’re at the wrong funeral, Sir.”
The solemnness of the occasion mixed with the realization of the man’s mistake bubbled up inside me and came out as laughter.
I cupped my hands over my face, hoping it would be interpreted as sobs.
The creaking pew gave me away. Sharp looks from other mourners only made the situation seem more hilarious. I peeked at the bewildered, misguided man seated beside me.He was laughing, too, as he glanced around, deciding it was too late for an uneventful exit.
I imagined mother laughing.
At the final “Amen,” we darted out a door and into the parking lot. “I do believe we’ll be the talk of the town,” he smiled. He said his name was Rick and since he had missed his aunt’s funeral, asked me out for a cup of coffee.
That afternoon began a lifelong journey for me with this man who attended the wrong funeral, but was in the right place.
A year after our meeting, we were married at a country church where he was the assistant pastor. This time we both arrived at the same church, right on time. In my time of sorrow, God gave me laughter. In place of loneliness, God gave me love. This past June we celebrated our twenty-second wedding anniversary. Whenever anyone asks us how we met, Rick tells them, “Her mother and my Aunt Mary introduced us, and it’s truly a match made in heaven.”
Friday, March 29, 2013
Sometimes love the hard ...
Sometimes love the hard but sometimes its easy once you have found it. Don't lose it, you can play tag but not hide and seek.
~ Unknown
Those who criticize about others in front of you .....
Those who criticize about others in front of you, for sure they do criticizm about you to others.
~ Unknown
Coins always make sounds, but paper money is mostly silent.
Coins always make sounds, but paper money is mostly silent. So when your value increases, keep yourself silent and humble.
~ Unknown
Never reject anybody in your life ......
Never reject anybody in your life, because good people give us happiness & bad people give us experience. Both are essential in life.
~ Unknown
I respect BLIND people .....
I respect BLIND people because they judge others by their PERSONALITY, and not by their LOOKS.
~ Unknown
Be more concerned with your character ......
Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are .
~ Unknown
Be Thankful for the bad things in life ....
Be Thankful for the bad things in life, for they open your eyes to the good things you weren't paying attention to before.
~ Unknown
A Letter from parents
My child,
When I get old, I hope you understand… ‘n have patience with me
In case I break the plate, or spill soup on the table because I’m losing my eyesight,
I hope you don’t yell at me.
Older people are sensitive, always having self pity when you yell.
When my hearing gets worse ‘n I can’t hear what you’re saying,
I hope you don’t call me ‘Deaf!’
Please repeat what you said or write it down.
I’m sorry, my child.
I’m getting older.
When my knees get weaker, I hope you have the patience to help me get up.
Like how I used to help you while you were little, learning how to walk.
Please bear with me, when I keep repeating myself like a broken record,
I hope you just keep listening to me.
Please don’t make fun of me, or get sick of listening to me.
Do you remember when you were little ‘n you wanted a ballon?
You repeated yourself over ‘n over until you get what you wanted.
Please also pardon my smell. I smell like an old person.
Please don’t force me to shower.
My body is weak.
Old people get sick easily when they’re cold. I hope I don’t gross you out.
Do you remember when you were little? I used to chase you around because you didn’t want to shower.
I hope you can be patient with me when I’m always cranky.
It’s all part of getting old. You’ll understand when you’re older.
‘n if you have spare time, I hope we can talk even for a few minutes.
I’m always all by myself all the time, ‘n have no one to talk to.
I know you’re busy with work. Even if you’re not interested in my stories, please have time for me.
Do you remember when you were little? I used to listen to your stories about your teddy bear.
When the time comes, ‘n I get ill ‘n bedridden, I hope you have the patience to take care of me.
I’m sorry if I accidentally wet the bed or make a mess.
I hope you have the patience to take care of me during the last few moments of my life.
I’m not going to last much longer, anyway.
When the time of my death comes, I hope you hold my hand ‘n give me strength to face death.
‘n don’t worry..
When I finally meet our creator, I will whisper in his ear to bless you.
Because you loved your Mom ‘n Dad.
Pencil And Rubber
Pencil: I'm sorry
Eraser: For what? You didn't do anything wrong.
Pencil: I'm sorry cos you get hurt bcos of me. Whenever I made a mistake, you're always there to erase it. But as you make my mistakes vanish, you lose a part of yourself. You get smaller and smaller each time.
...
Eraser: That's true. But I don't really mind. You see, I was made to do this. I was made to help you whenever you do something wrong. Even though one day, I know I'll be gone and you'll replace me with a new one, I'm actually happy with my job. So please, stop worrying. I hate seeing you sad.
I found this conversation between the pencil and the eraser very inspirational.
Parents are like the eraser whereas their children are the pencil. They're always there for their children, cleaning up their mistakes. Sometimes along the way... they get hurt, and become smaller (older, and eventually pass on).
Though their children will eventually find someone new (spouse), but parents are still happy with what they do for their children, and will always hate seeing their precious ones worrying, or sad.
"All my life, I've been the pencil.. And it pains me to see the eraser that is my parents getting worn out (older) each day.
For I know that one day, all that I'm left with would be eraser shavings and memories of what I used to have..."
Thursday, March 28, 2013
When you are content to be simply yourself ......
When you are content to be simply yourself and don't compare or compete, everybody will respect you.
~ Unknown
Every day is a new beginning.
Every day is a new beginning. Treat it that way. Stay away from what might have been, and look at what can be.
~ Unknown
Life is like a book.
Life is like a book. Everyday is a new page. Every month is a new chapter. Every year is a new series.
~ Unknown
I might be a work in progress ...
I might be a work in progress, but every day I get a little bit wiser, a little bit better, a little bit stronger.
~ Unknown
You can never repay the love, care and time your mother gave to bring you up.
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After having a lot of success in his career a young man felt an urge to repay back to his mother for all that she had done for him.
So he asked her, “Mom, what can I give you? What can I do for you? I sincerely want to repay you for all the sacrifices you have made for me and for all the love you have showered upon me.”
Mother looked surprised and said, “Why do you think about it. It was my duty so I did it, you don’t have to repay me. Even if you want to, there is no way a man can ever repay his mother.”
Despite her continuous refusal to ask for anything,he continued to persist. To put an end to the
discussion, she said, “All right. If you must, then
tonight you sleep on my bed, with me, just as you
used to when you were a baby.”
He said, “That’s a strange thing to ask for, but if it pleases you, I will.”
As soon as he fell asleep, the mother got up and
brought a bucket of water. She poured a mug full
of water on his side. Feeling disturbed by the
wetness under him, in his sleep he moved away to
the other side of the bed. As he settled down, his
mother poured another mug of water on the other side. In his slumber he tried to find space towards the foot post of the bed.
Sometime later he woke up feeling that this part of the bed too was damp. He got up and saw his mother, with the mug in her hand.
He asked
angrily, “What are you doing mother? Why don’t you let me sleep? How do you expect me to sleep on a wet bed?”
Mother said, “I slept with you, when you wetted the bed in the night. I changed your clothes and
moved you to the dry part of the bed, while I slept
on the wet side. You wanted to repay me. Can you
sleep here even for one night with me on a damp
bed? If you can, I’ll take it that you have repaid me.”
Moral: Of all the debts in the world, the one that can never be repaid is the one you owe to your mother. You can never repay the love,
care and time your mother gave to bring you up. You are a part of her flesh and blood; don’t forget this, because she never ever forgets it.
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WHETHER MALE OR FEMALE, MUST READ!!!
There was a man who loved his wife very much. The couple had 3 children.
He could give her everything he could but the woman never appreciated.
Though the man was not rich, but he could share all he had with her.
He could buy for her clothes and the only thing his wife could say was that the husband was fulfilling his duty as a Man.
The man would buy a dress but in reply, the woman would mock at him, because the dress was of low quality.
The man could smile at his wife and tell her
"one day, I will become rich and I will buy for you all the expensive things you need"
The woman could never make any phone call unless she was requesting anything from her husband and once her request was not granted, all she could do was to quarrel for days, sometimes fight.
One evening, the man was coming from work, he bought a Kilogram of meat, happily the poor man expecting to suprise his wife, he reached home found the wife and showed her the package,
Then she shouted: "eh! And you call yourself a man? Which husband, apart from you, do you think comes home with just one kilograme, no cooking oil, no anyother ingredients? You better leave it, ur a good-for-nothing husband."
Then she threw the meat to the bush and went back home.
The Husband felt low but he never let down his love for her.
One day, the husband felt pain in his left foot, then a Tumour appeared on the foot, it then emerged growing big and more painful.
He went to the hospital after several months of pain and was found with cancer, he was poor to have a better medical care.
Though he was sick he tried much as he could to provide for his family.
Two years later the condition worsened and he was put in the special care unit, he was operated and the foot was removed,
but unfortunately it was too late, the Virus had affected more parts of the body and at last he called his wife and told him,
"LOOK AFTER MY CHILDREN, i feel i can't live any longer though i'll always be with you in spirit, may God be with you"
He then breathed his last and died.
The woman, and three children cried, for days mourning, they buried him.
Two months later, the wife was bowing down on her husbands grave as she said these words:
"My love,
you did all the best to me, you treated me well and gave me all you could, but all i could pay you, was endless quarrels and fights.
I never realised your importance and your love until when you are gone,
when am the one to provide food, clothing, education and many others.
I remember when i threw your one Kilogram of meat to the bush, but now i have nowhere to get even a Half a Kilo
'THE GOOD DIE YOUNG' thats why you died when you were still young.
A husband whom i could mock at but you only smiled at me.
The husband who could care and had unending love.
I know you are listening to me and i ask you to forgive me for not appreciating all ynu did to me, when you were alive.
We are all missing your presence as your youngest daughter Diana is always crying asking when you'll be back.
But you will never leave our hearts
until we Join you.
May you Rest in Eternal Peace."
MORAL LESSON:
* Always appreciate what you are given, whether small or big.
* Love is not all about how much we have,
but its all about how we share the little we have.
A conversation:-
A conversation:
Man: Promise you won't get mad?
GOD: I promise.
Man (frustrated): Why did you let so much stuff happen to me today?
GOD: What do you mean?
Man: Well I woke up late,
GOD: Yes
Man: My car took forever to start,
GOD: Okay....
Man (growling): At lunch, they made my sandwich wrong and I had to wait
GOD: Hmmmm..
Man: On the way home, my phone went dead, just as I picked up a call
GOD: All right
Man (loudly): And to top it all off, when I got home, I just wanted to soak my feet in my foot massager and relax, but it wouldn't work. Nothing went right today! Why did you do that?
GOD: Well let me see..... the death angel was at your bed this morning and I had to send one of the other angels to battle him for your life. I let you sleep through that.
Man (humbled): Oh...
GOD: I didn't let your car start because there was a drunk driver on your route that might have hit you if you were on the road
Man (ashamed): ............
GOD: The first person who made your sandwich today was sick and I didn't want you to catch what they have,I knew you couldn't afford to miss work
Man (embarrassed): Oh.....
GOD: Your phone went dead because the person that was calling was going to give a false witness about what you said on that call, I didn't even let you talk to them so you would be covered
Man (softly): I see God
GOD: Oh and that foot massager, it had a short that was going to throw out all of the power in your house tonight. I didn't think you wanted to be in the dark.
Man: I'm sorry God.
GOD: Don't be sorry, just learn to trust me.........in all things, the good and the bad
Man: I WILL trust you God
GOD: And don't doubt that my plan for your day is always better than your plan
Man: I won't God. And let me just tell you God, thank you for everything today.
GOD: You're welcome child. It was just another day being your God and I love looking after my children.
LESSON LEARNED: TRUST IN THE LORD WITH ALL YOUR HEART AND LEAN NOT ON YOUR OWN UNDERSTANDING.
A Bouquet for Mother
A man stopped at a flower shop to order some flowers to be wired to his mother who lived two hundred miles away.
As he got out of his car he noticed a young girl sitting on the curb sobbing.
He asked her what was wrong and she replied, “I wanted to buy a red rose for my mother. But I only have seventy-five cents, and a rose costs two dollars.”
The man smiled and said, “Come on in with me. I’ll buy you a rose.”
He bought the little girl her rose and ordered his own mother’s flowers.
As they were leaving he offered the girl a ride home. She said, “Yes, please! You can take me to my mother.”
She directed him to a cemetery, where she placed the rose on a freshly dug grave.
The man returned to the flower shop, canceled the wire order, picked up a bouquet and drove the two hundred miles to his mother’s house.
(Author Unknown)
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