My best friend

Today I found a friend
who knew everything I felt
she knew my weakness
and the problems I've been dealt.
She understood my wonders
and listened to my dreams,
she listened to how I felt about life and love
and knew what it all means.
Not once did she interrupt me
or tell me I was wrong
she understood what I was going through
and promised she'd stay long.
I reached out to this friend,
to show her that I care
to pull her close and let her know
how much I need her there.
I went to hold her hand
to pull her a bit nearer
and I realized this perfect friend I found
was nothing but a mirror....

The Wisdom of Einstein

• Knowledge:
  The Search for the truth and Knowledge is one of the finest attributes of a man, though often it is most loudly voiced by those who strive for it the least.
• Authority:
  To punish me for my contempt of authority, fate has made me an authority myself.
• Truth:
  It is difficult to say what truth is, but sometimes it is easy to recognize a falsehood.
• Cooperation:
  A hundred times a day I remind myself that my inner and outer lives are based on the labors of other people, living and dead and that I must exert myself in order to give in the same measure as I have received and am still receiving.
• Wisdom:
  Wisdom is not a product of schooling, but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it.
• Greatness:
  There is only one road to human greatness: through the school of hard knocks.
• Happiness:
  A happy man is too satisfied with the present to dwell too much on the future.
• Fame:
  With fame I become more and more stupid, which of course is a very common phenomenon.
• Life:
  Life is sacred, that is to say, it is the supreme value, to which all other values are subordinate.
• Ageing:
  I have reached an age when, if someone tells me to wear socks, I don't have to.
• Praise:
  The only way to escape the personal corruption of praise is to go on working.
• Problems:
  Fear or stupidity has always been the basis of most human actions.
• Relativity:
  An hour sitting with a pretty girl on a park bench passes like a minute, but a minute sitting on a hot stove seems like an hour.
• Goals:
  One should not pursue goals that are easily achieved. One must develop an instinct for what one can barely achieve through one's greatest efforts.
• Racism:
  The only remedies against race and prejudice are enlightenment and education. This is a slow and painstaking process.
• Solitude:
  I lived in that solitude which is painful in youth, but delicious in the years of maturity.
• Value:
  Try not to become a man of success but rather try to become a man of value.
• Imagination:
  When I examine myself and my methods of thought, I come close to the conclusion that the gift of imagination has meant more to me than my talent for absorbing absolute knowledge

I Have Learned.....

I’ve learned-that u can do something in an instant that will give u heartache 4 life.

I’ve learned-that it’s taking me a long time to become the person I want to be.

I’ve learned-that we are responsible 4 what we do, no matter how we feel.

I’ve learned-that either u control your attitude or it controls u.

I’ve learned-that just because someone doesn’t love u the way u want them to doesn’t mean they don’t love u with all they have.

I’ve learned-that it isn’t always enough to be forgiven by others. Sometimes u have to learn to forgive yourself.

I’ve learned-that no matter how bad your heart is broken the world doesn’t stop for your grief.

cute ones.....

SAID BY SWAMI VIVEKANANDA

When I Asked God for Strength
He Gave Me Difficult Situations to Face

When I Asked God for Brain
He Gave Me Puzzles in Life to Solve

When I Asked God for Happiness
He Showed Me Some Unhappy People

When I Asked God for Wealth
He Showed Me How to Work Hard

When I Asked God for Favors
He Showed Me Opportunities to Work Hard

When I Asked God for Peace
He Showed Me How to Help Others

God Gave Me Nothing I Wanted
He Gave Me Everything I Needed

Life Still Has A Meaning

If there is a future there is time for mending-

Time to see your troubles coming to an ending.

If there is time for wishing then there is time for hoping-

When through doubt and darkness you are blindly groping.

Though the heart be heavy and hurt you may be feeling-

If there is time for praying there is time for healing.

If with harvest over there is grain enough for gleaning-

There is a new tomorrow and life still has meaning.

The Gossip

A woman repeated a bit of gossip about a neighbor. Within a few days the whole community knew the story. The person it concerned was deeply hurt and offended. Later the woman responsible for spreading the rumor learned that it was completely untrue. She was very sorry and went to a wise old sage to find out what she could do to repair the damage.

"Go to the marketplace," he said, "and purchase a chicken, and have it killed. Then on your way home, pluck its feathers and drop them one by one along the road."
Although surprised by this advice, the woman did what she was told.
The next day the wise man said, "Now go and collect all those feathers you dropped yesterday and bring them back to me."

The woman followed the same road, but to her dismay, the wind had blown the feathers all away. After searching for hours, she returned with only three in her hand.
"You see," said the old sage, "it's easy to drop them, but it's impossible to get them back.
So it is with gossip. It doesn't take much to spread a rumor, but once you do, you can never completely undo the wrong."

Memory's Friend

Should your past be a lifetimes’ trial
Of lessons trained in joy and tears

Such recall of this lifetimes’ style

Is help to those with similar fears

No time, in its quality, is the same

Some good, or bad, in mood’s reflection

Remembered are the ways one overcame

The worst of times in recollection

Smile at those hours when all was dark

How you fought your way into the light

How bold ideas became inspired spark

Which then became a tool of insight

Should a friend need such confidence

Who sits in dark times, all alone

Help shoulder the burden of such torments
Sift your mind when time felt the groan.

Bring forth the trial you similarly face

Infuse your friend with advice of time

Help in constructive ways, memory traced

Take away bad and allow the good to climb.

Often the past can be put to the good

What seemed bad is well in the end

Your memory can be nourishing food

If put to good use when helping a friend.

FRIEND

'JUST ME'

Accept me as I am-I have no guarantee.
A claim to perfection I have not.
Perfect I cannot be.
I, like you.... ,am human.
Prone to make mistakes.
Failure is not a character flaw,
Just a part of the human makeup.
I live, I laugh and I also learn.
My knowledge is incomplete.
I am searching all the time,
in waking hours as well as sleep.
I have a long road to travel,
as well as you do.
We learn our lessons on the way.
Wisdom we shall acquire.
Accept me as I am
Because I am ....me.
And You are you.
No one like me in the world.This is my only guarantee.

Real strength

She lays her head on my shoulder
She lets free all her fears
I do my best to hold her
And end the trembling tears

We sit there in silence
Then we talk for a while
I say something funny And I make her smile
And she asks, "Why are you always so happy?"
"How can you never be sad?"
"You're always here to catch me."
"But who's got your back?"

I just shrug and laugh
I push the conversation on, I hold it all in
And I break down when she's gone
I'm never really that happy

I'm almost always down
But I just hold it all in, until no one else is around
You wouldn't cry to me
If you didn't think I was strong

So I can't break down, unless you're gone
You'd have to be like me
And never shed a tear
If you didn't think, that I had no fears
I always feel so empty

But I guess you'll never know I’m always swallowing my pain
So that it won't show I'm never really that happy...

New Year 2007

May your life be filled with
fragrance of roses in this New Year

I wish you Peace In this New year

Resolution on this New Year:
Choose to love-rather than hate.
Choose to smile-rather than frown.
Choose to build-rather than destroy.
Choose to persevere-rather than quit.
Choose to praise-rather than gossip.
Choose to heal-rather than wound.
Choose to give-rather than take.
Choose to act-rather than delay.
Choose to forgive-rather than curse.
Choose to pray-rather than despair

Student & Professor - A Conversation with sense

An atheist professor of philosophy speaks to his class on the problem science has with God, The Almighty. He asks one of His new students to stand and.....
Prof: So you believe in God?
Student: Absolutely, sir.
Prof: Is God good?
Student: Sure.
Prof: Is God all-powerful?
Student : Yes.
Prof: My brother died of cancer even though he prayed to God to heal him. Most of us would attempt to help others who are ill. But God Didn't. How is this God good then? Hmm? (Student is silent.)
Prof: You can't answer, can you? Let's start again, young fella. Is God good?
Student :Yes.
Prof: Is Satan good?
Student : No.
Prof: Where does Satan come from?
Student : From...God.. .
Prof: That's right. Tell me son, is there evil in this world?
Student : Yes.
Prof: Evil is everywhere, isn't it? And God did make everything. Correct?
Student : Yes.
Prof: So who created evil? (Student does not answer.)
Prof: Is there sickness? Hatred? Ugliness? All these terrible things exist in the world, don't they?
Student :Yes, sir.
Prof: So, who created them? (Student has no answer.)
Prof: Science says you have 5 senses you use to identify and observe the world around you. Tell me, son...Have you ever seen God?
Student : No, sir.
Prof: Tell us if you have ever heard your God?
Student : No , sir.
Prof: Have you ever felt your God, tasted your God, smelled your God? Have you ever had any sensory perception of God for that matter?
Student : No, sir. I'm afraid I haven't.
Prof: Yet you still believe in Him?
Student : Yes.
Prof: According to empirical, testable, demonstrable protocol, science says your GOD doesn't exist. What do you say to that, son?
Student : Nothing. I only have my faith.
Prof: Yes. Faith. And that is the problem science has.
Student : Professor, is there such a thing as heat?
Prof: Yes.
Student : What about darkness, Professor? Is there such a thing as darkness?
Prof: Yes. What is night if there isn't darkness?
Student : You're wrong again, sir. Darkness is the absence of something. You can have low light, normal light, bright light, flashing light.... But if you have no light constantly, you have nothing and it's called darkness, isn't it? In reality, darkness isn't. If it were, you would be able to make darkness darker, wouldn't you?
Prof: So what is the point you are making, young man?
Student : Sir, my point is your philosophical premise is flawed.
Prof: Flawed? Can you explain how?
Student : Sir, you are working on the premise of duality. You argue There is life and then there is death, a good God and a bad God. You are viewing the concept of God as something finite, something we can measure. Sir, science can't even explain a thought. It uses electricity and magnetism, but has never seen, much less fully understood either one. To view death as the opposite of life is to be ignorant of the fact that death cannot exist as a substantive thing. Death is not the opposite of life: just the absence of it. Now tell me, Professor. Do you teach your students that they evolved from a monkey?
Prof: If you are referring to the natural evolutionary process, yes, of course, I do.
Student : Have you ever observed evolution with your own eyes, sir? (The Professor shakes his head with a smile, beginning to realize where the argument is going.)
Student : Since no one has ever observed the process of evolution at work and cannot even prove that this process is an on-going, are you not teaching your opinion, sir? Are you not a scientist but a preacher? (The class is in uproar.)
Student : Is there anyone in the class who has ever seen the Professor's brain? (The class breaks out into laughter.)
Student : Is there anyone here who has ever heard the Professor's brain, felt it, touched or smelled it?.....No one appears to have done so. So, according to the established rules of empirical, stable, demonstrable protocol, science says that you have no brain, sir. With all due respect, sir, how do we then trust your lectures, sir?(The room is silent. The professor stares at the student, his face unfathomable. )
Prof: I guess you'll have to take them on faith, son.
Student : That is it, sir.. The link between man & god is FAITH. That is all that keeps things moving & alive. You know who this young man was?
------ ---------ALBERT EINSTEIN------------ ------

The Charles Schultz Philosophy

The following is the philosophy of Charles Schultz, the creator of the "Peanuts" comic strip. (You don't have to answer the questions.)
1. Name the five wealthiest people in the world.
2. Name the last five Heisman trophy winners.
3. Name the last five winners of the Miss America.
4. Name ten people who have won the Nobel or Pulitzer Prize.
5. Name the last half dozen Academy Award winner for best actor and actress.
6. Name the last decade's worth of World Series winners.

How did you do?

The point is, none of us remember the headliners of yesterday. These are no second-rate achievers. They are the best in their fields. But the applause dies. Awards tarnish. Achievements are forgotten. Accolades and certificates are buried with their owners .

Here's another quiz. See how you do on this one:
1. List a few teachers who aided your journey through school.
2. Name three friends who have helped you through a difficult time.
3. Name five people who have taught you something worthwhile.
4. Think of a few people who have made you feel appreciated and special.
5. Think of five people you enjoy spending time with .

Easier? The lesson: The people who make a difference in your life are not the ones with the most credentials, the most money, or the most awards. They are the ones that care .

Self Appraisal

A little boy went into a drug store, reached for a soda carton and pulled it over to the telephone. He climbed onto the carton so that he could reach the buttons on the phone and proceeded to punch in seven digits.

The store-owner observed and listened to the conversation: The boy asked, "Lady, Can you give me the job of cutting your lawn? The woman replied, "I already have someone to cut my lawn." "Lady, I will cut your lawn for half the price of the person who cuts your lawn now." replied boy.

The woman responded that she was very satisfied with the person who was presently cutting her lawn. The little boy found more perseverance and offered, "Lady, I'll even sweep your curb and your sidewalk, so on Sunday you will have the prettiest lawn in all of North Palm beach,Florida."

Again the woman answered in the negative. With a smile on his face, the little boy replaced the receiver. The store-owner, who was listening to all this, walked over to the boy and said, "Son... I like your attitude; I like that positive spirit and would like to offer you a job."

The little boy replied, "No thanks, I was just checking my performance with the job I already have. I am the one who is working for that lady, I was talking to!"

12 ways to be happy....

1. Make up your mind to be happy. Learn to find pleasure in simple things.
2. Make the best of your circumstances.No one has everything, and everyone has something of sorrow intermingled with gladness of life. The trick is to make the laughter outweigh the tears.
3. Don't take yourself too seriously. Don't think that somehow you should be protected from misfortune that befalls other people.
4. You can't please everybody. Don't let criticism worry you.
5. Don't let your neighbor set your standards. Be yourself.
6. Do the things you enjoy doing but stay out of debt.
7. Never borrow trouble. Imaginary things are harder to bear than real ones.
8. Since hate poisons the soul, do not cherish jealousy, Avoid people who make you unhappy.
9. Have many interests. If you can't travel, read about new places.
10. Don't hold postmortems. Don't spend your timebrooding over sorrows or mistakes. Don't be one who never gets over things.
11. Do what you can for those less fortunate than yourself.
12. Keep busy at something. A busy person never has time to be unhappy.This is True, and
LIFE IS REALLY BEAUTIFUL IF WE MAKE IT ,so LIVE ENJOY N CELEBRATE!!

Women gather at a party in Mumbai ( Bombay ) in 1910, a sign that women were very much part of the social scene in many respects.



The daughter of an Indian maharajah seated on a panther she shot, sometime during 1920s. This picture and the others in this series appear in a new book, ' India Then and Now', by Vir Sanghvi and Rudrangshu Mukherjee, Roli Books, India . Pictures courtesy: Roli Books.

SECRET OF LIFE

• The secret of life is to make the best of whatever comes along,Make every day fresh and new,Go in search of knowledge and experience.
• Let your questions and your answers reconcile.
• Do your best to remember that the best kind of learning curve is an educated smile.
• Share your magic with the people who share your memories.Let your feelings run deep.
• Be in touch with the people who live in your heart.
• To really know what success means, earn it.
• Don't rely on some elevator to get you there.
• The higher the floor you want to reach,the more important it is to take the stairs.
• The easiest lessons to remember are the ones you learn the hard way!
• Appreciate the little things that make each day unique and special.

Good quotes

Famous Quote #1
People are just about as happy as they make up their minds to be.
Abraham Lincoln


Famous Quote #2
Everyone has problems, some are just better at hiding them.
Unknown


Famous Quote #3
If we did all the things that we are capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves.
Thomas Edison


Famous Quote #4
Life is 10% what happens to us and 90% how we react to it.
Dennis P. Kimbro


Famous Quote #5
Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.
Thich Nhat Hahn


Famous Quote #6
Life is not lost by dying; life is lost minute by minute, day by dragging day, in all the thousand small uncaring ways.
Stephen Vincent Benét


Famous Quote #7
Only by going too far can one possibly find out how far one can go.
Jon dyer


Famous Quote #8
People only see what they are prepared to see.
Ralph Waldo Emerson


Famous Quote #9
Don't be afraid to fail because only through failure do you learn to succeed.
Unknown


Famous Quote #10
It's true that we don't know what we've got until we lose it, but it's also true that we don't know what we've been missing until it arrives.


Famous Quote #11
Learn from the mistakes of others.You can't live long enough to make them all yourself
Unknown


Famous Quote #12
The tongue weighs practically nothing,But so few people can hold it.


Famous Quote #13
It takes only a minute to get a crush on someone, an hour to like someone, and a day to love someone- but it takes a lifetime to forget someone.


Famous Quote #14
Always put yourself in the other's shoes. If you feel that it hurts you, it probably hurts the person too.


Famous Quote #15
The happiest of people don't necessarily have the best of everything they just make the most of everything that comes along their way.


Famous Quote #16
Many people will walk in and out or your life,But only true friends will leave footprints in your heart


Famous Quote #17
To handle yourself, use your head, To handle others, use your heart.


Famous Quote #18
He who loses money, loses much; He who loses a friend, loses more; He who loses faith, loses all.


Famous Quote #19
If someone betrays you once, it's his fault.If he betrays you twice, it's your fault.


Famous Quote #20
God Gives every bird it's food,But he does not throw it into it's nest.

Common sense

A farmer had the misfortune of owing a large sum of money to a village moneylender. The Moneylender, who was old and ugly, fancied the farmer's beautiful
Daughter. So he proposed a bargain.

He said he would forgo the farmer's debt if he could marry his
Daughter. Both the farmer and his daughter were horrified by the
Proposal.

So the cunning money-lender suggested that they let
Providence decide the matter. He told them that he would put a black
Pebble and a white pebble into an empty money bag. Then the girl would
Have to pick one pebble from the bag.

1) If she picked the black pebble, she would become his wife and her
father's debt would be forgiven.

2) If she picked the white pebble she need not marry him and her
father's debt would still be forgiven.

3) But if she refused to pick a pebble, her father would be thrown into
Jail.

They were standing on a pebble strewn path in the farmer's field. As
They talked, the moneylender bent over to pick up two pebbles. As he
Picked them up, the sharp-eyed girl noticed that he had picked up two
Black pebbles and put them into the bag.

He then asked the girl to pick
A pebble from the bag.

Now, imagine that you were standing in the field. What would you have
Done if you were the girl? If you had to advise her, what would you
Have told her?

Careful analysis would produce three possibilities:

1. The girl should refuse to take a pebble.

2. The girl should show that there were two black pebbles in the bag
And expose the money-lender as a cheat.

3. The girl should pick a black pebble and sacrifice herself in order
To save her father from his debt and imprisonment.

Take a moment to ponder over the story. The above story is used with
The hope that it will make us appreciate the difference between lateral
And logical thinking.

The girl's dilemma cannot be solved with
Traditional logical thinking. Think of the consequences if she chooses
The above logical answers.

What would you recommend to the Girl to do?

Well, here is what she did ....

The girl put her hand into the moneybag and drew out a pebble. Without
Looking at it, she fumbled and let it fall onto the pebble-strewn path
Where it immediately became lost among all the other pebbles.

"Oh, how clumsy of me," she said. "But never mind, if you look into the
Bag for the one that is left, you will be able to tell which pebble I
Picked."

Since the remaining pebble is black, it must be assumed that she had
Picked the white one. And since the money-lender dared not admit his
Dishonesty, the girl changed what seemed an impossible situation into
An extremely advantageous one.

MORAL OF THE STORY:
Most complex problems do have a solution. It is only that we don't
Attempt to think.

INTELLIGENCE

A naughty student was made to write 500 times on the board that he will not throw paper airplanes guess what he did....

BELIEF IN GOD

There was a young man who went overseas to study for quite a long time. When he returned, he asked his parents to find him a religious scholar or any expert who could answer his 3 Questions.


Finally, his parents were able to find a scholar.
Young man: Who are you? Can you answer my questions?
Scholar: I am one of God willing, I will be able to answer your questions.

Young man: Are you sure? A lot of Professors and experts were not able to answer my questions.
Scholar: I will try my best, with the help of God .


Young Man: I have 3 questions:
1. Does God exist? If so, show me His shape.
2. What is fate?
3. If Devil was created from the fire, why at the end he will be thrown to hell that is also created from fire. It certainly will not hurt him at all, since Devil and the hell were created from fire. Did God not think of it this far?


Suddenly, the Scholar slapped the young man's face very hard.
Young Man(feeling pain): Why do you get angry at me?

Scholar: I am not angry. The slap is my answer to your three questions.

Young Man: I really don't understand.
Scholar: How do you feel after I slapped you?

Young Man: Of course, I felt the pain.
Scholar: So do you believe that pain exists?

Young Man: Yes.
Scholar: Show me the shape of the pain!


Young Man: I cannot.
Scholar: That is my first answer. All of us feel God's existence without being able to see His shape... Last night, did you dream that you will be slapped by me?


Young Man: No.

Scholar: Did you ever think that you will get a slap from me, today?


Young Man: No.
Scholar: That is fate my second answer........ My hand that I used to slap you, what is it created from?


Young Man: It is created from flesh.
Scholar: How about your face, what is it created from?
Young Man: Flesh.


Scholar: How do you feel after I slapped you?


Young Man: In pain.

Scholar: Thats it. this is my third answer, Even though Devil and also the hell were created from the fire, if God wants,God willing , the hell will become a very painful place for devil.

God said: "If you are ashamed of me, I will be ashamed of you."

"Yes, I love God .He is my fountain of Life and My Savior.He keeps me going day & night. Without GOD , I am no one. But with GOD , I can do everything. GOD is my strength."

why teacher's job is funny

MOTHER

A teenager lived alone with his mother, & both of them loved each other very much. This teenager went to high school. But when he entered high school, he was the smallest in the class. But still his mother encouraged him & told him to join the school football team, & at the same time told him that she was not forcing him. But the young man loved football & decided to start practicing.

He tried his best at every practice. He never missed neither a single practice nor a game, but remained a bench warmer all the time. Four years passed by but he still didn't play a single game & was only bench warmer. But still his faithful mother was always in the stands, always with the word of encouragement for him.

When the young man went to college, he decided to try again. Everyone was sure he could never make the cut, but he did. The coach admitted that he kept him on the roster because he always put his heart & soul into every practice. & provided the other members with the spirit & encouragement they badly needed. The news that he had survived the “cut” thrilled him so much that he rushed to phone his mother. His mother shared his excitement. It was the end of his senior football season, & as the trotted onto the practice field shortly before the big play-off game, the coach met him with a telegram. The young man read it & become deathly silent. Swallowing hard he mumbled to the coach, “My mother died this morning. Is it all right if I miss practice today?” The coach put his arm gently around his shoulder & said, “Take the rest of the week off, son. And don't even plan to come back to the game on Saturday.”

“Saturday arrived, & the game was not going well. In the third quarter when the team was ten points behind, a silent young man quietly slipped into the empty locker room & put on his football gear. He ran onto the sidelines, the coach & his players were astounded to see their faithful teammate back so soon.

“Coach, please let me play. I've just got to play today” begged the teenager. The boy begged & begged & at last the coach gave in. The coach was scared to send the worst player in this final play-off game. But he decided to send him.

But before long, the coach, the players & everyone in the stands couldn't believe their eyes. This little unknown player who had never played before was doing everything right. The opposing team could not stop him. He ran, blocked & tackled like as star. His team started to triumph. The score was soon a tie. At the last minute, the teenager intercepted a pass & ran all the way for the winning touch down. The fans broke loose. His team mates hoisted him onto their shoulders. Such cheering you've never heard. Finally after the stands had emptied and the team had showered & left the locker room, the coach noticed that the teenager was silently sitting in a corner, all alone. The coach came to him & said, “Kid, I can't believe it. You were fantastic! Tell me what got into you?” He locked at the coach with tears in his eyes, & said, “Well you know my mom died, but did you know that my mom was blind?” The young man swallowed hard & forced a smile.

"Mom came to all my games but today was the first time she could see me play, & I wanted to show her I could do it."