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The dog vs the leopard!
A wealthy man decided to go on a safari in Africa. He took his faithful pet dog along for company. One day the dog starts chasing butterflies and before long he discovers that he is lost. So, wandering about he notices a leopard heading rapidly in his direction with the obvious intention of having lunch.
The dog thinks, "Boyo, I'm in deep trouble now." Then he noticed some bones on the ground close by, and immediately settles down to chew on the bones with his back to the approaching cat.
Just as the leopard is about to leap, the dog exclaims loudly, "Man, that was one delicious leopard. I wonder if there are any more around here?"
Hearing this the leopard halts his attack in mid stride, as a look of terror comes over him, and slinks away into the trees. "Whew", says the leopard. "That was close. That dog nearly had me."
Meanwhile, a monkey who had been watching the whole scene from a
nearby tree, figures he can put this knowledge to good use and trade it for protection from the leopard. So, off he goes. But the dog saw him heading after the leopard with great speed, and figured that something must be up.
The monkey soon catches up with the leopard, spills the beans and strikes a deal for himself with the leopard. The cat is furious at being made a fool of and says, "Here monkey, hop on my back and see what's going to happen to that conniving canine."
Now the dog sees the leopard coming with the monkey on his back, and thinks, "What am I going to do now?" But instead of running, the dog sits down with his back to his attackers pretending he hasn't seen them yet. And just when they get close enough to hear, the dog says, "Where's that monkey. I just can never trust him. I sent him off half an hour ago to bring me another leopard, and he's still not back!!"
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Some good, some bad
Some very Good and Very bad things
> The most destructive habit....................Worry
> The greatest joy .........................Giving
> The greatestloss..........................Loss ofselfrespect
> The most satisfying work.................Helping others
> The ugliest personality trait................Selfishness
> The most endangered species..................Dedicated eaders
> Our greatest natural resource................Our youth
> The greatest "shot in the arm"..............Encouragement
> The greatest problem to overcome...............Fear
> The most effective sleeping pill...............Peace of mind
> The most crippling failure disease....................Excuses
> The most powerful force in life........................Love
> The most dangerous pariah.............................A gossiper
> The world's most incredible computer............The brain
> The worst thing to be without......................... Hope
> The deadliest weapon.................................The tongue
> The two most powerfilled words....................."I Can"
> The greatest asset ..................................Faith
> The most worthless emotion...........................Selfpity
> The most beautiful attire................................SMILE !
> The most prized possession............................Integrity
> The most powerful channel of communication ............Prayer
> The most contagious spirit ........................Enthusiasm
> The most important thing in life.....................Almighty
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> Great opportunities to help others seldom come,
> but small ones surround us every day.
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Balance Sheet of Life!!
Our Birth is our Opening Balance
Our Death is our Closing Balance
Our Prejudiced Views are our Liabilities
Our Creative Ideas are our Assets
Heart is our Current Asset
Soul is our Fixed Asset
Brain is our Fixed Deposit
Thinking is our Current Account
Achievements are our Capital
Character & Morals, our Stock-in-trade
Friends are our General Reserves
Values & Behaviour are our Goodwill
Patience is our Interest Earned
Love is our Dividend
Children are our Bonus Issues
Education is Brands / Patents
Knowledge is our Investment
Experience is our Premium Account
The Aim is to Tally the Balance Sheet Accurately.
The Goal is to get the Best Presented Accounts Award.
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Some good advise!
Your fences need to be horse-high, pig-tight and bull-strong ..and watch out where you're steppin. Life isnt about how fast you run, or how high you climb, but how well you bounce. Keep skunks and bankers and lawyers at a distance. Words that soak into your ears are whispered...not yelled. Meanness don't just happen overnight. Forgive your enemies. It messes up their heads. Do not corner something that you know is meaner than you. It doesn't take a very big person to carry a grudge. You cannot unsay a cruel word. Every path has a few puddles. When you wallow with pigs, expect to get dirty. The best sermons are lived, not preached. Most of the stuff people worry about isn't gonna happen anyway. Don't judge folks by their relatives. Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer. Live a good, honorable life. Then when you get older and think back, you'll enjoy it a second time. Don't interfere with something that isn't bothering you none. Timing has a lot to do with the outcome of a rain dance. If you find yourself in a hole, the first thing to do is stop digging. It don't take a genius to spot a goat in a flock of sheep. Sometimes you get, and sometimes you get got. The biggest troublemaker you'll probably ever have to deal with,watches you from the mirror every morning. Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment. If you get to thinkin' you're a person of some influence, try orderin' somebody else's dog around. Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly. Leave the rest to God.
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Yes or No?
The blonde reported for her University final examination which consists of "yes/no" type questions.
She takes her seat in the examination hall, stares at the question paper for five minutes, and then in a fit of inspiration takes her purse out, removes a coin and starts tossing the coin and marking the answer sheet - Yes for Heads and No for Tails.
Within a half an hour, she is all done whereas the rest of the class is sweating it out. During the last few minutes, she is seen desperately throwing the coin, swearing and sweating.
The moderator, alarmed, approaches her and asks what is going on.
"I finished the exam in half an hour. But," she says, "I am rechecking my answers."
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The Last Request
On a recent transatlantic flight, a plane passes through a severe storm. The turbulence is awful, and things go from bad to worse when one wing is struck by lightning.
One woman in particular loses it. Screaming, she stands up in the front of the plane. "I'm too young to die," she wails. Then she yells, "Well, if I'm going to die, I want my last minutes on earth to be memorable! Is there ANYONE on this plane who can make me feel like a WOMAN?"
For a moment there is silence. Everyone has forgotten their own peril. They all stared, riveted, at the desperate woman in the front of the plane.
Then a man stands up in the rear of the plane. He is gorgeous: tall, well built, with dark brown hair and hazel eyes. He starts to walk slowly up the aisle, unbuttoning his shirt... one button at a time. No one moves. He removes his shirt. Muscles ripple across his chest. She gasps... He whispers...
"Iron this, and get me something to eat."
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Hit the floor!
Having her hair done at a West Hempstead, NY, beauty parlor, a woman told a cautionary tale about racial prejudice. The story deserves a wider audience.
On a recent weekend in Atlantic City, the woman related, she won a bucketful of quarters at a slot machine. She took a break from the slots for dinner with her husband in the hotel dining room. But first she would stash the quarters in her room. I'll be right back and we'll go to eat," she told her husband and she carried the coin-laden bucket to the elevator. As she was about to walk into the elevator she noticed two men already aboard. Both were black. One of them was big... Very big... An intimidating figure.
The woman froze. Her first thought was: These two are going to rob me. Her next thought was: Don't be a bigot, they look like perfectly nice gentlemen, even if one of them is awfully black. But racial stereotypes are powerful, and fear immobilized her. She stood and stared at the two men. She felt anxious, flustered, ashamed. She hoped they didn't read her mind but knew they surely did; her hesitation about joining them on the elevator was all too obvious. Her face burned. She couldn't just stand there, so with a mighty effort of will she picked up one foot and stepped forward and followed with the other foot and was on the elevator. Avoiding eye contact, she turned around stiffly and faced the elevator doors as they closed. A second passed, and then another second, and then another. The elevator didn't move. Panic consumed her. My God, she thought, I'm trapped and about to be robbed!
Her heart plummeted. Perspiration poured from every pore. Then one of the men said, "Hit the floor." Instinct told her: Do what they tell you. The bucket of quarters flew
upwards as she threw out her arms and collapsed on the elevator carpet.
shower of coins rained down on her. Take my money and spare me, she prayed. More seconds passed. She heard one of the men say politely, "Ma'am, if you'll just tell us what floor you're going to, we'll push the button." The one who said it had a little trouble getting the words out. He was trying mightily to hold in a belly laugh. She lifted her head and looked up at the two men.
They reached down to help her up. Confused, she struggled to her feet. When I told my man here to hit the floor," one of the men, the average sized one, told her, "I meant that he should hit the elevator button for our floor. I didn't mean for you to hit the floor, ma'am. He spoke genially. He bit his lip. It was obvious he was having a hard time not laughing. She thought: My God, what a spectacle I've made of myself. She was too humiliated to speak. She wanted to blurt out an apology, but words failed her. How do you apologize to two perfectly respectable gentlemen for behaving as though they were robbing you? She didn't know. The 3 of them gathered up the strewn quarters and refilled her bucket. When the elevator arrived at her floor they insisted on walking her to her room.
She seemed a little unsteady on her feet, and they were afraid she might not make it down the corridor. At her door they bid her good evening. As she slipped into her room she could hear them laughing while they walked back to the elevator.
The woman brushed herself off. She pulled herself together and went downstairs for dinner with her husband.
The next morning flowers were delivered to her room ~ a dozen roses. Attached to each rose was a crisp one hundred dollar bill. A card said: "Thanks for the best laugh we've had in years." It was signed, Eddie Murphy and Bodyguard.
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What does it cost to have a celebration!
* A winter evening.
Four friends.
One barsaat.
Four glasses of chai.
* Hundred bucks of gas.
A rusty old bike.
And an open road.
* Maggi noodles.
A hostel room.
4.25 a.m.
* 3 old friends.
3 separate cities.
3 coffee mugs.
1 internet messenger.
* Rain on a hot tin roof.
Pakoras deep-frying.
Neighbours dropping in.
A party.
* You and mom.
A summer night.
A bottle of coconut oil.
A head massage.
Gossiping about absent family members.
* You can spend
hundreds on birthdays,
thousands on festivals,
lakhs on weddings,
but to celebrate
all you have to spend is your Time.
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THE MAYONNAISE JAR AND COFFEE
THE MAYONNAISE JAR AND COFFEE
When things in your life seem almost too much to handle, when 24 hours in a day are not enough, remember the mayonnaise jar... and the coffee...
A professor stood before his philosophy class and had some items in front of him. When the class began, wordlessly, he picked up a very large and empty mayonnaise jar and proceeded to fill it with golf balls. He then asked the students if the jar was full. They agreed that it was.
So the professor then picked up a box of pebbles and poured them into the jar. He shook the jar lightly. The pebbles rolled into the open areas between the golf balls. He then asked the students again if the jar was full. They agreed it was.
The professor next picked up a box of sand and poured it into the jar. Of course, the sand filled up everything else. He asked once more if the jar as full. The students responded with a unanimous "yes."
The professor then produced two cups of coffee from under the table and poured the entire contents into the jar, effectively filling the empty space between the sand. The students laughed.
"Now," said the professor, as the laughter subsided, "I want you to recognize that this jar represents your life. The golf balls are the important things - your God, your family, your children, your health, your friends, and your favorite passions - things that if everything else was lost and only they remained, your life would still be full. The pebbles are the other things that matter like your job, your house and your car. The sand is everything else - the small stuff."
"If you put the sand into the jar first," he continued, "there is no room for the pebbles or the golf balls. The same goes for life. If you spend all your time and energy on the small stuff, you will never have room for the things that are important to you. Pay attention to the things that are critical to your happiness."
Play with your children.
Take time to get medical checkups.
Take your partner out to dinner.
There will always be time to clean the house and fix the disposal.
"Take care of the golf balls first, the things that really matter. Set your priorities. The rest is just sand."
One of the students raised her hand and inquired what the coffee represented. The professor smiled. "I'm glad you asked. It just goes to show you that no matter how full your life may seem, there's always room for a couple of cups of coffee with a friend."
Please share this with someone you care about...
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Chanakya quotes!
Chanakya quotes
> "A person should not be too honest. Straight trees are cut first and
> Honest people are screwed first."
> Chanakya quotes (Indian politician, strategist and writer, 350 BC 75
BC)
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> "Even if a snake is not poisonous, it should pretend to be venomous."
> Chanakya quotes (Indian politician, strategist and writer, 350 BC-275
> BC)
> "The biggest guru-mantra is: Never share your secrets with anybody. !
> It will destroy you."
> Chanakya quotes (Indian politician, strategist and writer, 350 BC-275
> BC)
> "There is some self-interest behind every friendship. There is no
> friendship without self-interests. This is a bitter truth."
> Chanakya quotes (Indian politician, strategist and writer, 350 BC-275
> BC)
> "Before you start some work, always ask yourself three questions -
> Why am I doing it, What the results might be and Will I be
successful.
> Only when you think deeply and find satisfactory answers to these
> questions, go > ahead."
> Chanakya quotes (Indian politician, strategist and writer, 350 BC-275
> BC)
> "As soon as the fear approaches near, attack and destroy it."
> Chanakya quotes (Indian politician, strategist and writer, 350 BC-275
> BC)
> "The world's biggest power is the youth and beauty of a woman."
> Chanakya quotes (Indian politician, strategist and writer, 350 BC-275
> BC)
> "Once you start a working on something, don't be afraid of failure
> and don't abandon it. People who work sincerely are the happiest."
> Chanakya quotes (Indian politician, strategist and writer, 350 BC-275
> BC)
> "The fragrance of flowers spreads only in the direction of the wind.
> But the goodness of a person spreads in all direction."
> Chanakya quotes (Indian politician, strategist and writer, 350 BC-275
> BC)
> "Whores don't live in company of poor men, citizens never support a
> weak company and birds don't build nests on a tree that doesn't bear
> fruits."
>
Chanakya quotes (Indian politician, strategist and writer, 350 BC-275
> BC)
> "God is not present in idols. Your feelings are your god. The soul is
> your temple."
> Chanakya quotes (Indian politician, strategist and writer, 350 BC-275
> BC)
> "A man is great by deeds, not by birth."
>
Chanakya quotes (Indian politician, strategist and writer, 350 BC-275
> BC)
> "Never make friends with people who are above or below you in status.
> Such friendships will never give you any happiness."
> Chanakya quotes (Indian politician, strategist and writer, 350 BC-275
> BC)
> "Treat your kid like a darling for the first five years. For the next
> five years, scold them. By the time they turn sixteen, treat them
like a friend. Your grown up children are your best friends."
> Chanakya quotes (Indian politician, strategist and writer, 350 BC-275
> BC)
> "Books are as useful to a stupid person as a mirror is useful to a
> blind person."
> Chanakya quotes (Indian politician, strategist and writer, 350 BC-275
> BC)
> "Education is the best friend. An educated person is respected
> everywhere. Education beats the beauty and the youth."
> Chanakya quotes (Indian politician, strategist and writer, 350 BC-275
> BC)
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