Facts about MainFrame

Recently I read some facts about MainFrame. For those who think that Mainframes is a field very few opportunities, Read on u will be surprised…
1. The mainframes hold approximately 70 % of the entire data stored in this planet
2. The latest ones can support over 25,000 users
3. They can support devices spread over 26 miles using fibre optics 4. The size of the basic OS is about 14 GB
5. This OS comes in about 57 magnetic tapes, But latest with 4 tapes
6. It takes ATLEAST a month to install and customize a basic mainframe OS configuration
7. It takes around 3 full days for a mainframe to get up and running
8. Basic configuration for development environment costs 8 crores (hardware + Software)
9. A full team of qualified system operators are always required to be on stand by to ensure successful operation
10. Earlier mainframes were provided with cooling pipes through which cold water was passed to cool the system - TCS have one in Chennai facility
11. Recent mainframes have variable speed fans in the cabinet to keep it cool
12. Have u ever heard of a mainframe system being hacked??? Mainframes are one of the most secure data installations ever
13. You cannot buy the mainframe OS, but u’ll have to pay a license to use it. The cost?? cool ..1.5 crores a year.
14. Finally, mainframes today r the most preferred data servers for even the most hi-fi of the organizations!
15. So far no virus has attacked Mainframes
The most amazing fact is thatMost of the people working on Mainframe had never seen the mainframe.Am not kidding, it is a fact.

THE LAGOON VS THE OCEAN

One might have heared about the Great Barrier Reef, stretching some 1,800 miles from New Guinea to Australia. Tour guides regularly take visitors to view the reef. On one tour, a traveler asked the guide an interesting question."I noticed that the lagoon side of the reef looks pale and lifeless, while the ocean side is vibrant and colorful," the traveler observed. "Why is this?" The guide gave an interesting answer:"The coral around the lagoon side is in still water with no challenge for its survival. It dies early. The coral on the ocean side is constantly being tested by wind, waves, and storms -- surges of power. It has to fight for survival every day of its life.As it is challenged and tested, it changes and adapts. It grows healthy. It grows strong. And it reproduces." Then he added this telling note: "That's the way it is with every living organism."!!

REFLECTION

That's how it is with people. Challenged and tested, we come alive! Like coral pounded by the sea, we grow. Physical demands can cause us to grow stronger. Mental and emotional stress can produce tough-mindedness and resiliency. Spiritual testing can produce strength of character and faithfulness . So, when you are tested again and again with problems - physical, mental, emotional or spiritual, just tell yourself, "There I grow again!".
Remember, A smooth sea never made a skilled mariner!!

Good Quotes......

Anger is a condition in which the tongue works faster than the mind.

You can't change the past,but you can ruin the presentby worrying over the future.

Love...and you shall be loved.

God always gives His best to thosewho leave the choice with Him.

All people smile in the same language.

Everyone needs to be loved...especially when they do not deserve it.

The real measure of a man's wealthis what he has invested in eternity.

Laughter is God's sunshine.

Everyone has beauty but not everyone sees it

It's important for parents to live the same things they teach.

Thank God for what you have,TRUST GOD for what you need.

If you fill your heart with regrets of yesterday and the worries of tomorrow,you have no today to be thankful for.

Man looks at outward appearance but the Lord looks within.

The choice you make today will usually affect tomorrow.

Take time to laugh, for it is the music of the soul.

Patience is the ability to idle your motorwhen you feel like stripping your gears.

Love is strengthened by working through conflicts together.

Harsh words break no bonesbut they do break hearts.

To get out of a difficulty,one usually must go through it.

We take for granted the things that we should be giving thanks for.

Love is the only thing that can be divided without being diminished.

Happiness is enhanced by others but does not depend upon others.

For every minute you are angry with someone,you lose 60 seconds of happinessthat you can never get back.

Do what you can, for who you can,with what you have, and where you are.

Thought of the day...LIFE..

Life is like a cup of tea, you sit by the window, lift the cup and take a careless sip, only to realise, somebody forgot to add sugar. Too lazy to go for it, you somehow struggle through the sugarless tea till you discover sugar crystals lying at the bottom.

That's life!

Shaken but not stirred.....

Do you suffer from discomgoogolation?

Feeling stressed or anxious at an inability to access the internet? Don’t worry, you’re not alone and now there’s a word for it: “discomgoogolation”.
“The proliferation of broadband has meant for the first time in history we’ve entered a culture of ‘instant answers,’” said psychologist Dr David Lewis, who identified discomgoogolation by measuring heart rates and brainwave activity.
The term comes from “discombobulate”, which means to confuse or frustrate, and Google.
“A galaxy of information is just a mouse click away and we have become addicted to the web,” added Lewis. “When unable to get online, discomgoogolation takes over.
The stress of being disconnected was equivalent to that of running half an hour late for a key meeting, being about to sit an important exam or, in the worst cases, being sacked.
Do you suffer from discomgoogolation?

Perception.....

Project Life Cycle

The Moth

A man found a cocoon of an emperor moth. He took it home so that he could watch the moth come out of the cocoon. On that day a small opening appeared, he sat and watched the moth for several hours as the moth struggled to force the body through that little hole.

Then it seemed to stop making any progress. It appeared as if it had gotten as far as it could and it could go no farther. It just seemed to be stuck.

Then the man, in his kindness, decided to help the moth, so he took a pair of scissors and snipped off the remaining bit of the cocoon. The moth then emerged easily. But it had a swollen body and small, shriveled wings.

The man continued to watch the moth because he expected that, at any moment, the wings would enlarge and expand to be able to support the body, which would contract in time.

Neither happened! In fact, the little moth spent the rest of its life crawling around with a swollen body and shriveled body and shriveled wings. It never was able to fly.

What the man in his kindness and haste did not understand was that the restricting cocoon and the struggle required for the moth to get through the tiny opening was the way of forcing fluid from the body of the moth into its wings so that it would be ready for flight once it achieved its freedom from the cocoon. Freedom and flight would only come after the struggle.

By depriving the moth of a struggle, he deprived the moth of health. Sometimes struggles are exactly what we need in our life. If we were to go through our life without any obstacles, we would be crippled. We would not be as strong as what we could have been.
Source: Unknown Author

When one eye is fixed upon your destination, there is only one eye left with which to find the Way

A young boy traveled across Japan to the school of a famous martial artist. When he arrived at the dojo he was given an audience by the sensei.
“What do you wish from me?” the master asked.
“I wish to be your student and be the finest karateka in the land,” the boy replied. “How long must I study?”
“Ten years at least,” the master answered.
“Ten years is a long time,” said the boy. “What if I studied twice as hard as all your other students?”
“Twenty years,” replied the master.
“Twenty years! What if I practice day and night with all my effort?”
“Thirty years,” was the master’s reply.
“How is it that each time I say I will work harder, you tell me that it will take longer?” the boy asked.
“The answer is clear. When one eye is fixed upon your destination, there is only one eye left with which to find the Way.”

From book - Zen in the Martial Arts by Joe Hyams

A $10 Million Education

When Tom Watson Jr. was chief executive of IBM in the early 1960s, he summoned an executive to his office after the man lost $10 million in a venture. Watson asked the man, “Do you know why I called you here?” Knowing of Watson’s legendary temper, the man replied: “I assume you’re going to fire me.”
“Fire you?” Watson asked. “I spent $10 million educating you. I just want to be sure you learned the right lessons.”

I,ve Learned....

I've learned that you cannot make someone love you.All you can do is be someone who can be loved.The rest is up to them.

I've learned that no matter how much I care,some people just don't care back.

I've learned that it takes years to build up trustand only seconds to destroy it.

I've learned that it's not what you have in your lifebut who you have in your life that counts.

I've learned that you can get by on charm for about fifteen minutes.After that, you'd better know something.

I've learned that you shouldn't compare your self to the best others can do,but to the best you can do.

I've learned that it's not what happens to people,It's what they do about it.

I've learned that no matter how thin you slide it,there are always two sides.

I've learned that you should always have loved ones with loving words.It may be the last time you'll see them.

I've learned that you can keep going long after you think you can't.

I've learned that heroes are the people who do what has to be done, When it needs to be done,regardless of the consequences.

I've learned that there are people who love you dearly,but just don't know how to show it.

I've learned that sometimes when I'm angry I have the right to be angry,but that doesn't give me the right to be cruel.

I've learned that true friendship continues to grow even over the longest distance.Same goes for true love.

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

I've learned that no matter how good a friend is,they're going to hurt you every once in a whileand you must forgive them for that.

I've learned that it isn't always enough to be forgiven by others.Sometimes you 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.

I've learned that our background and circumstances may have influenced who we are,but we are responsible for who we become.

I've learned that just because two people argue,it doesn't mean they don't love each other.And just because they don't argue,it doesn't mean they do.

I've learned that sometimes you have to put the individual ahead of their actions.

I've learned that two people can look at the exact same thingand see something totally different.

I've learned that no matter the consequences,those who are honest with themselves go farther in life.

I've learned that your life can be changed in a matter of hoursby people who don't even know you.

I've learned that even when you think you have no more to give, when a friend cries out to you,you will find the strength to help.

I've learned that writing, as well as talking,can ease emotional pains.

I've learned that the people you care most about in lifeare taken from you too soon.

I've learned that it's hard to determine where to draw the line between being niceand not hurting people's feelings and standing up for what you believe.

I've learned to love and be loved.

I've learned...

-Anonymous..

You Are Unique...

Enjoy that uniqueness. You do not have to pretend in order to seem more like someone else. You weren't meant to be like someone else. You do not have to lie to conceal the parts of you that are not like what you see in anyone else.
You were meant to be different. Nowhere ever in all of history will the same things be going on in anyone's mind, soul and spirit as are going on in yours right now.
If you did not exist, there would be a hole in creation, a gap in history, something missing from the plan for humankind. Treasure your uniqueness. It is a gift given only to you. Enjoy it and share it!
No one can reach out to others in the same way that you can. No one can speak your words. No one can convey your meanings. No one can comfort with your kind of comfort. No one can bring your kind of understanding to another person.
No one can be cheerful and lighthearted and joyous in your way. No one can smile your smile. No one else can bring the whole unique impact of you to another human being.
Share your uniqueness. Let it be free to flow out among your family and friends and people you meet in the rush and clutter of living wherever you are. That gift of yourself was given you to enjoy and share. Give yourself away!
See it! Receive it! Let it tickle you! Let it form you and nudge you and inspire you!

THE HORSE SENSE

Just up the road from my home is a field, with two horses in it. From a distance, each looks like every other horse. But if one stops the car, or is walking by, one will notice something quite amazing. Looking into the eyes of one horse will disclose that he is blind. His owner has chosen not to have him put down, but has made a good home for him. This alone is amazing. Listening, one will hear the sound of a bell. Looking around for the source of the sound, one will see that it comes from the smaller horse in the field. Attached to her bridle is a small bell. It lets her blind friend know where she is, so he can follow her.
As one stands and watches these two friends, one sees how she is always checking on him, and that he will listen for her bell and then slowly walk to where she is, trusting that she will not lead him astray. What a deep lesson to reflect upon!

-Anonymous.

REFLECTION

Like the owners of these two horses, God does not throw us away just because we are not perfect or because we have problems or challenges. HE watches over us and even brings others into our lives to help us when we are in need. Sometimes we are the blind horse being guided by God and those whom HE places in our lives. Other times we are the guide horse, helping others see God!

**From my Friend...

A recap of our life

When the school reopened in June,
And we settled in our new desks and
Benches!
When we queued up in book depot,
And got our new books
And notes!
When we wanted two Sundays and no Mondays, yet
Managed to line up daily for the morning prayers.
We learnt writing with
Slates and pencils, and
Progressed To fountain pens and ball pens and then Micro tips!

When we began drawing with crayons and evolved to
Color pencils and finally sketch pens!
When we started calculating
First with tables and then with
Clarke's tables and advanced to
Calculators and computers!
When we chased one another in the
Corridors in Intervals, and returned to the classrooms
Drenched in sweat!
When we had lunch in classrooms, corridors,
Playgrounds,
Under the trees and even in cycle sheds!

When all the colors in the world,
Decorated the campus on the Second Saturdays!
When a single P.T. period in the week's Time Table,
Was awaited more eagerly than the monsoons!
When cricket was played with writing pads as bats,
And Neckties and socks rolled into balls!
When few played
"Kabadi" and "Kho-Kho" in scorching sun,
While others simply played
"Book cricket" in the
Confines of classroom!
Of fights but no conspiracies,
Of Competitions but seldom jealousy!

When we used to
Watch Live Cricket telecast,
In the opposite house in Intervals and Lunch breaks!
When few rushed at 3:45 to
"Conquer" window seats in our School bus!
While few others had "Big Fun", "peppermint",
"Kulfi", "milk ice!" and "sharbat!" at 4o Clock!
Gone are the days
Of Sports Day,
And the annual School Day,
And the one-month long
Preparations for them.
Gone are the days
Of the stressful Quarterly,
Half Yearly and Annual Exams, and the most
Enjoyed holidays after them!

Gone are the days
Of tenth and twelfth standards, when
We spent almost the whole year writing revision tests!
We learnt,
We enjoyed,
We played,
We won,
We lost,
We laughed,
We cried,
We fought,
We thought.
With so much fun in them, so many friends,
So much experience, all this and more!
Gone are the days
When we used
To talk for hours with our friends!

Now we don't have time to say a `Hi'!
Gone are the days
When we played games on the road!
Now we
Code on the road with laptop!
Gone are the days
When we saw stars
Shining at Night!
Now we see stars when our code doesn't
Work!
Gone are the days
When we sat to chat with Friends on grounds!
Now we chat in chat rooms.....!
Gone are the days
Where we
studied just to pass!
Now we study to save our job!
Gone are the days
Where we had no money in our pockets and still fun filled on our hearts!!
Now we have the ATM as well as credit card but with an empty heart!!
Gone are the days
Where we shouted on the road!
Now we don't shout even at home
Gone are the days
Where we got lectures from all!
Now we give lectures to all... like the one I'm doing now....!!
Gone are the days
But not the memories, which will be
Lingering in our hearts for ever and ever and
Ever and ever and ever.....
Gone are the Days.... But still there are lot more Days to come in our
Life!!
NO MATTER HOW BUSY YOU ARE,
DONT FORGET TO
LIVE THE LIFE THAT STILL
EXISTS......

Nine Rules To Work / Live By

As a developer one of the greatest tips I have received was to share and be explicit about what my values are. Values that govern my work life, what motivates me, how I work etc. The tip was provided in the context of accelerating the on-boarding process for new team members but I have found it to be useful beyond that.
After a bit of self reflection I had a small list that in a burst of creativity and imagination was titled “The Rules”. They reflect my values and perhaps more interestingly are sourced from life lessons, some from good experiences and some that were not quite as delightful as one would have preferred. But as they say we are but a collection of our life experiences.

Summary:
Rule #1: Always have clear lines of ownership. Know exactly what you are supposed to do and ensure others know that exactly.
Rule #2: Always have your act together. You can’t know everything, but what you can know try to know it well.
Rule #3: Under promise, over deliver. You will always come out on top.
Rule #4: Never make yourself indispensable. If you do you’ll stay where you are because you are, well, indispensable.
Rule #5: Credibility is king. Period.
Rule #6: Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference. You can teach anyone anything, you can never teach right attitude.
Rule #7: If you find yourself in a hole the first thing to do is stop digging. Old cowboy saying.
Rule #8: “Skate to where the puck is going, not to where it is (or where it has been).” The Great One, Wayne Gretzky.
Rule #9: At the end of the day always remember that it’s just a job.

**From Management Guru...

Good One to Read....

Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered a historic speech about four decades ago when he stated, “I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: 'We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.' I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood. I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the colour of their skin but by the content of their character. I have a dream today! With this faith, we will be able to work together, to pray together, to struggle together, to go to jail together, to stand up for freedom together, knowing that we will be free one day. And if America is to be a great nation, this must become true.” Today, that nation has made history by electing their first Afro- American President.
What is very significant here is that this dream was not implanted into the social consciousness during the best of times but during the worst of times, when the blacks didn't even have their voting rights.
Dhirubhai Ambani dreamt of a digital India, where the common man would have access to affordable means of information and communication, which will help him to overcome the handicaps of illiteracy and lack of mobility. Today it is a reality in India. What is very significant here is that this dream was implanted into the minds of Reliance's intelligentsia in 1999, when basic communication channels were still pathetic in India. With every product, service and commodity becoming more and more expensive, here is our Ratan Tata dreaming of a one-lakh rupees car and the 'Nano' is on its way.
Mahatma Gandhi dreamt of a free India at a time when this country was already enslaved and ruled by foreigners for well over three centuries. And today we are living his dream. At a time when India could not even build world-class air carriers, the man popularly known as the 'Missile Man of India', APJ Abdul Kalam, dreamt, “In the 3000-year history of India, barring 600 years, the country has been ruled by others. If you need development, the country should witness peace and peace is ensured by strength. Missiles were developed to strengthen the country.” Great dreams of great dreamers are always transcended. Today we are living his dream. Today the 'space' and the 'moon' belong to India too. Even in this bad economy, if the whole world still believes that India's growth will be well over 7%, it is because as the then Finance Minister, during very ordinary times, Dr.Manmohan Singh dreamt of an economically liberated India.
Dream we must, that all of us know. What is significant here is that all these great dreamers processed great dreams not necessarily during the best of timesbut during the toughest of times, during very difficult times, during times when the collective social consciousness wasn't upbeat. Yet, dream they did, and on the sheer strength of their dreams, organisations, nation and humanity as a whole stood up.
Difficult times they say. So, dream we must. As individuals and as humanity, dream we must. On the sheer strength of our dreams let us get the world to stand up.

A Boy's Perspective

One day, the father of a very wealthy family took his son on a trip to the country with the express purpose of showing him how poor people live. They spent a couple of days and nights on the farm of what would be considered a very poor family.

On their return from their trip, the father asked his son,
'How was the trip?'
'It was great, Dad.'

'Did you see how poor people live?' the father asked.
'Oh yeah,' said the son.
'So, tell me, what did you learn from the trip?' asked the father.

The son answered:

'I saw that we have one dog and they had four.

We have a pool that reaches to the middle of our garden and they have a creek that has no end.

We have imported lanterns in our garden and they have the stars at night.

Our patio reaches to the front yard and they have the whole horizon.

We have a small piece of land to live on and they have fields that go beyond our sight.

We have servants who serve us, but they serve others.

We buy our food, but they grow theirs.

We have walls around our property to protect us, they have friends to protect them.'

The boy's father was speechless.

Then his son added, 'Thanks Dad for showing me how poor we are.'

Isn't perspective a wonderful thing? Makes you wonder what would happen if we all gave thanks for everything we have, instead of worrying about what we don't have.

Appreciate every single thing you have, especially your friends!
'Life is too short and friends are too few.'

Quotes....

Dedicate time to GOD :

He's the price of satisfaction .

Dedicate time to think:

It's the fountain of power.

Dedicate time to enjoy:

it's the secret of youth.

Dedicate time to love and be loved:

it's the source of joy and satisfaction.

Dedicate time to laugh:

it mitigates the stress

Rain drop falling from the sky has nothing in mind except to hit the earth. No matter how tough the drop is, it still reaches its destiny! Be positive always!!!!!

Who owns the media in India?

VERY INTERESTING ARTICLE....
Let us see the ownership of different media agencies.

NDTV: A very popular TV news media is funded by Gospels of Charity in Spain Supports Communism. Recently it has developed a soft corner towards Pakistan because Pakistan President has allowed only this channel to be aired inPakistan . Indian CEO Prannoy Roy is co-brother of Prakash Karat, GeneralSecretary of the Communist party of India . His wife and Brinda Karat aresisters.

INDIA TODAY: Which used to be the only national weekly which supported BJP is now bought by NDTV!! Since then the tone has changed drastically and turned into Hindu bashing.

CNN-IBN: This is 100 percent funded by Southern Baptist Church with itsbranches in all over the world with HQ in US.. The Church annually allocates $800 million for promotion of its channel. Its Indian head is RajdeepSardesai and his wife Sagarika Ghosh.

Times group list:
TIMES OF INDIA, Mid-Day, Nav-Bharth Times, Femina, Filmfare, Vijaya Karnataka, Times now (24- hour news channel) and many more...

TIMES GROUP is owned by Bennett & Coleman. 'World Christian Council does 80percent of the Funding, and an Englishman and an Italian equally sharebalance 20 percent. The Italian Robertio Mindo is a close relative of Sonia Gandhi.

STAR TV: It is run by an Australian, who is supported by St. PetersPontifical Church Melbourne.

HINDUSTAN TIMES: Owned by Birla Group, but hands have changed since Shobana Bhartiya took over. Presently it is working in Collaboration with Times Group.

THE HINDU: English daily, started over 125 years has been recently taken over by Joshua Society, Berne , Switzerland .. N. Ram's wife is a Swiss national.

INDIAN EXPRESS: Divided into two groups. The Indian Express and the New IndianExpress (southern edition) ACTS Christian Ministries have major stake in the Indian Express and latter is still with the Indian counterpart.

THE STATESMAN: It is controlled by Communist Party of India.

ASIAN AGE and DECCAN CHRONICLE: Is owned by a Saudi Arabian Company with its chief Editor M.J. Akbar.

Gujarat riots which took place in 2002 where Hindus were burnt alive,
Rajdeep Sardesai and Bharkha Dutt working for NDTV at that time got around 5 Million Dollars from Saudi Arabia to cover only Muslim victims, which they did very faithfully... Not a single Hindu family was interviewed or shown on TV whose near and dear ones had been burnt alive, it is reported.

Tarun Tejpal of <> regularly gets blankcheques from Arab countries to target BJP and Hindus only, it is said.

The ownership explains the control of media in India by foreigners. The result is obvious.

Can you read this?

Amazing...
fi yuo cna raed tihs, yuo hvae a sgtrane mnid, too.Cna yuo raed tihs? Olny 55 plepoe tuo fo 100 anc.
i cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it dseno't mtaetr in waht oerdr the ltteres in a wrod are, the olny iproamtnt tihng is taht the frsit and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it whotuit a pboerlm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Azanmig huh? yaeh and I awlyas tghuhot slpeling was ipmorantt! if you can raed tihs forwrad it.

If you can read this, your brain is 50% faster than those who can't .

Life......

"Be happy while you're living, for you're a long time dead." - Scottish Proverb

Everyone says, "How the time flies." The days go by and they are years, and the years finally become our whole life. Each daily portion can be wasted, or it can be a pleasure, before it is gone forever. If a bedtime review of the day concludes that we were too stressed, too busy, didn't accomplish anything, didn't have any fun, then it has been another lost piece of precious life.

Perhaps we are putting off our enjoyment until we have more time, or money, or some other improved condition. The trouble with that is that it might never happen, or it may be too long in coming. It's so important to accept this time, this very minute, as something of tremendous value that will very soon be gone forever. There are many ways to ensure that we make the best of our time here on earth.

In our daily routine let's include time to enjoy others and thus ourselves. Look and wonder at the trees, fields and mountains, smell the flowers, hear the birds, and watch the clouds in the sky.

"This world, after all our science and sciences, is still a miracle; wonderful, magical and more, to whosoever will think of it." - Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881)

Face your problems bravely, confidently, and improve on your situation, no matter what state it be in. Be good to feel good. Be active and improve your mind. Laugh, relax, and sleep well.

Life is mostly froth and bubble;
Two things stand like stone:
Kindness in another's trouble,
Courage in our own. - Adam Gordon (1833-1870)

Even GOD has a Sence of Humor

Even God has a Sense of Humor
God was in the process of creating the universe.
And he was explaining to his subordinates

'Look everything should be in balance.
For example, after every 10 deer there should be a lion.

Look here my fellow angels, here is the country of the United States .
I have blessed them with prosperity and money.
But at the same time I have given them insecurity and tension....

And here is Africa . I have given them beautiful nature.
But at the same time, I have given them climatic extremes.

And here is South America . I have given them lots of forests.
But at the same time, I have given them lesser land so that they would
have to cut off the forests...

So you see fellows, everything should be in balance.
One of the angels asked...

'God, what is this extremely beautiful country here?'
God said........ 'Ahah...that is the crown piece of all. ' INDIA ',

My most precious creation.
It has understanding and friendly People.
Sparkling streams and serene mountains.
A culture which speaks of the great tradition that they live.
Technologically brilliant and with a heart of gold.....

The angel was quite surprised:
'But god you said everything should be in balance.'
God replied -- 'Look at the neighbors, I gave them!

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 is coming, and you are just beside the track interchange. You can make the train change its course to the disused track and save 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........ ........

Most people might choose to divert the course of the train, and sacrifice only one child. You might think the same way, I guess. Exactly, 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.

The great critic Leo Velski Julian who told the story said he would not try to change the course of the train because he believed that 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.

"Challenges are What makes LIFE interesting ; Overcoming them is What makes LIFE meaningful..

Be thankful for what you have.....

A blind boy sat on the steps of a building with a hat by his feet. He held up a sign which said: "I am blind, please help." There were only a few coins in the hat.

A man was walking by. He took a few coins from his pocket and dropped them into the hat. He then took the sign, turned it around, and wrote some words. He put the sign back so that everyone who walked by would see the new words.

Soon the hat began to fill up. A lot more people were giving money to the blind boy. That afternoon the man who had changed the sign came to see how things were. The boy recognized his footsteps and asked, "Were you the one who changed my sign this morning? What did you write?"

The man said, "I only wrote the truth. I said what you said but in a different way." What he had written was: "Today is a beautiful day and I cannot see it."

Do you think the first sign and the second sign were saying the same thing?

Of course both signs told people the boy was blind. But the first sign simply said the boy was blind. The second sign told people they were so lucky that they were not blind. Should we be surprised that the second sign was more effective?

Moral of the Story: Be thankful for what you have. Be creative. Be innovative. Think differently and positively.

Invite others towards good with wisdom. Live life with no excuse and love with no regrets. When life gives you a 100 reasons to cry, show life that you have 1000 reasons to smile. Face your past without regret. Handle your present with confidence. Prepare for the future without fear. Keep the faith and drop the fear.

Great men say, "Life has to be an incessant process of repair and reconstruction, of discarding evil and developing goodness…. In the journey of life, if you want to travel without fear, you must have the ticket of a good conscience."

The most beautiful thing is to see a person smiling… And even more beautiful is, knowing that you are the reason behind it!!

சமீபத்தில் படித்து சிந்தித்தது

சர்ச்சுக்கு பிரார்த்தனை செய்ய வரும் ஒரு முதியவரிடம் பாதிரியார் கேட்கிறார், "பிரார்த்தனை நேரத்தில், நீங்கள் வாய் திறந்து முணுமுணுத்துக் கூடப் பார்த்ததில்லை, பின் எதற்காக வருகிறீர்கள்?""நான் கடவுளீடம் பேச வரவில்லை. அவர் சொல்வதைக் கவனிக்க வருகிறேன்."ஓ, கடவுள் உங்க காதில் மட்டும் பேசுகிறாராக்கும்? அப்படி என்ன தான் சொல்கிறார்?""அவரும் என்னைப் போல்தான், பேசவருவதில்லை, கவனிக்கத்தான் வருகிறார்!"வாழ்க்கை அப்படித்தான்,வேறு லயத்தில் இயங்கிக் கொண்டு இருக்கிறது. அமைதியாக, உன்னிப்பாகக் கவனித்தால் போதும்.. நீங்கள் விரும்பியதெல்லாம் எங்கே இருக்கிறது என்பது புலப்படும்.கடவுள் சன்னிதியில் சொல்வது மட்டும் தான் பிரார்த்தனை என்பது அல்ல; இந்த உலகமே, இந்தப் பிரபஞ்சமே இறைவனின் ஆலயம். எனவே, நடப்பதை, உணவு உட்கொள்வதை, அடுத்தவரிடம் அன்பு காட்டுவதை என் ஒவ்வொரு செயலையுமே பிரார்த்தனை போல் செய்யுங்கள்!"வாழ்க்கையே பிரார்த்தனை போல் நடத்திச் செலவது தான் என் நோக்கம். அதற்கொரு பயிற்சியாக கோயிலிலும் பிரார்த்தனை செய்கிறேன்" இதை வாழ்க்கையின் ஆழமான அனுபவமாக ஏற்றுப் பாருங்கள். அதன் பலனாக உங்களுக்கு அமுதம் கிடைக்கும்.

Four liquid stages of Life

Positive Attitude

DAD FINDS A BRIDE FOR HIS SON.
Father: I want you to marry a girl of my choice
Son: "I will choose my own bride!"
Father: "But the girl is Bill Gates's daughter."
Son: "Well, in that case...ok" Next Father approaches Bill Gates.
Father: "I have a husband for your daughter."
Bill Gates: "But my daughter is too young to marry!"
Father: "But this young man is a vice-president of the World Bank."
Bill Gates: "Ah, in that case...ok" Finally Father goes to see the president of the World Bank. Father: "I have a young man to be recommended as a vice-president."
President: "But I already have more vice- presidents than I need!"
Father: "But this young man is Bill Gates's son-in-law."
President: "Ah, in that case...ok" This is how business is done!!
Moral: Even If you have nothing, You can get Anything. But your attitude should be positive

TEAM SUCCESS

There, once was a farmer who grew award-winning corn. Each year he entered his corn in the state fair where it won a blue ribbon.
One year a newspaper reporter interviewed him and learned something interesting about how he grew it. The reporter discovered that the farmer shared his seed corn with his neighbors.
"How can you afford to share your best seed corn with your neighbors when they are entering corn in competition with yours each year?" the reporter asked.
"Why sir," said the farmer, "didn't you know? The wind picks up pollen from the ripening corn and swirls it from field to field. If my neighbors grow inferior corn, cross-pollination will steadily degrade the quality of my corn. If I am to grow good corn, I must help my neighbors grow good corn."
He is very much aware of the connectedness of life. His corn cannot improve unless his neighbor's corn also improves.
So it is with our lives. Those who choose to live in peace must help their neighbors to live in peace. Those who choose to live well must help others to live well, for the value of a life is measured by the lives it touches.And those who choose to be happy must help others to find happiness, for the welfare of each is bound up with the welfare of all.
The lesson for each of us is this: if we are to grow good corn, we must help our neighbors grow good corn and for us this is very much helpful regarding Team's Success.

Devise the simplest possible solution that solves the problems..

Case 1

When NASA began the launch of astronauts into space, they found out that the pens wouldn't work at zero gravity (ink won't flow down to the writing surface). To solve this problem, it took them one decade and $12 million. They developed a pen that worked at zero gravity, upside down, underwater, in practically any surface including crystal and in a temperature range from below freezing to over 300 degrees C. And what did the Russians do...?? They used a pencil.

Case 2

One of the most memorable case studies on Japanese management was the case of the empty soapbox, which happened in one of Japan's biggest cosmetics companies. The company received a complaint that a consumer had bought a soapbox that was empty. Immediately the authorities isolated the problem to the assembly! line, which transported all the packaged boxes of soap to the delivery department. For some reason, one soapbox went through the assembly line empty. Management asked its engineers to solve the problem. Post-haste, the engineers worked hard to devise an X-ray machine with high-resolution monitors manned by two people to watch all the soapboxes that passed through the line to make sure they were not empty. No doubt, they worked hard and they worked fast but they spent a whoopee amount to do so. But when a rank-and-file employee in a small company was posed with the same problem, he did not get into complications of X-rays, etc., but instead came out with another solution. He bought a strong industrial electric fan and pointed it at the assembly line. He switched the fan on, and as each soapbox passed the fan, it simply blew the empty boxes out of the line.

Moral : Always look for simple solutions.
Devise the simplest possible solution that solves the problems .

Accept me as I am...............

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 acrue.
Accept me as I amBecause I am ....me.
And You are you.
No one like me in the world.
That is my only guarantee