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.