Thursday, June 29, 2006

Saturday, June 17, 2006

Difficulties for reward

Face obstacles graciously for reward.

In ancient times, a King had a boulder placed on aRoadway. Then he hid himself and watched to see ifAnyone would remove the huge rock.

Some of the King's' wealthiest merchants and courtiers came byAnd simply walked around it. Many loudly blamed theKing for not keeping! The roads clear, but none did Anything about getting the stone out of the way.


Then a peasant came along carrying a load ofVegetables. Upon approaching the boulder, thePeasant laid down his burden and tried to move theStone to the side of the road.


After much pushing And straining, he finally succeeded. After thePeasant picked up his load of vegetables, he noticedA purse lying in the road where the boulder had Been.

The purse contained many gold coins and a noteFrom the King indicating that the gold was for thePerson who removed the boulder from the roadway.

The Peasant learned what many of us never understand!

Moral:-
Every obstacle presents an opportunity to improve Our condition.

Tuesday, June 13, 2006

The Wisdom of Alexander the Great


There is very instructive incident involving the life of Alexander, the great Greek king.

Alexander, after conquering many kingdoms, was returning home. On the way, he fell ill and it took him to his death bed. With death staring him in his face, Alexander realized how his conquests, his great army, his sharp sword and all his wealth were of no consequence.

He now longed to reach home to see his mother's face and bid her his last adieu. But, he had to accept the fact that his sinking health would not permit Him to reach his distant homeland. So, The mighty conqueror lay prostrate and pale, helplessly waiting to breathe his last. He called his generals and said, "I will depart from this world soon,

I have three wishes, please carry them out without fail." With tears flowing down Their cheeks, the generals agreed to abide by their king's last wishes.


" My first desire is that," said Alexander, " My physicians alone must carry my coffin." After a pause, he continued, " Secondly, I desire that when my coffin is being carried to the grave, the path leading to the graveyard be strewn with gold, silver and precious stones which I have collected in my treasury.


" The king felt exhausted after saying this. He took a minute's rest and continued. "My third and last wish is that both my hands be kept dangling out of my coffin ."


The people who had gathered there wondered at the king's strange wishes. But no one dare bring the question to their lips. Alexander's favorite general kissed his hand and pressed them to his heart. " O king, we assure you that your wishes will all be fulfilled.


But tell us why do you make such strange wishes?"

At this Alexander took a deep breath and said: " I would like the world to know of the three lessons I have just learnt. I want my physicians to carry my coffin because people should realize that no doctor can really cure any body .

They are powerless and cannot save a person from the clutches of death. So let not people take life for granted .


The second wish of strewing gold, silver and other riches on the way to the graveyard is to tell
People that not even a fraction of gold will come with me. I spent all my life earning riches but cannot take anything with me. Let people realize that it is a sheer waste of time to chase wealth .


And about my third wish of having my hands dangling out of the coffin, I wish people to know that I came empty handed into this world and empty handed I go out of this world ."With these words, the king closed his eyes. Soon he let death conquer him and breathed his last. . . . .

This story portraits the reality of life, we born empty handedly and leaving empty handedly, in-between why these kinds of wars, hatred, jealousy, enimity, ego, and so on

Let us learn, at least some wisdom from The Alexander the Great.

Monday, June 12, 2006

Joke for the day- Silent type



creativity



I am seeing for the first time this kind of floating beds, this seems to be a creative and unique bed, as it may provide the happiness of swinging and the comforts of a bed, which is above the ground level.. Reminds of the OONJAL in the villages, but with more comfort.
Wow, that's great.

Nature's gift




Truely these colourful birds are Nature's gift.

Friday, June 09, 2006

MOTIVATOR

colourless is beautiful



Colour-less Peacock, Looks beautiful isnt!!!

Todays creative advt
















Short Cut to Success

PLAN while others are playing.
STUDY while others are sleeping.
DECIDE while others are delaying.
PREPARE while others are daydreaming.
BEGIN while others are procrastinating.
WORK while others are wishing.
SAVE while others are wasting.
LISTEN while others are talking.
SMILE while others are frowning.
COMMEND while others are criticizing.
PERSIST while others are quitting.

Wednesday, June 07, 2006