be happy

A lecturer was giving a lecture to his student on stress management.
He raised a glass of water and asked the audience, "How heavy do you think this glass of water is?" The students' answers ranged from 20g to 500gm.
It does not matter on the absolute weight. It depends on how long you hold it. If I hold it for a minute, it is OK. If I hold it for an hour, I will have an ache in my right arm. If I hold it for a day, you will have to call an ambulance.
It is the exact same weight, but the longer I hold it, the heavier it becomes. If we carry our burdens all the time, sooner or later, we will not be able to carry on, the burden becoming increasingly heavier.
What you have to do is to put the glass down, rest for a while before holding it up again. We have to put down the burden periodically, so that we can be refreshed and are able to carry on.
So before you return home from work tonight, put the burden of work down. Don't carry it
back home. You can pick it up tomorrow. Whatever burdens you are having now on your shoulders, let it down for a moment if you can. Pick it up again later when you have rested.
Rest and relax. Life is short, enjoy it!! Cheers!!!!!

Thanks to Mr. Neti Sridhar for sending this invaluable message.

think a while....

Here are some nice Dilbert's one liners..:

1. I say no to alcohol, it just doesn't listen.

2. A friend in need is a pest indeed.

3. Marriage is one of the chief causes of divorce.

4. Work is fine if it doesn't take too much of your time.

5. When everything comes in your way you're in the wrong lane.

6. The light at the end of the tunnel may be an incoming train..

7. Born free, taxed to death.

8. Everyone has a photographic memory, some just don't have film.

9. Life is unsure; always eat your dessert first.

10. Smile, it makes people wonder what you are thinking.

11. If you keep your feet firmly on the ground, you'll have trouble putting on your pants.

12. It's not hard to meet expenses, they are everywhere.

13. I love being a writer... what I can't stand is the paperwork.

14. A printer consists of 3 main parts: the case, the jammed paper tray and the blinking red light.

15. The guy who invented the first wheel was an idiot. The guy who invented the other three, he was the genius.

16. The trouble with being punctual is that no one is there to appreciate it.

17. In a country of free speech, why are there phone bills?

18. If you cannot change your mind, are you sure you have one?

19. Beat the 5 O'clock rush, leave work at noon!

20. If you can't convince them, confuse them.

21. It's not the fall that kills you. It's the sudden stop at the end.

22. I couldn't repair your brakes, so I made your horn louder.

23. Hot glass looks same as cold glass. - Cunino's Law of Burnt Fingers

24. The cigarette does the smoking you are just the sucker.

25. Someday is not a day of the week

26. Whenever I find the key to success, someone changes the lock.

27. To Err is human, to forgive is not a Company policy.

28. The road to success.... Is always under construction.

29. Alcohol doesn't solve any problems, but if you think again, neither does Milk.

30. In order to get a Loan, you first need to prove that you don't need it.

31. All the desirable things in life are either illegal, expensive, fattening or married to someone else.

Some of the above saying are naked truth isnt.... just think it over....

nice message

Nice.. about our Habits

Diamonds are hard to find but not hard to break.

What is the hardest thing to break then? HABIT

If you break the H, you still have A BIT.

If you break the B, you still have IT

Hey, after you break the T in IT, there is still the

'I'.

The person at the end of the day, is the root of all the problems, I - Ego...

Now, you know why a HABIT is so hard to break.

Thanks to Prof. Chandrasekar for fwding this mail.

Life moral.. good one

There was once a young girl who was very fond of dancing. Her skill in dancing was extraordinary and surpassed her dancing friends that she often appeared as the champion in many competition held. She thought, with what she possess at that time, one day later when she grew up, she would want to be a world class dancer. She imagined herself dancing in Russia, China, America, Japan, being watched by thousands of people giving applause to her on salutation One day, the city she resided in was visited by a dancing expert proffessional who came from abroad. This dancing expert was very fascinating, from his hands have been born out world class dancers. The young girl desired very much to dance and exhibit her prowess in front of the teacher, or even if possible, to be one of his pupil. Finally the opportunity came at last. The young girl managed to meet with the teacher behind the screen after his performance was over. The young girl asked "Sir, i really want to be a wold-class dancer. Can you give me a moment of your time, to> judge my dancing skill? I want to know what you think of my dance." "Fine, dance then for 10 minutes", the expert responded Not even 10 minutes have passed, the teacher stood up from his chair, and left the place without saying any word to the young girl. How broken heart the young girl was upon that. The girl immediately ran out, reaching her home, she cried and cried. She began hating herself. Afterall, the dance that she had been proud of all those years were nothing at all for the> teacher. She then get hold of her dancing shoes and threw it in the garbage. Since then, she swore not ever to dance anymore.

Several decades have passed, now the young girl have became a mother with three children. Her husband had passed away. And to feed her family, she had to work as waitress in a restaurant at the corner of a street.

One day, there was a dance exhibition being held in the city. The same expert could be seen behind the young dancers behind the platform. The expert looked much older, with his hair whitening. The mother with her> children went to see the dance show. After the show, the mother brought her three children into the back, looking for the teacher, and introduced him to> her three children. The old teacher still recognize her, and so they converse with each other enjoyfully.

The mother asked, "Sir, i still have one thing that still bothers me. It was about me performing in front of you many many years ago. Was my perfomance that bad that you leave straight away?" "Oh yes, I remembered it.

Frankly speaking, I never have ever seen in my life such beautiful dance that you showed me at that time. I was even sure that you would surely become a world-class dancer, but i was dumbfounded how you suddenly stopped from the world of dancing", answered the teacher The young mother was extremely shocked hearing it. "This is not fair!", she exclaimed. "Your attitude had stolen all my dreams! If it was true that my dance was good, why did you just leave me that way when i had just only danced for several minutes? You should have praised me, not ignoring me like that. I am supposed to be a world-class dancer right now, not just a waitress!" >

The teacher answered calmly with his wisdom, "No...No, I think I have done what I thought was right. You don't need to drink a> barrel of wine to know that the wine is good. The same goes with me. I didnt need to watch you for 10 minutes to prove that your dance was good. That night I was also very exhausted after the show. So I was thinking to leave you for a moment, to> get you my name card, and hoped that you would contact me again the next day. But then you were not there anymore when i returned. And another thing that I have to remind you, that You should focus on your dreams not, on what I say or what I do or what the world say! Then applause? So you expected praise and applause? Ah, maybe at that time you were still

growing, young lady.

*Praise like a dobule edged sward. at some times it will motivate you, at the other times it will weaken you.

*And the fact is that I had observed that most of the *PRAISE GIVEN TO A GROWING CHILD, WILL JUST MAKE HIM/HER> FEEL SATISFIED OF THE CURRENT PROGRESS AND HINDERS FURTHER GROWTH. I EVEN PREFER TO IGNORE YOU, AS IT SUPPOSEDLY CAN ROCKET YOUR PROGRESS*.

Besides,

praise is something that should come from myself, not something that you should ask for." "You see, this was actually only a small matter. If only at that time you idnt ignore whathappened and kept on dancing, you would have became a very great world-class dancer.

Moral> DONT JUMP TO CONCLUSIONS.. DONT BOTHER ABOUT OTHERS OPINION!!!!

My thanks to Prof Chandrasekar for forwarding this mail

for ever together

Why do we yell in anger?

A sage asked his disciples, 'Why do people yell at each other when they are upset?'

The men thought for a while, ‘because we lose our calm' said one.’ we Yell for that.'

'But, why to yell when the other person is just next to you?' asked the sage. ‘Isn’t it possible to speak to him or her with a soft voice? Why do you yell at a person when you're angry?'

The men gave some other answers but none satisfied the sage. Finally he explained, 'When two people are angry at each other, their hearts distance a lot.
To cover that distance they must yell, to be able to hear each other. The angrier they are, the stronger they will have to yell to hear each other through that great distance.'

Then the sage asked, what happens when two people fall in love? They do not yell at each other but talk softly, why? Their hearts are very close. The distance between them is very small...

The sage continued, 'When they love each other even more, what happens? They do not speak, only whisper and they get even closer to each other in their love. Finally they even need not whisper, they only look at each other and that's all. That is how close two people are when they love each other.'

Then the sage said, 'When you argue do not let your hearts get distant, do not say words that distance each other more, else there will come a day when the distance is so great that you will not find the path to return.

to ponder over

A Father was reading a magazine and his little daughter every now and then distracted him. To keep her busy, he tore one page on which was printed the map of the world. He tore it into pieces and asked her to go to her room and put them together to make the map again. He was sure she would take the whole day to get it done. But the little one came back within minutes with perfect map.

When he asked how she could do it so quickly, she said, “Oh. Dad, there is a man's face on the other side of the paper. I made the face perfect to get the map right.” She ran outside to play leaving the father surprised.

Moral of the Story: There is always the other side to whatever you experience in this world. Whenever we come across a challenge or a puzzling situation, look at the other side. You will be surprised to see an easy way to tackle the problem.

Many times we may think solution to a problem is difficult but if we see other side of the problem solution may perhaps easy.. good moral story....

visit to a holy place weekend

Super big Banyan tree

Boat way to Kabirwad

Boat Shuttle service

Narmadha ghats- splendid

Pairs!!! of boat...

Temple. swaminarayan mandir

Oh COLOUR Full bangles

Ha..Ha.. Jump....

Crows waiting for a dip!!!

Last weekend visited Kabirwad..11 kms from baruch, gujarat...around 70 kms from Vadodara, and 72 kms from surat...

and here is some snaps.... choose the best....

nice moral

Nice Lesson..!

Once a boy went to a shop with his mother.The shop keeper looked at the small cute child and showed him a bottlewith sweets and said'Dear Child..u can take the sweets...

But the child didnt take.

The shop keeper was surprised.. such a small child he is and why is he not taking the sweets from the bottle.

Again he said take the sweets....Now the mother also heard that and said.. take the sweets dear..Yet he didnt take...

The shopkeeper seeing the child not taking the sweets... he himself took the sweets and gave to the child.

The child was happy to get two hands full of sweets.

While returning home the Mother asked the child...Why didnt you take the sweets, when the shop keeper told you to take?..

Can you guess the response:

Child replies... Mom! my hands are very small and if i take the sweetsi can only take few.. but now you see when uncle gave with his big hands.... how many more sweets I got!

Moral:

When we take we may get little but when God gives... HE gives us more beyond our expectations. ...

more than what we can hold..!!

Nice moral... we should equip ourselves to receive more from the God...

wow kind of visit

The narmada ghats is famous for great temples.. recently visited Kuber bhandar mandir and here are some of the eye catching scenes...the river is placid.. the environment is rich and fertile, with a sense of mystic in it... the river, boat, ghats, ancient temples culminate in to a divine mix of de-juva...i am just searching for words to explain the experience, one needs to be there to experience the feelings.

may be useful...

useful.. as I always have a problem in knotting the tye...

good one-creative and amazing

Incredible, creative and amazing -hand puppet show...see n enjoy

To welcome

Today begins New Year 2009.

Wishing you all a happy, prosperous, healthy and peaceful New Year 2009.

Man lives on hopes,

SO in an optimistic note,

let us welcome the new begining..

eventhough, Philosophically, all the days are same,

for practical purposes we are calendering and we are calling today as new begining.,

so let us resolve to overcome the defects and drawbacks,

which afflicted us in the past and

Let us try to bring new hope and energy in the new year.

creative wedding invitation!

Nice creative wedding invitation Isnt?!!

memorable trip

Fertile countrysides

WIND MILL in Holland

facilities in the bunker - inside the Limestone cave

Lime stone cave and bunkers - can withstand Nuclear attack

The lanes in Masstrich city

Massctrich - a beautiful city

Front view of the Hotel

The lawns of Chateau St. Gerlach Hotel.. volkenburg

on the way to Countryside from Amsterdam

some snaps from my recent visit to Holland (Nov 2 to 6- 2008)

be attentive...

First-year students at Texas A&M's Vet school were attending their first Anatomy class, with a real dead pig.
They all gathered around the surgery table with the body covered with aWhite sheet. The professor started the class by telling them, 'InVeterinary Medicine it is necessary to have two important qualities as a Doctor: The first is that you not be disgusted by anything involving theAnimal body'.
For an example, the Professor pulled back the sheet, Stuckhis finger in the butt of the dead pig, withdrew it and stuck hisFinger in his mouth. 'Go ahead and do the same thing,' he told his Students.
The students freaked out, hesitated for several minutes.
But eventually took turns sticking a finger in the butt of the dead pig and sucking on it.
When everyone finished, the Professor looked at them and said,
'TheSecond most important quality is observation.
I stuck in my middle Finger and sucked on my index finger.
Now learn to pay attention..
Life's Tough, but it's even tougher if you're stupid.

Nice lesson indeed, we seldom observe and always tend to follow others... which is one of the main cause for problems....

creative advts- amazing

observation

First-year students at Texas A&M's Vet school were attending their first Anatomy class, with a real dead pig.They all gathered around the surgery table with the body covered with aWhite sheet. The professor started the class by telling them, 'InVeterinary Medicine it is necessary to have two important qualities as aDoctor: The first is that you not be disgusted by anything involving theAnimal body'. For an example, the Professor pulled back the sheet, Stuckhis finger in the butt of the dead pig, withdrew it and stuck hisFinger in his mouth. 'Go ahead and do the same thing,' he told his Students.The students freaked out, hesitated for several minutes.But eventually took turns sticking a finger in the butt of the dead pigAnd sucking on it.When everyone finished, the Professor looked at them and said, 'TheSecond most important quality is observation. I stuck in my middle Finger andsucked on my index finger. Now learn to pay attention..Life's Tough, but it's even tougher if you're stupid.

joke for the day

Two donkeys who were friends, met at a crossroad.

One donkey was healthy and the other malnourished.

The healthy donkey asked the weak one what happen to you?

why do you seem so weak

The weak donkey replied, My master makes me work the whole day and doesn't give me enough food to eat and also beats me.

Oh exclaimed the healthy donkey. Then why don't you run away from your master's house?

He replied, I think my job has better prospects. My master beats his only daughter, too. And whenever he does so, he says to her, I'll marry you off to this donkey.

For this reason I'm not running away.

Ha ha ha... Donkey's love???

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 criticising

PERSIST while others are quitting