COMPARISON

I couldnt' stop making this comparison..

inches of rain in new orleans due to hurricane katrina... 18 inches of rain in mumbai (July 26th).... 37.1

population of new orleans... 484,674 population of mumbai.... 12,622,500

deaths in new orleans within 48 hours of katrina...100 deaths in mumbai within 48hours of rain.. 37.

number of people to be evacuated in new orleans... entire city..wohh number of people evacuated in mumbai...10,000

Cases of shooting and violence in new orleans...Countless Cases of shooting and violence in mumbai.. NONE

Time taken for US army to reach new orleans... 48hours Time taken for Indian army and navy to reach mumbai...12hours

status 48hours later...new orleans is still waiting for relief, army and electricty status 48hours later..mumbai is back on its feet and is business is as usual

USA...world's most developed nation India...third world country..

oops...did i get the last fact wrong???

My favourite quotes

Don't compare yourself with anyone in this world. If you do so, you are insulting yourself
- ALEN STRIKE.

You are not responsible for what people think about you.
But you are responsible for what you give them to think about you.
- STANLEY FERRARD.

A man is lucky if he is the first love of a Woman.
A woman is lucky if she is the last love of a man.
- CHARLES DICKENS.

Write your Sad times in Sand, Write your Good times in Stone.
- GEORGE BERNARD SHAW.

Behind every successful man, there is an untold pain in his heart.
- BILL JACOBS .

Without your involvement you can't succeed. With your involvement you can't fail.
- Dr. ABDUL KALAM.

Love your job but don't love your Company because you may not know
when your company stops loving you.
- Narayana moorthy.

You may get DELAYED to reach your Targets.
But every step you take towards your target is EQUAL to Victory.
- KARL MARX.

It's better to loose your Ego to the one you Love,
than to loose the one you LOVE because of EGO.
- JOHN KEATS.

Don't make promise when you are in JOY . Don't reply when you are SAD.
Don't take decisions when you are ANGRY. Think twice, Act wise. BE happy.When you start caring about yourself, you start loving somebody.But when start caring about others somebody will start loving you.

Last one is awesome!!!
What is the Secret of SUCCESS... ? "RIGHT DECISIONS"
How do you make Right Decisions...? "EXPERIENCE"
How do you get Experience... ? "WRONG DECISIONS"

Our lives are wowen together

A mouse looked through the crack in the wall to see the farmer and his wife open a package.

What food might this contain?'

The mouse wondered - - - he was devastated to discover it was a mousetrap.

Retreating to the farmyard,the mouse proclaimed the warning :

There is a mousetrap in the house!

There is a mousetrap in the house!'

The chicken clucked and scratched, raised her head and said,

'Mr.Mouse, I can tell this is a grave concern to you, but it is of no consequence to me. I cannot be bothered by it.'

The mouse turned to the pig and told him,

'There is a mousetrap in the house!

There is a mousetrap in the house!'

The pig sympathized, but said, I am so very sorry, Mr.Mouse , but there is nothing I can do about it but pray. Be assured you are in my prayers.'

The mouse turned to the cow and said

'There is a mousetrap in the house!

There is a mousetrap in the house!'

The cow said, 'Wow, Mr. Mouse. I'm sorry for you, but it's no skin off my nose.'

So, the mouse returned to the house, head down and dejected, to face the farmer's mousetrap . . . alone.

That very night a sound was heard throughout the house -- like the sound of a mousetrap catching its prey. The farmer's wife rushed to see what was caught. In the darkness, she did not see it was a venomous snake whose tail the trap had caught. The snake bit the farmer's wife. The farmer rushed her to the hospital, and she returned home with a fever. Everyone knows you treat a fever with fresh chicken soup, so the farmer took his hatchet to the farmyard for the soup's main ingredient. But his wife's sickness continued, so friends and neighbors came to sit with her around the clock. To feed them, the farmer butchered the pig. The farmer's wife did not get well; she died.

So many people came for her funeral, the farmer had the cow slaughtered to provide enough meat for all of them. The mouse looked upon it all from his crack in the wall with great sadness.

So, the next time you hear someone

is facing a problem and think it doesn't concern you, remember ----when one of us is threatened, we are all at risk.

We are all involved in this journey called life. We must keep an eye out for one another and make an extra effort to encourage one another.

REMEMBER. . . . . .

EACH OF US IS A VITAL THREAD

IN ANOTHER PERSON'S TAPESTRY;

OUR LIVES ARE WOVEN TOGETHER FOR A REASON.

One of the best things to hold onto in this world is a FRIEND ! ! !

A PENANCE FULFILLED

Black demons wrapping the floor of blue,

Would cover the land in the ravishing rage soon,

Waves lashing to steal the grains, to digest,

Any moment heat would be quenched in full…

In the little heart the storm has not yet calmed,

That angel personified,

It wants the protection to reduce distress,

Where has it lost its all? Little feet cannot tread,

Culmination haunting the dwarf, lungs punctured in whole,

Wails bringing anybody close, but the angel far far away…

Fire in the eyes, on the face as snow,

Thorns piercing the heart, re-birth once more,

Careless calculations have given horrendous pain,

Moments leaping cladding anxiety more and some more…

That instant never wanting to repeat itself,

She hopes she can retrace, she wants her soul,

Her search in vain, has not asked not one,

Everywhere in the land, in every drop of water,

Her darling she brought, her love it portrayed,

Her lust she fed, her own it stayed…

Vanity of nature, she cursed, nature has not one,

She tendered her skin that much, not a piece she can afford to loose,

All the while her eyes were full of him, now her agony,

That moment her lids gave away,

Opening to reality, she realized her distraught,

Oh where, where was he?

What reason was her dear to ask?

What answer was she to say?

What has she done, she brought and lost,

What fate was she to pay?

She closed her eyes, her heart prayed aloud,

Lips tightened in dismay, what not to bray?

That hand tagged her cloth so tight,

Her name sounded by her side,

That cry gave the hope she longed for,

That joy returned once again…

Pearl lips spread in a smile,

She couldn’t pursue the stand so long,

Gathering her little gift of god with all her might,

She kissed till it was all wet and new…

She promised she wouldn’t leave him alone, never again,

The tot laughing at her, was he her mother?

Tears flooded, the emotions conquered,

She had her re-birth yet again!!

MY MANTRA!

've jus written 15 points which v must follow in our lives to b successful..hope u all gain something from it.

1

Sleep less. This is one of the best investments you can make to make your life more productive and rewarding. Most people do not need more than 6 hours to maintain an excellent state of health. Try getting up one hour earlier for 3-4 weeks and it will develop into a powerful habit. Remember, it is the quality not the quantity of sleep that is important. And just imagine having an extra 30 hours a month to spend on the things that are important to you.

2

Set aside one hour every morning for personal development matters. Meditate, visualize your day, read inspirational texts to set the tone of your day, listen to motivational tapes or read great literature. Take this quiet period to vitalize and energize your spirit for the productive day ahead. Watch the sun rise once a week or be with nature. Starting the day off well is a powerful strategy for self-renewal and personal effectiveness.

3

Do not allow those things that matter the most in your life be at the mercy of activities that matter the least. Every day, take the time to ask yourself the question "is this the best use of my time and energy?" Time management is life management so guard your time with great care.

4

Remember that your expectations create your reality and life pretty much sends you what you think and expect.

5

Always answer the phone with enthusiasm in your voice and show your appreciation for the caller. Good phone manners are essential. To convey authority on the line, stand up. This will instill further confidence in your voice.

6

Throughout the day we all get inspiration and excellent ideas. Capture them. Keep a set of cards (the size of business cards; available at most stationary stores) in your wallet along with a pencil to jot down these insights. When you get home, put the ideas in a central place such as a coil notepad and review them from time to time. As noted by Oliver Wendell Holmes: "Man's mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimensions."

7

Set aside every Sunday evening for yourself and be strongly disciplined with this habit. Use this period to plan your week, visualize your encounters and what you want to achieve, to read new materials and inspirational books, to listen to soft soothing music and to simply relax. This habit will serve as your anchor to keep you focused, motivated and effective throughout the coming week.

8

Always remember the key principle that the quality of your life is the quality of your communication. This means the way you communicate with others and, more importantly, the way you communicate with yourself. What you focus on is what you get. If you look for the positive this is what you get. This is a fundamental law of Nature.

9

Stay on purpose, not on outcome. In other words, do the task because it is what you love to do or because it will help someone or is a valuable exercise. Don't do it for the money or the recognition. Those will come naturally. This is the way of the world.

10

Laugh for five minutes in the mirror each morning. Steve Martin does. Laughter activates many beneficial chemicals within the body that place us into a very joyous state. Laughter also returns the body to a state of balance. Laughter therapy has been regularly used to heal persons with varied ailments and is a wonderful tonic for life's ills. While the average 4 year old laughs 500 times a day, the average adult is lucky to laugh 15 times a day. Revitalize the habit of laughter, it will put far more living into your life.

11

Light a candle beside you when you are reading in the evening. It is most relaxing and creates a wonderful, soothing atmosphere. Make your home an oasis from the frenzied world outside. Fill it with great music, great books and great friends.

12

To enhance your concentration and powers of focus, count your steps when you walk. This is a particularly strong technique. Take six steps while taking a long inhale, hold your breath for another six steps, and then exhale for six steps. If six steps is too long for the breaths, do whatever you feel comfortable with. You will feel very alert, refreshed, internally quiet and centered after this exercise. So many people allow their minds to be filled with mental chatter. All peak performers appreciate the power of a quiet, clear mind which will concentrate steadily on all important tasks.

13

Learn to meditate effectively. The mind is naturally a very noisy machine which wants to move from one subject to another like an unchained monkey. One must learn to restrain and discipline it if one is to achieve anything of substance and to be peaceful. Meditation for twenty minutes in the morning and twenty minutes in the evening will certainly provide you with exceptional results if regularly practiced for six months. Learned sages of the East have been advancing the many benefits of meditation for over 5000 years.

14

Learn to be still. The average person doesn't spend even 30 minutes a month in total silence and tranquility. Develop the skill of sitting quietly, enjoying the powerful silence for at least ten minutes a day. Simply think about what is important to you in your life. Reflect on your mission. Silence indeed is golden. As the Zen master once said, it is the space between the bars that holds the cage.

15

Enhance your will-power; it is likely one of the best training programs you can invest in. All elite performers have high levels of self-discipline. Here are some ideas to strengthen your will and become a stronger person:

a) Do not let your mind float like a piece of paper in the wind. Work hard to keep it focused at all times. When doing a task, think of nothing else. When walking to work, count the steps that it takes to get all the way to the office. This is not easy but your mind will soon understand that you hold its reins and not vice versa. Your mind must eventually become as still as a candle flame in a corner where there is no draft.

b) Your will is like a muscle. You must first exercise it and then push before it gets stronger. This necessarily involves short term pain but be assured that the improvements will come and will touch your character in a most positive way. When you are hungry, wait another hour before your meal. When you are laboring over a difficult task and your mind is prompting you to pick up the latest magazine for a break or to get up and go talk to a friend, curb the impulse. Soon you will be able to sit for hours in a precisely concentrated state. Sir Isaac Newton, one of the greatest classical physicists the world has produced, once said: "if I have done the public any service, it is due to patient thought." Newton had a remarkable ability to sit quietly and think without interruption for very long periods of time. If he can develop this so can you.

c) You can also build your will-power by restraint in your conduct with others. Speak less (use the 60/40 Rule = listen 60% of the time and speak a mere 40%, if that). This will not only make you more popular but you will learn much wisdom as everyone we meet, every day has something to teach us. Also restrain the urge to gossip or to condemn someone who you feel has made a mistake. Stop complaining and develop a cheerful, vital and strong personality. You will greatly influence others.

d) When a negative thought comes to your mind, immediately replace it with one that is positive. Positive always dominates over the negative and your mind has to be conditioned to think only the best thoughts. Negative thinking is a conditioned process whereby the negative patterns are established over and over. Rid yourself of any limitations and become a powerful positive thinker.

Lessons on Life

There was a man who had four sons. He wanted his sons to learn not to judge things too quickly. So he sent them each on a quest, in turn, to go and look at a pear tree that was a great distance away.

The first son went in the winter, the second in the spring, the third in
summer, and the youngest son in the fall.

When they had all gone and come back, he called them together to describe what they had seen.

The first son said that the tree was ugly, bent, and twisted. The second son said no it was covered with green buds and full of promise.

The third son disagreed; he said it was laden with blossoms that smelled so sweet and looked so beautiful, it was the most graceful thing he had ever seen.

The last son disagreed with all of them; he said it was ripe and drooping with fruit, full of life and fulfillment.

The man then explained to his sons that they were all right, because they had each seen but only one season in the tree's life.

He told them that you cannot judge a tree, or a person, by only one season, and that the essence of who they are and the pleasure, joy, and love that come from that life can only be measured at the end, when all the seasons are up.

If you give up when it's winter, you will miss the promise of your spring, the beauty of your summer, fulfillment of your fall.


Moral:

Don't let the pain of one season destroy the joy of all the rest.
Don't judge life by one difficult season.
Persevere through the difficult patches
and better times are sure to come some time or later

ARTHUR ASHE!

Arthur Ashe, the legendary Wimbledon player was dying of AIDS which he got due to infected blood he received during a heart surgery in 1983. From world over, he received letters from his fans, one of which conveyed: "Why does GOD have to select you for such a bad disease"?

To this Arthur Ashe replied: The world over -- 5 crore children start playing tennis, 50 lakh learn to play tennis, 5 lakh learn professional tennis, 50,000 come to the circuit, 5000 reach the grand slam, 50 reach Wimbledon, 4 to semi final, 2 to the finals, When I was holding a cup I never asked GOD "Why me?". And today in pain I should not be asking GOD "Why me?"

Happiness keeps u Sweet, Trials keep u Strong, Sorrow keeps u Human, Failure Keeps u Humble, Success keeps u

Glowing, But only God Keeps u Going.....

Keep Going.....

Difference between logical thinking and lateral thinking

Many years ago in a small Indian village, a farmer had the misfortune of owing a large sum of money to a village moneylender. The moneylender, who was old and ugly, fancied the farmer's beautiful daughter. So he proposed abargain. He said he would forgo the farmer's debt if he could marry his daughter.Both the farmer and his daughter were horrified by the proposal. So the cunning money-lender suggested that they let providence decide the matter.He told them that he would put a black pebble and a white pebble into an empty money bag. Then the girl would have to pick one pebble from the bag.If she picked the black pebble, she would become his wife and her father's debt would be forgiven. If she picked the white pebble she need not marryhim and her father's debt would still be forgiven. But if she refused to pick a pebble, her father would be thrown into jail.They were standing on a pebble strewn path in the farmer's field. As they talked, the moneylender bent over to pick up two pebbles.As he picked them up, the sharp-eyed girl noticed that he had picked up twoblack pebbles and put them into the bag. He then asked the girl to pick a pebble from the bag.

Now, imagine you were standing in the field. What would you have done if you were the girl? If you had to advise her, what would you have told her? Careful analysis would produce three possibilities:

1. The girl should refuse to take a pebble.

2. The girl should show that there were two black pebbles in the bag andexpose the money-lender as a cheat.

3. The girl should pick a black pebble and sacrifice herself in order tosave her father from his debt and imprisonment.

The above story is used with thehope that it will make us appreciate the difference between lateral and logical thinking. The girl's dilemma cannot be solved with traditional logical thinking. Think of the consequences if she chooses the above logical answers.What would you recommend to the Girl to do?The girl put her hand into the moneybag and drew out a pebble. Without looking at it, she fumbled and let it fall onto the pebble-strewn path where it immediately became lost among all the other pebbles."Oh, how clumsy of me," she said. "But never mind, if you look into the bag for the one that is left, you will be able to tell which pebble I picked". Since the remaining pebble is black, it must be assumed that she had picked the white one. And since the money-lender dared not admit his dishonesty, the girl changed what seemed an impossible situation into an extremely advantageous one.

LESSON: Most complex problems do have a solution. It is only that we are educated" to think only logically whereas the people who rule us only think laterally!!!

Blessed is a life!

Blessed are the blind, what all crime they need not see

Blessed are the deaf, what all obscenity they need not hear

Blessed are the mute, what all offence they need not speak

Blessed are the insane, what all filth they need not think

Blessed are the lame, what all thorns they need not tread

Blessed are the weak, what all wars they need not wage

Blessed are the meek, what all quarrels they need not indulge in

Blessed are the wounded, what all death they need not meet

Blessed are the poor, what all sleep they need not waste

Blessed are the down trodden, what all pride they need not care

Blessed are the workers, what all happiness they need not loose

Blessed are the under-privileged, what all hopes they need not shatter

Blessed are you and me, what all blessings do we need more?