A hope for tomorrow!

Look at the sun setting,

Marking the fall of darkness;

A constellation of stars appear ,twinkling,

With the moon smiling in all its haughtiness!

The sun seems to accept its defeat

As it disappears below the horizon

After completing a brilliant feat,

Withdrawing its glorious shine.

But, there it showed up again

Reappearing in the Far East;

As I looked up at the sky at dawn,

Considering it to my eyes, a feast!

With vibrant new energy to render,

It spreads its rays across valley, rock and hill;

Forcing anyone under its magnificent intensity to surrender

To its incipient gleam that shines; and always will.

It is the cynosure, fierce with its massive size;

And I feel, dear God, that it is your greatest creation

And though at night, its vigor departs;

It will always rise again and shine upon the coming generation!!

Take life as it comes

All these days I was bieng 'told' or should I say 'preached' by people to 'take' life as it comes. Yesterday I met a person who was doing it. He was taking life as it has come, heartfully. He is a cook by profession and I met him in my aunt's place. This guy was so lively and bubbling with activity and so quick in his work. His involvement in his work is unexplainable. He was serving everyone, taking everyone's glasses and plates, offering coffee and drinks to everone at his/her place, I mean I was just wonderstruck. The best part is he was there only as a 'cook'. He could have just cooked delicious food and kept quiet. Thats his job but I was amazed at his involvement in serving, cleaning up, keeping the place neat and tidy as if it is his own house. At least I would never do such a kind of a job and I have not seen anyone doing it so heartfully. Even though his job does not call for him to be so good he is. He never scolds at anyone always has a smile on his face and keeps people entertained by his humour. 'Delicious' would be an understatement in describing the food he had cooked.

I just asked him how can he do such a monotonous job so happily. He gave a very modest reply that thats what he has to do to earn a living. I felt so ashamed of myself at that instant. Even I do a job for the sake of a living but not like him. I saw in him, a living example of a man who has taken life as it has come to him, heartfully. He is no less than a yogi.

I hope one day I can overcome the limitations I have set upon myself ..

words!!

A husband read an article to his wife about how many words women use a day. 30,000 to a man's 15,000.

The wife replied, "The reason has to be because we have to repeat everything to men...

The husband then turned to his wife and asked, "What?"

A hut on fire!

The only survivor of a shipwreck was washed up on a small, uninhabited island. He prayed feverishly for God to rescue him. Every day he scanned the horizon for help, but none seemed forthcoming. Exhausted, he eventually managed to build a little hut out of driftwood to protect him from the elements, and to store his few possessions.

One day, after scavenging for food, he arrived home to find his little hut in flames, with smoke rolling up to the sky. He felt the worst had happened, and everything was lost. He was stunned with disbelief, grief,and anger. He cried out, "God! How could you do this to me?"

Early the next day, he was awakened by the sound of a ship approaching the island! It had come to rescue him! "How did you know I was here?" asked the weary man of his rescuers. "We saw your smoke signal," they replied.

The Moral of This Story: It's easy to get discouraged when things are going bad, but we shouldn't lose heart, because God is at work in our lives, evenin the midst of our pain and suffering. Remember that the next time your little hut seems to be burning to the ground. It just may be a smoke signal that summons the Grace of God !!!

Q&A

While visiting India , George Bush is invited to tea with Abdul Kalam. He asks Kalam what his leadership philosophy is. He says that, it is to surround himself with intelligent people. Bush asks how he knows if they're intelligent.

"I do so by asking them the right questions," says the Kalam. "Allow me to demonstrate." Bush watches as Kalam phones Manmohan Singh and says, "Mr. Prime Minister, please answer this question: your mother has a child, and your father has a child, and this child is not your brother or sister. Who is it?" Manmohan immediately responds, "It's me, Sir !"

"Correct. Thank you and good-bye, sir," says the Kalam. He hangs up and says, "Did you get that, Mr. Bush?" Bush nods: "Yes Mr. President. Thanks a lot. I'll definitely be using that!"

Bush, upon returning to Washington , decides he'd better put the CondoleezaRice to the test. Bush summons her to the White House and says,"Condoleeza, I wonder if you can answer a question for me.""Why, of course, sir. What's on your mind?" Bush poses the question: "Uhh, your mother has a child, and your father has a child, and this child is not your brother or your sister. Who is it?"

Rice was puzzled and finally asks, "Can I think about it and get back toyou?" Bush agrees, and Rice leaves. Rice immediately calls a meeting of senior senators, and they puzzle over the question for several hours, butnobody can come up with an answer. Finally, in desperation, Rice calls Colin Powell and explains the problem. "Mr. Powell, your mother has a child, and your father has a child, and this child is not your brother or your sister. Who is it?" Powell answers immediately, "It's me, of course."

Much relieved, Rice rushes back to the White House, finds George Bush, and exclaims, "I know the answer, sir! I know who it is! It's our Colin Powell!"

And Bush replies in disgust, "Wrong, its Manmohan Singh!"

!!!

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.