Words of Wisdom

There was a blind girl who hated herself because she was blind. She hated everyone, except her loving boyfriend. He was always there for her. She told her boyfriend, 'If I could only see the world, I will marry you.'

One day, someone donated a pair of eyes to her. When the bandages came off, she was able to see everything, including her boyfriend. He asked her,'Now that you can see the world, will you marry me?' The girl looked at her boyfriend and saw that he was blind. The sight of his closed eyelids shocked her. She hadn't expected that. The thought of looking at them the rest of her life led her to refuse to marry him.

Her boyfriend left in tears and days later wrote a note to her saying: 'Take good care of your eyes, my dear, for before they were yours, they were mine.'


This is how the human brain often works when our status changes. Only a very few remember what life was like before, and who was always by their side in the most painful situations.

Life Is a Gift
Today before you say an unkind word - Think of someone who can't speak.
Before you complain about the taste of your food - Think of someone who has nothing to eat.
Before you complain about your husband or wife - Think of someone who's crying out to GOD for a companion.

Today before you complain about life - Think of someone who died too early on this earth.
Before you complain about your children - Think of someone who desires children but they're barren.
Before you argue about your dirty house someone didn't clean or sweep - Think of the people who are living in the streets.
Before whining about the distance you drive Think of someone who walks the same distance with their feet.

And when you are tired and complain about your job - Think of the unemployed, the disabled, and those who wish they had your job.

But before you think of pointing the finger or condemning another - Remember that not one of us is without sin.

And when depressing thoughts seem to get you down - Put a smile on your face and think: you're alive and still around.

The road to Excellence!!!

A gentleman once visited a temple under construction where he saw a sculptor making an idol of God. Suddenly he noticed a similar idol lying nearby.

Surprised, he asked the sculptor, "Do you need two statues of the same idol?" "No," said the sculptor without looking up, "We need only one, but the first one got damaged at the last stage."

The gentleman examined the idol and found no apparent damage. "Where is the damage?" he asked. "There is a scratch on the nose of the idol." said the sculptor, still busy with his work.

"Where are you going to install the idol?" The sculptor replied that it would be installed on a pillar twenty feet high. "If the idol is that far, who is going to know that there is a scratch on the nose?" the gentleman asked.

The sculptor stopped his work, looked up at the gentleman, smiled and said, "I know it and God knows it!"

The desire to excel should be exclusive of the fact whether someone appreciates it or not. "Excellence" is a drive from inside, not outside. Excel at a task today - not necessarily for someone else to notice but for your own satisfaction ! !

ACCIDENTS!!!!

With the accidental death cases going on the rise on the Express way, who do we blame for the same?

Do we blame the drivers for falling asleep in between due to continous driving hours or late night driving? If this is the case, should the agencies have a system in place (like 2 drivers per car for long distance or intervals to be taken in the night)

Is it a result of the roads not having speed breakers in between?

Could we work towards solving this problem. Can someone please come out with a solution to decrease the cases of accidental deaths while travelling.

It is really sad and upsetting to hear off so many lives being lost week on week.

Post Increment (Lessons to Learn

Have you heard the story of "The Washer man and the Foolish Donkey"?

To refresh your memory, and for the benefit of those who have not grown up listening to this moral story, it goes like this…

There was once a washer man who had a donkey and a dog. One night when the whole world was sleeping, a thief broke into the house, the washer man was fast asleep but the donkey and the dog were awake. The dog decided not to bark since the master did not take good care of him and wanted to teach him a lesson. The donkey got worried and said to the dog that if he doesn't bark, the donkey will have to do something himself. The dog did not change his mind and the donkey started braying loudly. Hearing the donkey bray, the thief ran away, the master woke up and started beating the donkey for braying in the middle of the night for no reason.

Moral of the story "One must not engage in duties other than his own"

Now take a new look at the same story…

The washer man was a well educated man from a premier management institute. He had the fundas of looking at the bigger picture and thinking out of the box. He was convinced that there must be some reason for the donkey to bray in the night. He walked outside a little and did some fact finding, applied a bottom up approach, figured out from the ground realities that there was a thief who broke in and the donkey only wanted to alert him about it. Looking at the donkey's extra initiative and going beyond the call of the duty, he rewarded him with lot of hay and other perks and became his favorite pet. The dog's life didn't change much, except that now the donkey was more motivated in doing the dogs duties as well. In the annual appraisal the dog managed a " meets requirement" Soon the dog realized that the donkey is taking care of his duties and he can enjoy his life sleeping and lazing around. The donkey was rated as "star performer". The donkey had to live up to his already high performance standards. Soon he was over burdened with work and always under pressure and now is looking for a job rotation…

If you have worked in a corporate environment, I am sure you have guessed the characters of the new story...

Tips to stay Healthy

U, Me aur Hum

Quite an unexpected film. The promos did not prepare me, for what the film was all about.

The film maker tried to make Kajol look more scary than anything else.

A once watch, once enjoy film..

Advice:
Listen carefully to the jokes.. Or you will miss the punch lines.

A new beginning

Being on medical leave, has had a lot of benefits. It has not only given me a new lease on life, but has also made me understand where my life was headed.

The past one year has been a troubled time for me, and I have let the troubles win the better part of me. Due to which I stopped doing all things that I enjoy most and spent all my free time either reading books or watching TV. Shied away from the world and hid at home.. This was what I had done.

Its now time to change. Come April, I have joined the Summer camp of Terence Lewis being held at Malad and will be learning Salsa. Will also be performing live Mid May. Oh! By the way, I am looking for a dance partner? Anyone interested???? Let me know asap.

Come May and I might gift myself a long awaited... Will let you know, once it is done.

Come June and I will be a Sunday School Catechist once again. This will obviously be for the full academic year. So all my spare time from then on, will go in preparing children to accept Christ in their lives.

These are my plans so far.

But Yes, I know all of you are waiting for the Big Day in my life. That too will be confirmed to you shortly.

So, here's wishing me all the very best, the best life can offer at the start of this financial year.

Cheers!