Happy Thoughts: February

Discover your real self

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Once a farmer happened to see a couple of glass jars in his pumpkin field, which someone of the passing motorists threw into his field. He thought it to be a good idea to insert the developing pumpkins into the glass jars in order to protect them from insects. He did it carefully without damaging the tender pumpkins.</div>
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Months later, when the field was fully developed and ready for harvesting the farmer took a close look at the glass jars. Now the glass jars were fully filled with the pumpkins he had put in. To his great shock he realized that the other pumpkins in the same field were larger and fully developed, whereas the pumpkins in the glass jars couldn’t grow beyond the size and shape of the glass prison.</div>
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The perspectives and perceptions of an individual are like these glass jars. Think to what size and shape of jars you are going to get yourself into.</div>
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<b><span style="color: red;">All-embracing Love</span></b></h3>
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Is it possible for the rose to say, “I will give my fragrance to the good people who smell me, but I will withhold it from the bad?” Or is it possible for the lamp to say, “I will give my light to the good people in this room, but I will withhold it from the evil people?”  Or can a tree say, “I’ll give my shade to the good people who rest under me, but I will withhold it from the bad?”  These are images of what love is about.</div>
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Discover your real self

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Joel Weldon’s account of Moso Bamboo trees that grow in China and the Far East is a well-spring of inspiration to young minds. After the Moso bamboo tree is planted, even under the ideal conditions, no visible growth takes place for the next five years. Then it begins its rapid growth, almost two feet every day, reaching a full height of about ninety feet within six weeks. Its magic growth is a wonder but real. Its rapid growth is due to the miles of roots it develops during those five years of silent but vibrant activity underground. The deeply grounded roots of the Moso not only sustain the rapid growth of the tree but also hold the mighty tree of ninety feet standing steady.</div>
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<b>The hallmark of achievement is a long period of preparation.</b></div>
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The Melrose Suspension Bridge across the Niagara River linking Canada and the United States began as a play, flying kites. The formidable task of constructing a bridge across the Niagara with her ominous current was carried out in an unbelievable way. A kite tied to a strong string was flown across the river. A rope was attached to the string and a steel cable to the rope. This steel cable was used to get the rest of the materials for the bridge.</div>
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Things Happy People Do Differently (By Jacob Sokol)

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<b>1. Express gratitude —</b> When you appreciate what you have, what you have appreciates in value. </div>
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<b>2. Cultivate optimism —</b> Winners have the ability to manufacture their own optimism.</div>
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<b>3. Avoid over-thinking and social comparison —</b> Comparing yourself to someone else can be poisonous. </div>
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<b>4. Practise acts of kindness —</b> Selflessly helping someone is a powerful way to feel good inside. </div>
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<b>5. Nurture social relationships —</b> The happiest people on the planet are the ones who have deep, meaningful relationships. </div>
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<b>6. Learn to forgive —</b> Harboring feelings of hatred is horrible for your well-being.</div>
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<b>7. Savour life’s joys —</b> Deep happiness cannot exist without slowing down to enjoy the joy. </div>
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<b>8. Commit to your goals —</b> Being wholeheartedly dedicated to doing something comes fully-equipped with an ineffable force. </div>
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<b>9. Practise spirituality —</b> When we practise spirituality or religion, we recognize that life is bigger than us.  We surrender the silly idea that we are the mightiest thing ever. </div>
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<b>10. Take care of your body —</b> Taking care of your body is crucial to being the happiest person you can be.</div>
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Things Happy People Do Differently (By Jacob Sokol)

1. Express gratitude — When you appreciate what you have, what you have appreciates in value. 2. Cultivate optimism — Winners hav...

The Master's Wisdom

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A snake in the village had bitten so many people that few dared go into the fields. Such was the Master’s holiness that he was said to have tamed the snake and persuaded it to practise the discipline of non-violence.</div>
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It did not take long for the villagers to discover that the snake had become harmless.  They took to hurling stones at it and dragging it about by its tail.</div>
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The badly battered snake crawled into the Master’s house one night to complain. Said the Master, “Friend, you have stopped frightening people, that’s bad!”</div>
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“But it was you who taught me to practise the discipline of non-violence!”</div>
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“I told you to stop hurting, not to stop hissing!”</div>
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The Master would often say that Silence alone brought transformation. But no one could get him to define what Silence was. When asked he would laugh, then hold his forefinger up against his tightened lips — which only increased the bewilderment of his disciples.</div>
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One day there was a breakthrough when someone asked, “And how is one to arrive at this Silence that you speak of?”</div>
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The Master said something so simple that his disciples studied his face for a sign that he might be joking. He wasn’t. He said, “Wherever you may be, look when there is apparently nothing to see; listen when all is seemingly quiet.”</div>
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BEAUTIFUL GEMS FROM SACRED SCRIPTURES

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<b>Buddhism:</b>Many garlands can be made from a heap of flowers. Many good deeds should be done by one born a mortal (Dhammapada 53).</div>
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<b>Christianity:</b> And let us never slacken in doing good; for if we do not give up, we shall have our harvest in due time. So then, as long as we have the opportunity let all our actions be for the good of everybody, and especially of those who belong to the household of the faith (Galatians 6:9-10).</div>
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<b>Hinduism:</b> A person of good acts and good, agreeable and sweet speech, has no equal (Mahabharata, Shanty Parva 84, 10).</div>
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<b>Islam:</b> Good deeds annul evil deeds. This is a reminder for the mindful (Qur’an 11, 144).</div>
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<b>Sikhism:</b> Have benevolence towards all living beings, joy at the sight of the virtuous, compassion and sympathy for the afflicted, and tolerance towards the indolent and ill-behaved (Tattvarthasutra 7.11).</div>
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<b>Zoroastrianism:</b> Those who do excellent works are called excellent at the gate of God; those who do low works, sit outside and weep (Sire Rag, Mahala I., Sabd IV).</div>
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BEAUTIFUL GEMS FROM SACRED SCRIPTURES

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Number Facts

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Number Facts

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The Things God Will not Ask

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God won’t ask what kind of car you drove, but will ask how many people you drove who didn't have transportation.</div>
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God won’t ask the square footage of your house, but will ask how many people you welcomed into your home.</div>
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God won’t ask about the fancy clothes you had in your closet, but will ask how many of those clothes helped the needy.</div>
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God won’t ask about your social status, but will ask what kind of class you displayed.</div>
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God won’t ask how many material possessions you had, but will ask if they dictated your life.</div>
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God won’t ask what your highest salary was, but will ask if you compromised your character to obtain that salary.</div>
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God won’t ask how much overtime you worked, but will ask if you worked overtime for your family and loved ones.</div>
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God won’t ask how many promotions you received, but will ask how you promoted others.</div>
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God won’t ask how many friends you had, but will ask how many people to whom you were a true friend.</div>
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God won’t ask in what neighbourhood you lived, but will ask how you treated your neighbours.</div>
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God won’t ask about the colour of your skin, but will ask about the content of your character.</div>
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God won’t ask how many times your deeds matched your words, but will ask how many times they didn’t.</div>
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The Things God Will not Ask

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The Bill of Rights for Leaders and Followers

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We, who lead and follow, hold these truths to be self-evident:</div>
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That every leader is sometimes a follower, and every follower is sometimes a leader.</div>
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That the leader leads only when others follow; therefore, it is the followers who bestow leadership.</div>
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That, therefore, the power of the leader emanates from the followers.</div>
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That the collective wisdom of the followers is greater than the individual wisdom of the leader; therefore the leader is called to unleash the wisdom of the whole.</div>
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That since power and wisdom reside in the followers, the leader’s goal is to help each follower attain his/her own full potential.</div>
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That the inclination to follow stems from the spirit of the followers and their belief in the integrity of the leader.</div>
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That the leader’s goals are viable only when they are held commonly by the followers.</div>
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That all leaders and followers are engaged in a common search to find a sense of individual dignity and worth. Not only do we see these to be self-evident truths, but we hold them to be a Bill of Rights for followers. They are what we expect from each other while being led.</div>
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The Bill of Rights for Leaders and Followers

We, who lead and follow, hold these truths to be self-evident: That every leader is sometimes a follower, and every follower is some...

Embracing the Future (Ellen Johnson Sirleaf)

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I urge you to be fearless about the future. Just because something has not been done yet, doesn’t mean it can’t be. I was never deterred from running for president just because there had never been any females elected head of state in Africa. Simply because political leadership in Liberia had always been a “boys’ club” didn’t mean it was right, and I was not deterred. Today, an unprecedented number of women hold leadership positions in our country, and we intend to increase that number.</div>
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As you approach your future, there will be ample opportunity to become jaded and cynical, but I urge you to resist cynicism — the world is still a beautiful place and change is possible. As I have noted here, my path to the presidency was never straightforward or guaranteed. Prison, death threats and exile provided every reason to quit, to forget about the dream, yet I persisted, convinced that my country and people are so much better than our recent history indicates.</div>
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The size of your dreams must always exceed your current capacity to achieve them. If your dreams do not scare you, they are not big enough. If you start off with a small dream, you may not have much left when it is fulfilled because along the way, life will task your dreams and make demands on you. I am, however, bullish about the future of our world because of you.  </div>
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—<b> <i>Excerpts from Ellen Johnson Sirleaf’s (the 24th President of the Republic of Liberia and the first elected female Head of State in Africa) Graduation Speech at Harvard University.</i></b></div>
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Embracing the Future (Ellen Johnson Sirleaf)

I urge you to be fearless about the future. Just because something has not been done yet, doesn’t mean it can’t be. I was never deterred...

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It takes a disciplined spirit to endure the monastery on Mount Serat in Spain. One of the fundamental requirements of this religious order is that the young men must maintain silence. Opportunities to speak are scheduled once every two years, at which time they are allowed to speak only two words.</div>
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One young initiate in this religious order, who had completed his first two years of training, was invited by his superior to make his first two-word presentation. “Food terrible,” he said. Two years later the invitation was once again extended. The young man used this forum to exclaim, “Bed lumpy.” Arriving at his superior’s office two years later he proclaimed, “I quit.” The superior looked at this young monk and said, “You know, it doesn’t surprise me a bit. All you’ve done since you arrived is complain, complain, complain!”</div>
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What if you were asked to share two words that describe your life? Would your focus be the lumps, bumps and unfairness, or are you committed to dwell on those things that are good, right and lovely?</div>
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When you fall in any way, don’t see the place where you fell, instead see the place from where you slipped. Life is about correcting mistakes.</div>
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Points to Ponder

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There are two basic motivating forces: fear and love. When we are afraid, we pull back from life. When we are in love, we open to all that life has to offer with passion, excitement and acceptance. We need to learn to love ourselves first, in all our glory and our imperfections. If we cannot love ourselves, we cannot fully open to our ability to love others or our potential to create. Evolution and all hopes for a better world rest in the fearlessness and open-hearted vision of people who embrace life.</div>
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<b>                                                                                                                      — John Lennon</b></div>
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Life is an echo. What you send out, comes back. What you sow, you reap. What you give, you get. What you see in others exists in you. Remember, life is an echo. It always gets back to you. So give goodness.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><b>                                                                                                    — Unknown</b></div>
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Self-acceptance comes from meeting life’s challenges vigorously. Don’t numb yourself to your trials and difficulties, nor build mental walls to exclude pain from your life. You will find peace not by trying to escape your problems, but by confronting them courageously. You will find peace not in denial, but in victory.</div>
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Don’t ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come alive and then go do that. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.</div>
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Knowledge and Confidence (By Marc Chernoff)

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Knowledge and confidence are undoubtedly the two most important qualities one can possess.  Together they create a universal groundwork for success regardless of the mission at hand.  When combined, both knowledge and confidence directly fuel the promise of their counterpart, creating an unstoppable force of human potential.  But if one loses track of the other, chaos takes the driver’s seat.  The truth is that knowledge is almost completely useless without confidence, just as confidence is useless without knowledge.</div>
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Why do they rely so heavily on one another?  In simple terms, knowledge is the product and confidence is the method of delivery. </div>
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<b>Knowledge without Confidence —</b> Confidence is the vehicle for practical application. Without it most knowledge will remain at rest, never seeing the full potential of real world value. Knowledge without confidence is like a healthy set of lungs without air.</div>
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<b>Confidence without Knowledge —</b> Knowledge is the product of reason. How can someone possibly be confident in something they don’t understand? The answer is that confidence can also be driven by ignorance, although in this form it will eventually lead to failure. Without the backend support of knowledge, confidence is nothing more than misguided verve.  Confidence without knowledge is like a sports car with a lawnmower engine.</div>
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In its purest form, success is simply the byproduct of knowledge and confidence.</div>
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Knowledge and Confidence (By Marc Chernoff)

Knowledge and confidence are undoubtedly the two most important qualities one can possess. Together they create a universal groundwork ...

The Anecdotes of the great Personalities

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At the age of 86, still speaking rather stammeringly, Maugham said, “What has influenced my life more than any other single things has been my stammer. Had I not stammered I would probably have gone to Cambridge as my brothers did, perhaps have become a don and every now and then published a dreary book about French literature.”<br />
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Gandhi was late for his Gymnastics class by almost an hour. The teacher had marked him absent and also imposed a penalty on him. Gandhi defended himself by saying that he was looking after his ailing father and the clouds had misguided him with the time (Gandhi, like most of the people in those days, relied on sunlight, cloud movements to track time). The teacher dismissed these and called him a liar for having given such excuses.<br />
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Five Steps of I AM IN LOVE Perspective

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<b>Step One: </b>Love yourself. People who are in love, love themselves. They are excited about the fact that someone else loves them and they learn to appreciate the things that others love about them. Even if you’re not in love, you can find the things that others love about you and focus on them. You can always figure out the things you love about yourself and spend some time on those things. You can love yourself all the time — even when it’s extremely difficult — and you certainly don’t need anyone else to tell you how awesome you are.</div>
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<b>Step Two:</b> Look around you. Those in love are excited by life. Things they’ve seen a million times before seem novel and interesting when they’re showing them to their loved one. But you don’t have to be in love to see the world like someone in love does. You can look around, open your eyes, and see the world from a fresh perspective. Sure, this is a lot easier when you’re showing it to someone else or trying to see it through his/her eyes, but it’s absolutely possible for you to take a new look around and really see what’s happening around you.</div>
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<b>Step Three: </b>Smile, smile, smile. When you’re in love, you’re insanely happy — usually to the point that you catch yourself smiling for absolutely no reason. You don’t have to be in love to smile all the time. You don’t have to be in love to be ridiculously happy. All you need to do is make an effort. It’s a simple thing to forget to do, but smiling can make a huge difference in your life. Smile at yourself in the mirror. Smile at the stranger that holds the door for you. Smile when you’re in the car driving and no one else can see you. Smiling is one of those things that can make you feel happier even if you’re not really in the mood to do.</div>
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<b>Step Four:</b> Seek out positives. When you’re in love, you look for the good things in the other person. You look for the happiness and joy around you. Even when situations aren’t easy to deal with, you make the most of it when you’re with the one you love. You focus on the good even when it seems damn near impossible to do so. You can do this any time you want. You can choose to focus on what’s positive in your life and in the world, with or without a love story in your life. Love makes the world seem brighter, but you have the ability to turn on that light of positivity any time you want to. </div>
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<b>Step Five:</b> Rise above negativity. If you’re seeking out the positives already, this step should come easily to you. It’s important to be positive, but it’s not always enough just to look for the good in life. Sometimes, no matter how hard you look, there is going to be a whole lot of negative. When you’re in love, negative things can seem smaller, less significant. Why is that? It’s because you’re rising above them, soaring to a place that’s more positive and, rather than harping on the negatives, you’re dealing with them and moving on. And that’s what you need to do to see the world through the eyes of love. You have to face the negative situations and then you have to rise above them.</div>
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Five Steps of I AM IN LOVE Perspective

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The Wisdom Evergreen

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The Wisdom Evergreen

Many complain of their looks, but none of their brains. Even the supreme cloth is bound to have one faulty thread. You canno...

Handling of Situations Effectively

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He said, “Mr Lincoln, be not taken up by the praise and applause of some members here in the Parliament. I wish to remind you of your past, especially your life of abject poverty. Remember that the shoes made by your father is still on my heels.” The man’s intention was fulfilled. He humiliated the President in public, speaking about his father’s profession and his childhood life of struggle.</div>
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Everyone in the Parliament expected an outbreak of emotions from Lincoln. But President was least perturbed. He replied coolly to the Senator, “Friend, it is quite a long time since my father passed away. But I am proud that you still wear the shoes he made. Does it not show that he was a great and noble cobbler who could make shoes that last for decades? I feel proud to be born of such a great worker. When your shoes are worn out give them to me. I shall mend them for you. I know very well that job too. I know well to shine or mend shoes and to rule the country. And an important thing is that I know both perfectly well.”</div>
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Once a member of the American Parliament wanted to belittle President Abraham Lincoln in public exposing his childhood poverty and humbl...

With a light heart

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Boss hangs a poster in Office: “I AM THE BOSS. DO NOT FORGET!”<br />
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A man to devil in hell: “Can I make a call to my wife?”</div>
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Devil: “Nothing, hell to hell is free!”</div>
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Johnny: “Maam, if I love you and you love your daughter, then I love your daughter.”</div>
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3. A police can solve a case only when he is suspended from duty.</div>
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4. A hero will show no pain while getting beaten up but will show pain when a woman is trying to clean his wound.</div>
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5. If you decide to start dancing on street, everyone you meet will know the step.</div>
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Boss hangs a poster in Office: “I AM THE BOSS. DO NOT FORGET!” When he returns from lunch, he finds a slip on his desk: “Your wife just ...

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A group of professional people posed this question to a group of 4-8 — year olds: ‘What does love mean?’ The answers that they got were broader and deeper than anyone could have imagined.</div>
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“When my grandmother got arthritis, she couldn’t bend over and paint her toenails anymore. So my grandfather does it for her all the time, even when his hands got arthritis too. That’s love.”  — Rebecca, 8 years</div>
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“When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different. You just know that your name is safe in their mouth.”  — Billy, 4 years</div>
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“Love is when a girl puts on perfume and a boy puts on shaving cologne and they go out and smell each other.” — Karl, 5 years</div>
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“Love is when my mommy makes coffee for my daddy and she takes a sip before giving it to him, to make sure the taste is OK.” <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>— Danny, 7 years</div>
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“Love is when you go out to eat and give somebody most of your French fries without making them give you any of theirs.”  — Chrissy, 6 years</div>
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“If you want to learn to love better, you should start with a friend who you hate.” — Nikka, 6 years</div>
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“Love is when you tell a guy you like his shirt, and then he wears it every day.” — Noelle, 7 years</div>
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“Love is when Mommy gives Daddy the best piece of chicken.”  — Elaine, 5 years</div>
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Definition of LOVE for a Kid

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The Heartthrob of Kollywood - Rajnikanth

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The name says it all. He is among-st the outstanding actors of Indian cinema who shakes the audience with a nod.</div>
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Rajnikanth lost his mother at the age of five. He struggled a lot during his early age because of poverty. He began his career doing various jobs in Bangalore. He also attended a theatre for stage plays. Before starting his career in the film industry, he worked as a bus conductor in Bangalore. His ardent love for acting drew him to the film industry.</div>
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Starting off with a career where Rajnikanth had no ‘godfathers’ around was always difficult. And when he joined the Tamil film industry, he struggled for years — to pay his room rent, to commute in Chennai and to be simply accepted as an actor. He was a villain in his initial films opposite to Kamal Hassan. The film critics of the 1970s found Rajnikanth a cruel joke. However he swam across the flows and difficulties.</div>
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Today Rajnikanth is a rare phenomenon in terms of commercial success of films. Critics attribute his success to his mysterious ability to identify himself with the common folk.</div>
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The Heartthrob of Kollywood - Rajnikanth

The name says it all. He is among-st the outstanding actors of Indian cinema who shakes the audience with a nod. Rajnikanth lost his...

The Love Conquers Hatred

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Joe Mannath in ‘A Closer Look’ writes about the extraordinary power and courage of forgiveness of an exemplary woman, who underwent untold atrocities in the Nazi camp.</div>
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A Jewish woman interned in the Nazi camp during the Second World War suffered great torments and witnessed inhuman cruelty. Once she saw the female Nazi guards waiting for a woman in the camp to give birth to snatch the child and drown it under a cold-water tap. She survived the camp and settled down in Germany.</div>
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One day, she and her camp inmates saw one of their cruel Nazi guards walking down the street with her child in a pram. The women flamed and enraged by the bitterness of their camp experience rushed to the pram. This extraordinary woman stopped them from hurting the child. A passer-by observing all the commotion asked the woman with full admiration, “How did you manage to preserve so much love in the midst of so much hatred?” “It is not that I have preserved love; the fact is that love has preserved me,” replied the heroic lady.</div>
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The Love Conquers Hatred

Joe Mannath in ‘A Closer Look’ writes about the extraordinary power and courage of forgiveness of an exemplary woman, who underwent unto...