Uncommon!

Its a joke featured in TV series Porridge  

An old Italian man lived alone in New Jersey. He wanted to plant his annual tomato garden; but it was very difficult work as the ground was hard.
His only son, Vincent, who used to help him, was in prison. The old man wrote a letter to his son and described his predicament:
Dear Vincent,
I am feeling pretty sad, because it looks like I won't be able to plant my tomato garden this year. I'm just getting too old to be digging up a garden plot. I know if you were here my troubles would be over. I know you would be happy to dig the plot for me, like in the old days.

                                               Love, Papa

A few days later he received this letter from his son:
Dear Pop, Don't dig up that garden. That's where the bodies are buried.

                                               Love, Vinnie

At 6 am the next morning, FBI agents and local police arrived and dug up the entire area without finding any bodies. They apologized to the old man and left. That same day the old man received another letter from his son.
Dear Pop, Go ahead and plant the tomatoes now. That's the best I could do under the circumstances.

                                               Love, Vinnie

Uncommon! Wasn't it ? LOL 

Oddy Knocky

Right now, there are people all over the world who are just like you. They’re lonely. They’re missing somebody. They’re in love with someone they probably shouldn’t be in love with. They have secrets you wouldn’t believe. They wish and they dream and they hope, and they look out the window whenever they’re in the car or on a bus or a train and they watch the people on the streets and wonder what they’ve been through. They wonder if there are people out there like them. They’re like you, and you could tell them everything and they would understand.

And right now, they’re sitting here reading these words, and I’m writing this for you so you don’t feel alone anymore. Peace!!

Random

Will be updating some random thoughts here. Few own.. few borrowed...

Love has a right to be spoken. And you have a right to know that somebody loves you. That somebody has loved you, and could love you. We all need to know that. Maybe it’s what we need most. So I wanted to tell you. And because I was afraid, you thought I’d kept away from you because I didn’t love you, or care about you, you know. It might have looked like that. But it wasn’t that.


Kyun roku main apni kalam main syahi?
Jab koi "Armaan" dil main machalta hi nahi..
Na janne kyun sabhi shak karte hai mujh par,
Jab koi sukha phool meri kitaab mail milta hi nahi
Kashish to bahut thi mere pyaar main,
Magar kya karu koi pathar dil pighalta hi nahi
Agar "khuda" mile to usse apna pyaar maangunga
Par suna hi wo marne se pehle milta hi nahi............

If

I find positive energy and right attitude every time I read this poem.
Totally irrational.
Here it is for for all my friends and followers -

If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you;
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or, being lied about, don't deal in lies,
Or, being hated, don't give way to hating,
And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise;

If you can dream - and not make dreams your master;
If you can think - and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with triumph and disaster
And treat those two imposters just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to broken,
And stoop and build 'em up with wornout tools;

If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breath a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: "Hold on";

If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with kings - nor lose the common touch;
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you;
If all men count with you, but none too much;
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds' worth of distance run -
Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,
And - which is more - you'll be a Man my son!

By - Rudyard Kipling

How heavy is your Stress?

A lecturer , when explaining stress management to an audience,
Raised a glass of water and asked,
“How heavy is this glass of water?”

Answers called out ranged from 20g to 500g.

The lecturer replied, “The absolute weight doesn’t matter.
It depends on how long you try to hold it.
If I hold it for a minute, that’s not a problem.
If I hold it for an hour, I’ll have an ache in my right arm.
If I hold it for a day, you’ll have to call an ambulance
In each case, it’s the same weight, but the longer I hold it, the heavier it becomes.”

He continued,
“And that’s the way it is with stress management.
If we carry our burdens all the time, sooner or later,
As the burden becomes increasingly heavy,
We won’t be able to carry on.”

“As with the glass of water,
You have to put it down for a while and rest before holding it again.
When we’re refreshed, we can carry on with the burden.”

“So, before you return home tonight, put the burden of work down. Don’t carry it home You can pick it up tomorrow.”

“Whatever burdens you’re carrying now,
Let them down for a moment if you can.
So, my friend, Put down anything that may be a burden to you right now. Don’t pick it up again until after you’ve rested a while.”

Rich got richer !

A recent study by the National Council for Applied Economic Research threw up some interesting but rather unfortunate results. The top 20% of India's population enjoyed more than 50% of the national income in FY10. This may by itself not seem very surprising. But add to that the fact that in 1993-94, about 37% of India's people earned over 50% of national income and the picture that arises does not look very encouraging. Further, 60% of India had a mere 28% share in total income. This figure stood at 39% around the period of 1991.

The years from 1991 onwards are considered to be reform years for the country. Evidently, the freeing up of the economy has benefited some sections of society much more than others. An Economic Times report points out that this disparity is more to do with the fact that a vast section of Indian society do not have the means to increase their earning power. Due to this, some people are finding themselves in a better position to grab the opportunities a growing economy is throwing up. Clearly, subsidies, support prices and employment guarantee schemes are not proving to be enough. It is education and skill development where more focus should be. As the saying goes, give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man how to fish and you feed him for a lifetime

Remember those who serve!

Hola Amigos,


Got a very nice story to read today. Found it interesting enough to share -

In the days when an ice cream sundae cost much less, a 10 year-old boy entered a hotel coffee shop and sat at a table. A waitress put a glass of water in front of him. "How much is an ice cream sundae?" he asked. "50¢," replied the waitress.
The little boy pulled his hand out of his pocket and studied the coins in it.
"Well, how much is a plain dish of ice cream?" he inquired. By now more people were waiting for a table and the waitress was growing impatient. "35¢!" she brusquely replied.
The little boy again counted his coins. "I'll have the plain ice cream," he said. The waitress brought the ice cream, put the bill on the table and walked away. The boy finished the ice cream, paid the cashier and left.
When the waitress came back, she began to cry as she wiped down the table. There, placed neatly beside the empty dish, were two nickels and five pennies.

You see, he couldn't have the sundae, because he had to have enough left to leave her a tip.
Small acts of courtesy and kindness lifts up your character.

There is nothing better which raises your moral than a motivating story. I know it cause I was grown up hearing many. So, will keep sharing such stuff and more thoughts as it comes across.

Hasta la vista!

Uneasy Devotion !

My friends asked - Why are you growing your beard? I replied - Have made a wish.. will go to Tirupati and get it shaved. They say you don need to do it. But guess I am in an era where things usually get done bribing one another. And we haven't excluded Gods for that matter (not that he asks us to!). It just takes a 100 Rs note and a temple visit for one to get rid of his sins (atleast thats what most sinners would love to believe). Its a difficult thing to do. You know you can't back out cause the unseen force scares you. You say it and you'll have to do it. Its getting difficult for me everyday but I am still holding my ground. I myself have tried bribing the god on numerous occasions before, seldom has it worked. Dunno what kind of hope still keeps this "kick-to-ask-more-wishes" alive. Had been to a famous temple few months ago and felt irritated to get in a queue for Darshan! Was a long queue to tell you. Being right in middle of the crowd makes me uncomfortable. I sometimes wonder- is this what gonna make a difference? My weird beard!! Why can't I do something else which looks more appropriate (yes even for the god!). Present 'em a 100 Rs note? Is that gonna make it better... any better....!!?? Yes this makes me uncomfortable, and is probably not what I would love to do! But I am still gonna wait and go for it .
Though I don't have a answer but I still pose a question to myself -

Why this Uneasy Devotion?