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| Evolution of Love Part 2 |
| A few important rules to teach your daughter/daughtersâ€ïžâ€ïž 1. Itâs okay to cry when youâre hurt. But, wash your face, and get up off the floor when youâre done. You donât belong down there. 2. You are a woman, you do NOT need a man, but you can absolutely enjoy your life with a good one. 3. Happiness is not a permanent state. Wholeness is. Donât confuse these. 4. Never walk through an alley alone. 5. âCanâtâ - is a cop-out. 6. Hold your heroes to a high standard. Be your own hero. 7. If you canât smile with your eyes, donât smile. Insincerity is nothing to aspire to. 8. Stay true to yourself always. 9. Your body, your rules. 10. If you have an opinion, youâd better know why. 11. Practice your passions. 12. Ask for what you want. The worst thing they can say is no. 13. Wish on stars, and then get to work to make them happen. 14. Stay as sweet as you are. 15. Say Please, Thank You, and Pardon Me, whenever the situation warrants it. 16. Reserve âIâm sorryâ for when you truly are! 17. Question everything ... except your own intuition. 18. You are amazing! Don't let anyone ever make you feel you are not. If someone does....walk away. You deserve better. 19. No matter where you are, you can always come home. 20. Be happy and remember your roots. 21. Say what you mean and mean what you say. 22. Be kind; treat others how you would like them to treat you. 23. If in doubt, remember whose daughter you are and straighten your crown. đđđŒ |
| The proprietor of a coffee shop had been busy all day. Being Saturday, it was very crowded and the customers were just unending. He had been on his toes since morning. Towards the evening he felt a splitting headache surfacing. As the clock ticked away, his headache worsened. Unable to bear it, he stepped out of the shop leaving his staff to look after the sales. He walked across the street to the Chemist, to buy himself a painkiller to relieve his headache. He swallowed the pill and felt relieved. He knew that in a few minutes he would feel better. As he strolled out of the shop, he casually asked the salesgirl, "Where is Mr Sharma (the Chemist)? He's not at the cash counter today!" The girl replied, "Sir, Mr Sharma had a splitting headache and said he was going across to the coffee shop. He said a cup of hot coffee would relieve him of his headache." The man's mouth went dry and he mumbled, "Oh! I see." *This is a typical case of looking outside ourselves for something that we have within us*. How strange but true! The chemist relieves his headache by drinking coffee and the coffee shop owner finds relief in a pain relieving pill! A man hunts across the lengths and breadths of the universe to find peace. Eventually he finds it in his heart and realizes that peace is really a state of mind. |
| Hello new year. They tell me you bring strawberries and sadness. They tell me you wear polished sunbeams and raindrop prisms. They tell me you belong to me and they would like me to partake of ur banquet. They tell me ur meat is rich ur sauce is thick ur wine is stronger than anything before. But what of the days that melt into nights and nights that are blanched by days By the passing of the shades of light By the shadow people the years after and the years behind colliding in the soft soil of dreams Are there new days? Are there new nights? Are there years? Are there deaths and life rebirthed? Is there only a beach inside a sand dune? Waiting For the city to burn and the rain to stop For a homecoming an ending and Maybe for the restlessness of time maybe for the desperation of skin maybe for the hunger of the tongues in the brain maybe for gutters in the throat To run run run run dry. |
| A Collection of superb, hard hitting, humorous comments on govt, politics, bureaucracy by legends . đđ *"In my many years I have come to a conclusion, ... that one useless man is a shame, two [useless men] is a law firm and three or more [useless men] is a government."* ~John Adams ******** *"If you don't read the newspaper you are uninformed, if you do read the newspaper, you are misinformed."* ~Mark Twain ******** *"I contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle."* ~Winston Churchill ********* *"A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul."* ~George Bernard Shaw ******* *"Foreign aid might be defined as a transfer of money from poor people in rich countries to rich people in poor countries."* ~ Douglas Casey, Classmate of Bill Clinton at Georgetown University ****** *"Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys."* ~P.J. O'Rourke, Civil Libertarian ****** *"Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn't mean politics won't take an interest in you!"* ~Pericles (430 B.C.) ******* *"No man's life, liberty, or property is safe while the legislature is in session."* ~Mark Twain (1866) ****** *"The government is like a baby's alimentary canal, with a happy appetite at one end and no responsibility at the other."* ~ Ronald Reagan ****** *"The only difference between a tax man and a taxidermist is that the taxidermist leaves the skin."* ~Mark Twain ******* *"What this country needs are more unemployed politicians."* ~Edward Langley, Artist (1928-1995) ******* *"A government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to take everything you have."* ~Thomas Jefferson ******* *"We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office."* ~Aesop ******** *"If you think health care is expensive now, wait until you see what it costs when it's free!"* ~P.J. O'Rourke ****** |
| đșđđž JAI MA ANANDAMAYI đžđđș How much karma from former births remains yet to be worked out! Just as when, for example, someone has ruined his digestion by indulging in excessive and unrestrained eating; even though he later adopts a frugal and well-regulated diet, the results of these wise measures will not be noticeable straight away. Thus: whatever be the nature of oneâs actions at the time, one has also simultaneously to enjoy and suffer the accumulated consequences of oneâs previous conduct. In Godâs creation there is perfect justice. Generally speaking, man is born into this world in order to reap the pleasant results of his good deeds as well as the outcome of his wrong-doing. What about the consequences of any impropriety or injustice he commits at the present time? He will of course have to endure them. Man enjoys the fruit of his accumulated former good works, but he will also have to suffer the effects of evil deeds. The Almightyâs Will is being fulfilled. Man must foster the desire to perform right action. Even the impossible becomes possible by Godâs Will. Let His Lotus-feet be your sole refuge. 67 Man must behave as a hero. During spells of misfortune he must abide in fortitude and patience. Time does not stand still. Suicide is a most heinous sin. To whom belongs the body that you speak ofâ destroying? Is this the way a human being talks? For shame! 68 This is the time to mould yourself. You will have to resort to renunciation and forÂtitude. So as to be released from the evil propensities acquired in previous lives, which have led to pain and suffering, try to make your heart the consecrated shrine of the All-Good, and desire desirelessness. The first thing is to feel drawn towards God. Be unfailing in service. Whatever has to be done for anyone, do it in a spirit of service. There is yet another matter to which special attention must be paid: sloth has to be abandoned altogether. When it is a question of good deeds or spiritual exercises (satkarma), disinclination and lethargy have to be completely ruled out. The difficulties that may arise when doing anyone a service should be borne cheerfully. 69 No two days pass alike. Do not allow yourself to be -overcome by despair. Have complete trust in Him in spite of everything ---to Him you should call out in happiness and in pain. If you have fallen to the ground, use it is a lever to raise yourself up again, for it is manâs duty to exert himself, no matter what he undertakes. 70 Misfortune must not be looked upon as a disaster: It would be a sin to do so for who sends misfortune? What He does is all-beneficent. Under no circumstances, howÂever adverse, should man accept defeat. âGurudeva, you do only what is for my real well-beingâ â keep this thought ever with you. In this world there are bound to be all sorts of troubles. If you have lost wealth and position, let them be gone. Pray to God only for the lives of your family. 71 In times of affliction one must persevere in patience. Although distress and danger are certainly part of manâs lot, yet will they be conquered by one who can meet them with courage and calm. Conditions vary. During times of misfortune it is necessary to rely on Him with even greater tenacity. There is no knowing through what mishap He may wipe out peril. Sometimes He actually removes danger by adversity. This is why He is called DisÂpeller of Dangerâ Saviour. |
1. " In EVERYONE'S Life, at Some Time, our Inner Fire Goes Out. It is Then BURST into Flame by An ENCOUNTER with Another Human Being. We should all be THANKFUL for THAT PERSON who REKINDLES The Inner Spirit....." 2. " A Friend - The One Who KNOWS - The Song in YOUR HEART - And Sings It to you when your Memory Fails......" 3. " FRIENDS - Those RARE People who ask you How You Are ; And THEN WAIT - For The Answer....." 4. " A REAL Friend is someone who would FEEL LOSS if you jumped on a train, or IN FRONT OF ONE.......". 5. " A True Friend REACHES for Your Hand and Touches your HEART......" TO SUM IT UP....(A short Poem I read LONG BACK - Author Unknown) 6. " If Youâre ALONE, I Shall be your SHADOW. If you Want to Cry, I Shall be your SHOULDER. If you Want a HUG, I Shall be your PILLOW. If you Need to BE HAPPY, I Shall be your SMILE. But Anytime you NEED a Friend, I SHALL JUST BE ME.......". FRIEND - LIFE'S TREASURE. |
| A MUST read on new year : .................................... I woke up today, having dreamt early morning at 4 AM. I was in the Mall looking to buy a pair of socks and a neck tie. As I walked in, I noticed a sweater with a price tag of RS 9000. Next to the sweater were a pair of Jeans for Rs.10000. The socks were Rs.8000! And Tie for astonishing 16,000. I went looking for a salesperson and found one in the watch Dept. He was showing a man a Rs. 225 Rolex watch. I looked in the glass case and there was a 4 carat diamond ring also on sales for Rs.95. Shocked I asked the salesperson "How could a Rolex watch sell for Rs.225 and a cheap pair of socks sell for Rs. 8000"? He said "Someone slid into the store last night and changed the price tag on everything. Everyone is confused, people are acting like they have lost their sense of value. They are willing to pay lots of money for things of little value and very little money for things of great value. It's like they don't know what is really valuable and what's not. I hope we get the price tags back-on right soon. I really pity, seeing people paying way too much for things of little value ". I woke up startled & confused and thinking since then ... Maybe our life is like this dream. Maybe someone slid into our lives and changed the price on everything. Maybe they marked up the value of competition, position, titles, fame, promotion, show-off, money, and power ! And put a huge discount on the value of Happiness, Family, Relationships, Peace of mind, Contentment, Love , Knowledge, Kindness, Friendships. Maybe we are all living this dream...I hope we wake up well in-time! And start our New Year on this fresh note!! |
| Sip your whiskey nice and slow đ„ Sip your đ„whiskey, nice and slow, No one ever knows when itâs time to go, Thereâll be no time to enjoy the glow, So sip your đ„whiskey nice and slow. Life is too short but feels pretty long, Thereâs too much to do, so much going wrong, And most of the time you struggle to be strong, Before itâs too late and itâs time to go, Sip your đ„ whiskey nice and slow. Some friends stay, others go away, Loved ones are cherished, but not all will stay , Kids will grow up and fly away, Thereâs really no saying how things will go, So sip đ„ your whiskey nice and slow. Before you know it seasons have changed, Those precious little moments are part of yesterday, Most things have turned out relatively okay, And you finally reap what you have sown, So sip đ„ your whiskey nice and slow. In the end itâs really all about love, For this world and itâs beauty and the stars above, For His grace in your life , for each present moment, Smile and breathe and let your worries go, Just sip đ„ your whiskey nice and slow..... đ„đ„ Cheers đ» |
| *Colonel Praneet Goel, Sena Medal* belonged to an illustrious family of academicians. His parents ran a school in the quite and calm town of Roorkee. Being an important Army Cantonment, Roorkee had many men in olive greens and these soldiers had an important impact on the young Praneet and at a very young life Praneet had decided that he only wanted to become an Army Officer when he grew up. His parents fully supported the ambition of young Praneet though they had a flourishing business and intrinsically wanted Praneet to take over the family business. But being professional academicians they always gave wings to Praneetâs ambition so that he could soar high in life happily. And soar Praneet did. On 02 January 1988, Praneet Goel joined the 79 NDA Course in the prestigious National Defence Academy, Khadakwasla, Pune after clearing the worldâs eighth toughest exam. The tall and well built Praneet took easily to the tough training regime of NDA as fish takes to water. It was clear to his coursemates right from day one, that Praneet would do very well in NDA and eventually as an Army Officer. Praneet was allotted Charlie Squadron in NDA. In the three years in NDA, Praneet did very well in Cross Country and Basketball. In all the six terms in NDA, Praneet came in the second enclosure in Cross Country and was in the first string of the Basketball Team of his Squadron. The six terms in NDA have three outdoor Camps â Camp Greenhorn in the Second Term, Camp Rovers in the Fourth Term and Camp Torna in the Sixth Term. Camp Rovers is the toughest Camp in the entire world. One of the strong indicators of the mettle of a cadet in NDA is the performance in these three Camps. Praneet in Hindi means âLeaderâ. And leader Praneet was in these camps. Always volunteering to pick up heavy loads during the tough exercises in these camps, or volunteering to do map reading, considered very tough under these trying circumstances, Praneet emerged as the undisputed leader in his Squadron and was aptly nicknamed âThe Josh Box of Charlie Squadronâ. In the beginning of the sixth term in NDA, Praneet Goel was given the coveted appointment of Cadet Quarter Master Sergeant (CQMS) for his superlative performance in the last five terms. The appointment of CQMS is one of the top three appointments given to the best three Cadets in a Squadron, the other two being Squadron Cadet Captain (SCC) and Cadet Sergeant Major (CSM). CQMS Praneet Goel passed out 32nd in the overall order of merit of 323 Cadets of 79 NDA Course who passed out on 01 December 1990. On 08 January 1991, Praneet Goel reported to the internationally acclaimed Indian Military Academy (IMA), Dehradun as part of the 89 Regular Course, for the last one year of pre-commission training. Gentlemen Cadet (GC) Praneet Goel was allotted Jessore Company. Continuing with his brilliant performance, GC Praneet Goel excelled in the training in IMA too and in the third and final term, Praneet Goel was given the important appointment of Junior Under Officer (JUO). JUO Praneet Goel was commissioned as an Officer in the highly decorated and valiant Assam Regiment on 14 December 1991 after an impressive Passing Out Parade (POP). Praneetâs parents who came for the POP from Roorkee, pipped one star on his either shoulder. Second Lieutenant Praneet Goel smartly saluted his Parents after being pipped by them and then touched their feet. His Parents embraced Praneet and tears of happiness flowed in the eyes of all three. It was a sombre and poignant moment as Praneet had achieved his ambition at a young and tender age of just 21 years. After three weeks of post commissioning leave 2/Lt Praneet Goel reported to the Assam Regimental Centre in Shillong for orientation training. Because of his being good in Drill and having a smart soldierly bearing, 2/Lt Praneet Goel was selected as one of the two Stick Orderlies for the Eastern Command Investiture Ceremony which was to be held in Shillong. Being selected as a Stick Orderly for a Command Investiture Ceremony is a matter of great pride and honour. Soon after he reported to his Battalion and after a few months itself he was given the coveted appointment of Adjutant. Shortly orders came for the Battalion to move on a Foreign Mission to Cambodia. The Battalion did exceedingly well in the foreign land and after completing their assigned tenure they came back to India. After a couple of prestigious staff and instructional postings, Major Praneet Goel cleared the prestigious Staff College Exam and went for a yearâs course in the famed Defence Services Staff College located in the salubrious Wellington, nestled in the majestic Nilgiris. Praneet did well in this Course too. After the Staff College Course, Major Praneet Goel was selected as the Staff Officer to a Formation Commander, who was also the Colonel of the Assam Regiment, of an important Operational Formation in Srinagar. One evening after office hours, as Praneet was playing Lawn Tennis in the Sports Complex of the Formation Headquarters, three terrorists attacked the Formation Headquarters in a Fidayeen (suicidal) attack. Major Praneet Goel, in his sports dress and unmindful of his personal security and safety, grabbed an AK-47 from a nearby sentry and rushed to the place of attack. He immediately took over the control of the situation and within 40 minutes killed all the three terrorists. For this brave act of a very high order Major Praneet Goel was awarded the Sena Medal (Gallantry), one of the Nationâs prestigious awards for bravery. As a Lieutenant Colonel for his very good performance as an Officer till date, Lt Col Praneet Goel, Sena Medal was selected for the prestigious appointment of United Nations Department of Peace Keeping Officer (UNDPKO) in the United Nations Headquarters in New York, USA. Praneet did very well as the UNDPKO and soon became an indispensable part of the team of the Secretary General, United Nations. After the three year tenure in the United Nations Praneet was promoted to the coveted rank of Colonel and was assigned the command of his own Battalion, the very Battalion he was commissioned in as a 2/Lt. It is the dream of every Indian Army Officer to command the Battalion he is commissioned in. *Colonel Praneet Goel, Sena Medal* assumed the command of his Battalion in the operational area of Poonch, Jammu & Kashmir. Praneet started leading his Battalion from the front, be it operationally or in training. The career of Praneet was on an upward trajectory and it was very certain now that Praneet would rise to the higher echelons of the Indian Army and would retire nothing less than a Lieutenant General. But destiny had planned it otherwise. On the evening of 02 January 2010, as one of the sub-units of Praneet was doing intensive training., Praneet reached their training location after darkness had set in and started monitoring their progress. After the training finished at around 1 am in the morning of 03 January 2010, Praneet headed back to his Battalion Headquarters which was at some distance away. At around 1.30 am as Praneet was on his way back in his official vehicle being driven by his trusted and well trained driver, a huge truck which had steel reinforcement bars protruding out of it was reversing and in that process the steel bars broke the windshield of the Maruti Gypsy vehicle that Praneet was being driven in and brutally entered his chest and Praneet started bleeding profusely. The security vehicle following Praneetâs vehicle immediately evacuated Praneet to the nearby Military Hospital. Despite the best efforts of the Army Doctors to save him, Praneet left for heavenly abode. *Colonel Praneet Goel, Sena Medal sacrificed his life in the duty of the Nation*. A bright career of a promising soldier came to an abrupt and tragic end. As Daniel Webster, a famous American politician remarked âAlthough there is no sculptured marble in their memory, nor engraved stone of their deeds, yet their remembrance will be as lasting as the land they honouredâ. We pay homage to *Colonel Praneet Goel, Sena Medal*, on this solemn day. You shall forever remain in our hearts and memories and will always be a source of inspiration to all of us. Our prayers for your eternal peace. I request all of you to please observe two minutes silence in memory of *Colonel Praneet Goel, Sena Medal*. Amen. |
| Two friends were walking through the desert. During some point of the journey they had an argument, and one friend slapped the other one in the face. The one who got slapped was hurt, but without saying anything, wrote in the sand: âToday my best friend slapped me in the face.â They kept on walking until they found an oasis, where they decided to take a bath. The one who had been slapped got stuck in the mire and started drowning, but the friend saved him. After he recovered from the near-drowning, he wrote on a stone: âToday my best friend saved my life.â The friend who had slapped and saved his best friend asked him, âAfter I hurt you, you wrote in the sand, and now you write on a stone. Why?â The friend replied, âWhen someone hurts us we should write it down in sand, where winds of forgiveness can erase it away. But when someone does something good for us, we must engrave it in stone where no wind can ever erase it.â Learn to write your hurts in the sand and to carve your benefits in stone. They say it takes a minute to find a special person, an hour to appreciate them, a day to love them, but then an entire life to forget them. Do not value the things you have in your life, but value who you have in your life! |
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