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| Evolution of Love Part 2 |
| Remember, if a dog was the teacher you would learn things like: When loved ones come home, always run to greet them; Never pass up the opportunity to go for a joyride; Allow the experience of fresh air and the wind in your face to be pure DELIGHT. Take naps; Stretch before rising; Run, romp, and play daily; Thrive on attention and let people touch you; Avoid biting when a simple growl will do; On warm days, stop to lie on your back on the grass; On hot days, drink lots of water and lie under a shady tree; When you're happy, dance around and wag your entire body; Delight in the simple joy of a long walk; Be loyal; Never pretend to be something you're not; If what you want lies buried, dig until you find it; When someone is having a bad day, be silent, sit close by, and nuzzle them gently Good night Friends |
| *Getting Older* *Laugh it out* I changed my car horn to gunshot sounds. People get out of the way much faster now. Gone are the days when girls used to cook like their mothers. Now they drink like their fathers.. I didn't make it to the gym today. That makes five years in a row. I decided to stop calling the bathroom the 'John' and renamed it the 'Jim'. I feel so much better saying "I went to the Jim this morning". Old age is coming at a really bad time. When I was a child I thought “Nap Time” was a punishment. Now, as a grownup, it feels like a small vacation. The biggest lie I tell myself is..."I don't need to write that down, I'll remember it." I don't have grey hair; I have "wisdom highlights" I'm just very wise. Don't ever ask me to bend down and touch my toes. If God wanted me to touch my toes, He would have put them on my knees. Last year I joined a support group for procrastinators We haven't met yet. Of course I talk to myself; sometimes when I need expert advice. At my age "Getting lucky" means walking into a room and remembering what I came in there for. Actually I'm not complaining because I am a Senager. (Senior teenager) I have everything that I wanted as a teenager, only 60 years later. - I don’t have to go to school or work. - I have a driver’s license and my own car. - I get an allowance every month. - I have my own ipad (although I can't recall where I kept it) - I don’t have a curfew. Life is great. I have more friends I should send this to, but right now I can't remember their names. Now, I’m wondering…did I send this to you, or did you send it to me? *Have a good chuckle. Laughter is a good Medicine* Good for a Healthy Heart 😀😀😀😀😀😀 |
| A teenager in my building committed suicide today. Just walked off a high floor balcony. Indian expats. Its tragic and sad. What gut wrenching time for a parent. What may the child be carrying in his heart , such an unbearable burden may have lain on his heart prompting such a step. Our kids are such precious lives. May God grant him eternal peace from all his sorrows and pain and strength to the parents to bear such a unbearable loss. Let us all hold our kids a little closer and try to understand them better. Encourage them to open up more with us . The times are very tough on them too🙏 |
| Real richness is when u are so expensive that no one can buy ur character. May God take care of all ur needs... Touch ur life with contentment. Bless ur heart with love and faith. Comfort ur soul with gladness and with inner peace. Grant ur good health, ever lasting comfort and relief from the burden of life. Life is short, time is fast, life has no rewind and no reply button, so enjoy ur life every moment as it come. If u really love a flower, don't pluck it, if u pluck it dies and it ceases to be what u love. So if u love a flower, let it be, love is not about possessionn. Love is about appreciation. We love our selves even after doing thousand mistakes,, then how can u hate others for one mistake. Forgiveness is the biggest gift of life, benefit of forgiving is not for others, u will get huge benefits. The secret of future is hidden in ur daily routine with honesty. He who knows that enough is enough will always have enough. When ambition over takes performance, the gap is called frustration, but when performance over takes ambition, it is called success, knowing this difference is known as Wisdom |
| MEDITATION MUST BECOME DEEPER AND DEEPER Your meditation must not be mechanical. Every day's meditation must be deeper, and more enjoyable than the previous day. If you can keep on increasing this bliss, you will find upon arriving at the limitless peace, all-knowing, all-satisfying, sorrowless, ever-new joyous imperishable state of cosmic consciousness. This joy cannot be had by any other means, so do not deceive yourself into thinking that you can know God only through reading. Meditate at home alone whenever you find the opportunity. You will find Him when you use the Psycho-physical laws of meditation, intuition, and devotion. God yields to wisdom's law and devotion only. PRACTICE IN COMPLETE SILENCE Just as you could not hope to meditate with the noise of vacuum cleaner going on near you, so you cannot meditate until you have stilled, by watching your breath, the noises of the heart, the lungs, and the thoughts of the mind ... |
A woman awakes during the night to find that her husband is not in bed. She puts on her robe and goes downstairs to look for him. She finds him sitting at the kitchen table with a hot cup of coffee in front of him. He appears to be in deep thought, just staring at the wall. She watches as he wipes a tear from his eye and takes a sip of his coffee. 'What's the matter, dear' she whispers as she steps into the room, 'Why are you down here at this time of night The husband looks up from his coffee, 'It's the 20th Anniversary of the day we met'. She can't believe he has remembered and starts to tear up. The husband continues, 'Do you remember 20 years ago when we started dating, I was 18 and you were only 16,' he says solemnly. Once again, the wife is touched to tears. 'Yes, I do' she replies. The husband pauses The words were not coming easily. 'Do you remember when your father caught us in the back seat of my car' 'Yes, I remember' said the wife, lowering herself into the chair beside him. The husband continued. 'Do you remember when he shoved the shotgun in my face and said, "Either you marry my daughter or I will send you to prison for 20 years' 'I remember that, too' she replied softly. He wiped another tear from his cheek and said "I would have gotten out today." 😂 |
| Piloting a MIG-21 fighter aircraft on an operational sensitive sortie in the treacherous and tough hilly terrain of the Kashmir Valley on 07 October 1998, *Flight Lieutenant Rakesh Kumar Kamboj* had achieved an important milestone in any Fighter Pilot's career. Born on 15 September 1969 in Ferozepur, Punjab, Rakesh Kumar Kamboj was affectionately called *Khabbu* by his classmates in Sainik School, Kapurthala, Punjab where he studied. Khabbu was derived from the Punjabi word "Khabbe" which means the left direction. Rakesh was a left handed person. The name Khabbu stuck on for life. Khabbu belonged to an illustrious family of Punjab. His father was a senior Punjab Police Officer who retired from the rank of Inspector General and his mother was a home maker. As a student Rakesh had only one ambition in life and that was to fly fighter aircraft for the Indian Air Force. His room at home or in school had various posters and models of different aircrafts. His talks hovered around an aircraft and it's mechanics. Khabbu would purchase any book on aircrafts on which he could lay his hands on. He had only one passion in life and that was to fly a fighter aircraft for the Indian Air Force. After a grueling enterance exam and interview for the National Defence Academy (NDA) Khadakwasla which is ranked as the eight toughest exam in the world, Rakesh Kumar Kamboj was selected for the 79 NDA Course. Khabbu was tall and had a fair and handsome personality. He looked like the noted filmstar Dharmendra. Infact his coursemates and his classmates used to goad him to join the Indian Film industry because of his handsome looks but Rakesh was clear on the mission of his life. On joining NDA on 02 January 1988, Kamboj was alloted Delta Squadron. In the three years in NDA, Rakesh proved to be an all rounder. He was a six star Bronze Torchie which meant that he excelled in Academics. He was in the NDA Cricket Team and was a good boxer too. Khabbu passed out from the NDA on 01 December 1990 and after four weeks leave reported to the Air Force Academy, Hyderabad on 07 January 1991 as part of the 148 Pilot Course. After succesful completion of the training in AFA, Khabbu was commissioned as a Flying Officer on 14 December 1991 in the Indian Air Force and was allocated to fly Transport aircrafts. But Rakesh did not want to fly Transports as flying Fighter aircrafts was his dream, passion and mission in life. Kamboj represented to the highest offices and seeing the passion in him, executive orders were issued for him to convert to flying Fighter aircrafts, a rarity till date. Khabbu started flying MIG-21 aircrafts and soon became the most dependable and indispensable Pilot of any Squadron he was posted in. On 07 October 1998, Rakesh was assigned an operationally sensitive sortie in the Kashmir Valley. Khabbu's chest swelled with pride as it is the dream of any Fighter Pilot to be choosen for this sortie. Airborne at Nilgrant near Sonamarg, 84 kilometers from Srinagar and negogiating the airpath between two very close mountains after successfuly completing the operational task assigned to him, the plane crashed after grazing a mountain feature and *Flight Lieutenant Rakesh Kumar Kamboj* was martyred in the service of the nation. In the memory of such a brave and fearless Officer, the Punjab Government decided to name a Road and a Chowk in Ferozepur in the memory of *Flight Lieutenant Rakesh Kumar Kamboj* on his name so that his name remains immortal and he is remembered forever. We pay homage to *Flight Lieutenant Rakesh Kumar Kamboj* 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 *Flight Lieutenant Rakesh Kumar Kamboj*. As the famous American scholar and author Joseph Cambell said .... *"A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself".* |
| The on-duty nurse took the anxious young Major to the bedside. "Your son is here," she said softly, to the old man lying there. She had to repeat the words several times before the patient's eyes opened. Heavily sedated because of the pain of his heart attack, he dimly saw the young uniformed Major standing outside the oxygen tent. He reached out his hand. The Major wrapped his toughened fingers around the old man's limp ones, squeezing a message of love and encouragement. The nurse, observing the touching moments, brought a chair so that the Major could sit beside the bed. "Thank you Ma'am!" a polite acknowledgement followed. All through the night the young Major sat there in the poorly lit ward, holding the old man's hand and offering him words of love and strength. Occasionally, the nurse suggested that the officer move away and rest awhile. He graciously refused. Whenever the nurse came into the ward, he was oblivious of her and of the night noises of the hospital - the clanking of the oxygen tank, the laughter of the night staff members exchanging greetings, the cries and moans of the other patients. Now and then she heard him say a few gentle words. The dying man said nothing, only held tightly to his son all through the night. Along towards dawn, the old man died. The Major released the now lifeless hand he had been holding and went to tell the nurse. While she did what she had to do, he waited... Finally, she returned,- & started to offer words of sympathy, but the Major interrupted her. . . . . . "Who was that man?" he asked. The nurse was startled, "He was your father," she answered. "No, he wasn't," the Major replied. "I never saw him before in my life." "Then why didn't you say something when I took you to him?" "I knew right away there had been a mistake, but I also knew he needed his son, and his son just wasn't here!" The nurse listened on, confused. "When I realized that he was too sick to tell whether or not I was his son, knowing how much he needed me, I stayed." "So then what was the purpose of your visit here, at the hospital, good sir?", the nurse queried of him. "I came here tonight to find a Mr. Vikram Salaria. His son was Killed in J&K last night, and I was sent to inform him." 'But the man whose hand you kept holding whole night was Mr Vikram Salaria!' They stood in completee silence. There couldn't be anything more assuring for a dying man than his son's hand! The next time someone needs you ... just be there! & Just stay!!! WE ARE NOT HUMAN BEINGS GOING THROUGH A TEMPORARY SPIRITUAL EXPERIENCE, WE ARE SPIRITUAL BEINGS GOING THROUGH A TEMPORARY HUMAN EXPERIENCE....... |
| Dont miss this.. It was the year 1946. Germany stood devastated by the Second World War. The Allies had won the war, and many German cities, including Munich, had been severely damaged by the British Royal Air Force. Munich, the picturesque capital of the Bavarian region of Germany, and centre of the country’s diesel engine production, had suffered as many as 74 air-raids. More than half the entire city had been damaged or destroyed. On one gloomy morning that year, at the Munich Railway station, stood the Directors of Krauss Maffei, the reputed German engineering Company. They were waiting for the arrival of their guests from India. Founded in 1838, Krauss Maffei was a leading maker of locomotives of various types, and an engineering company with a formidable reputation. Unfortunately, the Company now stood devastated by the World War, since their factories had been destroyed by the Allied Forces. The guests from India got down from their train. They were Directors from the Tata Group in India. If you had been there, you would have seen JRD Tata, the young, tall, lanky Chairman of the Group, get off the train. And accompanying him was a forty-year old engineer, Sumant Moolgaonkar, representing TELCO (now Tata Motors). They had come to Munich for discussions with Krauss Maffei, regarding the manufacture of locomotives in India. What they found, instead, were scenes of destruction and ruin. The Germans requested the Indians to take some of their unemployed engineers to India, alongwith their families, and provide them jobs and shelter. The Directors of Krauss Maffei are reported to have told the Tata Directors – "They are very skilled people. They will do whatever you ask them if you take care of them. They can also teach your people." This would have to be done without a formal contract, because the British, who were still ruling India, had forbidden Indian Companies from having any contracts with German Corporations, during those times of the World War. But this request was urgent, and compelling. Because in that year, with factories lying destroyed, unemployment in Germany was rampant, and the then German currency, the Reichsmark, had become almost worthless. The Tata Directors agreed to this request, and assured the Germans that their people would be well looked after. The German engineers from Krauss Maffei then came to India, and they were provided good jobs and housing by the Tata Group. They were well taken care of, and they also rendered great service to Tata Motors. In 1945, Tata Motors had signed an agreement with the Indian Railways for manufacture of steam locomotives, and this is where the German engineers provided valuable technical expertise. They helped the Company manufacture locomotives, which were amongst the Company’s very first products. In 1947, India became independent In the 1950s, Tata Motors moved on to manufacture trucks in collaboration with Daimler Benz. Many years had now passed since that fateful meeting at the Munich Railway Station. Germany had substantially recovered from the ravages of the war, and the reconstruction effort had borne great fruit. In one of these happier years, the Board of Directors of Krauss Maffei was surprised to suddenly receive a letter from India. This letter was from the Tata Group. It offered grateful thanks for the services of the German engineers, and it contained an offer of compensation to Krauss Maffei for the skills which had been transferred by the Germans to Tata Motors. Krauss Maffei was surprised, even taken aback at this offer. There was no legal contract, and therefore no obligation for the Tata Group to pay any compensation. In fact, I think, neither did this expectation exist, because the Tata Group had helped by providing jobs and shelter to the otherwise unemployed German engineers, during those dark days. So, the Germans were astonished, as they read the Tata letter. This story was narrated many, many years later, in the 1970s, by Directors of Krauss Maffei, to Arun Maira, then a senior Director of Tata Motors. Arun Maira is one of India’s most respected and distinguished business thinkers today. In a thoughtful article that he wrote for the Economic Times in 2005 (thank you, Mr. Maira, for this wonderful piece), he recollects how two elderly German gentlemen met him as part of a business transaction in Malaysia, jumped up, shook his hands, and wanted to express their deepest gratitude to him They then narrated to him this fascinating story, which, they said, is now part of their Company’s folklore. One interesting and unexpected sidelight of this story occurred when Tata Motors was asked to provide a legally binding financial guarantee in the 1970s, but this was rendered very difficult because of the Indian Government’s regulations at that time. This matter was taken up to German bankers, who said that a guarantee on a Tata letterhead, signed by the Chairman, was more valuable than any banker’s guarantee. I do not know what exact thoughts ran through the minds of Tata Directors in the 1950s before they sent that letter to Krauss Maffei, offering compensation where none was agreed upon or expected. But I think the Tata Group did this because it was the right thing to do. The right thing to do is never defined by formal agreements or legal contracts alone. Neither is it defined by the expectations that others have of us. What is right is defined by our own high expectations of ourselves, by the culture of fairness and trust that we wish to establish. Are we being truly fair to the people and the Companies we work with? We always know, if we listen deeply enough to our inner voice, whether we are being totally fair and right. The Krauss Maffei story holds such a beautiful lesson for all of us. |
| *I firmly believe terrorists are born to be killed & they do not deserve any rights, forget human rights*. Serving defence forces personnel at disturbed area should be beyond questioning by supreme court and law to that effect should be enacted in parliament. *A Great Feedback From an Army Veteran on Supreme Court's Order on Human Rights in Kashmir.* An Army veteran, who lost a family member to a militant’s bullet, has raised an agonising poser to the Supreme Court, *“How much do you know about the brutality of war?* *How many of you have sent your progeny to the armed forces*? *Have you ever lost a family member in the defence of the country*? *Do you know the pain of losing a young son or having a widowed daughter or seeing your grandchildren grow up without their father*? *If not, please do not impede our war effort.* *Human rights sound very nice when you and your families are safely ensconced in secure air-conditioned homes, but not when you are facing bullets and stone of a unruly religious fanatic mob."* *Applying the Court directions to the Pulwama incident, an FIR will be lodged against Gunner Rishi Kumar who risked his life and killed two terrorists despite being hit on his headgear.* Police investigations will carry on for years haunting him even when posted to other places in India. *Courts will issue summons and demand his presence.* *He will be accused of depriving the ‘innocent’ jihadis of their human rights and asked to justify the killings.* He will be queried- *"Are you sure they were terrorists? They did not kill you, why did you kill them?"* He will be asked- *"Did you give them adequate opportunity to surrender and reform themselves?"* *"Did you give them a fair chance to escape?"* *"Did you fire warning shots in the air?"* *Instead of lauding his bravery, he will be subjected to judicial witch-hunt. What a disgrace for the nation...!* *Subjecting active military operations to judicial review is an outlandish idea.* *Whereas all nations empower their soldiers to vanquish enemies of the state, India takes pride in shackling them.* While addressing the U.S. Naval Academy in April 2010, *Secretary of Defence Robert M Gates of USA had said-* *"You have answered the trumpet call. For my part, I consider myself personally responsible for each and every one of you as though you were my own sons and daughters.* *And when I send you in harm’s way, as I will, I will do everything in my power to see that you have what you need to accomplish your mission – and come home safely."* *Apparently, India’s Supreme Court thinks differently.* *Human rights of the enemies of the state appear to be far more important than the security of the country.* *Finally, as a serving officer commented -* *“The Supreme Court has given us two options-* *Get killed and the country will honour your martyrdom* or *Kill the terrorist and face police/judicial investigations for years."* His apprehensions are genuine and shared by the most. Wonder which soldier will look forward to serving in such antagonistic environment! *Appeal to All Indians:-* *However, Let us all make this a People's movement so that the Supreme Court will Reconsider the issue and Appreciate its gravity.* *We cannot Fight for India on borders but We can Fight for our Soldiers Betterment from the safety of our homes.👏* |
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