Inspiring thoughts for the New Year 2011

# Relationship is not measured when both take care of each other, it is measured when 1 ignores and the other still continues to care.

# 1 tree makes 1 lakh matchsticks but 1 matchstick can burn 1 lakh trees. 1 negative thought can burn all positive thoughts. Therefore be positive in the new year 2011.

# We get comfort from those who agree with us but we get growth from only those who don't agree with us.

# Vigyan kehta hai, " Jeebh pe lagi chot sabse jaldi theek hoti hai" & gyan kehta hai, "Jeebh se lagi chot kabhi theek nahi hoti."

# We can get PEACE of mind if we let go 3 "C" - Criticizing of others,Comparing with others and complaining for others.

# Speak sweetly so that if you have to eat your own words back, they don't taste bad.

An Appreciation : What to appreciate, When and How: an Important Lesson!

One young academically excellent person went for an interview for a managerial position in a big company. He passed the first interview but in that Company, the director did the last interview, made the last decision.

The director discovered from the CV, that the youth's academic result was excellent all the way, from the secondary school until the postgraduate research, never was there a year he did not score. The director asked, "Did you obtain any scholarship in school?" and the youth answered "no".

The director asked, " Did your father pay your school fees?". The youth answered, "my father passed away when I was one year old and it was my mother who paid my school fees".

The director asked, " Where did your mother work?" the youth answered, "my mother worked as cloth cleaner." The director requested the youth to show his hands and the youth showed a pair of hands that was smooth and perfect to the director.

The director asked, " Did you ever help your mother wash clothes before?" The youth answered," never, my mother always wanted me to study and read more books, furthermore, my mother could wash clothes faster than I could"

The director said, I have a request, when you go back today, go and help to clean your mother's hand, and then see me tomorrow morning.

The youth felt that the chance of landing the job was high and when he went back, he happily wanted to clean his mother's hands. His mother felt strange. With happiness mixed with fear, she showed her hands to the kid.

The youth cleaned his mother's hands slowly and his tears fell as he did that. It was the first time he noticed that his mother's hands were so wrinkled, and that there were so many bruises in her hands. Some bruises were so painful that she shuddered when his mother's hands were cleaned with water.

This is the first time that the youth realized and experienced that it is this pair of hands that washed the clothes every day to earn him the school fees and that the bruises in the mother's hand were the price that the mother paid for his graduation and academic excellence and probably his future.

After finishing the cleaning of his mother's hands, the youth quietly washed all the remaining clothes for his mother.

That night, the mother and son talked for a very long time.

Next morning, the youth went to the director's office. The director noticed the tear in the youth's eye and asked: " Can you tell what you did and learnt yesterday in your house?"

The youth answered, " I cleaned my mother's hands and also finished washing all the remaining clothes'

The director asked, "Please tell me what you felt"

The youth said:
"Number 1, I know what appreciation is now'. Without my mother, I would not be successful today.

Number 2, Now I know how to work together with my mother. Only now do I realize how difficult and tough it is to get something done.

Number 3, I know the importance and value of family relationship."

The director said, " This is what I am asking, I want to recruit a person that can appreciate the help of others, a person who knows the suffering of others to get things done, and a person that would not put money as his only goal in life to be my manager. You are hired.

Later on, this young person worked very hard, and received the respect of his subordinates, every employee worked diligently and as a team and the company improved tremendously.


The Lessons from this anecdote:

A child who has been protected and habitually given whatever he needs, develops "entitlement mentality" and always puts himself first. He is ignorant of his parents' efforts. When he starts work, he assumes every person must listen to him, and when he becomes a manager, he would never know the suffering of his employees and always blame others. These kinds of people, may/will achieve good results and may be successful for a while, but eventually would not feel a sense of achievement or satisfaction.

If we happen to be this kind of (protective) parent, this is the time to ask the question- whether we did/do love our kids or destroy them.

You can let your kid live in a big house, eat a good meal, learn to play the piano, watch a big screen TV but when you are cutting grass, please let them experience it.

After a meal, let them wash their plate and bowl together with their brothers and sisters.

It is not because you do not have money to hire a maid, but it is because you want to love and show them the correct way.

You want them to understand that no matter how rich their parent are, one day they will grow old, become weak and that their hair too will grow grey,.

The most important thing is for your kid to learn how to appreciate, experience and learn the effort and ability needed to work with others to get things done. They should also value, appreciate what the parents have done and love them for who they are!

Inspiring thoughts for 24-11-2010

# Every relationship is like a glass... A scratch on anyside will reflect on the other side. So, always handle everyone's feeling with care.

# Even a small dot can stop a big sentence. But....few more dots can give a continuity.
Amazing but true. Every ending can be a new beginning.

# Whatever you give to others, will come back to you in multiples. You can't stop it coming back but you can choose what to give.

# Its not hard to sacrifice something for someone..but its hard to find that someone who deserves your sacrifice.

Inspiring thoughts for 15-11-2010

# Nothing destroys iron like its own rust, Nothing destroys a person like his own ego !! Its our choice to grow or to get destroyed.

#The most beautiful blessing that can ever be given to anyone is -"May the worst day of your future will be better than the best day of your past !"

# We need power only when we want to do something harmful, otherwise love and compassion are enough to get everything done.

#Its better to have a successful exit than a favourable entrance because what matters is not being applauded when we arrive but being remembered when we leave.

Inspiring thoughts for the weekend

Beautiful Quote on the wall of a cinema hall" 1 day your entire life will be like movie in flash back, you just need to make sure that it is worth watching".


The World's happiest couples never have the same nature, they just have the best understanding of their DIFFERENCES.


Fact of life is that most people dont look for the truth of life..., They only search for someone to agree with them.


One thing to learn from life is that getting our UPSET will not help. Always think "UP" & "SET" your goals and things will become easier.

Inspiring thoughts for the weekend

# Relationships don't get Closer by Phone Calls or Msgs. It is sweetened by Thoughts. I Care for U in my own Strange Ways. May Be U will never Know, May Be I will never Show !!

# Smiler is cheaper than electricity but gives more light to our life. So keep smiling !!

# U are today where your thoughts have brought you. U will be tomorrow where your thoughts take you. Lets make positive thinking a habit to have a brighter tomorrow.

# Rocking thought - "Knowingly we don't have time to help people.......Unknowingly we always manage time to hurt people".

# Affection shows human mentality....but situation shows human reality.

# Ego is the double edged sword which cuts popularity in the outer world and purity in the inner world...!!!

Inspiring thought for 28th September 2010

Hard Times are like " Washing machine". They twist, turn & knock us around just as a washing machine. But at the end, we come out cleaner and better.

Inspiring Thought for 20th September 2010

If you want to Walk fast, Walk alone. But if you want to walk far, Walk together.

This has been taken from Ratan Tata's lecture on "Building a Successful Life".

Vision !!

Hey guys, Another very interesting story with a message. Here it goes....

There was a millionaire who was bothered by severe eye pain.

He consulted so many physicians and was getting his treatment done.
He did not stop consulting galaxy of medical experts; he consumed heavy
loads of drugs and underwent hundreds of injections.

But the ache persisted with great vigour than before. At last a monk who
has supposed to be an expert in treating such patients was called for
by the millionaire.

The monk understood his problem and said that for sometime he should
concentrate only on green colours and not to fall his eyes on any other
colours.

The millionaire got together a group of painters and purchased barrels
of green color and directed that every object his eye was likely to
fall to be painted in green colour just as the monk had
directed.

When the monk came to visit him after few days, the
millionaire's servants ran with buckets of green paints and poured on him
since he was in red dress, lest their master not see any other colour and
his eye ache would come back.

Hearing this monk laughed said "If only you had purchased a pair of
green spectacles, worth just a few rupees, you could have saved these
walls and trees and pots and all other articles and also could have saved
a large share of his fortune.

You cannot paint the world green." Let us change our vision and the world
will appear accordingly. It is foolish to shape the world, let us shape
ourselves first. Simple message yet very true and practical.

Lets change our vision..!!

Postive Attitude Matters a lot !!

Guys,This is an amazing story which I would like to share with you all. The story shows that if you want to do something for someone, you can do it wherever you are in this world. It only requires a positive attitude and the willingness to do it. So, here goes the story.....

There was an old man who was living alone in Minnesota. He wanted to spade his potato garden, but it required a lot of hard work which he himself could not do. His only son, who could have helped him, was in prison. So, the old man wrote a letter to his son and mentioned his situation:

Dear Son,

I am feeling pretty bad because it looks like I won't be able to plant my potato garden this year.

I'm just getting too old to be digging up a garden plot. If you were here, all my troubles would be over. I know you would dig the plot for me, if you weren't
in prison.

Love,
Dad

Shortly, the old man received this telegram:

For Heaven's sake, Dad, don't dig up the garden!!

That's where I buried the GUNS!!

At 4 a.m. the next morning, a dozen police officers showed up and dug up the entire garden without finding any guns.

Confused, the old man wrote another note to his son telling him what happened, and asked him what to do next.

His son's reply was: "Go ahead and plant your potatoes, Dad, It's the best I could do for you from here."

Moral:

No matter where you are in the world, if you have decided to do something deep from your heart you can do it. It has always been the thought that matter.....

Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.