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The top marketing director of Nescafe manages to arrange a meeting with the Pope at the Vatican.

After receiving the papal blessing, the Nescafe official whispers, 'Your Eminence, I have some business to discuss. We at Nescafe have an offer for you. Nescafe is prepared to donate $100 million to the church . if you change the Lord's Prayer from 'Give us this day our daily bread' to 'Give us this day our daily coffee'."

The Pope looks outraged and thunders, "That is impossible. The Prayer is the word of the Lord, It must not be changed."

Well," says the Nescafe man somewhat chastened, "We anticipated your reluctance. For this reason, and the importance of the Lord's prayer to all catholics, we will increase our offer to $300 million. All we require is that you change the Lord's Prayer from 'Give us this day our daily bread' to 'Give us this day our daily coffee'."

Again, even more sternly, the Pope replies, "That, my son, is impossible. For the prayer is the word of the Lord and it must not be changed."

Finally, the Nescafe director says, "Your Holiness, we at Nescafe respect your adherence to your faith, we realise that tradition is essential to your beliefs, we fully understand the importance of the word of the Lord ...............but we do have one final offer. Please discuss it with your cardinals. We will donate $500 million to the great Catholic church if you would only change the Lord's Prayer from 'Give us this day our daily bread' to 'Give us this day our daily coffee'. Please, please consider it." And he leaves.

The next day the Pope convenes the College of Cardinals. "There is some Good news," he announces, "and some bad news .....

The good news is, he continues to a hushed assembly, ' that the Church will get $ 500 million."

"And what is the bad news, your Holiness?" asks a Cardinal.

"Sadly" says the Pope ,

'We would have to lose the Britannia Account."

 

[manoharkumar]

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[manoharkumar]

Dear All,
Please have a look at the pst 27 and then i doubt if you will ever pluck and flower from the plant... So beautiful....I enjoyed this immensely and hope you all will also.

CHeers

 

[manoharkumar]

Excellent! This should make all my teacher-friends very proud of their chosen profession!!
From A School Principal's speech at a graduation...

He said “Doctor wants his child to become a doctor.........
Engineer wants his child to become engineer......
Businessman wants his ward to become CEO.....
BUT a teacher also wants his child to become one of them..!!!!
Nobody wants to become a teacher BY CHOICE" ....Very sad but that's
the truth.....!!!

The dinner guests were sitting around the table discussing life. One man, a CEO, decided to explain the problem with education. He argued, “What’s a kid going to learn from someone who decided his best option in life was to become a teacher?"

To stress his point he said to another guest;
"You're a teacher, Bonnie. Be honest. What do you make?"

Teacher Bonnie, who had a reputation for honesty and frankness replied,
"You want to know what I make?
(She paused for a second, then began...)

"Well, I make kids work harder than they ever thought they could.

I make a C+ feel like the Congressional Medal of Honor winner.

I make kids sit through 40 minutes of class time when their parents can't
make them sit for 5 min. without an I Pod, Game Cube or movie rental.

You want to know what I make?.
(She paused again and looked at each and every person at the table)

I make kids wonder.

I make them question.

I make them apologize and mean it.

I make them have respect and take responsibility for their actions.

I teach them how to write and then I make them write.
Keyboarding isn't everything.

I make them read, read, read.

I make them show all their work in math.
They use their God given brain, not the man-made calculator.

I make my students from other countries learn everything they need
to know about English while preserving their unique cultural identity.

I make my classroom a place where all my students feel safe.

Finally, I make them understand that if they use the gifts they
were given, work hard, and follow their hearts, they can succeed in life

( Bonnie paused one last time and then continued.)

Then, when people try to judge me by what I make, with me knowing
money isn't everything, I can hold my head up high and pay no
attention because they are ignorant. You want to know what I make?

I MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN ALL YOUR LIVES,EDUCATING KIDS AND PREPARING
THEM TO BECOME CEO's ,AND DOCTORS AND ENGINEERS..........

What do you make Mr. CEO?

His jaw dropped; he went silent.

 

[DR.C.NARAYANI]

Hello Sir ,to your post 29 ,its too good.i liked it very much .too practical and 100% fact.keep rocking.

 

[manoharkumar]

Thanks a Lot Dr. Hope i can continue.... Cheers.

 

[manoharkumar]

The barber who owns a Rolls, Mercedes, BMW In Bangalore.

He also has a fleet of Mercedes and BMWs. Next year, he will be buying a stretch limo. Imagine, he once earned just Rs 5 a day! Like he has been doing every day for the past 25 years, Ramesh Babu spends at least five hours daily in his tastefully done but no-frills saloon in Bowring Institute, one of the city’s elite clubs. He personally styles the hair of his regular customers. As a professional barber, he doesn’t want to forget his roots.

On most days, however, Ramesh drives to work in an egg-white Rolls Royce Ghost, handling the controls on the car’s spiffy dashboard with the same deft touch and care as when he is shaping somebody’s coif. The Rolls costs Rs 3.1 crores and there are only five other people in Bangalore who own such a pedigreed car.

The 40-year-old bought the Rolls a few months back with his own hard-earned money, supplemented by a huge bank loan with a monthly pay-back installment of Rs 7 lakh. His earnings from the saloon are quite modest, but Ramesh, who networks well with the rich clientele of the elite Bowring Institute, has built a lucrative luxury car rental business.But mainly, the man has a collector’s passion for fancy cars. And if there is some social prestige attached to it, then he’s not complaining.

“Let me enjoy the comfort of a Rolls Royce which was restricted to rajas and maharajas in the past,” Ramesh told Bangalore Mirror. Next year, Ramesh is planning to buy a stretch limousine worth around Rs 8 to 9 crores.





INTHE BIG LEAGUE
Currently, he has a fleet that includes Mercedes Benz (E,S and Viano series) and BMW (5 & 7 series). He hires out these cars to corporate through a travel agency. The Rolls, however, he rents out sparingly. He charges Rs 75,000 for a day for the Rolls when it is let out and his usual clients are corporate bigwigs and visiting Bollywood and Tollywood stars. The last High Net worth Individual who hired his Rolls was Hero Honda’s chairman who was in town during the World Cup India-England clash.

The other notables in the city who own a Rolls Royce include top builder Dayanand Pai, Royal Orchid Hotel’s owner Baljee and Gold Finch Hotel owner Prakash Shetty.



AMAZING STORY

When his father died in 1979, Ramesh, a nine year-old boy, was literally on the streets. The barber shop his father ran on Brigade Road’s St Patrick’s Complex was rented out for Rs 5 per day. Ramesh’s family survived on that money.

After completing SSLC, he quit studying and like his father became a full-time barber. He became a hair stylist subsequently. His fortunes changed in 1994, when taking a leaf from his uncle who rented out cars, be bought a a Maruti Omni van and started renting it out. From there began Ramesh’s tryst with cars. Even now, he has the Omni with him. In 1996, he started a saloon at Bowring Institute and has not looked back since.

IN THE FAMILY
Ramesh also owns a Suzuki Intruder high-end bike costing Rs 16 lakh. He rides this bike during weekends and it’s purely for his private use though occasionally he lets some of his close friends enjoy a ride. Meanwhile, his two-year-old son already seems to share his father’s passion. He effortlessly identifies each and every car in Ramesh’s fancy fleet.
Inside the saloon, as he dons his black overalls, Ramesh seamlessly makes the switch from Rolls Royce owner to barber.

“Even today, I cut the hair of my regular customers for just Rs 65. I can easily hike my rates but I don’t. It’s the family trade. And if I don’t cut someone’s hair on a particular day, I won’t be able to sleep,” Ramesh confessed. No matter that gleaming Rolls parked outside, his head surely is in the right place.

 

[manoharkumar]

Thought Provoking​

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One day all the employees reached the office and they saw a big notice on the door on which it was written:

'Yesterday the person who has been hindering your growth
in this company passed away. We invite you to join the funeral
in the room that has been prepared in the gym'.​

In the beginning, they all got sad for the death of one of their colleagues, but after a while they started getting curious to know, who was that man who hindered their growth of his colleagues and the company itself. The excitement in the gym was such that security agents were ordered to control the crowd within the room. The more people reached the coffin, the more the excitement heated up. Everyone thought: 'Who is this guy who was hindering my progress? Well, at least he died!' One by one the thrilled employees got closer to the coffin, and when they looked inside it, they suddenly became speechless. They stood nearby the coffin, shocked and in silence, as if someone had touched the deepest part of their soul. There was a mirror inside the coffin: everyone who looked inside it could see himself.
There was also a sign next to the mirror that said:

'There is only one person, who is capable to set limits to your growth:​

IT IS YOU. ​

You are the ONLY person who can revolutionize your life. ​

You are the only person, who can influence your happiness,
your realization and your success.​

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You are the ONLY person who can help YOURSELF.​

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Your life does not change when your boss changes, when your friends change, when your parents change, when your partner changes, when your company changes. Your life changes when YOU change, when you go beyond your limited beliefs, when you realize that you are the ONLY one responsible for your life.​

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THE MOST IMPORTANT RELATIONSHIP YOU CAN HAVE IS THE ONE YOU HAVE WITH YOURSELF! '.​

Examine yourself. Watch yourself. Don't be afraid of difficulties, impossibilities and losses: Be a WINNER, Build Yourself and Your Reality. The world is like a Mirror. It gives back to anyone the reflection of the thoughts in which one has strongly believed. The world and your reality are like mirrors lying in a coffin, which show to any individual the death of his divine capability to imagine and create his happiness and his success. It's the way you face Life that makes the difference. Have a NICE DAY!

 

[manoharkumar]

One of the staff in a high school found it difficult to stop students running up and down the stairs. She continually told them not to run but it made little difference. She was at her wits' end.
It was suggested that instead of telling them not to run, she should say something like: "Slow down please" or "Walk down the stairs."

She was excited and somewhat amazed to report that it had worked – such a little change in language brought such a marked improvement in the match between what she wanted the kids to do and what they actually did.

How does this happen? If I don't want you to think of pink elephants and I say "Don't think of pink elephants" what happens? You immediately get a picture of pink elephants in your mind and then, if you are feeling complicit as you read this, you try not to think about them.
Now, if I'd asked you not to think about red rhinos, for example, there is much less chance of you conjuring up those pink elephants.The mind works a bit like a search engine on the internet. Put in a word, press SEARCH and all the references to that word come up on the screen.
Put in a mental suggestion like pink elephants and you don't even have to press a button; up come images of pink elephants on the screen of the mind.And that's what happens in kids' minds when we tell them not to do something. Its not willful disobedience so much as the mind making pictures and the body going towards them.

Bill Rogers – in his excellent behavior management series "Corrective Discipline" – suggests using the pattern "When …. then …." rather than "You can't …. Because…."For example: "Johnny, when you have finished tidying your room, then you can go out to play." rather than: "Johnny you can't go out to play because your room is a mess"With the first sentence Johnny gets a picture in his mind of tidying his room, then going out to play. Just what we want. In the second sentence we're inviting his subconscious to picture himself not being able to go out to play and with an untidy room.

 

[manoharkumar]

There was a farmer who grew superior quality and award-winning corn.
Each year he entered his corn in the state fair where it won honour and prizes.

One year a newspaper reporter interviewed him and learnt something interesting about how he grew it. The reporter discovered that the farmer shared his seed corn with his neighbours'.

"How can you afford to share your best seed corn with your neighbours when they are entering corn in competition with yours each year?" the reporter asked.

"Why sir," said the farmer, "didn't you know? The wind picks up pollen from the ripening corn and swirls it from field to field. If my neighbours grow inferior, sub-standard and poor quality corn, cross-pollination will steadily degrade the quality of my corn. If I am to grow good corn, I must help my neighbours grow good corn."

The farmer gave a superb insight into the 'connectedness' of life. His corn cannot improve unless his neighbours' corn also improves. So it is in the other dimensions! Those who choose to be at harmony must help their neighbours' and colleagues to be at peace. Those who choose to live well must help others to live well. The value of a life is measured by the lives it touches.
Moral : LOVE THY NEIGHBOUR

 

[manoharkumar]

PEACE OF MIND
If you were to ask your neighbor,
'What would give you peace of mind?' he might tell you,
'A vacation in Bermuda!' or
'An extra hundred grand would give me peace!', or
'A new Ferrari would make me content!'

But going places – and getting stuff – is usually a temporary solution ...

Let's say you buy a lottery ticket and by some miracle you win your dream Ferrari.
Today you are content.
Tomorrow you are saying, 'If I could just catch that little punk who scratched it in the car park!'

Peace of mind rarely comes from getting more stuff.
Getting more stuff usually leads to wanting even more stuff!

Peace of mind starts with being grateful for what you have right now.

GRATITUDE is POWER, and here's why....

When you are thankful for what you have - for the friends you have, and for the things you've got, you attract more good people and good things!

People, who always complain about what they DON'T HAVE, stay stuck. Complainers attract more things to complain about!

It is a law of life.
It's hard to explain, but you can observe it around you.
We get more of what we dwell upon.

That's why all the spiritual masters have taught the same lesson ...
'Start by being thankful. Be happy with what you have now, and more will come your way.'

It's practical advice.

IN A NUTSHELL
Every time you say a silent 'thank you' you become more peaceful – and have more power.

 

[manoharkumar]

ONE PARAGRAPH THAT EXPLAINS LIFE!


Arthur Ashe, the legendary Wimbledon player was dying of AIDS which he
got due to infected blood he received during a heart surgery in 1983.
From world over, he received letters from his fans, one of which
conveyed: "Why does GOD have to select you for such a bad disease"?

To this Arthur Ashe replied:
The world over –
5 crore children start playing tennis,
50 lakh learn to play tennis,
5 lakh learn professional tennis
50,000 come to the circuit,
5000 reach the grand slam,
50 reach Wimbledon,
4 to semi final, 2 to the finals,
When I was holding a cup I never asked GOD "Why me?".
And today in pain I should not be asking GOD "Why me?"

Happiness keeps u Sweet, Trials keep u Strong, Sorrow keeps u Human,
Failure Keeps u Humble, Success keeps u glowing, but only God Keeps u
Going.....

Keep Going.....

 

[manoharkumar]

IT'S OUT OF YOUR HANDS
By Bob Perks (c)2008

"It's out of my hands!" I thought to myself. There's nothing more I can do."
It seems so final, so absolute.
I heard those words once spoken when I was fired from a job I loved.
The look on my face begged for an explanation.
"Why?" I asked. "Can't you do something about it?"
"It's out of my hands," he said.
I heard those words spoken when my mother was dying from cancer. I was just 21 years old, still young enough to believe that doctors heal and mothers can make boo boos better with a kiss.
"It's out of my hands," he said.
With that we knew it was over.
Hands that I shook when I accepted a job suddenly couldn't hold me there.
Hands that I depended on to bandage a wound, gently inject an antibiotic, sign an excuse to miss school, and couldn't make my mother well.
Hands that nurtured, wiped away tears, caressed my face, guided me across the street and welcomed me home, would no longer be there.
Today I spoke to a friend about a project I worked on, a dream I've held in my heart for years now and how much it would mean in my life at this time if it worked out.
He said, "You've done all that you could, Bob. It's out of your hands."
He left and I sat there alone in my dreams.
I looked down at my hands and realized that they have grown old along with me. Wrinkled, dried up, bruised and scarred, still they've never let me down.
"As long as I have faith, this dream is not out of my hands," said.
With that I raised my hands, placed the palms together and said a prayer.

 

[manoharkumar]

தெய்வங்களுக்கு வாழைப்பழம் படைப்பது ஏன்?



எல்லா தெய்வங்களுக்கும் தவறாமல் வாழைப்பழம் படைக்கிறார்கள். மற்ற எந்தப்
பழமாக இருந்தாலும் சாப்பிட்டுவிட்டு, கொட்டையை எறிந்தால் மீண்டும்
முளைக்கும். ஆனால், வாழைப்பழத்தை உரித்தோ, முழுமையாகவோ வீசினாலும் கூட மீண்டும் முளைப்பதில்லை.
இது பிறவியற்ற நிலையாகிய முக்தியைக் காட்டுகிறது.
எனது இறைவா! மீண்டும் பிறவாத நிலையைக் கொடு! என வேண்டவே நாம் நமது கடவுளுக்கு வாழைப்பழம் படைக்கிறோம்.
அதுபோல் தேங்காய்க்கும் அந்த குணம் உண்டு. அது மட்டுமல்ல தேங்காய், வாழைப்பழம் இரண்டும் நமது எச்சில் படாதவை.
மாம்பழத்தை நாம் சாப்பிட்டுவிட்டு, கொட்டையைப் போட்டால் அந்த விதையிலிருந்து மாமரம் உருவாகிறது. ஆனால், தேங்காயை சாப்பிட்டுவிட்டு ஓட்டைப் போட்டால் அது முளைக்காது. முழுத் தேங்காயிலிருந்து தான் தென்னைமரம் முளைக்கும்.
அது போல, வாழைமரத்திலிருந்து தான் வாழைக்கன்று வரும். பழம் கொட்டை என்பது கிடையாது.
அப்படி நமது எச்சில்படாத இவற்றை இறைவனுக்கு உகந்ததாக நமது முன்னோர்கள் படைக்கும் மரபினை உருவாக்கினார்கள்.
நாமும் இந்த மரபினைப் பின்பற்றிவருகிறோம்.இதுவே இந்துதர்மத்தின் தனிச்சிறப்பு.

 

[manoharkumar]

Before you speak, listen.
Before you write, think.
Before you spend, earn.
Before you invest, investigate.
Before you criticize, wait.
Before you pray, forgive.
Before you quit, try.
Before you retire, save.
Before you die, give.”​

~William Arthur Ward

 

[manoharkumar]

A man walking along a California beach was deep in prayer.

Suddenly the sky clouded above his head and, in a booming voice, the Lord said, "Because you have TRIED to be faithful to me in all ways, I will grant you one wish." The man said, "Build a bridge to Hawaii so I can drive over anytime I want."


I can do it, but it is hard for me to justify your desire for worldly things. Take a little more time and think of something that would honor and glorify me."

The man thought about it for a long time. Finally he said, "Lord, I wish that I could understand my wife. I want to know how she feels inside, what she's thinking when she gives me the silent treatment, why she cries, what she means when she says nothing's wrong, and how I can make a woman truly happy."

The Lord replied, "You want two lanes or four on that bridge?"

 

[manoharkumar]

Vedic information on eating with your hands...


Eating food with the hands in today’s' Western society, can sometimes be perceived as being unhygienic, bad mannered and primitive. However, within Indian culture, there is an old saying that, “Eating food with your hands feeds not only the body, but, also mind and spirit.”In the Big Brother series some years back, an English participant complained about an Indian participants' use of her hands during food preparations and her eating habits. “They eat with their hands in India, don’t they? Or is that China? You don’t know where those hands have been!”



Within many Indian households nowadays, the practice of eating food with hands has been replaced with the use of cutlery. Have you ever thought of why previous generations in India ate with the hands? There is a reason for it.


The practice of eating with the hands originated within Ayurvedic teachings. The Vedic people knew the power in hand. The ancient native tradition of eating food with the hands is derived from the mudra practice, which is prevalent in many aspects within Hinduism. Mudras are used during mediation and are very prominent within the many classical forms of dance, such as Bharatnatyam. \. The hands are considered the most precious organ of action. This is linked to the Vedic prayer of
“Karagre vasate Laksmih karamule Sarasvati Karamadhye tu Govindah prabhate karadarsanam”(On the tip of your fingers is Goddess Lakshmi, on the base of your fingers is Goddess Saraswati; in the middle of your fingers is Lord Govinda), which we recite whilst looking at our palms.
Thus, this sloka suggests that all the divinity lies in human effort. Our hands and feet are said to be the conduits of the five elements. The Ayurvedic texts teach that each finger is an extension of one of the five elements. The thumb is agni (fire) (you might have seen children sucking their thumb, this is natures' way of aiding the digestion in children at an age when they are unable to do any physical activity to aid the digestion). The forefinger is vayu (air), the middle finger is akash (either tiny intercellular spaces in the human body), the ring finger is prithvi (earth) and the little finger is jal (water).


Each finger aids in the transformation of food, before it passes on to internal digestion. Gathering the fingertips as they touch the food stimulates the five elements and invites Agni to bring forth the digestive juices. Besides improving digestion, the person becomes more conscious of the tastes, textures and smells of the foods they are eating, which all adds to the pleasure of eating.



You may have noticed that elders in the family hardly ever use utensils to measure all the different type of spices (masala), and would instead prefer to use their hands to measure the quantity instead. As each handful is tailored to provide a suitable amount for the own body. Overall there are 6 main documented forms that the hands take when obtaining a measurement a certain type of food ranging from solid food to seeds, and flour.
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This is a prime example of how many things within Hindu culture may seem weird and unusual at first glance, but once a closer look is taken it is surprising, but a vast amount of knowledge is revealed

 

[manoharkumar]

WAIT FOR YOUR TURN:

Once there was a small kid on earth. One fine day it came to know that GOD is distributing apples to Humans in his place at Heaven. The kid was happy to receive that news and it went with lot of enjoyment to heaven to get the apple from GOD. There was abig Queue standing to get apple from God and this kid also joined the Queue.While it was standing, it was fully excited and thrilled for the fact that is going to receive in person from GOD's hands. Its turn too came and the Kid showed its both hands to receive the apple.
GOD gave the apple but unfortunately the tiny hands could'nt hold that big apple.
Apple fell down and got wasted in the mud. The kid got disappointed. The minister near god informed that if the kid likes to have an apple from the god again then it has to follow the Queue.Having waited for so long the kid didnt want to return back to earth with empty hands so it decided to wait again in the queue.
This time the queue has become even longer than the previous one. While waitng the kid could see lot of people who turns back with aple in hands and utmost satisfaction on their facces. The kid was so much disappointed and thought "why me alone didnt get the apple in hand when all others were easily able to get it. What is the sin i did that i alone should suffer like this. Now the kid was scared that it should not miss the apple again. Again its turn came and GOD gave the apple to the kids hands and after giving the apple GOD spoke to the kid,
"My dear Child, the lst time after giving you the apple only i noticed the apple i gave you was a rotten apple and thats why i made that to fell down from your hands. Having given you a rotten apple i felt bad for you and i wanted to give you the best apple in the farm and at that time the best apple in the farm was growing and thats why i made you wait such a long in the Queue. here it is. Now the apple that you have in hand is "the best" apple in the farm till date. Enjoy."

Some times it happens as even after we put our 100% dedication and committment things may get delayed or things may go wrong.


Believe that GOD has something great for us and thats why this has happened.!!!


Cheers.