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I Screwed Up!

Submitted by rajat on

Ever got a feeling at the end of something that a whole show got screwed up because of you? Ever felt so responsible to have screwed up the hard work and time put in by so many people? Ever felt like the weakest link? If you have not I pray you do not ever get to feel that way.

Value

Submitted by pooja on

A well-known speaker started off his seminar by holding up a Rupee 500 note. In the room of 200,he asked, "Who would like this Rupee 500 note?"

Hands started going up.

He said, "I am going to give this note to one of you but first let me do this." He proceeded to crumple the note up.

He then asked, "Who still wants it?"

Still the hands were up in the air.

A life message from my father

Submitted by ankita on

While I am with you I would like to share an important message my father Janab Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen gave me a lesson when I was a young boy. What was that lesson? It was just after India got independence. At that time panchayat board elections took place at Rameswaram. My father was elected panchayat board member and on the same day he was also elected the President of Rameswaram Panchayat Board. Rameswaram Island was a beautiful place with 30,000 populations.

New course for Education

Submitted by pooja on

The new HRD minister Kapil Sibal has proposed to have 1 national board and no class 10 exam. Well, I don't know about the idea of scraping the class 10 exam but the idea of having one national board is definitely a change I dreamed of in our educational system.

Freedom

Submitted by souravroy on
P.S.- This is one of my favorite poems, by one of my favorite poets (Khalil Gibran). And an orator said, "Speak to us of Freedom." And he answered: At the city gate and by your fireside I have seen you prostrate yourself and worship your own freedom, Even as slaves humble themselves before a tyrant and praise him though he slays them. Ay, in the grove of the temple and in the shadow of the citadel I have seen the freest among you wear their freedom as a yoke and a handcuff. And my heart bled within me; for you can only be free when even the desire of seeking freedom becomes a harness to you,

Friendship

Submitted by souravroy on
And a youth said, "Speak to us of Friendship." Your friend is your needs answered. He is your field which you sow with love and reap with thanksgiving. And he is your board and your fireside. For you come to him with your hunger, and you seek him for peace. When your friend speaks his mind you fear not the "nay" in your own mind, nor do you withhold the "ay." And when he is silent your heart ceases not to listen to his heart; For without words, in friendship, all thoughts, all desires, all expectations are born and shared, with joy that is unacclaimed. When you part from your friend, you griev

Unity is Strength

Submitted by rajat on

"Once upon a time in a village, there lived a father and his eight sons. They worked in their field from early morning till late evening, very hard and lived happily in prosperity. But the father was very sad about a particular habit of his children, they perpetually quarrelled among themselves always; even for silliest causes.

O My Dear Butterfly!!

Submitted by geethanjali on

I hardly paid any attention to butterflies till I read the book " Family Wisdom" by Robin Sharma .In this beautiful book , the protagonist Julian Mantle and his sister Catherine receive a golden butterfly as a gift from their father.This is the trigger for me to notice colorful butterflies around me.This noticing gradually changed to admiration and now to joy.A sight of a butterfly makes me so happy and eventually makes my day beautiful.The most beautiful thing about butterfly is the way it flies.

Power of shared vision

Submitted by souravroy on

There is a story that one day Shah Jahan wanted to know how the Taj Mahal was progressing. To find out he disguised himself as an old man and he went to the site by the Yamuna river. There he came across a stonecutter, whom he asked "What are you doing?" The stone cutter was annoyed by the disturbance and said, "Go away old man, don't you see that I'm busy?" The stonecutter's dedication impressed Shah Jahan.

Time!

Submitted by pooja on
A professor stood before his Philosophy class and had some items in front of him. When the class began, wordlessly, he picked up a very large and empty mayonnaise jar and proceeded to fill it with golf balls. He then asked the students if the jar was full. They agreed that it was. The professor then picked up a box of pebbles and poured them into the jar. He shook the jar lightly. The pebbles rolled into the open areas between the golf balls. He then asked the students again if the jar was full. They agreed it was.