Our lives are made up of a million moments, spent in a million different ways. Some are spent searching for love, peace, and harmony. Others are spent surviving day by day.
But there is no greater moment than when we find that life, with all it's joys and sorrows, is meant to be lived one day at a time. It's in this knowledge that we discover the most wonderful truth of all.
Whether we live in a forty-room mansion, surrounded by servants and wealth, or find it a struggle to manage the rent month to month, we have it within our power to be fully satisfied and live a life with true meaning.
One day at a time - we have the abilty, through cherishing each moment and rejoicing in each dream. We can experience each day a new and with this fresh start we have what it takes to make all our dreams come true.
Each day is new, and living one day at a time enables us to truly enjoy life and live it to the fullest.
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Think differently and positively
A blind boy sat on the steps of a building with a hat by his feet. He held up a sign which said: 'I am blind, please help.' There were only a few coins in the hat.
A man was walking by. He took a few coins from his pocket and dropped them into the hat. He then took the sign, turned it around, and wrote some words.
He put the sign back so that everyone who walked by would see the new words.
Soon the hat began to fill up. A lot more people were giving money to the blind boy. That afternoon the man who had changed the sign came to see how things were. The boy recognized his footsteps and asked, 'Were you the one who changed my sign this morning? What did you write?'
The man said, 'I only wrote the truth. I said what you said but in a different way.'
What he had written was: 'Today is a beautiful day and I cannot see it.'
Do you think the first sign and the second sign were saying the same thing?
Of course both signs told people the boy was blind. But the first sign simply said the boy was blind. The second sign told people they were so lucky that they were not blind.
Should we be surprised that the second sign was more effective?
Moral of the Story: Be thankful for what you have.
Be creative. Be innovative. Think differently and positively.
A man was walking by. He took a few coins from his pocket and dropped them into the hat. He then took the sign, turned it around, and wrote some words.
He put the sign back so that everyone who walked by would see the new words.
Soon the hat began to fill up. A lot more people were giving money to the blind boy. That afternoon the man who had changed the sign came to see how things were. The boy recognized his footsteps and asked, 'Were you the one who changed my sign this morning? What did you write?'
The man said, 'I only wrote the truth. I said what you said but in a different way.'
What he had written was: 'Today is a beautiful day and I cannot see it.'
Do you think the first sign and the second sign were saying the same thing?
Of course both signs told people the boy was blind. But the first sign simply said the boy was blind. The second sign told people they were so lucky that they were not blind.
Should we be surprised that the second sign was more effective?
Moral of the Story: Be thankful for what you have.
Be creative. Be innovative. Think differently and positively.
LEAVE LETTERS
This is a collection of leave letters and applications written by people in various places of India ...
1. Infosys, Bangalore : An employee applied for leave as follows:
Since I have to go to my village to sell my land along with my wife, please sanction me one-week leave.
2. This is from Oracle Bangalore:
From an employee who was performing the "mundan" ceremony of his 10 year old son: "as I want to shave my son's head, please leave me for two days.."
3. Another gem from CDAC. Leave-letter from an employee who was performing his daughter's wedding:
"as I am marrying my daughter, please grant a week's leave.."
4. From H.A.L. Administration dept:
"As my mother-in-law has expired and I am only one responsible for it, please grant me 10 days leave."
5. Another employee applied for half day leave as follows:
"Since I've to go to the cremation ground at 10 o-clock and I may not return, please grant me half day casual leave"
6. An incident of a leave letter
"I am suffering from fever, please declare one day holiday."
7. A leave letter to the headmaster:
"As I am studying in this school I am suffering from headache. I request you to leave me today"
8. Another leave letter written to the headmaster:
"As my headache is paining, please grant me leave for the day."
9. Covering note: "I am enclosed herewith..."
10. Another one:
"Dear Sir: with reference to the above, please refer to my below..."
11. Actual letter written for application of leave:
"My wife is suffering from sickness and as I am her only husband at home I may be granted leave".
12. Letter writing: -
"I am in well here and hope you are also in the same well."
13. A candidate's job application:
"This has reference to your advertisement calling for a ' Typist and an Accountant - Male or Female'...As I am both(!! )for the past several years and I can handle both with good experience, I am applying for the post.
1. Infosys, Bangalore : An employee applied for leave as follows:
Since I have to go to my village to sell my land along with my wife, please sanction me one-week leave.
2. This is from Oracle Bangalore:
From an employee who was performing the "mundan" ceremony of his 10 year old son: "as I want to shave my son's head, please leave me for two days.."
3. Another gem from CDAC. Leave-letter from an employee who was performing his daughter's wedding:
"as I am marrying my daughter, please grant a week's leave.."
4. From H.A.L. Administration dept:
"As my mother-in-law has expired and I am only one responsible for it, please grant me 10 days leave."
5. Another employee applied for half day leave as follows:
"Since I've to go to the cremation ground at 10 o-clock and I may not return, please grant me half day casual leave"
6. An incident of a leave letter
"I am suffering from fever, please declare one day holiday."
7. A leave letter to the headmaster:
"As I am studying in this school I am suffering from headache. I request you to leave me today"
8. Another leave letter written to the headmaster:
"As my headache is paining, please grant me leave for the day."
9. Covering note: "I am enclosed herewith..."
10. Another one:
"Dear Sir: with reference to the above, please refer to my below..."
11. Actual letter written for application of leave:
"My wife is suffering from sickness and as I am her only husband at home I may be granted leave".
12. Letter writing: -
"I am in well here and hope you are also in the same well."
13. A candidate's job application:
"This has reference to your advertisement calling for a ' Typist and an Accountant - Male or Female'...As I am both(!! )for the past several years and I can handle both with good experience, I am applying for the post.
Friday, July 31, 2009
What it's called
Sometimes it's on the tip of your tongue... "What is it called again?" It's not always easy to remember those out-of-the-ordinary things but to refresh your memory, here's what it is called.
Mid-men, the male versions of mid-wives, are called accouchers.
The plastic things on the end of shoelaces are called aglets.
The distance that a place holder falls from a glass when it is lifted (you know, place holders sometimes get stuck to the bottom of a cold glass when you lift the glass) is called a bevemeter, a sniglet coined by comedian Rich Hall (who also coined "sniglet").
The study of creatures such as Bigfoot, the chupacabra, and the Loch Ness monster is called cryptozoology. Zoologist Bernard Heuvelmans coined the term to describe his investigations of animals unknown to science.
The apparatus used in alcohol distilleries for freeing the spirit from water is called the dephlegmator.
One that speaks two languages - is bilingual - can be said to be diglot.
Ducks are never male. The males of the species are called drakes. In a casino, however, ducks is a nickname for a pair of deuces.
The working section of a piano is called the action.
Shoemakers are commonly called cobblers but correctly speaking a cobbler is a shoe repairmen. A shoemaker is a cordwainer - they also made leather bottles and harnesses.
The device at the intersection of two railroad tracks to permit the wheels and flanges on one track to cross or branch for the other is called a frog.
A specific length of thread or yarn according to the type of fiber is called a hank. For linen, a hank is 274 metres (300 yards); for cotton, it is 768 metres (840 yards).
The white part of your fingernail is called the lunula.
The thin line of cloud that forms behind an aircraft at high altitudes is called a contrail.
A depth of 2 fathoms (3,6 metres) is called a Mark Twain. Originally a fathom was the space reached by with two arms outstretched.
In the early days of film making, people who worked on the sets were called movies. The films were called motion pictures.
The tendency of the leaves or petals of certain plants to assume a different position at night is called nyctitropism.
The back of the human hand is the opisthenar.
Revealing personality traits through writing is referred to as graphology. See What Your Handwriting Means
Someone who uses as few words as possible when speaking is called pauciloquent.
People that study fish are called ichthyologists.
The pin that holds a hinge together is called a pintle.
The gland responsible for producing the hormone that regulates growth is called the pituitary gland. It is the size of a pea.
A melody is a group of notes in a certain order that results in a sweet or agreeable sound. An easily remembered melody is called a tune.
Compulsive shopping was identified by a German psychiatrist almost a hundred years ago. Clinically it is known as oniomania. Shopaholics are the people who do not suffer from chrematophobia, which is the fear of touching money. Also see phobias
In early France the distance a man could walk while smoking one pipeful of tobacco was called a pipee.
The central shaft of a bird's feather which bears the vane or web of the feather is called a rachis.
The small cup in which an espresso is served is called a demitasse.
A philologist study linguistics and etymology.
People who cannot taste or smell suffer from anosmia.
The hairless area of roughened skin at the tip of a bear's snout is called the rhinarium.
Someone who habitually picks their nose is called a rhinotillexomaniac (rhino=nose, tillexis=habit of picking at something, mania=obsession with something).
A building in which silence is enforced, like a library or school room, is referred to as a silentium.
The ear-splitting sound produced by the high notes of a bagpipe is called a skirl.
The fleshy projection above the bill on a turkey is called a snood.
People who chase after rare birds are called twitchers.
4 gills of ale and beer is 1 pint, 2 pints = 1 quart, 4 quarts = 1 gallon, 9 gallons = 1 firkin, 2 firkins = 1 kilderkin, 3 kilderkins = 1 hogshead, 2 hogsheads = 1 butt.
The practice of eating insects is called entomophagy
Most insects are edible. According to eatbug.com, there are 1,462 recorded species of edible insects. And they're quite nutritious. For instance, 100 grams of cricket contains only 121 calories, less than half of beef. A cricket contains only 5,5 grams of fat, compared to 21,2g of beef. Beef contains more protein (23,5g - a cricket 12.9g) but the 100g of cricket also contains 5,1g of carbohydrates, 75,8 mg calcium, 185,3 mg phosphorous, 9,5 mg iron, thiamin, riboflavin, and niacin
Mid-men, the male versions of mid-wives, are called accouchers.
The plastic things on the end of shoelaces are called aglets.
The distance that a place holder falls from a glass when it is lifted (you know, place holders sometimes get stuck to the bottom of a cold glass when you lift the glass) is called a bevemeter, a sniglet coined by comedian Rich Hall (who also coined "sniglet").
The study of creatures such as Bigfoot, the chupacabra, and the Loch Ness monster is called cryptozoology. Zoologist Bernard Heuvelmans coined the term to describe his investigations of animals unknown to science.
The apparatus used in alcohol distilleries for freeing the spirit from water is called the dephlegmator.
One that speaks two languages - is bilingual - can be said to be diglot.
Ducks are never male. The males of the species are called drakes. In a casino, however, ducks is a nickname for a pair of deuces.
The working section of a piano is called the action.
Shoemakers are commonly called cobblers but correctly speaking a cobbler is a shoe repairmen. A shoemaker is a cordwainer - they also made leather bottles and harnesses.
The device at the intersection of two railroad tracks to permit the wheels and flanges on one track to cross or branch for the other is called a frog.
A specific length of thread or yarn according to the type of fiber is called a hank. For linen, a hank is 274 metres (300 yards); for cotton, it is 768 metres (840 yards).
The white part of your fingernail is called the lunula.
The thin line of cloud that forms behind an aircraft at high altitudes is called a contrail.
A depth of 2 fathoms (3,6 metres) is called a Mark Twain. Originally a fathom was the space reached by with two arms outstretched.
In the early days of film making, people who worked on the sets were called movies. The films were called motion pictures.
The tendency of the leaves or petals of certain plants to assume a different position at night is called nyctitropism.
The back of the human hand is the opisthenar.
Revealing personality traits through writing is referred to as graphology. See What Your Handwriting Means
Someone who uses as few words as possible when speaking is called pauciloquent.
People that study fish are called ichthyologists.
The pin that holds a hinge together is called a pintle.
The gland responsible for producing the hormone that regulates growth is called the pituitary gland. It is the size of a pea.
A melody is a group of notes in a certain order that results in a sweet or agreeable sound. An easily remembered melody is called a tune.
Compulsive shopping was identified by a German psychiatrist almost a hundred years ago. Clinically it is known as oniomania. Shopaholics are the people who do not suffer from chrematophobia, which is the fear of touching money. Also see phobias
In early France the distance a man could walk while smoking one pipeful of tobacco was called a pipee.
The central shaft of a bird's feather which bears the vane or web of the feather is called a rachis.
The small cup in which an espresso is served is called a demitasse.
A philologist study linguistics and etymology.
People who cannot taste or smell suffer from anosmia.
The hairless area of roughened skin at the tip of a bear's snout is called the rhinarium.
Someone who habitually picks their nose is called a rhinotillexomaniac (rhino=nose, tillexis=habit of picking at something, mania=obsession with something).
A building in which silence is enforced, like a library or school room, is referred to as a silentium.
The ear-splitting sound produced by the high notes of a bagpipe is called a skirl.
The fleshy projection above the bill on a turkey is called a snood.
People who chase after rare birds are called twitchers.
4 gills of ale and beer is 1 pint, 2 pints = 1 quart, 4 quarts = 1 gallon, 9 gallons = 1 firkin, 2 firkins = 1 kilderkin, 3 kilderkins = 1 hogshead, 2 hogsheads = 1 butt.
The practice of eating insects is called entomophagy
Most insects are edible. According to eatbug.com, there are 1,462 recorded species of edible insects. And they're quite nutritious. For instance, 100 grams of cricket contains only 121 calories, less than half of beef. A cricket contains only 5,5 grams of fat, compared to 21,2g of beef. Beef contains more protein (23,5g - a cricket 12.9g) but the 100g of cricket also contains 5,1g of carbohydrates, 75,8 mg calcium, 185,3 mg phosphorous, 9,5 mg iron, thiamin, riboflavin, and niacin
Animal Male Female Young as a Group
AntelopeBull Cow Calf Herd
Bear Boar Sow Cub Sloth
Cat Tom Queen Kitten Clowder
Cattle Bull Cow Calf Herd/Drove.
Chicken Cock/Rooster Hen Chick Flock
Deer Buck/Hart/Stag. Doe/Hind Fawn Herd.
Dog Dog Bitch pup Kennel.
Donkey Jackass Jeneet/Jenny foal/colt Pace.
ElephantBull Cow Calf Herd.
Fox Dog Vixen Cub Skulk.
Giraffe Bull Cow Calf Herd.
Goat Billy/Buck Nanny/Doe Kid Herd.
Goose Gander Goose Gosling Flock/Gaggle.
Horse Stallion Mare foalt/colt(male)/filly(female) Herd.
KangarooBuck/Boomer Doe/flier joey Herd/troop/mob.
Lion Lion Lioness Cub Pride.
Ostrich Cock Hen Chick flock/troop.
Pig Boar Sow shoat/farrow/piglet. herd/drove/sounder.
Rabbit Buck Doe Kindle/kitten. Warren.
Rat Buck Doe ******* Colony.
Seal Bull Cow pup/whelp rookery/trip.
Sheep Ram Ewe Lamb flock
Swan Cob pen cygnet flock
Turkey Cock/gobbler/tomhen poult dule
Whale Bull cow calf school/pod
Zebra Stallion mare foal herd.
AntelopeBull Cow Calf Herd
Bear Boar Sow Cub Sloth
Cat Tom Queen Kitten Clowder
Cattle Bull Cow Calf Herd/Drove.
Chicken Cock/Rooster Hen Chick Flock
Deer Buck/Hart/Stag. Doe/Hind Fawn Herd.
Dog Dog Bitch pup Kennel.
Donkey Jackass Jeneet/Jenny foal/colt Pace.
ElephantBull Cow Calf Herd.
Fox Dog Vixen Cub Skulk.
Giraffe Bull Cow Calf Herd.
Goat Billy/Buck Nanny/Doe Kid Herd.
Goose Gander Goose Gosling Flock/Gaggle.
Horse Stallion Mare foalt/colt(male)/filly(female) Herd.
KangarooBuck/Boomer Doe/flier joey Herd/troop/mob.
Lion Lion Lioness Cub Pride.
Ostrich Cock Hen Chick flock/troop.
Pig Boar Sow shoat/farrow/piglet. herd/drove/sounder.
Rabbit Buck Doe Kindle/kitten. Warren.
Rat Buck Doe ******* Colony.
Seal Bull Cow pup/whelp rookery/trip.
Sheep Ram Ewe Lamb flock
Swan Cob pen cygnet flock
Turkey Cock/gobbler/tomhen poult dule
Whale Bull cow calf school/pod
Zebra Stallion mare foal herd.
Saturday, June 6, 2009
1st Death Anniversary
It seems like it has happened only yesterday, but a year has weaned since my beloved father has passed away.
I still haven't come to realize the fact that he is no longer with us any more, but he will continue to cherish in our thoughts for ever. It feels quite surreal that he isn't physically here anymore.
He left us with great values, traditions, thoughts which we will try to hold until our breath.
If we are, what we are today, thanks to you DAD.
with tears
grieving family members
I still haven't come to realize the fact that he is no longer with us any more, but he will continue to cherish in our thoughts for ever. It feels quite surreal that he isn't physically here anymore.
He left us with great values, traditions, thoughts which we will try to hold until our breath.
If we are, what we are today, thanks to you DAD.
with tears
grieving family members
Sunday, April 19, 2009
I felt alive for the first time as i held my newborn daughter in his arms - Thank You God.
Who would of thought, to my surprise,
The day I looked in my daughter's eyes,
That I would find my sunshine, my star, my pearl, All the thoughts in my head, of this little girl.
You came to me on the Eighth of April 2009, That day in my life, I will always remember. I did not know who I was as a man, 'till the moment i picked you up from the bed inside my hands.
And it was at that split moment, when you opened your eyes, your true identity was no longer disguised. As the lights glistened, in your beautiful eyes, Inside I slowly started to cry.
I was given an angel, from heavens' above, The final test as a man, A little girl to love. I believe by God, I must have been touched. I love you and we love you so much.
Your face lights up, whenever you smile, A glow that can last an endless mile.
============
Sent straight from heaven up above
Came an angel for me to love
To hold and rock and kiss good night
To wrap my arms around real tight
To cuddle & nurture and watch her play
To kiss her boo-boo's all away
To keep her safe and warm & count all his toes
To hold the tissue for her when he blows his little nose
To adore & cherish and watch her grow
To guide and teach her all that I know
To see her through good times & help her through bad
To share in her happiness and cry when she's sad
To hold her close and be by her side
To watch her through life as my heart fills with pride
To help her with decisions, the best that I can
To know that someday he'll be a fine young woman
The day I looked in my daughter's eyes,
That I would find my sunshine, my star, my pearl, All the thoughts in my head, of this little girl.
You came to me on the Eighth of April 2009, That day in my life, I will always remember. I did not know who I was as a man, 'till the moment i picked you up from the bed inside my hands.
And it was at that split moment, when you opened your eyes, your true identity was no longer disguised. As the lights glistened, in your beautiful eyes, Inside I slowly started to cry.
I was given an angel, from heavens' above, The final test as a man, A little girl to love. I believe by God, I must have been touched. I love you and we love you so much.
Your face lights up, whenever you smile, A glow that can last an endless mile.
============
Sent straight from heaven up above
Came an angel for me to love
To hold and rock and kiss good night
To wrap my arms around real tight
To cuddle & nurture and watch her play
To kiss her boo-boo's all away
To keep her safe and warm & count all his toes
To hold the tissue for her when he blows his little nose
To adore & cherish and watch her grow
To guide and teach her all that I know
To see her through good times & help her through bad
To share in her happiness and cry when she's sad
To hold her close and be by her side
To watch her through life as my heart fills with pride
To help her with decisions, the best that I can
To know that someday he'll be a fine young woman
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