Enjoy Life

A group of working adults got together to visit their University
lecturer. The lecturer was happy to see them. Conversation soon turned into complaints about stress in work and life.

The Lecturer just smiled and went to the kitchen to get an assortment of cups - some porcelain, some in plastic, some in glass, some plain looking and some looked rather expensive and exquisite.

The Lecturer offered his former students the cups to get drinks for
themselves. When all the students had a cup in hand with water, the Lecturer spoke: If you noticed, all the nice looking, expensive cups were taken up, leaving behind the plain and cheap ones.

While it is normal that you only want the best for yourselves, that is the source of your problems and stress. What all you wanted was water, not the cup, but we unconsciously went for the better cups. Just like in life, if Life is Water, then the jobs, money and position in society are the cups. They are just tools to hold/maintain Life, but the quality of Life doesn't change.

If we only concentrate on the cup, we won't have time to enjoy/taste the water in it.

A Man of Attitude

Michael is the kind of guy you love to hate. He is always in a good
mood and always has something positive to say. When someone
would ask him how he was doing, would reply,"If I were any
better, I would be twins!" He was a natural motivator.If an
employeewas having a bad day, Michael was there telling the
employee how to look on the positive side of the situation.

Seeing this style really made me curious, so one day I went up to
Michael and asked him, "I don't get it! You can't be a positive
person all of the time. How do you do it?" Michael replied, Each
morning I wake up and say to myself, you have two choices today.
You can choose to be in a good mood or you can choose to be in a
bad mood. I choose to be in a good mood. Each time something
bad happens, I can choose to be a victim or I can choose to learn
from it. I choose to learn from it. Every time someone comes to
me complaining, I can choose to accept their complaining or I can
point out the positive side of life. I choose the positive side of life.

"Yeah, right, it's not that easy," I protested. "Yes, it is,"
Michael said. "Life is all about choices. When you cut away all the
junk,every situation is a choice. You choose how you react to
situations. You choose how people affect your mood. You choose
to be in a good mood or bad mood. The bottom line: It's your
choice how you live your life." I reflected on what Michael said.
Soon hereafter, I left the Tower Industry to start my own
business.

We lost touch, but I often thought about him when I made a choice
about life instead of reacting to it. Several years later, I heard that
Michael was involved in a serious accident, falling some 60 feet
from a communications tower. After 18 hours of surgery and
weeks of intensive care, Michael was released from the hospital
with rods placed in his back.

I saw Michael about six months after the accident. When I asked
him how he was, he replied. "If I were any better, I'd be twins.
Wanna see my scars?" I declined to see his wounds, but I did ask
him what had gone through his mind as the accident took place.
"The first thing that went through my mind was the well-being of
my soon to be born daughter," Michael replied.
"Then, as I lay on the ground, I remembered that I had two
choices: I could choose to live or I could choose to die.
I chose to live."
"Weren't you scared? Did you lose consciousness?"
I asked. Michael continued, "...the paramedics were great. They
kept telling me I was going to be fine. But when they wheeled me
into the ER and I saw the expressions on the faces of the doctors
and nurses, I got really scared. In their eyes, I read,
"he's a dead man. I knew I needed to take action."

"What did you do?" I asked. “Well, there was a big burly nurse
shouting questions at me," said Michael. "She asked if I was
allergic to anything. "Yes, I replied." The doctors and nurses
stopped working as they waited for my reply. I took a deep
breathand yelled, "Gravity." Over their laughter,
I told them, "I am choosing to live. Operate on me as if
I am alive, not dead."

Michael lived, thanks to the skill of his doctors, but also because
of his amazing attitude. I learned from him that every day we
have the choice to live fully. Attitude, after all, is everything.

"Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will
worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own."
After all today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday.

Life is full of choices with yes and no, its attitude which
decides ...and you are the best judge of it.

Best Moments in Life

* To fall in love.
* To laugh until it hurts your stomach.
* To find mails by the thousands when you return from a vacation.
* To go for a vacation to some pretty place.
* To listen to your favorite song in the radio.
* To go to bed and to listen while it rains outside.
* To leave the shower and find that the towel is warm.
* To clear your last exam.
* To receive a call from someone, you don't see a lot, but you want to.
* To find money in a pant that you haven't used since last year .
* To laugh at yourself looking at mirror, making faces.:)))
* Calls at midnight that last for hours.
* To laugh without a reason.
* To accidentally hear somebody say something good about you.
* To wake up and realize it is still possible to sleep for a couple of hours.
* To hear a song that makes you remember a special person.
* To be part of a team.
* To watch the sunset from the hill top.
* To make new friends.
* To feel butterflies! in the stomach every time that you see that person.
* To pass time with your best friends.
* To see people that you like, feeling happy.
* To use a sweater of the person that you like and find that it still smells
of their perfume.
* See an old friend again and to feel that the things have not changed.
* To take an evening walk along the beach.
* To have somebody tell you that he/she loves you.
* To laugh .......laugh........and laugh ...... remembering stupid things
done with stupid friends.

These are some of the best moments of life....

You r my Last Leaf

I was thinking of old friends today.And how many of them have slipped away.Moved, got married, or stopped calling so much, Found new friends, got busy, and just lost touch.It reminded me of falling leaves.
Every autumn the leaves fall from the trees. Some stay longer than others, but eventually - Each leaf must fall, I'm told, Leaving the tree alone to face the cold. Why is it that in the time of utmost need The leaves would seek to leave the tree?
And when we need our friends around We look and they cannot be found? Of course these friendships come and go.
And in the spring new leaves will grow. But I prefer autumn friends of old. With crackling laughter and colors bold. It saddens me now I must admit. How somehow, someway, I did forget Laughing with old friends of mine.
During summers when the sun would shine. And then I thought of you. That one stubborn leaf that won't let go. That clings despite the winds that blow. Fighting ice, and snow, and winter's stings Hanging on right through till spring.
So I guess that's what you are to me - The very last leaf to leave the tree. I know it seems silly, but it's true. When I see that last leaf... I think of you.

God Exists

This is one of the best explanations of why God allows pain and suffering that I have seen.

It's an explanation other people will understand.
A man went to a barbershop to have his hair cut and his beard trimmed.
Barber began to work, they began to have a good conversation. They talked about so many things and various subjects. When they eventually touched on the subject of God, the barber said: "I don't believe that God exists."
Why do you say that?" asked the customer
"Well, you just have to go out in the street to realize that God doesn't exist.

Tell me, if God exists, would there be so many sick people?

Would there be abandoned children? If God existed, there would be neither suffering nor pain.

I can't imagine a loving God who would allow all of these things."
The customer thought for a moment, but didn't respond because he didn't want to start an argument.
The barber finished his job and the customer left the shop. Just after he left the barbers shop, he saw a man in the street with long, stringy, dirty hair & an un trimmed beard. He looked dirty and unkempt.
The customer turned back and entered the barbershop again and he said to the barber:
"You know what? Barbers do not exist."
"How can you say that?" asked the surprised barber. "I am here, and I am a barber.

And I just worked on you!"
"No!" the customer exclaimed.
"Barbers don't exist because if they did, there would be no people with dirty long hair and untrimmed beards like that man outside."
"Ah, but barbers DO exist! What happens is, people do not come to me."
"Exactly!" affirmed the customer. "That's the point!
God, too, DOES exist! What happens, is, people don't go to Him and do not look for Him.

That's why there's so much pain and suffering in the World."

THE CUP OF LIFE

As he was about to sip his tea, the disciple noticed a fly in his cup. This was, of course, a minor occurrence. Living in an ashram surrounded by the woods, such occurrences are but inevitable - a fly in the tea, insects crawling all over one’s body, ants in the sugar bin, spiders in the cupboard, even scorpions on the roof!
The Master happened to see the disciple grimace. He leaned forward with sympathy and consternation.
“What’s the matter?”
“Oh, nothing.” The disciple said. “It’s nothing - just a fly in my tea.” The disciple managed a little smile to project acceptance and composure. “I don’t want my Master to think that mere insects can disturb me… certainly not after all these years of being with him,” the disciple thought to himself.
“Oh, oh, a fly in the tea,” the Master said in a low tone.
“It’s no problem.” The disciple reiterated, smiling reassuringly at the Master. But the Master, with concern written all over his face, continued to focus on the cup. He rose from his chair, leaned over and dipped his finger into the tea. With great care, he lifted out the offending fly and then left the room.
A while later, the Master returned, beaming. “He’s going to be all right,” he said softly. He explained how he had placed the fly on the leaf of a bush so his wings could dry. “He’s still alive and has started flapping his wings… we can confidently expect him to take flight soon…”
Then the Master turned towards his disciple and said, “It wasn’t a question of the tea, but the life of the fly. You can always make another cup of tea, but the fly wouldn’t have got another moment to live… if we hadn’t acted in time.”
To the disciple stunned at the Master’s compassion, the Master said,

“Use things and love life… don’t love things and abuse life.”

Love is more than anything

There was once this guy who is very much in love with his girl.

This romantic guy folded 1,000 pieces of paper cranes as a gift to his girl.
Although, at that time he was just a small fry in his company,
his future doesn't seem too bright, they were very happy together.
Until one day, his girl told him she was going to Paris and will never come back.
She also told him that she cannot visualize any future for the both of them, so they went their own ways there and then...
Heartbroken, the guy agreed. But when he regained his confidence, he worked hard day and night, slogging his body and mind just to make something out of him.
Finally with all the hard work and the help of friends, this guy had set up his own company ...
”You never fail until you stop trying.”
One rainy day, while this guy was driving, he saw an elderly couple sharing an umbrella in the rain walking to some destination.
Even with the umbrella, they were still drenched.
It didn't take him long to realize they were his girl's parents.
With a heart in getting back at them, he drove slowly beside the couple, wanting them to spot him in his luxury sedan.
He wanted them to know that he wasn't the same any more;
he had his own company, car, condo, etc. He made it!
What he saw next confused him; the couple was walking towards a cemetery, and so he got out of his car and followed...
and he saw his girl, a photograph of her smiling sweetly as ever at him from her tombstone and he saw his paper cranes right beside her...
Her parents saw him. He asked them why this had happened.
They explained, she did not leave for France at all. She was ill with cancer.
She had believed that he will make it someday, but she did not want to be his obstacle... therefore she had chosen to leave him.
Just because someone doesn't love you the way you want them to, doesn't mean they don't love you with all they have.
She had wanted her parents to put his paper cranes beside her, because, if the day comes when fate brings him to her again...he can take some of those back with him...
Once you have loved, you will always love.
For what's in your mind may escape but what's in your heart will remain forever.
The guy just wept...The worst way to miss someone is to be sitting right besides her knowing you can't have her, see her or be with her ever again.........hoping you understand.

”Find time to realize that there is one person who means so much to you, for you might wake up one morning losing that person who you thought meant nothing to you.“

Mischievous Brothers

Two little boys, ages 8 and 10, are excessively mischievous. They are always getting into trouble and their parents know all about it. If any mischief occurs in their town, the two boys are probably involved.
The boys' mother heard that a preacher in town had been successful in disciplining children, so she asked if he would speak with her boys. The preacher agreed, but he asked to see them individually.
So the mother sent the 8 year old first, in the morning, with the older boy to see the preacher in the afternoon. The preacher, a huge man with a booming voice, sat the younger boy down and asked him sternly,
"Do you know where God is, son?" The boy's mouth dropped open, but he made no response, sitting there wide-eyed with his mouth hanging open.So the preacher repeated the question in an even sterner tone,
"Where is God?!"
Again, the boy made no attempt to answer. The preacher raised his voice even more and shook his finger in the boy's face and bellowed,
"Where is God?!"
The boy screamed and bolted from the room, ran directly home and dove into his closet, slamming the door behind him.
When his older brother found him in the closet, he asked,” what happened?" The younger brother, gasping for breath, replied, "We are in BIG trouble this time.

("I just LOVE reading next line again and again")

GOD is missing, and they think we did it!

A Friend is more

A friend is more than someone who wipes
Your tears when you are sad.
They are more than the person you call when
Someone makes you incredibly mad.
A true friend does not have to be a person
You spend time with every weekend,
Or even someone who lives
Just around the bend.

A friend can be a person with whom
You shared a single moment,
But you felt like it was just for
You they were sent.
Friendship does not always have to
Build up over years
It, like love, sometimes
Just appears.

So always remember that
Each person you meet
Has the potential to be someone
Especially interesting and neat.
Try not to judge those who
Don't seen your "type,"
Because their personality,
May fit yours just right.

I Saw God Today

I saw God in you again today

There in the gentle touch of your hand

I saw Him in your bright smile

Only God and I could understand.

I saw God in children as they play

I see Him in teens and older folks too

He is there in a stranger's face

I see God where I go and what I do.

I saw God in a baby's hand and smile

He was there in a beautiful rainbow

I saw Him in a quiet, calm stream

He is there when silent breezes blow.

As friends walked down the street

Talking and laughing as friends do

I saw God in their kindness today

It was then I also thought of you.

I saw God in the morning dew

He was there in the beauty of a flower

I saw Him as He created the sunset

I see Him every day and hour.

Good Day

A brand new day is dawning
And as it gets its start,

I hope your day is very special,
No one deserves it more than you!
You are such a kindhearted person,
It shows in everything that you do.

So, have a perfect morning
And an even lovelier day...
May happiness surround you
Always.... not just for today!

"IT IS SO SIMPLE TO BE HAPPY BUT IT SO DIFFICULT TO BE SIMPLE. JUST LIKE YOU MY FRIEND"

Doing the right thing

Sometimes it means giving in
When you know that nothing else matter

Sometimes it means needing to be quiet
When words can no longer deliver the message

Sometimes it means going separate ways
When things have gotten unbearable and hopeless

Sometimes it means turning away
When your presence will do more harm than good

Sometimes it means giving up your dreams
When you no longer have time to dream

Sometimes it means stop hoping
When there's nothing else to hope for

Sometimes it means giving up your reasons
When you know that they just don't fit

Sometimes it means masking your true feelings
When you know that you have to put up a face

Sometimes it means keeping the love within your heart
When you know that it can only bring pain

My life time friend

It's easy to take our friendship
and each other for granted -
to forget what life would be like,
without each other to laugh with,
to be with, to care about...But
whenever i slow down and give
our friendship a thought,
i still feel that....It's one of
the finest relationship I have and
I still see the same sentiment
reflecting in you!

You're My Friend for life!

We all want to Love?

We all want to love. Why?
Because that experience makes us feel completely alive,
where evry sense is heightened,
and every emotion is magnified.
Our everyday reality is shattered
and we are flying into the heavens
It may only last a moment, an hour, or an afternoon,
but that doesn't diminish its value.
because we are left with memories
that we treasure for the rest of our lives.

Someday someone might come into your life

and love you the way you've always wanted.

If your someday is tomorrow, hope.

If your someday is today, cherish.

If your someday was yesterday, learn.

Tears in the rain

Boy and gal were deeply in love.. They were the perfect couple in all their

friends eyes. They went out together like all couples do and enjoy each other company and love. However there is one thing, boy don't understand.

Everytime when it rains, gal would love to go out in the rain alone and seems like enjoying herself. Boy always wanted to join the gal in the rain, but gal
stopped him and said that she was afraid he would get sick. Boy didn't mind so much, thinking that as long as she is happy, he will be happy as well.

Good things never last, their love lasted for one year and boy met another gal.

The love for this other gal is so much stronger and boy finally initated the breakup. Gal know that she has to let him go because boy is like a wild horse, he enjoy the freedom of running in the grassland wildly.

On the last day of their relationship, boy sent gal home. Boy give his last goodnight kiss on to gal and said that he was sorry for everything. Before they parted, boy ask gal one question,

"How come you always like to go out in the rain alone, without me accompany you?"

Gal give a feint smile, and say

"Because I don't want to let you see me crying in the rain . . .

Avoiding mistakes

One sure way to avoid mistakes is to avoid taking action. But
in the long run, avoiding action would be the biggest
mistake of all, for nothing would ever get done.

If you're going to move forward, you're going to make some
wrong turns along the way. Don't let that stop you from
proceeding.

There will be many times when you'll look back and wish you
had done things differently. Don't let that stop you from
moving forward.

Mistakes are bad enough on their own. Don't be so afraid of
them that you avoid life itself.

Every mistake you've ever made is now in the past. The way
to move ahead is to leave them there.

Learn from where you went wrong, then step confidently and
positively forward. For now is your time to live and to act.

Nice quotes

Friendship is like the breeze,
You can't hold it, Smell it, Taste it,
Or know when it's coming,
But you can always feel it,
And you'll always know it's there,
It may come and then go,
But you can know it'll always be back.

IF U HAVE AN APPLE & I HAVE ONE
IF WE XCHANGE THEM ,
WE WILL BE LEFT WITH ONE EACH.
BUT IF U HAVE AN IDEA & I HAVE ONE
IF WE EXCHANGE THEM,

WE WILL BE LEFT WITH TWO IDEAS EACH.
SO LETS EXCHANGE OUR MINDS.


No one can go back and make a brand new start.
But you can always start from now and make a brand new ending.

Life is Ur canvas

Life is your canvas,
As a soul,you choose your starting colors,
which are your body,personality,country and family of birth.
Then you come into your life,with your paintbrushes and colors
ready to begin the artwork called your life.

This is where most people get stuck.
They hand their brushes and paints over to others
and wonder later why the painting called their life,
is not what they wanted it to be.

Your life is not anyone else's fault or responsibility.
Your life purpose is to hold your paintbrushes with joy
and to paint a picture of life that is true to you.

It can never be right or wrong,and you cannot fail at it.

True Lover

In peaceful rest, your eyes are kissed

with gentle sleep. I watch over you

with passion and pride and know where

my heart belongs.

I wait for you to waken, anticipating

your bright smile and warm affection.

With each soft breath and subtle sleeping

move I am a heartbeat away from greeting

you with a touch, a smile, a kiss.

So intense are my feelings for want of you

that when we first met I sometimes shaded

my thoughts for fear of being judged too

much of a romantic. Now, together, I know

that the romance was not mine to give, but

yours to inspire.

I will not wake you from your soft sleep,

nor disturb your dreams.

They are yours to experience.

I am content to sit and watch over my dream.

Sleep, my love. I am here.

Importance of One

One minute makes a difference
When running for the train.
One car will change your day
If you're in a crowded lane.

One sentence works a wonder,
If it's needed to be heard.
One deed brings a person light,
As does one kindly word.

One meal is often missed,
One crime means doing time,
One shoe is always searched for,
As is, at times, one dime.

But the greatest One of all,
Be it parent, teacher, friend,
Is the one with you when you're down;
Beside you to the end.

You are in Love

When you are together with that special someone, you pretend to ignore
that person. But when that special someone is not around, you might look around
to find them.
At that moment, you are in love.

Although there is someone else who always makes you laugh,
your eyes and attention might go only to that special someone.
Then, you are in love.

Although that special someone was supposed to have called you long back,
to let you know of their safe arrival,

your phone is quiet.
You are desperately waiting for the call!
At that moment, you are in love.

If you are much more excited for one short e-mail from
that special someone than other many long e-mails,
you are in love.

When you find yourself as one who cannot erase all the
emails or SMS messages in your phone because of one message
from that special someone, you are in love.

When you get a couple of free movie tickets, you would
not hesitate to think of that special someone.
Then, you are in love.

You keep telling yourself, "that special someone is just a friend",but
you realize that you can not avoid that person's special attraction. At that
moment, you are in love.

While you are reading this mail, if someone
appears in your mind,
then u are in love with that person...;))

" Happiness is not something you find, it's something you create... "

Life is a Flower

Life is like a flower,

Just let it bloom.

Dancing in the wind and sunshine,

Till its joyfully full.

But when the petals begins to fall,

Joy goes away.

And is replaced with faith,

That one day it may rain.

Feelings

This feeling

Can you really describe it?

In my heart, In my soul

Its a feeling of warmness

Absolute happiness

And I never want to loose it

This feeling

Is like a blooming flower

A ray of light

And I never would have gained it

Without you

Your smile

Your eyes

Your laugh

They all bring that feeling

And I think that the only name for this feeling

Is Love.

Remember Forever

Remember my class mates after few years,

My eyes were filled in tears,

Everyone now is busy a lot,

No one escaped destiny's plot.

Saw the girl whom once I thought as my best friend,

Oops! today she is somebody else girl friend,

After months remember about her for a little while,

Heard she is happy, that made me smile.

Project reviews to campus interviews,

Nick names to last bench games,

Cultural rehearsals to love proposals,

Short term crushes to classroom blushes.

Everyone is fresh in our mind,

Wish life could just rewind,

Lets laugh play and rejoice,

Once again became college guys.

Chatting and laughing we all were in elation,

Till the painfull moment of separation,

When it was time to part,

We returned with a heavy heart.

Today life is full of commitments,

And too many worries,

But those cherish moments,

Will live forever in memories!!

My Advice

In a moment nothing is as it seems

melted candles, love gone with a few words

you're left alone and no one cares,

nothing matters beautiful is just a word,

the image shatters people grow old and the

wrinkles set in and there's no time for change,

no doing it again life is an enigma,

another charade colors once so bright will soon fade

nothing makes sense until the end hold onto your lovers,

keep close to your freinds

The best advice comes straight from the heart

care about yourself that's where true love really starts

don't let yourself fall in love too easy and don't always hold back

see the world in many colors not just white and black

love wholeheartedly even when the road is rough

tell people that you care about them,

no one is told enough don't hold on to your past

make it a memory in you mindall broken hearts are healed,

just give it timeit's your life, the only one you can live

Don't be afraid to love, that is the best advice I can give.

That's Life

Life's like having a cup of coffee.

You sit by the window,

lift the cup and

take a careless sip,

only to realise,

somebody forgot to put the sugar.

Too Lazy to go for it,

you somehow struggle through

that sugarless cup of coffee

Till you, discover undissolved sugar

crystals sitting at the bottom...........

That's Life.

Love Ur Friend

Respect those Friends

Who find time for you

In their calender,

But love those Friend

Who don't consult

Their calender when

You need them...

Rich people travel in cars,

Poor people travel in carts,

But people like you....

Travel in Hearts!

Face the World

If nothing ever went wrong in your life,

you would never have a chance to grow stronger.

So face anything, its your chance to grow stronger!

Have a rocking future ahead..................

Days are 2 Busy,

Hours are 2 Fast,

Seconds are 2 Few.

But there's always time,

For me 2 remember,

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Love and Friendship

Love is a dream

But our friendship is evergreen.

Don't make friends before understanding.

Don't break friendship after understanding.

GOOD friends CARE for eachother

CLOSE friends UNDERSTAND eachother..

TRUE friends STAY forever.

beyond words,

beyond time,

and beyond distance.........

Friendship is the inexpressible

comfort of feeling

safe with a person because

you neither have to weigh your thoughts

nor measure your words..........

Live, Love & Hope

Life ends when you stop dreaming
Love ends when you stop believing
Hope ends when you stop living
So Live, Love And Hope MORE......

"Love has no reason,,if it has,its not Love"

- Shakespere

True Love

If you Love someone,
But your someone Loves someone,
You be the same someone like before,
Because time will come that your someone will realize,

That you are not someone but you are the one.

Friendship

Friendship is never measured by the number of times
they made you laugh...........
But by the number of times they made you smile
after you have cried.

F.R.I.E.N.D

F Full of Love!

R Root of Joy!

I Island of Peace!

E End of Sorrow!

N Name of Hope!

D Door of Understanding.

Happy Friendship Day.

Golden Memories

Go Back To Our College Life For A Minute

Those fightings in the benches,
those passing special letters about special person,
those chatting in between the lecture,
getting scolding from lecturer and
still smiling by seeing your friends laughing,
fighting with our friend but still worrying about that friend..........

Went Through Those Sweet Memories

Keep Them Fresh

Meet U again

Life has gone with so many conversation,
we have left behind so many memories,
those memories when recollected leaves tears,
would those days returns?
would those friends meet,
those who are busy working towards their goals?
where have those days gone?
Time is too strong

Miss you my friend!

Hope we meet again one day in our journey of life!

With Luv
Seshathri.K