“A Very Common Human tendency is to enlarge all the problem by unnecessary worry, without considering it logically”
~Imm
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1. Story
A logical Hit of the mind’s hammer
A giant ship engine failed. The ship's owners tried one expert after another, but none of them could figure but how to fix the engine. Then they brought in an old man who had been fixing ships since he was a young. He carried a large bag of tools with him, and when he arrived, he immediately went to work. He inspected the engine very carefully, top to bottom. Two of the ship's owners were there, watching this man, hoping he would know what to do.
After looking things over, the old man reached into his bag and pulled out a small hammer. He gently tapped something. Instantly, the engine lurched into life. He carefully put his hammer away.
The engine was fixed! A week later, the owners received a bill from the old man for ten thousand dollars. "What?!" the owners exclaimed. "He hardly did anything!" So they wrote the old man a note saying, "Please send us an itemized bill."

The man sent a bill that read:

Tapping with a hammer....................... $ 2.00

Knowing where to tap.......................... $ 9,998.00
~ Send by Ruchi Tendulkar

2. Story
An alternative
When ‘A’ country began the launch of astronauts into space, they found out that the pens would not work at zero gravity (ink won’t flow down to the writing surface). To solve this problem, it took them one decade and $12 million. They developed a pen that worked at zero gravity, upside down, underwater, in practically any surface including crystal and in a temperature range from below freezing to over 300 degrees C.
And what did the ‘B’ country do…? They used…..
A pencil
~ Vijay Krishna

Moral: Effort is important, But where... That is what really matters.

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“Happiness is the state of acceptance, Happiness doesn’t come ONLY by winning or earning the things, but it exists where you satisfy yourself with the things you win”
~ Imm

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Enjoy your tea

A group of alumni (graduate students), highly established in their careers, got together to visit their old university professor. Conversation soon turned into complaints about stress in work and life. Offering his guests tea: the professor went to the kitchen and returned with a large pot of tea and an assortment of cups - porcelain, plastic, glass, crystal, some plain looking, some expensive, some exquisite - telling them to help themselves to the tea. All the students had a cup of tea in hand, the professor said: "If you noticed, all the nice looking expensive cups were taken up, leaving behind the plain and cheap ones. While it is but normal for you to want only the best for yourselves, that is the source of your problems and stress. Be assured that the cup itself adds no quality to the tea in most cases, just more expensive and in some cases even hides what we drink. What all of you really wanted was tea, not the cup, but you consciously went for the best cups...and then began eyeing each other's cups.

Now consider this:
“Life is the tea, and the jobs, money and position in society are the cups. They are just tools to hold and contain Life, and the type of cup we have does not define, nor change the quality of Life we live. Sometimes, by concentrating only on the cup, we fail to enjoy the tea God has provided us."

God brews the tea, not the cups..........enjoy your tea.

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बीते हुए वर्ष की, दिल में उठे हर्ष की,

चिर पुराने बंधुओं की, खट्टे-मींठे अनुभवों की,

अविष्मरणीय यादों की, नव मिले आगंतुकों की,

पूरे वर्ष मन में न जाने, जन्मीं कितनी भावनाएं?

आपको नव-वर्ष की शुभकामनायें.

गत सर्दियों की ठिठुरन की,

शर्माते सूरज और ठंडी हवाओं की,

गर्म-गर्म चाय और कॉफी के बुलबुलों की,

धूप और बादलों में मची होड़ की,

खिचड़ी में पतंगों के आपस के दौड़ की,

सुनसान सड़कों और खामोश रातों की,

कितनी ऐसी यादें हैं जो भूली न जाए.

आपको नव-वर्ष की शुभकामनायें.

जाड़े के संग-संग आये ऋतुराज की,

मदमाते मंज़र और सुलगते पलाश की,

मलयांचल से मदमाती बहती-बहती हवाओं की,

मदहोश नव-यौवन और होली के रंगों की,

मत्त हुए महुओं और पीपल के पल्लव की,

कोयल की कूह्कों और कौवों के वाचन की,

कवियों की, जिन्होंने रची ऐसी कवितायें.

आपको नव-वर्ष की शुभकामनायें.

रंगों को करके फीका, आये ग्रीष्म की,

क्रोधित हुए सूरज और गरमाती हवाओं की,

दहकते हुए शहर और तपते हुए गावों की,

पिघलता हुआ आसमान और पेड़ों के छाँव की,

बढ़ते हुए दिन और छोटी हुई रातों की,

झुलसती हुई धरती और सूखते हुए तालों की,

ठन्डे कोल्ड्रिंक्स और लस्सी के मिठास की,

ग्रीष्म अवकाश की, जिसमें जहाँ चाहें घूम आयें.

आपको नव-वर्ष की शुभकामनायें.

ग्रीष्म की विदाई पर आई वर्षा रानी की,

सावन के झूले संग झूलती नवयवना की,

कड़कती हुई बिजलियाँ, गरजते हुए मेघों की,

चमकते हुए इन्द्रधनुष, छमकती हुई बूंदों की,

टर्राते मेंढक और कूदते हुए मोरों की,

झूमते किसान और धान के खेतों की,

भीगते हुए पेड़ और टपकते हुए छप्पर की,

हरे-भरे मन की, जो लगता है अभी झूमें गाये.

आपको नव-वर्ष की शुभकामनाएं.

~ नवनीत नीरव

My wishes for you in year 2011
Great start for Jan,
Love for Feb,
Peace for march,
No worries for April
Fun for May,
Joy for June to Nov,
Happiness for Dec,
Have a lucky and wonderful 2011.

WISH U A VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR

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We can't help everyone, but everyone can help someone.

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One night, at 11:30 PM, an older African American woman was standing on the side of an Alabama highway trying to endure a lashing rain storm

Her car had broken down and she desperately needed a ride. Soaking wet, she decided to flag down the next car. A young white man stopped to help her - generally unheard of in those conflict-filled 1960s. The man took her to safety, helped her get assistance and put her into a taxi cab. She seemed to be in a big hurry! She wrote down his address, thanked him and drove away.

Seven days went by and a knock came on the man's door. To his surprise, a giant console color TV was delivered to his home. A special note was attached. It read: "Thank you so much for assisting me on the highway the other night. The rain drenched not only my clothes but my spirits. Then you came along. Because of you, I was able to make it to my dying husband's bedside just before he passed away. God bless you for helping me and unselfishly serving others."

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“Other people may be there to help us, teach us, guide us along our path, but the lesson to be learned is always ours.”

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There's no such thing as too late. That's why they invented death.

~From a movie

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When Are You Too Old?

When asked how it was that she has lived so long, one 91-year-old woman replied, "I think God is testing the patience of my relatives."

When is "too old"? At what age do we give up? At 100, Grandma Moses was still painting, and Titian painted "Battle of Lepants" when he was 98.

At 93, George Bernard Shaw wrote "Farfetched Fables."

At 91, Eamon de Valera served as president of Ireland.

At 90, Pablo Picasso still drew and engraved.

At 89, Arthur Rubinstein gave one of his greatest recitals in New York's Carnegie Hall, and Pablo Casals, at 88, still performed cello concerts.

At 82, Winston Churchill wrote the four-volume work, "A History of the English-Speaking Peoples," Leo Tolstoy completed "I Cannot Be Silent," and Goethe, at the same age, finished "Faust."

At 81, Benjamin Franklin engineered the diplomacy, which led to the adoption of the U.S. Constitution.

When are you "too old"? Only on the day when you truly have nothing left to give. And the good news is this: that day never has to arrive!

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