THE DONKEY ATTITUDE

One day a farmer's donkey fell down into a well. The animal cried piteously for hours as the farmer tried to figure out what to do. Finally, he decided the animal was old, and the well needed to be covered up anyway; it just wasn't worth it to retrieve the donkey.

He invited all his neighbors to come over and help him. They all grabbed a shovel and began to shovel dirt into the well. At first, the donkey realized what was happening and cried horribly. Then, to everyone's amazement he quieted down.

A few shovel loads later, the farmer finally looked down the well. He was astonished at what he saw. With each shovel of dirt that hit his back, the donkey was doing something amazing. He would shake it off and take a step up.

As the farmer's neighbors continued to shovel dirt on top of the animal, he would shake it off and take a step up. Pretty soon, everyone was amazed as the donkey stepped up over the edge of the well and happily trotted off!

MORAL :

Life is going to shovel dirt on you, all kinds of dirt. The trick to getting out of the well is to shake it off and take a step up. Each of our troubles is a steppingstone. We can get out of the deepest wells just by not stopping, never giving up! Shake it off and take a step up.

Remember the five simple rules to be happy:

1. Free your heart from hatred - Forgive.

2. Free your mind from worries - Most never happens.

3. Live simply and appreciate what you have.

4. Give more.

5. Expect less from people but  more from God.

‘WHEN YOU TRUST SOMEONE TRUST HIM COMPLETELY WITHOUT ANY DOUBT....... AT THE END YOU WOULD GET ONE OF THE TWO : EITHER A LESSON FOR YOUR LIFE OR A VERY GOOD PERSON’

Expectations

Today I received this short story as a forward from my friend. It is worth reading for all like minded, hence on the blog:

A shopkeeper watching over his shop is really surprised when he sees a dog coming inside the shop, He shoos him away. But later, the dog is back inside again. So he goes over to the dog and notices that it has a note in its mouth. He takes the note and it reads “Can I have 12 soaps and a shampoo bottle, please. The money is with the dog.” The shopkeeper looks inside the dogs’ mouth and to his surprise there is a 100 rupees note in his mouth. So he takes the money and puts the soap, shampoo and change in a bag, and then places it in the dogs’ mouth.

The shopkeeper is so impressed, and since it is the closing time, he decides to follow the dog. The dog is walking down the street, when it comes to the zebra crossing; he waits till the signal turns green. He walks across the road till the bus stop. He waits on the stop and looks up the timetable for the bus. The shopkeeper is totally out of his mind as the dog gets into the bus and sits on a vacant seat. The shopkeeper followed the dog. The dog waits for the conductor to come to his seat. He gives the change to the conductor and shows him the neck belt to keep the ticket. The shopkeeper is almost fainting at this sight and so are the other people in the bus.

The dog then moves to the front exit of the door and waits for the bus stop to arrive, looking outside. As soon as the stop is in sight he wags his tail to inform the driver to stop. Then not even waiting for the bus stop to arrive the dog jumps out and runs to the house nearby. It opens a big iron gate and rushes towards the door. As it approaches the door, he changes his mind and walks towards the garden. The dog walks up to the window and beats his head several times on the window. It then walks back to the door and waits. The shopkeeper maintaining his senses walks up to the door and watched a big guy open the door.

The guy starts beating, kicking and abusing the dog. The shopkeeper is surprised and runs to stop the guy. The shopkeeper questions the guy “What in the heaven are you doing? The dog is a genius he could be famous in life.”

The guy responds “You call this clever? This is the 3rd time in this week that the dog has forgotten the door keys and I have to open the door for him”

The moral of the story: You may continue to exceed onlooker’s expectations… But will always fall short of the bosses’/PM’s expectation…...

THE LETTER

Ruth went to her mail box and there was only one letter. She picked it up
and looked at it before opening, but then she looked at the envelope again.
There was no stamp, no postmark, only her name and address.

She read the letter:

Dear Ruth,

I'm going to be in your neighborhood Saturday afternoon and I'd like to stop
by for a visit.

Love Always,
Jesus

Her hands were shaking as she placed the letter on the table. "Why would
the Lord want to visit me? I'm nobody special. I don't have anything to
offer." With that thought, Ruth remembered her empty kitchen cabinets.

"Oh my goodness, I really don't have anything to offer. I'll have to run
down to the store and buy something for dinner." She reached for her purse
and counted out its contents. Five dollars and forty cents.

"Well, I can get some bread and cold cuts, at least." She threw on her coat
and hurried out the door. A loaf of french bread, a half-pound of sliced
turkey, and a carton of milk...leaving Ruth with grand total of twelve cents
to last her until Monday. Nonetheless, she felt good as she headed home, her
meager offerings tucked under her arm.

"Hey lady, can you help us, lady?" Ruth had been so absorbed in her dinner
plans, she hadn't even noticed two figures huddled in the alleyway. A man
and a woman, both of them dressed in little more than rags.

"Look lady, I ain't got a job, ya know, and my wife and I have been living
out here on the street, and, well, now it's getting cold and we're getting
kinda hungry and, well, if you could help us, lady, we'd really appreciate
it."

Ruth looked at them both. They were dirty, they smelled bad and, frankly,
she was certain that they could get some kind of work if they really wanted
to.

"Sir, I'd like to help you, but I'm a poor woman myself. All I have is a few
cold cuts and some bread, and I'm having an important guest for dinner
tonight and I was planning on serving that to Him."

"Yeah, well, okay lady, I understand. Thanks anyway." The man put his arm
around the woman's shoulders, turned and headed back into the alley. As she
watched them leave, Ruth felt a familiar twinge in her heart.

"Sir, wait!" The couple stopped and turned as she ran down the alley after
them. "Look, why don't you take this food. I'll figure out something else to
serve my guest." She handed the man her grocery bag.

"Thank you lady. Thank you very much!"

"Yes, thank you!" It was the man's wife, and Ruth could see now that she was
shivering.

"You know, I've got another coat at home. Here, why don't you take this
one." Ruth unbuttoned her jacket and slipped it over the woman's
shoulders.

Then smiling, she turned and walked back to the street...without her coat
and with nothing to serve her guest. "Thank you lady! Thank you very much!"

Ruth was chilled by the time she reached her front door, and worried too.
The Lord was coming to visit and she didn't have anything to offer Him. She
fumbled through her purse for the door key. But as she did, she noticed
another envelope in her mailbox.

"That's odd. The mailman doesn't usually come twice in one day." She took
the envelope out of the box and opened it.


Dear Ruth,

It was so good to see you again. Thank you for the lovely meal. And thank
you, too, for the beautiful coat.

Love Always,
Jesus

The air was still cold, but even without her coat, Ruth no longer noticed.

-- Author Unknown

ECONOMICS

ECONOMICS - VARIANTS

TRADITIONAL ECONOMICS
You have two cows.
You sell one and buy a bull.
Your herd multiplies and the economy grows. You retire on the income.

INDIAN ECONOMICS
You have two cows.
You worship them.

AMERICAN ECONOMICS
You have two cows.
You sell one and force the other to produce the milk of four cows.
You profess surprise when the cow drops dead.
You put the blame on some nation with cows and naturally that nation will be a danger to mankind.                            
You wage a war to save the world and grab the cows.

FRENCH ECONOMICS
You have two cows
You go on strike because you want three cows.

GERMAN ECONOMICS
You have two cows.
You reengineer them so that they live for 100 years  eat once a month and milk themselves.                                                          

BRITISH ECONOMICS
You have two cows.
They are both mad cows.


JAPANESE ECONOMICS
You have two cows.
YOU redesign them so that they are one-tenth the size of an ordinary cow,and produce twenty times the milk. You then create cute cartoon cow imagescalled Cowkimon! and market them worldwide.         

                                                   
CHINESE ECONOMICS
You have two cows.
You have 300 people milking them.
You claim full employment, high bovine productivity and arrest anyone
reporting the actual numbers.

BANGLADESH ECONOMICS
You have two cows.
You don't know economy.
You choose one of them as the Prime Minister of the country and the other the Leader of the Opposition.         

                           

PAKISTAN ECONOMICS
You don't have any cows.
You claim that the Indian cows belong to you!!!!

LOVE-BEST

[Anonymous kid]: Daddy Daddy...

[Anonymous Dad] :Yes Timmy !
[Ano...eh... Timmy] :Daddy, I've got an assignment to write for school. Will you help me? Pleaseeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
[Dad]: Oh ! Okay !! What's yr assignment on?
[Timmy] :Love !

[Dad] :Wow ! You have an assignment on it ? In my days, the teachers were against our er... assignments ;)
[Timmy] :No Dad, we are supposed to write something on the meaning of love...its Valentines day, na !

[Dad] :Love...hmm lemme see !
[Timmy] :wait. Wait... Lemme write it down... :)

[Dad] :Love... Love is about Lies !
[Timmy]: Lies ???

[Dad] :You see, Timmy... All my life, i have said lies in love & i've found it to be the best gift you can give a person.
[Timmy] :How, Dad?

[Dad] :Well, the first time i met yr mom for a Valentines day 7 yrs ago. She was not the hottest of chicks in college, if you know wt i mean...
[Timmy] :Hot chick ?

[Dad] :You get it in due time, son... ;)
Anyways... i saw this cute girl standing at a corner of the dance floor. I heard one of my friends say that she couldn't get any date for the party.
So here i was, cursing my luck as my date's grandmom expired n that left me in the same predicament ?
[Timmy] :Pedica ??

[Dad] :Predicament...means..eh, problem !
[Timmy] :Oh...

[Dad] :So i went up to yr Mom n told her.."Hey, How come such a beautiful lady like you does not have all the guys crooning over you?"
Now, i knew very well that even i wouldn't have asked her to dance if i had a choice, but it was that one little lie that got us together !
[Timmy]: But Dad, aint it bad to lie ?

[Dad] :Son, sometimes you have to lie to make the ppl you love happy !
Every Valentines day after that, i used to tell yr mom that she was the most beautiful girl in the whole world.
Now yes, i think she's cute & pretty in a special kind of way, but you tell me...Do you think she has the legs of Sharon Stone and the figure of Alicia Silverstone ?
[Timmy] :Eh... I dont know any of these stones, dad !

[Dad] :Hmm.. ok...Lets just say that yr mom was just an ordinary Wilma from the Flintstones !
[Timmy] :I know Wilma ! I know Wilma !!

[Dad] :Hehe... & then again...
When yr mom was pregnant with you... she used to ask me every day how she looked ? Did she look fat ?
Now frankly, she had gained about 30-40 pounds... & was always in one of her moods..
But i'd tell her.."Nooooooooooooo Honey, you are glowing ! You look fabulous !!
Now if i told her she looked like a fat cow, it would have hurt her !
[Timmy] :Ya...

[Dad] :So you see son...Love is when you say those little lies to keep someone happy !
ok... i've gotta go now... All the best with yr assignment...
[Timmy] :Bye Dad !

............................
[Timmy] :Love means lying ??? Maybe i'll ask Mom
Mommyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy...
[Timmy] :Mom..Mom... i have an assignment for school...you will help me, na !

[Mom] :Timmy, you know i'v to go out with daddy in another 1/2 hr
[Timmy] :Pleaseeeeeeeee Mommy !

[Mom]: ok...Timmy. wts the topic ?
[Timmy]: Eh... Love !

[Mom] :Love...Love is about knowing the goodness of a person's heart, honey !
[Timmy] :Goodness of heart ? huh ?

[Mom] :It’s like this...
When i was in college, yr Dad used to tell me i should be in hollywood. Now i knew he was just lying, but i also knew that he dint want me in hollywood, but rt next to him!
& when i was pregnant, i used to look so fat i looked like Santa Claus ! But yr Dad would say i was looked weak n would feed me everything he could find !
His lies were so dumb, i even thought i had married a stupid...but the truth is that this stupid cared enough to lie...just to make me happy !
[Timmy] :But... he was lying, rt ?

[Mom] :Well honey...he was just being a guy !
& i knew everytime that he was lying to me... but every single time, i also knew that he said those lies coz he loved me !
[Timmy] :Hmm...

[Mom] :Ok honey... i'v to go get ready now. byeeeee

........................
Assignment
Topic : Love
Author : Timmy

Love... When someone lies to you n you smile... coz you know the person cares enough for ur happiness to lie to you !!!

The End

Respect Men

I think everyone might have read abt Mom's, Wife's and Girl's...

Its time to learn something abt Men...


A boy/man is one of the most beautiful creations of God.

He starts compromising at very tender age. He sacrifices his chocolates for his sister. 

Later he sacrifices his love for just a smile on his parents face. He sacrifices his love for his wife and children by working late nights. 

He builds their future by taking loans from banks and then repaying them for the life time. Thus he sacrifices full youth for his wife and children without any complain. 

Believe me he struggles a lot but still has to hear the music (scolding) of Mother, wife and his boss. Yet every mother, wife and boss tries to have control over him. 

Finally his life ends up by compromising for others happiness. He is that creature of God who no one can compete with. 

Respect every boy/man in your life. You will never know what he has sacrificed for you. 

Just extend your hand when he needs it

Boys also Have Emotions and respect it. Share it to every boy whom you know and girls to make them realize…




 


 

One's Worth

A well known speaker started off his seminar by holding up a $20 bill. In
the room of 200, he asked, "Who would like this $20 bill?" Hands started
going up. He said, "I am going to give this $20 to one of you, but first,
let me do this." He proceeded to crumple the dollar bill in his hand. He
then asked, "Who still wants it?" Still the hands were up in the air.
"Well, what if I do this?" And he dropped it on the ground and started to
grind it into the floor with his shoe. He picked it up, now all crumpled
and dirty. "Now who still wants it?" Still, the hands went up.

"My friends, you have all learned a very valuable lesson. No matter what I
did to the money, you still wanted it because it did not decrease in value.
It was still worth $20. Many times in our lives, we are dropped, crumpled
and ground into the dirt by the decisions we make and the circumstances that
come our way. We feel as though we are worthless. But, no matter what has
happened or what will happen, you will never lose your value in God's eyes.
To Him, dirty or clean, crumpled or finely creased, you are still priceless.

Thought: The worth of our lives come not in what we do or who we are, but
in WHOSE we are.