Happy People ...

Why walk when you can fly?

Once there was a king who received a gift of two magnificent falcons from Arabia. They were peregrine falcons, the most beautiful birds he had ever seen. He gave the precious birds to his head falconer to be trained.

Months passed and one day the head falconer informed the king that though one of the falcons was flying majestically, soaring high in the sky, the other bird had not moved from its branch since the day it had arrived.

The king summoned healers and sorcerers from all the land to tend to the falcon, but no one could make the bird fly. He presented the task to the member of his court, but the next day, the king saw through the palace window that the bird had still not moved from its perch. Having tried everything else, the king thought to himself, "May be I need someone more familiar with the countryside to understand the nature of this problem." So he cried out to his court, "Go and get a farmer."

In the morning, the king was thrilled to see the falcon soaring high above the palace gardens. He said to his court, "Bring me the doer of this miracle."

The court quickly located the farmer, who came and stood before the king. The king asked him, "How did you make the falcon fly?"

With his head bowed, the farmer said to the king, "It was very easy, your highness. I simply cut the branch where the bird was sitting."

We are all made to fly -- to realize our incredible potential as human beings. But instead of doing that, we sit on our branches, clinging to the things that are familiar to us. The possibilities are endless, but for most of us, they remain undiscovered. We conform to the familiar, the comfortable, the mundane. So for the most part, our lives are mediocre instead of exciting, thrilling and fulfilling… So let us learn to destroy the branch of fear we cling to and free ourselves to the glory of flight !!!!!!!

Confused Nation !!!

There is a lot of truth in this but there isn't enough of this being expressed to the young & impressionable... most of our young from middle class & lower middle class backgrounds aren't ever asked to think that this is wrong... so what values can they grow up with... they will emulate the corruption (in all senses of the word) that they see around them.

* Where a policeman kills a leopard that is actually attacking a villager, and instead of being felicitated he is booked for the crime of saving a human being at the insistence of some Wildlife Organizations.!

* A nation where Rice is Rs.40/- per kg and SIM Card is free.

* Where a pizza you have ordered reaches home faster than an ambulance or police, even if you were being murdered or having a heart attack!

* Where a car loan is charged at 5% but an education loan, so necessary for our youth is charged an interest of 12%!

* A nation where students with 45% get into elite institutions through the quota system and those with 90% are sent away because of merit.

* Where a millionaire buys a cricket team, spending crores instead of donating the money to any charity; where two IPL teams were auctioned at 3300 crores, yet still a poor country where people starve for two square meals per day.

* A country where footwear is sold in AC showrooms, but the vegetables we eat, are sold on the footpath and very often next to garbage dumps!

* Where everybody wants to be famous, not by doing good for others, but by looting others and finally getting their names in the newspapers through some scam or other!

* It’s a strange nation we live in, where assembly complex buildings get ready within a year while public bridges, flyovers and sea links take several years even to get off the drawing board and another decade to be completed.

* We are a nation where two brothers fight with each other for the nation’s spoils, but the nation doesn’t know that the two of them are cleverly looting the nation while we watch their mock battles. * We have malls, and sky-rises, with slums forming their boundary wall.

* A country where men and women squat on railway tracks, with nowhere else to go while watching them from windows, are couples with three bathrooms and one for the guests.

* A country where politicians who are supposed to serve the people accept money from the same people they are supposed to serve, and then take a salary from the government for their services to the people!

* We are a nation where we talk in hushed whispers about the corruption in the country and then dig into our pockets to bribe a cop when we are caught cutting a red light. Think about it; we are a confused nation, aren’t we?

WC 2011

I Met You...

Happy New Year 2011

The Golden Rules...

• Be responsible for your actions and learn to move on
• Family and career are both important, but balance is a must
• Have a progressive outlook, but respect old world values
• Satisfy not just reason, work to please your heart
• Look at life's positive side, you'll always be happy
• Love, Honesty, compassion… If you have these 3 virtues, you can never go wrong
• Accept life's hardship as the "will of God" and put goodness above all material values

Improve your life (The Last Lecture)

Personality:
1. Don't compare your life to others'. You have no idea what their journey is all about.
2. Don't have negative thoughts of things you cannot control. Instead invest your energy in the positive present moment
3. Don't over do; keep your limits
4. Don't take yourself so seriously; no one else does
5. Don't waste your precious energy on gossip
6. Dream more while you are awake
7. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need..
8. Forget issues of the past. Don't remind your partner of his/her mistakes of the past. That will ruin your present happiness.
9. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone. Don't hate others.
10. Make peace with your past so it won't spoil the present
11. No one is in charge of your happiness except you
12. Realize that life is a school and you are here to learn.
Problems are simply part of the curriculum that appear and fade away like algebra class but the lessons you learn will last a lifetime.
13. Smile and laugh more
14. You don't have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.

Community:
15. Call your family often
16. Each day give something good to others
17. Forgive everyone for everything
18. Spend time with people over the age of 70 & under the age of 6
19. Try to make at least three people smile each day
20. What other people think of you is none of your business
21. Your job will not take care of you when you are sick. Your family and friends will. Stay in touch.

Life:
22. Put GOD first in anything and everything that you think, say and do.
23. GOD heals everything
24. Do the right things
25. However good or bad a situation is, it will change
26. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up
27. The best is yet to come
28. Get rid of anything that isn't useful, beautiful or joyful
29. When you awake alive in the morning, thank GOD for it
30. If you know GOD you will always be happy. So, be happy.

We are Family ...

Tu jo gayi toh sona hoga yeh jahaan
Pheeki pheeki hogi saari yeh daastan
Tumse judi hai har khushi, tere bina kya hai yahaan
Chaahein tumhein hum maange tumhe
Sun le dua, yeh aasman ...

Chote chote khwaabon ko aa jodenge
Yeh bhi vaada na tumhein ab chodenge
Jeena chaahe phir tere liye aankhein na pherenge
Saansein meri tu le le bhale, ab na tumhein jaane denge...
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Hum hanse toh hansa haule se tera sara jahaan
Tu agar hai yahaan toh hai yeh agan bhi gulistaan
Saaya tere hum sabhi, rahe dil mein ab teri har baat bhi
Hamesha forever, jab tak saanson ka saath hai
Hamesha forever, jab tak taaron ki raat hai
Hamesha forever, tab tak teri hi baat hai
Hamesha forever dil mein tu

Pyaar main de na paaya utna tujhe jitna tera haqq tha
Thi yeh khata par hoti nahi, mera kaha mujhpe bas tha
Aansu tere, parchaye mere, kaise banoo teri ab dawa
Hamesha forever, jab tak saanson ka saath hai
Hamesha forever, jab tak taaron ki raat hai
Hamesha forever, tab tak teri hi baat hai
Hamesha forever dil mein tu

Yaadon mein itna rakhna ke woh ho phaasle, rehna lagg ke tum gale
Batla doongi main raasta, jab hongi raaste mein mushkilein
Akkhiyon se keh doon roye na woh, inn aankhon mein bas khushiyan hi khilein
Hamesha forever, jab tak saanson ka saath hai
Hamesha forever, jab tak taaron ki raat hai
Hamesha forever, tab tak teri hi baat hai
Hamesha forever dil mein tu ...