Sunday, October 14, 2007

* AN ANALOGY.....

A man went to a barbershop to have his hair cut and his beard trimmed. As the barber began to work, they began to have a conversation. They talked of many things on numerous 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 God who would allow all 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 barbershop, he saw a man in the street with long, stringy, dirty hair and an untrimmed beard He looked dirty and unkempt.
The customer turned back and entered the barber shop 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! " answered the barber. "What happens, is, some 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."
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*A SMALL STORY FOR YOU.....

Once upon a time there was a bunch of tiny frogs.... who arranged a
running competition.

The goal was to reach the top of a very high tower.

A big crowd had gathered around the tower to see the race and cheer on
the contestants....

The race began....

Honestly:

No one in crowd really believed that the tiny frogs would reach the top
of the tower.

You heard statements such as:

"Oh, WAY too difficult!!"

"They will NEVER make it to the top."

"Not a chance that they will succeed. The tower is too high!"




The tiny frogs began collapsing. One by one....

Except for those, who in a fresh tempo, were climbing higher and
higher....

The crowd continued to yell, "It is too difficult!!! No one will make
it!"

More tiny frogs got tired and gave up....

But ONE continued higher and higher and higher....

This one wouldn't give up!






At the end everyone else had given up climbing the tower. Except for
the one tiny frog who, after a big effort, was the only one who reached
the top!

THEN all of the other tiny frogs naturally want ed to know how this one
frog managed to do it?




A contestant asked the tiny frog how he had found the strength to
succeed and reach the goal?

It turned out....

That the winner was DEAF!!!!






The wisdom of this story is:

Never listen to other people's tendencies to be negative or pessimistic.... because they take your most wonderful
dreams and wishes away from you -- the ones you have in your heart!

Always think of the power words have. Because everything you hear and read will affect your actions!

Therefore:

ALWAYS be....POSITIVE!

And above all:

Be DEAF when people tell YOU that you cannot fulfill your dreams!

Always think:

God and I can do this!



LOVE & LIGHT!!!
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Wednesday, October 03, 2007

* English . . . .

nglish is a Funny Language!
There is no egg in eggplant nor ham in hamburger; neither apple nor pine in pineapple... English muffins were not invented in England or French fries in France. Sweetmeats are candies, while sweetbreads, which aren't sweet, are meat.

We take English for granted. But if we explore its paradoxes, we find that quicksand can work slowly, boxing rings are square, and a guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig.

And why is it that writers write, but fingers don't fing, grocers don't groce, and hammers don't ham? If the plural of tooth is teeth, why isn't the plural of booth beeth? One goose, 2 geese. So, one moose, 2 meese? One index, two indices? Is cheese the
plural of choose?

If teachers taught, why didn't preachers praught? If a vegetarian eats vegetables, what does a humanitarian eat?

In what language do people recite at a play, and play at a recital?

Ship by truck, and send cargo by ship? Have noses that run and feet that smell? Park on driveways and drive on parkways?
How can a slim chance and a fat chance be the same, while a wise man and a wise guy are opposites? How can the weather be hot as hell one day and cold as hell another?

When a house burns up, it burns down. You fill in a form by filling it out, and an alarm clock goes off by going on.

When the stars are out, they are visible, but when the lights are out, they are invisible. And why, when I wind up my watch, I start it, but when I wind up this essay, I end it?
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Sunday, September 30, 2007

* EFFECTS OF SIPPING VODKA!!!!!

A new priest at his first mass was so nervous he could hardly speak. After mass he asked the monsignor how he had done. The monsignor replied, " When I am worried about getting nervous; on the pulpit, I put a glass of vodka next to the water glass. If I start to get nervous, I take a sip."

So next Sunday he took the monsignor's advice. At the beginning of the sermon, he got nervous and took a drink. He proceeded to talk up a storm. Upon his return to his office after the mass, he found the following note on the door:
Sip the vodka, don't gulp.
There are 10 commandments, not 12.
There are 12 disciples, not 10.
Jesus was consecrated, not constipated.
Jacob wagered his donkey, he did not bet his ass.
We do not refer to Jesus Christ as the late J.C.
The Father, Son, and Holy Ghost are not referred to as Daddy, Junior and the spook.
David slew Goliath; he did not kick the shit out of him.
When David was hit by a rock and was knocked off his donkey, don't say he was stoned off his ass.
We do not refer to the cross as the "Big T."
When Jesus broke the bread at the last supper he said, "take this and eat it for it is my body." He did not say "Eat me" .
The Virgin Mary is not called "Mary with the Cherry,.
The recommended grace before a meal is not: Rub-A-Dub-Dub thanks for the grub, Yeah God.
Next Sunday there will be a taffy pulling contest at St.Peter's not a Peter pulling contest at St. Taffy's.
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* RECOGNIZING A STROKE

The below message is a beautiful piece of medical fact.The
points given here are 100% true.It might take u guys 2 mins
to read the entire passage but it is really worth it.

So plzzzzz go throu.It might help u sometime.

Health - Recognizing a stroke!

Maybe you are in perfect Health to bother about this. But
then, you may have an opportunity to save a family member,
friend or stranger.

During a outdoor dinner at a seaside resort near Chennai, a
friend stumbled and took a little fall - she assured
everyone that she was fine and just tripped over a brick
because of her new shoes. They got her cleaned up and got
her a new plate of food - while she appeared a bit shaken
up, Ms L went about enjoying herself the rest of the evening.

Her husband called later telling everyone that his wife had
been taken to the hospital - (at 6:00 pm, Ms L passed
away). She had suffered a stroke at the dinner- had they
known how to identify the signs of a stroke perhaps Ms L
would have been alive.

It only takes a minute to read this:

A neurologist says that if he can get to a stroke victim
within 3 hours he can totally reverse the effects of a
stroke...totally. He said the trick was getting a stroke
recognized, diagnosed and getting to the patient within 3
hours which is tough. There is nothing more life saving than
getting the patient to the hospital in the FIRST ONE HOUR!
The Golden Hour it is now known as to Doctors and emergency
attendents alike!

RECOGNIZING A STROKE

Remember the "3" steps. Read and Learn!

Sometimes symptoms of a stroke are difficult to identify.
Unfortunately, the lack of awareness spells disaster. The
stroke victim may suffer brain damage when people nearby
fail to recognize the symptoms of a stroke.

Now doctors say a bystander can recognize a stroke by asking
three simple questions:

1. Ask the individual to SMILE.

2. Ask him or her to RAISE BOTH ARMS.

3. Ask the person to SPEAK A SIMPLE SENTENCE (Coherently)
(i.e. It is sunny out today). If he or she has trouble with
any of these tasks, call emergency immediately and describe
the symptoms to the dispatcher.

After discovering that a group of non-medical volunteers
could identify facial weakness, arm weakness and sp eech
problems, researchers urged the general public to learn the
three questions. Widespread use of this test could result in
prompt diagnosis and treatment of the stroke and prevent
brain damage.

A cardiologist says everyone who gets this e-mail;
you can bet that atleast one life will be saved.

BE A FRIEND & SHARE THIS ARTICLE WITH AS MANY FRIENDS AS POSSIBLE,
and you could help them save their loved ones lives.
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* PERSPECTIVE

One day a father of a very wealthy family took his son on a trip to
the country with the firm purpose of showing his son how poor people
live.
They spent a couple of days and nights on the farm of what would be
considered a very poor family.

On their return from their trip, the father asked his son, "How was
the trip?" "It was great, Dad." "Did you see how
poor people live?",the father asked.
"Oh yeah," said the son. "So, tell me,
what did
you learn from the trip?" asked the father.

The son answered:

"I saw that we have one dog and they had four.

We have a pool that reaches to the middle of our garden and they
have a creek that has no end.

We have imported lanterns in our garden and they have the stars at
night.

Our patio reaches to the front yard and they have the whole horizon.

We have a small piece of land to live on and they have fields that
go beyond our sight.

We have servants who serve us, but they serve others.

We buy our food, but they grow theirs.

We have walls around our property to protect us, they have friends
to protect them."

The boy's father was speechless. Then his son added, "Thanks, Dad,
for showing me how poor we are."

Isn't perspective a wonderful thing? Makes you wonder what would
happen if we all gave thanks for everything we have, instead of
worrying about what we don't have.


What is your perspective ?
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