Donkey in the well – Life lesson :

This is a story of donkey, which teaches you a lesson. 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 that animal was old  and the well needed to be covered up anyway; it just wasn’t worth it to save 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 was astonished at what he saw.

With each shovel of dirt that hit his back, the donkey 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 to see 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 is to shake it off and take a step up. Each of our troubles is a stepping stone to higher success. 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 of it never happen.

3. Live simply and appreciate what you have.

4. Give more.

5. Expect less from people but more from God.

Quotes..!!

True Facts..!!

 “A word of encouragement during a failure is worth more than an hour of praise after success.”

Hurting someone can be as easy as throwing a stone in the sea. But do you have any idea how deep that stone can go?

“You can only do your Best. And if they can’t appreciate that, it’s their problem, not yours.”

“Happiness will never come to those who don’t appreciate what they already have.”

 “Don’t depend too much on anyone in this world. Because even your shadow leaves you when you’re in darkness.”

“Some people tend to forget that kindness and manners are free.”

“The good things in life are enjoyed to the fullest only if they are shared. So it is with your Success. You will only be truly successful if those along the path you took to your success are left with a reason to smile back.”

“Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes.”

“He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have.” 

“God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and wisdom to know the difference.”

Superb Click..!!

Live Your Life To The Fullest..!!!

Google's Birthday !!

There is a doodle on the Google home page that celebrates the company's 16th birthday. But the interesting fact is that September 27 isn't the search giant's birthday.

The selection of September 27 as Google's birthday seems to be a one of convenience than the actual date when the company was founded.

Google celebrated September 7 (the day when the company was incorporated) as its birthday till 2005. In 2005 Google changed the date to September 27 to make it coincide with the announcement of the record number of pages that the search engine was indexing.

For its 16th 'birthday', Google has posted an animated doodle on its homepage. The doodle shows the six letters of the word Google as different characters with the letter G wearing a birthday hat. The 'senior' G - like a parent - marks the heights of O and L against a wall. O, who first gets excited on seeing that it has grown, immediately gets sombre as he notices that L is so much bigger than him.

On its 15th birthday last year, Google posted an interactive version of the pinata, a popular Mexican birthday party game.

In 2012, for its 14th birthday Google celebrated with a chocolate cake animated doodle with 14 candles on it and the Google logo etched on the cake. The cake then got covered in Google colours and the 14 candles rearranged themselves as tally marks to denote the number 14.

In 2011, when Google turned 13, Google doodled for itself a photograph that showed Google's 13th birthday celebrations. It had a cake on a table with 13 candles on it, and Google logo sat around the table in party hats while gifts and balloons added to the celebratory mood.

It's been 16 years since 1998 when two Stanford university students, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, got together to form a company that would change the face of the Internet, for ever.

10 Most Expensive Materials on Earth :

Antimatter - $62.5 trillion/gram

Californium - 252 - $27 million/gram

Diamonds - $55,000/gram

Tritium - $30,000/gram

Taffeit - up to $20,000/gram or $4000/karat

Painite - $9000/gram or $1800/karat

Plutonium - $4000/gram

Platinum - $60/gram

Rhodium - $58/gram

Gold - $56/gram

Awesome Refrigerator Designs !!!

Proud To Be An Indian..!!!

Early in the morning, while most of us were probably in our beds, history was created as India’s Mars Orbiter Mission (M.O.M.) successfully entered the orbit of the red planet. The I.S.R.O. pulled off an incredible feat of frugal engineering and helped us join an elite club of space-faring nations to have accomplished this stellar feat. Here are a few facts about the mission which every Indian would be proud of.

1. India is the first country in the world to have succeeded in putting a probe into Mars’ orbit in the very first attempt.

2. This is, hands down, the most cost effective Mars Mission to have ever been undertaken.

The Mangalyaan Mission cost $ 73 million. The recent Hollywood space adventure movie “Gravity” cost about a $ 100 million to make.

3. On an average, every Indian has probably contributed about Rs. 5 per person towards the mission.

4. At Rs 450 Crore for 780 Million km, the mission cost about Rs 5.77 per km. That is cheaper than what many auto-rickshaws charge in the country.

5. N.A.S.A. took 5 years to complete its “Maven” Mars Orbiter. The I.S.R.O. took just 15 months to complete Mangalyaan.

6. They even managed to make it weigh about 1,350 kilograms. That’s less than your average S.U.V.

7. India will join the U.S, Europe and Russia in an elite group of countries to have successfully undertaken a mission to Mars.

8. The success of the mission will solidify India’s reputation as a competent and low cost base for sophisticated engineering.

Conquer Your Fears..!!

NIce Story..!!

Are You a Bucket-Filler or a Dipper?

You have heard of the cup that overflowed. This is a story of a bucket that is like the cup, only larger, it is an invisible bucket. Everyone has one. It determines how we feel about ourselves, about others, and how we get along with people. Have you ever experienced a series of very favorable things which made you want to be good to people for a week? At that time, your bucket was full.

A bucket can be filled by a lot of things that happen. When a person speaks to you, recognizing you as a human being, your bucket is filled a little. Even more if he calls you by name you like . If he compliments you on your dress or on a job well done, the level in your bucket goes up still higher. There must be a million ways to raise the level in another’s bucket. Writing a friendly letter, remembering something that is special to him, knowing the names of his children, expressing sympathy for his loss, giving him a hand when his work is heavy, taking time for conversation, or, perhaps more important, listing to him.

When one’s bucket is full of this emotional support, one can express warmth and friendliness to people. But, remember, this is a theory about a bucket and a dipper. Other people have dippers and they can get their dippers in your bucket. This, too, can be done in a million ways.

Lets say I am at a dinner and inadvertently upset a glass of thick, sticky chocolate milk that spills over the table cloth, on a lady’s skirt, down onto the carpet. I am embarrassed. “Bright Eyes” across the table says, “You upset that glass of chocolate milk.” I made a mistake, I know I did, and then he told me about it! He got his dipper in my bucket! Think of the times a person makes a mistake, feels terrible about it, only to have someone tell him about the known mistake .

Buckets are filled and buckets are emptied ? Emptied many times because people don’t really think about what are doing. When a person’s bucket is emptied, he is very different than when it is full. You say to a person whose bucket is empty, “That is a pretty tie you have,” and he may reply in a very irritated, defensive manner.

Although there is a limit to such an analogy, there are people who seem to have holes in their buckets. When a person has a hole in his bucket, he irritates lots of people by trying to get his dipper in their buckets. This is when he really needs somebody to pour it in his bucket because he keeps losing.

The story of our lives is the interplay of the bucket and the dipper. Everyone has both. The unyielding secret of the bucket and the dipper is that when you fill another’s bucket it does not take anything out of your own bucket. The level in our own bucket gets higher when we fill another’s, and, on the other hand, when we dip into another’s bucket we do not fill our own … we lose a little.

For a variety of reasons, people hesitate filling the bucket of another and consequently do not experience the fun, joy, happiness, fulfillment, and satisfaction connected with making another person happy. Some reasons for this hesitancy are that people think it sounds “fakey,” or the other person will be suspicious of the motive, or it is “brown-nosing.”

Therefore, let us put aside our dipper and resolve to touch someone’s life in order to fill their bucket which fills up our bucket too .

Transparent Cement !!!

An Italian firm has created a product called i-light, which is a cement that is up to 20 percent transparent.

Amazing..!!

Water Jet Levitation !!

This water Jet Levitation (JetLev) causes the rider to be able to fly upward into the air and move about forward, backward, side-to-side and even underwater. 

The Most Sustainable Airport !!

Mexico Is Constructing The Most Sustainable Airport in The World..!!

True Words..!!

Always Love Your Parents..!!

Don’t leave your love and respect to your parents.!!

1) You lie to your parents for your lover, but why not to your lover for your parents ?

2) To marry your lover you leave your parents, but why don’t you leave your lover for your parents ?

3) You ask your lover whether he/she has taken lunch on time… but have you ever asked the same question to your parents ?

4) You leave all your bad habits for 1 promise to your lover, but why not after the repeated
advice of dad ?

5) Its not like that you should leave your love. But Give Respect to Your Mom and Dad..

Money Can't Buy All..!!

All things money can’t buy..!!

It can buy a house,

But not a home.

It can buy a clock,

But not time.

It can buy you a position,

But not respect.

It can buy you a bed,

But not sleep.

It can buy you a book,

But not knowledge.

It can buy you medicine,

But not health.

It can buy you blood,

But not life.

So you see money isn’t everything. And it often causes pain and suffering.!!

True Words..!!

Saddest Love Story !!

10th grade:
As I sat there in English class, I stared at the girl next to me. She was my so called “best friend”. I stared at her long, silky hair, and wished she was mine. But she didn’t notice me like that, and I knew it. After class, she walked up to me and asked me for the notes she had missed the day before and handed them to her. She said “thanks” and gave me a kiss on the cheek. I wanted to tell her, I want her to know that I don’t want to be just friends, I love her but I’m just too shy, and I don’t know why.

11th grade:
The phone rang. On the other end, it was her. She was in tears, mumbling on and on about how her love had broke her heart. She asked me to come over because she didn’t want to be alone, so I did. As I sat next to her on the sofa, I stared at her soft eyes, wishing she was mine. After 2 hours, one movie , and three bags of chips, she decided to go to sleep. She looked at me, said “thanks” and gave me a kiss on the cheek. I want to tell her, I want her to know that I don’t want to be just friends, I love her but I’m just too shy, and I don’t know why.

Senior year:
The day before prom she walked to my locker. My date is sick” she said; he’s not going to go well, I didn’t have a date, and in 7th grade, we made a promise that if neither of us had dates, we would go together just as “best friends”. So we did. Prom night, after everything was over, I was standing at her front door step. I stared at her as she smiled at me and stared at me with her crystal eyes. I want her to be mine, but she isn’t think of me like that, and I know it. Then she said “I had the best time, thanks!” and gave me a kiss on the cheek. I want to tell her, I want her to know that I don’t want to be just friends, I love her but I’m just too shy, and I don’t know why.

Graduation Day:
A day passed, then a week, then a month. Before I could blink, it was graduation day. I watched as her perfect body floated like an angel up on stage to get her diploma. I wanted her to be mine, but she didn’t notice me like that, and I knew it. Before everyone went home, she came to me in her smock and hat, and cried as I hugged her. Then she lifted her head from my shoulder and said, “you’re my best friend, thanks” and gave me a kiss on the cheek. I want to tell her, I want her to know that I don’t want to be just friends, I love her but I’m just too shy, and I don’t know why.

A Few Years Later:
Now I sit in the pews of the church. That girl is getting married now. I watched her say “I do” and drive off to her new life, married to another man. I wanted her to be mine, but she didn’t see me like that, and I knew it. But before she drove away, she came to me and said “you came!”. She said “thanks” and kissed me on the cheek. I want to tell her, I want her to know that I don’t want to be just friends, I love her but I’m just too shy, and I don’t know why.

Funeral:
Years passed, I looked down at the coffin of a girl who used to be my “best friend”. At the service, they read a diary entry she had wrote in her high school years. This is what it read: I stare at him wishing he was mine, but he doesn’t notice me like that, and I know it. I want to tell him, I want him to know that I don’t want to be just friends, I love him but I’m just too shy, and I don’t know why. I wish he would tell me he loved me! `I wish I did too…` I thought to my self, and I cried.

The Power of Affirmations !!

Affirmations are positive sentences that describe a desired situation, and which are repeated many times, in order to impress the subconscious mind and trigger it into positive action. In order to ensure the effectiveness of the affirmations, they have to be repeated with attention, conviction, interest and desire.

Imagine that you are swimming with your friends in a swimming pool. They swim fifteen rounds, something you have never done before, and as you desire to win the respect of your friends, you want to show them that you can make it too. You start swimming, and at the same time keep repeating in your mind: “I can do it, I can do it…”. You keep thinking and believing that you are going to complete the fifteen rounds. What are you actually doing. You are repeating positive affirmations. More than often, people repeat in their minds negative words and statements concerning the situations and events in their lives, and consequently bring upon themselves undesirable situations. Words and statements work both ways, to build or destroy. It is the way we use them that determines whether they are going to bring good or harmful results.

Affirmations work in the same manner as creative visualization. The repeated words build mental images and scenes in the mind, and help to focus on the aim or situation one wants to achieve or create. Frequent repetitions affect the subconscious mind, which in turn reshapes the way one thinks, acts and behaves. The conscious mind, the mind you think with, starts this process, and then the subconscious mind takes charge. This means that the most frequent thoughts that pass through your mind, ultimately, affect your life and your destiny. Affirmations work in the same manner like computer commands. They program the mind, which then affects one’s life, and even the events and circumstances one goes through.

Some Positive Affirmations :

- I am healthy and happy.
- Wealth is pouring into my life.
- I am sailing on the river of wealth.
- I am getting wealthier each day.
- My body is healthy and functioning in a very good way.
- I have a lot of energy.
- I study and comprehend fast.
- My mind is calm.
- I am calm and relaxed in every situation.
- My thoughts are under my control.
- I radiate love and happiness.
- I am surrounded by love.
- I have the perfect job for me.
- I am living in the house of my dreams.
- I have good and loving relations with my wife/husband.
- I have a wonderful and satisfying job.
- I have the means to travel abroad, whenever I want to.
- I am successful in whatever I do.
- Everything is getting better every day.

A Salute to this Couple !!

Really True Loving Couple..!!!

The wife without feet & the husband without hands, He eats by her hands & she walks by his feet….

This disabled couple proves that there is hope for the rest of us. He has no arms and she has no legs but what they are able to accomplish is remarkable. She takes care of him good and he’s able to do almost everything with his feet. Moreover, in their everyday life they do all the housework without any help from the others. They are an amazing couple.

Happy Engineer's Day..!!!

Sir M Visvesvaraya’s birthday as Engineer’s day !!

If one has to list some of the most influential engineers from the history of contemporary India, Sir M Visvesvaraya would undoubtedly be on the top of the list. It is a popular misconception that Sir M Vishweshwaraiah was instrumental in developing only Karnataka (erstwhile Mysore State). His engineering works & contribution towards nation-building was spread across the nation throughout his career spanning over 30 years as engineer, 20 years as administrator & 20 years as adviser & statesman.

His achievements can run into hundreds of pages but I would like to limit this inspirational article to a few of his personal qualities & habits which we can try to imbibe into our own lives and inspire future generations.

1. Honesty & Work Ethics.
2. Discipline.
3. Free from ego.
4. Dedication & excellence.

“Remember, your work may be only to sweep a railway crossing, but it is your duty to keep it so clean that no other crossing in the world is as clean as yours”

Temper Control !!!

Once upon a time there was a little boy who was talented, creative, handsome, and extremely bright. A natural leader. The kind of person everyone would normally have wanted on their team or project. But he was also self-centered and had a very bad temper. When he got angry, he usually said, and often did, some very hurtful things. In fact, he seemed to have little regard for those around him. Even friends. So, naturally, he had few. “But,” he told himself, “that just shows how stupid most people are!”

As he grew, his parents became concerned about this personality flaw, and pondered long and hard about what they should do. Finally, the father had an idea. And he struck a bargain with his son. He gave him a bag of nails, and a BIG hammer. “Whenever you lose your temper,” he told the boy, “I want you to really let it out. Just take a nail and drive it into the oak boards of that old fence out back. Hit that nail as hard as you can!”

Of course, those weathered oak boards in that old fence were almost as tough as iron, and the hammer was mighty heavy, so it wasn’t nearly as easy as it first sounded. Nevertheless, by the end of the first day, the boy had driven 37 nails into the fence (That was one angry young man!). Gradually, over a period of weeks, the number dwindled down. Holding his temper proved to be easier than driving nails into the fence! Finally the day came when the boy didn’t lose his temper at all. He felt mighty proud as he told his parents about that accomplishment.

“As a sign of your success,” his father responded, “you get to PULL OUT one nail. In fact, you can do that each day that you don’t lose your temper even once.”

Well, many weeks passed. Finally one day the young boy was able to report proudly that all the nails were gone.

At that point, the father asked his son to walk out back with him and take one more good look at the fence. “You have done well, my son,” he said. “But I want you to notice the holes that are left. No matter what happens from now on, this fence will never be the same. Saying or doing hurtful things in anger produces the same kind of result. There will always be a scar. It won’t matter how many times you say you’re sorry, or how many years pass, the scar will still be there. And a verbal wound is as bad as a physical one. People are much more valuable than an old fence. They make us smile. They help us succeed. Some will even become friends who share our joys, and support us through bad times. And, if they trust us, they will also open their hearts to us. That means we need to treat everyone with love and respect. We need to prevent as many of those scars as we can.”

A most valuable lesson, don’t you think? And a reminder most of us need from time to time. Everyone gets angry occasionally. The real test is what we DO with it.

If we are wise, we will spend our time building bridges rather than barriers in our relationships.

True Statement..!!

Nice Words..!!

Female engineer ;)

Success Is My Destiny..!!

A young man asked Socrates the secret to success. Socrates told the young man to meet him near the river the next morning .They met. Socrates asked the young man to walk with him toward the river. When the water got up to their neck, Socrates took the young man by surprise and ducked him into the water. The boy struggled to get out but Socrates was strong and kept him there until the boy started turning blue.

Socrates pulled his head out of the water and the first thing the young man did was to gasp and take a deep breath of air. Socrates asked: " What did you want the most?" The boy replied: "Air." Socrates said: "That is the secret to success. When you want success as badly as you wanted the air, then you will get it. There is no other secret."

The motivation to succeed comes from the burning desire to achieve a purpose. Napoleon Hill wrote: " Whenever the mind of man can conceive and believe, the mind can achieve."

A burning desire is the starting point of all accomplishment. Just like a small fire cannot give much heat, a weak desire cannot produce great results.

A Short Story on Self Confidence !!!

A tired bird landed on a branch. The bird rested, enjoying the view from the branch and the protection it offered from dangerous animals. Just as the bird became used to the branch and the support and safety it offered, a strong wind started blowing, and the tree swayed with such intensity that it seemed the branch would snap in half.

But the bird was not worried for it knew two important truths. The first truth – even without the branch it was able to fly, and thus remain safe through the power of its own two wings. The second truth – it also knew that there are many other branches upon which it can temporarily rest.

REFLECTION :

This small story tells us a lot about our own self-confidence and courage. We are capable of so much more than we realize in everyday life, and when we can just release our grasp on the physical structures that hold us to the ground, then we start to understand just how far we can fly under our own power.

Throughout the forests of our own lives there are many so-called branches and trees on which we rely on. And while sometimes we do need recovery and shelter, we can also learn as we grow that these sources of safety do not always last – what is really lasting and permanent rests within us, in the form of positive self esteem and belief in our own unique abilities.

Nice Words..!!!

Effort makes it easy !!

‘Some individuals dream of great accomplishments, while others stay awake and do them.’

 It seems like a contradiction - the harder you work, the easier life becomes. Good luck comes to those who don't depend on luck.

Hard work is the easy way out. If you try to avoid effort, life gets more and more difficult. Instead, choose to make a difference, to make a contribution, and you'll find fulfillment and abundance.

Each moment is an opportunity to improve the quality of your life. You are capable of taking on challenges, overcoming obstacles, and achieving great things. But only when you make the effort.
Work each day to fulfill the potential that is your life. The challenges will come whether you face them or not. They can help you grow, or they can bring you down. Choose to make the effort. Choose to make your own good luck. Choose to take the actions that lead to success and accomplishment.

Nice..!!!

INSPIRATION :

‘Life is to be Lived not Analyzed. Time is to be Used not Wasted.’

Put Time to Work - Time is an interesting concept. We can't see it. We can't hear it, or touch it. Yet it rules our lives. The clock tells us when to wake up, when to eat, when to work, when to go to bed. Time is our way of keeping life's experiences separated. It is not a material thing - it is an idea. Time can work for you, or against you, depending on how you use it.Used wisely, time can magnify your efforts. Spend 30 minutes walking briskly, and you'll feel good, though perhaps a little tired. Do it every day for 6 months and you'll be in top physical shape. Make 2 or 3 sales calls today, and chances are you won't get a sale. Do it every day for a year, and you'll have more business than you can handle.

The most effective use of time comes when you have a clear, consistent direction. When your efforts are focused, time is your ally. Where will you be six months from now? It depends completely on how you spend your time today, and tomorrow, and all the days in between. When your efforts each day build on your previous efforts, the combined result is powerful indeed.

Take step after step in the same direction, and time will bring spectacular results.

Quotes..!!!