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Dreams need a narrative to manifest.We have to write our own life story. To script one's distinctiveness and to live by choice, one  needs courage to overcome fear and commitments. But you must fulfill your desires with determination and resolve to work hard despite flops and failures.
    More than audacity and determination one thing that passion needs is PATIENCE !!
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बहुत सही

एक बार एक हंस और हंसिनी हरिद्वार के सुरम्य वातावरण से भटकते हुए उजड़े, वीरान और रेगिस्तान के इलाके में आ गये ! हंसिनी ने हंसको कहा कि ये किस उजड़े इलाके में आ गये हैं ? यहाँ न तो जल है,
न जंगल और न ही ठंडी हवाएं हैं ! यहाँ तो हमाराजीना मुश्किल हो जायेगा !
भटकते २ शाम हो गयी तो हंस ने हंसिनी से कहा कि किसी तरह आज कि रात बितालो, सुबह हम लोग हरिद्वार लौट चलेंगे !
रात हुई तो जि
स पेड़ के नीचे हंस और हंसिनी रुके थे उस पर एक उल्लू बैठा था। वह जोर २ से चिल्लाने लगा। हंसिनी ने हंस से कहा, अरे यहाँ तो रात में सो भी नहीं सकते। ये उल्लू चिल्ला रहा है।
हंस ने फिर हंसिनी को समझाया कि किसी तरह रात काट लो, मुझे अब समझ में आ गया है कि ये इलाका वीरान क्यूँ है ? ऐसे उल्लू जिस इलाके में रहेंगे वो तो वीरान और उजड़ा रहेगा ही।
पेड़ पर बैठा उल्लू दोनों कि बात सुन रहा
था।
सुबह हुई, उल्लू नीचे आया और उसने कहा कि हंस भाई मेरी वजह से आपको रात में तकलीफ हुई, मुझेमाफ़ करदो।
हंस ने कहा, कोई बात नही भैया, आपका धन्यवाद !
यह कहकर जैसे ही हंस अपनी हंसिनी को लेकर आगे बढ़ा, पीछे से उल्लू चिल्लाया, अरे हंस मेरी पत्नी को लेकर कहाँ जा रहे हो।
हंस चौंका, उसने कहा, आपकी पत्नी? अरे भाई, यह हंसिनी है, मेरी पत्नी है, मेरे साथ आई थी, मेरे साथ जा रही
है !
उल्लू ने कहा, खामोश रहो, ये मेरी पत्नी है। दोनों के बीच विवाद बढ़ गया। पूरे इलाके के लोग इक्कठा हो गये। कई गावों की जनता बैठी।
पंचायत बुलाई गयी। पंच लोग भी आ गये ! बोले, भाई किस बात का विवाद है ?
लोगों ने बताया कि उल्लू कह रहा है कि हंसिनी उसकी पत्नी है और हंस कह रहा है कि हंसिनी उसकी पत्नी है ! लम्बी बैठक और पंचायत के बाद पञ्च लोग किनारे हो गये और कहा कि भाई बात तो यह सही है कि हंसिनी हंस की ही पत्नी है, लेकिन ये हंस और हंसिनी तो अभी थोड़ी देर में इस गाँव से चले जायेंगे।
हमारे बीच में तो उल्लू को ही रहना है। इसलिए फैसला उल्लू के ही हक़ में ही सुनाना है ! फिर पंचों ने अपना फैसला सुनाया और कहा कि सारे तथ्यों और सबूतों कि जांच करने के बाद यह पंचायत इस नतीजे पर पहुंची है कि हंसिनी उल्लू की पत्नी है और हंस को तत्काल गाँव छोड़ने का हुक्म दिया जाता है ! यह सुनते ही हंस हैरान हो गया और रोने, चीखने और चिल्लाने लगा कि पंचायत ने गलत फैसला सुनाया।
उल्लू ने मेरी पत्नी ले ली ! रोते- चीखते जब वहआगे बढ़ने लगा तो उल्लू ने आवाज लगाई !
ऐ मित्र हंस, रुको ! हंस ने रोते हुए कहा कि भैया, अब क्या करोगे ? पत्नी तो तुमने ले ही ली, अब जान भी लोगे ? उल्लू ने कहा, नहीं मित्र,ये हंसिनी आपकी पत्नी थी, है और रहेगी !
लेकिन कल रात जब मैं चिल्ला रहा था तो आपने अपनी पत्नी से कहा था कि यह इलाका उजड़ा और वीरान इसलिए है क्योंकि यहाँ उल्लू रहता है !
मित्र, ये इलाका उजड़ा और वीरान इसलिए नहीं है कि यहाँ उल्लू रहता है ।
यह इलाका उजड़ा और वीरान इसलिए है क्योंकि यहाँ पर ऐसे पञ्च रहते हैं जो उल्लुओं के हक़ में फैसला सुनाते हैं !
शायद ६५ साल कि आजादी के बाद भी हमारे देश की दुर्दशा का मूल कारण यही है कि हमने हमेशा अपना फैसला उल्लुओं के ही पक्ष में सुनाया है।
इस देश क़ी बदहाली और दुर्दशा के लिए कहीं न कहीं हम भी जिम्मेदार हैं।
हर पढने वाला ध्यान से मनन करे क़ि इस बिगड़ी हुई व्यवस्था को सुधारने के लिए हम क्या कर सकते हैं?

Inexplicable waste

Inexplicable Waste
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After getting elected,our MPs and MLAs are free to misbehave and act on their own .We must make them accountable for every minute wasted in the house.
   Despite not transacting any fruitful business,they are paid full emoluments at the cost of tax payers.The common man is Inexplicable Waste
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After getting elected,our MPs and MLAs are free to misbehave and act on their own .We must make them accountable for every minute wasted in the house.
   Despite not transacting any fruitful business,they are paid full emoluments at the cost of tax payers.The common man is fed up,het up at their bullying tactics.
    Should not the "no work, no pay"be made applicable also to them? ed up,het up at their bullying tactics.
    Should not the "no work, no pay"be made applicable also to them?

******************************************************** WHEN I WAS DEEPLY TOUCHED....... ******************************************************* When I get up, the first thing that I do after morning ablutions, is to have a seidel of scalding hot coffee with crisp chilly potato chips. I chillax in the lawn enjoying coffee and verdure. Being single, I have employed a pulchritudinous mademoiselle as a maid who comes exactly at 6:30 AM daily to brew my coffee and do other household chores. One fine evening, some of my chums were expected to jaunt to my residence to celebrate my birthday.My maid was engrossed in cooking scrumptious dishes while I was preparing milk shake.By the time they vamoosed it was late in the night.The milkman had not turned up that evening, that meant no coffee the next morning.I became quite upset thinking about no coffee in the morning As I was helping the maid in clearing up the mess after the guests quit, I was continuously fulminating at the milkman for not coming while the maid was ogling at me with a smile.When the mess was cleared, she cooed before departing," Mr Srivasvtava, I have stealthily put some milk for your morning coffee in the fridge as I knew you would finish off the entire milk" Needless to say I was deeply touched by her consideration for me. My first impulsion was to hug her tightly in gratitude but bloody social barriers manacled and shackled me to do so.However I promised to gift her a set of ear rings !! .......Devendra Srivastava

Do not repress

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Important lessons

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DON'T JUDGE BEFORE KNOWING

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        DON'T JUDGE BEFORE KNOWING
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   An oom along with his 24 year old son boarded a compartment of a train and seated themselves near a window. When the train chugged off the station and gained speed, the boy who was peeping outside with curiosity, exclaimed with joy-
" Look dad, the trees are hurtling backward."
 His dad smiled.A young couple sitting beside them, was gobsmacked and a tad irritant to see the childlike behaviour of a 24 year old boy.
    Suddenly the boy again trilled," Dad, the clouds are skedaddling with us." The dad smiled.
Now the couple could not suppress their irritation 
and said to the oom," Your son has not developed mentally according to his age. Why don't you take him to an expert doctor?"
 The oom replied," I did.We are vamoosing from the hospital just now.My son was blind since birth.He got his eyes today."
   The couple was ruefully dumbstruck.
 MORAL OF THE STORY-----
  Every single person on the planet has a story. Never judge people before you truly know them.The truth might surprise you !!
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A WITTY ANSWER

                                                      (jai ma kali)
                      A  WITTY ANSWER
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   The great potentate, Akbar, was in the habit of posing outlandish questions to his courtiers for telling the appropriate answer. One day he asked them to tell how many crows are there in the city. All the noblemen were unable to tell the exact number of the crows. They hung their  pates in exasperation. Just at that precise moment Birbal entered the courtroom. The potentate confronted him with this question. Birbal responded tout-de-suite,

  " There are fifty thousand five hundred eighty nine crows in this city."
  Akbar was agape. He rejoined, " How can you be so sure?"
 " Your Majesty", Birbal said," Ask your men to count the numbers. If the numbers exceed my numbers, then it means that some crows have come here to visit their kith and kin. If the number is less than my numbers, then it means some crows have gone to their relatives somewhere else."
 The emperor was speechless !
 MORAL....
  A WITTY ANSWER SERVES ITS PURPOSE !!
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THE SAPIENT GOAT

  jai ma kali
              THE  SAPIENT  GOAT
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   Once upon a time there were two goats. One was a tad sapient while the other was quite obdurate and pugnacious. There existed a narrow bridge over a river close to their habitat.
 One day, one goat was crossing the bridge .When she reached the centre of the bridge, she met the other goat. Now the bridge had no room for both of them to pass simultaneously. A frightful arguement ensued between them over passing the bridge first.
   One goat bleated to other," Get back.Let me cross first."
  "Why should I get back? You better do", countered the other goat.
    After a verbal squabbling, the haughty goat tilted her horns to strike.
   "Halt!", trilled the second goat who was sapient," If we wrangle, both of us would flump down into the river and will get submerged into the water. I shall lie down and you may walk over me."
    She laid down on the bridge.The other goat walked over her. So they crossed the bridge comfortably and went on their ways.
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   A little understanding can prevent a crisis !!
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FALLACIOUS JUDGEMENT

                             Jai ma kali
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         Fallacious Judgement
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Once upon a time a new pedagogue by the name of Kent was appointed in a prestigious school.He was to teach English in Standard 7.On the very first day, as soon as he entered the class, he rudely asked the students to take out their English text book.Then he told each one to peruse a clause.
   Vicky was the first to peruse.Hardly he had finished a line than Mr Kent yelled,"Read loudly."Then he growled at Nicky "pronounce the words clearly."
    The next student was Dung.He got up.Holding the book in his left hand he commenced reading."What's your name?, Mr Kent gurgled with ire."Dung, sir.."cooed Dung nervously.
   Mr. Kent thundered,"You seem to be a fool of the first water.Where did you learn to read? Who taught to hold the book in the left hand? You nincompoop."Tetrified, the chap hung his head down and kept mum."Come on.Continue reading."Shouted  the teacher.
  Trembling with fear, Dung resumed to read in a stammering manner, still holding the book in his left hand.Again the teacher hollered,"Oh! You are stubborn too.Can't you understand English? Get out of the class."
  With tears trickling down his cheeks, poor Dung peregrinated out of the class.The whole class was stunned and shuddered.
  After the bell, the monitor of the class ventured to tiptoe to the pedagogue and said,"Sir, Dung does not have his right hand.He lost it in an accident about a couple of years ago."
   The pedagogue cut a sorry figure.Lamenting over his attitude he apologised to Dung for his folly.
  What happened to Mr Kent can happen to any of us. Hence it is certainly better not to judge anyone.
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  MORAL:--
     If we do not want to be judged , let us not judge others.
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THE DOOFUS RABBIT

                                                            (jai ma kali)
                   THE  DOOFUS  RABBIT
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   Once an eagle was chillaxing by sitting on a bough of a larch. A doofus rabbit happened to pass through there. Seeing the eagle resting, doing nothing, he felt tempted to emulate him. He squeaked decorously to eagle, " Sir, can I also relax like you, doing nothing all the day long?"
    The eagle simpered. He screamed with a chuckle," Why not ? Go ahead."
   The rabbit was on cloud nine. He plopped down on the ground, humming a song. Suddenly an esurient fox emerged on the spot from nowhere. His mouth watered to see the rabbit.Before the rabbit could run away, the sly fox pounced upon him, grabbed him and gormandized him.

MORAL++++
      To be sitting and doing nothing, you must be sitting very high up !
                   ------DEVENDRA SRIVASTAVA
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INSTANT SUCCESS

                                                      jai ma kali
                      INSTANT SUCCESS
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    It cannot be denied that we don't have patience and perseverance. We seek instant results. We aspire to reach the vertex of a carrier tout de suite. We nurse a yen to become oofy anon. We get flustered and upset when we see that this is going to be a long, tedious process.
    We wish to slam a century when we play cricket the first time. We long for becoming a 'hit' or we want to 'shine' out, by doing something extraordinary at our very first attempt.
   It is truth that we turn a blind eye to the hours of practice all successful people have put in day after day, week after week for years and years. We would like to have their success but sans putting in the efforts they made.
  WE SEEK INSTANT SUCCESS !!
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PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

                                                     ( jai ma kali )
            PHYSICAL  APPEARANCE
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  It cannot be impugned that now-a-days looks have become extremely important for achieving success. Young people seem in believing that to have success all they need is perfectly shaped bodies. The attitude of youngsters is that they can accomplish anything if they look in a particular way.
  But I belong to other school of  thoughts. In my opinion, physical looks have nothing to do for achieving the goal.History is replete with examples of great men accomplishing awful success having unshaped bodies and looks.
 For examples, Mahatma Gandhi had extra large ears. Abraham Lincoln was just plain ugly.Napoleon was very short and podgy.Byron had a clubfoot.Alexander Pope, the poet, was a cripple. Malik Mohammad Jayasi, a great medieval poet of India, was one-eyed and extremely ugly. Socrates was very short. Shakira is only 5 feet tall.
   In fact, one can make oneself as great as any of them.
                          -----DEVENDRA SRIVASTAVA
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SUPERSTITIONS

                                                      jai ma kali
                       SUPERSTITIONS
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   The most prevalent superstitions are-----
   If an owl lives somewhere near your house, plug your ears. If you hear the hooting of an owl, someone in your family will fall sick.
  If a cat crosses your path, halt! Wait till someone else passes ahead of you, then only you should go after spitting on the path.
  If you are leaving the house and someone summons you back for something, you had better give up your programme for that day. If you go ahead with it, you will only fail.
   If the whinning of a dog is within your earshot at night, get ready to start mourning because someone close to you is going to die.
      A superstition is something we accept as true without any rational basis for this belief, which results in fear in the believer and does harm to him.
   It is believed that illiteracy and ignorance are the root causes of superstitions. But even well educated persons and people who ought to know better, enslave themselves of superstitions fears.
   There is the strong belief that number 13 is an unlucky number. If the 13th of the month falls on a Friday, it is an exceptionally unlucky day. That is why many hotels and residential apartments have no room number 13 and no floor no. 13!
   AS a matter of fact, most of these beliefs are passed on from one generation to the next. Needless to say the elders influence our beliefs and behaviour whether we are aware of it or not !!
                 (DEVENDRA SRIVASTAVA)
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SUPERB KINDNESS

                                                    (jai ma kali)
                      SUPERB KINDNESS
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     To escape the horrible onslaught of sweltering summer, I, with some bezzies , jaunted to a hill station. During our sojourn there, we hailed a cab to go for site seeing. One evening after coming back to hotel, I found my wallet missing.Perhaps I had left it in the cafe where we had our lunch. It was futile to rush to the cafe for tracing the wallet. I was disappointed but we had no option to get it back.
   A couple of days later as we were slumbering , someone pounded on the door. We cautiously opened the door to find the cab driver.
   " I came to return this," he said, holding out my wallet.
 " Where did you get it?" I asked in utter bewilderment.
  " I had driven today to the cafe. I asked about the wallet left there about two days back, the owner gave me this. Here is his card. He wants you to tell him getting back the wallet."
  We were overwhelmed with gratitude at the incredible honesty of the cafe owner and the superb kindness of the cab driver. Before I could give him a reward, he had already evanesced. 
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Satyam Shivam Sundaram: IT HAPPENED TO ME

Satyam Shivam Sundaram: IT HAPPENED TO ME:                                                      (jai ma kali)                 IT  HAPPENED TO  ME              ----------------------...

Satyam Shivam Sundaram: UNIQUE HANDSEL

Satyam Shivam Sundaram: UNIQUE HANDSEL:                                                        (jai ma kali)                      UNIQUE  HAND-SEL                   ============...

UNIQUE HANDSEL

                                                       (jai ma kali)
                     UNIQUE  HAND-SEL
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     Once a little lassie was gussying up a box with a gold wrapping paper to put it under the christmas tree. Money was tight, so her pater chastised her bitterly for extirpating almost all roll of that costly paper.
However, the next morning the lass brought the handsel to her pater and cooed," This is for you, Dad."When he opened it delightfully,he found it empty. He gurgled with ire,"Don't you know that when you give someone a gift, it is supposed that there would be something inside it?"
 Tears welled up in her eyes. She echoed with sobs," Daddy,this box is not empty. I filled it with my kisses, all for you."
  The father was stunned and speechless. He put his arms around her and entreated for her forgiveness.
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   MORAL---Each of us have been given a present of unconditional love from our children, family, friends and GOD. It is the most precious possession that anyone could hold !!
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Satyam Shivam Sundaram: OUR SUPPORT

Satyam Shivam Sundaram: OUR SUPPORT:                                                     (jai ma kali)                    OUR  SUPPORT                 ******************     ...

OUR SUPPORT

                                                    (jai ma kali)
                   OUR  SUPPORT
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       Once, great Shivaji engaged thousands of labourers to build a brobdingnagian citadel.He became very vainglorious to think that he was supporting so many men and women. He was puffed up with vainglory.
    His Guru and mentor, Samarth Ramdas, came to know of Shivaji's pride through his spiritual power. He summoned Shivaji and asked him to break a big stone lying near his palace.
    Shivaji enjoined a servant to do so. As soon as the stone was broken, a toad that was inside it popped out. Guruji asked," Who had supported and arranged victuals for this toad inside the stone?"
 Shivaji understood. He felt ashamed. His vainglory deliquesced away from his mind.Wisdom dawned upon him.
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 MORAL: Only God is our support. All things are God- given. We are puppets in the hands of the LORD !!
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Satyam Shivam Sundaram: THE PLEASURES OF READING

Satyam Shivam Sundaram: THE PLEASURES OF READING:                                                       (jai ma kali)           THE PLEASURES OF READING         ***************************...

THE PLEASURES OF READING

                                                      (jai ma kali)
          THE PLEASURES OF READING
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    It cannot be impugned that one of the best forms of recreation is Reading books. It is easily available, conducive to the health of body as well as health of mind and elevation of the spirit.
   "Books,"said Milton,"Are not absolutely dead things but do contain a potency of life in them so active as the soul whose progeny they are." Indeed books are our best companion, guide and adviser. Reading books gives us great pleasure.
  Reading is a pleasure that pays its own way.It is the cheapest mode of recreation.The briefest interval of leisure can be made delightful bu it. The obscurest village offers opportunities for the gratification of this taste.
   Reading is a recreation of which the pleasures and the profits are out of all proportion to the amount of time we devote to it. It is a pleasure which is absolutely innocent, free from the faintest taint of vice or wrong, strong and thrilling while it lasts, soothing and elevating when it is dropped.
          ------------DEVENDRA SRIVASTAVA
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WHEN I FELT INNER HAPPINESS

                                                              jai ma kali
  WHEN I FELT INNER HAPPINESS
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  Once I went to a small restaurant for taking my lunch. As my order arrived I happened to notice a pair of small eyes peeping wishfully through the outside window at the victuals served on the various tables.I gesticulated to the small boy to come inside. He came in hesitatingly. I made him sit and asked him what he wanted to eat. The poor chap pointed at the plate full of scrumptious victuals at my table.
   I ordered another plateful. When the food was served, he could not contain his excitement and started gulping down the nosh. When he finished, a winsome smile beamed on his lips.Casting a thankful glance at me, he quit happily. I really felt inner happiness. I had not eaten my food, but I felt myself full to the brim.
  I asked for the bill. My eyes filled with tears to see that the bill had no amount but a message that read," We don't have a machine that can bill humanity. May good happen to you !"
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COURAGE EVANESCED

                                                                                                                              (jai ma kali)
                       COURAGE EVANESCED
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      Once one of the pachyderms of Sultan had wandered into the village of Mullah Nasruddin and was extirpating the fields. The villagers decided to approach the Sultan and plead with him to take the tusker away.They culled Mullah Nasruddin to lead the delegation.
   When they reached the palace, they were awfully awed to see the splendour of the surrounding. Their courage vanished into thin air and one by one, they stealthily slipped away,leaving Mullah alone to face the Sultan.
 " What brought you here?" trilled the Sultan, who was a tad grumpy that day.
 "Your Excellency,your elephant has entered our village."stuttered Mullah.
  "So what?", flared the Sultan.
All the courage of Mullah evanesced and he was completely unnerved by the situation.Somehow he was able to blurt out," Sir, I have come to tell you that the tusker is feeling terribly lonely.Please send it a companion."
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WHAT A PLEA !

                                                  (jai ma kali)
                 WHAT  A  PLEA  !
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    Once upon a time there lived a man who was pauper. Unable to make both ends meet due to abject poverty, he borrowed some money from an oofy oom with a  promise to reimburse the amount within the stipulated time. But he failed to do so. When the reminders by the creditor did not fructify, he filed a case in the court.
     Before the judge, the petitioner trilled," This man owes me a large amount of money. I beg Your Excellency to order him to pay me,taut de suite, without brooking any further delay.
   The poor man said," I do owe him money. I will sell my cow if necessary, but it will take time."
     The creditor yowled," He is telling a clumsy fib. He does not have a cow or anything of value. Even he does not have victuals in his house."
   The poor man pleaded," O Judge, when he knows I am so pauper, how does he expect me to refund the money !"
        The learned judge dismissed the petition !!
                                    (DEVENDRA SRIVASTAVA)
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NEITHER TOTALLY GOOD NOR TOTALLY BAD

                                                 (jai ma kali )
                        NEITHER TOTALLY GOOD
                         NOR TOTALLY BAD.
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 Once a young lad seeking admission to university was filling up the required application form. In reply to a request to 'list your personal strength', he very honestly scribbled," Sometimes I am
 trustworthy,
 loyal,
 helpful,
 friendly,
 courageous,
 clean,
 thrifty,
 brave,
 reverent."
   Further down the form, he came across a column requiring him to jot down his weaknesses. He doodled truthfully, "Sometimes I am not--
trustworthy,
loyal,
helpful,
friendly,
courageous,
clean,
thrifty,
brave,
reverent."
   This is actually more or less the case with most of the ordinary masses !!
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    No one is totally strong nor totally weak
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No one is totally good nor totally bad .
               ----(DEVENDRA SRIVASTAVA)
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WORTH EMULATING

                                                       (jai ma kali)
                    WORTH  EMULATING
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   An eagle very well knows when a storm is going to break. To cope with the raging storm, it flutters to some high spot and wait for the winds to hit. When the storm hits, it sets its wings so that the wind will pick it up and lift it above the storm. While the storm rages below, the eagle is soaring above the storm. The eagle does not escape the storm but it simply uses the storm to lift it higher.It rises on the winds that brings the storm.
  LESSON TO BE LEARNT----
     When the storms of life confront us, we, like eagle,ought to rise above them and ride the winds of storm that inflict upon us sickness, tragedy, failure and disappointment. Jot down your greatest challenge and then let it lift you higher !!
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NO GAIN SANS PAIN

                                                     (jai ma kali)
               NO GAIN SANS PAIN
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      It was bone-chilling winter. Many unfortunate critters gave up the ghost owing to intense algid. The hedgehogs chewed the cud for a way to be safe. They decided to huddle together to keep warm. This way they covered and protected themselves.
    But the quills of each one wounded its closet companion. After a while, they distanced themselves , one from the other and they began succumbing to algid, alone and frozen. So they had to make a choice-either to bear the quills of their pals or evanesce from the Earth. Wisely they decided to being huddled again. They learnt to live with the minor wounds caused by the close contact each shared with his companion in order to survive.
         Let us learn a lesson from the hedgehogs !!
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BEST POSITION

                                                        (jai ma kali)
                      BEST POSITION
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  Once upon a time a priest, a minister and a saint were engrossed in discussing about the best position for prayer while a telephone repairman worked nearby.
   " Kneeling is the best position for offering the prayer,"echoed the priest.
 "Nay,"trilled the minister,"The best way to pray is by standing with hands outstretched to Heaven."
  "You are both wrong,"interjected the saint,"The best way is by lying down on the floor."
  The telephone man butted," The best way for prayer is by hanging upside down from a telephone pole.
      All the three were speechless.
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