Did you forget to Live ?

First,I was dying to finish my high school and start college.
And then I was dying to finish college and start working.
Then I was dying to marry and have children.
And then I was dying for my children to grow old enough so I could go back to work.
But then I was dying to retire.

And now I'm dying.
Suddenly I realized that I forgot to live.

Don't let this happen to you.Appreciate your present situation.

Enjoy each day.

Strange Secret !

George Bernard Shaw said, "People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don't believe in circumstances. The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and if they can't find them, they make them."

Well, it's pretty apparent, isn't it? And every person who discovered this believed (for a while) that he was the first one to work it out. We become what we think about.

Conversely, the person who has no goal, who doesn't know where he's going, and whose thoughts must therefore be thoughts of confusion, anxiety and worry - his life becomes one of frustration, fear, anxiety and worry. And if he thinks about nothing... he becomes nothing.

How does it work? Why do we become what we think about? Well, I'll tell you how it works, as far as we know. To do this, I want to tell you about a situation that parallels the human mind.

Suppose a farmer has some land, and it's good, fertile land. The land gives the farmer a choice; he may plant in that land whatever he chooses. The land doesn't care. It's up to the farmer to make the decision.

We're comparing the human mind with the land because the mind, like the land, doesn't care what you plant in it. It will return what you plant, but it doesn't care what you plant.

Now, let's say that the farmer has two seeds in his hand- one is a seed of corn, the other is nightshade, a deadly poison. He digs two little holes in the earth and he plants both seeds-one corn, the other nightshade. He covers up the holes, waters and takes care of the land...and what will happen? Invariably, the land will return what was planted.

As it's written in the Bible, "As ye sow, so shall ye reap."

Remember the land doesn't care. It will return poison in just as wonderful abundance as it will corn. So up come the two plants - one corn, one poison.

The human mind is far more fertile, far more incredible and mysterious than the land, but it works the same way. It doesn't care what we plant...success...or failure. A concrete, worthwhile goal...or confusion, misunderstanding, fear, anxiety and so on. But what we plant it must return to us.

You see, the human mind is the last great unexplored continent on earth. It contains riches beyond our wildest dreams. It will return anything we want to plant.

Mayawati's Birthday

A National wide affair happening.............

Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati is celebrating her 53rd birthday in a very low profile due the December sensational murder of PWD engineer Manoj Kumar Gupta in Auraiya allegedly by BSP MLA Shekhar Tiwari, the MLA allegedly lynched the engineer after he refused to donate Rs 50 lakh for the Chief Minister's birthday which created havoc in the state & also with the opposition leaders.Still she has cut a cake of 53 kgs (as per age) ordered from the top bakery in state.One by one each officer close to her will feed the cake piece and a similar event will be held in Delhi at a five star hotel to mark the celebration, the Mega event in Delhi is planned as a well calculated move to send a political message to her supporters belonging to the scheduled castes.

Mayawati, today will also announce the Shiksha Sahayata scheme to provide financial assistance to poor girls to pursue secondary education.Under the scheme, approved by the state cabinet yesterday, a largesse of Rs 25,000 would be offered to over 5 lakh girl students in class 11 and 12.

The 1956 BSP leader's birthday is also celebrated as " Aarthik Sahayog Diwas (financial support day) with BSP party members and workers making heavy donations to the party.

In all Lucknow its been flooded with posters and hoardings, which is illegal by the Corporation of Lucknow but being for Chief Minister, all are kept their lips locked in silence.

Collection 5

It's amazing what can happen just by paying attention. Besides, I never thought I would have a life-changing experience at Wal-Mart.

I don't remember the exact date when I met Marty for the first time. Up to that moment,nothing that day seemed particularly important – certainly not what brought me to the store in the first place.Like a lot of people who want to get through a checkout line, my thoughts were on speed, nothing more.The line I was standing in wasn't moving as quickly as I wanted,and I glanced toward the cashier.

There stood an affable-looking man in his seventies.Slightly stooped and of average build,he wore glasses and a nice smile.I thought,well, he's an old guy and it probably takes him a little longer to get the chores done.

For the next few minutes I watched him.He greeted every customer before he began scanning the items they were purchasing.Sure, his words were the usual,"How's it going?" But he did something different – he actually listened to people.Then he would respond to what they had said and engage them in brief conversation.I thought it was odd, but I guess I had grown accustomed to people asking me how I was doing simply out of a robotic conversational habit.After a while, you don't give any thought to the question and just mumble something back. I could say, "I just found out I have six months to live," and someone would reply, "Have a great day!"

This old cashier had my attention. He seemed genuine about wanting to know how people were feeling.Meanwhile,the high-tech cash register rang up their purchases and he announced what they owed. Customers handed money to him,he punched the appropriate keys, the cash drawer popped open,and he counted out their change.
Then magic happened.

He placed the change in his left hand,walked around the counter to the customer,and extended his right hand in an act of friendship.As their hands met,the old cashier looked the customers in the eyes." I sure want to thank you for shopping here today,"he told them."You have a great day.Bye-bye."

The looks on the faces of the customers were priceless.There were smiles and some sheepish grins.All had been touched by his simple gesture - and in a place they never expected. Some customers would walk away,pause for a moment, and look back at the old cashier, now busy with the next customer.It was obvious they couldn't quite comprehend what had just happened.They would gather their things and walk out the door,smiling.

Now it was my turn. As expected,he asked me how I was doing.I told him I was having a good day."That's good," he said. "I'm having a good day, too." I glanced down at the name tag on his red vest, the kind experienced Wal-Mart cashiers wore. It read, "Marty". I said, "It looks like you enjoy your job, Marty."
He replied, "I love my job."

Marty told me how much I owed and I handed him some money.The next thing I knew he was standing beside me, offering his right hand and holding my change in his left hand.His kind eyes locked onto mine. Smiling, and with a firm handshake,he said, "I sure want to thank you for shopping here today. Have a great day.Bye-bye." At that moment I wanted to take him home and feed him cookies.It was as if Sam Walton had come back from the dead and invaded this old guy's body.

I left the store,walked through the parking lot and got into my car.On the drive home I couldn't shake what had just happened.I had been in that store a hundred times and had never walked away feeling like that.

Who was that guy?

Admission Procedure !

Oops, what a night it was - 4th Jan '09, as went for Sandra's admission to St.Joseph Convent School,Pashan starting from night 10 pm to next day 9 am.

The best part was that Mr.Kishore (Good Samartian) had brought up tokens for all the people standing in line for the admission forms. It made the difference.There were almost 200 people standing for the much awaited forms to be filled in for thier wards.Its the same process,i did for two school, St.Joseph's & Vidya Bhavan also. Choose the best and close - motto!

I believe in making the admission forms online will reduce people's tension of sleepless nights and pain.Today i am a happy father after getting the daughter's form atleast, admission is still a way ahead to go after Interview and Review's.

Just added up - Sandra at last have got admission to St.Joseph's as desired, but still used to think of the pains other parents take for their wards to get admitted to the best of schools, Interview went well and things worked pretty well as planned.

A Happy Father & Mother at last............Cheers !