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Very Interesting
Very Interesting
Golden Rue
Dear Friends,
Golden Rule.
My mother told me this story in my childhood. It is the same as all mothers tell to their growing kids. These stories carried lot of value as I grew and dealt with others. It has immensely helped me and I am sure about you.
I grew up in Mulund, a last suburban station of Mumbai. I have wonderful memories of those first fifteen years, and many people in Mulund influenced my life in very positive ways. My mathematics teacher taught me the importance of understanding on the concept, discipline, and believing in myself. My Marathi teacher is still the funniest person I have ever met. He taught me that a sense of humour and especially laughing at self could be one of life's greatest blessings.
However, my mother was my hero. She taught me many things, but at the top of the list, she taught me to treat people with love and respect...to live the Golden Rule.
Venu, I remember one particular instance of her teaching this "life lesson" as if it were yesterday. Mom owned a small store, and I used to dust it every Saturday after school to earn my allowance. One afternoon I observed my mother talking to all the customers as they came in...the hardware store owner, the banker, a farmer, a doctor. At the end of the day, just as Mother was closing, the garbage collector came in.
I was ready to go home, and I thought that surely, Mother wouldn't spend too much time with her but I was wrong. Mother greeted her at the door with a big hug and talked with her about her husband and son who had been in a car accident the month before. She empathized, she asked questions, she listened, and she listened some more. I kept looking at the clock, and when the woman finally left, I asked, "Mom, why did you spend so much time with her? She's just the garbage collector." Mom then looked at me, locked the front door to the store, and said, "Son, let's talk."
She said, "I'm your mother and I tell you lots of stuff as all mothers should, but if you remember nothing else I ever tell you, remember this...treat every human being just the way that you would want to be treated." She said, "I know this is not the first time you've heard it, but I want to make sure it's the first time you truly understand it, because if you had understood, you would never have said what you said." We sat there and talked for another hour about the meaning and the power of the Golden Rule. Mom said, "If you live the Golden Rule, everything else in life will usually work itself out, but if you don't, your life probably will be very unhappy and without meaning."
Friends, I recently heard someone say, "If you teach your child the Golden Rule, you will have left them an estate of incalculable value." Truer words were never spoken.
Let's All be Masters of our Mouths
Once upon a time an old man spread rumors that his neighbor was a thief.
As a result, the young man was arrested.
Days later the young man was proven innocent.
After been released he sued the old man for wrongly accusing him.
As a result, the young man was arrested.
Days later the young man was proven innocent.
After been released he sued the old man for wrongly accusing him.
In court the old man told the Judge: 'They were just comments, didn't harm anyone..'
The judge, before passing sentence on the case, told the old man:
'Write all the things you said about him on a piece of paper.
Cut them up and on the way home, throw the pieces of paper out.
Tomorrow, come back to hear the sentence.'
'Write all the things you said about him on a piece of paper.
Cut them up and on the way home, throw the pieces of paper out.
Tomorrow, come back to hear the sentence.'
The next day, the judge told the old man: 'Before receiving the sentence,
you will have to go out and gather all the pieces of paper that you threw out yesterday.'
you will have to go out and gather all the pieces of paper that you threw out yesterday.'
The old man said: 'I can't do that! The wind spread them and
I won't know where to find them.'
The judge then replied: 'The same way, simple comments may destroy
the honor of a man to such an extent that one is not able to fix it.
"If you can't speak well of someone, rather don't say anything"
the honor of a man to such an extent that one is not able to fix it.
"If you can't speak well of someone, rather don't say anything"
'Let's all be masters of our mouths, so that we won't be slaves of our words.'
Workplace myths: 8 things you should never assume at work
Do you feel that all your colleagues are friends? Or that your life is all about your job? You could be wrong. We often make bad assumptions and then become disappointed when situations don't work out.
1. My job completes me:
It's not your whole life, avoid the Work, Sleep, Repeat cycle or else your sense of self will erode any time your job disappoints you. Your Money columnist Carolyn Kepcher, author of the best-selling book 'Carolyn 101,' tells you the top nine areas in which it's important to maintain a healthy sense of reality:
2. My boss reads my mind:
Lobby for your promotion and take the initiative of talking to your boss about it. Many workers make the mistake of not engaging in any self-promotion at all, and then suffer the crushing disappointment of not receiving a pay raise, or a promotion.
3. Co-workers are friends:
Although you may find friends at work, it's very important to draw boundaries. Unlike friendships or romances gone awry, you have no choice but to see your co-workers every single workday.
4. Salaries are set fairly:
It's your responsibility to negotiate for a higher salary. Employers will pay what they feel they need to pay to hire and keep an employee, and nothing more.
5. HR is here to help me:
They will help you, but their true job is to protect the organization. There are certain areas in which it may be best not to seek the HR department's assistance, such as using them as a shoulder to cry on for your every workplace woe.
6. You aren't indispensable:
Millions of workers learned that their jobs are not as secure as they once thought. Being valuable is realistic, feeling irreplaceable is not. My personal life is my business, only as long as something that reflects poorly upon your employer. For example, you're probably not free to bad-mouth them on Facebook. Even if you do not face disciplinary action, your future career will take a hit.
7. I'll sue:
Don't be naive. Filing a lawsuit alone takes a lot of money. Even if you are right, sometimes your only decision is whether to stay or to go. Righting wrongs can be a very costly mission.
8. My bosses are cool when I slack off:
Do not take your job for granted. While you're accepting their pay, it's important to honor your end of the bargain, or expect them to reward your poor attitude by bestowing your job to someone who actually wants it
Most Amazing Lines Written by Man
When I was born, A Woman was there to hold me : My Mother
As I grew up as a child, A woman was there to care & play with me: My Sister
I went to school, A Woman was there to help me learn: My Teacher
I became depressed when I lost, A Woman was there to offer a shoulder: My Girlfriend
I needed compatibility, company & Love, A Woman was there for me: My Wife
I became tough, A Woman was there to melt me: My Daughter
When I will die, A Woman will be there to absorb me in: My Motherland
If you are a Man, value every Woman.
If you are a Woman, feel Proud to be one
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The Dark Candle
THE DARK CANDLE
A man had a little daughter--an only and much beloved child. He lived only for her, she was his life. So when she became ill and her illness resisted the efforts of the best obtainable physicians, he became like a man possessed, moving heaven and earth to bring about her restoration to health.
His best efforts proved fruitless, however, and the child died. The father was totally irreconcilable. He became a bitter recluse, shutting himself away from his many friends, refusing every activity that might restore his poise and bring him back to his normal self.
Then one night he had a dream. He was in heaven and witnessing a grand pageant of all the little child angels. They were marching in an apparently endless line past the Great White Throne. Every white-robed, angelic tot carried a candle. He noticed, however, that one child's candle was not lit. Then he saw that the child with the dark candle was his own little girl. Rushing towards her, while the pageant faltered, he seized her in his arms, caressed her tenderly, and asked, "How is that your candle is the only one not lit?" "Father, they often relight it, but your tears always put it out again," she said.
Just then he awoke from from his dream. The lesson was crystal clear, and it's effects were immediate. From that hour on he was no longer a recluse, but mingled freely and cheerfully with his former friends and associates. No longer would his little darling's candle be extingushed by his useless tears.
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