DESIDARATA

Go placidly amid the noise and the haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence. 

As far as possible, without surrender, be on good terms with all persons. Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others, even to the dull and the ignorant; they too have their story. Avoid loud and aggressive persons; they are vexatious to the spirit. If you compare yourself with others, you may become vain or bitter, for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself. 

Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans. Keep interested in your own career, however humble; it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time.

 Exercise caution in your business affairs, for the world is full of trickery. But let this not blind you to what virtue there is; many persons strive for high ideals, and everywhere life is full of heroism. Be yourself. Especially do not feign affection. 

Neither be cynical about love; for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment it is as perennial as the grass. Take kindly the counsel of the years, gracefully surrendering the things of youth. 

Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune. But do not distress yourself with dark imaginings. Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness. Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself. You are a child of the universe no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here. 

And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should. Therefore be at peace with God, whatever you conceive Him to be. And whatever your labors and aspirations, in the noisy confusion of life, keep peace in your soul. With all its sham, drudgery and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be cheerful. Strive to be happy.

Max Ehrmann, 1945

Socialist Polices

An economics professor at a local college made a statement that he had never failed a single student before, but had recently failed an entire class. That class had insisted that socialism worked and that no one would be poor and no one would be rich, a great equalizer.

The professor then said, "OK, we will have an experiment in this class on Socialism principles: All grades will be averaged and everyone will receive the same grade so no one will fail and no one will receive an A.... (substituting grades for dollars - something closer to home and more readily understood by all).

After the first test, the grades were averaged and everyone got a B. The students who studied hard were upset and the students who studied little were happy. As the second test rolled around, the students who studied little had studied even less and the ones who studied hard decided they wanted a free ride too so they studied little.

The second test average was a D! No one was happy.
When the 3rd test rolled around, the average was an F.

As the tests proceeded, the scores never increased as bickering, blame and name-calling all resulted in hard feelings and no one would study for the benefit of anyone else.

To their great surprise, ALL FAILED and the professor told them that socialism would also ultimately fail because when the reward is great, the effort to succeed is great, but when government takes all the reward away, no one will try or want to succeed. Could not be any simpler than that. These are possibly the 5 best sentences you'll ever read and all applicable to this experiment:

1. You cannot legislate the poor into prosperity by legislating the wealthy out of prosperity.

2. What one person receives without working for, another person must work for without receiving.

3. The government cannot give to anybody anything that the government does not first take from somebody else.

4. You cannot multiply wealth by dividing it!

5. When half of the people get the idea that they do not have to work because the other half is going to take care of them, and when the other half gets the idea that it does no good to work because somebody else is going to get what they work for, that is the beginning of the end of any nation.

The hat seller and monkey

A hat-seller who was passing by a forest decided to take a nap under one of the trees, so he left his whole basket of hats by the side. A few hours later, he woke up and realized that all his hats were gone. He looked up and to his surprise, the tree was full of monkeys and they had taken all his hats.
The hat seller sits down and thinks of how he can get the hats down. While thinking he started to scratch his head. The next moment, the monkeys were doing the same. Next, he took down his own hat, the monkeys did exactly the same. An idea came to his mind* He took his hat and threw it on the floor and the monkeys did that too. So he finally managed to get all his hats back.

Fifty years later, his grandson,Arwind , also became a hat-seller and had heard this monkey story from his grandfather.
One day, just like his grandfather, he passed by the same forest. It was very hot, and he took a nap under the same tree and left the hats on the floor.

He woke up and realized that all his hats were taken by the monkeys on the tree.

He remembered his grandfather' s words, started scratching his head and the monkeys followed.

He took down his hat and fanned himself and again the monkeys followed.
Now, very convinced of his grandfather' s idea, Arwind threw his hat on the floor but to his surprise, the monkeys still held on to all the hats.


Then one monkey climbed down the tree, grabbed the hat on the floor, gave him a slap and Guess!!! Said what???

"You think only you have a grandfather".

RELIGION , MAN AND MONKEY

God and his creation

God created the donkey and said to him. 
"You will be a donkey. You will work un-tiringly from sunrise to sunset 
carrying burdens on your back. You will eat grass, 
you will have no intelligence and you will live 50 years."
The donkey answered: 
"I will be a donkey, but to live 50 years is much. Give me only 20 years"
God granted his wish. 

God created the dog and said to him: 
"You will guard the house of man. You will be his best Friend. 
You will eat the scraps that he gives you and you will live 30 years.
You will be a dog. "
The dog answered: 
"Sir, to live 30 years is too much, give me only 15 years. 
" God granted his wish.


God created the monkey and said to him: 
"You will be a monkey. You will swing from branch to branch doing tricks. 
You will be amusing and you will live 20 years. "
The monkey answered: 
"To live 20 years is too much, give me only 10 years." 
God granted his wish.


Finally God created man and said to him: 
"You will be man, the only rational creature on the face of the earth. 
You will use your intelligence to become master over all the animals.. 
You will dominate the world and you will live20 years."

Man responded: 
"Sir, I will be a man but to live only
20 years is very little, 
give me the 30years that the donkey refused, 
the 15 years that the dog did not want and 
the 10 years the monkey refused.
" God granted man's wish 


And Since Then, Man Lives

20 years as a man ,
marries and spends
30 years like a donkey, 
working and carrying all the burdens on his back.

Then when his children are grown, 
he lives 15 years like a dog taking care of the house 
and eating whatever is given to him, 

so that when he is old, 
he can retire and live 10 years like a monkey, 
going from house to house and from one son or 
daughter to another doing tricks to amuse his grandchildren.

That is our story in our short life.....