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4. Learn from Mistakes
Sep 13 2009, 2:27 PM EDT
Thomas Edison tried two thousand different materials in search of a filament for the light bulb. When none worked satisfactorily, his assistant complained, “All our work is in vain. We have learned nothing.”Edison replied very confidently, “Oh, we have come a long way and we have learned a lot. We know that there are two thousand elements which we cannot use to make a good light bulb.” 7 out of 7 found this valuable. Do you? |
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5. RE: Learn from Mistakes
Sep 14 2009, 3:45 AM EDT
Nice gowtham, you can see watermelons story
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6. What's Important to You?
Sep 14 2009, 1:55 PM EDT
What's important is not what kind of car you drive,but rather how many people you give a lift. What's important is not the size of your house, but rather the number of people you welcome into your home. What's important is not your social status, but whether you live your life with class. What's important is not what you possess, but rather what you give. What's important is not how many friends you have, but rather how many to whom you are a friend. What's important is not how much overtime you worked, but rather if you work overtime for your family and loved ones. What's important is not if you live in a great neighborhood, but rather how you treat your neighbor!!! 6 out of 6 found this valuable. Do you? |
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7. RE: What's Important to You?
Sep 15 2009, 2:49 AM EDT
Nice wordings relevant to modern age and living
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8. A Lobhi cannot get sat-gati?
Sep 15 2009, 2:03 PM EDT
Long time ago, there used to be a Sanyaasi. He was a great Gnyaani. Many used to respect him and many used to come and get Divya-Upadeshams from him. He was a well known Aadhyaatmavetta. He had many shishyas. He did uddharana of many. Even Kings and Mantris used to come to him, have his darshanam and get Gnyaanopadeshams from him.The Sanyaasi became very old. Since he was a Gyaani, he came to know soon he has to leave his Bhoutika Shariiram. Hence he was doing Bhagavat-naama-smaranam and waiting for Mrutyudevata. Knowing this, many many from all parts of the country came there to get the last darshanam of the Sanyaasi. True Bhaktas came to have Darshanam of the Sanyaasi and get some Upadesham if possible. However some came expecting to get some shakti or some materialistic benefit from the Sanyaasi. One of them was a Sampanna (rich fellow). He was a lobhi (miser), Kruuraatma, Muurkha. Hoping to get some more wealth he came to have the Darshanam of the Sanyaasi. The Sanyaasi, who didnt want to meet anybody, seeing this Parama-lobhi, called him. As soon as the Sanyaasi called him, though many many were waiting, the Lobhi got Garvam. He looked at others with an expression like “see how great I am. The Sanyaasi called me only”. The Lobhi wanted to ask the Sanyaasi why he chose him only to come in. Repeatedly he kept on asking this. Then Sanyaasi replied “I and these people waiting outside, some or the other time, have chance to meet again in some Uurdhva-lokas. Whereas a Lobhi can never get sat-gati. So I can never meet you. Thus I wanted to do some Hitopadesham to you now only”. 5 out of 5 found this valuable. Do you? |
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9. RE: A Lobhi cannot get sat-gati?
Sep 18 2009, 4:35 AM EDT
great episodethanks for sharing this. 5 out of 5 found this valuable. Do you? |
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10. The Four Candles!!!
Sep 18 2009, 1:41 PM EDT
The Four Candles burned slowly.Their ambiance was so soft you could hear them speak… The first candle said, “I Am Peace, but these days, nobody wants to keep me lit.” Then Peace’s flame slowly diminished and went out completely. The second candle said, “I Am Faith, but these days, I am no longer indispensable.” Then Faith’s flame slowly diminished and went out completely. Sadly the third candle spoke, “I Am Love and I haven’t the strength to stay lit any longer.” “People put me aside and don’t understand my importance. They even forget to love those who are nearest to them.” And waiting no longer, Love went out completely. Suddenly… A child entered the room and saw the three candles no longer burning. The child began to cry, “Why are you not burning? You are supposed to stay lit until the end.” Then the Fourth Candle spoke gently to the little boy, “Don’t be afraid, for I Am Hope, and while I still burn, we can re-light the other candles.” With shining eyes, the child took the Candle of Hope and lit the other three candles. Never let the Flame of Hope go out. With Hope in your life, no matter how bad things may be, Peace, Faith and Love may shine brightly once again. 3 out of 3 found this valuable. Do you? |
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11. RE: The Four Candles!!!
Sep 19 2009, 4:40 AM EDT
candles bring light by sacrifice
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12. The Power of Holding Hands!!!
Sep 19 2009, 11:14 PM EDT
I was sitting on a beach one summer day, watching two children, a boy and a girl, playing in the sand.They were hard at work building an elaborate sandcastle by the water’s edge with gates and towers and moats and internal passages. Just when they had nearly finished their project, a big wave came along and knocked it down, reducing it to a heap of wet sand. I expected the children to burst into tears, devastated by what had happened to all their hard work. But they surprised me. Instead, they ran up the shore away from the water, laughing and holding hands, and sat down to build another castle. I realized that they had taught me an important lesson. All the things in our lives, all the complicated structures we spend so much time and energy creating, are built on sand. Only our relationships to other people endure. Sooner or later, the wave will come along and knock down what we have worked so hard to build up. When that happens, only the person who has somebody’s hand to hold will be able to laugh. 3 out of 3 found this valuable. Do you? |
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13. RE: The Power of Holding Hands!!!
Sep 20 2009, 2:38 AM EDT
good , thanks for sharing
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14. Face Difficulties Positively!!!
Sep 20 2009, 1:33 PM EDT
This parable is told of a farmer who owned an old mule. The mule fell into the farmer’s well. The farmer heard the mule praying or whatever mules do when they fall into wells. After carefully assessing the situation, the farmer sympathized with the mule, but decided that neither the mule nor the well was worth the trouble of saving. Instead, he called his neighbors together, told them what had happened, and enlisted them to help haul dirt to bury the old mule in the well and put him out of his misery.Initially the old mule was hysterical! But as the farmer and his neighbors continued shoveling and the dirt hit his back, a thought struck him. It suddenly dawned on him that every time a shovel load of dirt landed on his back, HE WOULD SHAKE IT OFF AND STEP UP! This he did, blow after blow. “Shake it off and step up…shake it off and step up…shake it off and step up!” He repeated to encourage himself. No matter how painful the blows, or how distressing the situation seemed, the old mule fought panic and just kept right on SHAKING IT OFF AND STEPPING UP! It wasn’t long before the old mule, battered and exhausted, stepped triumphantly over the wall of that well! What seemed like it would bury him actually helped him . . . all because of the manner in which he handled his adversity. THAT’S LIFE! If we face our problems and respond to them positively, and refuse to give in to panic, bitterness, or self-pity. 2 out of 2 found this valuable. Do you? |
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15. RE: Face Difficulties Positively!!!
Sep 21 2009, 2:01 AM EDT
nice and valuable story, Thanks gowtham for sharing this.
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16. That's Not My Job!!!
Sep 21 2009, 2:41 PM EDT
This's a story about four people: Everybody, Somebody, Anybody and Nobody.There was an important job to be done and Everybody was sure that Somebody would do it. Anybody could have done it but Nobody did it. Somebody got angry about that, because it was Everybody's job. Everybody thought Anybody could do it but Nobody realised that Everybody wouldn't do it. It ended up that Everybody blamed Somebody when Nobody did what Anybody have done. 1 out of 1 found this valuable. Do you? |
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17. RE: That's Not My Job!!!
Sep 22 2009, 2:21 AM EDT
good, thanks for sharing
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