Dont change the world but you

Don't Change the World . .
Once upon a time, there was a king who ruled a prosperous country. One day, he went for a trip to some distant areas of his country. When he was back to his palace, he complained that his feet were very painful, because it was the first time that he went for such a long trip, and the road that he went through was very rough and stony. He then ordered his people to cover every road of the entire country with leather. Definitely, this would need thousands of cows' skin, and would cost a huge amount of money.

Then one of his wise servant dared himself to tell the king, "Why do you have to spend that unnecessary amount of money ? Why don't you just cut a little piece of leather to cover your feet ?"

The king was surprised, but he later agreed to his suggestion, to make a "shoe" for himself.

There is actually a valuable lesson of life in this story : to make this world a happy place to live, you better change yourself - your heart; and not the world . . .

"Perhaps he just wanted to encourage you."!

Two men, both seriously ill, occupied the same hospital room. One man was allowed to sit up in his bed for an hour each afternoon to help drain the fluid from his lungs. His bed was next to the room's only window. The other man had to spend all his time flat on his back. The men talked for hours on end. They spoke of their wives and families, their homes, their jobs, their involvement in the military service, where they had been on vacation.

Every afternoon when the man in the bed by the window could sit up, he would pass the time by describing to his roommate all the thing! s he could see outside the window.

The man in the other bed began to live for those one hour periods where his world would be broadened and enlivened by all the activity and color of the world outside.

The window overlooked a park with a lovely lake. Ducks and swans played on the water while children sailed their model boats. Young lovers walked arm in arm amidst flowers of every color and a fine view of the city skyline could be seen in the distance.

As the man by the window described all this in exquisite detail, the man on the other side of the room would close his eyes and imagine the picturesque scene.

One warm afternoon the man by the window described a parade passing by. Although the other man couldn't hear the band - he could see it. In his mind's eye as the gentleman by the window portrayed it with desc riptive words.

Days and weeks passed.

One morning, the day nurse arrived to bring water for their baths only to find the lifeless body of the man by the window, who had died peacefully in his sleep. She was saddened and called the hospital attendants to take the body away.

As soon as it seemed appropriate, the other man asked if he could be moved next to the window. The nurse was happy to make the switch, and after making sure he was comfortable, she left him alone.

Slowly, painfully, he propped himself up on one elbow to take his first look at the real world outside.

He strained to slowly turn to look out the window beside the bed. It faced a blank wall. The man asked the nurse what could have compelled his deceased roommate who had described such wonderful things outside this window. The nurse responded that the man was blind and could not even see the wall.

She said, "Perhaps he just wanted to encourage you."!

Don't let the cups drive you ... Enjoy the coffee instead

Hi there, an interesting story that I came across while surfing...... true indeed.

A group of alumni, highly established in their careers, got together to visit their old university professor. Conversation soon turned into complaints about stress in work and in life. Offering his guests coffee, the professor went to the kitchen and returned with a large pot of coffee and an assortment of cups - porcelain, plastic, glass, crystal, some plain looking, some expensive, some exquisite - telling them to help themselves to the coffee.
When all the students had a cup of coffee in hand, the professor said: "If you noticed, all the nice looking expensive cups were taken up, leaving behind the plain and cheap ones. While it is normal for you to want only the best for yourselves, that is the source of your problems and stress.
What all of you really wanted was coffee, not the cup, but you consciously went for the best cups and were eyeing each other's cups. Now consider this: Life is the coffee, and the jobs, money and position in society are the cups. They are just tools to hold and contain Life, and do not change the quality of Life. Sometimes, by concentrating only on the cup, we fail to enjoy the coffee God has provided."
So, don't let the cups drive you ... enjoy the coffee instead.
"Life happens once, Live it!"

To Keep the images in Ascending Order; Universe

Just to follow up with visual of my previous post...

To those who think no end of themselves;

During a key note speech Professor Carlo Fonseka explained by translating a sinhalese (Sri Lankan Language) poem to english.. This explains how big certain people think of them, these are people who think no end of themselves. Let me try and rhyme it without changing the meaning.

here word dot depicts '.'

To the Universe milkyway is a dot
To the milkyway the Planatry system is a dot
To the Planatry system the earth is a dot
To the earth my country is a dot
To my country (when you take all the people) I am a dot
However, I feel so big about myself that I see the universe as a dot.

What do you think of the authors ability in telling them (the big ones) how small they are.

And you wanna know how big you are have a look at the following pictures!

21 Things To Remember

I got the following while surfing and no idea who is the author however, its worth me writing again for this blog viewers to read. So here you go.

1. No one can ruin your day without YOUR permission.
2. Most people will be about as happy, as they decide to be.
3. Others can stop you temporarily, but only you can do it permanently.
4. Whatever you are willing to put up with is exactly what you will have.
5. Success stops when you do.
6. When your ship comes in.... Make sure you are willing to unload it.
7. You will never have it all together.
8. Life is a journey...not a destination. Enjoy the trip!
9. The biggest lie on the planet When I get what I want I will be happy.
10. The best way to escape your problem is to solve it.
11. I've learned that ultimately , 'takers' lose and 'givers' win.
12. Life's precious moments don't have value, unless they are shared.
13. If you don't start, it's certain you won't arrive.
14. We often fear the thing we want the most.
15. He or she who laughs......lasts.
16. Yesterday was the deadline for all complaints.
17. Look for opportunities...not guarantees.
18. Life is what's coming....not what was.
19. Success is getting up one more time.
20. Now is the most interesting time of all.
21. When things go wrong.....don't go with them.

Angel of Death

The servant runs home to master and says 'I saw angel of death staring at me in the market place, and I am scared. Is there any chance I can hide somewhere?' Master gives his best Arabian Horse and says, 'gallop and reach the xyz city by midnight and angel of death cant catch you there'. The servant gallops and reaches the city by midnight. Meantime, just after the servant left master goes to Market and challanges Angel of death 'why did you stare at my servant?' The Angel of Death says 'I didnt stare at him, i was surprised to see him here, since I have an appointment with him at xyz city just after Mid Night'.

Though this is a one paragraph story, I am not sure the copy right or origin, this sends a signal of a very important message.. if its to happen, it will happen.

Good day everyone.

Every Small and Medium Ent. Bosses should say this.

Well. I am not sure after how long I am updating this blog, definitely after few years.
Some times I need to keep updating this at least in that way, may be people can advice me on certain issues. Now that I consider that better late then never and coincidentally came across the following somewhere in the net, I guess every SME owners should say this at least once in their lifetime.

• I easily can create a new source of income.
• My potential is unlimited
• I always welcome new source of income.
• I instantly attract everything I desire.
• I greately enjoy everything I have.
• I can easily attract everything I ask for.
• I enjoy giving money to worthy causes.
• My Business attract more new customers everyday.
• My Business is highly profitable.
• My Customers are very loyal.
• I enjoy high level of repeat business.
• I effortlessly achieve an unlimited income stream.
• I am always alert to new business opportunities.
• My customers thinks very high of me.

Thats it for now. May be next time I will definitely and definitely write about something that is taken place or taking place in my life.

Cheers,