Blissful
Nithya Twinkle was attending college and one of her guest lecturers was her father. Her friends found it quite amusing and asked her how it felt to have her father as a professor at college. Twinkle replied, "Well, am quite used to his lectures at home. This is the first time I have had to write them down though."
Ordinary words of wisdom can load the listening mind. Words of a Master never load the mind, they always unload and clear it - of some block or the other.
o, Blissful
Nithya Kanthi was taking a class on 'motivation'. She told the students, "It is very important to feel the drive at work. Only when you are motivated, you will excel at what you are doing." She looked at a student and asked, "What is it that motivates you to get out of bed in the morning?" The student replied, "My mother."
When what you do is not what you really want to do, there will be neither joy nor motivation for you to excel in it. Identify what your Being needs - and you have arrived!
Orders were given to shoot at a war and Sagar Pillai was the only one not shooting. His commander came up to him and shouted, "Why are you not shooting?" Sagar replied, "Because if I shoot, they will know where I am and shoot back at me."
We need to remember that what is logical may not always be practical. A certain adaptability is required to link the two.
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Blissful
Boss Ananda was traveling and checked in at a hotel in Japan. He called the reception counter and said, "7-Up, please." The man said, "Alright Sir." The drink never came and Boss went to sleep - only to be woken up promptly on the dot of seven.
We never pay attention to our words because we take the people around us for granted. It is only when we step out of our circle, will we realize that we need to carefully choose our words in order not to be misunderstood!
Blissful
Nithya Kanthi sat while her youngest daughter was putting on her walking shoes for her. Kanthi was always depressed about her wrinkled feet and sat looking at them. The daughter suddenly commented, "Ma, you have such nice olden days' feet!" Kanthi felt suddenly relieved.
Like how the monkey dances to the tunes of the monkey trainer, our emotions sway according to others' opinions of us. When are we going to solidify with our own inner strength?
Blissful
Nithya Manu decided that he was overworked at office and decided to take leave under medical pretext. While at home, he received two cards. One of them was from his colleagues and it said, "Get well soon." The other was from his boss and it said, "Get well IMMEDIATELY."
A leader is one who says the right things at the right time in the right way and to the right people!
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Nithya Twinkle and Ananda Twinkle were identical twin girls aged two. One day, their father's friend held a mirror to Nithya's face and asked, "Who is his?" The child promptly replied, "My sister!"
In the innocence and simplicity of children lies their greatest potential. Children are closer to God than the rest of us.
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Blissful thya Madhu was working at the public library. A small boy from a poor mily used to come everyday and read a little of a particular book, keep it ck and come back the next day for it. One day, he came as usual and found e book missing. He walked up to her and enquired about the book. Madhu niled and handed him the book saying, "Here it is, in my desk. There was a dy wanting to borrow it. I knew you hadn't finished it!"
When we start being sensitive to the needs of others, we shift the attention need away from us; this can cause unimaginable growth and joy in us!
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Elissfu
Churu Kiran and his friend finished painting the wall of a building and hung Wet paint' boards on it. A passerby told them that a decision had been taken to bring down the wall the following day to widen the road. Churu replied, 'That's alright, it will dry by then."
When each work is performed as a sincere meditation not looking for the results, the work and the worker get fulfillment.
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o Blissful
Moti Ankur was wobbling when he reached the queue to board the ship. People had plenty of luggage and the man at the entrance asked each of them, "Is this your luggage?" before letting them in. It was Moti's turn and the man asked him, "Is this your box, Sir?" Moti replied, "Well, it's actually my cousin's, but that's okay, I have his permission to use it for the trip."
The intelligence is in understanding the question and the context; the answer will then come even if it takes time.
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Nithya Kanthi went in for plastic surgery to correct her features. At the end of t, the doctor showed her a mirror. Kanthi took a long look and said, "I quess it's alright. After all, you're only a plastic surgeon, not a magician!"
We look upon life as a great compromise. This is because we continuously look to realise our illusions. If we drop our illusions, life will become an eternal celebration!
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Churu Kiran was recalling to his friend, "You know, I was painting this big illboard standing on the temporary framework. The ladder slipped and fell. I vaved as much as I could but to no avail. I finally prayed to the Lord and did big umps on the rungs of the framework and landed safely. His friend was shocked and asked, "What? You mean to say no one responded to you from t elow?" Churu said, "Oh they did. They all waved back!"
If even one out of ten people don't respond in a manner expected by us, there is something seriously wrong with our approach; It's time for a review inside ourselves.
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Nithya Pathni and Ananda Pathi were recalling their days of courtship when suddenly Pathi asked, "Tell me, the first time I saw you, I was in my police uniform and you were behind the ticket counter. Why did you ask me for my driver's license?" Pathni replied sheepishly, "Well, I've always wanted to ask a policeman for his driver's license!"
Almost all humans harbor revenge of some sort; for some it is active and obvious, while for others it is passive and subtle.
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Blissful
Ananda Pappaiah was telling his son, "You are old enough now. I think it will do you good to attend the lecture on 'Taking your own decisions'" The son said, "Okay dad, but can I go with my friends to the club this weekend?" Pappaiah replied, "Go ask your mother."
There is no dearth of wisdom in man; only he needs to practice it!
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Ananda Pappaiah was telling his son, "You are old enough now. I think it wil do you good to attend the lecture on 'Taking your own decisions'" The son said. "Okay dad, but can I go with my friends to the club this weekend?" Pappaiah replied, "Go ask your mother."
There is no dearth of wisdom in man; only he needs to practice it!
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slisstu
Nithya Ameeta fell down and fractured her wrist. She was admitted in the hospital. A young and handsome male nurse walked in with a form in his hand. He asked her the details and filled up the form. He looked up and asked, "Is there anything else we need to know about you that might be important ma'am?" Pat came the reply, "Yes, I am single."
Our words are a reflection of our inner thoughts. When we talk, we are continuously exposing our inner self.
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o Blissful heikh Govinda was one of 13 members in the household. The rule was that hey should use the basin in the dining hall for shaving, brushing etc., instead f doing it all in the bathroom and causing delay. Invariably, someone or the ther at the basin would forget something and land up knocking on the athroom door for it. One day, Govinda rushed to the basin with his oothbrush but did a quick reverse towards the bathroom. His sister teased im, "You forgot the toothpaste!" Govinda exclaimed, "No! I forgot my teeth!"
We catch on to the outer world things that give us joy but forget the inner world things that cause the joy in us!
, Blissful
Nithya Pathni was a regular morning jogger, but she jogged in constant fear of the stray dogs. Ananda Pathi decided to accompany his wife on cycle holding a stick to ward off the animals. One day, as they were on this morning routine, a passerby saw Pathni running and Pathi following with a stick. He commented to himself: "How cruel can it get."
If you don't have the facts with you, don't pass any judgment. If you have them, let them be and don't pass any judgment! This way, the world will appear a lot brighter.
Durg Chander found himself at the brink of frustration. He had just landed at the airport and it was raining heavily; the taxis were on strike; the phone lines were out of order; there was a procession on the roads and the place was swarming with people caught in a similar predicament. He slumped into a chair when he overheard an old man saying to his grandson, "Cheer up! This is what we call Life's adventures!"
Every moment in life can be an adventure or an inconvenience; it depends on the person perceiving it.
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, Blissful
Nithya Pathni took her last five children to a restaurant. While they were dining, her husband suddenly thumped the table with his fist and screamed: "Elbows off the table!" The children silently obeyed and so did the rest of them at the restaurant.
Anything spoken with the heart is received without exception!
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Blissful
Boss Ananda was having a meeting to prepare for the retirement function of a long-standing employee of his company. Boss spoke, "We are talking of a man who never knew the meaning of 'giving up', who didn't know the meaning of the word 'disloyalty', who had no clue of the word, 'tired'. We need to honour him tomorrow. What do you think we should get him?" A hand went up and the voice said, "A dictionary."
The Truth always remains solid and unchanged. It is only perceived in different ways by different people.
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Moti Ankur decided to take his parents on a ride in his new car. The old couple sat behind while Moti drove. Through the rear view mirror he noticed that his father had his mouth open. After a while he heard him whisper to his mother, "If you keep your mouth open, the teeth don't rattle dear."
When we try not to hurt another, we take the beating upon ourselves. All of our silent suffering is a result of our own choice.
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Blissful
Nitti Mudaliar was dating a girl. They went out to a party and returned to his house. The girl looked at herself in the mirror and cried in dismay, "Why Nitti! You never told me that there was an extra dab of powder on my nose." Nitti replied after a pause, "I noticed, but how would I know how you would like to wear your powder?"
While we are blind to our own faults, we somehow expect everyone around us to perform flawlessly!
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Nithya Manu was out with his girlfriend. The girl told him, "Manu, I wish to share all your troubles and worries." "But right now I have none!" exclaimed Manu. The girl said, "I meant after our marriage."
We are in eternal preparation to embrace worries. If they don't come, we are almost disappointed!
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Bhilai Mansoor was walking down a lane when he saw a boy running out of a house, doing a funny leg-action in the air and landing on the bed of thorny roses nearby. Anxiously, Bhilai went up to him and asked him if he was alright and what it was that he had tried doing. The boy explained sheepishly: "I forgot that I didn't bring my bicycle."
The mind always looks to settle down on familiar patterns. We need to break these patterns and live unprepared, so that we will be prepared for anything.
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Chanda Basu asked his friend, "How come your relationship with your girlfriend didn't bring about marriage? Didn't you tell her about your rich uncle?" The friend replied, "I did. She is my aunt now."
In today's world, trust and love are being replaced by exploitation and greed. Yet, trust even if you are exploited!
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Blissful
Gritty Gauri was saying to her friend, "I think I've had enough of this man. I just need to get one more thing off my heart before I go into my next relationship." "And what is that?" asked the friend. Gauri replied, "a tattoo of his name on it."
. Love - the most powerful virtue, medicine and healing stick is sadly reduced to mere tattoos on people's hearts.
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Ram Gopal opened a letter and read it out to his friend. It was a letter of threat that if he didn't stop his customary bullying of the children down the lane, the parents would take severe action against him. The friend asked, "What are you going to do about it?" Gopal replied, "Nothing much I can do; It's not been signed."
We receive so many messages from Existence to help our lives blossom, but we faithfully miss them all through the veil of our ignorance.
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Blissful
Nithya Madhu received a proposal from her boyfriend and she turned him down. The boy said, "I wonder if I will ever marry hereafter." Madhu exclaimed, "There are always other girls out there. Don't worry!" The boy replied, "If you won't have me, who will?"
Very often, we will find that others' opinion of us is quite different from our own of ourselves. Whatever it may be, we should strive to live to the best of the wisdom we know.
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Blissful
Sagar Pillai took his son to a museum. The child took a look around and told him that he would rather go for a movie. Sagar's heart tugged at the thought of paying for two movie tickets. He suddenly picked up his son and started racing around in the museum at top speed. The son screamed, "What are you doing dad?" Sagar replied, "This is motion picture. Enjoy!"
Life for each of us IS what our perceptions ARE; What a truly limited life we live!
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slissfu
Nithya meeta returned to town after ten days of absence and asked the boy at the tea shop, "My sudden disappearance must've caused a flutter across the town?" The boy replied, "Well it would have, but the same day, the temple elephant turned mad, so everyone was actually talking about that."
Man's suffering as well as his happiness are both purely relative, never absolute. The only absolute thing is Supreme Bliss.
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Blissful
Sikar Shareef's girlfriend looked at him and asked, "Listen, I don't think I can ever marry you. Do you know why?" Sikar thought for a while and replied, "I cant think why." She said, "That's why."
When we don't even know what we don't know, there is little hope for us; We need to know what we don't know to make a beginning.
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Blissful
Boss Ananda hated his daughter's suitor. However, one day the boy deserted his daughter. Boss caught him and said, "I plan to sue you for breach of promise." The boy replied, "In any case, you never approved of our engagement. I would think this would be favoring you." Boss replied, "That is sentiment son, this is business!"
Convenience has become almost a virtue today! And that too in the context of relationships.
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Nithya Madhu's sister was getting engaged. The bridegroom came forward and spoke to them to strengthen bonds. He said to Madhu, "I am already a good friend of your father, my father-in-law to be!" Madhu turned to her mother and whispered, "Ma, looks like he has no social standing?"
In vanity lies profound ignorance. Sadly, the beholder is blissfully oblivious of it.
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Nervously, the young man approached Chanda Basu to ask for his daughter's hand in marriage. He said, "Sir, may I have your daughter for my wife." Chanda replied, "Bring your wife and let me decide."
Ignorance combined with immorality keeps men in total darkness. Only a ray of intelligence from within an dispel this darkness and bring forth light.
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Little Ananda was watching a wedding at a church for the first time. He came back and his mother asked him what he thought of it. He replied, "Well, I enjoyed it although that was a quick change in mind. The girl walked up the aisle with one man and walked back with another!"
Children can help us see a totally different dimension to any situation; a dimension that we have lost completely in the process of growing up!
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Moti Ankur was being enquired by a friend about the black patch around his eye. Moti woefully explained, 'You know I was the best man at a wedding and I kissed the bride for which her husband punched me in the eye." The friend said, "But it is customary for the best man to kiss the bride at the wedding; why was he offended?" Moti replied, "I kissed her a year after the wedding."
Anything is applauded only when it is done at the right time in the right place in front of the right people. This is a law for peaceful co-existence.
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Nithya Twinkle was at the reception desk of a hotel. A young couple approached her in their wedding clothes and booked a room. The bridegroom said, "Please don't tell anyone that we are newly weds." Twinkle promised she wouldn't. That day night at the common dinner, the couple noticed several people smiling at them. The bridegroom asked Twinkle if she had told them. Twinkle replied, "Oh no! I told them you were good friends."
If a man is able to keep a secret, he has developed a great capacity in himself!
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Nitti Mudaliar got married rather late in life. He and his wife were both doctors working in the same clinic. The day after the wedding night, Nitti woke up and saw his wife standing near the bed. He screamed in horror, "Why Doctor, what are you doing here!"
Man is always either in the past or in the future. The present eludes him completely. The name given to this eluding state is 'forgetfulness'.
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Durg Chander took his newly wedded wife to a hotel. He had told her what a frequent visitor he was there and how they would place a bowl of honey to welcome him every time he checked in. This time, he walked in with his wife and found the honey missing. He asked the waiter, "What happened to my honey?" The waiter replied aloofly, "She left without telling, Sir."
Man often thinks that he is fooling others when in reality he is fooling himself!
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Ram Gopal visited his aunt who wasn't one of the best cooks. She served him some pudding and said rather proudly, "I took this out of one of the recipe books." Gopal acknowledged, "You did the right thing. It shouldn't have got in there in the first place."
We often catch the words but miss the truth in what we hear. Intelligence alone can help us catch the truth.
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Nithya Kanthi was knitting for long hours when her father asked her, "What are you knitting anyway?" Kanthi replied, "I don't really know. I've lost the book of instructions."
Man needs a Master to guide him in his journey, else he lives for lives together, forgetting the very purpose of his life.
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Blissful
Pali Patel came home one day and told his wife that he had finally insured the car and himself. His wife heaved a sigh of relief and said, "Now I don't have to go around telling you to be careful all the time."
If we deeply look into our love, we will find a vested interest somewhere in it. True love never asks, it only gives - unconditionally.
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, Blissful
Nithya Manu was seen writing letters diligently to his wife who was in her mother's house for a holiday. His friend was surprised at his otherwise lethargic friend and enquired, "Tell me, you are actually sending two letters a week to your wife; how is that?" Manu replied, "She has told me that if I don't send her a letter a week, she will come back at once. And ... I don't trust the postal system out here."
Man is all the time working hard to satisfy the ego of others. In reality, the only thing he needs to work hard for is destroying his own.
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caust 12
Nithya Madhu told her eldest daughter, "I personally feel that you would be better off with a less wealthier man." The daughter replied, "Don't worry Ma, he will be less wealthier in some more time."
Life is to be lived with a loving heart and an open mind, not with a wily heart and a scheming mind.
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Latur Singh went to the shop and bought a mouse trap. He returned the next day to the shop and asked for another one. The girl at the shop asked him if the first trap didn't work well. Latur replied, "It was perfect, thankyou; it has got a rat in it!"
The resources available to us are aplenty. Only we don't know how to use them and end up asking for more.
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Gritty Gauri told her mother-in-law, "Its getting increasingly difficult to manage with what your son gives me every month." The mother-in-law told her, "Anybody would be able to run a household with the money that he says he gives you." Gauri replied, "Why, even I would be able to."
Inconsistency in our speech and deeds can cause a lot of trouble for others more than for ourselves.
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o Blissful
Pali Patel and his wife went out for dinner. At the hotel, they ordered for their food and Pali started reading the newspaper. His wife reproachfully told him, "You've been having that paper ever since we walked in." Pali apologized, "Sorry, I didn't realize. Waiter! Can we have another newspaper please."
We seek attention all the time. When this goes unheeded, we get depressed. Most of our depression when analysed deeply is nothing but 'attention need'.
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Neetu Patel was telling her friend how she gave her husband a shot with the cake bowl and caused a bump in his head. The friend asked, "But how can a cake bowl cause such a big bump?" Neetu explained, "It had one of my cakes in it."
Whether we accept it or not, there is an element of violence in each one of us; in some it is obvious while in others, subtle. Violence will dissolve when unconditional love blossoms!
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August 17
Haughty Ananda came in late for a 9'o clock appointment and his colleague was waiting for him. Haughty apologized: "Sorry Sir, I am late." The man replied, "That's alright, I came here myself only 10 minutes back." Haughty snapped, "How come? We were supposed to meet at 9am."
Somehow, we deem our own mistakes forgivable while others' mistakes not. This attitude is our greatest mistake.
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Fugust 18
His friend was searching frantically on the floor and Ram Gopal asked him what the matter was. The friend said, "I think my baby has swallowed the only match stick that was left in this box." Gopal calmly said, "Never mind, I have a lighter."
When man doesn't wake up to the moment, he is as good as dead. He needs to keep his mind alive and alert to be worthy of this life given to him.
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Churu Kiran had a baby and he secretly hoped that his wife would allow the child to be named after his mother. His wife started the topic, "Let us name her Jane." Churu replied, "That's a good name, my former girlfriend's name that too!" His wife instantly declared, "Have we forgotten? We are meant to name her after your mother."
Life is nothing but a game that each of us plays; the intelligent ones play it better!
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August 20
Chanda Basu stood up yet another time to get a drink. His friend cautioned him, "This is the seventh round for you." Chanda waved his hand and said, "That's alright. I keep telling them that the drink's for you."
Strangely, man is not so bothered about himself as he is about his reputation!
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Blissful
August 21
Ananda Pappaiah asked his wife one day, "Dear, if I had to go far away from you on business, would you still love me the same?" The wife replied. The farther you are, the better I will love you."
It helps to be truthful at all times. That way, the mind is free and at peace.
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Pali Patel told his wife Neetu Patel, "You know, last night I was driving this beautiful car in my dream." Neetu replied without looking up, "Yes, I heard the engine."
It all depends on how we take it. We can make or break an issue with our attitude towards it.
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Ananda Pappaiah showed his friend a gift and said, "I've worked in the same company for 20 years and they gave me this a gift." His friend replied, "Well, I've beaten you; my silver wedding's coming up next week!"
to measure ourselves by quality not by
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Sagar Pillai was watching the tennis match sitting next to a first-time acquaintance. His wife came in with a friend a little later to join him. Sagar looked at them and told his companion, "Here comes my wife; some old hag she's picked up on the way." The companion coldly replied, "And here comes mine with one as well."
If we don't watch our words, others will do it for us! Our words are the outward expression of our inner selves.
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Ananda Pappaiah concluded that his wife had almost a medical condition in her for cleanliness and orderliness. One day, they both were in a reflective mood and discussed their past and future. Ananda said, "After I die, I want to be cremated." His wife pointed out, "Just like you. Even after you die, you leave ash lying about."
Obsession of any sort in the material world takes away the charm of life itself - unawares that too!
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o, Blissful
August 26
Nithya Twinkle told her boyfriend, "Dear, why don't you understand? My love for my former boyfriends has only been a preparation for a higher and more divine love that I feel for you now." Her boyfriend smiled and asked, "How can we be sure that your love for me is not preparing you for a still higher love for someone else?"
Till such time we understand that love is inside us and not outside, we will continue to deceive ourselves and others.
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Pali Patel and Latur Singh were exchanging stories about their married lives. Pali told Latur, "You know, my son thought I was a millionaire in his dream last night." Latur replied soberly, "You're lucky; mine thinks that in day time."
Never take anything for granted, especially another's money. Every penny earned needs to be spent wisely.
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August 27
Sheikh Govinda served as a Judge in a high court. He was conducting a divorce case. He asked the husband, "What do you wish to say about your wife?" The man said, "Sir, she gets her own way in everything." "That's too general a statement; how can you prove it?" asked Sheikh. The man held up a diary and said, "Sir, this is her diary; she writes it a week ahead."
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Be Blissful
August 29
Churu Kiran was a bus conductor. The bus was about to start when a man came up to him and asked, "Sir, can I say bye to my wife? She is standing outside." Churu looked up and replied, "That depends; how long have you been married?"
wise man sees all the possibilities before making a commitment!
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o Blissful
August 30
Neetu Patel attended driving lessons. She kept adjusting the rear view mirror despite the instructor saying that he had aligned it well enough for her. Finally she explained her difficulty to him, "Look, I can't see anything except the car behind me. That's why I'm adjusting it."
However hard Life tries to show us the right things, we turn a blind eye to it. Our ignorance takes the better of us.
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August 31 lissful
Moti Ankur called up the florist and asked, "Can I have some dahlias delivered please?" "Am afraid we have no dahlias Sir," came the reply. Moti continued, "Some lilies then?" "No lilies either," said the voice. "Alright at least some roses!" continued Moti. "Sorry Sir, no roses." Moti cried, "For God's sake, is this the florist's?" The voice replied, "No, this is the baker's." Moti paused and said, "Alright, send me some doughnuts; I'm starved anyway."
Even if we start to search for the right things, our waning perseverance makes us settle for lesser things. This is how we fail to solidify.
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September 1
Be, Blissful
Nitti Mudaliar gave his wife an ultimatum. He said to her, "If you and your brother keep blaming me like this, you will see the animal in me." The wife replied, "Don't say that; I am terrified of mice!"
Lach one is entitled to his or her opinion. Only we should not get carried away by it.
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September 2
Be Blissful
Nithya Madhu told her guest, "Don't worry Sir, please feel at home." The guest replied, "Oh, I don't want to feel at home, that's why I am here."
'Feeling at home' is in reality feeling comfortable and balanced in the mind at all times. It has nothing to do with the home itself.
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Ananda Pathi came up to the policeman and said, "Sir, my wife has gone out shopping and I've been waiting here for her for the past half an hour. Why haven't you asked me to move on?"
We desperately search for courage and wisdom outside. How will we find them when they are actually inside us?
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a Blissful
September 4
Ananda Pappaiah was looking at a painting in an art exhibition. The girl in the picture was covered only by a few leaves placed at strategic points. His wife took him by the elbow saying, "Alright, come along, I bet you're waiting for autumn to come."
Our preconceived notions can destroy all harmony. If we drop them, we will find that Life is suddenly fresh and blossoming!
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September 5
Be, Blissful
Gritty Gauri went with her husband to a restaurant. They ordered for their deserts and the waiter brought it. No sooner had they started eating the desert, when she asked her husband, "Is your desert tasting good?" He replied, "Oh yes." "Is it too cold?" she asked. "Oh, just the right temperature," he said, "Are you enjoying it?" she asked him. He replied, "Absolutely!" She snapped, "Then why are you being so selfish? Why cant you just offer an exchange?"
If we monitored ourselves as ruthlessly as we monitored others, each of us would be the world's best man or woman!
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Ananda Twinkle's husband was sick in bed and she decided to report at his workplace for duty. He was an animal trainer by profession. The man at the workplace looked at her rather skeptically. She asked him, "Doesn't my husband manage the animals well?" "Oh sure ma'am," he replied. She smiled and told him, "You've got to come home and see how well I manage him."
The transitive relation works out in mathematics but not in practical Life!
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September 7
o Blissful
Little Ananda asked his mother, "Ma, do fairies fly?" His mother said, "Yes they do, dear." Little asked, "How come our servant maid doesn't fly? Papa called her a fairy yesterday." His mother said, "Don't worry dear, she will fly away today."
We need to nurture the capacity to take firm and quick decisions with a calm and composed demeanor. Harping on a point endlessly will yield only misery.
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September 8
Blissful
Ram Gopal told the hostel cook, "Please look for a job elsewhere. You will be relieved in another week's time. We find you not suited to us". The cook retorted, "But I have not done anything wrong. The boys simply love my food." Gopal replied, "Yes, that's just the problem."
Real quality is accomplishing a task to the point of fulfillment. Any compromise in this from outside or inside is a compromise to fulfillment.
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SoberAnanda was telling his friend that he was planning to move to another neighborhood. The friend asked why because he thought that Sober's family got on well with the neighbors'. Sober said, "Trust me, I've never even seen them. But of one thing I am clear - They are always doing things that I can't afford!"
We are most often trying to live out our desires as well our neighbors'. What a foolish attempt indeed!
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Blissful
September 10
Tinku Kishen came back home after a month-long holiday at her mother's. Her husband's friend whispered to him, "So, do you now need to give an account of your whereabouts for the past one month?" The husband replied, "No, that's part of the maid's job."
The best way is to watch Life as a spectator and understand the roles of the players without getting perturbed by anything.
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September 11
Barsi Rajan paid an unannounced visit to his new neighbours. He spent over an hour talking to them, completely oblivious of their growing impatience. Finally, one of them ventured, "Sir, your family must be missing you!" Barsi exclaimed, "Oh! Thankyou for saying that. Let me call them over!"
When we fail to see the world from the other's perspective, we are missing a major dimension of coexistence.
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Bhilai Mansoor was carrying three walking sticks and walking down the road. A curious passerby asked him why. Bhilai replied, "I have one which I might leave in the bus, one which I might leave in my workplace and I would still have one to use on the way back home!"
Strangely, we nurture our lacking ways with concern instead of attempting to correct them.
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Blissful
Durg Chander was driving back home from work when he tried hard to remember what it was that he had forgotten. He finally gave up and reached home. His daughter came running to the porch eagerly and cried out, "Pa!" and after a pause: "Where's Ma?"
Each one of us sees only what we want to see, never what we ought to see!
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o Blissful
Sikar Shareef had asked his wife to courier a parcel. He came back home that evening and asked her if she had done it. She hadn't. He started, "This is so typical of you." The wife apologized, "Sorry dear ... " Sikar continued, "What did you do the whole day long?" The wife started, "Actually ... " Sikar said, "Alright, give me the parcel at least." The wife finally finished, "Actually, you forgot to put the address on it."
It is always good to patiently hear the story before pointing fingers. That little patience will save a lot of face.
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Nitti Mudaliar came back from work and his wife decided to step out for dinner with a friend. The children were all playing and for the first time, Nitti was asked to get the children into their night suits and put them to sleep. His wife came back and asked if he had any trouble in doing it. Nitti explained, "Oh, only our cute little one - he babbled so much before I could finally get him through it." The wife peeped into the room and screamed, "Nitti! He is our neighbor's child!"
General awareness is very important, however caught up we may be in our own work.
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o Blissful
Tinku Kishen's husband didn't come home for the day. The whole night, she sat anxiously waiting for him. The next day, she sent out telegrams to a few of his friends with a message: "Is he spending the night with you? Didn't come home last night." At lunch time, her husband came home with a perfectly legitimate excuse. However, all the friends she had sent out telegrams to replied: "Yes, he was with me."
If we live a transparent life, no one and nothing can betray us. It is only when we have swept things under the carpet that we might get double-crossed.
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Be Blissful
The doctor examined Nithya Manu and told him, "Sir, you will be alright soon. Try to live more on greens." Manu took the prescription and said, "Alright, I will play more golf than usual then. It will help won't it?"
We all correctly misunderstand what is being told to us. That is why we need to be told things more than once and in different ways.
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Ananda Pappaiah arrived at work looking very shabby. His colleague noticed it and asked him what happened. Pappaiah said, "Well, I went home early this morning after working through the night and as I was undressing, my wife woke up and mumbled that I was getting ready rather early. I had no other option; I put my clothes back on and came back to work."
When you are not open to logic and reasoning, you will drive people away from you.
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Blissful
Ram Gopal met up with a friend who asked him, "What has happened? We don't see you in the club at all these days." Gopal replied, "Yes, I have decided to spend the evenings staying at home ... in ways my wife likes."
Most of us spend our lives trying to make others happy. This is alright if there is only joy and no silent suffering inside.
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Blissful
Neetu Patel was getting worried about her husband Pali arriving past midnight everyday from work. She tried telling him to change his work culture but saw no results. Finally one day, when he walked into the bedroom, she rolled over and asked, "Is that you Rohan?" The next day on, her husband came in early.
What words cannot achieve, intelligence can. Allow intelligence to blossom and you will need words no more.
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Chanda Basu and his friend were discussing their respective bosses' behaviors. Chanda said, "When he is in a bad mood, I just turn a deaf ear to whatever he says." His friend replied, "Oh, when mine is in a bad mood, I listen to every word that he says. It helps later when he says something quite different."
Every opportunity presents itself equally to each one of us alike. How we use it is purely in our hands. We have no one to blame.
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Blissful
Ananda Pappaiah was asking his friend about his broken marriage. The friend told him that the divorce had been granted. He said, "My wife agreed to let me have our baby half of the time." Pappaiah said, "That's very nice of her. But why are you looking so exhausted?" The friend replied, "Well, she has the baby during the day and lets me have him during the nights."
Some people can see only their own convenience, never others', even in the context of love and kindness.
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elissful
Boss Ananda was reviewing his new secretary. He told her, "Miss, you have a very neat appearance." The girl blushed. Boss said, "You have a pleasing voice, my customers have mentioned that to me." The girl was overwhelmed. Boss continued, "Now can we get down to your spellings and punctuation?"
Diplomacy can very well be applied if it is going to bring positive and harmless results.
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Her second son woke up Nithya Kanthi every time he heard a noise in the night. He would think it was a burglar. Kanthi told him that burglars don't make a noise. After that, the child woke her up every time the night was very still.
Until man understands the truth in what is being told, he will continue to cling on to the words that he hears.
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Neetu Patel and Pali Patel were fast asleep when a noise was heard downstairs. Neetu woke up Pali suggesting that there might be a burglar downstairs. Pali told her, "Be quiet, let us wait and see if he is able to open that window that was stuck ever since we painted the house."
I here are multiple sides to anything that we see; each one sees what he wants to see.
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Dissful
Latur Singh and Sikar Shareef were catching up with old times. They spent the night together in the latter's house. Suddenly, they heard a noise beneath them downstairs. Latur froze while Sikar got out of bed and walked towards the door. Latur whispered, "Be careful, what are you going to do? Sikar whispered back, "Lock the bedroom door."
Man lives his entire life in fear of death. All his fears are in some way connected to death. Meditation alone can help him out of this fear complex.
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Gritty Gauri was very possessive of everything that came from her mother's house, which was virtually everything that she had in her house. She often reminded her husband that everything was her's. A burglar broke into their house one night and Gritty woke her husband up. She said, "Dear, there's a burglar in our house, please do something about it." He replied sleepily, "Oh, there's nothing of mine down there."
Enjoy everything by renouncing it! Only then can you enjoy to the maximum without fear of losing anything.
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Sheikh Govinda had a doctor friend who advised him that he either stopped taking whiskey or took it only with hot water. Govinda told him that he wouldn't be able to get hot water from his wife for whiskey. The doctor said, "Tell her that you need it for shaving." A few days later, Govinda's wife visited the doctor and told him, "I am very worried about him doctor, he shaves five times a day."
If we are straight forward in our words and actions, we need not search for convoluted reasons to support them.
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alissful
Tinku Kishen was listening excitedly while the crystal gazer was predicting her future. He told her slowly, "You are going to marry an extremely handsome ... " Tinku's eyes almost popped out. The man continued, " ... but very poor man." Tinku snapped: "Take another guess."
Most of us are not searching for the real answers, but for matching answers - matching what we have already formed inside us.
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Boss Ananda called for his new secretary and told her, "You have a pleasing manner, but I am concerned about your grammar and punctuation." The girl looked at him earnestly and replied, "Sir, I will try to improve my grammar but I have never been late to office till date."
You first need to know what it is that you don't know, then someone can help you!
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Blissful
Neetu Patel and Tinku Kishen were enjoying their evening gossip. Neetu casually remarked, "Wonder what men talk about when they meet up." Tinku replied, "Probably the same things as we do." Neetu exclaimed, "How awful .. .!"
Everything we say or do will seem perfect as long as we are not put through the process of getting it back in any form!
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Blissful
Nitti Mudaliar was looking for a girl and he met a rather smart young lady whom he instantly liked. After secretly watching her for a few days, he proposed to her. She looked him down and said, "I believe in getting a sample before I go in for something." Nitti thought for a while and replied, "Well ma'am, I can't give you a sample, but I can give you plenty of references!"
A man's true character needs only a small dent in its ego to be revealed in all of its splendor!
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Chanda Basu and his friend were chatting. Suddenly Chanda said, "You know, I had a dream last night that I was enjoying up to ten rounds of whiskey and still going strong!" His friend said, "Well that reminds me - last night I dreamt that I was with this most beautiful girl in an island by myself!" Chanda asked indignantly, "Why didn't you call me?" His friend replied, "Well, I called up and they said that you were immersed in whiskey!"
Wit is a by product of intelligence. It can do much from winning friends to saving face!
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Two Chinese employees were deciphering what Boss Ananda had said that day morning. One of them said, "You know he said that plan II was in the horizon. I looked up 'horizon' in the dictionary and it said that it is an imaginary line that keeps moving further as you approach it."
Procrastination has become our very nature. We make up for it with our words, that's all.
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2 Blissful
Haughty Ananda went to a Master out of curiosity. The Master welcomed him and spoke at length. He came back and told his friend, "You know, he told me to drop the smoking habit, so I decided to drop it." The friend was amazed at what an effect the Master had had on him. He asked, "You really dropped smoking?" Haughty replied, "Of course not, I dropped him."
We are ready to applaud the Truth only if it concurs with our own thinking. Else, we simply ignore it how many ever times and in how many ever ways it is given to us.
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Nithya Ameeta asked her students if anyone would tell the story of how the monkeys crossed the river in the famous Hindu epic Ramayana. One boy stood up and narrated the incident correctly. Ameeta applauded him and said, "I am happy that at least one boy has read the Ramayana!" The boy continued with an honest look, "I haven't read the Ramayana, I read this on the toffee bar's wrapper."
In Life, it is alright for each one to follow his own path, as long as the goal is the same!
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Blissful
Nithya Kanthi delivered a girl after six boys. Her husband and she went on a long celebration. Their friends came over and asked them, "Who does she look like? Mother or father?" The happy parents replied, "We don't really know; we haven't seen her face yet."
We continuously search for reasons to celebrate; that's when we miss the real celebration of Existence and its grandeur!
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Blissful
Gritty Gauri found out that some of the second graders wove their own fairy tales at home about their classes and their teachers. She wrote in their diaries one day, "Attention Parents! Just like how we don't believe anything that your child says about home in school, we request you not to believe anything that the child says about school at home."
When you say something with the right logic and reasoning, it will always be broadly accepted.
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Nithya Twinkle was walking down a lane when she saw a man working hard at changing his car's tyre under the afternoon sun. When she passed by him she asked, "Changing the tyre?" The man replied, "No ma'am, I am just giving the car some rest by jacking it up."
People need our help, not our sympathy. Sympathy will only worsen and weaken the situation for the person receiving it.
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Ananda Pappaiah was with his friend on the road when a procession went past. Ananda watched on while his friend took off his cap and paid respect. Ananda said to him, "Hey, that was a nice gesture paying your respects." The friend replied, "Well, all said and done, we would've been married 25 years coming Thursday."
When there is no love lost between two people, at least natural courtesy should prevail.
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Latur Singh was a lawyer. A client stormed in one day with a bill. He asked him, "How is it that you have charged me with three visits? I have come to you only twice!" Latur replied firmly, "Sir, the third time, you came and put on the waiting room light and picked up your spectacles that you left behind."
Money matters no doubt; but a man's true character can be revealed in trifle money matters.
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2/issful
Sagar Pillai received a complaint from his son's school that he was hardly showing up for classes. Sagar told his son that evening, "You must not avoid going to classes. After all, only at this age you can learn, work hard and gain knowledge. How would it be if your text books came full of mistakes?" The boy replied, "I would blame the printer." Sagar's wife realized to her horror that Sagar already had a successor.
If you are intelligent, you will realize that most mistakes could have been averted if you had stepped in somewhere with a different move; you will then never blame others for anything.
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Nithya Twinkle was determined to join the Navy. She disguised herself as a male and successfully passed the tests and realized her wish. Her friend asked her, "But tell me, you will need to take a shower with the rest of them, is it not? Won't they find out?" Twinkle replied, "Of course they will; but who'll tell!"
It is in our own approach whether we are going to see a problem in a solution or a solution in a problem.
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Little Nithya knew her father's latest furniture prices by heart. She ran to open the door and there stood a man asking for her dad. She told him, "He's not well at the moment, but if you have come for the queen size bed, it's 35,000 rupees." The man said, "Actually, I want to see your father." Little Nithya continued, "Hmm.the king size bed costs 45,000 rupees." The man said, "Thank you miss, but may I see your father please." Little Nithya didn't give up; she said, "The dressing table set costs 20,000 rupees." The man finally said, "Alright Miss, you are a smart girl, let me tell you what the matter is. I want to talk to him about my daughter who insists upon marrying his son." Little Nithya was stumped; she said, "Oh ... I don't know how much he charges for my brother. You'd better meet him."
Children always persevere better than adults. Only we need to groom ourselves to be patient and give them a chance to.
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Pali Patel received a paper at his office desk which he had earlier circulated to his colleagues. He noticed that a colleague not really connected with the matter had also signed the document. He wrote on the paper and sent it back, "Sir, this document does not require your approval. Kindly erase your initial and initial the erasure."
The most delicate of matters can be handled with wit and humour better than with military instructions!
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Nithya Manu was appearing for an interview to get into the most esteemed business school in the country. The panel of interviewers sat opposite him. He was asked, "Would you like several easy questions or one difficult one?" Manu said, "One difficult one, Sir." The interviewer asked, "Which came first the chick or the egg?" Manu was cornered but came back, "The egg sir." "How?" asked the questioner. Manu said, "Sorry Sir, but you said that you will ask only one difficult question!"
Lateral thinking can turn around any difficult situation. Lateral thinking is nothing but breaking free from our mental patterns and allowing fresh ideas to step in.
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Sheikh Govinda and his friend were drinking to their hearts' content at the bar. Strange and funny stories emanated from them. Suddenly, the owner's cat came running and sat in the empty chair opposite them. Sheikh warned his friend, "Listen, you'd better go slow on those slimy cat stories."
It is imperative that we show concern for other animals and their sentiments. After all, this is what peaceful coexistence is all about.
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Two days after Neetu Patel and Pali Patel got married, a terrible fight broke out between them. Pali was disgusted and he concluded, "I must say that men are fools to marry." Neetu shot back, "Think of the women - they have nothing else to marry!"
In a battle of words, the Truth can never surface, because it is a mere battle of words, not a battle for the Truth!
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Ananda Pappaiah visited his nephew who was staying with an aunt and attending college. Pappaiah had also attended the same college staying at the aunt's house. He walked into his nephew's room and felt nostalgic. He saw the book rack and commented, "Same old book rack." He walked around and saw the clothesline and remarked, "Same old clothesline." He opened the cupboard and saw a girl standing there. The nephew said, "My project-mate." Pappaiah walked on saying, "Yes, same old story."
Somehow, man feels comfortable in seeing history repeating itself. There is a certain concurrence inside him with it, even if it is not appropriate.
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Worry Ananda visited the doctor and told him, "Doctor, I am so terribly afraid of the sound of crackers. I feel silly about it; can you prescribe something for me?" The doctor told him, "Just clap both your ears with your hands and the sound will not disturb you as much. That's what I do all the time."
An ordinary man can guide you only through his limited intelligence. A Master can guide you through His infinite intelligence!
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Tinku Kishen tried telling her husband that he should stop coming home drunk in the night. He never changed his ways. She finally told him that if he came home drunk, he would not be let into the house. The next day, he came drunk and Tinku stuck to her decision. He screamed from outside, "If you don't let me in, I will go out and scream to our neighbors that you are not the first lady I slept with." Tinku screamed back, "And I will come behind you and scream that you are not the only one to do that."
In the eye of society, if you are not alone in the wrong, you become right! Such is the lop-sided judgment through which it sees man.
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Latur Singh decided to participate in a debate. The topic was 'polygamy'. He had no clue as to what it meant. A fellow student told him, "Plural marriage". He showed no signs of understanding. A junior shouted from behind, "Having more than one wife!" Latur's face lit up and he spontaneously started talking.
Man somehow seems to revel in anything complex, when it can be made much simpler. How much easier life would become if things were kept simple!
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Little Nithya told her mother about how in her school, the teacher said that the person who stood up and admitted that they had never lied to their parents about anything would get a silver brooch pinned on their dress. She told her mother, "Would you believe it? Not even one student stood up!" Her mother asked, "Why didn't you stand up?" Nithya replied, "I wanted to, but I would have looked awful with that brooch pinned on me."
Man easily compromises the Ultimate Truth for lesser things. This is how he stalls his inward journey, time and again.
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Little Ananda went to the temple with his mother to attend the customary Monday discourse. Her mother was as always weary of him getting restless. That day however, she noticed that he sat with his hands clasped and eyes fixed on them throughout the discourse. At the end of it, she whispered to him, "Good boy! You've been really listening today.' He whispered back, "Ma, that fly flew in and out of my clasped hands thirty times!"
Any task done with total commitment and concentration becomes a meditation by itself. It solidifies something somewhere inside us.
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Nithya Kanthi was having her friend over when her husband came home drunk as usual, supported by two of his friends. He stood at the entrance, saw the two ladies and staggered up the stairs to his room. Her friend remarked, "Sad isn't it?" Kanthi replied, "Yes it's sad, he never greets people."
We surrender so easily to life's patterns that we lose our sensitivity in the whole process.
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Tinku Kishen told her friend, "You know I've finally found a military man whom I am going to marry." The friend excitedly asked, "what do you like about him?" Tinku replied, "He cooks so well, he makes the bed beautifully, he polishes his own shoes, what more ... ?" Her friend got concerned and asked, "Are you really going to ask him to do all that?" Tinku replied cheerfully, "Hey! he's used to taking orders!"
When a relationship is bound by love, it never falls apart: but when it is bound by convenience, there is bound to be a rift sometime.
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Popularity is a natural thing that happens to you when you flower from within. Sadly, man thinks he can buy it off.
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Neetu Patel was raising her first child. Every time he fell and hurt himself, she would create a big fuss in the house and rush him to the hospital. Soon, she became mother of three. One day, her third son fell down and came in with a bruised knee. She continued her knitting and asked, "What have you done to yourself?"
The world remains unchanged, only man's perception of it changes as he gets wiser.
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Sheikh Govinda was backing his car when he banged into a parked car. The policeman walked up to him and gave him an accident report for him to fill out. There was a question that read, "How do you think the other person could have avoided the accident." Govinda wrote, "He could have parked elsewhere."
W ise is the man who accepts that the mistake lies entirely with him.
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Barsi Rajan walked into a florist's and asked what flowers they had that could be made into a bouquet. "Roses 5 colors, lilies, orchids and ferns" replied the florist in a hoarse voice. "You've got laryngitis?" asked Barsi. She replied, "No, only what I've just told you."
There are two types in ignorance - ignorance of worldly knowledge and ignorance of knowledge of the Self. Both can be destroyed with intelligence.
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Nithya Ameeta visited the farmlands to do her project on farmers and their lives. She visited a farmer's wife and asked her what her routine was. The lady eagerly explained, "I get up at 5:30, milk the cows, clean the front yard, boil the milk . . . " and she went on and on while Ameeta kept pace with her in taking down notes. She finally asked her, "What do you do in your free time?" The lady thought for a while and said, "Well, er ... I go to the bathroom."
Work spares us from great evils like boredom, vice and needs. Happy are the ones who are in love with their work!
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Ananda Pappaiah sat on the chair and felt his son's spectacle bending under his weight. He scolded him, "I've told you so many times not to leave your glasses on the chair!" His second son came running in and shouted, "Pa, Ma ran over my bike in the porch!" The first son asked him, "Who asked you to leave your bike in the porch?"
There are always two sides to an issue. A closed mind sees only one side.
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Three monkeys found a mango but couldn't decide how to divide it. They decided that they will plant it and eat the fruits that the tree bears. The first monkey took charge of watering it everyday, the second took charge of putting manure for it and the third took the role of watching over it. Months passed and there was no sign of the tree. They came together again to investigate the matter. The first monkey claimed that he was watering diligently. The second swore that he applied manure everyday without fail. The third monkey said, "I have been keeping a close watch over it. In fact everyday I dig in to see if it is alright!"
Any process takes time to give results. The impatient mind doesn't allow the process to happen and hence not only misses the results but also blames the process.
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Sagar Pillai visited Texas. He stopped outside a farm house and asked for water. The Texan offered him water and made polite conversation while he drank. Sagar told him that he had 10 acres of land in the front and back of his house. The Texan gave a silent laugh. Sagar asked him how much land he owned. The Texan replied, "I get into the car in the morning at one end of my farmlands and start driving and reach the other end at night time." Sagar said, "I too had a car like that!"
We always perceive the Truth through our ignorance. We therefore often miss it and grasp its shadows instead.
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A little mink died and went to heaven. St. Peter was surprised to see him. He told him, "You're the first mink we're having here. Ask for a wish and we will grant it for you." The mink said, "I want a coat made of all the Hollywood movie stars."
Silent suffering is bound to explode in some form or the other. It is a question of time, that's all.
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Neetu Patel noticed that her third son's appetite was increasing by the day. He came home one day and said, "Ma, the sandwiches are just not enough. Please keep some more." She kept 6 instead of 4 sandwiches. The next day he came back and said that he wanted more. She kept 8 sandwiches. The following day, he asked for still more. Neetu finally bought a long bread roll, slit it and filled it up. That day, he came back and said, "Ma, you're back to one sandwich!"
Man is so obsessed with quantity that he totally misses the quality!
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Nithya Kanti decided to take her students to the village for a two-day stint. In the village, she made them sit along with the students there under a tree and gave them common questions to answer. They answered and gave her back the papers. One question was, "If a cow gave 5 litres of milk in x days, how many litres would she give in a week?" Apart from wrong answers, she found that the two groups produced two different answers as majority. She pondered for a while on this distinctly different majorities and then discovered the reason. The city students had taken 5 days to a week!
Our conditioning influences curbs our intelligence. We need to break our conditioning for our intelligence to explode in all directions.
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Little Nithya went over to her father's farm to spend the weekend. The farmer's daughter showed her around. They came past a herd of cows and the girl remarked, "These are all Jersey cows." Little Nithya's eyes widened as she asked, "You know them even without their license plates?"
A cross-culture can show us how limited we are in our perceptions. It can awaken the need for our intelligence to grow.
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November 8
Little Ananda and Little Nithya were playing together one evening. They had a toffee bar with them which they were supposed to share. Ananda offered to get a knife from his mother's kitchen but cautioned Nithya, "Don't lick the bar while I'm away." Nithya nodded. Ten minutes went past and Ananda didn't return. Nithya looked longingly looked at the bar and took it near her nose to smell it. "Don't!" cried Ananda emerging from a nearby bush, " If you do, I won't go to get the knife!".
Man expects to be trusted in no time but thinks a long while before trusting others!
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Neetu Patel was complaining to her cousin about her husband's tantrums. She told her, "I am losing weight just co-existing with the man." Her friend asked, "Why not just leave him?" Neetu replied, "I am just waiting to reach the normal weight for my height, then I will quit."
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November 10
Boss Ananda was spending lighter moments with his employees in the office garden. He told the men to queue up in front of the building and enter the building one by one. He challenged that he would be able to tell which of them was married and which ones not. They did so and Boss was right with all except one. They asked him what the trick was and he replied, "The married ones enter after wiping their feet on the mat!"
There are only two or three of life's stories that happen repeatedly and that is why it is so easy to predict the patterns of Life.
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Movember 11
Nithya Ameeta was shooting for a film and causing trouble for the director. She insisted that she be given real wine instead of water with food-colouring. The director tried his best to tell her that he would not be able to afford such demands every time from her. Ameeta stood her ground. Finally the director asked her, "Ma'am, for the poison scene, shall we get some real poison?"
An unreasonable attitude merely exposes our lack of intelligence.
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November 12
Worry Ananda was looking very depressed. His uncle noticed his woebegone face and enquired what the matter was. Worry replied, "Today, Philip told me on my face that I am nothing but a weakling." "Don't worry Worry," his uncle consoled him, "Philip has no opinion of his own. He simply repeats whatever everyone says."
It takes extra intelligence to hide the Truth; The Truth is so all pervasive!
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Nithya Twinkle worked all day sending out letters to customers. At the end of it she was thankful it was over and left for home. On the way, she realized that she had forgotten to shut down her computer at work. She called up her office and her manager picked up the phone. She requested him to shut down her computer. Her manager said that he would do it for her. Twinkle hung up saying, Thank you Sir, Your's truly."
We always carry the past in our mind; that is why our mind fails to switch instantly to the present.
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November 14
Tinku Kishen went to the beauty parlour and enquired on weight reducing treatments. She told them, "I just have to reduce my weight. My husband's given me a wonderful gift and I am not able to get into it." The girl at the parlour said, "Don't worry, we will get you into terrific shape and you can very soon wear your wonderful dress." Tinku exclaimed, "It's not a dress, it's a car!"
For the inner world, silence will do; for the outer world, explicit words are needed, else we will be misconstrued easily!
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November 15
Chanda Basu wanted to impress upon his students that one should know the workings behind basic things in everyday life. He explained, "Take for example the light bulb and the switch, how many of us know the working behind it?" One student promptly replied, "Sir, what is there in this? We press the switch and the bulb burns!"
When we fail to allow intelligence to take over us, we won't even know what we don't know! Intelligence will help us to at least know what it is that we don't know.
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November 16
Ananda Twinkle was visiting her dentist-boyfriend on the sly. He told her, "I think you had better stop coming to see me, I'm afraid that my wife might come to know of our relationship." Twinkle asked, "But we have been going about it so discreetly all these months, how would she find out?" He replied, "Dear, but you are down to your last tooth!"
Mere lust can distort our intelligence and awareness. Until awakening happens, the distortion will never even be perceived!
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Mouember 17
Little Ananda had a pet parrot which he had trained to talk in five languages. Little came home after school one day to find his parrot in a brand new cage. Horrified, he screamed at the new servant maid whom he assumed was responsible for it. He shouted at her, "Why did you put the parrot in the cage? He is very well trained and can speak up to 5 languages!" The maid replied, "But Sir, he could've told me that!"
When we are never able to see ourselves in the wrong, there will never be dearth of excuses for us.
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November 18
Blissful
Sikar Shareef was racing down the highway in his car when his friend accompanying him commented, "Looks like we've lost our way, Sikar. I'd suggest that we look up a map before proceeding any further." Sikar shouted out excitedly, "How does it matter? We're making great time!"
When man gets caught in the fury of his senses, he loses sight of his goal. It is then that he needs reminders.
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November 19
Nithya Ameeta dressed her little son up and sent him for the annual day function at school. She told him, "If you don't behave yourself, your class teacher has told me that she will send you back that very moment." The child nodded and went to school. Barely 15 minutes later, he came back. Ameeta saw him walk in and cried out, "I knew it! In spite of my warning, you misbehaved." The child didn't say a word but looked very angry. Ameeta continued, "Tell me, what did you do this time?" The child looked at her and said, "Ma, the function is only tomorrow."
Our preconceptions constrict our perceptions. We need to drop them to see ourselves expanding.
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November 20 slissful
Nithya Pathni and Ananda Pathi were sleeping when suddenly airplanes could be heard bombing the place. Nithya Pathni jumped out of bed and made for the door. Ananda Pathi started searching for something in the dark. "What is it?" screamed Pathni. "I am searching for my teeth!" he cried. "Never mind your teeth," she cried, "the airplanes are dropping bombs not food packets!"
If we live fully in the present, we will be ever alert and spontaneous in any situation.
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November 21
Ananda Pappaiah ran a cosmetic shop. One day, he was sitting on the beach when a Chinese girl came and sat next to him and smiled. He smiled back. The girl drew a picture of groundnuts on the sand. Ananda deciphered that she wanted the groundnuts that were being sold on the beach and bought some for her. Next, she drew a picture of a horse. Ananda arranged for the pony ride on the beach. She then drew a picture of lips. Ananda got up and walked away. He suspected that the girl had 'extrà sensory perception' by which she knew that he owned a cosmetic shop.
Man has honed his skills in seeing complexity in everything that is straightforward! Much of his anxiety is rooted in this capacity of his.
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November 22
Sheikh Govinda went to London for a holiday. He was taking an evening walk with an English friend, enjoying the pretty walkways. Suddenly the friend remarked, "Spring in the air!" Sheikh asked, "Why should I?"
It takes intelligence to grasp the truth, else we will grasp only its shadows.
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November 23
Boss Ananda was on a two-day business trip and checked into his company guest house. The housekeeper's son helped him take the luggage to the room. Boss tipped him with five rupees. The boy took the money and murmured as he walked away, "Even his employees who come give me ten rupees." Boss shouted from behind him, "That's why they are still employees!"
A man who squanders money remains in desperate need of it.
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November 24
Little Nithya was watching a movie with her mother. The hero and heroine were having an argument. The hero suddenly slapped the latter and she started crying. Nithya shouted out amidst the silence, "But, why didn't she slap him back like you do Ma!"
Children can speak the truth like no adult can, because they are still so simple.
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Be Blissful
Pali Patel visited the doctor with ill health. The doctor examined him and sat down to explain. Pali told him, "Doctor, please don't scare me with your technical terms; just tell me in plain English." The doctor said, "Ok, you're just plain lazy." Pali murmured, "Hmmm... ok, tell me the technical name now, I need to tell my family."
We often think we are fooling others when in reality we are always fooling ourselves. Awaken, before you are fully deceived!
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November 26
In the bulletin board of his college, a notice read: "Any senior found ragging the juniors will be fined an amount of rupees one thousand." Ram Gopal read it and inserted a comma in it and it thereafter read: "Any senior found ragging, the juniors will be fined an amount of rupees one thousand."
Pauses and periods are punctuation marks when used correctly not only change the meaning of sentences but also that of our lives.
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November 27
Tinku Kishen joined the hostel at her college. The orientation session took place the day after she joined. The warden spoke: "Be very clear: Any boy or girl found in the other's hostel will be fined hundred rupees the first time and two hundred rupees the second time." Tinku put up her hand and asked, "Is there any season pass?"
There need be no rules if every man lived by the right scruples and logic. The earth then would be truly paradise!
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November 28
Sagar Pillai was making arrangements for his son's first stage show. He told his relatives that if his son's show was a hit, he would treat them for dinner at the restaurant down the lane. The show took place and it was a terrible flop. Sagar hurried to the restaurant to cancel the order. He found his uncle and nephew already there eating dinner. He exclaimed, "I said, only if the show was a hit!" They answered back, "Well, we liked it!"
The terms of any agreement have to be very explicit, else unpleasant surprises may follow!
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November 29
Rules need to be adapted carefully to bring the desired results; else they will misfire.
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November 30
Moti Ankur was telling his friend how important it is to keep a pet dog physically fit. He told him. "I take my dog for a jog every morning for half an hour." The friend was not quite convinced about Moti doing this himself everyday. One day, the friend was jogging when a car passed by him rather slowly. There was Moti at the wheel looking intently at the side view mirror and behind his car was the dog jogging.
Ironically, we all the time apply our wisdom to others, never to ourselves!
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December 1
Latur Singh was an actor and specialized in playing a woman. He used to walk in and out of the house in various feminine costumes and wigs. The old man who lived next door watched him regularly. One day, he was weeding the garden when the old man came up to him and asked. "How do you manage so many women without your wife knowing?" Sikar laughed and later told his wife about it. She asked him, "Didn't you tell him the truth?" He replied, "Why forego my reputation!"
Our self esteem and self confidence are both built on others' opinion of us, never on our own. That is why we need to work hard on maintaining them.
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December 2
Churu Kiran lived in a flat. After he came back from office one day, he put on the music on full volume and settled down in his easy chair. Soon, he heard a pounding on the door and he got up and answered it. It was his neighbor. He stuck his head inside and asked, "Can you hear my television?" Churu replied, "No, I can't." "Well," said the neighbor, "Neither can I."
It becomes a shame when others point out our insensitivities.
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o Blissful
Neetu Patel called up the real estate agent and asked him to look out for a piece of land. She told him, "Preferably a square piece, with a pond and a brook, and with wild flowers growing." The agent paused for a while and told her, "Ma'am, we deal with stretches of land, not stretches of paradise!"
Man searches for paradise outside of him and almost never finds it because it is inside him and he is blissfully unaware of it.
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Nithya Kanthi was watching her husband at the party. He was holding a conversation with a very attractive girl for almost twenty minutes. Later that evening, she remarked, "I was very impressed watching you at the party." He asked, "About being able to hold the girl's attention for twenty minutes?" Kanthi replied, "No, about being able to hold your stomach in for twenty minutes."
Man expends his energy and time as dictated by his intelligence. The more intelligent, the more useful are his energy and time.
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December 6
Haughty Ananda lost all his wealth in gambling and got reduced to a pauper. One day, he went to a roadside hotel and sat at the table for breakfast. The waiter came to take orders and to Haughty's surprise, it was his old friend who had been as rich as Haughty was. He exclaimed, "You serve as a waiter in this sort of a hotel!" The man replied, "I'm only a waiter, I don't eat here."
A foolish man doesn't let go of his ego even when all his other defenses are taken away.
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Blissful
Bhilai Mansoor checked into a hotel room and ordered for a vegetable dish and a particular newspaper. To his fury, both his orders appeared different to what he had asked for. He called up the reception. A girl's voice answered and he told her the matter. She said, "Now, you've just checked into the hotel, been given something to eat and a paper to read while you eat. Life has been kind hasn't it?" Bhilai meekly agreed and disconnected the line.
Gratitude needs to become our very nature; Life will then become a joyful experience!
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Nithya Pathni came back from a long holiday and discovered her house in a mess. Her husband had apparently been too busy at work. She went about setting right the house and finally washed his car as well. She came in and announced to him, "The woman who loves you the most has cleaned your car tonight!" He looked up eagerly and asked, "My mom's here?"
Our very Being has to exude love, only then can it be felt by one and all alike!
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Be Blissful
Nithya Madhu went to a nursery looking for a tree for her backyard. She told the girl, "I want a tree that will not spread too much, that will give shade, that will not shed its leaves and that will allow the sun to filter through it." The girl at the nursery thought for a while and said, "Ma'am, what you want is an umbrella."
Most often, others are able to read our desires clearly because while we are caught up in them, they see it objectively. Distancing ourselves from our desires helps in understanding them clearly.
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Be, Blissful
Bhilai Mansoor took the school children out to see the sunset. They watched spell bound as the sky changed from one colour to another like a painting in progress. At the end of it, Bhilai told them, "Now, let us give a clap to the artist behind the whole thing." The children thought for a moment and then joyfully clapped!
I he least we can do is hail the glory of Existence!
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December 11
Chanda Basu went to see his boss. The boss's secretary told him, "Sorry Sir, the boss is out." Chanda said, "But I saw him through the glass door as I was coming." The secretary replied, "He saw you too."
We need to understand fully what is actually being conveyed to us before asking foolish questions.
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December 12
Be Blissful
It was winter time and the snow had started. Little Ananda went up to his teacher and told her, "Ma'am, this is first time I am seeing snow. I am writing a poem on it." The teacher encouraged him. A couple of days later, word got around to her that Little had a lot of trouble with the snow. The next time she saw him in school and asked him if she could see his poem. He said to her, "I've torn the poem."
Life offers endless adventures to man! Whether we take it as an adventure or as an inconvenience depends entirely on our perception of it.
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Ananda Pappaiah told his Grandma one day, "Ma, you have lived frugally all your life at the expense of your health. You are old now and I have calculated your wealth. You have money for a comfortable living up to 110 years of age." His Grandma asked, "What will I do after that?"
The future is wider than vision and has no end; Planning needs to be done for just a few years ahead everytime.
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December 14
Sheikh Govinda and Latur Singh went fishing. They sat with their rods in water and had a bet about who was going to get the first catch. Sheikh felt a tug in his line, got excited and tumbled into the water. Latur declared, "If you are going in to fetch the fish, I am calling off the bet."
When intelligence fails us, the gravity of the situation fails us too.
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Be Blissful
December 15 iritty Gauri was watching as the men packed her house articles. She saw one f them handling her antique vase and warned him, "Please be careful, that is ver a hundred years old." The man looked at her and said, "Don't worry aaam, I will handle it like it's brand new!"
We never see things as they are. We always see them as
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Nithya Manu got a call from the modeling school requesting him to deliver 150 cups of coffee mousse that day evening. Manu told the caller, "Madam, this is too short a notice for the quantity involved." There was a pause at the other end after which the lady asked, "You really want to miss the opportunity of seeing 150 beautiful women in one go?" The mousse was promptly delivered.
Man needs to follow his senses and not his sense organs to reach the right goals.
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December 17
Ananda was waiting for the bus when a girl came up to him and asked him the directions to get to a particular building. Ananda pointed to a tall building amongst a cluster of them and said, "Can you see that tall building there? That's the one." The girl told him, "Sir, I have seen the building from many angles since morning; I need the directions to get to it."
There are many people to show you the goal, but it takes a Master to show you the path!
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December 18
Little Nithya never learnt her lessons and performed very poorly in all her tests. Her mother told her one day, "Listen Nithya, if you actually sit and go through all your lessons properly, you will be able to do well in your tests." Nithya took her advice and diligently studied for three days before her next test. She came back from the exam and told her mother, "Ma, I need not have studied so hard, the test was so easy!"
Surmounting difficulties does not cause the real growth; realizing how we surmounted them causes the real growth.
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December 19
Pali Patel noticed that his pet dog was looking very depressed. He understood that the dog's bark had weakened and hence none of the visitors showed any of the former signs of fear, and this was causing depression in him. Pali arranged for a microphone with an amplifier to be installed inside the kennel. The dog's spirit lifted that same day!
How will we survive if we look to others for strength? We need to survive purely on our own inner strength and intelligence.
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December 20
Tinku Kishen stepped out to do some shopping, leaving behind the mending work that she was doing on the sofa. Her husband saw it and decided to finish it for her. He did a perfect job of it. Tinku returned from her shopping: The following day she asked, "So who came in yesterday while I was away?"
If we don't drop our preconceived notions, the people around us may drop us!
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December 21
Neetu Patel went to a shoe store and tried on 10 pairs of shoes and concluded that none of them was the right fit. Finally, the salesman got her the eleventh pair and watched with bated breath as she tried them on. Neetu tried them on and said, "This fits too well, I wonder if this is the right size."
he best eludes one who is determined not to recognize
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