January 16
Sagar Pillai went to visit his friend and he heard a terrible argument going on inside while he was standing at the latter's doorstep. He knocked and went in to find his friend all alone. He enquired about the argument. His friend laughed and replied, "I have this habit of talking to myself." Sagar was puzzled. "How come you were arguing then?" he asked. The latter replied, "Oh! I always argue with people who don't conform to logic!"
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Sometimes you need to be at the receiving end to understand matters, especially about yourself!
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Ananda's father was dying. All his relatives were standing around watching the wealthy shop owner die. Ananda had his father's head on his lap. His father asked him, "Who are the people who have assembled?" Ananda named all the family members present one by one from the oldest to the youngest. At the end, the old man cried out, "What? Are you telling me that there is no one minding the shop!"
Even in the midst of life's great dramas, the intelligent one does not lose focus on the responsibilities given to him.
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Jamary 18
Nithya Pathni during a fight turned to her husband and wailed, "How is it that you hate all my relatives?" "You know that's not true," the husband replied, "You know that I like your mother-in-law a lot better than mine."
Truth in its simplest form is most often unacceptable to us; when twisted and packaged, we receive it better. Such is the complexity of our minds.
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Jamuary 19
Moti Ankur was visiting his family after many years. He greeted his nephew with the usual, "Hey! The last time I saw you, you were only so tall!" "Yes," the boy agreed, "and you were only so wide!"
At times, it helps to think twice before venturing!
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Haughty Ananda walked into the dispatch section of his sprawling office and found a boy idling. He asked him, "How much is your monthly salary?" The boy replied, "1000 rupees, Sir." Haughty thrust 1000 rupees into his hand and told him to get out. He then asked the manager why he did not take action against the idling boy. The manager replied, "Sir, I cannot take any action against him. He is the delivery boy of our vendor; he was awaiting his cheque for the goods delivered."
Especially in the haughtiest of moments, we need to bring a little intelligence and a thoughtful pause into ourselves.
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Jamuary 21
Chanda Basu hitched a ride from a friend one day. While in the car, his friend said, "Chanda, I feel you should dress more presentably." Chanda retorted, "But I do dress well." The friend continued, "Your father was such a welldressed and stately man." Chanda exclaimed, "There you are! These are his very clothes that I am wearing!"
We all correctly misunderstand what is being told to us and it is then that we miss the Truth in life; the Truth eludes us so easily!
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Nithya Pathni and Ananda Pathi concurred only on one point and that was being stingy. They were planning to die together in order to save money on the death proceedings. Pathni said, "I am planning to wear that grand embroidered blouse, but of course I must remember to tell them to cut out the embroidered portion so they can use it for another dress." Pathi intervened, "But, won't all the ladies comment on the missing patch?" "Oh, they wont be looking at me," replied Pathni, "You will be going without your pants!"
Man works hard at retaining wealth during his life and eventually loses his capacity to enjoy it.
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Ananda had a miserly wife. One day he took his son to his friend's house. The friend asked, "Son, how old are you?" The boy replied, "I'm normally eight, but when I am with my mother on the bus, I am five!"
Children are so pure and sure; it takes societal conditioning to spoil them.
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Jamuary 24
Sikar Shareef was with his friends and they decided to take part in the bull fighting game in their village. They all went to a liquor shop, all except Sikar drank to their hearts' content and started out. Sikar was standing meekly. They goaded him saying, "Listen Sikar, this is going to give you a lot of courage, go ahead and drink it." He said to them, "That's just what I am afraid of!"
Man's resistance to death is so intense that he is not ready to let go and explore the latent potential in him, to discover his own powers.
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Jamary 25
Durg Chander went out shopping with his wife. After hours of window shopping, he asked her, "Are you at least sure of what you came to buy?" She replied, "Of course! I am here to buy a flat-out handbag." "And what's that?" he asked. She explained, "When the neighbors see it, they will be flat out!"
Our self-image is built with others' opinions of us. We therefore spend our whole lives maintaining others' opinions of us! Isn't it time we nurtured our own intelligence to be our steadfast guide?
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Jamary 26
Churu Kiran was walking to his house when he got bitten by a dog. The doctor took a look and announced an advanced case of rabies. Kiran was shocked. After a while, he took a piece of paper and started writing. The doctor told him, "Its not that bad, you need not hurry on writing out your will now." "Oh no doctor!" said Kiran, "I'm making out a list of people whom I can bite."
It doesn't take much to expose the true nature of our love. True love is feeling happiness in risking everything, and asking for nothing in return.
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Jamary 27
Little Ananda was brought in as a witness to the courtroom. In the middle of the proceedings, he looked at the Judge and said, "Sir, I don't think I can help much." The judge asked why. Little replied, "Sir, I was made to take an oath that I will speak only the truth, but every time I speak the truth, there's someone objecting."
If Truth is the sincere goal, it will be achieved. Else, it will remain hidden in its untouched splendour!
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January 28
Nithya Ameeta decided to stand for a public organization's Presidential elections. She called up a friend to ask for her vote. The latter said to her, "Well, I have a question for you. Do you spend a lot of money on sarees and cosmetics?" Ameeta paused and cautiously asked, "Is this an inquiry or an invitation?"
The intelligent ones ask the right questions before answering them. After all, why give the wrong answers!
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Jamuary 29
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Barsi Rajan was a psychiatrist. He decided to release two of his patients after putting them individually through certain deciding tests. He asked one, "What would you do if you bit into a green chilli?" The patient replied, "I would immediately drink water." He released him. While going out, the patient passed on the answer to the waiting one. The waiting one came in. Barsi asked him, "what would you do if your baby cries persistently?" Prompt came the reply, "I would drink some water."
Although all of us are going towards the same goal, we are all on different paths with different questions and different answers. We need to remember this in order not to get confused.
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The mad man had his ear pressed to the wall of his room all day. He called the attendant in and whispered, "Listen!" The attendant pressed his ear to the wall and listened hard. He finally declared, "I don't hear a thing." The man gravely replied, "I know, it's been like that all day."
A mad man invents worries after being pronounced mad. The rest of us invent worries and never doubt our sanity! Worries are our dearest friends without which we cannot live!
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Jamary 31
Churu Kiran took his wife to a psychiatrist who examined her and finally said, "Sir, your wife's mind is almost gone." Churu replied, "I'm not surprised; she's been giving me a piece of it everyday."
Couples are so engrossed in the sculpting work of their better halves that they rarely stop to see if their work is actually paying.
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Barsi Rajan decided to conduct certain tests on a few of his mentally retarded patients. Every evening, he went up to one patient and showed him a silver coin and a gold coin and asked him to choose. The latter always chose the silver coin. His friend told the patient one day, "You know, the gold coin is more valuable." The patient replied, "Of course I know that. If I chose the gold coin, he would stop playing with me."
Often, people communicate from different planes and they simply fail to relate to each other; this is how most problems start.
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Nithya Kanthi was training her daughter for her first dance at a party. She told her that it was important to maintain conversation during the dance. At the party, she noticed that for every song, the same boy went over to her daughter and asked for a dance. She later asked her daughter why and got the reply: "I was narrating to him a suspense serial."
This is another classic example of how people correctly misunderstand what is being told to them. The Truth slips so easily!
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February 3
Nithya Ameeta declared to her friends one day that she had stopped dating the promising colleague who lived down the lane. Her friends cried out, "But why? He patiently gave you solutions to all your problems!" "Yes," replied Ameeta, "but yesterday, he gave me a bill as well."
It is always better to understand the terms and conditions before any new venture; surprises may not always be pleasant!
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Haughty Ananda died and found himself at the gates of heaven. St.Peter welcomed him in with a broad grin. Haughty sneered, "If there is no entry restriction out here, this is not the place for me."
The tough ones don't find refuge even at the gates of Heaven. That is why they come back yet another time!
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February 5
Ananda Pathi and his friend were discussing their dentist profession. His friend said to him, "I hear you give preference to treating your wife's teeth when there are other waiting appointments." Pathi replied, "Well, that's the only opportunity I get when I can talk and she can't."
Suppression finds it own way out; sometimes, it's funny and sometimes grave.
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Nitti Mudaliar visited the dentist to get a tooth pulled out. At the end of it, he was presented with a bill for two thousand rupees. Shocked, he exclaimed, "Doctor, this is too much." The doctor explained, "Sir, you frightened away three of my waiting patients with your screams."
Seldom are we aware that results come from our own actions. We invite the results and later question them!
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Moti Ankur decided to go on a diet. In the first few weeks, he progressively lost five, ten and fifteen pounds and in the fourth week he lost his pants!
It helps to bear the results in mind while executing a plan. Sometimes, we are so caught up in the plan that the results take us by surprise!
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February 8
Sagar Pillai admitted his wife in the hospital for a surgery and waited impatiently outside. He saw the doctor come out of the operation theater, take a hammer and go back in. Almost immediately, he saw him come out again, take a screw driver and go back in. The third time the doctor came out and Sagar couldn't take it anymore. He begged him, "Doctor, what are you doing to my wife? Is it this serious?" The Doctor replied with a puzzled look, "But ... we are still trying to open my medical kit."
Man hardly needs tools to kindle his imagination. Imagination for self-improvement is the only welcome form of it .
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February 9
Latur Singh and Durg Chander were discussing the latter's handwriting. Latur said, "But Durg, you have to seriously improve your writing for people to be able to decipher it." Durg replied, "Oh no! my sister used my letter as a leave request form first, then modified it a little and used it as a pass to a magic show and now plays it as a song on her piano!"
Creativity can be used as a tool or as a weapon. It depends on the person nurturing it!
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February 10
Ananda Pappaiah woke up to find himself in the hospital with his friend sitting beside him. Shocked he asked him, "What happened last night?" Sadly his friend replied, "You know Pappaiah, at last night's party, after drinking too much you declared that you were going to parachute down from the fourth floor through the window." Pappaiah exclaimed, "And why didn't you stop me you fool?" Replied his friend, "Because last night, I thought you could do it!"
Just like how liquor blurs our senses, our ignorance blurs our intelligence. We need to penetrate through this mist of ignorance in order to perceive the Truth. Meditation is the key to this!
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February 11
A lady's car stopped in the middle of the road and Haughty Ananda was right behind her honking furiously. She tried her best but the car refused to start. Haughty was honking ruthlessly. The lady got out of her car, went up to him and said, "Sir, I'm sorry, but I am unable to start my car. You think you can get my car to start while I lean on your horn?"
Some people need to be invited for an exchange offer for them to realize the luxury they are in!
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February 12
Sikar Shareef charged his manager saying that there was a fifty-rupee shortfall in his pay cover. The manager verified his records and said to him, "Sorry sir, but last time we seem to have paid you fifty rupees more, how come you didn't complain then?" Sikar replied, "Well, one mistake I can forgive, but not two in a row."
Honesty is often conveniently traded for wit! It is alright when done jocularly.
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February 13
Ananda Pappaiah had remained a bachelor with his mother for more than thirty years and didn't want to get married, for fear of offending her. His friends however insisted and he got married without his mother's knowledge. After keeping it away from her for a few months, he decided to let her into it. "Ma," he said, "I have a confession to make. I got married six months back without your knowledge or blessings." He hung his head in shame. His mother glared at him in disbelief. "What?" she cried out, "You mean to say that you've been married six months and I am still waking up at five to pack your food!"
Today, love is more like a business deal. Estimating it at more than that might give disappointment. True love is that which gives everything and asks for nothing!
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February 14
Durg Chander was showing his family albums to his friend. He pointed to a stately gentleman in a picture and proudly told his friend, "This is my wealthy great-grandfather." The friend asked, "What did he do?" Durg replied, "He founded the family." The friend asked again, "But what did he do?" Durg said. "I told you, he founded the family." The friend finally asked, "I mean, what did he do in day time?"
Very often, if we look back, we will find that there is nothing worthwhile mentioning about the long life that we have lived. False prestige and family pride keeps us going. We should try and serve humanity in some wav worth mentioning.
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February 15
Sagar Pillai was directing a play. He told the rather shy lead actor, "Don't think of the audience as strangers, think of them as your own family." Asked the actor, "What if the family boos?" Sagar shot back, "Who pays attention to relatives?"
Tread your path with courage of conviction. There will be every outside attempt to deter you from your path. Courage with faith in yourself and in the Truth should stand by you!
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February 16
Churu Kiran's out-house got razed to the ground in an earthguake and the insurance agent told him that he would not be able to get cash for it. The agent explained, "Sir, according to the policy, we will only build you an out-house identical to the original one." Churu was furious. However he quickly added, "Alright then, please cancel the policy on my wife immediately!"
Man when given a chance to relive life would invariably choose to live it differently. This is because he lives with preconceptions and images that never get realized. He needs to drop these, for fulfillment to exude with every passing moment!
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February 17
Moti Ankur bought a car and painted it a fluorescent orange much to the disgust of his family. One cousin finally ventured, "Moti, we don't think much of the colour of your car, why don't you repaint it some other colour?" Moti replied, "Oh! At least now when I stop at signals people say, "Look at the colour of that car!" instead of saying, "Look at that fat man in that car!"
We try so hard to deceive others' minds, because our self-esteem is built with their opinions of us. When we are not able to control our own minds, how foolish we are in trying to control the minds of others !
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February 18
Nithya Manu joined as an apprentice in a shoe shop. One day, when his boss entered, he told him proudly, "Sir, today a young girl came to buy shoes with only 30 rupees in her purse, but in order not to lose the order, I gave her what she wanted taking the money. She will give the remaining money tomorrow." The boss cried out, "What have you done? She will never come back, I can tell you that." Manu replied, "Sir, I guarantee you she will - I gave her two left shoes!"
A little creativity can go a long way in any walk of life!
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Ananda went back home early one morning after a hangover and his wife was waiting for him at the doorstep. He declared, "Before you start talking, I wish to say that I was baby-sitting my friend who was sick last night." The wife replied, "Oh! And what was the friend's name?" Ananda was at a loss for a few seconds but quickly came back, "He was so sick that he could not tell me."
Man is an expert in finding excuses and reasons! Excuses are convenient substitutes for ignorance and lapses.
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February 20
Ananda Pathi said to his friend, "I decided to put an end to my wife's worries and so I stopped drinking, smoking and gambling!" The friend exclaimed, "She must be so happy now!" Pathi replied, "Well actually not, because now she's at a loss as to what to worry about."
We think that the causes for our worries are external. Not at all! In reality, worry is nothing but food for our ego. If we don't have something to worry about, our ego goes unfed and insecurity sets in. Worries are our secret friends!
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February 21
Ananda Pappaiah was playing billiards at the club. The opponent commended his game and asked him, "How long since you've been playing?" Pappaiah replied, "Three months." The opponent said, "Oh! You play very well for that." Pappaiah sighed, "I'd better; I took four years to learn."
If you don't learn from your first mistakes, it might be too late when you finally learn!
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Boss Ananda was at his desk when an employee approached him for a pay raise. Boss explained to him that things had to pick up in the company for him to be able to give any pay raise. The employee said to him, "Sir, I've all along been doing the work of two men and I think I deserve a raise for that." Boss exclaimed, "Two men! Show me the other one and I'll fire him right away!"
We set certain limitations upon our potential and work with them as our benchmark. Our potential is truly unlimited. The limitation comes from our mind, not from our body.
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Nithya Pathni and Ananda Pathi were cleaning the house amidst the usual bickering. As always, Nithya Pathni had the final word in everything. Suddenly, the neighbor's mad dog entered their house and bit Pathi who had his back turned towards it. Pathni watched in horror. Pathi screamed out in pain: "Honey! if ever you hurt me like that again, I will get very angry with you!"
Never reign irrational supremacy over another. It can cause suppression in him and make him a dead man.
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February 24
Nithya Manu was in the hospital with bandages all over him. His friend visited him and asked what happened. Manu explained, "I was on a roller coaster ride and suddenly saw a sign board on a hill very near the highest point of the ride. I tried reading it but missed it. I took another ride meaning to read it but missed it again. I took yet another ride and this time stood up to read the board, but I blacked out and found myself here after that." The friend asked, "What did the sign board say anyway?" Manu replied, "Don't stand up during the ride."
Man sometimes works with perseverance towards disaster no matter how hard Existence tries to deter him.
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Nithya Ameeta called up the fire department and said, "Sir, I've spent a fortune just a few months ago redoing my garden and ... " The voice asked, "where's the fire?" Ameeta continued, "and my husband is already screaming at me for not maintaining it well ... " The voice interrupted, "Madam, mavbe you want the garden service center's number?" Ameeta said, "Well, the fire is in the house next door and I don't want your men messing around my garden when they come over."
You can get so self-centered that you can fail to see the fire in the neighbor's house. Shift your focus from yourself to others and feel the beauty blossoming in you!
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February 26
Chanda Basu was teaching a girl how to drive, standing on the road and screaming out the instructions. A passerby could not contain himself and asked him why he was outside the car. Chanda screamed back, "The car is insured but I am not!"
When we don't plan well, the job on hand gets tougher and gets the better of us. Any job requires planning with forethought before execution.
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February 27
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Nitti Mudaliar dropped by at a doctor's clinic. He said to him, "Sir, I came by to thank you and tell you how much I benefitted from your treatment." The doctor looked at him rather puzzled and said, "You are not my patient and I have never treated you." Nitti replied, "You're right sir, I am not your patient but my uncle was!"
Gratitude is the greatest attitude even in the most embarrassing of moments.
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Moti Ankur was a wealthy mill owner with a sprawling area of activity. He had visitors one day and he took them around the place and showed them the various activities. At one point, the visitors had to go through a rather heavy turnstile to get to the adjoining area. Surprised, they asked him, "Sir, why is it that you are still keeping such heavy turnstiles?" Moti replied, "Well, every time someone operates it, they pump 50 liters of water into the over-head tank."
Even under the most affluent of circumstances, a truly wise man saves money where he can.
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February 29
Boss Ananda was interviewing a young man for the post of a mechanic. He asked him, "Why did you leave such a reputed company as the one you were working in?" The man replied, "Well, Lady Luck played up." "And what does that mean?" asked Boss. "Well," replied the fellow, "I was in-charge of fixing part nineteen on the cars in sequence. Suddenly my tool slipped and by the time I bent to pick it up, I was fifteen cars behind."
It is only when we work on jobs requiring 110% precision, will we realize what is meant by perfection. Most of us feel good with just 70%.
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March 1
Latur Singh came late to office one day. His boss caught him walking in and demanded, "Why are you late?" Latur replied, "Sir, I overslept." The boss exclaimed, "You mean you sleep at home as well!"
In the name of sleep, man wastes many hours a day. In reality, man needs just a couple of hours of deep sleep to keep him more alert than ever.
March E
Little Ananda gave in to indulgence and stole a watch from a man. The man suspected him of the theft and took him to court. However, he was unable to provide enough evidence and therefore the judge was forced to free Little. He told him, "You are free to go. You are judged not guilty." Little was standing there pricked by guilt and not understanding what the judge meant. He clarified meekly, "Does that mean I can keep the watch?"
Guilt is a sure killer of intelligence! Of course, it better be - in the context of theft. Undue guilt is what needs to be dropped.
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March 3
Durg Chander was taken to court for ignoring the new neighbor's affectionate gestures. The judge asked him, "Sir, haven't you heard of the saying - Love thy neighbor?" Durg replied, "I sure have, but it has got me into a lot of trouble in the past."
There is nothing more misconstrued than 'Love' is today. It has become a watch word more than anything else. To love is to feel a deep sense of oneness with a person without any trace of lust or expectation.
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Nithya Kanthi told her husband that since he was always complaining about her big mouth, she found a plastic surgeon who agreed to make a couple of stitches in her mouth to make it half its size. Her husband said, "Well, I complain only because your mouth is always open. Anyway, how much will he charge for it?" "Hundred rupees." said Kanthi. "Alright," said he, "Here's two hundred rupees."
Bickering has become a way of life. Husband and wife need to drop their pre-conceived images of their spouses and look at each other with a welcoming attitude. This is the only way to a peaceful marriage.
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Bhilai Mansoor met up with a friend who asked him why he was not married as yet. Bhilai replied, "I am still recovering from a tragedy that happened." The friend asked, "Why? What happened?" Bhilai explained, "You know, there was this beautiful girl whom I met and got on well with. Finally one day I mustered courage to propose to her. To my delight she accepted. Unfortunately, two days later, I forgot all about the proposal and proposed again."
'Absent mindedness' is mere lack of concentration on the present moment. It is often mistaken to be a medical condition and forgiven.
March 6
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Sagar Pillai, a doctor, answered the telephone in the middle of the night and woke up his wife saying, "Listen, I need to rush now! There's someone on the phone saying that he can't live without me." The wife told him, "Calm down dear, that call must have been for me."
We need to bring a little awareness or intelligence in to whatever we hear or do. This will help us react in a balanced fashion at all times.
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