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34 Ways to Simplify Your Life

0Mandar Oak • 17th Aug 2010 • Miscellaneous, Daily Scoop, Miscellaneous, From the Inbox, Miscellaneous

Why should we care to simplify our lives? By creating an environment that helps the human mind slow down, have less worry, and fewer occupations, a person becomes introspective much more easily. It is through this introspection alone that there is any hope of real lasting peace. Everything else will ultimately disappoint. Constantly dialoguing with this or that distraction excites the mind and leaves it restless for more and more. Insight can become destroyed, and the goal of life completely forgotten or confused. Work hard to live more simply and to think more nobly. It will reward you.
And in no particular order:

1. Ditch the TV:
TV is perhaps the number one cause of anxiety in around the world. Try to rarely ever use it. Does anyone ever actually feel good after hearing/seeing  so much of bad stuff in the name of entertainment? So why do it?
2. Ditch useless belongings:
If you don’t know why you have something or doubt if you will ever use it again, then probably it is time to give it away or trash it. Clutter in your home makes for clutter in your mind.
3. Stop eating out:
Eating out consumes a lot of time, money, and energy. The food is also rarely healthy. And anyone who is serious about spiritual progress knows the harm of constantly mixing with every Tom, Dick, and Harry.
4. Stop the partying:
The same comments about eating outside go for this. Animals eat, drink, sleep, play, and have sex. You are more than an animal, so act like one.
5. Stop the drinking:
You always regret it. So why do it?
6. Get off of the computer:
Stop reading this article right now. Turn off the computer. Staring at a monitor fries the brain. Constantly saturating yourself with strange internet culture makes you lose touch with reality. Don’t be a slave to your computer.
7. Be satisfied with earning less and spending less:
Yes, you have to make enough to support yourself and be ready for the unexpected. But you do not need brand new cars. Nor do you need to feel like a bigger person because your salary is bigger. Stop identifying yourself with your job.
8. Spend more time in nature
Whatever you are looking at on the computer screen or indoors cannot be nearly as soothing to the eyes, body, and mind as what God created in nature. Nature unfailingly expands the mind.
9. Spend more time reading:
Read books that enlighten and uplift. You have heard enough about the misery in the world. Turn your mind beyond that.
10. Give up unreasonable desires:
Ask yourself: “Is this really necessary?” Usually it won’t be.
11. Discriminate between what is helpful and what is not helpful:
Ask yourself: “Will this be good for me?” In this way, you can avoid useless and harmful endeavors, and increase fruitful ones.
12. Learn prayer or meditation:
This is ultimately the most important- as well as the most difficult- thing to do in life. Do it at the same time everyday, whether you feel like it or not. What you can gain by doing this is greater than anything else in life.
13. Talk less:
Just see how many things you have said in the last few days that were useless. How many times could you have avoided upsetting someone, upsetting yourself, wasting your energy, or exciting your mind?
14. Argue less:
You gain nothing by arguing. Give it up.
15. Judge less:
You gain nothing by judging others. Give it up.
16. React less:
You gain nothing by exciting yourself because of what someone else does or says. Forbear mistreatment.
17. Talk with more kindness:
The botheration that other people cause you can be slowly eroded if you treat then with kindness. Make it so not even the meanest person will be able to withstand your sweetness. Always imagine how the other person will receive what you said, and the way in which you said it.
18. Forgive more:
It does not matter if people forgive you. That is God’s job. If you want your own inner freedom, you must forgive everyone for everything, without any condition. Now that is a lifelong challenge!
19. Remember less:
How much time do we spend each day in rehashing the past? What a waste of energy! What a way to snatch away peace form yourself! Forget that thing you did that made you look silly. Forget what that person said to you. Tomorrow is a new day.
20. Give up changing others:
Making yourself more and more perfect does more to help others change than anything else. Do not waste your life trying to change others. You do not even have enough years remaining to change yourself!
21. Remember death:
When you close your eyes in death, what can you take with you? Your character is the most important possession of all. Invest in that.
22. Give up harmful friends:
Harmful or excitable friends that do not understand your desire for self improvement and that do not accelerate your progress cannot truly be called friends.
23. Keep an organized home:
What you keep around you may just reflect what you are like on the inside. Aesthetics are important.
24. Stop buying things you don’t need:
Do you really need 3 of everything?
25. Think less about the future:
Plan for the future, but do it in the present. Try not to be afraid for any reason. There is no practical gain in doing so.
26. Think more about today:
Today is the only day you have. If you fail to give someone the attention they need now, because your head is spinning off elsewhere, then make some effort at improving this habit.
27. Learn to like solitude
God speaks in silence. You have to want him. You have to learn to enjoy regularly recoiling your mind from the world.
28. Give up fruitless commitments:
You do not need to do it all. If you are not sure how doing something is going to help you attain peace, then why are you doing it?
29. Remember what your essential goals are:
Always remember what you are trying to achieve on a daily basis.
30. Learn to say “No”:
If someone wants you to get involved in something, see that it is either fruitful for you or for someone truly in need. If it is not, then say “No”.
31. Don’t overdo things:
You do not need to identify with every task you take up. Do things efficiently. Do not get stuck beating something to death.
32. Eat slowly:
If you find that you have plenty of time to eat, and yet you still eat quickly, your mind is probably restless. Eat slowly. Let the mind slow down. Your next task can wait 5 minutes. It isn’t going to run away.
33. Drive slowly:
You do not save much time by driving quickly. For the most part, you just mentally strain a lot more.
34. Follow a daily routine:
Struggle as hard as you can to have a daily routine and stick with it. The mind can become habituated. A routine can be your greatest ally in your efforts to slow the mind down.
Be Blissful,

All Indian government office related links

0Mandar Oak • 16th Aug 2010 • Miscellaneous, Daily Scoop, Miscellaneous, From the Inbox, Miscellaneous • bookmarks, Govenrment, Important links, India, Indian Government

Email forward

0Mandar Oak • 5th Jul 2010 • All Articles, Miscellaneous, Daily Scoop, Miscellaneous, From the Inbox • Email, Forwards, Funny Email

A jobless man applied for the position of "office boy" at Microsoft. The HR manager interviewed him then watched him cleaning the floor as a test.
"You are employed."
He said." Give me your e-mail address and I’ll send you the  application to fill in, as well as date when you may start."
The man replied "But I don’t have a computer, neither an email."
I’m sorry", said the HR manager, "If you don’t have an email, that means you do not exist. And who doesn’t exist, cannot have the job."
The man left with no hope at all. He didn’t know what to do, with only  $10 in his pocket. He then decided to go to the supermarket and buy a 10Kg tomato crate.
He then sold the tomatoes in a door to door round. In less than two  hours, he succeeded to double his capital. He repeated the Operation three times, and returned home with $60. The man realized that he can survive by this Way, and started to go everyday earlier, and return late Thus, his money doubled or tripled every day. Shortly, he bought a cart, then a truck, then he had his own fleet of delivery vehicles.
5 years later , the man is one of the biggest food retailers in the US .
He started to plan his family’s future, and decided to have a life insurance.
He called an insurance broker, and chose a protection plan. When the  conversation was concluded, the broker asked him his email. The manreplied, "I don’t have an email". The broker answered curiously, "You don’t have an email, and yet have succeeded to build an empire. Can you imagine what you could have been if you had an email?!!"
The man thought for a while and replied, "Yes, I’d be an office boy at Microsoft!"
Moral of the story:
M1 – Internet is not the solution to your life.
M2 – If you don’t have internet, and work hard, you can be a millionaire.
M3 – If you received this message by email, you are closer to being an office boy,
than a millionaire. ……… Have a great day!!!
Pls Note: – Do not forward this email to me back, I’m closing all my email addresses & going to sell tomatoes!!!
Smiling after reading is not mandatory!!! !

Managing your Boss: 4 Rules to Live by and 4 Steps to Take

0Mandar Oak • 12th Feb 2010 • All Articles, Miscellaneous, From the Inbox, Miscellaneous, bookmarks • Good Read, Management

Managing your Boss: 4 Rules to Live by and 4 Steps to Take

By Bob Selden

John was a former boss of mine. Before I started working for him, I had heard from others that he had a very good reputation and so I was really looking forward to working with him. The office was a very busy one with lots of customer interaction and a very heavy processing workload. After the first couple of months, I got the feeling that there was no real harmony in our relationship and I found it difficult to work out why. John was good with the customers and well liked by other staff, but we just didn’t seem to hit it off. It was not until my formal performance appraisal some months later that I finally found out what the problem was. The job I’d taken over was in a real mess and required a great deal of management skill to get it back on track, which I believed I had done well. During my performance appraisal discussion, John acknowledged my good work in this area, but (and it was a big “but” for him) he didn’t see me doing enough marketing with potential customers.

You see, John’s pet interest was marketing and he expected all of his people to make this their number one priority.

Do you know what your manager’s number one or key priorities are?

Although we often have performance discussions with our manager, how clear are we on the order of priority they have for each area of our performance? How clear are they themselves about their “expectations” of us? These “expectations” are often unwritten and in fact may be somewhat different to the formal performance requirements of the role.

So, what’s the best way to manage the relationship with your boss? There are two aspects of this; firstly four clear action steps that you can plan for and take at the start of your working partnership and secondly, four “rules” that you should follow in all your dealings with your boss to ensure a productive working relationship is maintained.

Step One: Agree your manager’s expectations of you

A simple way of doing this, is to have a discussion with him or her (preferably soon after you start in the role). Ask your manager;

• “What are the top three priorities in the role that you would like me to focus on?”

• Or, if you have a formal performance discussion, ask your manager to assign a percentage figure of “importance” against each one of your key responsibility areas (each area should be given a percentage out of a total for all areas of 100%) so that you can assess his or her priorities. You should also ask “Why this is so important?” as the answer will give you a lot of good clues for developing the relationship.

Should this discussion merely be a repeat of the formal performance requirements of your role, then you will need to gather some of the “unwritten” ways your boss will assess both you and your performance. Sometimes, the boss may not even be consciously aware of these expectations, but none the less they will be there. One good way of doing this is to ask him or her to explain their ideal employee. You can do this with a question such as: “You’ve probably had many good people working for you previously. What is it about these people that you particularly liked?” If you want some more information, you can always ask your manager to describe some of the characteristics and behaviours of their most disappointing employees.

Step Two: Assess yourself

What is it about you that impedes or facilitates working with your boss? Draw up a (short) list of “Things that I like about working with my boss” and “Things that I don’t like about working with my boss”. Work out some ways to overcome, or at least manage, the things that you don’t like, for these are probably the areas that your boss is least happy with. If necessary, ask some of your peers for assistance, particularly those who seem to have a good relationship with him or her.

You should also review the information about your manager’s ideal employee and most disappointing employee that you obtained in step one. What will you need to do to ensure that you take account of your manager’s likes and dislikes in his or her employees?

Applying this step doesn’t mean that you have to change your style or personality. However, it does mean that you need to be careful that your behaviour does not clash with your manager’s expectations.

Step Three: Understand your boss

You don’t have to become lifelong friends with your boss, but you do have to understand him or her. For example, try to develop strategies for the following:

- How does he/she like to receive information? When? What form? Does he/she like lots of detail or big picture? Give it that way.

- What is his/her number one strength? Capitalize on it.

- What is his/her number one weakness? How can you help?

- What’s the boss’ central goal? How can you assist?

- What are his/her main pressures? How can you help minimize these?

- How does your boss handle conflict? How can you help (or avoid)?

Step Four: Recognize that there are differences in style and adapt

For example, you may have different personality styles; you may be an introvert, your boss may be an extrovert, or vice versa. This doesn’t mean that you suddenly have to change, but please do think about his or her style and learn to manage it. For instance, extroverts like to work out problems by talking them through. So, if your boss is more extroverted, then it can be quite useful to talk through issues with him or her to reach a decision. Introverts on the other hand, like plenty of time to think about a problem and then discuss their ideas and possible solutions. If your boss is more introverted, then you will need to go to him or her with very well thought out proposals and recommendations – trying to reach a conclusion by talking the issues through with this style of manager will definitely not work. Make sure that you have a good understanding of both yours and your boss’ style so that you can learn to manage the differences.

Implementing the above four steps with your boss will go a long way to building a solid foundation for the relationship.

In addition to these four steps, there are also four rules that I believe you should always follow in your ongoing relationship with him or her if you want it to be truly productive.

Rule One: There should be no surprises for your boss!

Keep your boss informed of what’s happening in your area on a regular basis, particularly potential problems. If you are in doubt as to what to tell or not tell your boss, always ask yourself: “Would this information have an impact on my boss’ position?” It’s generally better to communicate too much than too little.

Rule Two: Never hide a problem

No matter how much you try, hidden problems will always come back to bite you (they are like lies – they will always find you out). Far better to be proactive. Keep in mind that you will help your situation if you present the information in a style that suits your boss; try to get the words “right” by communicating in a style that suits your boss’ communication style.

Rule Three: Always do your homework

Before approaching your boss with a question or to ask for help, always do as much research as possible so that you have the complete facts. If he or she constantly has to send you away for more information, then you have not prepared properly. Try to bring your solutions or suggested solutions with you when presenting a problem on which you want some help. This will demonstrate to your boss that you are taking initiative although you may not have all the answers.

Rule Four: Do not underrate or undercut your boss

Present a united front – support your boss with others. Disagree with him/her in private, never in public.

Finally, remember the person who has most control over your immediate future (other than yourself) is your boss. Treat him or her with that respect. From my experience, following these four rules and implementing the four steps mentioned earlier, will ensure that your relationship with your boss is a very positive one. By following these boss management strategies with my manager John, I was able to turn around what had started out as a poor relationship. So much so, that when I decided to resign some time later to take up a better job offer, John tried hard to keep me as I had become one of his “ideal employees”.

Retrieved from “http://www.articlesbase.com/leadership-articles/managing-your-boss-4-rules-to-live-by-and-4-steps-to-take-103309.html”

Bob Selden

Bob Selden has had some very difficult bosses and some great ones. This article summarizes the strategies he believes are important in managing your boss. Bob is always interested in hearing about boss relationships – good or bad – so please contact him at http://www.nationallearning.com.au with your experiences or current boss management challenges to get some free advice

Source: http://www.articlesbase.com/leadership-articles/managing-your-boss-4-rules-to-live-by-and-4-steps-to-take-103309.html

Funny Email – Especially to people who are about to get married

0Mandar Oak • 29th Apr 2009 • Miscellaneous, From the Inbox, Miscellaneous • Email, Funny Email

#CASE 1

Getting married is like going to a restaurant with friends. You order what you want, then when you see what the other fellow has, you wish you had ordered that.

#CASE 2

At the cocktail party, one woman said to another, “Aren’t you wearing your wedding ring on the wrong finger??” The other replied, “Yes, I am. I married the wrong man.”

#CASE 3

Before a man is married, he is incomplete. Then when he is married, he is finished.

#CASE 4

Marriage is an institution in which a man losses his bachelor’s degree and the woman gets her master’s status.

#CASE 5

A little boy asked his father, “Daddy, how much does it cost to get married??” And the father replied, “I don’t know son, I’m

still paying for it.”

#CASE 6

Young son : “Is it true, Dad, I heard that in some parts of Africa, a man doesn’t know his wife until he marries her?”

Dad : “That happens in most countries son.”

#CASE 7

Then there was a man who said, “I never knew what real happiness was until I got married, and then it was too late.”

#CASE 8

A happy marriage is a matter of give and take; the husband gives and the wife takes

#CASE 9

When a newly married man looks happy, we know why. But when a ten-year married man looks happy, we wonder why. Affair ?

#CASE 10

In the first year of marriage, the man speaks and the woman listens. In the second year, the woman speaks and the man listens. In the third year, they both speak and the neighbors listen.

#CASE 11

After a quarrel, a wife said to her husband, “You know, I was a fool when I married you.” And the Husband replied, “Yes, dear, but I was in love and didn’t notice it.”

#CASE 12

A man inserted an ‘ad’ in the classified : “Wife wanted”. The next day, he received hundreds letters. They all said the same thing “You can have mine.”

#CASE 13

When a man opens the door of his car for his wife, you can be sure of one thing : either the car is new or his wife is new.

#CASE 14

A woman was telling her friend : “It is I who made my husband a millionaire.”

“And what was he before you married him?” the friend asked. The woman replied, “A Billionaire.”

Benefits of Lemon

0Mandar Oak • 28th Apr 2009 • Miscellaneous, Daily Scoop, Miscellaneous, From the Inbox, Miscellaneous • Daily Scoop, Emails, Lemon

I got one nice informative mail today morning, thought to share it here.

Lemon acts as blood purifier and improves the body’s ability to get rid of toxins.

It is a fix-all solution for weight loss. The lemon detox diet consists of fresh water, pure lemon juice, cayenne pepper and natural maple syrup. The acid in the lemons assists the cleansing process, and the cayenne pepper helps speed up your metabolism, promoting circulation of toxins from our bodies. The detox helps cleanse the body, lose weight quickly and increase overall health and beauty. As a routine habit, we consume much processed and junk food, that we add very little nutrition to our bodies. During the course of normal living too, the human body breathes and ingests numerous chemicals and toxins each day, which does nothing for the health of the body. It is here that lemon can aid our bodies by helping them cleanse naturally.

Consuming anything sour (like lemon) makes the liver and gallbladder purge stored toxins. The liver is especially important for weight loss and overall health. When the liver is filled with toxins, it cannot do its critical tasks in metabolising fat.

Lemon’s essential oil is very good for cooling the body. This use can be extended to the employment of lemon juice with water and sugar as the best drink to take when you have a fever. Lemon contains vitamin C which cures scurvy. There is little sodium, so the fruit is good as a flavouring for those on a low salt diet . The pulp left from the juicing is excellent for the skin and can also soothe the bites and stings of insects. If you add equal parts of toilet water and of glycerin to the residue, the mixture can be made to keep the hands smooth.

Lemon has been known for its therapeutic properties for generations. It is also a root of any home remedy and is normally used to help the stomach (because it has a special cleansing effect). Not only does it cleanse your system, but also strengthens the immune system to help protect the body against diseases. In case of ailments like flu or colds, lemon juice mixed with honey or plain lemon juice is the best remedy. It immediately relieves the symptoms as well as halts the progress of most infections because of its antibacterial and antiviral properties.

Lemon juice diluted with water can be very beneficial for pregnant women as well. It actually helps build the bones in the unborn child.

Lemon juice is useful for people with heart problem because of its high potassium content, which the health benefits are that they help the brain and nerve cells. Believe it or not, lemons and , in turn, lemon juice also contain calcium, which is great.

Lemon juice is excellent in fighting disease that is related to infection. Lemon works as a great antiseptic and can be directly applied on the skin to relieve pain and infection. Not only that, because of its styptics property, it is said that lemon could be applied on cuts to stop bleeding.

Lemon juice mixed with olive oil may help to dissolve gallstones.Regular intake of fresh lemons may be useful in treating cases of kidney stones.

New initiative of Govt of India …….IMPORTANT & must be used

0Mandar Oak • 30th Mar 2009 • Miscellaneous, Daily Scoop, Miscellaneous, From the Inbox, Miscellaneous • Government, India

Today I got this mail in my inbox…

Government of India has an online Grievance forum at http://www.pgportal.gov.in

Can you imagine this is happening in INDIA ?

The govt. wants people to use this tool to highlight the problems they faced while dealing with Government officials or departments like
1)      Railways

2)      Posts
3)      Telecom (incl. Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL)  & Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL)
4)      Urban Development (Delhi Development Authority (DDA), Land & Development Office (L&DO), Central Public Works Department (CPWD), etc)
5)      Petroleum & Natural Gas
6)      Civil Aviation (Air India, Airports Authority of India, etc)
7)      Shipping, Road Transport & Highways
8)      Tourism
9)      Public Sector Banks
Allahabad Bank Andhra Bank Bank of Baroda Bank of India Bank of Maharashtra Canara Bank Central Bank of India Corporation Bank Dena Bank Indian Bank Indian Overseas Bank Industrial Development Bank of India Ltd National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development Oriental Bank of Commerce Punjab & Sind Bank Punjab National Bank Small Industries Development Bank of India State Bank of Bikaner & Jaipur State Bank of Hyderabad State Bank of India State Bank of Indore State Bank of Mysore State Bank of Patiala State Bank of Travancore Syndicate Bank UCO Bank Union Bank of India United Bank of India Vijaya Bank
10)  Public Sector Insurance Companies
GIC of India Life Insurance Corporation of India National Insurance Company Ltd. The New India Assurance Company Ltd. The Oriental Insurance Company Ltd. United India Insurance Company Ltd.
11)  National Saving Scheme of Ministry of Finance
12)  Employees’ Provident Fund Organization
13)  Regional Passport Authorities
Regional Passport Office, Ahemadabad Regional Passport Office, Amritsar Regional Passport Office, Bangalore Regional Passport Office, Bareilly Regional Passport Office, Bhopal Regional Passport Office, Bhubaneswar Regional Passport Office, Chandigarh Regional Passport Office, Chennai Regional Passport Office, Cochin Regional Passport Office, Coimbatore Regional Passport Office, Dehradun Regional Passport Office, Delhi Regional Passport Office, Ghaziabad Regional Passport Office, Goa Regional Passport Office, Guwahati Regional Passport Office, Hyderabad Regional Passport Office, Jaipur Regional Passport Office, Jalandhar Regional Passport Office, Jammu Regional Passport Office, Kolkata Regional Passport Office, Kozhikode Regional Passport Office, Lucknow Regional Passport Office, Madurai Regional Passport Office, Malappuram Regional Passport Office, Mumbai Regional Passport Office, Nagpur Regional Passport Office, Patna Regional Passport Office, Pune Regional Passport Office, Raipur Regional Passport Office, Ranchi Regional Passport Office, Shimla Regional Passport Office, Srinagar Regional Passport Office, Surat Regional Passport Office, Thane Regional Passport Office, Trichy Regional Passport Office, Trivandrum Regional Passport Office, Visakhapatnam
14)  Central Government Health Scheme
15)  Central Board of Secondary Education
16)  Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan
17)  National Institute of Open Schooling
18)  Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti
19)  Central Universities
20) ESI Hospitals and Dispensaries directly controlled by ESI Corporation under Ministry of Labour
Many of us say that these things don’t work in India .
Couple of months back, the Faridabad Municipal Corporation laid new roads in his area and the residents were very happy about it. But 2 weeks later, BSNL dug up the newly laid roads to install new cables which annoyed all the residents.. A resident used the above listed grievance forum to highlight his concern.. To his surprise, BSNL and Municipal Corporation of Faridabad were served a show cause notice and the guy received a copy of the notice in one week. Government has asked the MC and BSNL about the goof up as it’s clear that both the government departments were not in sync at all.

So use this grievance forum and educate others who don’t know about this facility.
This way we can at least raise our concerns instead of just talking about the ‘System’ in India .

Invite your friends to contribute for many such happenings.

PLEASE SPREAD THIS MESSAGE IF U WANT OUR INDIA TO HAVE A BETTER TOMORROW & FORWARD THIS MAIL TO AS MANY AS POSSIBLE.

अहो ऐकलं का ? आम्हाला गर्ल्फ़्रेंड नाही…!.

0Mandar Oak • 26th Mar 2009 • Miscellaneous, Daily Scoop, Miscellaneous, From the Inbox • Emails

10 ways to stay young n happy

0Mandar Oak • 19th Mar 2009 • Miscellaneous, Daily Scoop, Miscellaneous, From the Inbox • Miscellaneous, Personal, Personal Development, Positivity, thoughts

How to Stay Young n Happy Always

1. Throw out non-essential numbers.
This includes age, weight, and height.

Let the doctors worry about them.. That is why you pay them.

2. Keep only cheerful friends.
The grouches pull you down.
(Keep this in mind if you are one of those grouches!)

3. Keep learning:
Learn more about the computer, crafts, gardening, whatever.
Never let the brain get idle.
‘An idle mind is the devil’s workshop.’
And the devil’s name is Alzheimer’s!

4. Enjoy the simple things

5. Laugh often, long and loud. Laugh until you gasp for breath.
And if you have a friend who makes you laugh, spend lots and lots of time with him or her!

6. The tears happen:
Endure, grieve, and move on.
The only person who is with us our entire life, is ourself.
LIVE while you are alive.

7 Surround yourself with what you love:
Whether it’s family, pets, keepsakes, music, plants, hobbies, whatever.
Your home is your refuge.

8. Cherish your health:
If it is good, preserve it.
If it is unstable, improve it.
If it is beyond what you can improve, get help.

9. Don’t take guilt trips.
Take a trip to the mall, even to a foreign country, but NOT to where the guilt is

10. Tell the people you love that you love them, at every opportunity.

And if you don’t send this to at least four people – who cares?
But do share this with someone.

Interesting

0Mandar Oak • 9th Mar 2009 • Miscellaneous, Daily Scoop, Miscellaneous, From the Inbox, Miscellaneous

Here is a forward which I got in my mailbox today.

Isn’t it strange how 2 hours seem so long when
you’re at
Temple, and how
short they seem when you’re
watching a good movie?

Isn’t it strange that you can’t
find a word to say when
you’re praying,
but you have no trouble
thinking what to talk about
with a friend?

Isn’t it strange how difficult
and boring it is to read
one chapter
of the Bhagwad Gita, but how easy
it is to read 100 pages of
a popular novel ?

Isn’t it strange how everyone
wants front-row-tickets
to concerts or
games, but they do whatever
is possible to sit at the last
row in Jagran?

Isn’t it strange how we need to
know about an event for
Temple
2-3
weeks before the day so we can
include it in our agenda, but we can
adjust it for other events in
the last minute?

Isn’t it strange how difficult it
is to learn a fact about God to share it
with others, but how easy
it is to learn, understand,
extend and repeat gossip?

Isn’t it strange how we
believe everything
that magazines and newspapers
say, but we question the words in the
Bhagwad Gita?

Isn’t it strange how everyone
wants a place in
heaven, but they don’t want
to believe, do, or say anything
to get there?

Isn’t it strange how we send
jokes in e-mails
and they are forwarded
right away,
but when we are going to send
messages about God, we think
about it twice before we share
it with others?

IT’S STRANGE ISN’T IT?