The pursuit of happiness is an inward journey

Hi, Todays story makes us realize that sometimes we take things for granted. Sometimes we see people with their successes and their material wealth, and we wonder why we always seem to get the short end of the stick. Sometimes, some of us become so obsessed with others’ seeming good fortune, we cannot see our own blessings for we are too busy watching everybody else.

Two men, both seriously ill, occupied the same hospital room. One man was allowed to sit up in his bed for an hour a day to drain the fluids from his lungs. His bed was next to the room's only window. The other man had to spend all his time flat on his back.

The men talked for hours on end. They spoke of their wives and families, their homes, their jobs, their involvement in the military service, where they had been on vacation. And every afternoon when the man in the bed next to the window could sit up, he would pass the time by describing to his roommate all the things he could see outside the window.

The man in the other bed would live for those one-hour periods where his world would be broadened and enlivened by all the activity and color of the outside world. The window overlooked a park with a lovely lake, the man had said. Ducks and swans played on the water while children sailed their model boats. Lovers walked arm in arm amid flowers of every color of the rainbow. Grand old trees graced the landscape, and a fine view of the city skyline could be seen in the distance. As the man by the window described all this in exquisite detail, the man on the other side of the room would close his eyes and imagine the picturesque scene.

One warm afternoon the man by the window described a parade passing by. Although the other man could not hear the band, he could see it in his mind's eye as the gentleman by the window portrayed it with descriptive words. Unexpectedly, an alien thought entered his head: Why should he have all the pleasure of seeing everything while I never get to see anything? It didn't seem fair. As the thought fermented, the man felt ashamed at first. But as the days passed and he missed seeing more sights, his envy eroded into resentment and soon turned him sour. He began to brood and found himself unable to sleep. He should be by that window - and that thought now controlled his life.

Late one night, as he lay staring at the ceiling, the man by the window began to cough. He was choking on the fluid in his lungs. The other man watched in the dimly lit room as the struggling man by the window groped for the button to call for help. Listening from across the room, he never moved, never pushed his own button which would have brought the nurse running. In less than five minutes, the coughing and choking stopped, along with the sound of breathing. Now, there was only silence--deathly silence.

The following morning, the day nurse arrived to bring water for their baths. When she found the lifeless body of the man by the window, she was saddened and called the hospital attendant to take it away--no words, no fuss. As soon as it seemed appropriate, the man asked if he could be moved next to the window. The nurse was happy to make the switch and after making sure he was comfortable, she left him alone.

Slowly, painfully, he propped himself up on one elbow to take his first look. Finally, he would have the joy of seeing it all himself. He strained to slowly turn to look out the window beside the bed. It faced a blank wall.

The man, beside himself with shock, pressed the button to call the nurse and agitated, he asked "What could have compelled my deceased roommate to describe such detailed and wonderful things outside this window? There is nothing to see. Where are all the wonderful things he saw? Is this a new and recent wall? Why did he give me such vivid details that don't exist?"

The nurse shook her head sadly and answered his questions with a shake of her head, “Perhaps he just wanted to encourage you and make you happy. You see, your roommate was totally blind”.

So often we look at others and envy what they have, just like the jealous and selfish man in the hospital room. In that envy he allowed his friend to die so he could experience first hand the beautiful view his friend described whenever he looked through the window

Moral of the story:

The pursuit of happiness is a matter of choice...it is a positive attitude we consciously choose to express. It is not a gift that gets delivered to our doorstep each morning, nor does it come through the window. And I am certain that our circumstances are just a small part of what makes us joyful. If we wait for them to get just right, we will never find lasting joy.

The pursuit of happiness is an inward journey. Our minds are like programs, awaiting the code that will determine behaviors; like bank vaults awaiting our deposits. If we regularly deposit positive, encouraging, and uplifting thoughts, if we continue to bite our lips just before we begin to grumble and complain, if we shoot down that seemingly harmless negative thought as it germinates, we will find that there is much to rejoice about.

Human Relation:

  ''Alone I can 'Say' but
    together we can 'talk'.

    'Alone I can 'Enjoy' but
     together we can
    'Celebrate'.
   
    'Alone I can 'Smile' but
    together we can 'Laugh'.

    That's the BEAUTY of
    Human Relations.

The evil you do, remains with you. The good you do, comes back to you.

A woman baked chapatti (roti) for members of her family and an extra one for a hungry passerby. She kept the extra chapatti on the window sill, for whosoever would take it away. Every day, a hunchback came and took away the chapatti. Instead of expressing gratitude, he muttered the following words as he went his way: “The evil you do remains with you: The good you do, comes back to you!”

This went on, day after day. Every day, the hunchback came, picked up the chapatti and uttered the words: “The evil you do, remains with you: The good you do, comes back to you!” The woman felt irritated. “Not a word of gratitude,” she said to herself… “Everyday this hunchback utters this jingle! What does he mean?”

One day, exasperated, she decided to do away with him. “I shall get rid of this hunchback,” she said. And what did she do? She added poison to the chapatti she prepared for him! As she was about to keep it on the window sill, her hands trembled. “What is this I am doing?” she said. Immediately, she threw the chapatti into the fire, prepared another one and kept it on the window sill. As usual, the hunchback came, picked up the chapatti and muttered the words: “The evil you do, remains with you: The good you do, comes back to you!”

The hunchback proceeded on his way, blissfully unaware of the war raging in the mind of the woman. Every day, as the woman placed the chapatti on the window sill, she offered a prayer for her son who had gone to a distant place to seek his fortune. For many months, she had no news of him.. She prayed for his safe return.

That evening, there was a knock on the door. As she opened it, she was surprised to find her son standing in the doorway. He had grown thin and lean. His garments were tattered and torn. He was hungry, starved and weak. As he saw his mother, he said, “Mom, it’s a miracle I’m here. While I was but a mile away, I was so famished that I collapsed. I would have died, but just then an old hunchback passed by. I begged of him for a morsel of food, and he was kind enough to give me a whole chapatti. As he gave it to me, he said, “This is what I eat everyday: today, I shall give it to you, for your need is greater than mine!”

As the mother heard those words, her face turned pale. She leaned against the door for support. She remembered the poisoned chapatti that she had made that morning. Had she not burnt it in the fire, it would have been eaten by her own son, and he would have lost his life!

It was then that she realized the significance of the words “The evil you do remains with you: The good you do, comes back to you!”

Moral -

Do good and Don’t ever stop doing good, even if it is not appreciated at that time. The willingness to share does not make one charitable; it makes one free

No act of kindness, however small, is ever wasted. Do what you can, with what you have, where you are !

The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others. -Gandhi

We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give. -Winston Churchill

Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does. -William James

Affection:

प्यार वो हैं..

जब माँ रात को आती है
और कहती हैं..
"सो जा, बाकी सुबह उठ कर पढ़ लेना"

प्यार वो हैं ...
जब हम tution से वापस आये और पापा कहे-
"बेटा लेट होने वाले थे तो कॉल कर देते"

प्यार वो है....
जब भाभी कहती हैं -
"ओये हीरो;
लड़की पटी की नही"

प्यार वो हैं....
जब बहन कहती हैं-
"देखूंगी मेरी शादी के बाद तेरा काम कौन करेगा

"प्यार वो हैं....
जब हम निराश हो और भाई आकर कहे-
"चल नौटंकी कही घुमने चलते हैं"

प्यार वो है...
जब दोस्त कॉल करके कहे-
ओये कमीने जिन्दा हैं या मर गया"

यह है सच्चा प्यार।
इसे अपने जीवन मैं बिलकुल भी ना गवाएं..
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             मिली थी जिन्दगी
      किसी के 'काम' आने के लिए..

           पर वक्त बित रहा है
     कागज के टुकड़े कमाने के लिए..
                              
   क्या करोगे इतना पैसा कमा कर..?
ना कफन मे 'जेब' है ना कब्र मे 'अलमारी..'

       और ये मौत के फ़रिश्ते तो
           'रिश्वत' भी नही लेते.

aao mann ki gathein khole by lata mangeshkar poet atal bihari vajpayee

aao mann ki gathein khole by lata mangeshkar poet atal bihari vajpayee

Made A Difference To The One:

As a man walked a desolate beach one cold, gray morning he began to see another figure, far in the distance. Slowly the two approached each other, and he could make out a local native who kept leaning down, picking something up and throwing it out into the water. Time and again he hurled things into the ocean.

As the distance between them continued to narrow, the man could see that the native was picking up starfish that had been washed upon the beach and one at a time, was throwing them back into the water. Puzzled, the man approached the native and asked what he was doing. “I’m throwing these starfish back into the ocean. You see, it’s low tide right now and all of these starfish have been washed up onto the shore. If I don’t throw them back into the sea, they’ll die up here from lack of oxygen.”

“But there must be thousands of starfish on this beach,” the man replied. “You can’t possibly get to all of them. There are just too many. And this same thing is probably happening on hundreds of beaches all up and down this coast. Can’t you see that you can’t possibly make a difference?”

The local native smiled, bent down and picked up another starfish, and as he threw it back into the sea he replied, “Made a difference to that one!”

Power of ONE : Each of us is but one person: limited, burdened with our own cares and responsibilities. We may feel there is so much to be done, and we have so little to give. We’re usually short of everything, especially time and money.

When we leave this shore, there will still be millions of starfish stranded on the beach. Maybe we can’t change the whole world, but there isn’t one of us who can’t help change one person’s whole world. One at a time. We can make a difference.

The Unconditional Love:

Hi, today's article is a motivational story on Love and Sacrifice. We are so busy that we do not have time to value our relationships with our near and dear ones ! Read on to know about it and learn the art of selfless love and sacrifice from a little boy named John....

The family doctor told little John that he could save his sister's life by giving her some blood. The little five-year-old girl was very near death, she was a victim of the same deadly disease from which John, her elder brother of age eight, had made a marvellous recovery two years earlier. The only chance for restoration to health was a blood transfusion from someone who had previously conquered the
illness. Since the two children [John and the sick little sister] had the same rare blood type, the boy was the ideal donor.

"John, would you like to give your blood for your sister Mary?" the doctor asked him. The boy hesitated. His lower lip started to tremble out of fear. Then he finally smiled, and said, "Yes, Doctor. I'll give my blood for my sister."

Soon the two children were wheeled into the operating theatre - Mary, now very pale and thin; John, robust and the picture of health. Neither of them said a word, they both remained silent. but when their eyes met, John grinned. As his blood siphoned into Mary's veins, one could obviously see new life come into her weak and tired body. The ordeal was almost over when John's brave little voice broke the long silence, "Say Doctor, when will I die?" It was only then that the doctor realised what the moment of hesitation, the trembling of the lip, had meant earlier.

Being just a little boy, John actually thought that when giving his blood to his sister he was giving up his life! And in that brief moment, the final decision that he had
made was the greatest love of all... The doctor was moved by the little boy's brave final decision... the unconditional sacrificing love...

MESSAGE OF THE STORY

Sacrificing out of what you have is human nature, but sacrificing all of what you have needs a lot of LOVE.

Nowadays people always think of what they can get in return before giving, if the return is less than their givings, then they will be reluctant to give.

Always think of what you can do to help others and not just what you can get from them.

FACTS:

Psychology facts :

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Couples who spend at least 10 minutes a day laughing together are more likely to have a stronger relationship.

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Any friendship that exceeds the 7 yr mark is more likely to last an entire lifetime.

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You can judge a lot about a person's character by what they laugh at.

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A lot of problems in the world would disappear if we talked to each other instead of talking about each other.

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Kids who play video games tend to have better hand-eye coordination, a better memory, and better problem solving skills.

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A person is more likely to use " K " in a text message when they have no interest in talking to you.

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No matter what you're going through, music is always there for you.

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75% of women ask questions in which they already know the answer to. This is why it's best to simply tell her the truth.

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Everyone has a song in their playlist which they always skip, but never delete.

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People who talk to themselves are more likely to have a high I.Q.

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If you chew gum when you study a subject and then chew the same flavor when you the take the test it can help you remember.

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Your body is actually designed to get 4 hours of sleep twice per day instead of 8 hours once!

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Coca-Cola says only two people alive know the Coca-Cola 'recipe', and they aren't allowed to travel on the same plane in case it crashes.

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Over thinking can cause physical and mental fatigue, it may also lead to chronic depression.

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Ironically, sometimes the people who don't talk to you are the one's who really want to.

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Psychology says, the best things in life are usually found when you are not looking for them.

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Only the female mosquito bites, the male does not.

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According to old myths, the inability to fall asleep at night means you're awake in someone's dream

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Smiles have been proven to be more attractive on a woman's face than makeup.

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Lack of sleep makes it difficult to control emotions which is why people are more likely to cry or laugh uncontrollably at night!

"I Knew You Would Come....

Hi, Today I have post a short story on Friendship. Many times in life, whether a thing is worth doing or not, really depends on how you look at it. Take up all your courage and do something your heart tells you to do so that you may not regret not doing it later in your life.

Horror gripped the heart of the World War I soldier as he saw his lifelong friend fall in battle. Caught in a trench with continuous gunfire whizzing over his head, the soldier asked his lieutenant if he might go out into the “no man’s land” between the trenches to bring his fallen comrade back.
“You can go,” said the lieutenant, “but I don’t think it will be worth it. Your friend is probably dead and you may throw your life away.” The lieutenant’s advice didn’t matter, and the soldier went anyway. Miraculously he managed to reach his friend, hoist him onto his shoulder and bring him back to their company’s trench. As the two of them tumbled in together to the bottom of the trench, the officer checked the wounded soldier, and then looked kindly at his friend.
“I told you it wouldn’t be worth it,” he said. “Your friend is dead and you are mortally wounded.”
“It was worth it, though, sir,” said the soldier.
“What do you mean; worth it?” responded the Lieutenant. “Your friend is dead.”
“Yes, Sir” the private answered. “But it was worth it because when I got to him, he was still alive and I had the satisfaction of hearing him saying, “Jim…, I knew you’d come.”
Moral
We all have those people that are close to us and are special in our lives. But how many of us would be willing to save the life of a friend while giving up our own? It was once said “Greater love has no one than to lay down their life for a friend”. War doesn’t determine who’s right. War only determines who’s left.
Let’s all be thankful for the friends that we have and value the time that we spend with them.
A true friend is one who walks in, when the rest of the world walks out.
My wish for you -
May each and every one of you be blessed with the company of TRUE FRIENDS !

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��        वर्तमान समय में परिवारों की जो स्थिति हो गयी है वह अवश्य चिन्तनीय है। घरों में आज सुनाने को सब तैयार हैं मगर कोई सुनने को राजी नहीं। रिश्तों की मजबूती के लिये हमें सुनाने की ही नहीं अपितु सुनने की आदत भी डालनी पड़ेगी।
��        माना कि आप सही हैं मगर परिवारिक शान्ति बनाये रखने के लिये बेवजह सुन लेना भी कोई जुर्म नहीं बजाय इसके कि अपने को सही साबित करने के चक्कर में पूरे परिवार को ही अशांत बनाकर रख दिया जाये। अपनों को हराकर आप कभी नहीं जीत सकते, अपनों से हारकर ही आप उन्हें जीत सकते हैं। जो टूटे को बनाना और रूठे को मनाना जानता है, वही तो बुद्धिमान है।
��      आज हर कोई अधिकार की बात कर रहा है। मगर अफ़सोस कोई कर्तव्य की बात नहीं कर रहा। आप अपने कर्तव्य का पालन करो, प्रतिफल मत देखो। जिन्दगी की खूबसूरती ये नहीं कि आप कितने खुश हैं, अपितु ये है कि आपसे कितने खुश हैं।

                     

Greedyness is disastrous:

King Midas had lots and lots of gold. The more gold he had the more he wanted. He even built a very big treasure house where he stored all the gold. King Midas used to spend almost half of the day counting the gold.

One day, as he was counting as usual, a strange looking man appeared to him and said he would grant him a wish. King Midas was delighted and said, "I would like everything I touch to turn to gold." The stranger asked him, "Oh King, are you sure?" The king replied, "Yes, I'm absolutely sure" So the stranger said, "Ok, starting from tomorrow morning with the sun rays you will get the golden touch."

The king thought he must have been dreaming, this couldn't be true. But to his greatest surprise, the next day when he woke up, he touched the bed, his clothes, and everything turned into gold. He was very much happy that the wish wasn't a dream. He looked out of the window and saw his daughter playing in the garden. He decided to give her a surprise and thought she would be happy. But before he went to the garden he decided to read a book. Just immediately he touched the book, it turned into gold and he couldn't read it. Then he decided to have breakfast, as he sat to have the breakfast, the moment he touched the fruit and the glass of water, they turned to gold. Soon, he was getting more and more hungry and he said to himself, "I can't eat and drink gold." Just about that time his daughter came running in, he gave her a welcoming hug and she turned into a gold statue. There were no more smiles left. The king bowed his head and started crying.

The strange looking man who granted the wish came again and asked the king if he was happyvwith his golden touch. The king was ashamed, he told the strange man that he was the most miserable man. The stranger asked him another question, "What would you rather have, your food and loving daughter or lumps of gold and her golden statue?"

At this point, the king cried and asked for forgiveness. He said, "I will give up all my gold. Please give me my daughter back because without her I have lost everything worth having." The stranger said to the king, "You have become wiser than before" and he reversed the spell. He got his daughter back in his arms and the king learned a lesson that he never forgot for the rest of his life.

MORAL OF THE STORY

1. Always think very deeply before making choices, each choice you make has its own consequence, so make wise choices.

2. Distorted values lead to tragedy.

3. Sometimes getting what you want may be a bigger tragedy than not getting what you want.

4. Unlike in soccer games where players can be substituted, the game of life allows no substitutions or replays. We may not get a second chance to reverse our tragedies, as the king did.

Love can win invincible:

दो भाई साथ साथ खेती करते थे। मशीनों की भागीदारी और चीजों का व्यवसाय किया करते थे। चालीस साल के साथ के बाद एक छोटी सी ग़लतफहमी की वजह से उनमें पहली बार झगडा हो गया था झगडा दुश्मनी में बदल गया था।

एक सुबह एक बढई बड़े भाई से काम मांगने आया. बड़े भाई ने कहा “हाँ ,मेरे पास तुम्हारे लिए काम हैं। उस तरफ देखो, वो मेरा पडोसी है, यूँ तो वो मेरा भाई है, पिछले हफ्ते तक हमारे खेतों के बीच घास का मैदान हुआ करता था पर मेरा भाई बुलडोजर ले आया और अब हमारे खेतों के बीच ये खाई खोद दी, जरुर उसने मुझे परेशान करने के लिए ये सब किया है अब मुझे उसे मजा चखाना है, तुम खेत के चारों तरफ बाड़ बना दो ताकि मुझे उसकी शक्ल भी ना देखनी पड़े."

“ठीक हैं”, बढई ने कहा।
बड़े भाई ने बढई को सारा सामान लाकर दे दिया और खुद शहर चला गया, शाम को लौटा तो बढई का काम देखकर भौंचक्का रह गया, बाड़ की जगह वहा एक पुल था जो खाई को एक तरफ से दूसरी तरफ जोड़ता था. इससे पहले की बढई कुछ कहता, उसका छोटा भाई आ गया।

छोटा भाई बोला “तुम कितने दरियादिल हो , मेरे इतने भला बुरा कहने के बाद भी तुमने हमारे बीच ये पुल बनाया, कहते कहते उसकी आँखे भर आईं और दोनों एक दूसरे के गले लग कर रोने लगे. जब दोनों भाई सम्भले तो देखा कि बढई जा रहा है।

रुको! मेरे पास तुम्हारे लिए और भी कई काम हैं, बड़ा भाई बोला।
मुझे रुकना अच्छा लगता ,पर मुझे ऐसे कई पुल और बनाने हैं, बढई मुस्कुराकर बोला और अपनी राह को चल दिया.

दिल से मुस्कुराने के लिए जीवन में पुल की जरुरत होती हैं खाई की नहीं। छोटी छोटी बातों पर अपनों से न रूठें।

"दीपावली आ रही है घरेलू रिश्तों के साथ साथ सभी दोस्ती के रिश्तों पर जमी धूल भी साफ कर लेना, खुशियाँ चार गुनी हो जाएंगी"

Essence of speech:

    "जैसे जीवन का अंतिम सत्य मृत्यु है वैसे ही वाणी का अंतिम सत्य मौन है l मनुष्य की वाणी उसके व्यक्तित्व का प्रत्यक्षीकरण है l वाणी पर  विवेक का नियंत्रण बहुत आवश्यक है l 
   हम अपने जीवन में सुंदर शब्दों के प्रयोग से मित्रों और प्रशंसकों की संख्या बढ़ा सकतेहैंl इसीलिए संत जन  कहते हैं कि अगर अच्छी वाणी नहीं बोल सकते हो तो मौन रहना बेहतर है l हमारा धर्म यही है कि हम अपने कार्यो और वाणी से किसी को दुखी न करेंl"

A Cracked Pot:

A water bearer in India had two large pots, each hung on each end of a pole which he carried across his neck. One of the pots had a crack in it and while the other pot was perfect and always delivered a full portion of water at the end of the long walk from the stream to the master’s house, the cracked pot arrived only half full.

For a full two years this went on daily, with the bearer delivering only one and a half pots full of water in his master’s house. Of course, the perfect pot was proud of its accomplishments.

But the poor cracked pot was ashamed of its own imperfection, and miserable that it was able to accomplish only half of what it had been made to do. After two years of what it perceived to be a bitter failure, it spoke to the water bearer one day by the stream.

“I am ashamed of myself and I want to apologize to you.”

“Why?” asked the bearer. “What are you ashamed of?”

“I have been able, for these past two years, to deliver only half my load because this crack in my side causes water to leak out all the way back to your master’s house. Because of my flaws, you have to do all of this work, and you don’t get full value from your efforts,” the pot said.

The water bearer felt sorry for the old cracked pot, and in his compassion he said, “As we return to the master’s house, I want you to notice the beautiful flowers along the path.”

Indeed, as they went up the hill, the old cracked pot took notice of the sun warming the beautiful wild flowers on the side of the path, and this cheered it some. But at the end of the trail, it still felt bad because it had leaked out half its load, and so again the pot apologized to the bearer for its failure.

The bearer said to the pot, “Did you notice that there were flowers only on your side of your path, but not on the other pot’s side? That’s because I have always known about your flaw, and I took advantage of it. I planted flower seeds on your side of the path, and every day while we walk back from the stream, you’ve watered them. For two years I have been able to pick these beautiful flowers to decorate my master’s table. Without you being just the way you are, he would not have this beauty to grace his house.”

MORAL:

Do not underestimate yourself by comparing yourself with others.

It’s our differences that make us unique & Beautiful.

The Donkey and His Purchaser

Hi, today story dwells on the fact that you are known by the company you keep !

A man wished to purchase a Donkey and decided to give the animal a test before buying him. He took the Donkey home and put him in the field with his other Donkeys.
The new Donkey strayed from the others to join the one that was the laziest and the biggest eater of them all.
Seeing this, the man led him back to his owner. When the owner asked how he could have tested the Donkey in such a short time, the man answered, "I didn't even need to see how he worked. I knew he would be just like the one he chose to be his friend."
Moral
There's no getting around the fact that this story is about judging. While we like to be judged on our merits, the fact is we're likely to be judged based upon other things.
We might want to make the useful distinction that while a person is apt to be judged by the company he / she keeps, that doesn't mean you have to choose to be like the company you keep.

Put Your Glass Down Today !

Hi, Do read this small story which comes with a very strong lesson for each and every one of us. It is a setting example on how we should handle the challenges / issues faced by us in our life ! Hope this story brings about a BIG change in YOU !!!

The Professor began his class by holding up a glass with some water in it. He held it up for all to see & asked the students “How much do you think this glass weighs?”
’50gms!’….. ’100gms!’ …..’125 gms’ …the students answered.
“I really don’t know unless I weigh it,” said the professor, “but, my question is: What would happen if I held it up like this for a few minutes?”…. . ‘Nothing’ …..the students said.
‘Ok what would happen if I held it up like this for an hour?’ the professor asked. ‘Your arm would begin to ache’ said one of the student
“You’re right, now what would happen if I held it for a day?” “Your arm could go numb; you might have severe muscle stress & paralysis & have to go to hospital for sure!” ….. Ventured another student & all the students laughed.
“Very good. But during all this, did the weight of the glass change?” Asked the professor. ‘No’…. Was the answer. “Then what caused the arm ache & the muscle stress?”.
The students were puzzled. “What should I do now to come out of pain?” asked professor again. “Put the glass down!” said one of the students.
“Exactly!” said the professor.
Life’s problems are something like this. Hold it for a few minutes in your head & they seem OK. Think of them for a long time & they begin to ache. Hold it even longer & they begin to paralyze you. You will not be able to do anything..
It’s important to think of the challenges or problems in your life, But EVEN MORE IMPORTANT is to ‘PUT THEM DOWN’ at the end of every day before you go to sleep…
That way, you are not stressed, you wake up every day fresh & strong & can handle any issue, any challenge that comes your way!
Moral
So, when you start your day, Remember friend to ‘PUT THE GLASS DOWN !

Goddess of Wealth & Goddess of Poverty

Once a beautiful and well-dressed woman visited a house. The master of the house asked her who she was; and she replied that she was the goddess of wealth. The master of the house was delighted and so greeted her with open arms.

Soon after another woman appeared who was ugly looking and poorly dressed. The master asked who she was and the woman replied that she was the goddess of poverty.
The master was frightened and tried to drive her out of the house, but the woman refused to depart, saying, 'The goddess of wealth is my sister. There is an agreement between us that we are never to live apart; if you chase me out, she is to go with me.'
Sure enough, as soon as the ugly woman went out, the other woman disappeared.
Moral
Birth goes with death. Fortune goes with misfortune. Bad things follow good things. Everyone should realize this.
Foolish people dread misfortune and strive after good fortune, but those who seek Enlightenment must transcend both of them and be free of worldly attachment.

Goddess of Wealth & Goddess of Poverty:

 

Hi, Todays' inspirational story gives us insights on wealth and poverty.
Once a beautiful and well-dressed woman visited a house. The master of the house asked her who she was; and she replied that she was the goddess of wealth. The master of the house was delighted and so greeted her with open arms.
Soon after another woman appeared who was ugly looking and poorly dressed. The master asked who she was and the woman replied that she was the goddess of poverty.
The master was frightened and tried to drive her out of the house, but the woman refused to depart, saying, 'The goddess of wealth is my sister. There is an agreement between us that we are never to live apart; if you chase me out, she is to go with me.'
Sure enough, as soon as the ugly woman went out, the other woman disappeared.
Moral
Birth goes with death. Fortune goes with misfortune. Bad things follow good things. Everyone should realize this.
Foolish people dread misfortune and strive after good fortune, but those who seek Enlightenment must transcend both of them and be free of worldly attachment.

Always happy:

��         संसार में खिले फूल और खिले चेहरे पसन्द किए जाते हैं। अगर आप चाहते हैं कि दुनियाँ का प्यार आपको भी मिले तो उसके लिए अपनी मुस्कान को मत छोड़ना। हर हाल में मुस्कुराइये इससे आपकी कई समस्याएँ हल हो जायेंगी।
��        मुस्कुराहट को अपनी आदत बनाओ, मजबूरी नहीं। मजबूरी में मुस्कुराना, मुस्कुराना नहीं अपितु मात्र दूसरों को दिखाना है और याद रखना दिखावा कभी टिकता नहीं। यह दिखावा आपके काम न आयेगा। दिखावा आपको दुनिया का चहेता नहीं बनाता अपितु दुनियाँ वालों की नजरों में आप चतुर, चालाक जरूर बन जाते हैं।
��      मुस्कान से मात्र आपका चित्र ही सुन्दर नहीं लगता, आपका व्यक्तित्व भी सुन्दर बनता है। सच्ची मुस्कान मात्र आपके आवरण को ही सुन्दर नहीं बनाती अपितु आपके आचरण को भी सुन्दर बनाती है

Use everything with cautions:

  पदार्थों में समस्या नहीं है हमारे उपयोग करने में समस्या है। कभी-कभी विष की एक अल्प मात्रा भी दवा का काम करती है और दवा की अत्याधिक मात्रा भी विष बन जाती है। विवेक से, संयम से, जगत का भोग किया जाये तो कहीं समस्या नहीं है।

Improving self will serve others:

��  दूसरों को अपनी बात मानने के लिये बाध्य करना सबसे बड़ी अज्ञानता है। यहाँ हर आदमी एक दूसरे को समझाने में लगा हुआ है। हम सबको यही बताने में लगे हैं कि तुम ऐसा करो, तुम्हें ऐसा नहीं करना चाहिये था। तुम्हारे लिये ऐसा करना ठीक रहेगा।
��  ये सब अज्ञानी की अवस्थायें हैं ज्ञानी की नहीं। ज्ञानी की सबसे बड़ी विशेषता यही है कि वह किसी को सलाह नहीं देता, वह मौन रहता है, मस्ती में रहता है, वह अपनी बात को मानने के लिए किसी को बाध्य नहीं करता है।
��    इस दुनिया की सबसे बड़ी समस्या ही यही है कि यहाँ हर आदमी अपने आपको समझदार और चतुर समझता है दूसरे को मूर्ख। सम्पूर्ण ज्ञान का एक मात्र उद्देश्य अपने स्वयं का निर्माण करना ही है। बिना आत्म सुधार के समाज सुधार किंचित संभव नहीं है। "" हम सुधरेंगे युग सुधरेगा ""
        
               

Forgiveness:

��        मानवीय गुणों में एक प्रमुख गुण है "क्षमा" और क्षमा जिस भी मनुष्य के अन्दर है वो किसी वीर से कम नही है। तभी तो कहा गया है कि- " क्षमा वीरस्य भूषणं और क्षमा वाणीस्य भूषणं " क्षमा साहसी लोगों का आभूषण है और क्षमा वाणी का भी आभूषण है। यद्यपि किसी को दंडित करना या डाँटना आपके वाहुबल को दर्शाता है।
��          मगर शास्त्र का वचन है कि बलवान वो नहीं जो किसी को दण्ड देने की सामर्थ्य रखता हो अपितु बलवान वो है जो किसी को क्षमा करने की सामर्थ्य रखता हो। अगर आप किसी को क्षमा करने का साहस रखते हैं तो सच मानिये कि आप एक शक्तिशाली सम्पदा के धनी हैं और इसी कारण आप सबके प्रिय बनते हो।
��        आजकल परिवारों में अशांति और क्लेश का एक प्रमुख कारण यह भी है कि हमारे जीवन से और जुवान से क्षमा नाम का गुण लगभग गायब सा हो गया है। दूसरों को क्षमा करने की आदत डाल लो जीवन की कुछ समस्याओं से बच जाओगे। निश्चित ही अगर आप जीवन में क्षमा करना सीख जाते हैं तो आपके कई झंझटों का स्वत:निदान हो जाता है।

                

Disrepect loots but love boots:

हमारे देश में एक महान वैज्ञानिक हुए हैं प्रो. श्री जगदीश चन्द्र बोस। भारत को और हम भारत वासियों को उन पर बहुत गर्व है। इन्होने सबसे पहले अपने शोध से यह निष्कर्ष निकाला कि मानव की तरह पेड़ पौधों में भी भावनाएं होती हैं। वे भी हमारी तरह हँसते खिलखिलाते और रोते हैं। उन्हें भी सुख दुःख का अनुभव होता है। और श्री बोस के इस अनुसंधान की तरह इसकी कहानी भी बड़ी दिलचस्प है।

श्री बोस ने शोध के लिये कुछ गमले खरीदे और उनमे कुछ पौधे लगाए। अब इन्होने गमलों को दो भागों में बांटकर आधे घर के एक कोने में तथा शेष को किसी अन्य कोने में रख दिया। दोनों को नियमित रूप से पानी दिया, खाद डाली। किन्तु एक भाग को श्री बोस रोज़ गालियाँ देते कि तुम बेकार हो, निकम्मे हो, बदसूरत हो, किसी काम के नहीं हो, तुम धरती पर बोझ हो, तुम्हे तो मर जाना चाहिए आदि आदि। और दूसरे भाग को रोज़ प्यार से पुचकारते, उनकी तारीफ़ करते, उनके सम्मान में गाना गाते। मित्रों देखने से यह घटना साधारण सी लगती है। किन्तु इसका प्रभाव यह हुआ कि जिन पौधों को श्री बोस ने गालियाँ दी वे मुरझा गए और जिनकी तारीफ़ की वे खिले खिले रहे, पुष्प भी अच्छे दिए।

तो मित्रों इस साधारण सी घटना से बोस ने यह सिद्ध कर दिया कि किस प्रकार से गालियाँ खाने के बाद पेड़ पौधे नष्ट हो गए। अर्थात उनमे भी भावनाएं हैं।

मित्रों जब निर्जीव से दिखने वाले सजीव पेड़ पौधों पर अपमान का इतना दुष्प्रभाव पड़ता है तो मनुष्य सजीव सदेह का क्या होता होगा?

Be the change to be the change:

Hi ! Please remember everything happens for a reason, live it, love it, learn from it. As the saying goes, - Make your smile change the world, but don’t let the world change your smile !

A woman once came to Gandhiji and asked him to please tell her son to give up eating sugar. Gandhi ji asked the woman to bring the boy back in a week. Exactly one week later the woman returned, and Gandhi said to the boy, “Please give up eating sugar.” The woman thanked the Mahatma, and, as she turned to go, asked him why he had not said those words a week ago.” Gandhi ji replied, “Because a week ago, I had not given up eating sugar.”

You must be the Change, You wish to see in the World. These are the words of the great Mahatma Gandhi.

You can change the world - maybe not all at once, but one person, one animal, and one good deed at a time. Wake up every morning and pretend like what you do makes a difference. It does.

Don’t be afraid to Change. You may lose something good but you may gain something better !

It is said, Time changes things but actually you have to change them yourself !

LOVE IS ABOVE ALL:

��       जो काम धीरे बोलकर, मुस्कुराकर और प्रेम से बोलकर कराया जा सकता है उसे तेज आवाज में बोलकर और चिल्लाकर करवाना मूर्खों का काम है। और जो काम केवल गुस्सा दिखाकर हो सकता है, उसके लिए वास्तव में गुस्सा करना यह महामूर्खों का काम हैं।
��        अपनी बात मनवाने के लिए अपने अधिकार या बल का प्रयोग करना यह पूरी तरह पागलपन होता है। प्रेम ही ऐसा हथियार है जिससे सारी दुनिया को जीता जा सकता है । प्रेम की विजय ही सच्ची विजय है।
��       आज प्रत्येक घर में ईर्ष्या, संघर्ष, दुःख और अशांति का जो वातावरण है उसका एक ही कारण है और वह है प्रेम का अभाव। आग को आग नहीं बुझाती पानी बुझाता है। प्रेम से दुनिया को तो क्या दुनिया बनाने वाले तक को जीता जा सकता है। पशु -पक्षी भी प्रेम की भाषा समझते है। तुम प्रेम बाटों, इसकी खुशबू कभी ख़तम नहीं होती ।
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The moral of the story is :

There was a farmer in Africa who was happy and content. He was happy because he was contented. He was contented because he was happy. One day a wise man came to him and told him about the glory of diamonds and the power that goes along with them. The wise man said, “If you had a diamond the size of your thumb, you could have your own city. If you had a diamond the size of your fist, you could probably own your own country.” And then he went away.

That night the farmer couldn’t sleep. He was unhappy and he was discontented. He was unhappy because he was discontented and discontented because he was unhappy. The next morning he made arrangements to sell off his farm, took care of his family and went in search of diamonds.

He looked all over Africa and couldn’t find any. He looked all through Europe and couldn’t find any. When he got to Spain, he was emotionally, physically and financially broke. He got so disheartened that he threw himself into the Barcelona River and committed suicide.

Back home, the person who had bought his farm was watering the camels at a stream that ran through the farm. Across the stream, the rays of the morning sun hit a stone and made it sparkle like a rainbow. He thought it would look good on the mantle piece. He picked up the stone and put it in the living room. That afternoon the wise man came and saw the stone sparkling. He asked, “Is Hafiz back?” The new owner said, “No, why do you ask?” The wise man said, “Because that is a diamond. I recognize one when I see one.”

The man said, no, that’s just a stone I picked up from the stream. Come, I’ll show you. There are many more.” They went and picked some samples and sent them for analysis. Sure enough, the stones were diamonds. They found that the farm was indeed covered with acres and acres of diamonds.

What is the moral of this story? There are five morals:

When our attitude is right, we realize that we are all walking on acres and acres of diamonds. Opportunity is always under our feet. We don’t have to go anywhere. All we need to do is recognize it.
The grass on the other side always looks greener.
While we are dyeing the grass on the other side, there are others who are dyeing the grass on our side. They would be happy to trade places with us.
When people don’t know how to recognize opportunity, they complain of noise when it knocks.
The same opportunity never knocks twice. The next one may be better or worse, but it is never the same one.

Why We Shout In Anger :

“Why We Shout In Anger” ~ A short story on Relationships

A Hindu saint who was visiting river Ganges to take bath found a group of family members on the banks, shouting in anger at each other. He turned to his disciples smiled ‘n asked. ‘Why do people in anger shout at each other?’

The Disciples thought for a while and then one of them said, ‘Because we lose our calm, we shout.’ ‘But, why should you shout when the other person is just next to you? You can as well tell him what you have to say in a soft manner.’ asked the saint.

The Disciples gave some more answers but none satisfied the Saint.

Finally the saint explained, . ‘When two people are angry at each other, their hearts distance a lot. To cover that distance they must shout to be able to hear each other. The angrier they are, the stronger they will have to shout to hear each other to cover that great distance.

What happens when two people fall in love? They don’t shout at each other but talk softly, Because their hearts are very close. The distance between them is either nonexistent or very small…’

The saint continued, ‘When they love each other even more, what happens? They do not speak, only whisper ‘n they get even closer to each other in their love. Finally they even need not whisper, they only look at each other ‘n that’s all. That is how close two people are when they love each other.’

He looked at his disciples ‘n said. ‘So when you argue do not let your hearts get distant. Do not say words that distance each other more, Or else there will come a day when the distance is so great that you will not find the path to return.’

Some Dynamics of Anger

We become more angry when we are stressed and our body resources are down.
We are rarely ever angry for the reasons we think.
We are often angry when we didn't get what we needed as a child.
We often become angry when we see a trait in others we can't stand in ourselves.
Underneath many current angers are old disappointments, traumas, and triggers.
Sometimes we get angry because we were hurt as a child.
We get angry when a current event brings up an old unresolved situation from the past.
We often feel strong emotion when a situation has a similar content, words or energy that we have felt before.
When you start getting upset about something, take a moment to think about the situation. Ask yourself:

How important is it in the grand scheme of things?
Is it really worth getting angry about it?
Is it worth ruining the rest of my day?
Is my response appropriate to the situation?
Is there anything I can do about it?
While you can’t control another person’s anger, you can control how you respond to it:

Set clear boundaries about what you will and will not tolerate.
Wait for a time when you are both calm to talk to them about the anger problem. Don’t bring it up when either one of you is already angry.
Remove yourself from the situation if your loved one does not calm down.
Consider counseling or therapy for yourself if you are having a hard time standing up for yourself.
Put your safety first. Trust your instincts. If you feel unsafe or threatened in any way, get away from your loved one and go somewhere safe.

A story of soldier):

A story is told about a soldier who was finally coming home after having fought in Vietnam. He called his parents from San Francisco. “Mom and Dad, I’m coming home, but I’ve a favor to ask. I have a friend I’d like to bring home with me. “Sure,” they replied, “we’d love to meet him.”

“There’s something you should know,” the son continued, “he was hurt pretty badly in the fighting. He stepped on a land mind and lost an arm and a leg. He has nowhere else to go, and I want him to come live with us.”

“I’m sorry to hear that, son. Maybe we can help him find somewhere to live.”

“No, Mom and Dad, I want him to live with us.”

“Son,” said the father, “you don’t know what you’re asking. Someone with such a handicap would be a terrible burden on us. We have our own lives to live, and we can’t let something like this interfere with our lives. I think you should just come home and forget about this guy. He’ll find a way to live on his own.”

At that point, the son hung up the phone. The parents heard nothing more from him. A few days later, however, they received a call from the San Francisco police. Their son had died after falling from a building, they were told. The police believed it was suicide.

The grief-stricken parents flew to San Francisco and were taken to the city morgue to identify the body of their son. They recognized him, but to their horror they also discovered something they didn’t know, their son had only one arm and one leg.

Moral:

The parents in this story are like many of us. We find it easy to love those who are good-looking or fun to have around, but we don’t like people who inconvenience us or make us feel uncomfortable.

We would rather stay away from people who aren’t as healthy, beautiful, or smart as we are.

Thankfully, there’s someone who won’t treat us that way. Someone who loves us with an unconditional love that welcomes us into the forever family, regardless of how messed up we are.

Tonight, before you tuck yourself in for the night, say a little prayer that God will give you the strength you need to accept people as they are, and to help us all be more understanding of those who are different from us !

God Bless You All !!!

Life is always made up by ordinary people:

1. Name the 5 Wealthiest People in the world.

2. Name the Last 5 winners of Ms. Universe.

3. Name the Last 10 People Who won the Nobel prize.

How Did You Do?
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The Point is, None of us Remembers The Headlines of Yesterday,

Even Though These People Must be the Best in Their Fields

Applause Dies,

Awards Are Tarnished and Achievements
Are Forgotten!!

Here's another quiz:

Let's see How This Goes:

1. Name 5 Teachers Who Added Your Journey Through School.

2. Name 5 Friends Who Helped You Thru Difficult Times.

3. Name 5 People Who Taught You Something Worthwhile.

4. Name 5 People Who Make's You Feel Special.

5. Name 5 People You Enjoy Spending Time with.
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Easier...right?

The People Who Make a Difference in ur Life Are NOT the ones with Most Awards and Loads of money.

Life is Full of ordinary People Who Have Made the World a Better Place for You!

Cherish them!

Hold Them Tight!

Perhaps Sometimes its Special to be ordinary!

Peace is the ultimate goal of life:

��       माना कि जीवन का उद्देश्य परम शांति को प्राप्त करना है मगर बिना संघर्ष के जीवन में शांति की प्राप्ति हो पाना कदापि सम्भव नहीं है। शांति मार्ग नहीं अपितु लक्ष्य है। बिना संघर्ष पथ के इस लक्ष्य तक पहुँचना असम्भव है।
��       जो लोग पूरे दिन को सिर्फ व्यर्थ की बातों में गवाँ देते हैं वे रात्रि की गहन निद्रा के सुख से भी वंचित रह जाते हैं। मगर जिन लोगों का पूरा दिन एक संघर्ष में, परिश्रम में, पुरुषार्थ में गुजरता है वही लोग रात्रि में गहन निद्रा और गहन शांति के हकदार भी बन जाते हैं।
��        जीवन भी ठीक ऐसा ही है। यहाँ यात्रा का पथ जितना विकट होता है लक्ष्य की प्राप्ति भी उतनी ही आनंद दायक और शांति प्रदायक होती है। मगर याद रहे लक्ष्य श्रेष्ठ हो, दिशा सही हो और प्रयत्न में निष्ठा हो फिर आपके संघर्ष की परिणिति परम शांति ही होने वाली है।

             

1 Hundred%:

Hi, A very short story with a powerful moral. This is applicable to all of us in all that we do !

A boy and a girl were playing together. The boy had a collection of marbles. The girl had some sweets with her.

The boy told the girl that he will give her all his marbles in exchange for her sweets. The girl agreed.

The boy kept the biggest ‘n the most beautiful marble aside ‘n gave the rest to the girl. The girl gave him all her sweets as she had promised.

That night, the girl slept peacefully. But the boy couldn’t sleep as he kept wondering if the girl had hidden some sweets from him the way he had hidden his best marble.

Moral:
If you don’t give your hundred percent in a relationship, you’ll always keep doubting if the other person has given his/her hundred percent.

This is applicable for any relationship like love, friendship, employer – employee etc !

Give your 100% to everything you do and sleep peacefully !

God is Always With Us:

एक भक्त था वह परमात्मा को बहुत मनाता था,
बड़े प्रेम और भाव से उनकी सेवा
किया करता था.

एक दिन भगवान से
कहने लगा –

में आपकी इतनी भक्ति करता हूँ पर आज तक मुझे आपकी अनुभूति नहीं हुई.
मैं चाहता हूँ कि आप भले ही मुझे दर्शन ना दे पर ऐसा कुछ कीजिये की मुझे ये अनुभव हो की आप हो.

भगवान ने कहा ठीक है.
तुम रोज सुबह समुद्र के किनारे सैर पर जाते हो,
जब तुम रेत पर
चलोगे तो तुम्हे दो पैरो की जगह चार पैर दिखाई देगे,
दो तुम्हारे पैर होगे और दो पैरो के निशान मेरे होगे.
इस तरह तुम्हे मेरी
अनुभूति होगी.

अगले दिन वह सैर पर गया,
जब वह रे़त पर चलने लगा तो उसे अपने पैरों के साथ-साथ दो पैर और भी दिखाई दिये वह बड़ा खुश हुआ,
अब रोज ऐसा होने लगा.

एक बार उसे व्यापार में घाटा हुआ सब कुछ चला गया,
वह रोड पर आ गया उसके अपनो ने उसका साथ छोड दिया.

देखो यही इस दुनिया की प्रॉब्लम है, मुसीबत मे सब साथ छोड देते है.

अब वह सैर पर गया तो उसे चार पैरों की जगह दो पैर दिखाई दिये.

उसे बड़ा आश्चर्य हुआ कि बुरे वक्त मे भगवन ने साथ छोड दिया.

धीरे-धीरे सब कुछ ठीक होने लगा फिर सब लोग उसके
पास वापस आने लगे.

एक दिन जब वह सैर
पर गया तो उसने देखा कि चार पैर वापस दिखाई देने लगे.

उससे अब रहा नही गया,
वह बोला-

भगवान जब मेरा बुरा वक्त था तो सब ने मेरा साथ छोड़ दिया था पर मुझे इस बात का गम नहीं था क्योकि इस दुनिया में ऐसा ही होता है,
पर आप ने भी उस समय मेरा साथ छोड़ दिया था,
ऐसा क्यों किया?

भगवान ने कहा –

तुमने ये कैसे सोच लिया की में तुम्हारा साथ छोड़ दूँगा,
तुम्हारे बुरे वक्त में जो रेत पर तुमने दो पैर के निशान देखे वे तुम्हारे पैरों के नहीं मेरे पैरों के थे,

उस समय में तुम्हे अपनी गोद में उठाकर चलता था और आज जब तुम्हारा बुरा वक्त खत्म हो गया तो मैंने तुम्हे नीचे उतार दिया ह ै.

इसलिए तुम्हे फिर से चार पैर दिखाई दे रहे
So moral is never loose faith on god. U believe in him, he wil luk after u forever.
✔Jab bhi apno ke sath baitho toh
Parmatma Ka dhanyavad ,
Kyunki kuch log in lamhaao ko
taraste hain.

✔Jab bhi apne kaam par jao toh Parmatma Ka dhanyavad ,
Kyunki bohat se log berozgar hain.

✔ Parmatma Ka dhanyavad kaho jab tum tandurust ho,
Kyunki bemaar kisi bhi qeemat per sehat khareedne ki khwahish rakhte hain.

✔ Parmatma Ka dhanyavad kaho ke tum zinda ho,
Kyunki mare hue logo se pucho
zindagi ki qeemat.

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