Thursday, May 21, 2009

Thought of the Week

Our success and happiness lies in us. Resolve to keep happy The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams. Soul is eternal. It is body & materialistic desires which have deadline. Death is nothing but transformation from physical presence to omnipresence Feeling gratitude and not expressing it, is like wrapping up a gift and not presenting it. Express your gratitude for others at every possible chance. Understand that nothing happens without God's Will Everything that happens has a deeper significance attached to it. A Very Gud Day!!! Have an Amazing Weekend!!! Have Great Week Ahead !!!
Hatred A kindergarten teacher decided to let her class play a game. The teacher told each child in the class to bring along a plastic bag containing a few potatoes. Each potato will be given a name of a person that the child hates, so the number of potatoes that the child will put in his / her plastic bag will depend on the number of people he / she hates. So when the day came, every child brought some potatoes with the name of the people he / she hated. Some had two potatoes; some 3, while some had upto 5 potatoes. The teacher then told the children to carry with them the potatoes in the plastic bag wherever they go for 1 week. Day after day passed by, and the children started to complain due to the displeasing smell let out by the rotten potatoes they were carrying. Those children having 5 potatoes really began to feel the weight of the heavier bags. After 1 week, the children were relieved to hear that the teacher had finally ended the game. The teacher asked: "How did you feel while carrying the Potatoes with you for 1 week?" The children let out their frustrations and started complaining of the trouble that they had to go through having to carry the heavy and smelly potatoes wherever they go. Then the teacher told them the hidden meaning behind the game. The teacher said: "This is exactly the situation when you carry your hatred for somebody inside your heart. The stench of hatred will contaminate your heart and you will end up carrying an unnecessary burden with you wherever you go. If we cannot tolerate the smell of rotten potatoes for just 1 week can we imagine what burden it would be to have the stench of hatred in our heart for our lifetime???" Get rid of any hatred we might have for others in our heart, so that we won't have to carry around an unnecessary burden during our lifetime. Forgiving others is the best attitude to take! Love others, even if we don't like them... ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Effort is important, but knowing where to make an effort in your life makes all the difference. Known is a drop, unknown is ocean