Inspirational + Factual Quotes

"Remember that when you leave this earth, you can take with you nothing that you have received -- only what you have given: a full heart enriched by honest service, love, sacrifice and courage."

~ St. Francis of Assisi


"Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any one thing."

These words of Sir Abraham Lincoln have been an inspiring force in my life and I recall the words whenever in pressing situations.


"When the wealth in the house increases, When water fills a boat, Throw them out with both hands !

- Sant Kabir

The Art of Giving - One of the Best about Giving !!

I had come across a forward about Giving. Found it too good. Comes under Fun Forum. In case of ownership rights, kindly refer here.

In the how to give-Karna,the son of Kunti is a great example.It is said that he always gave with his gift lying in t he palm of his hand-so that his hand was never over/above the hands of the receiver.When asked he said:I do not want it to go my head that I am giving.I don't want the receiver to feel small in receiving."
It is to him that Krishna comes in the end and asks for the "kavacha".Knowing and seeing through Krishna's disguise,he still gives away the kavacha knowing it will mean a cruel death to himself. Karna is the ultimate embodiment of giving and sharing.


The Art of Giving

"Rivers do not drink their own water, nor do tree eat their own fruit, nor do rain clouds eat the grains reared by them. The wealth of the noble is used solely for the benefit of others?
Even after accepting that giving is good and that one must learn to give, several questions need to be answered. The first question is when should one give ?

We all know the famous incident from Mahabharat.
Yudhisthir, asks a beggar seeking alms to come the next day. On this, Bhim rejoices, that Yudhisthir his brother, has conquered death! For he is sure that he will be around tomorrow to give. Yudhisthir gets the message. One does not know really whether one will be there tomorrow to give!

The time to give therefore is now.

The next question is 'how much to give'?
One recalls the famous incident from history. Rana Pratap was reeling after defeat from the Moghals. He had lost his army, he had lost his wealth, and most important he had lost hope, his will to fight. At that time in his darkest hour, his erstwhile minister Bhamasha came seeking him and placed his entire fortune at the disposal of Rana Pratap. With this, Rana Pratap raised an army and lived to fight another day.

The answer to this question how much to give is "Give as much as you can !

The next question is what to give ?
It is not only money that can be given. It could be a flower or even a smile.
It is not how much one gives but how one gives that really matters. When you give a smile to a stranger that may be the only good thing received by him in days and weeks!

"You can give anything but you must give with your heart !

One also needs answer to this question whom to give ?
Many times we avoid giving by finding fault with the person who is seeking. However, being judgemental and rejecting a person on the presumption that he may not be the most deserving is not justified. "

Give without being judgemental !

Next we have to answer 'How to give'?
Coming to the manner of giving, one has to ensure that the receiver does not feel humiliated, nor the giver feels proud by giving.
In giving follow the Bible, 'Let not your left hand know what your right hand gives? Charity without publicity and fanfare, is the highest form of charity.

'Give quietly' !

While giving let not the recipient feel small or humiliated. After all what we give never really belonged to us. We come to this world with nothing and will go with nothing. The thing gifted was only with us for a temporary period. Why then take pride in giving away something which really did not belong to us?

Give with grace and with a feeling of gratitude.


What should one feel after giving?
We all know the story of Eklavya. When Dronacharya asked him for his right thumb as "Guru Dakshina?he unhesitatingly cut off the thumb and gave it to Dronacharya.
There is a little known sequel to this story. Eklavya was asked whether he ever regretted the act of giving away his thumb. He replied, and the reply has to be believed to be true, as it was asked to him when he was dying.
His reply was "Yes ! I regretted this only once in my life. It was when Pandavas were coming in to kill Dronacharya who was broken hearted on the false news of death of his son Ashwathama and had stopped fighting. It was then that I regretted the loss of my thumb. If the thumb was there, no one could have dared hurt my Guru?
The message to us is clear.

Give and never regret giving !

And the last question is ' how much should we provide for our heirs' ?
Ask yourself 'are we taking away from them the "gift of work?- a source of happiness! The answer is given by Warren Buffett:

"Leave your kids enough to do anything, but not enough to do nothing !

This is the wise thing to do!

Hope you found it useful.,.

Be Careful What You Ask for !!

A Man to God

Man:"Give me a bag full of money, a job and a vehicle full of girls"

God replies:"Tathaastu " {so it be, my son}
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Made him a bus conductor of ladies special bus!

Moral: Requirement specification should be CLEAR-CUT :-):-):-) ........

Count Your Blessings !!

I dreamed that I went to Heaven and an angel was showing me around. We walked side-by-side inside a large workroom filled with angels.

My angel guide stopped in front of the first section and said, "This is the Receiving Section. Here, all petitions to God said in prayer are received." I looked around in this area, and it was terribly busy with so many angels sorting out petitions written on voluminous paper sheets and scraps from people all over the world.Then we moved on down a long corridor until we reached the second section.

The angel then said to me, "This is the Packaging and Delivery Section. Here, the graces and blessings the people asked for are processed and delivered to the living persons who asked for them." I noticed again how busy it was there. There were many angels working hard at that station, since so many blessings had been requested and were being packaged for delivery to Earth.

Finally at the farthest end of the long corridor we stopped at the door of a very small station. To my great surprise, only one angel was seated there, idly doing nothing. "This is the Acknowledgment Section," my angel friend quietly admitted to me. He seemed embarrassed

"How is it that? There's no work going on here?" I asked.
"So sad," the angel sighed. "After people receive the blessings that they asked for, very few send back acknowledgments.

"How does one acknowledge God's blessings?" I asked. "Simple," the angel answered. "Just say, "Thank you, Lord."

"What blessings should they acknowledge?" I asked.
"If you have food in the refrigerator, clothes on your back, a roof overhead and a place to sleep ...you are richer than 75% of this world. "If you have money in the bank, in your wallet, and spare change in a dish,you are among the top 8% of the world's wealthy. "And if you get this on your own computer, you are part of the 1% in the world who has that opportunity." Also .... "If you woke up this morning with more health than illness .... you are more blessed than the many who will not even survive this day.

"If you have never experienced the fear in battle, the loneliness of imprisonment, the agony of torture, or the pangs of starvation .. you are ahead of 700 million people in the world."If you can attend a church meeting without the fear of harassment, arrest, torture or death . you are envied by , and more blessed than, three billion people in the world. "If your parents are still alive and still married ..you are very rare.If you can hold your head up and smile, you are not the norm, you are unique to all those in doubt and despair."

Ok, what now? How can I start?
If you have read this message, you are more blessed than over two billion people in the world who cannot read at all.

Take time to realize the good things in your life and be grateful it. No matter how life treats you, give life a reason to be jealous of your generosity.

Miscellaneous Post - Fun Forum

You see, the advantage of subscribing to various groups is that you are assured of a mail daily. It gives you a feeling of importance & satisfaction that you get a new mail everyday. ;) . Anyhow, since iam following that policy , my inbox gets flooded with a mail everyday.
I have been following a process, called the "Mail-Redirection". Its simple. Any mail which you get as a forward from a group, just forward(re-direct) it to your friend groups. The main incentive you get is that, you get to play the role of a knowledge/fun conduit. Not to forget, your friends appreciation.I came to know about this while i was conversing with my friend. he was like Prashant, how come you forward such good mails. they are fabulous.Iam like: " oh, thats nothing." So you see, forwarding good mails do earn you a favourable opinion.

One of my senior has suggested "Why not post those forwards in your blog". At that time, i didnt give it much thought. Now that i think about it, i felt that it's not a bad idea either. So i decided to post Forwards, Post , Jokes, which i hope to be entertaining to the masses.

At the same time, the Question of copyright issue came into my mind. Now suppose, the original creator of the mail comes to know of this and feels bad that he has not been given the credit. (Not that i care about him getting credit or not, as Life is infair !!), rather i felt that i must do justice on my part.

So i had to break my head and come up with a "Disclaimer" on my own. Here's my official Disclaimer:

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The Post which has been published here have been reproduced as i had received it. This information was obtained as a forward from an unknown source. It is for your own use. The Publisher leaves it upto the readers to judge the authenticity of the contents. Information in this post is the property of a "benign & Intelligent creature" or the Original Author. Since Ideas are anyone's monopoly, the publisher recognizes the right of the readers to reproduce and distribute the information according to their whims.
While no attempts have been made to verify information provided in this post, neither the Poster nor the Publisher assume any responsibility for errors, omissions, or contrary interpretation of the subject matter herein.Suppose if the original creator of the post, comes across this material which he thinks as his creation, he is encouraged to claim his credit by commenting his name as that "benign & Intelligent creature" who created the information in the first place. He will not have anyother claim on the post or on its usage.

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Finally, wish you a happy reading :)