STORY WITH MORAL ...19

A mouse looked through the crack in the wall to see the farmer and his wife open a package... "What food might this contain?" The mouse wondered - he was devastated to discover it was a mousetrap.
Retreating to the farmyard, the mouse proclaimed the warning.  "There is a mousetrap in the house! There is a mousetrap in the house!" 

The chicken clucked and scratched, raised her head and said,  "Mr. Mouse, I can tell this is a grave concern to you but it is of no consequence to me. I cannot be
bothered by it."

The mouse turned to the goat and told him "There is a mousetrap in the house! There is a mousetrap in the house!"  The goat sympathized, but said, "I am so very sorry, Mr. Mouse, but there is nothing I can do about it. "

The mouse turned to the cow and said, "There is a mousetrap in the house! There is a mousetrap in the house!"  The cow said, "Wow, Mr. Mouse.  I'm sorry for you, but it's no skin off my nose. But wish you well; be assured you are in my prayers "

So, the mouse returned to the house, head down and dejected, to face the farmer's mousetrap-- alone.

That very night a sound was heard throughout the house -- like the sound  of a mousetrap catching its prey. The farmer's wife rushed to see what was  caught.   In the darkness, she did not see it was a venomous snake whose tail the trap had caught.  The
snake bit the farmer's wife. 

The farmer rushed her to the hospital  and she returned home with a fever. Everyone knows you treat a fever with fresh chicken soup, so the farmer took his hatchet to the farmyard  for the soup's main ingredient.  But his wife's sickness continued, so friends and neighbors came to sit with her  around the clock. To feed them, the farmer  butchered the goat.  The farmer's wife did not get well; she died.
So many people came for her funeral, the farmer had the cow slaughtered to provide enough meat  for all of them. The mouse looked upon it all from his crack in
the wall with great sadness.

So, the next time you hear someone is facing a problem and think it doesn't concern you, Remember that when one of us is threatened, we are all at risk.  We are all involved in this journey called life. We must keep an eye out for one another  and make an extra effort to encourage one another because directly or indirectly we might have to suffer!!!

PRAYER ...1

Do not make your prayers a mere formality.

A prayer is a special moment spent with God.

God is kind, God is gracious.

He is ever present at all's prayers.

Speak to God from your heart.

This must be a time used

To strengthen you, relax you,

And take all your fatigue and worries away.

It must be honest and sincere,

Done with the beauty of faith,

Humility and total surrender.

God responds to prayers where no selfishness lies.

You only trap yourselves with insincere prayers.

God does not get trapped

By phoney prayers or false tears.

Gid only gets captured and become a willing prisoner,

When your love for Me,

Comes from all your heart, mind and soul.

When you accept God,

In all His manifestations and forms,

When you bow with humility of total surrender, then,

He puts on His golden wings for you,

And when you are ready,

God carries you back to Him.

CREATIVITY .....22

FLOWER  ANIMALS

SPIRITUALITY ...1

அன்றும் இன்றும்...10

அன்று 

அரசுபள்ளிகள், கல்லூரிகள் அதிகம்.

மதுக்கடைகள் சட்ட விரோதம்.

இன்று 

பள்ளிகளையும், கல்லூரிகளையும் நடத்த வேண்டிய அரசு, மது விற்பனை செய்து கொண்டிருக்கிறது.

மது விற்றுக்கொண்டிருந்த பலர் இன்று கல்லூரிகளை நடத்திக் கொண்டிருக்கிறார்கள்.

SRORY WITH MORAL ...18

Once there was a flood in a village.  People were atop their roofs for safety. One of the men was constantly praying to God. He was deeply religious and a god- fearing man. Water level was rising steadily. Along came one boat, others asked him to climb onto it to save himself. He refused. He said, “ No, I will be saved by my God.” The boat left. After a while came another boat and again people insisted. He replied in the same vein.

The water level went up to the roofs finally. Then came a helicopter, and a rope was thrown to him asking to get in the helicopter. Again, the same answer. In a short while the man was upto his neck in water, and eventually died.

He reached heaven and bursting with anger, asked God why He didn’t come to his rescue, when he was an ardent devotee. God replied, “Foolish fellow, the rescue teams in the boat and the helicopter were sent by me. But it was you who did not want to save yourself. How can I do anything about it? I gave you three options, but you declined them yourself.”

THE MESSAGE

In this world we will, of course, have to face difficulties and problems, we do pray to God during those times, but we have to continue working hard. People who blame their luck for their misfortune or spill it on God will forever remain where they are, since God too loves those who work unceasingly and do not sit idle. 

SUCCESS ....6

Success has a price, and today you have the golden opportunity to pay that price. Choose to do so, and valuable, unique, new fulfilling success is yours.

Though the price you must pay for success is significant, it is never a burden. Willingly, joyfully and enthusiastically pay that price, and true success will fill your life. 

To pay the price of success, you must engage your effort, your creativity, your resourcefulness and a whole lot of other strengths, skills and abilities. What's truly beautiful is that when you pay the price of success, it actually ends up paying you back many, many times over.

If you're trying to avoid paying the price of success, you're running away from your best possibilities. Stop, turn around, step up, do what must be done, and taste the sweet fulfillment that's waiting for you.

Success has a very steep price, and one of life's greatest joys is the experience of paying that price. Don't ever cheat yourself out of the opportunity to feel that joy.

Success has many benefits, and one big benefit is in the price you must pay. Pay that price, every chance you get, and enjoy the immense rewards of doing so. 

                                                         - Ralph Marston - The Daily Motivator

ரிச்சர்ட் பிரான்சன்

ரிச்சர்ட் பிரான்சன்  (Richard Branson )

சரியாக படிக்கமுடியாமல் பள்ளிப்படிப்பை பாதியில் விட்டவர் இவர். 16 வயதில் ஸ்டுடண்ட் என்ற பத்திரிகை மூலம் தொழில் முனைவோராக வாழ்க்கையை ஆரம்பித்தார்.

ஆரம்பத்திலேயே 50,000 பிரதிகளை அச்சடித்து இலவசமாகக் கொடுத்தார். இதற்கான செலவை விளம்பரங்கள் மூலம் சரிக்கட்டினார்.

விமானம், சுற்றுலா, நிதி, ரிடெய்ல், குளிர்பானம் என 400க்கும் மேற்பட்ட நிறுவனங்கள் என இவரது பிஸினஸ் 30 நாடுகளில் பறந்து விரிந்திருக்கிறது.

அடுத்த 10 வருடங்களில் 300 கோடி டாலர் அளவுக்கு சமூக சேவைக்கு பயன்படுத்தப் போவதாக சொல்லி இருக்கிறார்.

தொழில்முனைவு பற்றிய இவரது கருத்துகள் மிக பிரபலம். ஒரு உதாரணம். தொழில்முனைவு என்பது, சொந்தக் காலில் நிற்பதோ, அதிக பணம் சம்பாதிப்பதோ இல்லை. உங்களது உற்சாகமான வாழ்க்கையையே முதலீடு செய்வதுதான்.

பிரச்னை என்று வரும் போது ஓடி ஒளியாமல் மீடியாக்களிடம் நேரடியாகப் பேசி உண்மையை விளக்குவார்.

தன் வாழ்க்கையைப் பற்றி பல புத்தகங்கள் எழுதி இருக்கிறார். தொழில் முனைவோர்களுக்கு இவர் சொல்லும் ஆலோசனை ஏற்கெனவே இருக்கும் பிஸினஸை வாங்கவேண்டாம். அந்த நிழலில் இருக்காமல் சொந்தமாக ஆரம்பியுங்கள் என்பதுதான். 

இவரைப் பற்றியும், இவரது புத்தகங்களைப்  படிக்கும்போதும், இவரது பல்வேறு புகைப்படங்களைப் பார்க்கும்போதும் கல்கண்டு தமிழ் வாரப் பத்திரிகை ஆசிரியர் தமிழ்வாணன் நினைவு வருவது நிச்சயம்.

வாழ்க்கைப் பாடங்கள் பற்றிய அவரது புத்தகம் சமீபத்தில் படித்தேன். 

அது பற்றி மிகச் சுருக்கமாக  கீழே - 

சிரிப்பு ஞானம்....52

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அன்றும் இன்றும்...9

அன்று

சுதந்திரப்போராட்ட வீரராக 

வீரபாண்டிய கட்டபொம்மனாக 

சிவாஜி கணேசன் சிம்மக்குரலில் ஜாக்சன் துரையோடு நடத்திய போராட்டம் 

இன்று....

கல்யாண் ஜூவல்லர்ஸ்க்காக 

பிரபு சிம்மக்குரலில்(?) நடத்தும் புரட்சிப்போராட்டம். 

MIDWEEK INSPIRATION

MEN & WOMEN

Some Truths About Men & Women 

Men

1. All men are extremely busy.

2. Although they are so busy, they still have time for women.

3. Although they have time for women, they don't really care for them.

4. Although they don't really care for them, they always have one Around.

5. Although they always have one around them, they always try their luck with others.

6. Although they try their luck with others, they get really pissed off if the women leaves them.

7. Although the women leaves them they still don't learn from their mistakes and still try their luck with others.

Women

1. The most important thing for a woman is financial security.

2. Although this is so important, they still go out and buy expensive clothes.

3. Although they always buy expensive clothes, they never have something to wear.

4. Although they never have something to wear, they always dress beautifully.

5. Although they always dress beautifully, their clothes are always just "An old rag".


6. Although their clothes are always "just an old rag", they still expect you to compliment them.


7. Although they expect you to compliment them, when you do, they don't believe you

MOTIVATION ....3

Melanie wanted to be a dancer from the very beginning. She was a gifted artist. She could dance for hours on music. Seeing this, her parents decided to make her a ballet dancer. Those days there was a big dance troupe in town. Her parents took her to the chief of the ballet group and requested him to train her. He asked her to perform. She did that. Instead of paying any attention, he didn’t even bother to look at her. He was busy with his own work. After her performance, he admonished her, saying that she neither had the talent nor the inclination. It would be better if she gave up the idea of pursuing a career in that field and should opt for another career.

Melanie was heart- broken. She felt her world coming to an end. She followed the dance master’s advice and gave up dancing—her only passion. She joined as a teacher in a school. She had been working there for five years now. Once  it so happened that the dance master was away for a while. Melanie was asked to supervise the children. She was teaching them dancing when suddenly the dance teacher reached there. She was stunned to see her talent. She encouraged her and praised her immensely. She told her that she danced superbly. Melanie was stunned to hear that. She couldn’t believe her ears. She was taken to the dance teacher and the world then witnessed one of its most exotic dancers in her.

So, we see how one pessimistic, negative minded teacher  could curb Melanie’s talent for 15 years, whereas the other one shaped her into a true artist.

MESSAGE

Do you want some such person to demolish your aspirations and hopes and dreams? Do not surrender yourself to any such person who can turn you into a frustrated creature and pull you down.

SUPERSTITIONS ....4

Breaking A Mirror Causes 

Seven Years Bad Luck

It was told that this superstition came about because in medieval times it would cost an average person seven years to save enough money to buy a mirror. As it turns out, this is bull hockey and the origin of the superstition is a lot more spiritual and a lot older than the one we were told.

The Romans were the first people to create glass mirrors. They also believed that their invention had the potential to steal part of the soul of the person using it. If a person's reflection were distorted while using a mirror, then their soul would be corrupted and trapped as a result. Fortunately, the Romans believed your soul could be renewed –after seven years time. Until that point though, the person would suffer from bad luck since they did not have a whole, healthy soul to fight off evil.

If a person wanted to shed their bad luck a little sooner, there were a few methods to free your soul including grinding all the pieces of the mirror into a fine dust or burying the pieces under a tree during a full moon. While these options seem a little challenging, they still seem way easier than waiting seven full years to get your soul renewed.

STORY WITH MORAL ..17

CREATIVITY ..21

PAPER CRAFT    ORIGAMI

THE SECRET

One day, one friend asked another,
"How is it that you are always so happy?
You have so much energy,
and you never seem to get down."

With her eyes smiling, she said,
"I know the Secret!"
"What secret is that?"
To which she replied,
"I'll tell you all about it,
but you have to promise to
share the Secret with others."

"The Secret is this:
I have learned there is little
I can do in my life that will make
me truly happy.
I must depend on God to make
me happy and to meet my needs.
When a need arises in my life,
I have to trust God to supply
according to HIS riches.
I have learned most of the time
I don't need half of what I think I do.
He has never let me down.
Since I learned that
'Secret',
I am happy."

The questioner's first thought was,
"That's too simple!"

But upon reflecting over her own life
she recalled how she thought a bigger house would make her happy,
but it didn't!
She thought a better paying job
would make her happy, but it hadn't.
When did she realize her greatest happiness?
Sitting on the floor with her grandchildren, playing games, eating pizza or reading a story, a simple gift from God.

Now you know it too!
We can't depend on people to
make us happy.
Only GOD in His infinite wisdom
can do that.
Trust HIM!

And now I pass the Secret on to you!
So once you get it, what will you do?

YOU have to tell someone the Secret, too!
That GOD in His wisdom will take care of YOU!
But it's not really a secret...
We just have to believe it and do it...
Really trust God!

- author unknown

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