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Friday, July 6, 2007

Live your life to the fullest when you have..!

Live your life to the fullest when you have..!



The moment we are living now is very precious and people around us also are precious. We know it only after missing the moments and the people..


The story below is nice one to read and think.. Go ahead and read....


The obituary page had my name and photo in it. It wasn't too good a snap of me, I thought, as I looked at it absent-mindedly. And then I gave a cry of terror, "What's my photo doing in the deathcolumn?" I remembered, sharp chest pain last night. I looked around, it was morning but my coffee had not been made. People were entering the house and walking through the bedroom door. I walked in and looked on the bed. There I was, all laid out dead.




People stared at me, not many were crying, and some, I noticed, looked relieved. "Listen," I shouted, "I'm here, I'm okay, I'm not dead." Nobody heard me. They were all looking at the me on the bed. I walked back into the sitting room. The coffin had arrived. It was being set up in the center. I watched them carry my body and put it in.

"I'm not ready to go as yet," I shouted, "I still have work to do. Don't bury me, before I'm ready!"

I looked around. "Where's my family?," I asked myself. They were in the next room, weeping. "I'm not dead," I shouted to my wife and children. They continued to weep. "How can I go before telling you I love you?," I asked my wife. "How can I go, beforehugging you both?," I asked my children. I wept with them.

The singing was coming from the next room. I walked in as they sang my favourite songs. There were tears in the eyes of one of the men as he sang. "But we haven't talked to each other for years, "I said to him. "Why are you crying? Come on, shake my hand and let's make up." The man continued crying as he sang. He did not see my extended hand.


My dog walked up and smelt my coffin. She didn't seem too shattered I was no more. "I guess I was too strict with you," I told her, "Come, let me pet you." The dog yawned as it stretched out and fell asleep.

The singing stopped as the priest came in. He sat next to the man who was crying and leaned to talk to him. I went close to hear what he was asking. "Is there anything good," he asked, " the dead man did in his life time?" The man who was crying shook hishead sadly. There was a hush as my wife walked into the room


"She looks beautiful," I thought. "You look beautiful!," I shouted. She did not hear my words. She had never heard them before, because I had never said them.


"God!," I screamed in agony, "A little more time to do all the things I should have done!" I watched as they lifted my coffin and carried it to the hearse outside. My dog did not bother getting up from deep sleep. The priest refrained from saying any word about me. They all understood, there was nothing good words to say. I turned to say sorry to the man who had the tears. I turned to hug my children. I leaned over to whisper words of love into my wife's ears, and then I looked up and cried, "God, one more chance!"



"You shouted in your sleep," said my wife as she gently woke me up. "Did you have a nightmare?" She looked startled, as I hugged her tight and whispered,




"You're beautiful...!"








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“Live life to the fullest; make the most of what you have. It is later than you think.”
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Empty Pages of Life...!

Empty Pages of Life...!
One evening a young woman went alone to walk barefoot by the ocean after the sun had set. She stopped in her path and turned so she could see the footsteps she had left in the sand. But they had already been washed away by the waves. When she turned to continue her walk, she was startled by the presence of an old woman wrapped in a blanket who out of nowhere appeared sitting by a fire, slowly paging through the leaves of a leather covered book.







She walked up to the woman and asked. "Where did you come from? I didn't see you here a moment ago. And how did you start this fire so quickly?"

Her questions went unanswered but were instead met with a reply in a serene voice, "Sit with me, child. I have something to show you."

As the young woman sat down beside the fire, the mysterious stranger handed her the book. She curiously turned the pages one by one and was amazed to discover they contained the story of her whole life from the early days of childhood to the present. She then came to the page telling of her encounter.

with the old woman by the fire during her walk on the beach, but upon turning to the next page, she found it empty. She frantically began to turn the rest of the pages in the book only to find that they, too, were all empty. In bewilderment, she looked tothe old woman and pleaded with her to explain.



"Does this mean my life ends this night?"

"No, my child. It means tonight your life begins."


At that moment the old woman took the book into her own hands and began to tear out each of the pages with words, throwing them one by one into the fire until all that was left were blank pages.

She handed the book of empty pages to the young woman.



"You see," she said, "just as the waves washed away your footsteps in the sand, your past is forever gone, never to return.





The only moment you ever truly possess is here and now. Each new moment is the beginning of the rest of your life and is to be lived to the fullest, for you will not have a chance to live that moment a second time. Most important of all, each new day brings an opportunity to love--one that may never come to you again.



"As for your future, you are free to shape it as you wish, for it has not yet been written."


Then, as mysteriously as she had appeared, the old woman stood to walk away and disappeared into the darkness of the night.




" Your Life is in Your Hand.. Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever".

Saturday, June 30, 2007

What Makes a Great Boy/Girl Friend . . . ?

What Makes Great Boy/Girl Friend . . . ?



Someone who knows what you need before you say it.
Someone who knows when to laugh and when to cry.


Someone who truly listens when you have something to say.

Someone that's there for you during the good and bad times.



Someone who is caring .

Someone who loves you with all their heart and soul.


Someone who is interested in reality and not as a fashion display.





Someone who is honest.


Someone you can trust them like a sibling, confide in like a friend but most of all, love as the great lover they are.





Someone who is open and responsive.



Someone who is never critical and ill-tempered in respect to your needs.



Someone who knows when things have to be compromised in the relationship.


Someone who understands listening is a key, but using what is heard is even more important.

Someone who's there for you no matter what.



Someone who is trustful.Someone who is a friend.

Someone who gives a shoulder to cry on.

Someone with a great sense of humor.

Someone who has things in common with you.


Someone who takes time to listen and enjoy you for who you are and tries not to make you something else.



Someone with a constant open ear, open heart, and open mind to accept and love people for who the really are.


Someone who will always be there to support your ideas without argument and love you for everything that you are.

Someone that can get a point across without yelling.


Someone that remembers all the cute stupid stuff you love.


Someone that has a personality with qualities you don't have yourself, butadmire greatly in them.



Someone who realizes you're two separate people, and appreciates the differences.


Someone who can sense a mood problem, and not take it personally.

Someone who understands the difference between PMS, and a real problem.

Someone who can make you happy when your sad.


Someone who tells you the truth even if you don't want to hear it.


Someone who will not hurt you intentionally.


Someone who is a sweet, romantic person who cherishes you no matter what.


Someone that you can laugh with.Someone who you can feel comfortable with and that you don't care what kind of weird stuff they see you do because you know they will still love you no matter what.

Someone who will love you in spite of your little idiosyncrasies.

Someone that would do anything to show how much they care.


Someone who is a great pal, a great kisser, and a great lover!


Someone who allows you to be yourself around them.


Someone who will respect you.


Someone who cherishes your hopes and is kind to your dreams.

Someone who knows you're not perfect, but treats you as though you are.




" There is only one Happiness in Life... - TO LOVE & BE LOVED"



Friday, June 22, 2007

Why wedding ring should put on the fourth finger?

Why wedding ring should put on the fourth finger??



Thumb represents parents

Second finger represents brothers & sisters

Center finger represents own self

Fourth finger represents your partner

Last finger represents your children



Really interesting Why wedding ring should put on the fourth finger??






Pls follow the below step, really god made this a miracle (this is from a Chinese expert) Firstly, show your palm, center finger bend and put together back to back Secondly, the rest 4 fingers tips to tips Games begin, follow the below arrangement, 5 finger but only 1 pair can split.




Try to open your thumb, the thumb represents parents, it can be open because all human does go thru sick and dead. Which are our parents will leave us one day

Please close up your thumb, then open your second finger, the finger represent brothers and sisters, they do have their own family which is too they will leave us too




Now close up your second finger, open up your little finger, this represent your children. Sooner or later they too will leave us for they got they own living to live Nevertheless,




close up your little finger, try to open your fourth finger which we put our wedding ring; you will be surprise to find that it cannot be open at all. Because it represent husband and wife, this whole life you will be attach to each other



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Thursday, June 21, 2007

A Soulful Relationship





A Soulful Relationship


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An African proverb states, "Before you get married, keep both eyes open, and after you marry, close one eye."





Before you get involved and make a commitment to someone, don't let lust, desperation, immaturity, ignorance, pressure from others or a low self-esteem, make you blind to warning signs. Keep your eyes open, and don't fool yourself that you can change someone or that what you see as faults aren't really important.

Once you decide to commit to someone, over time his or her flaws, vulnerabilities, pet peeves, and differences will become more obvious. If you love your mate and want the relationship to grow and evolve, you've got to learn to close one eye and not let every little thing bother you. You and your mate have many different expectations, emotional needs, values, dreams, weaknesses, and strengths. You are two unique individual children of God who have decided to share a life together.

Neither of you are perfect, but are you perfect for each other? Do you bring out the best in each other?

Do you compliment and compromise with each other, or do you compete, compare, and control? What do you bring to the relationship? Do you bring past relationships, past hurt, past mistrust, past pain? You can't take someone to the altar to alter him or her. You can't make someone love you or make someone stay.

If you develop self-esteem, spiritual discernment, and "a life", you won't find yourself making someone else responsible for your happiness or responsible for your pain.

Manipulation, control, jealousy, neediness, and selfishness are not the ingredients of a thriving, healthy, loving and lasting relationship! Seeking status, sex, wealth, and security are the wrong reasons to be in a relationship.








What keeps a relationship strong?




Communication, intimacy, trust, a sense of humor, sharing household tasks, some getaway time without business or children and daily exchanges (a meal, shared activity, a hug, a call, a touch, a note).

Leave a nice message on the voicemail or send a nice email

Sharing common goals and interests. Growth is important. Grow together, not away from each other, giving each other space to grow without feeling insecure. Allow your mate to have outside interest. You can't always be together. Give each other a sense of belonging and assurances of commitment. Don't try to control one another. Learn each other's family situation. Respect his or her parents regardless.

Don't put pressure on each other for material goods. Remember for richer or for poorer. If these qualities are missing, the relationship will erode as resentment, withdrawal, abuse, neglect, dishonesty, and pain replace the passion.

The difference between 'United' and 'Untied' is where you put the I.


TIPS OF SUCCESS



* ~~TIPS OF SUCCESS~~*







• People are your most important resource and if the people you work with can become your friends they mould be with you even in hell… helping you taste success.


• You can never succeed with people without mutual trust and understanding… Effective communication skills could just be the difference between success and you


• Leadership is about having a flexible attitude it is about matching your styles with the character traits of your subjects. It is also about guiding them on how to follow.


• If you think you can, you are right. Just be passionate about it. And if you lack passion, Then develop it because success never comes till you are passionate about it.


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