The best of Indian Wisdom.

Steven Covey in Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, Robin Sharma in The Monk who sold his Ferrari borrowed heavily from it.

They hold learnings of the world’s most ancient civilization of about 5000 years. They are nothing but our ancient scriptures.

Indian Wisdom

Adapted from Indian scriptures

Over-eloquence generates contempt. Silence is esteemed.

The noisy anklet is worn on the feet while the silent necklace adorns the neck.

Many people are unable to enjoy good fortune when they have it.

A dog’s nature is that even when standing next deep in water instead of drinking it can only lap with the tongue.

Upon the advent of great people, the petty people fade into insignificance.

A firefly’s sparkle is appreciated only till the moon begins to shine. When the sun rises however, both the moon and the firefly become lackluster.

One’s personality is projected by one’s dress. Man’s clothes are as important as his talent and capability.

At the time of great churning of the Ocean, both Lakshmi and poison rose to the surface.

The ocean, upon seeing the magnificently dressed Vishnu presented him with his daughter-Lakshmi, and seeing Shiva’s dress of animal skin presented him the poison though both Gods are of equal stature

Only those who are growing and productive face impediments

Nobody trims the hair in the eyelids, but the hair on the head is regularly cut

Even after a person is gone, his /her fame spreads by his good deeds

Camphor, even after it is burnt, is remembered by the fragrance left behind.

From one’s own action , one can go under or upwards.

A well digger goes down while the tower builder goes up

Effort is as important as destiny

Endeavour is the soil and destiny is the seed. A bountiful harvest is obtained only with the union of the two.

One who is content has all the riches.(the world matters little to him)

One who is wearing the leather soled shoes cares little for the state of the road

One should bear prosperity and adversity with equanimity.
These extreme situations are characteristics of greatness .

It is only the shining moon which waxes and wanes, not the ordinary twinkling stars

Great men prefer to die than compromised their values

Fire may burnt out but as long as it is alive, never becomes cold

A wise man, even though strong, does not want to make enemies.

No one will consume poison without reason merely because a doctor is close at han

communication @ work....

Today, most of your clients, colleagues and stakeholders are just a phone call or email away -- technology has made communication that simple. However, while tools like telephones and computers score high on convenience and speed, they lack the warmth and emotion that face-to-face communication provides.
Appreciating colleagues
In the words of Helen Keller, 'We are all walking with a signboard on our forehead which reads -- 'Appreciate me'.' It seems we have replaced the pat on the back with 'Thank you' and 'Good job' emails. But there is nothing that motivates someone more than seeing their boss walk up to them and appreciate them in front of everyone.
Go to your colleague's cubicle and congratulate them on the great report they sent or the presentation they made recently. I remember one of my ex-bosses who used to call us team members to his cabin just to say 'thanks' and pat our backs. The team immediately took a liking to him as most people expect a warning or feedback when the boss invites them to their cabin.
"It's difficult to build rapport over an email; I would feel much better if my boss appreciates me in person," says Ashok Krishnan, a CA with Nestle.
Criticising or providing feedback
When you provide feedback over an email or a phone call, the receiver may have a completely different perception about its relevance. This effect is amplified when you are not communicating face-to-face. The reader or listener may think you are cold and indifferent and that's why you avoided meeting them in person to discuss the issue. A face-to-face meeting gives you the opportunity to put your point across, while being sensitive and diplomatic at the same time.
"I have noticed that colleagues often use emails to avoid confronting the real issue. If someone fails to meet their target, I would prefer they tell me in person than offer an explanation over email," says Vidhanshu Bansal, a director with Pixel Webtech.
Assigning new responsibilityThere is a great risk of the message getting diluted when a responsibility gets delegated through email or a phone call. Don't be surprised if your team does not show a sense of ownership or complete tasks on time if you are not communicating face-to-face. Nonverbal communication, such as tone of voice, facial gestures and eye contact help individuals understand the importance of a task and the need to complete it on time.
"We rely on conference calls, video conferencing and online meetings but, from my experience, there's nothing more impactful than meeting the team in person," says Delhi-based Ashu Gosh, a manager with Aviar IT Consulting.
Damage control with clients
If you haven't provided the product or service the client expected, you are putting your relationship with the client at stake. An apology mail would not suffice in a sensitive issue like this. Go to the client's office, if possible, without them having to call you for an explanation, and reassure them that the confidence they demonstrated when they gave you business was not misplaced. Your client would be pleasantly surprised that you took the time to come and meet them, especially when things went wrong.
"I used to interact on almost a daily basis with a client over emails without ever figuring out whether the person was male or female. When a report I was supposed to send got delayed, I made a rude comment about a female colleague which offended the client who happened to be a lady herself," says Deepak M.L, a manager with Convergys.
Resolving conflicts
Workplace conflicts are common in most organisations. The lack of interpersonal communication only worsens the situation. It's important to remember that 55 per cent of meaning in an interaction comes from facial and body language and 38 per cent comes from vocal inflection. Only seven per cent of an interaction's meaning is derived from the words themselves. So, trying to resolve a conflict over email or a phone call is often a bad idea.
"A colleague complained about another colleague and copied the senior management on the mail. I was surprised to see that mail translating into a flood of mails providing and seeking explanation. The person who sent the original mail was just one floor above the person who was at the receiving end. I had to sit down with both of them in person to resolve the conflict," says Kailasam R, a manager with Lufthansa Airlines.
Your communication style says a lot about you as a professional. In the words of Ralph Waldo Emerson, 'You are always under examination by people around you, awarding or denying you very high prizes when you least think of it.' So leave the comfort of your cubicle and build trustworthy relationships by communicating face to face.

be doubly careful while using technology......real incident itseems

Dear all,
With deep pains (and tears in my eyes), i am sorry to inform You that yesterday morning, one of my dear friend's elder son (Mr. Aditya Suresh Joshi), age 19, studying in 1st year of engineering, died in Keshvani Hospital, Mumbai. He was admitted in Keshavani Hospital as burned patient.
Reason? 4 days back this boy had gone to Amravati (One of the district place located in State of Maharashtra) on study tour. After their study was over, he, his classmates & his teachers, all of them were standing on "Badnera" railway station to catch the train. "Badnera" is the name of the railway station for “Amravati" city.
As soon as they arrived on Badnera Railway station, many of them started taking pictures of their friends using "Mobile Phones" and/or "Digital Camera". One of them complained that, in his camera, he was not able to capture more number of friends in one frame. He was not able to catch the angle. Another boy suggested that let's climb on train boogie and take picture so that all of them can be accommodated in single frame.

At that there was one goods wagon (all of them were oil tankers) train resting between 2 main railway lines. Kumar Aditya climbed up oil boogie. Above his head, 40,000 volts electrical line was passing through. As soon as he clicked the digital camera, 40,000 volt current passed through the camera flash light to his camera and then from his camera to his fingers and then from his fingers to his body. All thishappened within fraction of minutes. Next moment he was thrown from the top. His body was half burned on the spot.
At that time, his father (my friend) was traveling in Bangkok. His many friends in Pune came to know about this via mobile SMS. They instantly arranged air ambulance in Amravati and his burned body was brought to Keshavani Hospital, Mumbai. I was told that this is the best hospital in Mumbai. For 1 and ½ day or so he was talking to his relatives. When he was admitted to the hospital, at that time only, doctor informed his relatives that don't keep great hopes. Because of lot of complex issues in half burned body?

He died yesterday morning. Now how many of us are aware about this technological threats & dangers? Honestly, Kumar Aditya and his father was not aware. His family was not aware. Our entire friend circle of more than 12,000, we were not aware. Now should we call ourselves as fully educated and fully knowledgeable people? Think of it. Please avoid mobile phones on petrol outlets.
Please avoid talking on mobile phones while driving. I also know many of my friends who do not bother about this good suggestion and each one of them have opted for "Chalta Hai Yaar Attitude". Please avoid talking on mobile phones while they are in charging mode. Avoid charging mobile phones near your bed and/or near wooden furniture. Avoid mobile phones near high voltage electrical lines like railway stations and avoid using flash lights.
My friend, his family members and we all friends learned our lesson with loss of a young life. Now would You like to empower Your friends about this accident so as to avoid future accidents? We can save human life by empowering all the IT users who are in Your network?
Regards,Subhankar Mahapatra

change the way u look at a problem...

Positive approach.....

Never Let Yesterday's disappointments overshadow Tomorrow's Dreams

Guys.....Remembet this better... :p

This is quite interesting. .... (To women) Please take time to ponder..... (To men) Just enjoy the story......
Young King Arthur was ambushed and imprisoned by the monarch of a neighboring kingdom.. The monarch could have killed him but was moved by Arthur's youth and ideals. So, the monarch offered him his freedom, as long as he could answer a very difficult question. Arthur would have a year to figure out the answer and, if after a year, he still had no answer, he would be put to death.
The question was: What do women really want?
Such a question would perplex even the most knowledgeable man. And to young Arthur, it seemed an impossible query. But, since it was better than death, he accepted the monarch's proposition to have an answer by year's end.
He returned to his kingdom and began to poll everyone: the princess, the priests, the wise men, and even the court jester. He spoke with everyone, but no one could give him a satisfactory answer.
Many people advised him to consult the old witch, for only she would have the answer. But the price would be high as the witch was famous throughout the kingdom for the exorbitant prices she charged.
The last day of the year arrived and Arthur had no choice but to talk to the witch. She agreed to answer the question, but first he would have to agree to her price.
The old witch wanted to marry Sir Lancelot, the most noble of the Knights of the Round Table, and Arthur's closest friend! Young Arthur was horrified. She was hunch-backed and hideous, had only one tooth, smelled like sewage, made obscene noises, etc.
He had never encountered such a repugnant creature in all his life.. He refused to force his friend to marry her and endure such a terrible burden.
But Lancelot, having learnt of the proposal, spoke with Arthur. He said nothing was too big of a sacrifice compared to Arthur's life. And the reservation of the Round Table. Hence, a wedding was proclaimed and the witch answered.
Arthur's question thus: 'What a woman really wants?' She said, 'A woman wants to be in charge of her own life.'
Everyone in the kingdom instantly knew that the witch had uttered a great truth, and that Arthur's life would be spared. And so it was. The neighboring monarch granted Arthur his freedom. And Lancelot and the witch had a wonderful wedding.
The honeymoon hour approached and, Lancelot, steeling himself for a horrific experience, entered the bedroom. But, what a sight awaited him. The most beautiful woman he had ever seen was sitting by the bed.
The astounded Lancelot asked what had happened. The beauty replied that since he had been so kind to her when she appeared as a witch, she would henceforth become her horrible and deformed self only half the time, and be the beautiful maiden the other half.
'Which would you prefer?' She asked him. 'Beautiful during the day .... or at night?' Lancelot pondered the predicament. During the day he could have a beautiful woman to show off to his friends, but at night, in the privacy of his castle, an old witch! Or, Would he prefer having a hideous witch during the day? But by night a beautiful woman for him to enjoy wondrous moments with?
(If you are a man reading this...) What would YOUR choice be? (If you are a woman reading this...) What would YOUR MAN'S choice be? And Lancelot's choice is given below... BUT... please make YOUR choice first before you scroll down below... OKAY?
Knowing the answer the witch gave to Arthur for his question, Sir Lancelot said that he would allow HER to make the choice herself. Upon hearing this, she announced that she would be beautiful all the time.. Because, he had respected her enough to let her be in charge of her own life. Now... what is the moral to this story?
. The moral is... 1) There is 'witch' in every woman, no matter how beautiful she is ! 2) If you don't let a woman have her own way, things are going to get ugly !
So, be careful how you treat a woman and always remember: IT IS EITHER ' HER WAY ' OR IT IS ' NO WAY ' !!

A sweet story.....

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 forher sweets. The girl agreed. **
The boy kept the biggest and the most beautiful marble aside and gave therest 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 somesweets from him, the way he had hidden his best marble. **
:: Moral of the Story::
If you don't give your hundred percent in a relationship, you'll always keepdoubting **if the other person has given his/her hundred percent.This is applicable for any relationship like love, employer-employeerelationship etc., Give your hundred percent to everything you do and sleeppeacefully. *

Thought of the day!!!!!!!!! :P

women in Life.....beautiful article

Tomorrow you may get a working woman,
but you should marry with these facts as well. Here is a girl, who is as much educated as you are; Who is earning almost as much as you do;One, who has dreams and aspirations just as
you have because she is as human as you are;One, who has never entered the kitchen in her life just like you or your Sister haven't, as she was busy in studies and competing in a systemthat gives no special concession to girls for their culinary achievements One, who has lived and loved her parents & brothers & sisters, almost as much as you do for 20-25 years of her life;One, who has bravely agreed to leave behind all that, her home, people wholove her, to adopt your home, your family, your ways and even your family ,name One, who is somehow expected to be a master-chef from day #1, while yousleep oblivious to her predicament in her new circumstances, environment and that kitchenOne, who is expected to make the tea, first thing in the morning and cook food at the end of the day, even if she is as tired as you are, maybe more,and yet never ever expected to complain; to be a servant, a cook, a mother,a wife, even if she doesn't want to; and is learning just like you are as to what you want from her; and is clumsy and sloppy at times and knows thatyou won't like it if she is too demanding, or if she learns faster than you;One, who has her own set of friends, and that includes boys and even men at her workplace too, those, who she knows from school days and yet is willingto put all that on the back-burners to avoid your irrational jealousy, unnecessary competition and your inherent insecurities;Yes, she can drink and dance just as well as you can, but won't, simply because you won't like it, even though you say otherwiseOne, who can be latefrom work once in a while when deadlines, just like yours, are to be met;One, who is doing her level best and wants to make this most importantrelationship in her entire life a grand success, if you just help her some and trust her; One, who just wants one thing from you, as you are the only one she knowsin your entire house - your unstinted support, your sensitivities and most importantly - your understanding, or love, if you may call it. But not many guys understand this...... Please appreciate "HER" Ihope you will do....

ntng is IMPOSSIBLE

This is an Incident that happened between the customer of General Motors and itsCustomer-Care Executive.
A complaint was received by the Pontiac Division of General Motors "This is the secondtime I have written to you, and I don't blame you for not answering me,because I sounded crazy, but it is a fact that we have a tradition in our family of Ice-Cream for dessert after dinner each night.
But the kind of ice cream varies so, every night, after we've eaten the whole familyvotes on which kind of ice cream we should have and I drive down to the store to get it.It's also a fact that I recently purchased a new Pontiac and since then my trips to thestore have created a problem.
You see, every time I buy a vanilla ice-cream, when I start back from the store my carwon't start. If I get any other kind of ice cream, the car starts just fine. I want you toknow I'm serious about this! ; question, no matter how silly it sounds "What is thereabout a Pontiac that makes it not start when I get vanilla ice cream, and easy to startwhenever I get any other kind?"The Pontiac President was understandably skeptical about the letter, but sent anEngineer to check it out anyway. The latter was surprised to be greeted by asuccessful, obviously well educated man in a fine neighborhood. He had arranged tomeet the man just after dinnertime, so the two hopped into the car and drove to the icecream store. It was vanilla ice cream that night and, sure enough, after they cameback to the car, it wouldn't start.The Engineer returned for three more nights. The first night, they got chocolate. Thecar started. The second night, he got strawberry. The car started. The third night heordered vanilla. The car failed to start.Now the Engineer, being a logical man, refused to believe that this man's car wasallergic to vanilla ice cream. He arranged, therefore, to continue his visits for as longas it took to solve the problem.And toward this end he began to take notes he jotted down all sorts of data time of day,type of gas uses, time to drive back and forth etc. In a short time, he had a clue the man12took less time to buy vanilla than any other flavor. Why? The answer was in the layoutof the store. Vanilla, being the most popular flavor, was in a separate case at the frontof the store for quick pickup.All the other flavors were kept in the back of the store at a different counter where ittook considerably longer to check out the flavor. Now, the question for the Engineerwas why the car wouldn't start when it took less time. Once time became problem -not the vanilla ice cream Eureka!!!!The engineer quickly came up with the answer"vapour lock". It was happening everynight; but the extra time taken to get the other flavors allowed the engine to cool downsufficiently to start. When the man got vanilla, the engine was still too hot forthe vapour lock to dissipate.Remember, Even crazy looking problems are sometimes real and all problems seem tobe simple only when we find the solution with a cool thinking.Don't just say its "IMPOSSIBLE" without putting a sincere effort...Observe the word "IMPOSSIBLE" carefully... Looking closer you will see, "I'MPOSSIBLE"... What really matters is your attitude and your perception.

Health Caution...

Please use left ear while using cell (mobile), because if you use the right one it will affect brain directly. This is a true fact from Yashoda medical team.

few facts abt April 1st

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APRIL FOOL POEM

Small April sobbed I'm going to cry
Please give me a cloud to wipe my eye
Then April Fool she laughed instead
And smiled a rainbow overhead.


APRIL FOOL SMILE :-)

Q: Why are people so tired on April 1st?
A: Because they just finished a 31-day March :-)


APRIL FOOL WEATHER WATCH

If it thunders on All Fool's Day,
expect good crops of corn and hay.

Many of the ancient cultures such as Romans and Hindus and the medieval Europeans used to celebrate New Year's Day on sometime near the vernal equinox that could range from March 20th to April 5th. In the Julian calendar, April 1st was designated as the New Year's Day and was so celebrated till 1582, when Pope Gregory XIII ordered the adoption of the new Gregorian Calendar, which specified January 1st as the New Year's Day. However, due to slow communications and resistance of people to change their traditions, many people continued to celebrate New Year's Day as before on 1st of April. Scottish only adopted the new calendar in 1660, Germans, Danish and Norwegians in 1700 and English in 1752.

Many French resisted the change and neoiites dubbed them as fools and played pranks on them. They started sending them on 'fool's errands', sent them the fake invitations for parties and tricked them into believing something false. The victims were called 'Poisson d'Avril' or 'April Fish' as the naïve fish gets caught easily and children would often tag of a fish's picture on someone's back. Thus, April Fool's Day originated and was popularly celebrated in England and in the American colonies. It evolved and was caught on quickly throughout the world to trick each other and have fun. Even today, people play pranks on each other on this day in the memory of those tradition-obsessed 'fools'.

Perhaps the best illustration of the April Fool's Pranks of the 19th century is the Thomas Nast's illustration, originally published in the April 2, 1864 issue of Harper's Weekly. It highlights the various pranks that were popularly played at the time with its caption as 'All Fool's Day'. Some of the pranks shown here include women visiting an older man wearing beards and moustaches, Civil War Soldiers tricking each other such as a soldier barring the view by holding his hand on in front of the binoculars of a friend and a sailor doing the same by holding his hat over the telescope of a friend. The other tricks include a young boy tying a string on the dress of a little girl while a schoolteacher is shown with the sign of 'Old Fool' on his back.

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Europe may have derived its April-fooling from the French. French and Dutch references from 1508 and 1539 respectively describe April Fools' Day jokes and the custom of making them on the first of April. France was one of the first nations to make January 1 officially New Year's Day (which was already celebrated by many), by decree of Charles IX. This was in 1564, even before the 1582 adoption of the Gregorian calendar. Thus the New Year's gifts and visits of felicitation which had been the feature of the 1st of April became associated with the first day of January, and those who disliked or did not hear about the change were fair game for those wits who amused themselves by sending mock presents and paying calls of pretended ceremony on the 1st of April. In France the person fooled is known as poisson d'avril (April fish). This has been explained as arising from the fact that in April the sun quits the zodiacal sign of the fish. The French traditionally celebrated this holiday by placing dead fish on the backs of friends. Today, real fish have been replaced with sticky, fish-shaped paper cut-outs that children try to sneak onto the back of their friends' shirts. Candy shops and bakeries also offer fish-shaped sweets for the holiday.

Some Dutch also celebrate the 1st of April for other reasons. In 1572, the Netherlands were ruled by Spain's King Philip II. Roaming the region were Dutch rebels who called themselves Geuzen, after the French "gueux," meaning beggars. On April 1, 1572, the Geuzen seized the small coastal town of Den Briel. This event was also the start of the general civil rising against the Spanish in other cities in the Netherlands. The Duke of Alba, commander of the Spanish army could not prevent the uprising. Bril is the Dutch word for glasses, so on April 1, 1572, "Alba lost his glasses." The Dutch commemorate this with humor on the first of April.

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APRIL FOOL POEM

Small April sobbed I'm going to cry
Please give me a cloud to wipe my eye
Then April Fool she laughed instead
And smiled a rainbow overhead.


APRIL FOOL SMILE :-)

Q: Why are people so tired on April 1st?
A: Because they just finished a 31-day March :-)


APRIL FOOL WEATHER WATCH

If it thunders on All Fool's Day,
expect good crops of corn and hay.

154 things to do in class wen bored...

1. Speak in improper English like “ain’t,” and when the teacher corrects, nod like you understand and continue to speak improperly.
2. Randomly get out of your seat and sit on the floor.
3. When it is very quiet, raise your hand and insist it is too loud.
4. If the person next to you is quiet, turn and inform them that they are distracting you.
5. When the teacher calls on you to answer the question, answer “Two.”
6. Randomly raise your hand and say “The answer is three.”
7. Give your teacher a note that uses improper English and misspelled words.. Have the note insisting that you are “the most bestest” in the class and demand to be moved up.
8. During a test, tell the teachers “the voices” are making you cheat.
9. Color red dots all over your arm and show the teacher, and tell her/him that you are allergic to School.
10. Talk about the road kill squirrel you saw on your way to school. Say that it is your dinner.

11. Take out sock puppets and play with them, and occasionally have them grab your classmate’s hair. When the teacher looks, keep the sock on your hand and point to your classmate and tell the teacherthat the classmate is
attacking you with puppets.
12. If your teacher walks around the room during the test, cover your test and glare at them suspiciously.
13. If your teacher walks around the room during a test, raise your hand and tell the teacher that they are cheating off you.
14. When the teacher calls on you to answer a question, talk in a creepy voice and say “I’ll never tell” and a few questions later raise your hand and ask why you haven’t been allowed to answer a question yet.
15. Ask to go to the bathroom. Stay in your seat, and when asked if you are going, say “I just did.”
16. Raise your hand and point to a person on the other side of the room. Insist that that person is cheating off you.
17. Say that someone across the room is using their telepathic (mind-reading) abilities to cheat off of you.
18. Ask to go to the bathroom. Get up and walk into the wall. Furrow your brow, glare at the wall and walk into it again. Smile sheepishly and then walk out the door.
19. When coming back from bathroom, walk through the door. Then ask how you got there.
20. Raise your hand and ask if you can be excused to skip class.
21. Meow and bark occasionally.
22. Hold your head and groan, then tell your teacher that your multiple personalities are fighting.
23. Walk into class and look around confused. Ask where you are, then say “Oh, this is school I thought this was McDonald’s.”
24. Read a book, and when class starts, raise your hand and say that they are interrupting your reading.
25. Stumble into class, slur your words and tell your teacher “I swear to drunk I’m not God.”
26. Bring handcuffs into class and wear a plastic fake police badge. Tell your teacher that he/she is under arrest.
27. Walk into class with handcuffs on your wrist and say “Sorry for being late, I just broke out of prison.”
28. Meow to answer a question.
29. Raise your hand and introduce everyone to your imaginary friend Bob. Then loudly whisper to Bob saying that you hate this class.
30. Chew gum in class. If teacher says “I hope you brought enough for everybody” take out packs of gum and start passing out gum.
31. Smack gum loudly. When told to throw it out, take out the gum and hold in on your finger. Then insist you don’t have any gum, and put it back in your mouth.
32. Stand up and introduce yourself at the beginning of class (even though everyone knows you). Inform everyone that you have had “the problem” for three years now. Then act confused and ask if the class is Alcoholics Anonymous.
33. Shove your heaviest book off your desk. Repeat. Glare at someone else every time the teacher looks.
34. Cry out randomly that everyone is against you.
35. Tell your teacher there is a disturbance the Force.
36. Make a cone shape out of paper and glue red tissue paper to the top. Scribble/draw red and orange all over it. Wear it on your head and tell everyone that you’re a volcano.
37. Tell your teacher you don’t need to do your homework because you’re skipping school tomorrow.
38. Tell your teacher that you’re going to be sick tomorrow.
39. In anything but foreign language class, speak in a foreign language.
40. Write “Gullible” on a piece of paper. Tape that piece of paper to the floor, ceiling, or chalkboard. Then tell everyone there is gullible written on the ___(floor ceiling or chalkboard). If they don’t believe you point, then say “Made you look.”
41. Randomly laugh hysterically.
42. Yell out “STOP DROP AND ROLL.”
43. Tell your teacher to get ready to evacuate the school, for you are going to pull a fire alarm.
44. Write “objects in mirror are dumber than they appear” on a small mirror.. Ask people if they need to borrow your mirror.
45. Do the above, except on the bathroom mirrors.
46. Wear tissues on your head.
47. Come into class with sunglasses, and insist you need them to read.
48. Pass around a petition against petitions.
49. Raise your hand, act terrified and cry, saying “You didn’t have to be so mean.”
50. If someone speaks over the intercom, curl up in fetal position under your desk and say “It’s the voices again.”
51. Hum “If your happy and you know it” loudly then randomly start to cry.
52. Try to get your class to sing “We don’t need no education.”
53. Randomly get up and run a lap around the room, then sit down and act as if nothing had happened.
54. Get up and get a tissue, then just stand and stare at the tissue. If asked what you are doing by the teacher, claim that you are having a staring contest with the tissue and you’re sure you are about to win.
55. Pretend to slap a fly and then go “mmmm snack time.”
56. Lead your class in a sing-a-long.
57. Poke the person sitting next to you repeatedly until they get angry, then blame it on your imaginary friend.
58. Go into class, and then run to the window. Sadly proclaim that your imaginary friend just committed suicide.
59. Invent an imaginary hamster. Ask everyone if they would like to hold him.
60. In a creepy voice say to everyone “Seven days.” Then, act like you didn’t say anything.
61. If your school requires uniforms, loudly talk about how one person’s uniform is “so two minutes ago.”
62. Raise your hand and wave it around like you know the answer. Then ask the teacher why they called on you.
63. Raise your hand and wave it eagerly like you know the answer. Do this for every question. When called on, answer every question “Abraham Lincoln.”
64. Make up a language and when no one understands it act like they are crazy.
65. Laugh hysterically and proclaim “You shall all perish, perish I say!” 66. Try to hold a sword fight with rulers.
67. Ask to go to the bathroom. Get up, run into the wall and pretend to faint. Lay there until someone runs over to help you up, then walk out the door to go to the bathroom.
68. Purposely drop your pen. Ask someone to pick it up, and when they do defensively say “That’s mine.”
69. Read with your textbook upside-down.
70. Bring in a pillow and explain “The desk is too hard for sleeping.”
71. Bring in a pillow and lie in the aisle and pretend to go to sleep.
72. Walk down the aisle and pretend someone tripped you. Glare at that person for the rest of class.
73. Get up to sharpen your pencil or find a tissue, then stand up there and look around. Then cry out “I’m lost.”
74. Create a map of the classroom. Use the map whenever you need to find your seat or a tissue or the pencil sharpener.
75. Carefully place the tissue box in a certain spot at the beginning of class. In class, scream or gasp and run over to the tissue box, acting like it was moved. Carefully fix it.
76. Repeat.
77. Ask if you can teach the class.
78. Draw caricatures of your teacher. Sign the paper with a classmate’s name/initials. Leave the pictures on the teachers desk.
79. Act jittery all class, shaking and twitching. Recoil whenever someone passes or tries to touch you.
80. Knit.
81. Start a poker game. Try to get your teacher to join.
82. Wear Mardi Gras beads and a party hat, and throw confetti into the air when school lets out.
83. Talk about your dream job as a janitor.
84. Bring a bottle to school. Drink out of it all day. Cry if it gets confiscated.
85. Act like you’re in the army, saluting to teachers and calling them ma’am and sir. March everywhere.
86. Poke someone.
87. Twice.
88. Bring crutches to school.
89. Ask your teachers if they find sick pleasure in tormenting you.
90. If a teacher isn’t already in the classroom, when they enter, inform them that they are late and should report to the principal.
91. Put raisins over your teeth and grin widely at everyone you meet.
92. When you get homework, stand up, outraged, and yell that you’re going to sue.
93. Convince someone to pretend to be your lawyer. Bring them to school the following day.
94. Dress up as the Phantom of the Opera or Dracula or other cape wearing people. Swish your cape.
95. A lot.
96. Whenever the bell rings or an ambulance/police car passes, yell about the pigs coming to get you, and run out of the classroom.
97. Like, say “like,” a lot.
98. Speak with an accent.
99. Do the chicken dance.
100. If any of these get you in trouble, grumble loudly about how you hate Sharpies.
101. Count out loud how many times the teacher uses “uh,” “um,” or “like” during an entire class.
102. Try to hold your breath for as long as you can without passing out. Time yourself. Record your time. Repeat.
103. Do aerobic exercises in your head so that by the end of the day, you can tell people how “athletic” you were today.
104. Write a play about an angry lobster, a happy penguin, and an evil genius.
105. Plug your ears and try to see if you can lip-read what the teacher is saying.
106. Look at all the dots in the ceiling and try to find your favorite cartoon character.
107. Arm wrestle/play thumb war with yourself and accuse your right arm/left thumb of cheating.
108. Come up with a list of all the words you can make out of the letters in “smorgasbord.”
109. Say a word silently to yourself so many times that it loses meaning. Then try to remember what it meant in the first place.
110. Draw a flip book at the bottom right corner of your notebook.
111. Keep your eyes open without blinking for as long as you can.
112. Re-enact or make up your very own 50-minute silent movie.
113. Look out the window and try to find cool-looking clouds that look like they came straight out of a Disney animated movie.
114. Start knitting yourself a scarf for the cold winter ahead.
115. Play cat’s cradle with the cute boy or girl sitting next to you.
116. Fold paper cranes so you’ll have a hefty collection by the end of the semester.
117. Switch seats in a clandestine manner every time the teacher turns to face the blackboard. Count how many times you can do this without getting caught.
118. Stare at someone until they turn around. Then keep staring and give them a maniacal smile. Be sure your eyes are open real wide to enhance the effect.
119. Try not to fall asleep.
120. Pretend you’re a tree.
121. Try to develop psychic powers, then use them.
122. Inflate a beach ball and throw it around the room.
123. Sing Show Tunes.
124. Make loud animal noises then deny doing it.
125. Think of new pick up lines. See if they work.
126. Pretend you’re flying a jet fighter in the Gulf War.
127. Churn some butter.
128. Conceive a brand new language.
129. Walls made of brick? Count them.
130. Plot revenge against someone.
131. Think of nicknames for everyone you know.
132. See how long you can hold your breath.
133. Take your pants off and give them to the professor.
134. Chew on your arm until someone notices.
135. Change seats every three minutes.
136. Think of ways to cheat at Trivial Pursuit.
137. Shave.
138. Run across the room, tag someone and say “You’re it.”
139. Announce to the class that you are God and that you’re angry.
140. Think of five new ways to use your shoes.
141. Start a wave.
142. Walk around the room begging for spare change.
143. Roast marshmallows.
144. Practice phrasing your answers in the form of a question.
145. Crawl around the room humming the music from Mission Impossible.
146. Take apart your desk.
147. Pretend to communicate with your home planet.
148. Play rock-paper-scissors with yourself. Accuse your left hand of cheating.
149. Do a quick tap dance routine.
150. Run to the window, then say, “Sorry, I thought I saw the Bat-signal.”
151. Start laughing really hard and say, Oh, now I get it.
152. Make a paper football and get someone to play with you. When they put their hands up into a little goal, flick the football at the teacher and immediately go back to doing your work.
153. Make as many paper balls as you can and set them on your desk in a giant pile. If anyone looks at you, look tough and nod at them.
154. Finish all your sentences with “In accordance with the prophecy

Attitude.....

Your attitude towards life defines not only who you are,

but the quality of life you are after.

Whatever it is that has been bugging you,
doesn't seem so bad anymore, does it?
If only we all could have the spirit that this little boy has!

Real asset.....

Once I had to walk on a rope bridge. It was very high, i was scared. i saw my frnd on the other side and called him out for help but there was no reply . i somehow managed and crossed the bridge. der i was shocked to see my frnd holding the end of the broken bridge...,sometimes we think why our frnd is quite when we call for help . he may not help you in crossing the bridge but he might be holding the broken bridge for you ... just trust your friends in every situations, bcoz they are your real asset. Life is an echo; all comes back, the good, the bad, the false, and the true So, give the world the best u have & the best will come back to u.

Be Happy alwayz

One day, the father of a very wealthy family took his son on a trip to the country with the express purpose of showing him how poor people live.

They spent a couple of days and nights on the farm of what would be considered a very poor family.

On their return from their trip, the father asked his son, 'How was the
trip?'

'It was great, Dad.'

'Did you see how poor people live?' the father asked.

'Oh yeah,' said the son.
'So, tell me, what did you learn from the trip?' asked the father

The son answered:

'I saw that we have one dog and they had four.

We have a pool that reaches to the middle of our garden and they have a creek that has no end.

We have imported lanterns in our garden and they have the stars at night.

Our patio reaches to the front yard and they have the whole horizon.

We have a small piece of land to live on and they have fields that go beyond our sight.

We have servants who serve us, but they serve others.

We buy our food, but they grow theirs.

We have walls around our property to protect us, they have friends to protect them.'

The boy's father was speechless.

Then his son added, 'Thanks Dad for showing me how poor we are.'

Isn't perspective a wonderful thing?

Makes you wonder what would happen if we all gave thanks for everything we have, instead of worrying about what we don't have.

Appreciate every single thing you have, especially your friends!

'Life is too short and friends are too few'

Humanity

It was a Sports Stadium.

Eight Children were standing on the track to participate in a running event.

* Ready! * Steady! * Bang !!!

With the sound of Toy pistol,

All eight girls started running.

Hardly had they covered ten to fifteen steps,

when one of the smaller girls slipped and fell down,

Due to bruises and pain she started crying.

When the other seven girls heard the little girl cry they stopped
running, stood for a while and turned back.

Seeing the girl on the track they all ran to help.

One among them bent down, picked her up and kissed her gently

And enquired as to how she was..

They then lifted the fallen girl pacifying her.

Two of them held her firmly while all seven joined hands together and
walked together towards the winning post........ ..

There was pin drop silence at the spectator's stand.

Officials were shocked.

Slow claps multiplied to thousands as the spectators stood up in appreciation.

Many eyes were filled with tears

And perhaps even God's!

YES.!! This happened in Hyderabad [ INDIA ], recently!

The sport was conducted by
National Institute of Mental Health.


All these special girls had come to participate in this event

They were spastic children.

Yes, they were Mentally Challenged.

What did they teach the WORLD.?

Teamwork.?

Humanity.?

Equality among all.??

Successful people help others who are
slow in learning

So that they are not left far behind.

The Challenge

The Japanese have always loved fresh fish. But the water close to Japan has not held many fish for decades. So to feed the Japanese population, fishing boats got bigger and went farther than ever. The farther the fishermen went, the longer it took to bring the fish. If the return trip took more time, the fish were not fresh. To solve this problem, fish companies installed freezers on their boats. They would catch the fish and freeze them at sea. Freezers allowed the boats to go farther and stay longer. However, the Japanese could taste the difference between fresh and frozen fish. And they did not like the taste of frozen fish.

The frozen fish brought a lower price. So, fishing companies installed fish tanks. They would catch the fish and stuff them in the tanks, fin to fin. After a little thrashing around, they were tired, dull, and lost their fresh-fish taste. The fishing industry faced an impending crisis!
But today, they get fresh-tasting fish to Japan. How did they manage? To keep the fish tasting fresh, the Japanese fishing companies still put the fish in the tanks but with a small shark.

The fish are challenged and hence are constantly on the move. The challenge they face keeps them alive and fresh!

Have you realized that some of us are also living in a pond but most of the time tired and dull? Basically in our lives, sharks are new challenges to keep us active. If you are steadily conquering challenges, you are happy. Your challenges keep you energized. Don't create success and revel in it in a state of inertia. You have the resources, skills and abilities to make a difference. Put a shark in your tank and see how far you can really go!

"Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character" - Albert Einstein