Life may not always be pleasant

The story is told of a sultan who had a childhood friend with whom he grew up. This friend a different way of looking at every situation that ever occurred in life in his life, be it positive or negative, and remarking, "This is good!" One day the sultan and his friend were on a hunting trip. The friend would load and prepare the guns for sultan. In preparing one of the guns, the had friend had done something wrong, for after taking the gun from his friend, the sultan;s thumb was blown off when sultan fired it. Examining the situation the friend as usual remarked, "This is good!"

To which the sultan replied angrily, "No, this is Not good!" and put his friend in jail. A year later, Sultan was hunting in a dangerous area. Cannibals captured him and took him to their village. They tied his hands, stacked some wood, set up a stake and bound him to it. As they approached to set fire to the wood, they noticed that Sultan's thumb was missing. Being superstitious, they never ate anyone that was less than whole. So after untying the king, they sent him on his way. As he returned home, he was reminded of the event that had taken his thumb and felt remorse for his treatment of his friend. Immediately, he went to the jail to speak with his friend. "You were right, " the Sultan said, "it was good that my thumb was blown off." And I am so sorry for sending you to jail for so long. " It was bad for me to do this." "No," his friend replied" "This is good!" "What do you mean, 'This is good'? How could it be good that I sent my friend to jail for a year? If I had not been in Jail I would have been with you.

Sharing your true self....BE GENEROUS....

When you share of your time, you share of your soul.
When you share of your soul, you love.
When you love, you grow.
When you grow, the universe opens for you.
Are you ready to grow?
Or are you stuck?
We've all been stuck at some point in life.
In a job we despise.
In a relationship we know is not right.
In an argument that has no win.
In a life that's no longer our own.
This is your moment of awareness.
You are not enslaved - unless you so choose.
You are not bound - unless you believe yourself to be.
You are free to change and grow and love.
Start today by loving yourself.
Look into your heart and find your truth.
From your true self,
the amazing person you are,
everything is possible.
Start with believing...
In YOU.
In YOUR greatness.
For know that you are not alone.
Be generous with yourself
for there are those who need to hear from you.
Love yourself for you are loved.

Practicing your profession

A fountain pen salesman presuaded a merchant to order 500 dozen pens. He was writing in his notebook when suddenly the merchant exclaimed, "Hold on! I'm canceling that order!" The he turned to wait on a customer. The salesman left the store perlexed and angry. Later the merchant's book keeper asked, "Why? " did you cancel that fountain pen order?" Why? " responded the merchant, "Because he talked about the fountain pens to me half an hour, using a number of forcible arguments, and then booked my order with a lead pencil. His practice did not agree with his profession.

Under the wing of love

An article in National Geographic several years ago provided a penetrating picture of God's wings.. After a forest fire in Yellowstone National park, Forest rangers began their trek up a mountain to assess the inferno's damage. One ranger found a bird literally petrified in ashes, perched statuesquely on the ground base of a tree. Somewhat sickened by the eerier sight, he knocked over the bird with a stick. When he struck it three tiny chicks scurried under their dead mother's wings. The loving mother, keenly aware of impending disaster, had carried her offsprings to the base of the tree and gathered them under her wings, instinctively knowing the toxic smoke would rise. She could have flown to safety but had refused to abandon her babies. When the blaze had arrived and the heat had scorched her small body, the mother had remained steadfast. Because she had willing to die, those under the cover of her wings would live.

WASH THEM FIRST -STRICKLY READ

Wash Them First


This is Serious!
This incident happened recently in North Texas ..
A woman went boating one Sunday taking with her some cans of coke
which she put into the refrigerator of the boat.
On Monday she was taken to the hospital and placed in the Intensive Care Unit.
She died on Wednesday.

The autopsy concluded she died of Leptospirosis.
This was traced to the can of coke she drank from, not using a glass.
Tests showed that the can was infected by dried rat urine and
hence the disease Leptospirosis.

Rat urine contains toxic and deadly substances.
It is highly recommended to thoroughly wash the upper part
of all soda cans before drinking out of them.
The cans are typically stocked in warehouses and transported straight to the shops without being cleaned..

A study at NYCU showed that the tops of all soda cans are more contaminated than public toilets (i.e.). full of germs and bacteria. So wash them with water before putting them to the mouth to avoid any kind of fatal accident.




Please share this with everyone.

Handling adversity in life

A parable is told of a farmer who owned an old mule. The mule fell into the farmer's well. The farmer heard the mule braying- or whatever mules do when they fall into the wells. After carefully assessing the situation, the farmer sympathized with the mule, but decided neither the mule nor the well was worth the trouble saving. Instead, the called his neighbours together and told them what had happened. He enlisted them to help haul dirt to bury the mule in the well and put of his misery.

Initially, the old mule was hysterical. ( Wouldn't you be with dirt being flung on you?) But as the farmer and his neighbours continued shoveling and the dirt on his back, a thought struck him. It suddenly dawned on him that every time the shovel load of dirt landed on his back, he should shake it off and step up! This he did, blow after blow.

"Shake it off and step up...shake it off and step up... shake it off and step up! " he repeated to encourage himself. No matter how painful the blows , or how distressing the situation , the old old mule fought panic and just kept right on shaking it off and stepping up!


It wasn't long before the old mule, battered and exhausted, stepped triumphantly over the wall of that well. What could have buried him blessed him- all because of the manner in which he handled the adversity.


By Mikey's Funnies