BUTTERFLY

A man found a cocoon of a butterfly. One day a small opening appeared. He sat and watched the butterfly for several hours as it struggled to force its body through that little hole. Then it seemed to stop making any progress. It appeared as if it had gotten as far as it could, and it could go no further.

So the man decided to help the butterfly. He took a pair of scissors and snipped off the remaining bit of the cocoon.

The butterfly then emerged easily. But it had a swollen body and small, shriveled wings.

The man continued to watch the butterfly because he expected that, at any moment, the wings would enlarge and expand to be able to support the body, which would contract in time.

Neither happened! In fact, the butterfly spent the rest of its life crawling around with a swollen body and shriveled wings. It never was able to fly.

What the man, in his kindness and haste, did not understand was that the restricting cocoon and the struggle required for the butterfly to get through the tiny opening were God's way of forcing fluid from the body of the butterfly into its wings so that it would be ready for flight once it achieved its freedom from the cocoon.

Sometimes struggles are exactly what we need in our lives. If God allowed us to go through our lives without any obstacles, it would cripple us.

We would not be as strong as what we could have been. We could never fly!

I asked for Strength.........
And God gave me Difficulties to make me strong.

I asked for Wisdom.........
And God gave me Problems to solve.

I asked for Prosperity.........
And God gave me Brain and Brawn to work.

I asked for Courage.........
And God gave me Danger to overcome.

I asked for Love.........
And God gave me Troubled people to help.

I asked for Favors.........
And God gave me Opportunities.

I received nothing I wanted ........
I received everything I needed!

Trust in God. Always !

THE BRICK

Some years ago, a young and very successful executive named Josh was traveling down a Chicago neighborhood street. He was going a bit too fast in his sleek, black, 12 cylinder Jaguar XKE, which was only two months old.

He was watching for kids darting out from between parked cars and slowed down when he thought he saw something. As his car passed, no child darted out, but a brick sailed out and - WHUMP! - it smashed Into the Jag's shiny black side door! SCREECH..!!!! Brakes slammed! Gears ground into reverse, and tires madly spun the Jaguar back to the spot from where the brick had been thrown. Josh jumped out of the car, grabbed the kid and pushed him up against a parked car. He shouted at the kid, "What was that all about and who are you? Just what the heck are you doing?!" Building up a head of steam, he went on. "That's my new Jag, that brick you threw is gonna cost you a lot of money. Why did you throw it?"

"Please, mister, please. . . I'm sorry! I didn't know what else to do!" Pleaded the youngster. "I threw the brick because no one else would stop!" Tears were dripping down the boy's chin as he pointed around the parked car. "It's my brother, mister," he said. "He rolled off the curb and fell out of his wheelchair and I can't lift him up." Sobbing, the boy asked the executive, "Would you please help me get him back into his wheelchair? He's hurt and he's too heavy for me."

Moved beyond words, the young executive tried desperately to swallow the rapidly swelling lump in his throat. Straining, he lifted the young man back into the wheelchair and took out his handkerchief and wiped the scrapes and cuts, checking to see that everything was going to be OK. He then watched the younger brother push him down the sidewalk toward their home.

It was a long walk back to the sleek, black, shining, 12 cylinder Jaguar XKE -a long and slow walk. Josh never did fix the side door of his Jaguar. He kept the dent to remind him not to go through life so fast that someone has to throw a brick at him to get his attention. . . Some bricks are softer than others. Feel for the bricks of life coming at to you. For all the negative things we have to say to ourselves, God has positive answers.

DETERMINATON

DETERMINATON

In 1883, a creative engineer named John Roebling was inspired by an idea to build a spectacular bridge connecting New York with the Long Island. However bridge building experts throughout the world thought that this was an impossible feat and told Roebling to forget the idea. It just could not be done. It was not practical. It had never been done before.

Roebling could not ignore the vision he had in his mind of this bridge. He thought about it all the time and he knew deep in his heart that it could be done. He just had to share the dream with someone else. After much discussion and persuasion he managed to convince his son Washington, an up and coming engineer, that the bridge in fact could be built.

Working together for the first time, the father and son developed concepts of how it could be accomplished and how the obstacles could be overcome. With great excitement and inspiration, and the headiness of a wild challenge before them, they hired their crew and began to build their dream bridge.

The project started well, but when it was only a few months underway a tragic accident on the site took the life of John Roebling. Washington was injured and left with a certain amount of brain damage, which resulted in him not being able to walk or talk or even move.

"We told them so."
"Crazy men and their crazy dreams."
"It`s foolish to chase wild visions."

Everyone had a negative comment to make and felt that the project should be scrapped since the Roeblings were the only ones who knew how the bridge could be built. In spite of his handicap Washington was never discouraged and still had a burning desire to complete the bridge and his mind was still as sharp as ever.

He tried to inspire and pass on his enthusiasm to some of his friends, but they were too daunted by the task. As he lay on his bed in his hospital room, with the sunlight streaming through the windows, a gentle breeze blew the flimsy white curtains apart and he was able to see the sky and the tops of the trees outside for just a moment.

It seemed that there was a message for him not to give up. Suddenly an idea hit him. All he could do was move one finger and he decided to make the best use of it. By moving this, he slowly developed a code of communication with his wife.

He touched his wife's arm with that finger, indicating to her that he wanted her to call the engineers again. Then he used the same method of tapping her arm to tell the engineers what to do. It seemed foolish but the project was under way again.

For 13 years Washington tapped out his instructions with his finger on his wife's arm, until the bridge was finally completed. Today the spectacular Brooklyn Bridge stands in all its glory as a tribute to the triumph of one man's indomitable spirit and his determination not to be defeated by circumstances. It is also a tribute to the engineers and their team work, and to their faith in a man who was considered mad by half the world. It stands too as a tangible monument to the love and devotion of his wife who for 13 long years patiently decoded the messages of her husband and told the engineers what to do.

Perhaps this is one of the best examples of a never-say-die attitude that overcomes a terrible physical handicap and achieves an impossible goal.

Often when we face obstacles in our day-to-day life, our hurdles seem very small in comparison to what many others have to face. The Brooklyn Bridge shows us that dreams that seem impossible can be realised with determination and persistence, no matter what the odds are.

Even the most distant dream can be realized with determination and persistence.

Invitation: Motivational story

A woman came out of her house and saw 3 old men with long white beards sitting in her front yard. She did not recognize them. She said "I don't think I know you, but you must be hungry. Please come in and have something to eat."

"Is the man of the house home?", they asked. "No", she said. "He's out." "Then we cannot come in", they replied.

In the evening when her husband came home, she told him what had happened. "Go tell them I am home and invite them in!" The woman went out and invited the men in. "We do not go into a House together," they replied. "Why is that?" she wanted to know.

One of the old men explained: "His name is Wealth," he said pointing to one of his friends, and said pointing to another one, "He is Success, and I am Love." Then he added, "Now go in and discuss with your husband which one of us you want in your home."

The woman went in and told her husband what was said. Her husband was overjoyed. "How nice!!", he said. "Since that is the case, let us invite Wealth. Let him come and fill our home with wealth!"

His wife disagreed. "My dear, why don't we invite Success?" Their daughter-in-law was listening from the other corner of the house. She jumped in with her own suggestion: "Would it not be better to invite Love? Our home will then be filled with love!"

"Let us heed our daughter-in-law's advice," said the husband to his wife. "Go out and invite Love to be our guest."

The woman went out and asked the 3 old men, "Which one of you is Love? Please come in and be our guest."

Love got up and started walking toward the house. The other 2 also got up and followed him. Surprised, the lady asked Wealth and Success: "I only invited Love, Why are you coming in?"

The old men replied together: "If you had invited Wealth or Success, the other two of us would've stayed out, but since you invited Love, Wherever He goes, we go with him. Wherever there is Love, there is also Wealth and Success!!!!!!"

OUR WISH FOR YOU... Where there is pain, we wish you peace and mercy.

Where there is self-doubting, we wish you a renewed confidence in your ability to work through them.

Where there is tiredness, or exhaustion, we wish you understanding, patience, and renewed strength.

Where there is fear, we wish you love, and courage. Peace to you

These Girls...

If you kiss her, you are not a gentleman
If you don’t, you are not a man
If you praise her, she thinks you are lying
If you don’t, you are good for nothing

If you agree to all her likes, you are a wimp
If you don’t, you are not understanding

If you visit her often, she thinks it is boring
If you don’t, she accuses you of double-crossing

If you are well dressed, she says you are a playboy
If you don’t, you are a dull boy

If you are jealous, she says it’s bad
If you don’t, she thinks you do not love her

If you attempt a romance, she says you didn’t
respect her
If you don’t, she thinks you do not like her

If you are a minute late, she complains it’s hard
to wait
If she is late, she says that’s a girl’s way

If you visit another man, you’re not putting in
"quality time"
If she is visited by another woman, "oh it’s
natural, we are girls"

If you kiss her once in a while, she professes you
are cold
If you kiss her often, she yells that you are
taking advantage

If you fail to help her in crossing the street, you
lack ethics
If you do, she thinks it’s just one of men’s
tactics for seduction

If you stare at another woman, she accuses you of
flirting
If she is stared by other men, she says that they
are just admiring
If you talk, she wants you to listen
If you listen, she wants you to talk

In short:
So simple, yet so complex
So weak, yet so powerful
So confusing, yet so desirable
So damning, yet so desirable……..WOMEN!!!!!

100 days together...

Here is a story which i read on the internet. It's about Simple friendship and love, and has a message for everyone in the end...

100 Days Together . . .

Peter and Tina are sitting in the park doing nothing, but just gazing into
the sky, while all their friends are having fun with their beloved half.

Tina: I'm so bored. Just wish I had a boyfriend now to spend time with.

Peter: I guess we're the only leftovers. We're the only person who isn't
with a date now. (Both sigh n silence for a while)

Tina: I think I have a good idea. Lets play a game
Peter: Eh? What game?

Tina: Emm.. It's quite simple. You be my boyfriend for 100 days and I'll be
your girlfriend for 100 days. What do you think?

Peter: Ok, Anyway I don't have any plan for the next few months.

Tina: You sound like you aren't looking forward to it at all. Cheer up.
Today will be our first day and our first date. Where should we go?

Peter: What about a movie? I heard that there is a really great movie in
theater now.

Tina: Seems like I don't have any better idea than this. Lets move. (Went to
watch their movies and sent each other home)

Day 2:
Peter and Tina went to a concert together, and Peter bought Tina a key chain
with a star.

Day 3:
They went shopping together for a friend's birthday present. Share an
ice cream together and hugged each other for the first time.

Day 7:
Peter drove Tina up onto a mountain and they watch the sunset together. When
the night came and the moon glowed, they said sat on the grass gazing at the
stars together. A meteor passed by. Tina mumbled something.

Day 25:
Spend time at a theme park and got onto roller coasters, and ate hotdogs and
cotton candy. Peter and Tina got in the haunted house and Tina grabbed
someone's hand instead of Peter's hand by accident. They laughed together
for a while.

Day 67:
They drove pass a circus and decided to get in to watch the show. The midget
asked Tina to play a part as his assistant in the magic show. Went around to
see other entertainments around after the show. Came to a fortune teller and
she just said "Treasure every moment from now on" and a tear rolled down the
fortune teller's cheek.

Day 84:
Tina suggested that they go to the beach. The beach wasn't so crowded that
day. They have their first kiss with each other just as the sun is setting.

Day 99:
They decided to have a simple day and is deciding to have a walk around the
city. They sits down onto a bench.

1:23 pm
Tina: I'm thirsty. Let us rest for a while first.

Peter: Wait here while I go buy some drinks. What would you like?

Tina: Emm...Apple juice will be just fine.

1:43 pm
Tina waiting for about 20 minutes and Peter haven’t return. Then someone
walked up to her.

Stranger: Is your name Tina?

Tina: Yes, and may I help you?

Stranger: Just now down there on the street a drunk driver has crashed into a
guy. I think it’s your friend.

Tina ran over to the spot with the stranger and sees Peter lying on the
floor with blood over his face and her apple juice still in his hands. The
ambulance came and she went to the hospital with Peter.
Tina sat outside the emergency room for five and a half hours. The doctor
came out, and he sigh.

11:51 pm
Doctor: I'm sorry, but we did the best we could. He is still breathing now
but God would take him away from us very soon. We found this letter inside
his pocket.

The doctor hands over the letter to Tina and she goes into the room to see
Peter. He looks weak but peaceful. Tina read the letter and then she burst
into tears. Here is what the letter said.

Tina, our 100 days is almost over. I had fun with you during all these days.
Although you may be greedy sometimes and less thoughtful, but these all
brought happiness into my life. I have realized that you are a really cute
girl and blamed myself for never taken the time to knowing that. I have
nothing much to ask for, but I just wish that we can extend the day. I want
to be your boyfriend forever and wish that you can be beside me all the time.
Tina, I love you.

11:58
Tina: (sobbing) Peter. Did you know what was the wish I made on the night
there was a meteor. I asked God to let us last forever. We were suppose to
last 100 days so Peter! You can't leave me! I LOVE YOU, but can you come
back to me now? I love you Peter. I LOVE YOU.

As the clock struck twelve, Peter's heart stopped beating. It was 100 days . . .

Secularism ji ki aarti

To promote Secularism, we must sing the following secular Bhajans everyday 5 times a day facing Beijing or Islamabad--

Secularism Ji ki Arati

OM*

Doha

Laal rang, laali lasai, bhagavaa dhvajaa giray koop |

Laloo Mullu Yadav sahit, Hindu dharam par kooch ||

Jai Jai kaar

Pakistan ki jai ho, Hindustan ka naash ho |

Minorities mein sadbhaavaa ho, secularists ka kalyaan ho ||

Marx suta Jyoti Basu ki jai !

Bolo Romila Thapar ki Jai!

Jai Jai Shabana Samarth |

OM* = Official Marxists

Chhanda

NRam naam ras lijiye manuva, NRam naam ras lijiye|

Tajiye ku-Sangh, SAHMAT sung baithiye,

Romila bhajan nish-din kijiye||

Chupai

Hindustan, Pakistan ka cheraa |

Kijiye secular hridaya mein deraa ||

Sunahum NRam, ab kahahun niketaa,

Jahaan basahun, Romila Thapar Sametaa |

Marx hi nivedit, bhojana karahin,

Secular prasaad laal vastra dharahin||

Kar nit karahin, Namboodirpad Puja,

Soniya bharosey hridaya nahin duujaa|

Charan Beijing teerath chali jaahin|

Secularism basahun, tinakey man maahin||

Doha

Jai Jai Jai Romila Maayi, Dayaa karo Soniya ki Naayi |

West Bengal ik secular samaaju, JNU hi teeratharaaju ||

Shloka

Sarve santu secularists,

Sarve Hindu mrtyumayaaH |

Sarve red pustakani pasyantu,

Maa kaschit saffronist bhavet ||

Na?asti Babari samam masjid, na?asti Stalin samam Pir |

Na?asti Nehru samam secular, tasmaat Taliban pujayet ||

Islaam paramo dharma, Secularism paramo tapah |

Romila paramo vidvaan, Jyoti Basu ek eva mahaan ||

Doha

Laal rang, laali lasai, bhagavaa dhvajaa giray koop |

Laloo Mullu Yadav sahit, Hindu dharam par kooch ||

Jai Jai kaar

Pakistan ki jai ho, Hindustan ka naash ho |

Minorities mein sadbhaavaa ho, secularists ka kalyaan ho ||

Marx suta Jyoti Basu ki jai !

Bolo Romila Thapar ki Jai!

Jai Jai Shabana Samarth |

OM* = Official Marxists

jai jai secularism devta

UPA government's secularism...

UPA's secularsim: marriage with convenience

Banning Parzania in Gujarat = Communal
Banning Da Vinci Code = Secular

Kargil Attack = Government failure.
Chinese invasion in 1962 = Unfortunate betrayal.

Fake encounters in Gujarat [Sohrabuddin] = BJP Communalism.
Fake encounters under Cong-NCP in Maharashtra [Khwaja Younus] = Police atrocity.

Talking about Hindus and Hinduism appeasment = Communal.
Talking about Muslims and Islam = Secular.

BJP freeing 3 terrorists to save 100 Indian hostages = Shameful
Congress freeing 4 militants to save just a life of one daughter of its minister in Kashmir [Rubina Sayed] = Natural Political dilemma.

Attack on Parliament = BJP ineptitude.
Attack on Mumbai, killing 200 innocents=We don't do politics on Terrorism

Not hanging Afzal Guru the mastermind despite Supreme Court orders = Humanity and Political dilemma.
Congress questioning Lord Rama existance = Clerical Error.

Reservations of minorities (on the basis of religion) in Govt. jobs by secular Govt. = oxymoron
Subsidy to haj pilgrims = secular