Author: rahul

Things in life…………

When things in your life seem almost to much to handle, when 24 hours in a day are not enough, remember the mayonnaise jar……and the beer.

A Professor stood before his philosophy class and had some items in front of him. When the class began, wordlessly, he picked up a very large and empty mayonnaise jar and proceeded to fill it with golf balls. He then asked the students if the jar was full. They agreed that it was. So the Professor then picked up a box of pebbles and poured them into the jar. He shook the jar lightly. The pebbles rolled into the open areas between the golf balls. He then asked the students again if the jar was full. They agreed it was.The Professor next picked up a box of sand and poured it into the jar. Ofcourse, the sand filled up everything else. He asked once more if the jar was full. The students responded with a unanimous “Yes.” The Professor then produced two cans of beer from under the table and poured the entire contents into the jar, effectively filling the empty space between the sand. The students laughed.

“Now”, said the Professor, as the laughter subsided, “I want you to recognize that this jar represents your life.”

“The golf balls are the important things – your family, your children, your health, your friends, your favorite passions – things that if everything else was lost and only they remained, your life would still be full.The pebbles are the other things that matter like your job, your house, your car. The sand is everything else – the small stuff.”

“If you put the sand into the jar first”, he continued, “there is no room for the pebbles or the golf balls. The same goes for life. If you spend all your time and energy on the small stuff, you will never have room for the things that are important to you. Pay attention to the things that are critical to your happiness. Play with your children. Take time to get medical checkups. Take your partner out to dinner. Play another 18. There will always be time to clean the house, and fix the disposal.

Take care of the golf balls first, the things that really matter. Set your priorities. The rest is just sand.” When he had finished, there was a profound silence. Then one of the students raised her hand and with a puzzled _expression, inquired what the beer represented. The Professor smiled. “I’m glad you asked. It just goes to show you that no matter how full your life may seem, there’s always room for a couple of beers.”

One day a teacher asked her students to list the names of the other
students in the room on two sheets of paper, leaving a space between each
name.

Then she told them to think of the nicest thing they could say about
each of their classmates and write it down.

It took the remainder of the class period to finish their assignment,
and as the students left the room, each one handed in the papers.

That Saturday, the teacher wrote down the name of each student on a
separate sheet of paper, and listed what everyone else had said about that
individual.

On Monday she gave each student his or her list.

Before long, the entire class was smiling.

“Really?” she heard whispered. “I never knew that I meant anything to
anyone!” and, ” I! didn’t know others liked me so much.” were most of the
comments.

No one ever mentioned those papers in class again.

She never knew if they discussed them after class with their parents,
but it didn’t matter. The exercise had accomplished its purpose.

The students were happy with themselves and one another. That group of
students moved on. Several years later, one of the students was killed in
Vietnam and his teacher attended the funeral of that special student.

She had never seen a serviceman in a military coffin before. He looked
so handsome, so mature. The church was packed with his friends.

One by one those who loved him took a last walk by the coffin.

The teacher was the last one to bless the coffin.

As she stood there, one of the soldiers who acted as pallbearer came up
to her.

“Were you Mark’s math teacher?” he asked. She nodded: “yes.”

Then he said: “Mark talked about you a lot.”

After the funeral, most of Mark’s former classmates went together to a
luncheon. Mark’s mother and father were there, obviously waiting to speak
with his teacher.

“We want to show you something,” his father said, taking a wallet out of
his pocket. “They found this on Mark when he was killed. We thought you
might recognize it.”

Opening the billfold, he carefully removed two worn pieces of notebook
paper that had obviously been taped, folded and refolded many times.

The teacher knew without looking that the papers were the ones on which
she had listed all the good things each of Mark’s classmates had said
about him.

” Thank you so much for doing that,” Mark’s mother said. “As you can see,
Mark treasured it.”

All of Mark’s former classmates started to gather around. Charlie
smiled rather sheepishly and said, “I still have my list. It’s in the top
drawer of my desk at home.”

Chuck’s wife said, “Chuck asked me to put his in our wedding album.”

“I have mine too,” Marilyn said. “It’s in my diary.”

Then Vicki, another classmate, reached into her purse and showed her
frazzled list to the group. “I carry this with me at all times, ” Vicki
said and without batting an eyelash, she continued: “I think we all saved
our lists.”

That’s when the teacher finally sat down and cried. She cried for Mark
and for all his friends who would never see him again.

The ! density of people in society is so thick that we forget that life
will end one day. And we don’t know when that one day will be.

So please, tell the people you love and care for, that they are special
and important.

Tell them, before it is too late…

You may know some of the following facts. These facts were recently published in a German magazine, which deals with WORLD HISTORY FACTS ABOUT INDIA.

01. India never invaded any country in her last 1000 years of history.

02. India invented the Number system. Aryabhatta invented ‘zero.’

03. The world’s first University was established in Takshila in 700BC. More than 10,500 students from all over the world studied more than 60 subjects. The University of Nalanda built in the 4th century BC was one of the greatest achievements of ancient India in the field of education.

04. According to the Forbes magazine, Sanskrit is the most suitable language for computer software.

05. Ayurveda is the earliest school of medicine known to humans.

06. Although western media portray modern images of India as poverty striken and underdeveloped through political corruption, India was once the richest empire on earth.

07. The art of navigation was born in the river Sindh 5000 years ago. The very word “Navigation” is derived from the Sanskrit word NAVGATIH.

08. The value of pi was first calculated by Budhayana, and he explained the concept of what is now known as the Pythagorean theorem. British scholars have last year (1999) officially published that Budhayan’s works dates to the 6th Century, which is long before the European mathematicians.

09. Algebra, trigonometry and calculus came from India. Quadratic equations were by Sridharacharya in the 11th Century; the largest numbers the Greeks and the Romans used were 106 whereas Indians used numbers as big as 1053.

10. According to the Gemmological Institute of America, up until 1896, India was the only source of diamonds to the world.

11. USA based IEEE has proved what has been a century-old suspicion amongst academics that the pioneer of wireless communication was Professor Jagdeesh Bose and not Marconi.

12. The earliest reservoir and dam for irrigation was built in Saurashtra.

13. Chess was invented in India.

14. Sushruta is the father of surgery. 2600 years ago he and health scientists of his time conducted surgeries like cesareans, cataract, fractures and urinary stones. Usage of anaesthesia was well known in ancient India.

15. When many cultures in the world were only nomadic forest dwellers over 5000 years ago, Indians established Harappan culture in Sindhu Valley (Indus Valley Civilisation).

16. The place value system, the decimal system was developed in India in 100 BC.

Quotes about India.

“We owe a lot to the Indians, who taught us how to count, without which no worthwhile scientific discovery could have been made.”

Albert Einstein.

“India is the cradle of the human race, the birthplace of human speech, the mother of history, the grandmother of legend and the great grand mother of tradition.”

Mark Twain.

“If there is one place on the face of earth where all dreams of living men have found a home from the very earliest days when man began the dream of existence, it is India.”

French scholar Romain Rolland.

“India conquered and dominated China culturally for 20 centuries without ever having to send a single soldier across her border.”

Hu Shih.

(Former Chinese ambassador to USA)

We Indians are the wealthiest among all ethnic groups in America, even faring better than the whites and the natives. There are 3.22 millions of Indians in USA (1.5% of population). YET,

38% of doctors in USA are Indians.

12% scientists in USA are Indians.

36% of NASA scientists are Indians.

34% of Microsoft employees are Indians.

28% of IBM employees are Indians.

17% of INTEL scientists are Indians.

13% of XEROX employees are Indians.

Who is the co-founder of Sun Microsystems?
Vinod Khosla

Who is the creator of Pentium chip (needs no introduction as 90% of the today’s computers run on it)?

Vinod Dahm

Who is the third richest man on the world?

A. According to the latest report on Fortune Magazine, it is AZIM PREMJI, who is the CEO of Wipro Industries. The Sultan of Brunei is at 6th position now.

Who is the founder and creator of Hotmail (Hotmail is world’s No.1 web based email program)?

Sabeer Bhatia

Who is the president of AT & T-Bell Labs (AT & T-Bell Labs is the creator of program languages such as C, C++, Unix to name a few)?

Arun Netravalli

Who is the GM of Hewlett Packard?

Rajiv Gupta

Who is the new MTD (Microsoft Testing Director) of Windows 2000, responsible to iron out all initial problems?

Sanjay Tejwrika

Who are the Chief Executives of CitiBank, Mckensey & Stanchart?

Victor Menezes, Rajat Gupta, and Rana Talwar.

ALL OF THE ABOVE IS JUST THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG, THE LIST COULD BE ENDLESS. BUT,

If we don’t see even a glimpse of that great India in the India that we see today, it clearly means that we are not working up to our potential; and that if we do, we could once again be an ever shining and inspiring country setting a bright path for rest of the world to follow. I hope you enjoyed it and work towards the welfare of INDIA.

Say proudly, I AM AN INDIAN.

This is a superb quiz ! Plz read the questions fast and DONT
read them
a second time ! And answer the questions on IMPULSE and not
after much
thinking ! All the best !

1. SAY “BOAST” 5 TIMES, NOW SPELL “BOAST”, NOW SAY COAST 5
TIMES, NOW
SPELL “COAST”….. WHAT DO YOU PUT IN A TOASTER?

ANSWER: BREAD. IF YOU SAID “TOAST” THEN GIVE UP NOW AND GO
AND FIND
YOURSELF A SHOE BOX AS YOU CAN’T HANDLE LIFE….IF YOU SAID
“BREAD”
THEN PLEASE PROGRESS ON TO QUESTION 2

2. SAY “SILK” 5 TIMES, NOW SPELL “SILK” …..WHAT DO COWS
DRINK?

ANSWER: WATER. IF YOU SAID “MILK”, THEN MAY I SUGGEST THAT
YOU DO NOT
TRY
THE NEXT QUESTION, AS IT MAY SEEM THAT YOU BRAIN CELL IS OVER
– TAXED,
YOU
NEED A HOLIDAY…MAY I SUGGEST CHILDREN’S WORLD? IF YOU SAID
“WATER”
THEN
YOU MAY GO ONTO QUESTION 3.

3. IF A RED HOUSE IS MADE FROM RED BRICKS, A BLUE HOUSE IS
MADE OUT OF
BLUE BRICKS, A PINK HOUSE IS MADE OUT OF PINK BRICKS, A BLACK
HOUSE IS
MADE OUT OF BLACK BRICKS….WHAT IS A GREEN HOUSE MADE OUT
OF?

ANSWER:- GLASS. IF YOU SAID “GREEN BRICKS” THEN WHAT THE HELL
ARE YOU
STILL DOING HERE READING THESE QUESTIONS!!!! IF YOU SAID
“GLASS” THEN
PLEASE PROGRESS ONTO QUESTION 4.

4. TWENTY YEARS AGO A PLANE WAS FLYING AT 20,000 FEET OVER
DIVIDED
GERMANY, WHEN TWO OF THE ENGINES FAIL. THE PILOT REALISED
THAT THE LAST
REMAINING ENGINE WAS ALSO FAILING, SO HE DECIDED TO MAKE AN
EMERGENCY
LANDING AT THE NEAREST AIRPORT. UNFORTUNATELY THE LAST ENGINE
ALSO
FAILS BEFORE TIME AND THE PLANE CRASHES BANG IN THE MIDDLE OF
“NO MAN’S
LAND” BETWEEN EAST AND WEST GERMANY. WHERE WOULD YOU BURY THE
SURVIVORS
– EAST GERMANY, WEST GERMANY OR IN “NO MAN’S LAND”?

ANSWER:- YOU DON’T BURY SURVIVORS! IF YOU SAID ANYTHING OTHER
THAN
THAT, THEN PLEASE NEVER FLY, YOU MAY CAUSE MORE DAMAGE SHOULD
THE PLANE
CRASH!!! IF YOU SAID THE SENTENCE ABOVE, THEN CARRY ON TO
QUESTION 5.

5. ON A CLOCK, THE HOUR HAND MOVES HALF A DEGREE EVERY
MINUTE. HOW MANY
DEGREES WILL IT TRAVEL IN 1 HOUR?

ANSWER: 30 DEGREES. IF YOU SAID 360 DEGREES OR ANYTHING
OTHER THAN THE
ANSWER, MAY I CONGRATULATE YOU ON GETTING THIS FAR… BUT BE
HONEST
WITH YOURSELF, DO YOU THINK YOU CAN HANDLE THE LAST AND FINAL
QUESTION?
heehee…IF YOU SAID 30 DEGREES, PLEASE GO ON TO THE LAST
QUESTION.

6. **WITHOUT USING A CALCULATOR** YOU ARE DRIVING A BUS FROM
LONDON TO
MILFORD HAVEN (WALES). IN LONDON 17 PEOPLE GET ON THE BUS, IN
READING 6
PEOPLE GET OFF, 9 PEOPLE GET ON, IN SWINDON 2 PEOPLE GET OFF,
4 PEOPLE
GET ON, IN CARDIFF 11 PEOPLE GET OFF,16 PEOPLE GET ON, IN
SWANSEA 3
PEOPLE GET OFF, 5 PEOPLE GET ON, IN CARMARTHEN, 6 PEOPLE GET
OFF,3
PEOPLE GET ON
THE BUS THEN PULLS INTO MILFORD HAVE BUS DEPOT…..WHAT WAS
THE NAME OF
THE BUS DRIVER?

ANSWER: YOUR OWN NAME (READ THE FIRST LINE!) IF YOU SAID 36,
THEN YOU
REALLY SHOULD PAY MORE ATTENTION, BUT YOU ARE PROBABLY SO
BROKE THAT YOU
CAN’T AFFORD TO PAY ATTENTION ANY MORE. IF YOU SAID YOUR NAME
THEN WHAT
THE HELL ARE YOU DOING WORKING HERE?

FINAL SCORE:

IF YOU HAD 1 OUT OF 6, THEN PLEASE GO BACK TO SCHOOL, IT
WON’T HURT
OTHER THAN YOUR PRIDE…BUT IT MIGHT HURT YOUR BRAIN.
IF YOU HAD 2 OUT OF 6, THEN PLEASE BRUSH UP ON THINGS… YOU
ARE AS
THRILLING AS WATCHING PAINT DRY.
IF YOU HAD 3 OUT OF 6, THEN YOU ALSO HAD 50% RIGHT, THIS IS
NOT BAD, BUT
IT IS ALSO NOT GOOD, A BIT LIKE YOU.
IF YOU HAD 4 OUT OF 6, THEN THINGS ARE LOOKING UP, BUT IF YOU
KEEP
LOOKINGUP, YOU WILL STRAIN YOUR NECK, ALONG WITH YOU GREY
MATTER.
IF YOU HAD 5 OUT OF 6, THEN YOU ARE TO BE CONGRATULATED ON
YOURPERSISTENCE..OR PESTILENCE WHICH EVER YOU PREFER.
IF YOU HAD 6 OUT OF 6, THEN YOU ARE A SAD GIT… YOU SPEND
TOO MUCH
TIME
WORKING OUT STUPID ANSWERS…..GET OUT MORE….

Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at an Elingsh uinervtisy, it
deosn’t mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod
are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht frist and lsat
ltteer is at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl
mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs
is bcuseae we do not raed ervey lteter by itslef but
the wrod as a wlohe

This teenager lived alone with his father, and the two of them had a
very special relationship.

The son was crazy about football and was always involved in every game
but even though
he was always on the bench, his
father was always in the stands cheering. He never missed a game. This
young man was still
the smallest of the class when he
entered high school. But his father continued to encourage him but also
made it very clear
that he did not have to play football
if he didn’t want to. However, the young man loved football and decided
to hang in there.
He was determined to try his best at
every practice, and perhaps he’d get to play when he became a senior.
All through high
school he never missed a practice nor
a game, but remained a bench warmer all four years. His faithful
father was always in the
stands, always with words of encouragement for him.

When the young man went to college, he decided to try out for the
football team as a
“walk-on.” Everyone was sure he could
never make the cut, but he did. The coach admitted that he kept him on
the roster because
he always puts his heart and soul to
every practice and at the same time, provided the other members with the
spirit and hustle
they badly needed.
The news that he had survived the cut thrilled him so much that he
rushed to the nearest
phone and called his father. His father
shared his excitement and was sent season tickets for all the college
games. This persistent
young athlete never missed practice
during his four years at college, but he never got to play in the game.

It was the end of his senior football season, and as he trotted onto
the practice field shortly
before the big play off game, the
coach met him with a telegram. The young man read the telegram and he
became deathly
silent…………..

Swallowing hard, he mumbled to the coach, “My father died this morning.
Is it all right if I
miss practice today?” The coach put
his arm gently around his shoulder and said, “Take the rest of the week
off, son. And don’t
even plan to come back to the
game on Saturday.

Saturday arrived, and the game was not going well. In the third quarter,
when the team was
ten points behind, a silent young
man quietly slipped into the empty locker-room and put on his football
gear. As he ran onto
the sidelines, the coach and his
players were astounded to see
their faithful teammate back so soon. “Coach, please let me play. I’ve
just got to play
today,” said the young man. The coach
pretended not to hear him. There was no way he wanted his worst
player in this close
playoff game. But the young man
persisted, and finally feeling sorry for the kid, the coach gave in.
“All right,” he said.

“You can go in.” Before long, the coach, the players and everyone in the
stands could not
believe their eyes. This little
un-known, who had never played before was doing everything right. The
opposing team
could not stop him. He ran, he
passed, blocked and tackled like a star. His team began to triumph. The
score was soon
tied. In the closing seconds of the
game, this kid intercepted a pass and ran all the way for the winning
touchdown. The fans
broke loose. His teammates hoisted
him onto their shoulders. Such cheering you’ve never heard! Finally,
after the stands had
emptied and the team had showered
and left the locker room, the coach noticed that the young man was
sitting quietly in the
corner all alone.

The coach came to him and said, “Kid, I can’t believe it. You were
fantastic! Tell me what
got into you? How did you do
it?” He looked at the coach, with tears in his eyes, and said, “Well,
you knew my dad
died, but did you know that my dad
was blind?” The young man swallowed hard and forced a smile, “Dad came
to all my
games, but today was the first time he
could see me play, and I wanted to show him I could do it!”

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Love – Children’s perspectives

A group of professional people posed this question to
a group of 4 to 8-year-olds, “What does love mean?”.
The answers they got were broader and deeper than
anyone could have imagined. See what you think:

“When my grandmother got arthritis, she couldn’t bend
over and paint her toenails anymore. So my grandfather
does it for her all the time, even when his hands got
arthritis too. That’s love.” Rebecca – age 8

“When someone loves you, the way they say your name is
different. You know that your name is safe in their
mouth.” Billy – age 4

“Love is when a girl puts on perfume and a boy puts on
shaving cologne and they go out and smell each other.”
Karl – age 5

“Love is when you go out to eat and give somebody most
of your French fries without making them give you any
of theirs.” Chrissy – age 6

“Love is what makes you smile when you’re tired.”
Terri – age 4

“Love is when my mommy makes coffee for my daddy and
she takes a sip before giving it to him, to make sure
the taste is OK.” Danny – age 7

“Love is what’s in the room with you at Christmas if
you stop opening presents and listen.” Bobby – age 5

“If you want to learn to love better, you should start
with a friend whom you hate.” Nikka – age 6

“There are two kinds of love. Our love. God’s love.
But God makes both kinds of them.” Jenny – age 4

“Love is when you tell a guy you like his shirt, then
he wears it everyday.” Noelle – age 7

“Love is like a little old woman and a little old man
who are still friends even after they know each other
so well.” Tommy – age 6

“My mommy loves me more than anybody. You don’t see
anyone else kissing me to sleep at night.” Clare – age
5

“Love is when mommy gives daddy the best piece of
chicken.” Elaine – age 5

“Love is when mommy sees daddy smelly and sweaty and
still says he is handsomer than Robert Redford.” Chris
– age 8

“Love is when your puppy licks your face even after
you left him alone all day.” Mary Ann – age 4

“I know my older sister loves me because she gives me
all her old clothes and has to go out and buy new
ones.” Lauren – age 4

“I let my big sister pick on me because my Mom says
she only picks on me because she loves me. So I pick
on my baby sister because I love her.” Bethany – age 4

“When you love somebody, your eyelashes go up and down
and little stars come out of you.” Karen – age 7

“You really shouldn’t say ‘I love you’ unless you mean
it. But if you mean it, you should say it a lot.

A nice article from Swami Vivekananda on LOVE……..

I once had a friend who grew to be very close to me.

Once when we were sitting at the edge of a swimming pool, she filled the palm of her hand with some water and held it before me, and said this: “You see this water carefully contained on my hand? It symbolizes Love.”

This was how I saw it:

As long as you keep your hand caringly open and allow it to remain there, it will always be there. However, if you attempt to close your fingers round it and try to posses it, it will spill through the first cracks it find.

This is the greatest mistake that people do when they meet love…they try to posses it, they demand, they expect… and just like the water spilling out of your hand, love will retrieve from you. For love is meant to be free, you cannot change its nature.

If there are people you love, allow them to be free beings.

Give and don’t expect. Advise, but don’t order. Ask, but never demand.

It might sound simple, but it is a lesson that may take a lifetime to truly practice. It is the secret to true love. To truly practice it, you must sincerely feel no expectations from those who you love, and yet an unconditional caring.”