No matter who we are or what our actions may say, we all want to be recognized and appreciated. I often quote Lou Holtz, the famous Notre Dame Coach, who said, "Why is it that the people who need love, (appreciation), and understanding the most usually deserve it the least?"

Jaime Escalante, the teacher on whom the movie Stand and Deliver was based, tells an amazing story about a mistaken identity and the difference it made in a young man's life.

This teacher had two students in his class who were both named Johnny. One Johnny was an excellent student, a happy child, and always had his homework completed on time. The other Johnny was always in trouble, never had his work finished, and generally made the teacher's life miserable.

The night of their first PTA Open House of the year a mother stayed after the meeting to ask about her son, Johnny, and how he was getting along in the class. Assuming it was the mother of the "good" Johnny, the teacher replied, "I can't tell you how much I appreciate him. I am so glad he's in my class."

The next day, for the first time all year, the "problem" Johnny had all his work done, he spoke up in class, and never once caused a disruption. He even volunteered to help another student. The teacher was astounded!

At the end of the day when everyone else had left, "problem" Johnny came up to the teacher and said, "My Mom told me what you said about me last night. I haven't ever had a teacher who wanted me in his class."

That Johnny became one of the best students the teacher ever had ' and all because of a mistaken dose of appreciation!

No matter who we are and what our situation in life is, we all want and need to be appreciated.

Once upon a time, a monk wearing the ochre robe chanced to enter a village full of atheists. He fell in with a gang of defiant youth who challenged him to show them that the God, whom he was adoring, actually existed. He said he could, but before doing so, he asked for a cup of milk.

When the milk was placed before him, he did not drink it. He sat looking at it, long and silently with increasing curiosity. The youths became impatient. Their clamor became insistent.

The monk told them, "Wait a minute. I am told that there is butter in milk. I must say this cup does not have it, for I do not see any of it, however hard I look into it!"

The fellows laughed at his innocence and said, "Silly man! Don't rush to such absurd conclusions. Milk has butter in every drop. That is what makes it so nourishing.

If you must see it as a separate, concrete entity, you have to boil the milk, cool it, add sour curd, wait for some hours for it to curdle, then churn it and roll the butter that floats into a ball."

"Ah," said the monk, "that makes my task of showing you God much easier! God is in everything, every being and atom of the Universe. It is because of this that they exist and we can cognize them and enjoy them.

To see Him as a concrete entity, you have to follow a prescribed procedure, earnestly, strictly, and sincerely. Then at the end of it all, you can experience His Grace and His Glory."

JOURNEY AND DESTINATION.

“It’s like that classic story of the young boy who travelled far

From his home to study under a great teacher. When he met the

Wise old man, his first question was, ‘How long will it take me

Before I am as wise as you?’

“The response came swiftly, ‘Five years.’

“‘This is a very long time,’ the boy replied. ‘How about if I

Work twice as hard?’

‘”Then it will take ten,’ said the master.

‘”Ten! That’s far too long. How about if I studied all day and

Well into the night, every night?’

‘”Fifteen years,’ said the sage.

“‘I don’t understand,’ replied the boy. ‘Every time I promise to

Devote more energy to my goal, you tell me that it will take longer.

Why?’

‘”The answer is simple. With one eye fixed on the destination, there is only one left to guide you along the journey’”

Dear All,

After a long gap, I am back again inspite of hectic schedule.

I think this is actual an Blind Love towards friends who are unseen and still we like to share our views with each other.

Let this process continue and we all share our Love, regards, blessings, fun and everything we can to light up the candle of unity.

SHARING WITH YOUALL THE RESPONSIBILITY OF A POLLUTION FREE WORLD ON WORLD ENVIRONMENTAL DAY - JUNE 5TH.
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Now coming to our world of Blogs. - a good stuff, which is a fact and a Mystery in History

History mystery

Abraham Lincoln was elected to Congress in 1846.
John F. Kennedy was elected to Congress in 1946.

Abraham Lincoln was elected President in 1860.
John F. Kennedy was elected President in 1960.

Both were particularly concerned with civil rights.
Both wives lost their children while living in the White House.

Both Presidents were shot on a Friday.
Both Presidents were shot in the head.

Now it gets really weird.

Lincoln's secretary was named Kennedy.
Kennedy’s Secretary was named Lincoln.

Both were assassinated by Southerners.
Both were succeeded by Southerners named Johnson.

Andrew Johnson, who succeeded Lincoln , was born in 1808.
Lyndon Johnson, who succeeded Kennedy, was born in 1908.

John Wilkes Booth, who assassinated Lincoln , was born in 1839.
Lee Harvey Oswald, who assassinated Kennedy, was born in 1939.

Both assassins were known by their three names.
Both names are composed of fifteen letters.

Now hang on to your seat.

Lincoln was shot at the theatre named ‘Ford.’
Kennedy was shot in a car called ‘ Lincoln ‘ made by ‘Ford.’

Lincoln was shot in a theatre and his assassin ran and hid in a warehouse.
Kennedy was shot from a warehouse and his assassin ran and hid in a theatre.

Booth and Oswald were assassinated before their trials.

And here’s the kicker…

A week before Lincoln was shot, he was in Monroe, Maryland
A week before Kennedy was shot, he was with Marilyn Monroe.

Allow Your Own Inner Light to Guide You

1. There comes a time when you must stand-alone.

2. You must feel confident enough within yourself to follow your own dreams.

3. You must be willing to make sacrifices.

4. You must be capable of changing and rearranging your priorities so that your final goal can be achieved.

5. Sometimes, familiarity and comfort need to be challenged.

6. There are times when you must take a few extra chances and create your own realities.

7. Be strong enough to at least try to make your life better.

8. Be confident enough that you won’t settle for a compromise just to get by.

9. Appreciate yourself by allowing yourself the opportunities to grow, develop, and find your true sense of purpose in this life.

10.Don’t stand in someone else’s shadow when it’s your sunlight that should lead the way

RULES FOR BEING HUMAN

* You will receive a body. You may like it or hate it, but it’s yours to keep for the entire period.

* You will learn lessons. You are enrolled in a full-time, informal school called life.

* There are no mistakes, only lessons. Growth is a process of trial, error and experimentation.

* The “failed” experiments are as much a part of the process as the experiments that ultimately “work”.

* Lessons are repeated until they are learned. A lesson will be presented to you in various forms until you have learned it.

* When you have learned it, you can go on to the next lesson.

* Learning lessons does not end. There is no part of life that doesn’t contain it’s lessons.

* If you’re alive, there are still lessons to be learned.

* “There” is no better than “here”. When your “there” has become “here”, you will simply obtain another “there” that will again look better than “here”.

* Other people are merely mirrors of you. You can not love or hate something about another person unless it reflects to you something you love or hate about yourself.

* What you make of your life is up to you. You have all the tools and resources you need.

* What you do with them is up to you. The choice is yours.

QUOTE ON OPPURTUNITIES

Men take only their needs into consideration, never their abilities.
Napoleon Bonaparte

Opportunities? They are all around us… There is power living latent everywhere waiting for the observant eye to discover it.
Marden, Orison Swett

Learn to smile at every situation. See it as an opportunity to prove your strength and ability.
Contributed by Joe Brown

In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.
Albert Einstein

There is no security on this earth, there is only opportunity.
General Douglas MacArthur

Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.
Thomas Edison

If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door.
Milton Berle

Opportunity dances with those who are ready on the dance floor.
H. Jackson Brown Jr.

Don’t wait for extraordinary circumstance to do good; try to use ordinary situations.
Charles Richter

Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.
Theodore Roosevelt

Too many people are thinking of securty instead of opportunity. They seem more afraid of life than death.
James F. Byrnes

The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.
Winston Churchill

I always tried to turn every disaster into an opportunity.
John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Accept yourself as you are. Otherwise you will never see opportunity. You will not feel free to move toward it; you will feel you are not deserving.
Maxwell Maltz

If you view all the things that happen to you, both good and bad, as opportunities, then you operate out of a higher level of consciousness.
Les Brown

It is better to be prepared for an opportunity and not have one, than to have an opportunity and not be prepared.
Whitney Young, Jr.

Look for opportunity. You can’t wait for it to knock on the door. . . . you might not be home.
Jinger Heath

Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.
Demmosthenes

A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.
Francis Bacon

Nowadays some people expect the door of opportunity to be opened with a remote control.
M. Charles Wheeler

Some men go through a forest and see no firewood.
English Proverb

It is no disgrace to start all over. It is usually an opportunity.
George Matthew Adams

When written in Chinese, the word ‘crisis’ is composed of two characters?one represents danger, and the other represents opportunity.
John F. Kennedy

The sad truth is that opportunity doesn’t knock twice. You can put things off until tomorrow but tomorrow may never come. Where will you be a few years down the line. Will it be everything you dreamed of. We seal our fate with the choices we take, but don’t give a second thought to the chances we take.
Gloria Estefan

Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don’t recognize them.
Ann Landers

Many an opportunity is lost because a man is out looking for four-leaf clovers.
Anonymous