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[enigma]

A mechanic was removing the cylinder heads from the motor of a car
when he spotted the famous heart surgeon in his shop, who was standing
off to the side, waiting for the service manager to come to take a look
at his car. The mechanic shouted across the garage,"Hello Doctor!
Please come over here for a minute." The famous surgeon, a bit surprised,
walked over to the mechanic. The mechanic straightened up, wiped his hands on a rag and asked argumentatively, "So doctor, look at this. I also
open hearts, take valves out, grind 'em, put in new parts, and when I
finish this will work as a new one. So how come you get the big
money, when you and me is doing basically the same work? " The doctor leaned over and whispered to the mechanic ..... What did he say ???

Guess ......

He said : "Try to do it when the engine is running".

[enigma]

HOPE DRIVES THE WORLD...

Here is a short story on motivation

There are two donkeys A & B - best of buddies. At the village fair A is

sold to a rich Arab while B is sold to a rich businessman.

The Arab treats A like his child takes good care of him etc. etc.

While the businessman ill treats B, does not feed him well and makes him

work hard.

After few years A & B meet and have a chat.

A is very sad about B and says that "My Arab can buy you from your business

man and yo u can have a good life too"

B says, "No, I have hope here"

A: "What Hope?"

B: The businessman has a beautiful daughter, and when she misbehaves the

businessman tells her - "If you continue misbehaving I will marry you off to this donkey!"

[enigma]

Today I will delete from my diary
two days: yesterday and tomorrow

Yesterday was to learn
and tomorrow will be the consequence
of what I can do today.


Today I will face life
with the conviction that this day
will not ever return.

Today is the last opportunity
I have to live intensely,
as no one can assure me
that I will see tomorrow's sunrise.



Today I will be brave enough
not to let any opportunity pass me by,
my only alternative is to succeed.



Today I will invest
my most valuable resource:my time,
in the most transcendental work:
my life;



I will spend each minute
passionately to make
of today a different
and unique day in my life.



Today I will defy every obstacle
that appears on my way trusting
I will succeed.


Today I will resist
pessimism and will conquer
the world with a smile,
with the positive attitude
of expecting always the best.


Today I will make of every ordinary task
a sublime ex-pression,

Today I will have my feet on the ground
understanding reality
and the stars' gaze
to invent my future.


Today I will take the time to be happy
and will leave my footprints and my presence
in the hearts of others.

Today, I invite you to begin a new season
where we can dream
that everything we undertake is possible
and we fulfill it,
with joy and dignity.

[enigma]

A little boy went into a drug store, reached for a soda carton and pulled it over to the telephone.

He climbed onto the carton so that he could reach the buttons on the phone and proceeded to punch in seven digits.

The store owner listened to the following conversation.

The boy asked, "Lady, Can you give me the job of cutting your lawn?"

The woman replied, "I already have someone to cut my lawn."

"Lady, I will cut your lawn for half the price of the person who cuts your lawn now."

The woman responded that she was very satisfied with the person who was presently cutting her lawn.

The little boy found more perseverance and offered, "Lady, I'll even sweep your curb and your sidewalk, so on Sunday you will

have the prettiest lawn in all of North Palm Beach, Florida."

Again the woman answered in the negative.

With a smile on his face, the little boy replaced the receiver.

The druggist, who was listening to all this, walked over to the

boy and said, "Son... I like your attitude, I like that positive

spirit and would like to offer you a job."

The little boy replied, "No thanks ! I was just checking on the

job I already have!

[enigma]

A NORMAL PERSON : People who live in glass houses
should not throw stones.
GRE STUDENT : Individuals who make their abodes in vitreous edifices would
be advised to
refrain from catapulting perilous projectiles.
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NORMAL PERSON : Twinkle, twinkle, little star
GRE STUDENT : Scintillate, scintillate, asteroid minim.
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NORMAL PERSON : All that glitters is not gold.
GRE STUDENT: All articles that coruscate with resplendence are not truly
auriferous.
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NORMAL PERSON : Beggars are not choosers
GRE STUDENT : Sorting on the part of mendicants must be interdicted.
*******************************************************
NORMAL PERSON : Dead men tell no tales
GRE STUDENT : Male cadavers are incapable of rendering any testimony.
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NORMAL PERSON : Beginner's luck
GRE STUDENT : Neophyte's serendipity.
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NORMAL PERSON : A rolling stone gathers no moss
GRE STUDENT : A revolving lithic conglomerate accumulates no congeries of
small, green, biophytic
plant.
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NORMAL PERSON : Birds of a feather flock together
GRE STUDENT: Members of an avian species of identical plumage tend to
congregate.
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NORMAL PERSON : Beauty is only skin deep
GRE STUDENT : Pulchritude possesses solely cutaneous profundity.
*******************************************************
NORMAL PERSON : Cleanliness is godliness
GRE STUDENT : Freedom from incrustations of grime is contiguous to
rectitude.
>>*******************************************************
NORMAL PERSON : There's no use crying over spilt milk
GRE STUDENT : It is fruitless to become lachrymose of precipitately
departed lactile fluid.
*******************************************************
NORMAL PERSON : You can't try to teach an old dog new tricks
GRE STUDENT : It is fruitless to attempt to indoctrinate a superannuated
canine with innovative maneuvers.
*******************************************************
NORMAL PERSON : Look before you leap
GRE STUDENT : Surveillance should precede saltation.
>>*******************************************************
NORMAL PERSON : He who laughs last, laughs best
GRE STUDENT : The person presenting the ultimate cachinnation possesses
thereby the optimal cachinnation.
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NORMAL PERSON : All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
GRE STUDENT : Exclusive dedication to necessitous chores without interludes
of hedonistic diversion renders Jack a hebetudinous fellow.
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NORMAL PERSON : Where there's smoke, there's fire!
GRE STUDENT : Where there are visible vapours having their provenance in
ignited carbonaceous materials, there is conflagration.

[enigma]

Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute, and it seems like an hour.
Sit with a pretty girl for an hour, and it seems like a minute.
THAT'S relativity.
- Albert Einstein

+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=

The brain is a wonderful organ.
It starts working the moment you get up in the morning
and does not stop until you get into the office.
- Robert Frost

+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=

The trouble with being punctual is that nobody's there to appreciate it.
- Franklin P. Jones

+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=

We must believe in luck.
For how else can we explain the success of those we don't like?
- Jean Cocturan

+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=

It's amazing that the amount of news that happens in the world everyday
always just exactly fits the newspaper.
- Jerry Seinfeld

+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=

It matters not whether you win or lose;
what matters is whether I win or lose.
- Darrin Weinberg

+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=

Life is pleasant.
Death is peaceful.
It's the transition that's troublesome."

+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=

Help a man when he is in trouble and
he will remember you when he is in trouble again.

+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=

Complex problems have simple, easy to understand wrong answers.

+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=

It is not exactly cheating,
I prefer to consider it creative problem solving.

+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=

Behind every successful woman, is a man who is surprised.

+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=

Whoever said money can't buy happiness, didn't know where to shop.

+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=

Alcohol doesn't solve any problems, but then again, neither does milk.

+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=

Most people are only alive because it is illegal to shoot them.

+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=

Forgive your enemies but remember their names.

+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=

The number of people watching you is directly proportional to the
stupidity of your action.

+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=

[enigma]

A long time ago, there was an Emperor who told his horseman that if he could ride on his horse and cover as much land area as he likes, then the Emperor would give him the area of land he has covered.


Sure enough, the horseman quickly jumped onto his horse and rode as fast as possible to cover as much land area as he could. He kept on riding and riding, whipping the horse to go as fast as possible. When he was hungry or tired, he did not stop because he wanted to cover as much area as possible.


Came to a point when he had covered a substantial area and he was exhausted and was dying. Then he asked himself, "Why did I push myself so hard to cover so much land area? Now I am dying and I only need a very small area to bury myself."


The above story is similar with the journey of our Life. We push very hard everyday to make more money, to gain power and recognition. We neglect our health , time with our family and to appreciate the surrounding beauty and the hobbies we love.


One day when we look back , we will realize that we don't really need that much, but then we cannot turn back time for what we have missed.


Life is not about making money, acquiring power or recognition . Life is definitely not about work! Work is only necessary to keep us living so as to enjoy the beauty and pleasures of life. Life is a balance of Work and Play, Family and Personal time. You have to decide how you want to balance your Life. Define your priorities, realize what you are able to compromise but always let some of your decisions be based on your instincts. Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of Life, the whole aim of human existence.

So, take it easy, do what you want to do and appreciate nature. Life is fragile, Life is short. Do not take Life for granted. Live a balanced lifestyle and enjoy Life!



Watch your thoughts ; they become words.

Watch your words ; they become actions.

Watch your actions ; they become habits.

Watch your habits; they become character .

Watch your character; it becomes your destiny

[enigma]

>> Professor at IIM was explaining marketing concepts:
> >
> > 1. You see a gorgeous girl at a party.
> >
> > You go up to her and say, "I am very rich.Marry me!"
> >
> > That's Direct Marketing.
> >
> > 2. You're at a party with a bunch of friends and see a gorgeous girl.
>One of your friends goes up to her and pointing at you says, "He's very
> >rich.Marry him."
> >
> > That's Advertising.
> >
> > 3. You see a gorgeous girl at a party.
> >
> > You go up to her and get her telephone number. The next day you call
>and say "Hi,I'm very rich.Marry me."
> >
> > That's Telemarketing.
> >
> > 4. You're at a party and see a gorgeous girl. You get up and straighten
> >your tie, you walk up to her and pour her a drink. You open the door for her, pick up her bag after she drops it, offer her a ride, and then say, "By the way, I'm very rich.Will you marry me?"
> >
> > That's Public Relations.
> >
> > 5. You're at a party and see a gorgeous girl. She walks up to you and
> >says,"You are very rich.."
> >
> > That's Brand Recognition.
> >
> > 6. You see a gorgeous girl at a party. You go up to her and say, "I'm
> > rich.Marry me" She gives you a nice hard slap on your face.
> >
> > That's Customer Feedback !!!!!
> >
> > 7. You see a gorgeous girl at a party. You go up to her and say, "I am
> >very rich.Marry me!" And she introduces you to her husband
> >
> > That's demand and supply gap.
> >
> > 8. You see a gorgeous girl at a party. You go up to her and before you
> >say, "I am very rich.Marry me!" she turns her face
> > towards you ------------ she is your wife ! > >
> >
> > That's competition eating into your market share.

[enigma]

If you're mad with someone , and nobody's there to fix the situation... You fix it .
Maybe today, that person still wants to be your friend . And if u don't, tomorrow can be too late .

If you're in love with somebody , but that person doesn't know... tell her/him.Maybe today, that person is also in love with you .
And if you don't say it, tomorrow can be too late .


If you still love a person that you think has forgetten you... tell her/him.
Maybe that person have always loved you. And if you don't tell her/him today , tomorrow can be too late.

If you need a hug of a friend... ask her/him for it.
Maybe they need it more than you do. And if you don't ask for it today, tomorrow can be too late.

If you really have friends who you appreciate... tell them.
Maybe they appreciate you as well. That if you don't and they leave or go far away today , tomorrow can be too late.


If you love your parents, and never had the chance to show them... do it .
Maybe you have them there to show them how you feel. That if you don't and they leave today , then tomorrow can be too late.

[enigma]

Horror gripped the heart of a World War-I soldier, as he saw his lifelong friend fall in battle. The soldier asked his Lieutenant if he could go out to bring his fallen comrade back.

"You can go," said the Lieutenant," but don't think it will be worth it.

Your friend is probably dead and you may throw your life away.

"The Lieutenant's words didn't matter, and the soldier went anyway.

Miraculously, he managed to reach his friend, hoisted him onto his shoulder and brought him back to their company's trench. The officer checked the wounded soldier, then looked kindly at his friend.

" I told you it wouldn't be worth it," he said. "Your friend is dead and you are mortally wounded."

"It was worth it, Sir," said the soldier.

"What do you mean by worth it?" responded the Lieutenant.

"Your friend is dead."

"Yes Sir," the soldier answered,

"but it was worth it because when I got to him, he was still alive and I

had the satisfaction of hearing him say...."Jim...I knew you'd come."

Many times in life, whether a thing is worth doing or not, really depends on how u look at it. Take up all your courage and do something your heart tells you to do so that you may not regret not doing it later in your life........

[enigma]

Hats off to this fella!! What goes around comes around. This is a true story from an Amco Christmas party in Australia last year. At a Christmas party in Melbourne last year the staff decided to pull a practical joke on their boss who had a habit of playing serious practical jokes on everyone else.

When he went to the toilet, they went through his wallet and found his Tats Lotto Ticket.

Then, they wrote down his numbers and called over the waitress to set up a little prank. She came back half an hour later and asked if anyone wanted to know the night's Lotto numbers, and then proceeded to read them out loud before setting the numbers on the table.

The boss looked at the numbers, then casually pulled out his from his wallet and compared them. He became really silent, put his wallet back in his jacket and sat down again, and checked the numbers, very carefully.

Then, he sculled his drink, stood up on his chair and shouted out to the whole room, "I just want to let you all know something. I've been having an affair with my secretary for months. I don't like any of you, and I have hated working for this company. You can all go to Hell, cause I've just won a Hell-load of money, and I'm leaving"

End of job. End of marriage. End of story.

[enigma]

Ability is what you're capable of doing...

Motivation determines what you do...

Attitude determines how well you do it.

[enigma]

One day, a poor boy who was selling goods from door to door to pay his
way through school, found he had only one thin dime left, and he was
hungry. He decided he would ask for a meal at the next house. However,
he lost his nerve when a lovely young woman opened the door.

Instead of a meal he asked for a drink of water. She thought he looked
hungry so brought him a large glass of milk. He drank it slowly, and
then asked, How much do I owe you?"

You don't owe me anything," she replied. "Mother has taught us never to
accept pay for a kindness."

He said..... "Then I thank you from my heart."

As Howard Kelly left that house, he not only felt stronger physically,
but his faith in God and man was strong also. He had been ready to give
up and quit.

Many year's later that same young woman became critically ill. The local
doctors were baffled. They finally sent her to the big city, where they
called in specialists to study her rare disease.

Dr. Howard Kelly was called in for the consultation. When he heard the
name of the town she came from, a strange light filled his eyes.
Immediately he rose and went down the hall of the hospital to her room.
Dressed in his doctor's gown he went in to see her. He recognized her at
once.

He went back to the consultation room determined to do his best to save
her life. From that day he gave special attention to her case.

After a long struggle, the battle was won.

Dr. Kelly requested the business office to pass the final bill to him
for approval. He looked at it, then wrote something on the edge and the
bill was sent to her room. She feared to open it, for she was sure it
would take the rest of her life to pay for it all. Finally she looked,
and something caught her attention on the side of the bill. She read
these words.....

"Paid in full with one glass of milk" ........ (Signed) Dr. Howard
Kelly.

Tears of joy flooded her eyes as her happy heart prayed: "Thank You,
God, that Your love has spread broad through human hearts and hands."

There's a saying which goes something like this: Bread cast on the
waters comes back to you. The good deed you do today may benefit you or
someone you love at the least expected time. If you never see the deed
again at least you will have made the world a better place - And, after
all, isn't that what life is all about?

" If God brings you to it - He will bring you through it "

[enigma]

Filipo really enjoyed helping his father in the flour mill. He led the
donkey up to the millstone, tied it securely, fixed over its head a stick,
at the end of which he suspended the proverbial carrot. After that, he only
had to give the donkey a couple of shoves to start it moving.

From morning to evening the animal circled slowly following the carrot,
while Filipo daydreamed, leaning up against bags of flour. His father
Ernesto carried the sheaves of corn to the barn and spent time checking the
wheels of the huge mill.

The young boy's donkey was very reliable, and day after day it plodded
fruitlessly after the carrot that it would never get.

One evening when the exhausted donkey had finished its last circle and
Filipo was helping his father arrange the bags of flour, he said
thoughtfully:

"Look at this foolish donkey, going around and around day in and day out in
the heat, without food or drink, trying to reach a carrot that it has no
hope of getting.

I will never be like that."

Filipo's father dropped his last sack, put his hands on his hips and eyed
his son,

"Do you think we are so different from the donkey? We work equally hard from
morning until night. Then we return home, eat some food and go to bed where
we dream that with a little luck, life will be a little easier tomorrow;
that fortune will smile on us and that we won't have to work anymore.

But in the morning with our aching backs and our tired hands, we understand
just how far away the carrot is, and just how long it will be before we
reach it."

Is our society any different from the theme of this short story? We chase
success relentlessly, to fulfil our desires for wealth and comfort.

The carrot?

The wonderful advertisements, the fabulous shop windows and the salesmen
encouraging us to consume.

Wouldn't it be worth minimizing our ambitions and desires so that we could
have the possibility of satisfying them - and actually GET the carrot?

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"Inner satisfaction is a truth of which we could be more hopeful" --
Spinoza

[enigma]

A young and successful executive was traveling down a neighborhood
street, going a bit too fast in his new Jaguar. 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 children appeared. Instead, a brick smashed into the Jag's side door! He slammed on the brakes and backed the Jag back to the spot where the brick had been thrown.
The angry driver then jumped out of the car, grabbed the nearest kid
and pushed him up against a parked car shouting, "What was that all
about and who are you? Just what the heck are you doing? That's a new car and that brick you threw is going to cost a lot of money. Why did you do it?"The young boy was apologetic. "Pleas! e, mister...please, I'm sorry but didn't know what else to do," He pleaded. "I threw the brick because
no one else would stop..."

With tears dripping down his face and off his chin, the youth pointed
to a spot just around a parked car. "It's my brother," he said. "He rolled
off the curb and fell out of his wheelchair and I can't lift him up."
Now sobbing, the boy asked the stunned executive, "Would you please
help me get him back into his wheelchair? He's hurt and he's too heavy
for my paralytic grips."Moved beyond words, the driver tried to swallow the rapidly swelling jlump in his throat. He hurriedly lifted the handicapped boy back into the wheelchair, then took out his fancy handkerchief and dabbed at the fresh crapes and cuts.

"Thank you and may God bless you," the grateful child told the
stranger with folded hands.Too short of words, the man simply watched the boy push his wheelchair bound! brother down the sidewalk toward their home. It was a long! ! slow walk back to the Jaguar. The damage was very noticeable, but the driver never bothered to repair the dented side door. He kept the dent there to remind him of this message
"Don't go through life so fast that someone has to throw a brick at
you to get your attention!"

[Mayavi Morpheus]

enigmaa.... tussi great ho

[enigma]

Thankyou Mayavi for reading through the posts.... and u know what that is my patented statement (tussi great ho) nice to hear it from someone though

[Mayavi Morpheus]

mmm... sorry, I didnt read a single post in this thread.

I just assumed that they have some morals which is the purpose of this thread.

[enigma]

Go through them when u have time

[Mayavi Morpheus]

yes my lady.

[enigma]

Thanks

[Mayavi Morpheus]

You are welcome

[enigma]

Did you know that when you envy someone, it's because you really like
that person?


Did you know that those who appear to be very strong in heart, are
real weaklings and most succeptible?

Did you know that those who spend their time protecting others are the
ones that really need some one to protect them?

Did you know that the three most difficult things to say are : I love
you,Sorry and help me The people who say these are those that actually
need them or really feel them, and they are the ones you really need
to treasure, because they have said them.


Did you know that people who occupy themselves by keeping others
company or helping others are the ones that actually need your company
and help?


Did you know that those who dress in red are more confidence in themselves?

Did you know that those who dress in yellow are those that enjoy thier beauty?

Did you know that those who dress in black, are those who want to be
unnoticed and need your help and understanding?

Did you know that when you help someone, the help is returned in two folds?

Did you know that those who need more of you are those that did not
mention it to you?



Did you know that it's easier to say what you feel in writting than
saying it to someone in the face?But did you know that it has more
value when you say it in the face?

Did you know that what is most difficult for you to say or do is much
more valuable than anything that is valuable that you can buy with
money?

Did you know that if y ou ask for something in faith, your wishes are granted?

Did you know that you can make your dreams come true, like falling in
love, becoming rich, staying healthy, if you ask for it by faith, and
if you really knew, you'd be surprised by what you could do.



But don't believe everything I tell you, until you try it for yourself
, if you know someone that is in need of something that I mentioned
of,and you know that you can help,you'll see that it will be returned
in two folds.



"One day, we mad people will change the world...or we are already
changing it " THE BALL IS NOW IN YOUR COURT... If the world were to
end in 24 hours,all the phone lines, chat rooms and email will be
saturated from people sending messages to others, saying: "I regret
having made you feel bad", "Pardon me", "I love you", "I hold you in
high esteem", take good care of yourself" and sometimes "I have
always loved you, only I never told you".

[HH]

What Matters ...

* It Is Not What You Ingest That Matters ... It Is What You DIGEST That Matters!
* It Is Not What You Earn That Matters ... It Is What You SAVE That Matters!
* It Is Not What You Learn That Matters ... It Is What You USE That Matters!
* It Is Not What You Have That Matters ... It Is How You USE IT That Matters!
* It Is Not Your Age That Matters ... It Is How SAGE You Are That Matters!
* It Is Not How Long You Live That Matters ... It Is How You LIVE That Matters!
* It Is Not How Well You Live That Matters ... It Is How WELL Others LIVE Around You That Matters!

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[lonewolf]

enigma, you rock!!! Keep posting more like these. I just love them.