Isn't it...? It has happened with me. When you have just got over with some relationship in your life and that seems to be the end of the road where as you just pause by to discover there is another waiting for you with arms wide open to nurture it!! And do you give thoughts why is all that happening to you, that too all of a sudden? Without even thinking how is it going to be like later on in future? You start visualizing a future with that person...Silly or innocent or naive.. i don't know but it has happened to me, Do tell me if you have gone through the same!!...:-)

 

P.S. Guys i had got it in a mail sent by one of my friend, and was moved with it!! hope it will inspire you too...

CHANGE Your Point Of View ---............................................................................................. Imagine you're in London's Heathrow Airport. While you're waiting for your flight, you notice a kiosk selling shortbread cookies. You buy a box, put them in your traveling bag and then you patiently search for an available seat so you can sit down and enjoy your cookies.Finally you find a seat next to a gentleman. You reach down into your traveling bag and pull out your box of shortbread cookies.............................................................. As you do so, you notice that the gentleman starts watching you intensely. He stares as you open the box and his eyes follow your hand as you pick up the cookie and bring it to your mouth. Just then he reaches over and takes one of your cookies from the box, and eats it! You're more than a little surprised at this. Actually, you're at a loss for words. Not only does he take one cookie, but he alternates with you. For every one cookie you take, he takes one.................................................... Now, what's your immediate impression of this guy? Crazy? Greedy? He's got some nerve?! Can you imagine the words you might use to describe this man to your associates back at the office? Meanwhile, you both continue eating the cookies until there's just one left............................................................................................................................... To your surprise, the man reaches over and takes it. But then he does something unexpected. He breaks it in half, and gives half to you. After he's finished with his half he gets up, and without a word, he leaves....................................................................................................................... You think to yourself, "Did this really happen?" You're left sitting there dumbfounded and still hungry. So you go back to the kiosk and buy another box of cookies. You then return to your seat and begin opening your new box of cookies when you glance down into your traveling bag. Sitting there in your bag is your original box of cookies -- still unopened..................................................................................................... Only then do you realize that when you reached down earlier, you had reached into the other man's bag, and grabbed his box of cookies by mistake. Now what do you think of the man? Generous? Tolerant? You've just experienced a profound paradigm shift. You're seeing things from a new point of view. Is it time to change your point of view?.................................................................................... Now, think of this story as it relates to your life . Seeing things from a new point of view can be very enlightening. Think outside the box. Don't settle for the status quo. Be open to suggestions. Things may not be what they seem. Most of the things we desire in life are expensive. But the truth is that the things that really satisfy us are absolutely free................................................................ P.S.:- i have dis habbit f thinkin bout ppl..n frm their perspectiv, bleeeev me it does make a diff:-)!! bt Xcessiv thinkin isnt good, Takecare!!

EMBRACE YOO FLAWZ.......................................................................................................... A water bearer had two larhe pots, one hung on each end of a pole, which he caried across his neck. One of the pots had a crack in it, and the other pot was perfect and always delievered a full portion of water at the end of the long walk from the stream to the master`s house. But the crack pot always arrived only half full.................................................................................................................................. For two years this went on daily, with the bearer delivering only one-and-a-half pots full of water to his master`s house. Of course, th eperfect pot was proud of it`s accomplishments fulfilled in the design for it was made. But the poor cracked pot was ashamed of it`s own imperfection, and miserable that it was unabled to accomplish what it had been made to do. After two years of enduring this bitter shame, the pot spoke the water bearer one day by the stream.............................................................................................................................. "I`m ashamed of myself and i apologise to you." "Why?" asked the bearer. "What are you ashamed of?" "I`ve been able, for these past two years, to deliver only half my load because this crack on my side causes water to leak out and the way back to your master`s house. Because of my flaws, you have to do all of thids work, and you don`t get full value from your efforts," the pot said. The water bearer felt sorry for the old cracked pot, and in his compassion he said..............................................................................., "As we return to the master`s house,I want you to notice the beautiful flowers along the path." Indeed as they went up the hill, the old cracked pot took notice of the sun warming the beautiful wild flowers on the side of the path, and was cheered somewhat. But at the end of the trail, it still felt the old shame because it lead out half its load, and so again the pot apologised to the bearer if it`s failure. the bearer said to the pot,.............................................................................................................................. "Did you not notice that there were flowers only on your side of the path, and not on the other pot`s side? Thats because i`ve always known about your flaw, and i took advantage of it. I planted flower seeds on your side of the path, and everyday while we have walked back from the stream, you have watered them. For two years i`ve been able to pick these beautiful flower to decorate my master`s table. Without you being just the way you are, he would not have this beauty to grace his house.".......................................................................................................................... Each of us flaws. We are all cracked pots. In God`s great economy, nothing goes to waste. He uses our flaws to grace the world. Don`t be afraid of your flaws. Aclnowledge them, and you, too, can bring something beautiful to life. P.S.:- i know many of you might have read this story, but i though to post it here just to remind my readers that all of them are significant in their own way. (I`ve taken the story from Times Of India dated 22nd Jan`06.

How Much You Are Worth?.................................................................................................... A well known speaker started off his seminar by holding up a $20 bill. In the room of 200, he asked, "Who would like this $20 bill?" Hands started going up. He said, "I am going to give this $20 to one of you but first, let me do this." He proceeded to crumple the dollar bill up................................................................................................................................. He then asked, "Who still wants it?" Still, the hands were up in the air. "Well," he replied, "What if I do this?"? And he dropped it on the ground and started to grind it into the floor with his shoe, crumpled and dirty. "Now who still wants it?" Still the hands went into the air. "My friends, you have all learned a very valuable lesson. No matter what I did to the money, you still wanted it because it did not decrease in value. It was still worth $20..................................................................................................................................... Many times in our lives, we are dropped, crumpled, and ground into the dirt by the decisions we make and the circumstances that come our way. We feel as though we are worthless. But no matter what has happened or what will happen, you will never lose your value in the eyes of those who love you. "You are 'SPECIAL' - Don't ever forget it!"

Hi all.......... read this...nice one....... . THE MAYONNAISE JAR AND 2 CUPS OF COFFEE When things in your life seem almost too much to handle, when 24 hours in a day are not enough, remember the mayonnaise jar and the 2 cups of coffee... 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. 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. Of course, 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 cups of coffee 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 God, family, your children, your health, your friends, and 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, and 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."............................ . One of the students raised her hand and inquired what the coffee 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 cups of coffee with a friend." ............................. .

Why is it so hard to tell the truth........................ yet so easy to tell a lie, why are we so sleepy in temple. But when the sermon is over we suddenly wake up?, why is it so hard to talk about God...................... But so easy to talk about nasty stuff?, why are we so bored to look at a religous magazine.. But so easy to look at a nasty one?, why is it so easy to delete a godly offline.............. Yet we froward the nasty ones?? Why are churches and mosques getting smaller....... But yet bars and clubs are growing?... Do you give up?...............Think about it............!!