Thoughts 30APR2010

Only in the darkness can you see the stars - Martin Luther King, Jr.
De casi no se muere nadie / A miss is as good as a mile - Spanish Proverb
In the midst of movement and chaos, keep stillness inside of you - Deepak Chopra

Thoughts 29APR2010

We gain strength, and courage, and confidence by each experience in which we really stop to look fear in the face - Eleanor Roosevelt
In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life : it goes on - Robert Frost
Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it - Helen Keller

Thoughts 28APR2010

In every community, there is work to do be done.
In every nation, there are wounds to heal.
In every heart, there is the power to do it.
Marianne Williamson
Joy and sorrow are inseparable ... together they come, and when one sits alone with you ... remember that the other is asleep upon your bed - Kahlil Gibran
Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your faith lies - Mother Teresa of Calcutta

Thoughts 27APR2010

One night a father overheard his son pray : Dear God, Make me the kind of man my Daddy is. Later that night, the Father prayed, Dear God, Make me the kind of man my son wants me to be - Anonymous
He who would learn to fly one day must first learn to stand and walk and run and climb and dance; one cannot fly into flying - Friedrich Nietzsche
A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is braver five minutes longer - Ralph Waldo Emerson

Thought 26APR2010

Balance Sheet of Life
Our Birth is our Opening Balance!
Our Death is our Closing Balance!
Our Prejudiced Views are our Liabilities
Our Creative Ideas are our Assets

Heart is our Current Asset
Soul is our Fixed Asset Brain is our Fixed Deposit
Thinking is our Current Account
Achievements are our Capital
Character & Morals our Stock-in-Trade
Friends are our General Reserves
Values & Behaviour are our Goodwill
Patience is our Interest Earned
Love is our Dividend Children are our Bonus Issues
Education is Brands / Patents

Knowledge is our Investment
Experience is our Premium Account
The Aim is to Tally the Balance Sheet Accurately
The Goal is to get the Best Presented Accounts Award
Source Unknown - Got this from Atan Hanapiah of CELCOM
The only disability in life is a bad attitude - Scott Hamilton

Thought 22APR2010

Husband Instruction Manual (7 of 7)
[an American point of View]
Congratulations on the acquisition of your brand new 2010 husband. You have chosen the best that modern biology has to offer in the way of life partners. While your 2010 husband is built to last a lifetime, these care and handling instructions will help you get the most out of your man.

(7) LIMITED WARRANTY : Our 2010 husband is guaranteed against defects in workmanship for ninety (90) days. If, for any reason, you wish to return your husband during the warranty period, we will issue a full refund but only if he is returned in his original packaging. After that, you're on your own.
By David Martin - extracted from on-line Chicken Soup for the Soul : True Love
The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, not to worry about the future ... but to live the present moment wisely and earnestly - Siddhartha Gautama Buddha

Thought 21APR2010

Husband Instruction Manual (6 of 7)
[an American point of View]
Congratulations on the acquisition of your brand new 2010 husband. You have chosen the best that modern biology has to offer in the way of life partners. While your 2010 husband is built to last a lifetime, these care and handling instructions will help you get the most out of your man.

(6) Romance Instructions : Although the listening capabilities of the 2010 husband are limited, he does possess excellent eyesight. Thus, in order to activate the romance function, emphasize visual stimuli. Sophisticated conversational and emotional skills are still not available on the 2010 husband although our genetic engineers hope to have an improved product ready by the next millennium.
By David Martin - extracted from on-line Chicken Soup for the Soul : True Love
If you are going through hell, keep going - Winston Churchill

Thought 20APR2010

Husband Instruction Manual (5 of 7)
[an American point of View]
Congratulations on the acquisition of your brand new 2010 husband. You have chosen the best that modern biology has to offer in the way of life partners. While your 2010 husband is built to last a lifetime, these care and handling instructions will help you get the most out of your man.

(5) Fitness instructions : Your 2010 husband is properly proportioned and in good shape. However, in order to retain that shape and those proportions, you must insist on a strict regimen of daily exercise and a healthy diet. Failure to keep your husband active and eating properly will often result in a sluggish spouse with a widening waistline and a sagging seat. WARNING: Do not rely on in-home exercise equipment and always ration juices, pizza, and chips carefully.
By David Martin - extracted from on-line Chicken Soup for the Soul : True Love
In the midst of difficulty lies opportunity - Albert Einstein

Thought 19APR2010

Husband Instruction Manual (4 of 7)
[an American point of View]
Congratulations on the acquisition of your brand new 2010 husband. You have chosen the best that modern biology has to offer in the way of life partners. While your 2010 husband is built to last a lifetime, these care and handling instructions will help you get the most out of your man.

(4) Listening instructions: Despite years of research, we have not yet been able to produce a husband who really listens. Wives are free to urge their spouses to listen and "express their feelings" but we can offer no guarantees that you will achieve any meaningful results. Through persistent effort, some customers have trained their husbands to adopt a semi-satisfying simulated listening posture.
By David Martin - extracted from on-line Chicken Soup for the Soul : True Love
Hold on to what is good, even if it's a handful of earth - Hopi

Thought 16APR2010

Husband Instruction Manual (3 of 7)
[an American point of View]
Congratulations on the acquisition of your brand new 2010 husband. You have chosen the best that modern biology has to offer in the way of life partners. While your 2010 husband is built to last a lifetime, these care and handling instructions will help you get the most out of your man.

(3) Cooking instructions: If you chose the deluxe accessory package, you can count on your husband to successfully cook meals on his own for many years to come. The standard model, on the other hand, has few kitchen skills and a limited cuisine. Unless you're willing to invest the time necessary to train your husband in the culinary arts, don't expect much beyond making toast and boiling water. However, all models do come equipped with the outdoor barbecue function.
By David Martin - extracted from on-line Chicken Soup for the Soul : True Love
Perhaps everything terrible is in its being something that needs our love - Rainer Maria Rilke

Thought 15APR2010

Husband Instruction Manual (2 of 7)
[an American point of View]
Congratulations on the acquisition of your brand new 2010 husband. You have chosen the best that modern biology has to offer in the way of life partners. While your 2010 husband is built to last a lifetime, these care and handling instructions will help you get the most out of your man.

(2) Dressing instructions : Most husbands come with only two wardrobe options - work and casual. Therefore please ensure that you assist your husband in any clothing purchases in order to avoid nasty fashion surprises. As in past years, the 2010 husband has pre-set fashion preferences which may clash with your taste. To date, we have yet to perfect an acceptable "colour sense" module although the deluxe accessory package does include a formal wear option for occasional use. WARNING: Constant wardrobe monitoring is strongly recommended especially on weekends. Repeated exposure to baggy sweatpants and hole-filled T-shirts may void the warranty.
By David Martin - extracted from on-line Chicken Soup for the Soul : True Love
De musico, poeta, y loco, todos tenemos un poco / We have been fools once in our lives - Spanish Proverb

Thought 14APR2010

Husband Instruction Manual (1 of 7)
[an American point of View]
Congratulations on the acquisition of your brand new 2010 husband. You have chosen the best that modern biology has to offer in the way of life partners. While your 2010 husband is built to last a lifetime, these care and handling instructions will help you get the most out of your man.

(1) Laundry instructions : Although we have implemented many improvements in this year's model (e.g : automatic toilet seat replacement, limited childcare abilities, expectoration and flatulence control), we have not yet perfected an automatic self-laundering option. Thus, you must repeatedly remind your husband to pick up his dirty clothes, sort his laundry by colour, and wash appropriate-sized loads. Some owners have found it easier to simply perform these functions themselves.
By David Martin - extracted from on-line Chicken Soup for the Soul : True Love
Why does a woman work ten years to change a man's habits and then complain that he's not the man she married? - Barbra Streisand

Thought 13APR2010

THE ONLY MEMORY THAT LINGERS
I have many memories about my father and about growing up with him in our apartment next to the elevated train tracks. For 20 years, we listened to the roar of the train as it passed by his bedroom window. Late at night, he waited alone on the tracks for the train that took him to his job at a factory, where he worked the midnight shift. On this particular night, I waited with him in the dark to say good-bye. His face was grim. His youngest son had been drafted. I would be sworn in at six the next morning, while he stood at his paper-cutting machine in the factory.

My father had talked about his anger. He didn't want them to take his child, only 19 years old, who had never had a drink or smoked cigarette, to fight a war in Europe. He placed his hands on my shoulders. "You be careful, Srulic, and if you ever need anything, write to me and I'll see that you get it. Suddenly, he heard the roar of the approaching train. He held me tightly in his arms and gently kissed me on the cheek. With tear-filled eyes, he murmured, "I love you, my son." Then the train arrived, the doors closed him inside and he disappeared into the night.

One month later, at age 46, my father died. I am 76 as I sit and write this. I once heard Pete Hamill, the New York reporter, say that memories are man's greatest inheritance, and I have to agree. I've lived through four invasions in World War II. I've had a live full of all kinds of experiences. But the only memory that lingers is of the night when my dad said, "I love you, my son."
Ted Kruger - Extracted from a '4th course of Chicken Soup for the Soul', Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Hanoch McCarty and Meladee McCarty, Health Communications, Inc.,1997
L-imhabba ghamja / Love is blind - Kurdish Proverb

Thought 12APR2010

THE OTHER SIDE
"I'm sorry if our hammering disturbed you. We were hanging a picture."

"Oh, that's perfectly all right," said the neighbour. "I just came over to asked if it was okay if we hung a picture on the other end of the nail."
Extracted from 'Bits & Pieces', The Economic Press, Inc., Fairfield New Jersey - From the Library of Puan Hajah Zaihani Abdul Hamid, Bangi, Selangor Darul Ehsan
¡Que pequeno es el mundo! / (It's a) Small world! - Spanish Proverb

Thought 09APR2010

TOMMY'S ESSAY
A gray sweater hung limply on Tommy's empty desk, a reminder of the dejected boy who had just followed his classmates from our third-grade room. Soon Tommy's parents, who had recently separated, would arrive for a conference on his failing schoolwork and disruptive behaviour. Neither parent knew that I had summoned the other. Tommy, an only child, had always been happy, cooperative and an excellent student. How could I convince his father and mother that his recent failing grades represented a broken-hearted child's reaction to his adored parents' separation and pending divorce?

Tommy's mother entered and took one of the chairs I had placed near my desk. Soon the father arrived. Good! At least they were concerned enough to be prompt. A look of surprise and irritation passed between them and then they pointedly ignored each other. As I gave a detailed account of Tommy's behaviour and schoolwork, I prayed for the right words to bring these two together, to help them see what they are doing to their son. But somehow the words wouldn't come. Perhaps if they saw one of his smudged, carelessly done papers. I found a crumpled tear-stained stuffed in the back of his desk, an English paper. Writing covered both sides - not the assignment, but a single sentence scribbled over and over.

Silently, I smoothed it out and gave it to Tommy's mother. She read it and then without a word handed it to her husband. He frowned. Then his face softened. He studied the scrawled words for what seemed an eternity. At last he folded the paper carefully, placed it in his pocket and reached for his wife's outstretched hand. She wiped the tears from her eyes and smiled up at him. My own eyes were brimming, but neither seemed to notice. He helped her with her coat and they left together. In his own way God had given the words to reunite that family. He had guided me to the sheet of yellow copy paper covered with the anguished outpouring of a small boy's troubled heart. The words, "Dear Mother ... Dear Daddy ... I love you ... I love you ... I love you."
Jane Lindstrom - extracted from 'a 3rd serving of Chicken Soup for the Soul', Jack Canfield & Mark Victor Hansen, Health Communications, Inc; 1996
Bae yeak gul bahear namesaewaed / One flower does not bring spring - Afghan Proverb

Thought 08APR2010

6 PRINCIPLES OF LIFE
(1)No point using limited life to chase unlimited money.
(2)No point earning so much money you cannot live to spend it.
(3)Money is not yours until you spend it.
(4)When you are young, you use your health to chase your wealth; when you are old you use your wealth to buy back your health. Difference is that, it is too late.
(5) How happy a man is, is not how much he has but how little he needs.
(6)No point working so hard to provide for the people you have no time to spend with.
Sue Devine - Got this from Ab Rahim Hassan (former AFFIN and former BSN)
Mas vale estar solo que (estar) mal acompanado / It's better to be on your own than with people you don't like - Spanish Proverb

Thought 07APR2010

The Art Of Feeling Well (7 of 7)
IF YOU DON'T WANT TO BE ILL : Do Not Live Life Sad
Good humour. Laughter. Rest. Happiness. These replenish health and bring long life. The happy person has the gift to improve the environment wherever they live. "Good humour saves us from the hands of the doctor". Happiness is health and therapy.
By Dr Daruzio Varella - got this from Tuan Alhadi of Body Fashion, Kulim
Tihux gharusa sabiha ghax ikollok tharisha / Don't marry a good-looking bride for you'll have to watch her - Kurdish Proverb

Thought 06APR2010

THE ART OF FEELING WELL (6 of 7)
IF YOU DON'T WANT TO BE ILL : Trust
Who does not trust, does not communicate, is not opened, is not related, does not create deep and stable relations, does not get to enjoy true friendships. Without confidence, there is no relationship. Distrust is a lack of faith in you and in faith itself.
By Dr Drauzio Varella - got this from Tuan Alhadi of Body Fashion, Kulim
Piensa el ladron que todos son de condicion / Evildoers always think the worst of others - Spanish Proverb

Thought 05APR2010

THE ART OF FEELING WELL (5 of 7)
IF YOU DON'T WANT TO BE ILL : Accept
The refusal of acceptance and the absence of self-esteem, makes us alienate ourselves. Being at one with ourselves is the core of a healthy life. They who do not accept this, become envious, jealous, imitators, ultra-competitive, destructive. Be accepted, accept that you are accepted, accept the criticisms. It is wisdom, good sense and therapy.
By Dr Drauzio Varella - got this from Tuan Alhadi of Body Fashion, Kulim
Desgracia compartida, menos sentida / Two in distress makes sorrow less - Spanish Proverb