Life Positive and More

An old one. Yet it can light up your face with a smile Once a bright intelligent young man went for IAS interview. He was asked – Q 1. When did India get independence ? He answered – The efforts started long back; but could succeed fully only in 1947. Q 2. Who were the persons, who played important role in this fight for independence ? Answer – There are many people, who were involved and contributed  their might in this. If I give one name, it will be doing injustice to others. Q 3. Do you think, corruption is the greatest enemy of the country ? Answer – A committee is investigating in this matter. I can give a correct reply to this only after seeing the report. The interview board was impressed by his original ideas on his replies. They asked him to wait outside; but also advised him not to reveal the questions, as they may ask the similar questions to other candidates also.                                                       **** When the young man went o...

The Green Thing In the line at the store, the cashier told an older woman that she should bring her own grocery bags because plastic bags weren't good for the environment. The woman apologized to him and explained, "We didn't have the green thing back in my day." The clerk responded, " That's our problem today. Your generation did not care enough to save our environment." He was right -- our generation didn't have the green thing in its day. Back then, we returned milk bottles, soda bottles and beer bottles to the store. The store sent them back to the plant to be washed and sterilized and refilled, so it could use the same bottles over and over. So they really were recycled. But we didn't have the green thing back in our day. We walked up stairs, because we didn't have an escalator in every store and office building. We walked to the grocery store and didn't climb into a 300-horsepower machine every time we had t...

Suddenly, a cockroach flew from somewhere and sat on a lady. She started screaming out of fear. With panic stricken face and trembling voice, she started jumping, with both her hands desperately trying to get rid of the cockroach.Her reaction was contagious, as everyone in her group got cranky to what was happening. The lady finally managed to push the cockroach to another lady in the group. Now, it was the turn of the other lady in the group to continue the drama. The waiter rushed forward to their rescue. In the relay of throwing, the cockroach next fell upon the waiter. The waiter stood firm, composed himself and observed the behavior of the cockroach on his shirt. When he was confident enough, he grabbed and threw it out with his fingers. Sipping my coffee and watching the amusement, the antenna of my mind picked up a few thoughts and started wondering, was the cockroach responsible for their histrionic behavior? If so, then why was the waiter not disturbed?He handled it near ...

I am writing this to you because of 3 reasons: 1. Life, fortune and mishaps are unpredictable; nobody knows how long they live! Some words are better said early! 2. I am your father, and if I don't tell you these, no one else will! 3. What is written is from my own personal bitter experiences that perhaps could save you a lot of unnecessary heartaches. Remember the following as you go through life: 1. Do not bear grudge towards those who are not good to you. No one has the responsibility of treating you well, except your mother and I.  To those who are good to you, you have to treasure it and be thankful, and ALSO you have to be cautious, because, everyone has a motive for every move.  When a person is good to you, it does not mean he / she really likes you. You have to be careful, don't hastily regard him / her as a real friend. 2. No one is indispensable, nothing in the world that you must possess. Once you understand this idea, it would be easier for you to go th...