I took a piece of plastic clay
And idly fashioned it one day
And as my fingers pressed it still
It moved and yielded to my will
I came again and when days were passed
The bit of clay was hard at last
The form I gave it still it bore
But I could not change that form no more
I took a piece of living clay
And gently formed it day by day
And moulded it with power and art
A young child's soft and yielding heart
I came again when years were passed
It was a man I looked upon
He still that early impress bore
And I could change that form no more.
Tuesday, January 8, 2008
Monday, January 7, 2008
Laughter via Kerala - good humour
1. Name the wonly part of the world, where Malayalis don't werk hard? - Kerala....!!!
2. Why is industrial productivity so low in Kerala ? - because 86% of the shift time is spent on lifting, folding and re-tying the lungi.
3. Why did the Malayali buy an air ticket ?
To go to thuubai, zimbly to meet his ungle in the Gelff
4. Why do Malayalis go to the Gelff ?
To yearn Meney
5. What did the Malayali do when the plane caught fire ?
He zimbly jembd out of the vindow
6. Why did the Malayali go to the concert in Rome ?
Because he wanted to hear Pope music
7. What is Malayali management graduate called ?
Yem Bee Yae
8. Why did he wife divorce him ?
Because he was louwing another woman
9. Who found that out ?
His aandy.
10. What does a Malayali do when he goes to America ?
He changed his name from Karunakaran to Kevin Curran
11. What does a Malayali use to commute to office everyday ?
An Oto
12. Who is Malayali's famousu eactor and aectress ?
Geedha, Revadhi, Zilgsmidha end Ambiga
2. Why is industrial productivity so low in Kerala ? - because 86% of the shift time is spent on lifting, folding and re-tying the lungi.
3. Why did the Malayali buy an air ticket ?
To go to thuubai, zimbly to meet his ungle in the Gelff
4. Why do Malayalis go to the Gelff ?
To yearn Meney
5. What did the Malayali do when the plane caught fire ?
He zimbly jembd out of the vindow
6. Why did the Malayali go to the concert in Rome ?
Because he wanted to hear Pope music
7. What is Malayali management graduate called ?
Yem Bee Yae
8. Why did he wife divorce him ?
Because he was louwing another woman
9. Who found that out ?
His aandy.
10. What does a Malayali do when he goes to America ?
He changed his name from Karunakaran to Kevin Curran
11. What does a Malayali use to commute to office everyday ?
An Oto
12. Who is Malayali's famousu eactor and aectress ?
Geedha, Revadhi, Zilgsmidha end Ambiga
Failure: Never Forever
It is well known that for 28 years Abraham Lincoln experienced one failure after another. In 1833 he had a nervous breakdown. When he ran for speaker in 1838 he was defeated. In 1848 he lost re-nomination to Congress and was rehjected for land officer in 1849. These failures did not stop him from battling on. In 1854 he was defeated for the Senate. Two years later he lost the nomination for cice president and was again defeated for the Senate in 1858. Yet despite it all, in 1860 he was elected president and went down history as one of America's greatest president.
Obviously, success isn't the absence of failure. It is having the determination to never quit because "quitters never win and winners never quit".
Almost every person who has achieved anything worthwhile with his or her life has not only experienced failure but experienced it many times. Lincoln experienced innumerable failures, but he was never a failure because he never gave in.
Walt disney was the same. He went broke several times and had a nervous breakdown before he became successful.
Enrico Caruso failed so many times with his high notes that his voice teacher advised him to give up. He didn"t. Instead he persevered and became one of the world's greatest tenors.
Albert eeinstein and Werner von Braun failed courses in math. Henry Ford was broke when he was 40. Thomas Edison's school teacher called him a dunce, and later he failed over 6,000 times before he perfected the first electric bulb.
No matter how badly or how many times a person fails. he is never a failure providing he gets up just one more time than he falls down. Furthermore, like a high jumper, one never discovers his full potential until he reaches his point of failure. As one peerson said, "low aim, not failure, is crime." Remember, too that failure is an event, not a person.
It is actually the fear of failure, not failure itself, that crippes people. As Baudjuin once said, "No matter how hard you work for success, if your thought is saturated with fear of failure, it will kill your efforts, neutralize your endeavour, and make success impossible."
Rather than having no goal, it is, as it has been wisely said, "far better tto dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered with failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the gray twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat."
Obviously, success isn't the absence of failure. It is having the determination to never quit because "quitters never win and winners never quit".
Almost every person who has achieved anything worthwhile with his or her life has not only experienced failure but experienced it many times. Lincoln experienced innumerable failures, but he was never a failure because he never gave in.
Walt disney was the same. He went broke several times and had a nervous breakdown before he became successful.
Enrico Caruso failed so many times with his high notes that his voice teacher advised him to give up. He didn"t. Instead he persevered and became one of the world's greatest tenors.
Albert eeinstein and Werner von Braun failed courses in math. Henry Ford was broke when he was 40. Thomas Edison's school teacher called him a dunce, and later he failed over 6,000 times before he perfected the first electric bulb.
No matter how badly or how many times a person fails. he is never a failure providing he gets up just one more time than he falls down. Furthermore, like a high jumper, one never discovers his full potential until he reaches his point of failure. As one peerson said, "low aim, not failure, is crime." Remember, too that failure is an event, not a person.
It is actually the fear of failure, not failure itself, that crippes people. As Baudjuin once said, "No matter how hard you work for success, if your thought is saturated with fear of failure, it will kill your efforts, neutralize your endeavour, and make success impossible."
Rather than having no goal, it is, as it has been wisely said, "far better tto dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered with failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the gray twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat."
The Gift of Encouragement
"Encourage one another daily" - Heb 3:13 (NIV)
The word encourage is made up of two words: :en" meaning "in" and "courage" . Literally, it means to put courge into another person. The gift of encouragement, that is, the ability to put courage into another person, is perhaps one of the better gifts one could wish to have. Furthermore, it is a gift that everybody has - either active or latent- or that can easily be developed. It is a gift that is very much needed.
I read about an accountant who had worked for a business for many yeares wo had committed suicide. People wondered why he took his life. when examiners reviewed the company's financial records, not a single cent was found to be missing. Everything was in perfect order. they could'nt find any reason until they found a note he had written. It said, "In 30 years I have never had one word of encouragement. I'm fed up!"
Everybody wants to be appreciated and encouraged. So let each of us be sure to take our gift of encouragement, strengthen it through lots of practice and use, and take it with us and use it generously everywhere we go. And especially use it much at home.
The word encourage is made up of two words: :en" meaning "in" and "courage" . Literally, it means to put courge into another person. The gift of encouragement, that is, the ability to put courage into another person, is perhaps one of the better gifts one could wish to have. Furthermore, it is a gift that everybody has - either active or latent- or that can easily be developed. It is a gift that is very much needed.
I read about an accountant who had worked for a business for many yeares wo had committed suicide. People wondered why he took his life. when examiners reviewed the company's financial records, not a single cent was found to be missing. Everything was in perfect order. they could'nt find any reason until they found a note he had written. It said, "In 30 years I have never had one word of encouragement. I'm fed up!"
Everybody wants to be appreciated and encouraged. So let each of us be sure to take our gift of encouragement, strengthen it through lots of practice and use, and take it with us and use it generously everywhere we go. And especially use it much at home.
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