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World”s Oldest Yoga Teacher…@ 98 years!!!!

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Connie is the world’s bendiest pensioner

Connie Dennison

She’s a leg-end … Connie Dennison has taught her yoga class at a church for 40 years
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By SAM WHYTE  …THE SUN  UK.

GREAT-GRAN Connie Dennison is set to take the title of world’s oldest yoga teacher — at the age of 98.

Connie — who has done the bendy exercises since the 1930s — has taught a weekly class at a Dunfermline church for 40 years.

She said: “I’d be in a wheelchair if I didn’t have yoga. it’s a great way to look after your body.” Canadian Ida Herbert, 96, currently holds the Guinness World Record title.

Connie Dennison

Spry … Connie says yoga keeps her mobile

But Connie, of North Queensferry, said teaching yoga to “the girls” — some of whom are in their EIGHTIES — was more important than the record. Pupil Sophia Henderson, 88, said: “I wouldn’t be surprised to be attending her classes when she turns 100.”

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1st Glass Ticket….Britain to Perth !!!!

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1st glass ticket: Brit lad’s message in a bottle bobs to Australia

Cade Scott

Thrilled … Cade Scott
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

SCHOOLBOY Cade Scott threw a message in a bottle in the North Sea and got a reply 17 months later — from AUSTRALIA.

 

Cade, then eight, wrote the message on a Dr Who postcard in August 2011, before dad Terry sealed it in a wine bottle.

 

 

Cade's message

Postcard … Cade’s message

 

 

 

They then hurled it into the waves at Roker, Tyne and Wear, but heard no more until an envelope arrived this week, bearing a postmark from Perth, Western Australia.

 

Cade’s mum Andrea, 44, opened it and saw a reply from Aussie Matthew Ellam, who found the bottle on December 25. Matthew, 25, had returned Cade’s card and written on his own: “Hi Cade, thanks for your postcard. I found it whilst celebrating Christmas on the beach in Perth.”

 

Aussie Matthew's reply

Surprise … Aussie Matthew’s reply

 

 

Cade’s card’s journey is thought to be the longest by a message in a bottle.

 

The lad, now ten and from Sunderland, said: “I’m really pleased I got a reply. I didn’t know how far away Australia was.”

 

 

Bottle's journey

source:::::: THE SUN…UK

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Who Broke the Wall of Jericho !!!!!

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A school inspector is sent to assess a Year 4 class in a local Christian State School…

He is introduced to the class by the teacher.

She says to the class, “Let’s show the inspector just how clever
you are by allowing him to ask you a question”.
The inspector reasons that normally class starts with religious instruction, so he will ask a biblical question. He asks: “Class, who broke down the walls of Jericho ?”

For a full minute there is absolute silence.
Eventually, little Billy raises his hand.

Billy stands up and replies: “Sir, I do not know who broke down the walls of Jericho, but I can assure you it wasn’t me”.

Of course the inspector is shocked by the answer and the lack of knowledge of the famous bible story and he looks at the teacher for an explanation.

Realising that he is perturbed, the teacher says:

“Well, I’ve known Billy since the start of the year, and I believe that if he says that he didn’t do it then he didn’t do it”.

The inspector is even more shocked at this and storms down to the principal’s office and tells him what happened, to which the principal replies: “I don’t know the boy, but I believe his teacher.

If she feels that the boy is innocent, then he must be innocent”.

The inspector can’t believe what he is hearing.

He grabs the phone on the principal’s desk and in a rage, dials the Minister for Education and rattles off the entire occurrence to her and asks her what she thinks of the education standard in the State.

The Minister sighs heavily and replies:

“I don’t know the boy, the teacher or the principal, and never
heard of the school, but just get three estimates and
have the broken wall fixed!!”

source::::unknown….input from a friend of mine…
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Life is A Mix of Both Change and Non change ….

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Sorrow simply means that viveka (discrimination) is overshadowed. Viveka means knowing that everything is changing. Your body, your emotions, the people around you and the world-everything is changing. Time and again you have to awaken to this reality. You are often fearful of change. Change is inevitable in many fronts thoug security is hooked on to stability. You know there is a need for change to improve your life, but you feel secure in the old pattern. You need the courage to implement changes whenever it is necessary. You have to evaluate the pros and the cons. You have to see whether that gives you short-term joy and misery in the long run or short-time pain and joy in the long run.
Life is a combination of both change and non-change. So, use your intelligence and courageously implement changes when you feel that there is a need for change.

source::::: SRI SRI Ravishankarji…
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Just For Laugh !!!!!….

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Just ForLaugh !!!!!…ON THE LIGHTER SIDE !!!!

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AN AMERICANISED HINDU BOY EXPLAINING DIWALI-

A young second generation Jaffna Hindu boy (14) living in Chicago was asked by his doctor mother to explain the significance of “Diwali” to his younger brother (11).

This is how he went about Diwali:

“So, like this guy, called Ram had, like, a big cool kingdom and people liked him. But, like, his step-mom, or something, was kind of a bitch, and she forced her husband to, like, send this cool-guy Ram, to some national forest or something..!

Since he was going, for like, something like more than 10 years or so., he decided to get his wife and his bro along… you know…so that they could all chill out together..!

But the forest was reeeeal scary shit… really man…they had monkeys and devils and shit like that.

But this guy, Ram, kicked with dash and bows and arrows…. so it was fine.
But then some bad gangster boys, some jerk called Ravan, picks up his babe, Sita and lures her away to his hood.

And boy, was our man, and also his bro, Laxman, pissed..!

All the Gods were with him..!…?.? So anyways, you don’t mess with gods..!

So, Ram, and his bro get an army of monkeys..!..?

Guy, don’t ask me how they trained the damn monkeys… just go along with me, ok..!

So, Ram, Lax and their monkeys whip this gangster’s ass in his own hood..!
Anyways, by this time, their time’s up in the forest.. and anyways..it gets kinda boring, you know… no TV or malls or shit like that.

So, they decided to hitch a ride back home..!

And when the people realize that our guy, his bro and the wife are back home…they thought, well, you know, at least they deserve something nice..!
And they didn’t have any bars or clubs in those days…so they couldn’t take them out for a drink..!

So they, like, decided to smoke and stuff..!

And since they also had some lamps, they lit the lamps also…so it was pretty cooool.. you know with all those fireworks..!

And this is how it started Diwali..!”

The mother fainted.!
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source:::::unknown….input from a friend of mine!!!!
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Quotes with A Smile !!!!!

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INTERESTING QUOTES …..Keep smiling!!!!!

Give a man a fish, and you’ll feed him for a day. Give him religion
and he’ll starve to death while praying for a fish.
~ Timothy Jones

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When the white missionaries came to Africa they had the Bible and we
had the land.
They said ‘Let us pray.’
We closed our eyes.
When we opened them we had the Bible and they had the land.
~ Desmond Tutu

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America is the only country where a significant proportion of the
population believes that professional wrestling is real but the moon
landing was faked.
~ David Letterman

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After the game, the King and the pawn go into the same box.
~ Italian proverb

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Men are like linoleum floors. Lay ’em right and you can walk all over
them for fifty years.
~ Betsy Salkind

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The only reason they say ‘Women and children first’ is to test the
strength of the lifeboats.
~ Jean Kerr

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When a man opens a car door for his wife, it’s either a new car or a new wife.
~ Prince Philip

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A computer once beat me at chess, but it was no match for me at kickboxing.
~ Emo Philips.

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Wood burns faster when you have to cut and chop it yourself.
~ Harrison Ford

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The best cure for sea sickness, is to sit under a tree.
~ Spike Milligan

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Kill one man and you’re a murderer, kill a million and you’re a conqueror.
~ Jean Rostand.

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Having more money doesn’t make you happier.
I have 50 million dollars but I’m just as happy as when I had 48 million.
~ Arnold Schwarzenegger.

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We are here on earth to do good unto others…….. What the others are
here for, I have no idea.
~ WH Auden

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Home cooking. Where many a man thinks his wife is.
~ Jimmy Durante

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As I hurtled through space, one thought kept crossing my mind – every
part of this rocket was supplied by the lowest bidder.
~ John Glenn

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If toast always lands butter-side down, and cats always land on their feet,
what happens if you strap toast on the back of a cat?
~ Steven Wright

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The first piece of luggage on the carousel never belongs to anyone.
~ George Roberts

source:::::input from a friend of mine…
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Message For The Day…Good or Bad ..Treat Both Equal….

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Take the ups and downs of life as natural. They are incidental to the world of compounds and components. When an empty plantain leaf is kept, it tends to move up in the wind and fly. But, when you serve dishes on it, the food and the leaf will remain unshaken. So too, fill your mind and heart with the virtues of faith, steady discipline, devotion, detachment and equanimity – these are items of the spiritual menu. Then you will not sink with every blow. When you have attained true wisdom, you will find that good fortune should not be gloated over, nor bad fortune grieved over. A hero treats both with equal unconcern. Pain and Gain are breezes and storms that cannot affect the depths of the ocean of bliss in the heart of a true devotee.

source::::: Swami Satya Sai…in His DISCOURSE…

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Divine Thoughts of Mahaperiavaa….

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” Why do people wrangle saying that one Deity is superior to the rest that the Deity whom they worship alone is the highest ? A bridge across a river has a number of arches . To a man standing under one arch , all other arches will appear smaller than the one he stands under.

This arch will appear to be the biggest to his eyes. Even so, to a votary of a particular deity , all other deities will appear inferior.
But the truth is that the deities are manifestation of ONE GOD . All arches are similarly constructed and have the same dimension and strength and power.”

Divine Message From Mahaperiavaa…

source .kanchi perivaa forum net

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Message For The Day…Keep Passions Under Check….

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Desire makes one crave for sabdha (sounds), sparsha (touch), rupa (form), rasa (taste), gandha (smell) – the qualities of the five Elements that constitute the body. One is prompted by the element of Space present within to seek sweet sounds that satisfy the ear; by the element of Air within, to run after smooth and soft things that yield pleasure to the skin, by the element of Fire to pursue things that are beautiful and appealing to the eye; the Water element makes one crave for food and drink that are tasty to the tongue, and the element of Earth urges one to cater to the nose, by trying to enjoy pleasant smells. Just as the high temperatures from the Sun is controlled, modulated and reduced by the systems in your body to a congenial temperature of 98.4 degrees, you must keep the forces of your elemental passions in check and bring it down to tolerable levels, for congenial living.

– Divine Discourse Message from Swami Satya Sai..

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