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God Has His Own Plans !!!!

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Once there was a sweeper in a temple. Being very devoted and sincere, he thought that the lord standing all the time and giving help must be feeling very tired.

So one day very innocently he asked the lord whether he can take his place for a day so that the lord can have some relief and rest.

The deity of the temple replied, “I do not mind taking a break. I will transform you like myself, but you must do one thing.

You must just stand here like me, smile at everyone and just give benedictions. Do not interfere with anything and do not say anything.

Remember you are the deity and you just have faith that I have a master plan for everything.”

The sweeper agreed to this.

The next day the sweeper took the position. First a rich man came and prayed to the lord. offered a small donation and prayed that his business should be prosperous.

While going, the rich man inadvertently left his wallet full of money right there.

Now the sweeper in the form of deity could not call him and so he decided to control himself and keep quiet.

Just then a poor man came and he put one coin in the bowl and said that it was all he could afford and he prayed to the lord that he should continue to be engaged in the lord’s service.

He also said that his family was in dire need of some basic needs but he left it to the good hands of the lord to give some solution.

When he opened his eyes, he saw the wallet left by the rich man.

The poor man thanked the lord for his kindness and took the wallet very innocently.

The sweeper in the form of the deity could not say anything and he had to just keep smiling.

At that point a sailor walked in. He prayed for his safe journey as he was going on a long trip.

Just then the rich man came with the police and said that somebody has stolen his wallet and seeing the sailor there, he asked the police to arrest him thinking that he might have taken it.

Now the sweeper in the form of deity wanted to say that the sailor is not the thief but he could not say so and he became greatly frustrated.

The sailor looked at the lord and asked why he, an innocent person, is being punished.

The rich man looked at the lord and thanked Him for finding the thief.

The sweeper in the deity form could no more tolerate it, and he thought that even if the real lord had been here, he would have definitely interfered, and hence he started speaking and said that the sailor is not the thief but it was the poor man who took away the wallet. The rich man was very thankful as was the sailor.

In the night, the real lord came and He asked the sweeper how the day was.

The sweeper said, “I thought it would be easy, but now I know that Your days are not easy, but I did one good thing.”

Then he explained the whole episode to the lord.

The lord became very upset on hearing this whereas the sweeper thought the lord would appreciate him for the good deed done.

The lord asked, “Why did you not just stick to the plan? You had no faith in Me. Do you think that I do not understand the hearts of all those who come here?

All the donations which the rich man gave was all stolen money and it is only a fraction of what he really has and he wants me to reciprocate unlimitedly.

The single coin offered by the poor man was the last coin he had and he gave it to me out of faith.

The sailor was to die because of bad weather but if he would’ve been arrested and in the jail, he would have been saved from a greater calamity.

I intended the wallet should go to the poor man because he will use it in my service.

I was going to reduce the rich man’s karma also by doing this and save the sailor also.

But you cancelled everything because you made your own plans.”

Moral — God has plans and justice for everyone….we just have to have patience!

source::::input from a friend of mine
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Abraham Lincoln”s Letter To His Son”s Teacher !!!

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He will have to learn, I know, that all men are not just, all men are not true.
But teach him also that for every scoundrel there is a hero;
that for every selfish Politician, there is a dedicated leader…
Teach him for every enemy there is a friend,

Steer him away from envy,

if you can, teach him the secret of quiet laughter.

Let him learn early that the bullies are the easiest to lick…
Teach him, if you can, the wonder of books…
But also give him quiet time to ponder the eternal mystery of birds in the sky,
bees in the sun, and the flowers on a green hillside.

In the school teach him it is far honourable to fail than to cheat…
Teach him to have faith in his own ideas, even if everyone tells him they are wrong…
Teach him to be gentle with gentle people, and tough with the tough.

Try to give my son the strength not to follow the crowd when everyone is getting on the band wagon…
Teach him to listen to all men…
but teach him also to filter all he hears on a screen of truth,
and take only the good that comes through.

Teach him if you can, how to laugh when he is sad…
Teach him there is no shame in tears,

Teach him to scoff at cynics and to beware of too much sweetness…
Teach him to sell his brawn and brain to the highest bidders

but never to put a price-tag on his heart and soul.

Teach him to close his ears to a howling mob and to stand and fight if he thinks he’s right.
Treat him gently, but do not cuddle him, because only the test of fire makes fine steel.

Let him have the courage to be impatient…
let him have the patience to be brave.
Teach him always to have sublime faith in himself,
because then he will have sublime faith in mankind.

This is a big order,
but see what you can do…
He is such a fine little fellow,
my son!

 source::::input from a friend of mine…

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Just One Big Family !!!…Unity in Diversity !!!!!!

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Special bond:

When these five baby animals were all abandoned by their mothers their chances of survival were slim. But now the three lions, tiger, and spotted hyena are having a happier time at the Akwaaba Lodge in Rustenburg, South Africa, where they live under one roof. The animals share the same living enclosures and even share meal times together.

source:::::mailonline

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Dancing Babies are Here Again !!!!

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Evian has brought the dancing babies back for its latest ad campaign, and the video has racked up over 29 million YouTube views in less than a week.

Titled Baby & Me, the spot shows adults who are shocked to see themselves reflected in the mirror as infants.

Then both babies and grown-ups break into a series of complicated dance moves.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2314086/Evian-advert-Break-dancing-tots-set-watched-campaign-29m-YouTube-views.html#ixzz2RSe3426E

source::::mailonlineUK

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Little Kids Teach Us !!!….Learn a Lot From them !!!!!

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> 1. A four-year-old child, whose next door
> neighbor was an elderly gentleman, who had recently lost his
> wife. Upon seeing the man cry, the little boy went into the old
> Gentleman’s’ yard, climbed onto his lap, and just sat there.
> When his mother asked him what he had
> said to the neighbor, the little boy just said,
> ‘Nothing, I just helped him cry.’
>
> *********************************************
> 2. Teacher Debbie Moon’s first graders were
> discussing a picture of a family. One little boy in the picture
> had a different hair color than the other members. One of her
> students suggested that he was adopted.
> A little girl said, ‘I know all about
> adoption, I was adopted..’
>
> ‘What does it mean to be adopted?’, asked
> another child.
>
> ‘It means’, said the girl, ‘that you grew
> in your mommy’s heart instead of her tummy!’
>
> ************************ *********************
> 3. On my way home one day, I stopped to
> watch a Little League baseball game that was being played in a
> park near my home. As I sat down behind the bench on the first-
> base line, I asked one of the boys what the score was
> ‘We’re behind 14 to nothing,’ he answered
> With a smile.
>
> ‘Really,’ I said. ‘I have to say you
> don’t look very discouraged.’
>
> ‘Discouraged?’, the boy asked with a
> Puzzled look on his face.
>
> ‘Why should we be discouraged? We haven’t
> been up to bat yet.’
>
> *********************** **********************
> 4. Whenever I’m disappointed with my spot
> in life, I stop and think about little Jamie Scott.
>
> Jamie was trying out for a part in the
> school play. His mother told me that he’d set his heart on being
> in it, though she feared he would not be chosen..
>
> On the day the parts were awarded, I went
> with her to collect him after school. Jamie rushed up to her,
> eyes shining with pride and excitement.. ‘Guess what, Mom,’ he
> shouted, and then said those words that will remain a lesson to
> me….’I’ve been chosen to clap and cheer.’
>
> *********************************************
> 5. An eye witness account from New York
> City, on a cold day in December,
> some years ago: A little boy,
> about 10-years-old, was standing before a shoe store on the
> roadway, barefooted, peering through the window,
> and shivering with cold.
>
> A lady approached the young boy and said,
> ‘My child , but you’re in such deep thought staring in that window!’
>
> ‘I was asking God to give me a pair of
> shoes,’ was the boy’s reply.
>
> The lady took him by the hand, went into
> the store, and asked the clerk to get half a dozen pairs of socks
> for the boy. She then asked if he could give her a basin of water
> and a towel. He quickly brought them to her.
>
> She took the little fellow to the back
> part of the store and, removing her gloves, knelt down, washed
> his little feet, and dried them with the towel.
>
> By this time, the clerk had returned with
> the socks. Placing a pair upon the boy’s feet,
> she purchased him a pair of shoes..
>
> She tied up the remaining pairs of socks
> and gave them to him. She patted him on the head and said,
> ‘No doubt, you will be more comfortable now.’
>
> As she turned to go, the astonished kid
> caught her by the hand, and looking up into her face,
> with tears in his eyes, asked her:
> ‘Are you God’s wife?’
>
source:::::input from my friend..
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Message For The Day…God is In Your Heart !!!

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Brindavan is not a specific place on the map; it’s the Universe! All human beings are cowherds; all animals are cows. Every heart is filled with the longing for the Lord; the flute is the call of the Lord; the sport Raasakreeda (the sportive dance of little Krishna and the Gopees), is the symbol of the yearning and the travail to merge in God. The Lord manifests such Grace that each one of you has the Lord all for yourself; you need not be sad that you won’t have Him; nor need you be proud that you have Him and no one else can have Him! The Lord is installed in the altar of each and every one of your hearts. Revere the gift of this body, the senses, the intelligence, the Will and all the instruments of knowledge, action and feeling as essential for His work.

 Sathya Sai Baba

This Group Of Ducklings Swim Their Way To Record Books !!!!!!

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Huge brood: The mother and her record-breaking 24 ducklings at the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust in Arundel, West Sussex

Diligently falling in line behind their mother, this group of ducklings has swum into the record books.

Despite laying her eggs in sub-zero temperatures at the beginning of March, a mother gave birth to 24 healthy chicks – thought to be the largest brood ever recorded.

The female was pictured with her two-dozen bundles of fluff at the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust’s reserve in Arundel, West Sussex, after 28 days of incubating the eggs.

The female’s 24 eggs hatched successfully after 28 days of incubating at the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust’s reserve in Arundel, West Sussex. The chicks will face a monumental task collectively making it to adulthood, with their inability to fly making them easy prey for pike and birds such as herons. The previous record for the largest brood of ducks is thought to have been set in Oklahoma in the US, where a female hatched 22 ducklings.

The youngsters are usually led to water the morning after birth, depending on their mother for between 50 and 60 days before they become independent.

With mum: One of the brood sits on top of their mother. The group of 24 are thought to be the largest group brood of ducklings ever recorded

With mum: One of the brood sits on top of their mother.

source::::Mail Online UK

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Home Tweet Home!!! World”s Best Bird House !!!

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Birdhouse

 

The two-storey luxury home has been designed by specialists in a bid to make gardens more appealing for the declining number of British bird species. Designed by Swedish home expert Clas Ohlson, this ultimate bird house has everything the modern British bird could wish for; an open plan kitchen and living room that spills onto a manicured lawn and ultra slick ‘tweet’ deck, complete with garden table and chairs, as well as an infinity bird bath and swinging perch to relax after a hard day’s foraging.

 

source:::: Mail Online…UK

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