படித்ததில் பிடித்தது … ” கண்ணாடி சொல்லும் பாடம் …” !!!!

அந்தப் பெரியவரின் கையில் ஒரு கண்ணாடி.
அடிக்கடி அதைப் பார்ப்பார்.
பிறகு ஏதோ சிந்தனையில் மூழ்கிவிடுவார்.
பக்கத்து வீட்டு இளைஞனுக்குக் குறுகுறுப்பு…!
‘அந்தக் கண்ணாடியில் அப்படி என்னதான்இருக்கிறது?
பெரியவர் அடிக்கடி அதையே உற்று உற்றுப் பார்க்கிறாரே! ஒருவேளை மாயா ஜாலக் கண்ணாடியோ?’
அவனால் ஆவலைக் கட்டுப்படுத்த முடியவில்லை பெரியவரை நெருங்கினான்.
“ஐயா…!”
“என்ன தம்பி?”
“உங்கள் கையில்
இருப்பது கண்ணாடிதானே?”
“ஆமாம்!”
“அதில் என்ன தெரிகிறது?”
“நான் பார்த்தால் என் முகம் தெரியும், நீ
பார்த்தால் உன் முகம் தெரியும்!”
“அப்படியானால் சாதாரணக்
கண்ணாடிதானே அது?”
“ஆமாம்!”
“பிறகு ஏன் அதையே பார்த்துக் கொண்டிருக்கிறீர்கள்?”
பெரியவர் புன்னகைத்தார்.
“சாதாரணக் கண்ணாடிதான், ஆனால் அது தரும் பாடங்கள் நிறைய!”
பாடமா… ??? கண்ணாடியிடம் நாம் என்ன பாடம் பெற முடியும்? அப்படிக் கேள்.
“உங்களில் ஒவ்வொருவரும் மற்றவர்க்குக் கண்ணாடி போன்றவர்கள்”
எத்துணை ஆழமான உவமை இது!”
“இந்த உவமையில் என்ன இருக்கிறது?
எனக்கு ஒன்றும் புரியவில்லை!
“ஒருவர் மற்றவரின் குறைகளை எப்படிச் சுட்டிக்காட்ட வேண்டும், எப்படிச் சீர்திருத்தம் செய்ய வேண்டும்
என்பதையெல்லாம் இந்தச் சின்ன உவமை தெளிவுபடுத்துகிறது.
“எப்படி?”
“நம் முகத்தில் ஏதேனும் அழுக்கோ கறையோ பட்டு விட்டால் கண்ணாடியில் அது தெரிகிறது. அந்தக் கறையைக் கண்ணாடி, கூட்டுவதும்
இல்லை, குறைப்பதும் இல்லை. உள்ளது உள்ளபடி காட்டுகிறது அல்லவா?
“ஆமாம்”
“அதே போல் உன் சகோதரனிடம்- நண்பனிடம் எந்த அளவுக்குக் குறை இருக்கிறதோ அந்த அளவுக்குத்தான் அதனைச் சுட்டிக்காட்ட வேண்டும்.
எதையும் மிகையாகவோ, ஜோடித்தோ சொல்லக் கூடாது. துரும்பைத் தூண் ஆக்கவோ, கடுகை மலையாக்கவோ கூடாது.
இது கண்ணாடி சொல்லும் முதல் பாடம்!”
“அடடே…! வெரி இன்ட்ரஸ்டிங்! அடுத்து…?”
“கண்ணாடிக்கு முன்னால் நீ நிற்கும் போதுதான் உன் குறையைக் காட்டுகிறது. நீ அகன்று விட்டால் கண்ணாடி மௌனமாகிவிடும்.
இல்லையா?”
“ஆமாம்!”
“அதே போல் மற்றவரின் குறைகளை அவரிடம் நேரடியாகவே சுட்டிக்காட்ட வேண்டும். அவர் இல்லாத போது முதுகுக்குப் பின்னால் பேசக்கூடாது. இது கண்ணாடி தரும் இரண்டாவது பாடம்!”
“கிரேட்! அப்புறம்?”
“ஒருவருடைய முகக் கறையைக் கண்ணாடி காட்டியதால் அவர் அந்தக்கண்ணாடி மீது கோபமோ, எரிச்சலோ படுகிறாரா?”
“இல்லையே…! மாறாக அந்தக்கண்ணாடியைப் பத்திரமாக அல்லவா எடுத்து வைக்கிறார்!”
“சரியாகச் சொன்னாய். அதே போல் நம்மிடம்  உள்ள குறைகளை யாரேனும் சுட்டிக் காட்டினால் அவர் மீது கோபமோ,
எரிச்சலோ படாமல் நன்றி கூற வேண்டும். அந்தக் குறைகள் நம்மிடம் இருக்குமேயானால் திருத்திக்கொள்ள வேண்டும்.
இது கண்ணாடி தரும் மூன்றாவது பாடம்!”
“ஐயா…! அருமையான விளக்கம். நீங்கள் கூறிய கண்ணாடி உவமையில் இத்தனை கருத்துகளா…! அப்பப்பா!”
“யோசித்தால் இன்னும் கூடப் பல விளக்கங்கள் கிடைக்கும்!”
“இனி கண்ணாடி முன்னால் நின்று என் முகத்தை அலங்கரிக்கும் போதெல்லாம் இந்த அறிவுரைகள் என் மனத்தை அலங்கரிக்கும்.
பெரியவர் இளைஞனின் முதுகில் செல்லமாய்த் தட்டிக் கொடுத்தார்.
நாமும் அவ்வாறே நடக்கலாமே!
SOURCE:::: input from a friend of mine
Natarajan

” How Our Special Food Called ‘ STRESS ‘ is Prepared by all of us … !!!!

Colleague Faisal is a person who prefers to stay alone. He is kind of introvert person who does not mingles well with people. On Sunday noon time, he opens his lunch box and eats fried chicken which makes him feel good. On Monday noon, he opens the lunch box and eats fried chicken again. This time he does not like it as much as he did yesterday. On Tuesday, at lunch time, he opens the lunch box and finds fried chicken which he eats but this time I can see irritation in his mood. Well, next comes the Wednesday, and guess what, he has fried chicken in his lunch box. He is annoyed to see fried chicken on fourth consecutive day but eats it without saying any words of complaint. On Thursday, just before the lunch break I converse: 

“Most likely, you have fried chicken today”
“Yes”
“Why don’t you ask your wife to give you something else for food which can keep your body healthy”
“I am unmarried, I pack my lunch myself”
“What !!!”
Flash:This story might look strange but this is how we give mental food to our brains on daily basis. If we co-relate this story with a bad event of the past which we remember again and again, we are giving a special food called “Stress” to our mind on daily basis. Considering the fact that eating fried chicken on daily basis can lead our cholesterol levels towards danger zone causing chronic heart disease, can’t we just think with common sense that giving stress to our brain and heart we are seriously impacting our body developing Sugar, High Blood Pressure, Heart blockage, Asthma, Anxiety and God know how many other diseases in the long run !!!
So the choice is ours. Either we keep feeding your brain the germs of negativity and stress  OR develop the power of not looking back and start living in today. Remember the fact that life never stops. People who live in their past, stop living in earth – or simple die soon. So we must exert our energies to bring something positive and fruitful today which can bring happiness in our life or in our loved ones’ lives. About the problems we should develop the MGTD attitude: which means Meet them (confess the situation with no fear), Greet them (think positively), Treat them (focus on solution) and finally Defeat them (do practical things for eradication).  
SOURCE:::: INPUT FROM A FRIEND OF MINE
Natarajan

” Explain God … An Answer from Eight Year old Boy…” !!!

Little Boy’s Explanation of God — Fabulous!!!

(I certainly don’t think an adult could explain this more beautifully!)

THIS IS FABULOUS!!!

It was written by an 8-year-old named Danny Dutton, who lives in Chula Vista , CA . He wrote it for his third grade homework assignment, to ‘explain God.’ I wonder if any of us could have done as well ?

EXPLANATION OF GOD:

‘One of God’s main jobs is making people. He makes them to replace the ones that die, so there will be enough people to take care of things on earth. He doesn’t make grownups, just babies. I think because they are smaller and easier to make. That way he doesn’t have to take up his valuable time teaching them to talk and walk. He can just leave that to mothers and fathers.’

‘God’s second most important job is listening to prayers. An awful lot of this goes on, since some people, like preachers and things, pray at times beside bedtime. God doesn’t have time to listen to the radio or TV because of this. Because he hears everything, there must be a terrible lot of noise in his ears, unless he has thought of a way to turn it off.’

‘God sees everything and hears everything and is everywhere which keeps Him pretty busy. So you shouldn’t go wasting his time by going over your mom and dad’s head asking for something they said you couldn’t have.’

‘Atheists are people who don’t believe in God. I don’t think there are any in Chula Vista … At least there aren’t any who come to our church.’

‘Jesus is God’s Son. He used to do all the hard work, like walking on water and performing miracles and trying to teach the people who didn’t want to learn about God.. They finally got tired of him preaching to them and they crucified him But he was good and kind, like his father, and he told his father that they didn’t know what they were doing and to forgive them and God said O.K.’

‘His dad (God) appreciated everything that he had done and all his hard work on earth so he told him he didn’t have to go out on the road anymore. He could stay in heaven. So he did. And now he helps his dad out by listening to prayers and seeing things which are important for God to take care of and which ones he can take care of himself without having to bother God. Like a secretary, only more important.’

‘You can pray anytime you want and they are sure to help you because they got it worked out so one of them is on duty all the time.’

‘You should always go to church on Sunday because it makes God happy, and if there’s anybody you want to make happy, it’s God!

Don’t skip church to do something you think will be more fun like going to the beach. This is wrong. And besides the sun doesn’t come out at the beach until noon anyway.’

‘If you don’t believe in God, besides being an atheist, you will be very lonely, because your parents can’t go everywhere with you, like to camp, but God can. It is good to know He’s around you when you’re scared, in the dark or when you can’t swim and you get thrown into real deep water by big kids.’

‘But…..you shouldn’t just always think of what God can do for you. I figure God put me here and he can take me back anytime he pleases.

And…that is why I believe in God.

SOURCE:::: input from a friend of mine

Natarajan

Joke of the Day…” Rest in Peace …”

A new business was opening, and one of the owner’s friends sent flowers for the occasion. But when the owner read the card with the flowers, it said.  

“Rest in Peace”

The owner was little upset and called the florist to complain. After he had told the florist about the obvious mistake, the florist said, “Sir, I’m really sorry for the mistake, but rather than getting angry, you should imagine this: Somewhere there is a funeral taking place today, and they have flowers with a note saying,

“Congratulations on you new location.” 

SOURCE::::: http://www.joke a day.com

Natarajan

” A day you have learned something is a day …Not Wasted …” !!!

I Never Knew These Amazing Facts

My father used to say: “A day you’ve learned something is a day not wasted.” As usual, he was right. I always feel good learning and discovering things I never knew before. Things like how amazing humans can be, how far our technology has come, how amazing our world is. Here are some facts that I hope will make your day worthwhile.

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SOURCE::::: ba-bamail.com

Natarajan

Message For the Day… ” Awareness of the Unity in Divinity is the Need of the Hour…”

Birds, beasts and trees do service to man, without anticipating any recompense, but human beings seek help from their kind, from their parents, preceptors and even God, offering in return only insult and injury. They parade their loyalty to Truth, Right Conduct, Peace and Nonviolence – virtues arising from self-less love; but it is only for exhibition and not for experience. They long to recede respect and affection from others but are reluctant to treat others in the same manner. Their full concern is centered on the body-mind complex, ignoring the fact even a hundred-year long life has to end in the cemetery. In order to free oneself from the ego, people must learn to recognize the one Divinity that temporarily wears different forms and names to distract by apparent multiplicity. Removal of this mistaken view and attainment of the awareness of the unity in Divinity – this is the true purpose of education.  

Sathya Sai Baba

 

Message For the Day… ” Prepare and Plant Healthy and Pure Seeds in your Heart…”

When some friends, well-wishers or relatives place a gift-article in our hands which does not please us, we accept it gladly only because our acceptance pleases them. When the gift pleases us, our reaction is hearty. We treasure it and are filled with it. Know that God too reacts in the same way to what man offers Him. When the offering is tainted, He may accept it in order to satisfy the longing of the devotee (sadhak).But when the offering pleases Him by its purity and sincerity, He welcomes it and His joy translates itself as abundant Grace. So, one has to discover and decide on the offering that gives Him delight and receive the blessing of Grace. Discriminate, prepare and plant healthy and potent seeds in the inner field of your hearts, so that you reap a plentiful harvest of Grace.

Sathya Sai Baba

” So …. how was the day …” !!!

Adult Truths

1. Sometimes I’ll look down at my watch 3 consecutive times and still not know what time it is.

2. Nothing sucks more than that moment during an argument when you realize you’re wrong.

3. I totally take back all those times I didn’t want to nap when I was younger.

4. There is great need for a sarcasm font.

5. How on earth are you supposed to fold a fitted sheet?

6. Was learning cursive really necessary? Why isn’t it being taught today?

7. MapQuest really needs to start their directions on #5. I’m pretty sure I know how to get out of my neighborhood.

8. Obituaries would be a lot more interesting if they told you how the person died.

9. I can’t remember the last time I wasn’t at least kind-of tired.

10. Bad decisions make good stories.

11. You never know when it will strike, but there comes a moment when you know that you just aren’t going to do anything productive for the rest of the day.

12. Can we all just agree to ignore whatever comes after Blu-ray? I don’t want to have to restart my collection… again.

13. I’m always slightly terrified when I exit out of Word and it asks me if I want to save any changes to my ten-page technical report that I swear I did not make any changes to.

14. I keep some people’s phone numbers in my phone just so I know not to answer when they call.

15. I think the freezer deserves a light as well.

16. I disagree with Kay Jewelers. I would bet on any given Friday or Saturday night, more kisses begin with Miller Light than Kay.

17. I wish Google Maps had an “Avoid Ghetto” routing option.

18. I have a hard time deciphering the fine line between boredom and hunger.

19. How many times is it appropriate to say “What?” before you just nod and smile because you still didn’t hear or understand a word they said?

20. I love the sense of camaraderie when an entire line of cars team up to prevent a jerk from cutting in at the front. Stay strong, brothers and sisters!

21. Shirts get dirty. Underwear gets dirty. Pants? Pants never get dirty, and you can wear them forever.

22. Even under ideal conditions people have trouble locating their car keys in a pocket, finding their cell phone, and Pinning the Tail on the Donkey – but I’d bet everyone can find and push the snooze button from 3 feet away, in about 1.7 seconds, eyes closed, first time, every time.

23. The first testicular guard, the “Cup,” was used in Hockey in 1874 and the first helmet was used in 1974. That means it only took 100 years for men to realize that their brain is also important. (Ladies…..Quit Laughing!)

Life just gets better as you get older doesn’t it?

Mistakes always happen! Learn from the mistakes of others. You can’t live long enough to make them all yourself.

…so how was your day?

SOURCE:::: https://yougottobekidding.wordpress.com

Natarajan

Feb 2 2015