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Message for the Day….” Do Not Be Weak… Be Brave & Welcome Troubles…”

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Difficulties and pain help one to nurse and build the capacity for patience and forbearance. However, due to mental weakness and ignorance, people invariably shun painful experiences and distress. Do not be weak; be brave and welcome troubles. Let them come; more the merrier. Only with such a courageous attitude can you bring out the kshama (forbearance) hidden within you. Can you get promoted to a higher class without passing an examination? It is only when you secure the prescribed marks and pass the examination, you are declared eligible to advance to the higher class. While preparing for the examination you have to face stress and many difficulties but how sweet the promotion is! So welcome troubles as tests that prepare you for higher things and be happy when troubles descend on you, because that is when kshama truly blossoms.

Sathya Sai Baba 

 

Joke of the Day…

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A Cajun named, Jean Paul, moved to Texas and bought a donkey from
an old farmer named Ben for $100. The farmer agreed to deliver the
donkey the next day.

The next day, Ben drove up and said, “Sorry, but I have some bad news.
The donkey died.”
“Well, then, just give me the money back,” said Jean Paul
“Can’t do that. I went and spent it already.” Replied Ben
“OK, then. Just unload the donkey,” said Jean Paul.
“What ya going to do with him?” asked Ben.
“I’m going to raffle him off,” said Jean Paul.
“You can’t raffle off a dead donkey!” uttered Ben.
“Sure can. Watch me. I just won’t tell that he’s dead,” said Jean Paul.
A month later Ben met up with the Cajun and asked, “What happened
with that dead donkey?”
“I raffled him off, I did. I sold 500-hunderd tickets at two dollars apiece
and made a profit of $898,” said Jean Paul.
“Didn’t anyone complain?” inquired Ben.
“Just the guy who won. So I gave him his two dollars back,” said Jean Paul.

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“Do you believe in life after death?” the boss asked one of his employees.
“Yes, sir,” the clerk replied.
“That’s good,” the boss said. “After you left early yesterday to go to your grandmother’s funeral, she stepped in to see you.”

source::::jokeaday.com

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Image of the Day…

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On January 6, cold air passing over the warm waters of Lake Michigan created a phenomenon known as steam-fog. Here’s a NASA satellite image.

Image credit: NASA Earth Observatory

On January 6, NASA’s Terra satellite captured this natural-color image of steam-fog forming over Lake Michigan and Lake Superior and streaming southeast with the wind.

In early January, a swirling mass of Arctic air moved south into the continental United States and began breaking off from the polar vortex, a semi-permanent low-pressure system with a center around Canada’s Baffin Island. The frigid air was pushed south into the Great Lakes region by the jet stream, bringing abnormally cold temperatures to many parts of Canada and the central and eastern United States.

When the cold air passed over the relatively warm waters of Lake Michigan and Lake Superior, the contrast in temperatures created a visual spectacle. As cold, dry air moved over the lakes, it mixed with warmer, moister air rising off the lake surfaces, transforming the water vapor into fog — a phenomenon known as steam-fog.

 

Image credit: NASA Earth Oberservatory

The image above is the same as at the top of this post, but it’s a false-color image. It helps illustrate the difference between snow (bright orange), water clouds (white), and mixed clouds (peach). Water clouds are formed entirely by liquid water drops; mixed clouds contain both water droplets and ice crystals.

Read more from NASA Earth Observatory

source::::earthskynewssite

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“பச்சை மா மணி போல் ….” !!!

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இரவு வேளை.

விஷய ஞானமுள்ள அடியார் ஒருவர் வந்து பெரியவாள் முன் உட்கார்ந்தார்.

“ஆகாரம் பண்ணியாச்சா?”

” ஆச்சு”

“என்ன சாப்பிட்டே?”

“உப்புமா”

ஒரு நிமிட இடைவெளிக்குப் பின் பெரியவாள் சொன்னார்கள். “உனக்கு ஒரு கதை தெரியுமோ? உப்புமாக் கதை”

“தெரியாது”

“கேளு. ஒரு பக்தன் ஸ்ரீரங்கத்துக்குப் போனான். பெருமாளை சேவித்தான். ஒரு சத்திரத்தில் ராத்திரி சாப்பிடப் போனான். உப்புமா போட்டார்கள். உப்புமா சரியாக வேகவில்லை.சின்னச் சின்னதாய் நிறைய கல் வேறே இருந்தது. பல்லில் அகப்பட்டு, வாயெல்லாம் புன்ணாகி , சிவப்பாகி விட்டது. நிறைய மிளகாய் தாளித்துப் போட்டிருந்ததால், காரம் தாங்கவில்லை. கண்களில் நீர் வழிந்து, சிவந்து போச்சு. அப்போ, ரொம்ப சிரமத்திலே ஒரு பாட்டுப் பாடினான். உனக்குத் தெரியுமோ?”

“தெரியாது”

“என்ன அப்படிச் சொல்றே? பச்சை மால் மலை போல் மேனி…..”

“இது எனக்குத் தெரியும்.”

“இவன் கொஞ்சம் மாற்றிப்பாடினானாம். பச்சை மா (வேகாத மாவு) , மணி போல் மலை ( உப்புமாவில் மணி மணியாகக் கற்கள்) , பவள வாய் (சாப்பிட்டவனுக்கு, வாய் புண்ணாகிச் சிவந்தது), செங்கண் ( காரம் தாங்காமல் கண்ணீர் வழிந்ததில், கண்களும் சிவந்து விட்டன), அச்சுதா….”

அருகிலிருந்தவர்களுடன் பெரியவாளும் சேர்ந்து கொண்டு குலுங்கக் குலுங்கச் சிரித்தார்கள்!

Source—-Mahaperiaval Dharisana Anubavankal—–vol. 7  &www.periva.proboards.com

Compiler—T.S.Kothandarama Sarma.

Publishers——Vanathi Pathippakam.

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Read more: http://www.periva.proboards.com/thread/2934/mahaperiavas-humour#ixzz2pshvR4G2

A ” Ship ” with a Difference !!!

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Armed with only box cutters, hot glue, a hand full of able bodied volunteers and enough cardboard to make Amazon jealous one man managed to sculpture this breathtaking sculpture of a full-sized ghost ship.

Explaining where he gets all the cardboard for his sculptures he says: ”Cardboard is everywhere. Over the years I’ve developed a system called ‘trolling’ which is a process of driving around the streets with a buddy looking for piles of cardboard. We have some go to sources but it’s more fun to ‘troll’”…so pretty much dumpster diving in the name of incredible art.

This particular Ghost Ship sculpture he says was a massive undertaking for a Halloween party at Treasure Island hotel and casino in Las Vegas.

To think I had a hard time building a bridge out of toothpicks as a kid.

Source: reddit.com  & viralnova trending site

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Just For Laugh … ” Better to be A Lion in India …” !!!

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 In a poor zoo of  India  , a lion was frustrated as he was offered not more than 1 kg meat a day. 


The lion thought its prayers were answered when one US  Zoo Manager visited the zoo and requested the zoo management to shift the lion to the  US  Zoo.

The lion was so happy and started thinking of a central A/c environment, a goat or two every day and a  US Green Card also. On its first day after arrival,the lion was offered a big bag, sealed very nicely for breakfast.

The lion opened it quickly but was shocked to see that it contained few bananas. Then the lion thought that may be they cared too much for him as they were worried about his stomach as he had recently shifted from  India  .

The next day the same thing happened. On the third day again the same food bag of bananas was delivered.

The lion was so furious, it stopped the delivery boy and blasted at him, ‘Don’t you know I am the lion…king of the Jungle…, what’s wrong with your management?, what nonsense is this?, why are you delivering bananas to me?’

The delivery boy politely said, ‘Sir, I know you are the king of the jungle but .. Did you know that you have been brought here on a monkey’s visa !!!!!’

Moral of Story : Better to be a Lion in  India  than a Monkey elsewhere !!!  


source::::input from a friend of mine  who is abroad !!!

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Image of the Day …

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View larger. | Winter light image by Jan Inge Larsen in northern Norway.

Winter light image by Jan Inge Larsen in northern Norway. View Jan Inge’s Fotoblogg

Of this image, Jan wrote:

This is taken in the mountains “Snøfjellet” (snowy mountain). This is taken at the brightest time of day now when the sun is below the horizon. It’s almost like we have only blue hour at midday.

source:::earthskynewssite

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