Who is packing your parachute

Who is packing your parachute?

Air Commodore Vishal was a Jet Pilot. In a combat mission his fighter plane was destroyed by a missile. He however ejected himself and parachuted safely. He won acclaims and appreciations from many.

After five years one day he was sitting with his wife in a restaurant. A man from another table came to him and said "You're Captain Vishal ! You flew jet fighters. You were shot down!"

"How in the world did you know that?" asked Vishal.

"I packed your parachute," the man smiled and replied.
Vishal gasped in surprise and gratitude and thought if parachute hadn't worked, I wouldn’t be here today.

Vishal couldn't sleep that night, thinking about that man. He wondered how many times I might have seen him and not even said 'Good morning, how are you?' or anything because, he was a fighter pilot and that person was just a safety worker"

So friends, who is packing your parachute?
Everyone has someone who provides what they need to make it through the day.

We need many kinds of parachutes when our plane is shot down – we need the physical parachute, the mental parachute, the emotional parachute, and the spiritual parachute.
We call on all these supports before reaching safety.

Sometimes in the daily challenges that life gives us, we miss what is really important.

We may fail to say hello, please, or thank you, congratulate someone on something wonderful that has happened to them, give a compliment, or just do something nice for no reason.

As you go through this week, this month, this year, recognize the people who pack your parachute.

I just want to thank everyone who packed my parachute this year one way or the other- through your words, deeds, prayers etc!! Don't want to take any of you for granted.

Struggle = Strength

Do Read... its beautiful !

The best message I have read
in a while

A man, an avid Gardener saw a small Butterfly laying few eggs in one of the pots in his garden.

Since that day he looked at the egg with ever growing curiosity and eagerness.

The egg started to move and shake a little.

He was excited to see a new life coming up right in front of his eyes.

He spent hours watching the egg now.

The egg started to expand and develop cracks.

A tiny head and antennae started to come out ever so slowly.

The man's excitement knew no bounds.

He got his magnifying glasses and sat to watch the life and body of a pupa coming out.

He saw the struggle of the tender pupa and couldn't resist his urge to "HELP".

He went and got a tender forceps to help the egg break, a nip here, a nip there to help the struggling life and the pupa was out.

The man was ecstatic!

He waited now each day for the pupa to grow and fly like a beautiful butterfly, but alas that never happened.

The larvae pupa had a oversized head and kept crawling along in the pot for the full 4 weeks and died!

Depressed the man went to his botanist friend and asked the reason.

His friend told him the struggle to break out of the egg helps the larvae to send blood to its wings and the head push helps the head to remain small so that the tender wings can support it thru its 4 week life cycle.

In his eagerness to help, the man destroyed a beautiful life!

Struggles help all of us, that's why a bit of effort goes a long way to develop our strength to face life's difficulties!

As parents, we sometimes go too far trying to help and protect our kids from life's harsh realities and disappointments.

We don't want our kids to struggle like we did.

Harvard psychiatrist Dr. Dan Kindlon says that over-protected children are more likely to struggle in relationships and
with challenges.

We're sending our kids the message that they're not capable of helping themselves.

To quote clinical psychologist,
Dr. Wendy 's Moral:

"It  is  Our Job  to  prepare  Our  Children  for  the  Road & Not  prepare  the  Road for  Our Children"

All parents - do read it

Effort is important in life

Brilliant story 

An engine in a factory failed.

The owners tried one expert after another, but none of them could figure how to fix the engine.

Then they brought in an old man who had been fixing engines since he was young.

He carried a large bag of tools with him, and when he arrived, he immediately went to work.

He inspected the engine very carefully, top to bottom.

Two of the owners were there, watching this man, hoping he would know what to do.

After looking things over, the old man reached into his bag and pulled out a small hammer.

He gently tapped something.

Instantly, the engine lurched into life.

He carefully put his hammer away.

The engine was fixed!
A week later, the owners received a bill from the old man for Rs.10,000.

"What?!" the owners exclaimed. "He hardly did anything!"

So they wrote the old man a note saying, "Please send us an itemized bill."

The man sent a bill that read:

Tapping with a hammer.. ....... . Rs. 2/-

Knowing where to tap..........         Rs 9,998/

Effort is important, but knowing where to make an effort in your life, makes all the difference.

"Life doesn't change in ONE MINUTE, but taking decision after thinking for ONE MINUTE can change life."

This is mom

SUPERB
After his father's death, the Son decided to leave his mother at an old age home and visited her on and off.

Once he received a call from the old age home. Your mom is very serious please come and visit her.

So the son went  and saw that his mom was very critical and on her dying bed.

He asked: Mom what can I do for you.

Mom replied : "Please install fans in the old age home, as there are none. Also put a fridge for betterment of food because many times I slept without food".

The son was surprised and asked : Mom, while you were here you never complained, but now you have few hours left and you are telling me all this, why?

Mom replied :r "It's OK dear, I've managed with the heat, hunger & pain, but when your children will send you here, I am afraid you will not be able to manage.!

Superb, worth reading and to be forwarded.

Honesty - Tamil story

காமராஜர் ஒரு நாள் வீட்டில் அமர்ந்து மற்றவர்களுடன் பேசிக் கொண்டிருந்தார் . அப்பொழுது அவரைப் பார்க்க ஒரு சிறுமியும் சிறுவனும் உள்ளே .வந்தனர் பரட்டை தலையும் அழுக்குத் துணியும் அவர்களின் ஏழ்மையை பறைசாற்றின . பணியாளர் ஒருவர் அவர்களை விரட்ட , முற்பட , கேட் வரை ஓடிய குழந்தைகள் தயங்கி தயங்கி நின்றார்கள் . தம்மை பார்க்க வரும் பிரமுகர்களை வாசல் வரை வந்து வழியனுப்பிய காமராஜர் , அந்தக் குழந்தைகளை கவனித்து விடுகிறார் . அடுத்த நிமிடம் உற்சாகம் பொங்க " என்ன யாரை பார்க்க வந்தீங்க ?"" என்று கேட்டப் படி அவரே குழந்தைகளிடம் வந்து விட ...

அப்பொழுது அந்தச் சிறுமி தயங்கி பேசினாள் " உங்களைத் தான் பார்க்க வந்தோம் . எங்களுக்கு அப்பா இல்லை . அம்மா மட்டும் தான் . அண்ணனுக்கு டைப்ரைட்டிங் பரீட்சை பீஸ் கட்ட பணம் இல்லை . உங்களை பார்த்தா உதவி செய்வீங்கன்னு எல்லோரும் சொன்னாங்க அது தான் வந்தோம்" என்றாள் ...

அவர்களை அன்போடு தட்டிக் கொடுத்தப் படி , " அம்மா தான் அனுப்பிச்சாங்ளா ? என்று காமராஜர் கேட்க ... அந்த குழந்தைகளோ " இல்லை அய்யா , நாங்களாகத் தான் வந்தோம் . அம்மா அப்பளம் போட்டு வீடு வீடாக விக்கறாங்க அதுல தான் எங்களை படிக்க வைக்கிறாங்க """ என்று சொல்ல . அதற்கு மேல் கேட்க முடியாமல் . மாடிக்கு சென்ற அவர் ஒரு கவருடன் .வந்தார் சிறுமியிடம் கொடுத்து " இதில் கொஞ்சம் பணம் இருக்கு . அண்ணனுக்கு பீஸ் . கட்டிடுங்க அம்மா பேச்சை கேட்டு நல்ல பிள்ளைங்களா நடந்துக்கணும் என்று சொல்லி அனுப்பி வைத்தார் ...."

மறுநாள் மீண்டும் அந்தக் குழந்தைகள் வந்தனர் . உதவியாளர் வைரவன் குழந்தைகளை உள்ளே அழைத்து வந்தார் .... " வாங்க வாங்க " என்று அவர்களை வாஞ்சையுடன் அழைத்த காமராஜரிடம் அந்தக் குழந்தைகள் . " பரீட்சைக்கு பணம் கட்டி விட்டோம் அய்யா . அந்த ரசீதை அம்மா உங்களிடம் காட்டிட்டு வரச் சொன்னாங்க என்று காமராஜரிடம் அந்தச் சிறுமி ரசீதை நீட்டினாள் .... காமராஜர் கண் கலங்கி விட்டார் .

ஏழ்மையிலும் இவ்வளவு நேர்மையா ? குழந்தைகள் அவரை ...வணங்கினார்கள் அவரும் குழந்தைகளை வணங்கினார் .... வாசல் வரை வந்து வழியனுப்பி வைத்தார்

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About life - Sundar Pichai

Cockroach TheoryA beautiful speech by Sundar Pichai - an IIT-MIT Alumnus and Global HeadGoogle Chrome:The cockroach theory for self developmentAt a restaurant, a cockroach suddenly flew from somewhere and sat on a lady.She started screaming out of fear.With a panic stricken face and trembling voice, she started jumping, with both her hands desperately trying to get rid of the cockroach.Her reaction was contagious, as everyone in her group also got panicky.The lady finally managed to push the cockroach away but ...it landed on another lady in the group.Now, it was the turn of the other lady in the group to continue the drama.The waiter rushed forward to their rescue.In the relay of throwing, the cockroach next fell upon the waiter.The waiter stood firm, composed himself and observed the behavior of the cockroach on his shirt.When he was confident enough, he grabbed it with his fingers and threw it out of the restaurant.Sipping my coffee and watching the amusement, the antenna of my mind picked up a few thoughts and started wondering, was the cockroach responsible for their histrionic behavior?If so, then why was the waiter not disturbed?He handled it near to perfection, without any chaos.It is not the cockroach, but the inability of those people to handle the disturbance caused by the cockroach, that disturbed the ladies.I realized that, it is not the shouting of my father or my boss or my wife thatdisturbs me, but it's my inability to handle the disturbances caused by theirshouting that disturbs me.It's not the traffic jams on the road that disturbs me, but my inability to handle the disturbance caused by the traffic jam that disturbs me.More than the problem, it's my reaction to the problem that creates chaos in my life.Lessons learnt from the story:I understood, I should not react in life.I should always respond.The women reacted, whereas the waiter responded.Reactions are always instinctive whereas responses are always well thought of.A beautiful way to understand............LIFE.Person who is HAPPY is not because Everything is RIGHT in his Life..He is HAPPY because his Attitude towards Everything in his Life is Right..!!

Happy married life by chanakya

Two Wives chatting in office :

Wife 1: I had a fine evening, how was Urs???

Wife 2 : It was a disaster. My husband came home, ate his dinner in 3 mins & fell asleep in 2 mins. How was yours?

Wife 1 : Oh mine was amazing ! My husband came home and took me out for a romantic dinner. After dinner we walked for an hour. When we came home he lit the candles around the house. It was like a fairy tale !

At the same time, their husbands are talking at work..

Husband 1: How was your evening?

Husband 2: Great. I came home, dinner was on the table, I ate & fell asleep. What about you ?

Husband 1: It was horrible. I came home, there's no dinner, they cut the electricity because I forgot to pay the bill; so I took her out for dinner which was so expensive that didn't have money left for a cab or auto.We walked home which took an hour & when we got home I remembered there was no electricity so I had to light candles all over the house !!!!!!

MORAL: PRESENTATION DOES MATTER... NO MATTER WHAT THE REALITY IS !!!
Chanakya writes

"If you want to be
Happy with your husband,
Love him Less &
Understand him more !

If you want to be
Happy with your wife,
Love her More &
NEVER try to Understand her !"

Dedicated to All married couple

Be a master of our mouth

Once upon a time an old man spread rumors that his neighbor was a thief.
As a result, the young man was arrested. Days later the young man was
proven innocent. After been released he sued the old man for wrongly
accusing him.

In court the old man told the Judge: 'They were just comments, didn't
harm anyone..'

The judge, before passing sentence on the case, told the old man: 'Write
all the things you said about him on a piece of paper. Cut them up and
on the way home, throw the pieces of paper out. Tomorrow, come back to
hear the sentence.'

The next day, the judge told the old man: 'Before receiving the
sentence, you will have to go out and gather all the pieces of paper
that you threw out yesterday.'

The old man said: 'I can't do that! The wind spread them and I won't
know where to find them.'

The judge then replied: 'The same way, simple comments may destroy the
honor of a man to such an extent that one is not able to fix it.

"If you can't speak well of someone, rather don't say anything"

'Let's all be masters of our mouths, so that we won't be slaves of our
words.'

Free = cheating - Tamil story

அவர்கள் சமீபத்தில் திருமணமானவர்கள்.அவர்களுக்கு ஒரு கடிதம் வந்தது அதில் புதிய திரைப்படம் ஒன்றிற்கு ஊரின் சிறந்த திரை அரங்கில் உயர்ந்த வகுப்புக்கான இரண்டு டிக்கெட்டுகள் இணைக்கப்பட்டிருந்தன.
மேலும் ,''இதை அனுப்பியவர் யார் என்று கண்டு பிடியுங்கள்,பார்க்கலாம்,''என்றொரு குறிப்பும் இருந்தது.
இருவரும் எவ்வளவோ சிந்தித்துப் பார்த்தும் அவர்களால் யார் என்று கண்டு பிடிக்க முடியவில்லை.இருந்தாலும் அந்த திரைப்படத்தை குறிப்பிட்ட நாளில் பார்த்துவிட்டு வீட்டுக்குத் திரும்பினர். வீட்டை திறந்தவர்களுக்கு ஒரே அதிர்ச்சி...
வீட்டிலிருந்த விலை உயர்ந்த பொருட்கள் எல்லாம் கொள்ளையடிக்கப்பட்டிருந்தன. வீட்டில் ஒரு கடிதமும் கிடந்தது.
அதில்,''இப்போது உங்களுக்கு டிக்கெட் யார் அனுப்பி இருப்பார்கள்'' என்று கண்டு பிடித்திருப்பீர்களே...!''என்று எழுதியிருந்ததைப் பார்த்த உடன் கத்தினர்.
ஐயோ...! ''களவாணிப்பயலா'' அவன்....? என்று....

நீதி: ''இலவசம்'' யார் கொடுத்தாலூம் அது கொள்ளை அடிப்பதர்க்கே உலகில் எதுவும் இலவசம் இல்லை காற்றை தவிர மரம் இருக்கும் வரை

Put shark in your tank

Very relevant today ......Must read.

The Japanese have always loved fresh fish

But the water close to Japan has not held many  fish for decades.

So to feed the Japanese population, fishing boats got bigger and went farther than ever.

The further the fishermen went, the longer it took to bring the fish

If the return trip took more time, the fish  were not fresh.

To solve this problem, fish companies installed freezers on their boats.

They would catch the fish  and freeze them at sea.

Freezers allowed the boats to go farther and stay longer.

However, the Japanese could taste the difference between fresh and frozen fish and they did not like the taste of frozen fish

The frozen fish brought a lower price.

So, fishing companies installed fish tanks.

They would catch the fish and stuff them in the tanks, fin to fin.

After a little thrashing around, they were tired, dull, and lost their fresh-fish taste.

The fishing industry faced an impending crisis!

But today, they get fresh-tasting fish to Japan.

How did they manage...?

To keep the fish tasting fresh, the Japanese fishing companies still put the fish in the tanks but with a small shark

The fish are challenged and hence are constantly on the move.

The challenge they face keeps them alive and fresh!

Have you realized that some of us are also living in a pond but most of the time tired and dull....?

Basically in our lives, sharks are new challenges to keep us active.

If you are steadily conquering
challenges, you are happy.

Your challenges keep you energized.

Don’t create Success and revel in it in a state of inertia.

You have the resources, skills and abilities to make a difference.

Put a shark in your tank this month and see how far you can really go....

Letter to MOM

Cute Letter from a newly married girl to her mother

Dear mom,
Like every normal girl, I was excited about marriage right from my childhood days.

I never thought beyond the time that I would spend happily with my prince charming.

But today when I am married, I realize that marriage is not all roses.

It’s not just about being with your beloved and having a gala time.

There is so much more to it. It comes with its own share of responsibilities, duties, sacrifices and compromises

I can’t wake up anytime I want to.

I am expected to be up and ready before everyone else in the family.

I can’t laze around in my pyjamas throughout the day.

I am expected to be presentable every time.

I can’t just go out anytime I want to.

I am expected to be sensitive to the needs of the family.

I just can’t hit the bed anytime I want to.

I am expected to be active and around the family.

I can’t expect to be treated like a princess but am supposed to take care of everyone else in the family.

And then I think to myself, ‘why did I get married at all?’ I was happier with you, mom.

Sometimes I think of coming back to you and getting pampered again.

I want to come home to my favourite food cooked by you every evening after a nice outing with friends.

I want to sleep on your laps like I have no worry in this world.

But then I suddenly realize, had you not got married and made such sacrifices in your life, I wouldn’t have had so many wonderful memories to hang on to.

And suddenly, the purpose of all this becomes clear- to return the same comfort, peace and happiness to my new family that I got from you.

And I am sure that as time would pass, I would start loving this life equally as you do.

Thank you mom for all the sacrifices and compromises you made.

They give me the strength to do the same. Love you.

It's an excellent article for all daughters

Do not forget to Share with ladies... respect all ladies and girls beside u as they make the world beautiful for u to live in.

Daughters are like music in the house..

When she speaks, it's without a break..& everyone says "chup bhi kar jao"

When she is silent, mother says, "tabiyat theek hai na"

Father says, "aaj ghar mein khamoshi kyun hai"

Bhai says "naraaz ho kya"

and when she is married, all say

"aisa lagta hai is ghar ki raunak hi chali gai"

She is the real non stop music..

Dedicated to all emotional, cute, pretty, sweet &sincere girls

That's You.That's a Girl..

Share with ur mother sister wife daughter brothers son dad & last but not the least all your friends male and female friends.

Let all know what are girls.

Mumma's princess
Daddy's Angel
Husband's darling
Wow girls

Onions

ONIONS!

In 1919 when the flu killed 40 million people there was this Doctor that visited the many farmers to see if he could help them combat the flu...

Many of the farmers and their families had contracted it and many died.

The doctor came upon this one farmer and to his surprise, everyone was very healthy. When the doctor asked what the farmer was doing that was different the wife replied that she had placed an unpeeled onion in a dish in the rooms of the home, (probably only two rooms back then). The doctor couldn't believe it and asked if he could have one of the onions and place it under the microscope. She gave him one and when he did this, he did find the flu virus in the onion. It obviously absorbed the bacteria, therefore, keeping the family healthy.

Now, I heard this story from my hairdresser. She said that several years ago, many of her employees were coming down with the flu, and so were many of her customers. The next year she placed several bowls with onions around in her shop. To her surprise, none of her staff got sick. It must work. Try it and see what happens. We did it last year and we never got the flu.

Now there is a P. S. to this for I sent it to a friend in Oregon who regularly contributes material to me on health issues. She replied with this most interesting experience about onions:

Thanks for the reminder. I don't know about the farmer's story...but, I do know that I contacted pneumonia, and, needless to say, I was very ill... I came across an article that said to cut both ends off an onion put it into an empty jar, and place the jar next to the sick patient at night. It said the onion would be black in the morning from the germs...sure enough it happened just like that...the onion was a mess and I began to feel better.
Another thing I read in the article was that onions and garlic placed around the room saved many from the black plague years ago. They have powerful antibacterial, antiseptic properties.

This is the other note. Lots of times when we have stomach problems we don't know what to blame. Maybe it's the onions that are to blame. Onions absorb bacteria is the reason they are so good at preventing us from getting colds and flu and is the very reason we shouldn't eat an onion that has been sitting for a time after it has been cut open.

LEFT OVER ONIONS ARE POISONOUS
I had the wonderful privilege of touring Mullins Food Products, Makers of mayonnaise. Questions about food poisoning came up, and I wanted to share what I learned from a chemist.

Ed, who was our tour guide, is a food chemistry whiz. During the tour, someone asked if we really needed to worry about mayonnaise. People are always worried that mayonnaise will spoil. Ed's answer will surprise you. Ed said that all commercially-made mayo is completely safe.

"It doesn't even have to be refrigerated. No harm in refrigerating it, but it's not really necessary." He explained that the pH in mayonnaise is set at a point that bacteria could not survive in that environment. He then talked about the summer picnic, with the bowl of potato salad sitting on the table, and how everyone blames the mayonnaise when someone gets sick.

Ed says that, when food poisoning is reported, the first thing the officials look for is when the 'victim' last ate ONIONS and where those onions came from (in the potato salad?). Ed says it's not the mayonnaise (as long as it's not homemade mayo) that spoils in the outdoors. It's probably the ONIONS, and if not the onions, it's the POTATOES.

He explained onions are a huge magnet for bacteria, especially uncooked onions. You should never plan to keep a portion of a sliced onion.. He says it's not even safe if you put it in a zip-lock bag and put it in your refrigerator.

It's already contaminated enough just by being cut open and out for a bit, that it can be a danger to you (and doubly watch out for those onions you put in your hotdogs at the baseball park!). Ed says if you take the leftover onion and cook it like crazy you'll probably be okay, but if you slice that leftover onion and put on your sandwich, you're asking for trouble. Both the onions and the moist potato in a potato salad, will attract and grow bacteria faster than any commercial mayonnaise will even begin to break down.

Also, dogs should never eat onions. Their stomachs cannot metabolize onions.
Please remember it is dangerous to cut an onion and try to use it to cook the next day, it becomes highly poisonous for even a single night and creates toxic bacteria which may cause adverse stomach infections because of excess bile secretions and even food poisoning.

Please pass this on to all you love and care about

Grandma in court

GRANDMA  IN  COURT.. Brilliantly Hilarious:

Lawyers should never ask grandmas a question if they aren’t prepared for the answer!

In a trial, a small-town prosecuting attorney called his first witness, an elderly grandmother to the stand.

He approached her and asked; "Mrs. Jones, do you know me?"

She responded, "Why, yes, I do know you, Mr. Williams. I've known you since you were a young boy, and frankly, you're a  big disappointment to me..
You lie, cheat on your wife, manipulate  people and talk about them behind their backs. You think you're a  big shot when you haven't the brains to realize you never will  amount to anything more than a two-bit paper pusher. Yes, I know  you.."

The lawyer was stunned!  Not knowing what else to do, he pointed across the room and asked,  - "Mrs. Jones, do you know the defense attorney (the opponent's lawyer)?"

She again replied, "Why, yes, I do. I've known Mr. Bradley since he was a youngster. He's lazy, bigoted, and has a drinking problem. He can't build a normal relationship with anyone  and his law practice is one of the worst in the state. Not to  mention he cheated on his wife with three different women. One of  them was your wife. ..Yes I know him."  

The defense attorney almost died.

The judge asked both lawyers to approach the bench and in a quiet  voice said:

"If either of you rascals asks her if she knows me,  I'll send you to jail for contempt of court !