"Have you ever, at any one time, had the feeling that life is bad, real
bad, and you wish you were in another situation?
You find life make things difficult for you, work sucks, life sucks,
everything seems to go wrong...
Read the following story... it may change your views about life:
After a conversation with one of my friends, he told me despite taking 2
jobs, he brings back barely above 1K per month, he is happy as he is.
I wonder how he can be as happy as he is considering he has to skimp his
life with the low pay to support a pair of old parents, in-laws, a wife, 2
daughters and the many bills of a household.
He explained that it was through one incident that he saw in India ... that
happened a few years ago when he was really feeling low and touring India
after a major setback.
He said that right in front of his very eyes he saw an Indian mother chop
off her child's right hand with a chopper.. The helplessness in the mother's
eyes, the scream of pain from the innocent 4-year-old child haunted him
until today.
You may ask why did the mother do so; had the child been naughty, had the
child's hand been infected?? No, it was done for two simple words- - -TO
BEG!
The desperate mother deliberately caused the child to be handicapped so that
the child could go out to the streets to beg.
Taken aback by the scene, he dropped a piece of bread he was eating
half-way. And almost instantly, a flock 5 or 6 children swamped towards this
small p! iece of bread which was covered with sand, robbing bits from one
another. The natural reaction of hunger.
Stricken by the happenings, he instructed his guide to drive him to the
nearest bakery. He arrived at two bakeries and bought every single loaf of
bread he found in the bakeries.. The owner was dumbfounded but willingly
sold everything. He spent less than $100 to obtain about 400 loaves of bread
(this is less than $0.25 per loaf) and spent another $100 to get daily
necessities.
Off he went in the truck full of bread into the streets. As he distributed
the bread and necessities to the children (mostly handicapped) and a few
adults, he received cheers and bows from these unfortunate. For the first
time in his life he wondered how people can give up their dignity for a loaf
of bread which cost less than $0.25.
He began to tell himself how fortunate he is. How fortunate he is to be able
to have a complete body, have a jo! b, have a family, have the chance to
complain what food is nice and what isn't nice, have the chance to be
clothed, have the many things that these people in front of him are deprived
of...
Now I begin to think and feel it, too! Was my life really that bad?
Perhaps... no, I should not feel bad at all... What about you? Maybe the
next time you think you are, think about the child who lost one hand to beg
on the streets.
"Contentment is not the fulfillment of what you want, it is the realization
of how much you already have."
When the door of happiness closes, another opens, but often times we look so
long at the closed door that we don't see the one which has been opened for
us.
It's true that we don't know what we've got until we lose it, but it's also
true that! we don't know what we've been missing until it arrives.
The happiest of people don't necessarily have the best of everything; they
just make the most of everything that comes along their way.
The brightest future will always be based on a forgotten past,you can't go
on well in life until you let go of your past failures and heartaches.
Please send this message to those people who mean something to you, to those
who have touched your life in one way or another, to those who make you
smile when you really need it, to those that make you see the brighter side
of things when you are really down, to those who you want to let them know
that you appreciate their friendship.
And if you don't, don't worry, nothing bad will happen to you, you will just
miss out on the opportunity to brighten someone's day with this message."
:: Secret Lady ::
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Once upon a time, there was a large mountainside, where an eagle's nest rested. The eagle's nest contained four large eagle eggs. One day an earthquake rocked the mountain causing one of the eggs to roll down the mountain, to a chicken farm, located in the valley below. The chickens knew that they must protect and care for the eagle's egg, so an old hen volunteered to nurture and raise the large egg.
One day, the egg hatched and a beautiful eagle was born. Sadly, however, the eagle was raised to be a chicken. Soon, the eagle believed he was nothing more than a chicken. The eagle loved his home and family, but his spirit cried out for more.
While playing a game on the farm one day, the eagle looked to the skies above and noticed a group of mighty eagles soaring in the skies.
"Oh," the eagle cried, "I wish I could soar like those birds."
The chickens roared with laughter, "You cannot soar with those birds. You are a chicken and chickens do not soar."
The eagle continued staring at his real family up above, dreaming that he could be with them. Each time the eagle would let his dreams be known, he was told it couldn't be done. That is what the eagle learned to believe.
The eagle, in time, stopped dreaming and continued to live his life like a chicken. Finally, after a long life as a chicken, the poor eagle passed away.
The moral of the story: You become what you believe you are. So if you want to soar like an eagle, stay away from the chickens.
:: Secret Lady ::
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Its has been nearly a month I didn't use my home computer to online due to unknown faulty... den i dragged till last Friday which was 7th Oct i decided to fix my computer. After finding, knew it was Motherboard faulty! It cost me bomb when the total amount cost $660 plus all the installation and lisense key... Now, i have to officially declare I am
bankrupt, no more extra cash. Sob! No more entertainments; no good foods; no drinks; no party; no gifts; no clothes; no tours and perhaps everything i wish to do... At the sudden, everything has changed to “no No”! During the past one month, my life is so miserable: all my favorite songs are inside the hard disk; can't chat with friends; can't update my blog or browse friends' blog; can't check my emails and there are lots too... I can't imagine how i manage to survive; anyway i got lots of things to settle then tat why I'm so easy to get through it.
During the past one month, a lot of things have happened... For example, has attended my primary school fren, Yvonne 21st Bday cum her ROM day... Wow, another friend of mine has settled down. So envy and jealous... Haha! Once again, saw our "old" frenz... Alot of them has changed. Guys became taller and well built while gals all became so pretty... but we still manage to recognise each other.
Rest: all forgotten... Hiaz, really dunno wat happen to my mind nowadays... keep forgetting this and that... it seems i getting older and older... worst than those eldery.. Haiz
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