Books to Set You Free..

Courtsey - The Wall Street Journal
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'The Year of the Hare' is only the most Finnish, and perhaps most antically Zen-ish, of a shelf-load of books that tell us to find and live by our own ideas of contentment. Here are a few other memorable summonses to a new life:

The Moon and Sixpence By Somerset Maugham (1919)
Maugham may have looked and sounded like an upstanding member of the British ruling classes, but all his books are about a longing to escape—through romance or mysticism if not downright flight. In this, one of the greatest of his novels, he tweaks the story of Gauguin's journey to send a British stockbroker to a richer life in Tahiti. Maugham was the rare soul who knew both cosmopolitan society and the runaway's life—and how the latter could somehow complete the trajectory of the former.

Walden By Henry David Thoreau (1854)
He traveled only a mile and a quarter from Concord's railroad station; he stayed in his cabin only two years, two months and two days; and he held mass anti-slavery meetings there, while also taking off for excursions to Maine (and jail). But the details don't matter. What Thoreau shows us is how easy it is to step off the grid, think more carefully about our choices, and live a little closer to our senses and truest needs. A man is rich, he knew, 'in proportion to the number of things which he can afford to leave alone.'

Eat, Pray, Love By Elizabeth Gilbert (2006)
This book has become so popular and so widely envied that it's hard to see it clearly. But Ms. Gilbert won seven million readers mostly by exploring, with unusual intelligence and wit, something many of us feel: Why stick around in New York, writing articles and drifting between partners who don't entirely fulfill you, when there's a whole wide world to explore? The beauty of this memoir is that she is honest enough to know her story sounds like cliché, even as she is open, warm and wise enough to find a new life, a clearer sense of herself and, yes, a new husband.

A Journey in Ladakh By Andrew Harvey (1983)
Harvey held a sinecure fellowship at Oxford—the youngest to win such in the university's 800-year history—when he took off for an almost unvisited corner of the Himalayas in northern India. The people and places he met in Ladakh proved so eye-opening that he left Oxford, became a full-time mystic and, in the 30 years since, has published dozens of books on Christianity, Sufism, Buddhism and much else.

As You Like It By William Shakespeare (1599)
The characters in many of Shakespeare's last plays, culminating in 'The Winter's Tale' and 'The Tempest,' find that, once exiled (however reluctantly) from their homes, everything feels like a holiday. But even in this much earlier comedy, the exiled protagonists lose their fixed identities in wandering—and promptly find themselves in the company of clowns and zanies who might have stolen right out of 'The Year of the Hare.' 'And this our life, exempt from public haunt, finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, sermons in stones, and good in everything,' says the Duke, sounding startlingly similar to Vatanen.

(To lovers of 'A Burnt-Out Case' by Graham Greene, of 'Steppenwolf' by Hermann Hesse, of 'The Seven Storey Mountain' by Thomas Merton, and of all the many other books—'Playing With Water' by James Hamilton-Paterson!—that could be here, I apologize. They all could change your life.)

—Pico Iyer

Making 2011 the Year of Great Relationships..

Some tips for improving interactions with loved ones:

1. Share more. Be open and honest about what is really going on in your life. This will help others relate to you better and, in turn, open up to you.
2. Make time to talk. Agree to a time to chat each day. Consider setting a time limit, especially for couples where one person likes to talk more than the other. It helps the quiet person speak up—and the chatty one focus on what's really worth saying.
3. Go outside together. Being outdoors relieves stress and makes it easier to connect. There's also less need for direct eye contact, sometimes a good thing.
4. Discuss finances. Money is one of the most divisive issues in a relationship. Discuss it and decide how to manage it before it becomes a problem.
5. Turn off the computer. And the iPhone, TV and videogames.Too many families spend evenings with their separate electronic devices. Try talking without a screen in front of you.
6. Make new friends. Research shows that high-quality relationships are important. Add to your support network by reaching out

  Courtsey - The Wall Street Journal

Merry Christmas Everyone!

A good laugh, even if you’re NOT over 50 years..

When I bought my Blackberry I thought about the 30-year business I ran with 1800 employees, all without a cell phone that plays music, takes videos, pictures and communicates with Facebook and Twitter. I signed up under duress for Twitter and Facebook, so my seven kids, their spouses, 13 grandkids and 2 great grand kids could communicate with me in the modern way. I figured I could handle something as simple as Twitter with only 140 characters of space.

That was before one of my grandkids hooked me up for Tweeter, Tweetree, Twhirl, Twitterfon, Tweetie and Twittererific Tweetdeck, Twitpix and something that sends every message to my cell phone and every other program within the texting world.

My phone was beeping every three minutes with the details of everything except the bowel movements of the entire next generation. I am not ready to live like this and now I keep my cell phone in the garage in my golf bag.

The kids bought me a GPS for my last birthday because they say I get lost every now and then going over to the grocery store or library. I keep that in a box under my tool bench with the Blue tooth [it's red] phone I am supposed to use when I drive. I wore it once and was standing in line at Barnes and Noble talking to my wife and everyone in the nearest 50 yards was glaring at me. I had to take my hearing aid out to use it, and I got a little loud.

I mean the GPS looked pretty smart on my dash board, but the lady inside that gadget was the most annoying, rudest person I had run into in a long time. Every 10 minutes, she would sarcastically say, "Re-calculating." You would think that she could be nicer. It was like she could barely tolerate me. She would let go with a deep sigh and then tell me to make a U-turn at the next light. Then if I made a right turn instead…well, it was not a good relationship.

When I get really lost now, I call my wife and tell her the name of the cross streets and while she is starting to develop the same tone as Gypsy, the GPS lady, at least she loves me.

To be perfectly frank, I am still trying to learn how to use the cordless phones in our house. We have had them for 4 years, but I still haven't figured out how I can lose three phones all at once and have run around digging under chair cushions and checking bathrooms and the dirty laundry baskets when the phone rings.

The world is just getting too complex for me. They even mess me up every time I go to the grocery store. You would think they could settle on something themselves but this sudden "Paper or Plastic?" every time I check out just knocks me for a loop. I bought some of those cloth reusable bags to avoid looking confused, but I never remember to take them in with me.

Now I toss it back to them. When they ask me, "Paper or Plastic?" I just say, "Doesn't matter to me. I am bi-sacksual." Then it's their turn to stare at me with a blank look.

I was recently asked if I tweet. I answered, "No, but I do toot a lot."

Where there is a will, there is always a way..

An old man lived alone in Minnesota. He wanted to spade his potato garden, but it was very hard work. His only son, who would have helped him, was in prison. The old man wrote a letter to his son and mentioned his situation.

‘Dear Son,

I am feeling pretty bad because it looks like I won't be able to plant my potato garden this year. I hate to miss doing the garden, because your mother always loved planting time. I'm just getting too old to be digging up a garden plot. If you were here, all my troubles would be over. I know you would dig the plot for me, if you weren't in prison.

Love, Dad’

Shortly, the old man received this telegram:

'For Heaven's sake, Dad,don't dig up the garden !!

That's where I buried the GUNS!'

At 4 a.m. The next morning, a dozen FBI agents and local police officers showed up and dug up the entire garden without finding any guns.

Confused, the old man wrote another note to his son telling him what happened, and asked him what to do next.

His son's reply was: 'Go ahead and plant your potatoes, Dad. It's the best I could do for you from here.'

Moral Of the Story:

NO MATTER WHERE YOU ARE IN THE WORLD, IF YOU HAVE DECIDED TO DO SOMETHING DEEP FROM YOUR HEART, YOU CAN DO IT.

Absolutely Brilliant..

The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was the other possibility.

As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5- year phase-in plan that would become known as "Euro-English".

In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c".. Sertainly, this will make the sivil servants jump with joy. The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.

There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f".. This will make words like fotograf 20% shorter.

In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.

Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always ben a deterent to akurate speling.

Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is disgrasful and it should go away.

By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with "z" and "w" with "v".

During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou" and after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensi bl riten styl.

Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi TU understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.

Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze forst plas.

How to Tell the Sex of a Fly..

A woman walked into the kitchen to find her husband

stalking around with a fly swatter.

"What are you doing?" She asked.

"Hunting Flies" He responded.

"Oh. ! Killed any so far ??" She asked.

"Yep, 3 males, 2 Females," he replied.

Intrigued, she asked.

"How can you tell them apart?"

He responded,

"3 were on a beer can,

2 were on the phone."

To Be 6 Again!

A man was sitting on the edge of the bed, watching his wife, who was looking at herself in the mirror. Since her birthday was not far off he asked what she'd like to have for her birthday.

'I'd like to be six again', she replied, still looking in the mirror .

On the morning of her Birthday, he arose early, made her a nice big bowl of Lucky Charms, and then took her to Six Flags theme park. What a day! He put her on every ride in the park; the Death Slide, the Wall of Fear, the Screaming Roller Coaster, everything there was.

Five hours later they staggered out of the theme park. Her head was reeling and her stomach felt upside down. He then took her to a McDonald's where he ordered her a Happy Meal with extra fries and a chocolate shake.

Then it was off to a movie, popcorn, a soda pop, and her favorite candy, M&M's. What a fabulous adventure!

Finally she wobbled home with her husband and collapsed into bed exhausted.

He leaned over his wife with a big smile and lovingly asked, 'Well Dear, what was it like being six again?'

Her eyes slowly opened and her expression suddenly changed.

'I meant my dress size, you retard!!!!'

The moral of the story: Even when a man is listening, he is gonna get it wrong.

Buffalo theory..

In one episode of 'Cheers', Cliff is seated at the bar describing the Buffalo Theory to his buddy, Norm. I don't think I've ever heard the concept explained any better than this .

'Well you see, Norm, it's like this . . . A herd of buffalo can only move as fast as the slowest buffalo. And when the heard is hunted, it is the slowest and weakest ones at the back that are killed first . This natural selection is good for the herd as a whole, because the general speed and health of the whole group keeps improving by the regular killing of the weakest members. In much the same way, the human brain can only operate as fast as the slowest brain cells. Now, as we know, excessive intake of alcohol kills brain cells. But naturally, it attacks the slowest and weakest brain cells first. In this way, regular consumption of beer eliminates the weaker brain cells, making the brain a faster and more efficient machine. And that, Norm, is why you always feel smarter after a few beers.'

Two Choices..

What would you do?....you make the choice. Don't look for a punch line, there isn't one. Read it anyway. My question is: Would you have made the same choice?

At a fundraising dinner for a school that serves children with learning disabilities, the father of one of the students delivered a speech that would never be forgotten by all who attended. After extolling the school and its dedicated staff, he offered a question:

'When not interfered with by outside influences, everything nature does, is done with perfection.

Yet my son, Shay, cannot learn things as other children do. He cannot understand things as other children do.

Where is the natural order of things in my son?'

The audience was stilled by the query.

The father continued. 'I believe that when a child like Shay, who was mentally and physically disabled comes into the world, an opportunity to realize true human nature presents itself, and it comes in the way other people treat that child.'

Then he told the following story:

Shay and I had walked past a park where some boys Shay knew were playing baseball. Shay asked, 'Do you think they'll let me play?' I knew that most of the boys would not want someone like Shay on their team, but as a father I also understood that if my son were allowed to play, it would give him a much-needed sense of belonging and some confidence to be accepted by others in spite of his handicaps.

I approached one of the boys on the field and asked (not expecting much) if Shay could play. The boy looked around for guidance and said, 'We're losing by six runs and the game is in the eighth inning. I guess he can be on our team and we'll try to put him in to bat in the ninth inning.'

Shay struggled over to the team's bench and, with a broad smile, put on a team shirt. I watched with a small tear in my eye and warmth in my heart. The boys saw my joy at my son being accepted..

In the bottom of the eighth inning, Shay's team scored a few runs but was still behind by three.

In the top of the ninth inning, Shay put on a glove and played in the right field. Even though no hits came his way, he was obviously ecstatic just to be in the game and on the field, grinning from ear to ear as I waved to him from the stands.

In the bottom of the ninth inning, Shay's team scored again.

Now, with two outs and the bases loaded, the potential winning run was on base and Shay was scheduled to be next at bat.

At this juncture, do they let Shay bat and give away their chance to win the game?

Surprisingly, Shay was given the bat. Everyone knew that a hit was all but impossible because Shay didn't even know how to hold the bat properly, much less connect with the ball.

However, as Shay stepped up to the plate, the pitcher, recognizing that the other team was putting winning aside for this moment in Shay's life, moved in a few steps to lob the ball in softly so Shay could at least make contact.

The first pitch came and Shay swung clumsily and missed..

The pitcher again took a few steps forward to toss the ball softly towards Shay.

As the pitch came in, Shay swung at the ball and hit a slow ground ball right back to the pitcher.

The game would now be over.

The pitcher picked up the soft grounder and could have easily thrown the ball to the first baseman.

Shay would have been out and that would have been the end of the game.

Instead, the pitcher threw the ball right over the first baseman's head, out of reach of all team mates.

Everyone from the stands and both teams started yelling, 'Shay, run to first!

Run to first!'

Never in his life had Shay ever run that far, but he made it to first base.

He scampered down the baseline, wide-eyed and startled.

Everyone yelled, 'Run to second, run to second!'

Catching his breath, Shay awkwardly ran towards second, gleaming and struggling to make it to the base.

By the time Shay rounded towards second base, the right fielder had the ball .. the smallest guy on their team who now had his first chance to be the hero for his team.

He could have thrown the ball to the second-baseman for the tag, but he understood the pitcher's intentions so he, too, intentionally threw the ball high and far over the third-baseman's head.

Shay ran toward third base deliriously as the runners ahead of him circled the bases toward home.

All were screaming, 'Shay, Shay, Shay, all the Way Shay'.

Shay reached third base because the opposing shortstop ran to help him by turning him in the direction of third base, and shouted, 'Run to third!

Shay, run to third!'

As Shay rounded third, the boys from both teams, and the spectators, were on their feet screaming, 'Shay, run home ! Run home!'

Shay ran to home, stepped on the plate, and was cheered as the hero who hit the grand slam and won the game for his team.

'That day', said the father softly with tears now rolling down his face, 'the boys from both teams helped bring a piece of true love and humanity into this world'.

Shay didn't make it to another summer. He died that winter, having never forgotten being the hero and making me so happy, and coming home and seeing his Mother tearfully embrace her little hero of the day!
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We all have thousands of opportunities every single day to help realize the 'natural order of things.'

So many seemingly trivial interactions between two people present us with a choice:

Do we pass along a little spark of love and humanity or do we pass up those opportunities and leave the world a little bit colder in the process?

A wise man once said every society is judged by how it treats it's least fortunate amongst them.

A Keeper..

One day a mother died.

And on that clear, cold morning,

In the warmth of her bedroom,

Her adult children were struck with

The pain of learning that sometimes

There isn't any more.

No more hugs,

No more lucky moments to celebrate together,

No more phone calls just to chat,

No more 'just one more thing..'
Sometimes, what we care about the most goes away

Never to return before we can say good-bye,

Say 'I Love You.'

Or

'I Miss You'

So while we have it . . It 's best we love it . .

And care for it and fix it when it's broken .

And take good care of it when it's sick.

This is true for marriage .... And friendships!

And children with bad report cards;

And dogs with bad hips;

And aging parents and grandparents.

We keep them because they are worth it,

Because we cherish them!

Some things we keep --

Like a best friend who moved away

Or a classmate we grew up with.

There are just some things that

Make us happy, No matter what.

Life is important,

And so are the people we know

And so, we keep them close!

I received this from someone today

Who thought I was a 'KEEPER'!

Good things in life..

BEST END IS FRI-END
BEST STAND IS UNDER-STAND
BEST AGE IS COLLE-AGE
BEST WORK IS HARD-WORK
THINK GOOD DO GOOD
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Be bold when you lose and Be calm when you win.

Your Life is a fingerprint that cannot be duplicated.
So make the Best impression with it.
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We Work for Making Better tomorow.

But When tomorow Comes,
Instead Of Enjoying,
Again we Start Thinking for Better tomorow.
WE Never Enjoy Present.
ENJOY TODAY
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Read this

`LIVETOGETHERE'

What did U read?

`LIVE TOGETHERE'

Or
`LIVE TO GET HERE'
Just a beautiful way 2 say "LIFE is d way how U look n react…

ભગવાન ઉપરની શ્રધ્ધા! અને માનવતા..

એક ખુબ જ સરસ વાત છે કે હજીયે આપણા ગામડાંઓમાં માનવતા જીવે છે...

પ્રામાણિક્તા, દીર્ઘસંતોષ, ગમે તેવી હાલતમાં પણ ભગવાન ઉપરની શ્રધ્ધા...એની આ વાત છે.

થોડાક વખત પહેલાં, એક માનતા પુરી થયા પછીથી, તે માન્યા પ્રમાણે હું અમુક ગરીબ ભૂખ્યા લોકોને કશુંક ખાવાનું આપવા માટે ફરસાણ-મિઠાઇવાળાની દુકાનેથી બુંદીના ૧0૧ લાડુ અને ગાંઠીયાના ૫૧ પડીકા બંધાવીને સવારના પહોરમાં સ્કુટર ઉપર નીકળી પડ્યો. થોડાક પડીકા રસ્તામાં આવતા-જતાં ભિખારીઓને આપતો આપતો રેલ્વે સ્ટેશને પહોંચ્યો, કારણ કે ત્યાં અથવા મંદિરે જ વધારે ભિખારીઓ મળી રહે...

ભજીયાં, સીંગ ચણા વગેરેની લારીઓથી થોડેક દુર, એક ઝાડ નીચે, એક ભિખારણ બે નાના છોકરાઓને લઇને બેઠી હતી. મેં તેની નજીક જઇને તેને વ્યક્તિદીઠ ૧ એમ ત્રણ પડીકા આપ્યા, અને હજી તો સ્કુટરની કીક મારવા જઉં તે પહેલાં પેલી ભિખારણે "ઓ...સાયેબ...અરે..ઓ..શેઠ" બુમો પાડીને મને રોક્યો. પાસે આવીને મને કહે કે "સાયેબ, તમુયે તૈણ જણના તૈણ પડીકા આપીયા, પન આ નાલ્લો તો હજી હાત મ્હૈનાનો જ થ્યો છે.. ઇ કેમનો ખૈ હખવાનો? લો આ એક પડીકું પાછું લૈ જાવ. કોક બચારા મારાથી વધારે ભુખ્યાને કામ લાગશે."

મારી આંખોમાં આંસુ આવી ગયા. (કેટલી ઇમાનદારી?) છતાં એની પરિક્ષા કરવા માટે મેં પુછ્યું કે,

"જો આ પડીકું તેં તારી પાસે રહેવા દીધું હોત, તો તને સાંજે ખાવા કામ લાગેત. શું તારી પાસે સાંજના ખાવા માટેની કોઇ વ્યવસ્થા છે? કે તું શું ખઇશ? છોકરાને શું ખવડાવીશ?"...તેણે હાથ જોડીને જે જવાબ આપ્યો તે સાંભળીને મને તેના ચરણસ્પર્શ કરવાનું મન થઇ ગયું, તેણે કીધું કે, "શેઠ...સાંજની કે કાલની ચિંતા કરવાનું કામ મારૂં નથી, ઉપરવાળાનું છે અને તે જે આપે છે તેટ્લું જ મારૂં છે, (ભગવાન ઉપર કેટ્લી શ્રધ્ધા છે).. જો મારા નસીબમાં હશે તો અહીં જ ઝાડ નીચે બેઠાં- બેઠાં પણ તમારા જેવા કોઇક ગાડીવાળાને નિમીત્ત બનાવીને પણ અમારૂં પેટ ભરશે, પણ તે માટે હું બેઇમાની તો નહીં જ કરૂં. મારા નસીબનું હશે, તેટ્લું જ મને મળશે, નહિતર તમે આપેલુ આ પડીકુ પણ કોઇ કુતરૂં કે કાગડો આવીને ખેંચી જશે. (કેટલો સંતોષ)

જો ભગવાને મને મારા કર્મોના હિસાબે આ ભિખારણનો દેહ આપ્યો છે તો તેમાં જ મારૂં ભલુ હશે અથવા તે જ મારૂં નસીબ હશે, નહિતર હું અત્યારે ગાડીવાળાના ઘરમાં હોત....!!!"

કેવો સરસ માર્મિક જવાબ છે, પોતાની પાસે કશું જ નથી તો ય કાલની કે સાંજની ચિંતા નથી,

અને આપણને ભગવાને એટલું બધું આપી દીધું છે કે આપણને તે સાચવવાની ચિંતા છે...શેમાં પૈસા રોકું તો જલ્દીથી વધે?

૨૫ વર્ષ પછી પાકીને કેટલાં થશે, તેવી ગણતરી કરીને રોકાણ કરીએ છીએ..

૨૫-૩૦ વર્ષનું મોરગેજ, ૨૫ વર્ષ પછી RRSP/CPP/Insurance માંથી કેટલા પાછા આવશે, તે ગણીને આજે ભીડ ભોગવીને ય કાલ માટે બચાવીએ છીએ, અને ભગવાન ઉપર શ્રધ્ધાની મોટી મોટી વાતો કરીએ છીએ...!!!

खबर नहीं है पलकी....
और बात करत है कलकी...

The Italian Elbow..

An Italian grandmother is giving directions to her grown grandson who is coming to visit with his wife.

"You comma to de front door of the apartmenta. I am inna apartmenta 301

There issa bigga panel at the front door. With you elbow , pusha button 301.

I will buzza you in. Come inside, the elevator is on the right. Get in, and with you elbow, pusha 3.

When you get out, I'mma on the left. With you elbow, hit my doorbell."

"Grandma, that sounds easy, but, why am I hitting all these buttons with my elbow?

"What . . . .. .. You comin embty handed?"

A Short Neurological Test

(1) Find the "C" below.. Please do not use any cursor help.

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOCOOOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

(2) If you already found the C, look for the "6" below.

99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999
99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999
99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999
69999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999
99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999
99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999

(3)- Now find the "N" below. It's a little more difficult.

MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMNMM
MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM
MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM
MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM
MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM

This is NOT a joke. If you were able to pass these 3 tests, you can cancel your annual visit to your neurologist. Your brain is great and you're far from having a close relationship with Alzheimer.

Congratulations!

On to another one:

Eonvrye that can raed this rsaie your hnad.

To my 'selected' strange-minded friends:  Only great minds can read this.  This is weird, but interesting! If you can raed this, you have a sgtrane mnid too.  Olny 55 plepoe out of 100 can.

I cdnuolt blveiee that I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd what I was rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it dseno't mtaetr in what oerdr the ltteres in a word are, the olny iproamtnt tihng is that the frsit and last ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can still raed it whotuit a pboerlm. This is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the word as a wlohe. Azanmig huh? Yaeh and I awlyas tghuhot slpeling was ipmorantt!

Miracle Cure..

Doctor Bloomfield, who was known for extraordinary treatment of arthritis, had a waiting room full of people when a little old lady, almost bent over in half, shuffled in slowly, leaning on her cane.

When her turn came, she went into the doctor's office, and, amazingly, emerged within 5 minutes walking completely erect with her head held high.

A woman in the waiting room who had seen all this rushed up to the little old lady and said, 'It's a miracle! You walked in bent in half and now you're walking erect. What did that doctor do?'

'Gave me a longer cane.'

Ventriloquist

A young ventriloquist is touring the clubs, and one night he's doing a show in a small town in Kentucky. With his dummy on his knee, he starts going through his usual dumb blonde jokes when a blonde woman in the 4th row stands on her chair and starts shouting:

'I've heard enough of your stupid blond jokes. What makes you think you can stereotype women that way?  What does the color of a person's hair have to do with her worth as a human being? It's guys like you who keep women like me from being respected at work, and in the community, and from reaching our full potential as a person. Because you and your kind continue to perpetuate discrimination against not only blondes, but women in general... and all in the name of humor!'

The embarrassed ventriloquist begins to apologize, and the blonde yells,

'You stay out of this mister! I'm talking to that little shit on your lap'.

An Excellent Magic Trick

Life Explained by Graphs..

Being Thankful..

A blind boy sat on the steps of a building with a hat by his feet. He held up a sign which said: "I am blind, please help." There were only a few coins in the hat.

A man was walking by. He took a few coins from his pocket and dropped them into the hat. He then took the sign, turned it around, and wrote some words. He put the sign back so that everyone who walked by would see the new words.

Soon the hat began to fill up. A lot more people were giving money to the blind boy.

That afternoon the man who had changed the sign came to see how things were. The boy recognized his footsteps and asked, "Were you the one who changed my sign this morning? What did you write?"

The man said, "I only wrote the truth. I said what you said but in a different way." I wrote: "Today is a beautiful day but I cannot see it."

Both signs told people that the boy was blind. But the first sign simply said the boy was blind. The second sign told people that they were so lucky that they were not blind. Should we be surprised that the second sign was more effective?

Moral:

Be thankful for what you have. Be creative. Be innovative. Think differently and positively. When life gives you a 100 reasons to cry, show life that you have 1000 reasons to smile.

Face your past without regret. Handle your present with confidence. Prepare for the future without fear. Keep the faith and drop the fear.

The most beautiful thing is to see a person smiling… And even more beautiful is knowing that you are the reason behind it!!! You may touch someone's heart and forever.