THE INTERVIEW WITH GOD

I dreamed I had an interview with GOD.
"So you would like to interview me?',GOD asked.
"If you have the time",I asked.
GOD SMILED
"My time is eternity...what questions do you have in mind for me?",GOD asked
"What surprises you most about human kind?"
GOD answered
"That they get bored with childhood,they rush to grow up and then long to be children again.
That they lose their health to make money and they lose their money to restore their health.
That by thinking anxiously about the future they forget the present such that they live in neither the present nor the future.
That they live as if they will never die and die as though they have never lived."

GOD's hand took mine and we were sitting for a while and then I asked "What are some of the life's lessons you would want your children to learn?"

"To learn that they cannot make someone love then.All they can do is let them be loved.
To learn that is is not good to compare themselves to thers.
To learn to forgive by practising forgiveness.
To learn that it only takes a fwew seconds to open profound wounds in those they love and it takes several years to heal them.
To learn that a rich person is not one who has the most but is one who needs the least.
To learn that there are people who love you dearly but simply donot yet know how to express and show their feelings.
To learn that it is not enough that they forgive one another but they must also forgive themselves"

"That you for your time",I said.
"Is there anything else you would like your children to know?",I asked.
GOD smiled and said "Just know that I am here ALWAYS".
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Dear Mates

No matter what walk or life you are from,you can be sure of four things:-
1)That hope wil get you thru the worst of times provided you have the will and desire.
2)That love will mend your wounds
3)That you get better with age and
4)That GOD will always be there for you.

Smile because life is beautiful.

rgds
Suketu

The Art of Being Well

1)...Speak your feelings.

Emotions and feelings that are hidden, repressed, end in illnesses as: gastritis, ulcer, lumbar pains, spinal. With time, the repression of the feelings degenerates to the cancer. Then, we go to a confidante, to share our intimacy, ours "secret", our errors! The dialogue, the speech, the word, is a powerful remedy and an excellent therapy!

If you don’t want to be ill...

If you don’t want to be ill... 2)

2)...Make Decisions.

The undecided person remains in doubt, in anxiety, in anguish. Indecision accumulates problems, worries and aggressions. Human history is made of decisions. To decide is precisely to know to renounce, to know to lose advantages and values to win others. The undecided people are victims of gastric ailments, nervous pains and problems of the skin.

If you don’t want to be ill...

3)...Find Solutions.

Negative people do not find solutions and they enlarge problems. They prefer lamentation, gossip, pessimism. It is better to light a match that to regret the darkness. A bee is small, but produces one of the sweetest things that exist. We are what we think. The negative thought generates negative energy that is transformed into illness.

If you don’t want to be ill...

4)...Don’t Live By Appearances.

Who hides reality, pretends , poses and always wants to give the impression of being well. He wants to be seen as perfect, easy-going, etc. but is accumulating tons of weight. A bronze statue with feet of clay. There is nothing worse for the health than to live on appearances and facades. These are people with a lot of varnish and little root. Their destiny is the pharmacy, the hospital and pain.

If you don’t want to be ill...

5)...Accept.

The refusal of acceptance and the absence of self-esteem, make us alienate ourselves. Being at one with ourselves is the core of a healthy life. They who do not accept this, become envious, jealous, imitators, ultra-competitive, destructive. Be accepted, accept that you are accepted, accept the criticisms. It is wisdom, good sense and therapy.

If you don’t want to be ill...

6)...Trust.

Who does not trust, does not communicate, is not opened, is not related, does not create deep and stable relations, does not know to do true friendships. Without confidence, there is not relationship. Distrust is a lack of faith in you and in faith itself.

If you don’t want to be ill...

7)...Do Not Live Life Sad.

Good humor. Laughter. Rest. Happiness. These replenish health and bring long life. The happy person has the gift to improve the environment wherever they live. “Good humor saves us from the hands of the doctor". Happiness is health and therapy.

rgds Suketu

What is NOT love

--If you love someone because he/she is hot and gorgeous,its NOT love,its "infatuation".
--If you love someone because yu think you shoudl not leave him because others think you should not,then its NOT love,its a "compromise"
--If you love somone because you cannot leave him thinknig that it will hurt his feelings,its NOT love,its "charity".
--If you love someone because you share everything with him,its NOT love,its "friendship"

BUT
--If you feel the pain of the other person more than him even when he is stable and you cry for him,that's love.

--If you get attracted to other people but stay with him without any regrets,that's love.

--If you let him go knowning that he has to go but doesnot want to,that's ove.

Personally,I donot agree entirely with the above but it does offer some food-for-thought.

Regards
Suketu

A giant ship engine failed. The ship's owners tried one expert after another, but none of them could figure out how to fix the engine.

Then they brought in an old man who had been fixing ships since he was a 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 ship's 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 ten thousand dollars.

"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...... ......... ........ $ 2.00
Knowing where to tap.......... ......... ...... $ 9, 998.00

Effort is important, but knowing where to make an effort makes all the difference!

Courtesy:Alok Tholiya

Regards
Suketu

In a hugh dockyard in London,there were containers of each country in the world lying there full of live crabs. The containers of each country were covered from the top except that of one country-India.The container of India containing crabs was uncovered from the top.

This perplexed a visitor who asked the dockyard owner why only the Indian container was left open from the top and that of every other country was closed from the top. The dockyard owner replied :-"Its simple.If we left the containers of other countries open,all the crabs would climb to the top and walk out.However with the Indian crabs it is never so as everytime an Indian crab tries to climb up the container ,another crab pulls it down and therefore none of the Indian crabs is able to leave the container!!!!!!!!!!!"

No wonder a lot of peopel think the crab should replace the tiger as Indian national animal!

Stay far far away from such "Indian crabs" who might be yr fair-weathered freind,neighbour,school colleague,etc. It might make you unpopular but it will take you streets ahead in terms of being a much better human being.

And,not to forget,dont ever be a crab yourself.I mean an Indian crab!

Regards
Suketu

The only survivor of a shipwreck was washed up on a small, uninhabited
island. He prayed feverishly for God to rescue him. Every day he scanned the horizon for help, but none seemed forthcoming. Exhausted, he eventually Managed to build a little hut out of driftwood to protect him from the elements, and to store his few possessions. One day, after scavenging for food, he arrived home to find his little hut in flames, with smoke rolling up to the sky. He felt the worst had happened and everything was lost. He was stunned with disbelief, grief, and anger. He cried out, "God! How could you do this to me?" Early the next day, he was awakened by the sound of a ship approaching the island! It had come to rescue him! "How did you know I was here?", asked the weary man of his rescuers. "We saw your smoke signal,"they replied.

Moral:
It's easy to get discouraged when things are going bad, but we shouldn't
lose heart, because God is at work in our lives, even in the midst of our
pain and suffering. Remember that the next time your little hut seems to be
burning to the ground. It just may be a smoke signal that summons the Grace
of God. ......

Regards
Suketu

There was once a guy who was very much in love with his girl. This romantic guy folded 1,000 pieces of paper cranes as a gift to his girl. Although, at that time he was just a small fry in his company, his future doesn't seem too bright, they were very happy together. Until one day, his girl told him she was going to Paris and will never come back. She also told him that she couldn't visualize any future for the both of them, so let 's go their own ways there and then... Heartbroken, the guy agreed. But when he regained his confidence, he worked hard day and night, slogging his body and mind just to make something out of him. Finally with all these hard work and with the help of friends, this guy had set up his own company... "You never fail until you stop trying."

One rainy day, while this guy was driving, he saw an elderly couple sharing an umbrella in the rain walking to some destination. Even with the umbrella, they were still drenched. It didn't take him long to realize those were his girl's parents. With a heart at getting back at them, he drove slowly beside the couple, wanting them to spot him in his luxury sedan. He wanted them to know that he wasn't the same anymore, he had his own company, car, condo, etc. He made it!

Before the guy can realize, the couple was walking towards a cemetery, and he got out of his car and followed them...and he saw his girl, a photograph of her smiling sweetly as ever at him from her tombstone... and he saw his paper cranes beside her... Her parents saw him. He asked them why this had happened. They explained, she did not leave for France at all. She was ill with cancer. She had believed that he would make it someday, but she did not want to be his obstacle ... therefore she had chose to leave him...

"Just because someone doesn't love you the way you want them to doesn't mean they don't love you with all they have." She had wanted her parents to put his paper cranes beside her,because, if the day comes when fate brings him to her again... he can take some of those back with him...

"Once you have loved, you will always love. For what's in your mind may escape but what's in your heart will remain forever."

"Find time to realize that there is one person who mean so much to you, for you might wake up one morning losing that person whom you thought meant nothing to you."

The guy just wept ...

The worst way to miss someone is to be sitting right beside them but knowing you can't have them... "

Regards
Suketu

Sex is a slow kiss goodnight. It's anticipation.

Sex is flirting outrageously and still remembering that the person at your side is not obligated to do anything more. It's respect.

Sex is an imperfection in yourself not bothering you. It's acceptance.

Sex is passing up an opportunity because the time isn't right yet. It's patience.

Sex is a back rub that starts above the hairline and ends arouind the insoles. It's exploration.

Sex is not having to say 'let's make love', because youknow what the other person wants. It's understanding.

Sex is being given a honest chance to say no when you thought you were committed. It's consideration.

Sex is both of you remembering protection. It's responsibility.

Sex is saying the perfect phrase to make a solemn embrace dissolve into giggles. It's humor.

Sex is being told 'stop and you'll be in trouble'. It's desire.

Sex is reviewing the damage to your living room and realizing personal effects are strewn in a clockwise pattern from the front door to the bedroom. It's abadonment.

Sex is seeing what your lover really looks like after the first time. It's truth.

Sex is knowing what time it is and not caring. It's joy.

Sex is the arms aroung you tightening their embrace. It's ecstasy.

Sex is seeing a new side of a person you thought you knew. It's renewal.

Sex is telling a person if you have to leave, you will let her, sleep, and being told she would rather be woken. It's tenderness.

Sex is being there to wake your lover. . .slowly. It's sensuous.

Sex is two people only taking up a third of a queen sized bed. It's closeness.

Sex is knowing you gave the extra key to your apt. to the right person. It's trust.

Sex is saying goodbye and knowing you will be back by mutual consent. It's faith.

Sex is stretching your arms and idscovering the real menaing of the word 'sore'. It's a lesson in human frailty.

Sex is opening your medicine cabinet and finding your tube of toothpaste turned into a pretzel. It's adapting.

Sex is sitting at the window, looking out and remembering who you were with the night before. It's reflection.

Sex is hearing the weather for a winter storm and wishing you could spend it in bed with your lover. It's loneliness

Rgds
Suketu

Tomorrow you may get a working woman, but you should marry with these facts as well.

Here is a girl, who is as much educated as you are;
Who is earning almost as much as you do;
One, who has dreams and aspirations just as you have because she is
as human as you are;
One, who has never entered the kitchen in her life
just like you or your sister haven't,as she was busy in studies and competing in a system
that gives no special concession to girls for their culinary achievements ;
One, who has lived and loved her parents & brothers & sisters, almost as much as you do for 20-25 years of her life ;
One, who has bravely agreed to leave behind all that,
her home,people who love her, to adopt your home,
your family, your ways and even your family name;
One, who is somehow expected to be a master-chef from
day #1, while you sleep oblivious to her predicament in her new
circumstances,environment and that kitchen ;
One, who is expected to make the tea, first thing in
the morning and cook food at the end of the day, even if she is as tired as
you are, maybe more,and yet never ever expected to complain; to be a servant, a cook, a
mother, a wife, even if she doesn't want to;
and is learning just like you are as to what you want
from her;
and is clumsy and sloppy at times and knows that you
won't like it if
she is too demanding,or if she learns faster than you;
One, who has her own set of friends, and that includes
boys and even men at her workplace too, those,who she knows from school days and yet is willing to put all that on the back-burners to avoid your irrational jealousy, unnecessary
competition and your inherent insecurities;
Yes, she can drink and dance just as well as you can,
but won't,simply because you won't like it, even though you say
otherwise;One, who can be late from work once in a while when
deadlines, just like yours, are to be met;
One, who is doing her level best and wants to make
this most important relationship in her entire life
a grand success, if you just help her some and trust
her;
One, who just wants one thing from you, as you are the
only one she knows in your entire house -
your unstinted support, your sensitivities and most
importantly -your understanding, or love, if you may call it.
But not many guys understand this..

Regards
Suketu

HOW TO STAY YOUNG
1. Throw out nonessential numbers. This includes age, weight and height. Let the doctors worry about them. That is why you pay "them."

2. Keep only cheerful friends. The grouches pull you down.

3. Keep learning.Learn more about the computer, crafts, gardening, whatever. Never let the brain idle. "An idle mind is the devil's workshop." And the devil's name is Alzheimer's.

4. Enjoy the simple things.

5.Laughoften, long and loud. Laugh until you gasp for breath.

6. The tears happen. Endure, grieve, and move on. The only person, who is with us our entire life, is ourselves. Be ALIVE while you are alive.

7. Surround yourself with what you love, whether it's family, pets, keepsakes, music, plants, hobbies, whatever Your home is your refuge .

8. Cherish your health: If it is good, preserve it. If it is unstable, improve it. If it is beyond what you can improve, get help.

9. Don't take guilt trips. Take a trip to the mall, even to the next county; to a foreign country but NOT to where the guilt is.

10. Tell the people you love that you love them, at every opportunity.

AND ALWAYS REMEMBER :
Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.