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.

Some of the Best Moments in Life:
* To fall in love.

* To laugh until it hurts your stomach.

* To find mails by the thousands when you return from a vacation.

* To go for a vacation to some pretty place.

* To listen to your favorite song in the radio.

* To go to bed and to listen while it rains outside.
 
* To leave the shower and find that the towel is warm.
 
* To clear your last exam.
 
* To receive a call from someone, you don't see a lot, but you want to. ·        To find money in a pant that you haven't used since last year .
 
* To laugh at yourself looking at mirror, making faces.
 
* Calls at midnight that last for hours.
 
* To laugh without a reason.
 
* To accidentally hear somebody say something good about you.
 
* To wake up and realize it is still possible to sleep for a couple of hours.

* To hear a song that makes you remember a special person.
 
* To be part of a team.
 
* To watch the sunset from the hill top.
 
* To make new friends.
 
* To feel butterflies! in the stomach every time that you see that person.
 
* To pass time with your best friends.

* To see people that you like, feeling happy.

* To use a sweater of the person that you like and find that it still smells of their perfume.
 * See an old friend again and to feel that the things have not changed.
 
* To take an evening walk along the beach.
 
* To have somebody tell you that he/she loves you..
 
* To laugh ... laugh.... and laugh .... remembering stupid things done with stupid friends.
 
These are the best moments of life....
 
Let us learn to cherish them.
 
"Life is not a problem to be solved, but a gift to be enjoyed.
Regards
Suketu

The Strength of a Man

The strength of a man isn't seen in the width of his shoulders.

It is seen in the width of his arms that encircle you.

The strength of a man isn't in the deep tone of his voice.

It is in the gentle words he whispers.

 

The strength of a man isn't how many buddies he has.

It is how good a buddy he is with his kids.

The strength of a man isn't in how respected he is at work.

It is in how respected he is at home.

 

The strength of a man isn't in how hard he hits.

It is in how tender he touches.

The strength of a man isn't in the hair on his chest.

It is in his Heart that lies within his chest.

 

The strength of a man isn't how many women he's Loved.

It is in can he be true to one woman.

The strength of a man isn't in the weight he can lift.

It is in the burdens he can understand and overcome.
(Courtesy Chitra Jha)

Regards
Suketu

Our Birth is our Opening Balance !
Our Death is our Closing Balance!
Our Prejudiced Views are our Liabilities
Our Creative Ideas are our Assets
Heart is our Current Asset
Soul is our Fixed Asset
Brain is our Fixed Deposit
Thinking is our Current Account
Achievements are our Capital
Character & Morals, our Stock-in-Trade
Friends are our General Reserves
Values & Behaviour are our Goodwill
Patience is our Interest
Earned Love is our Dividend
Children are our Bonus Issues
Education is Brands / Patents
Knowledge is our Investment
Experience is our Premium Account
The Aim is to Tally the Balance Sheet Accurately.
The Goal is to get the Best Presented Accounts Award.

Some very Good and Very bad things ...
The most destructive habit......................Wor
ry
The greatest Joy...........................
....Giving
The greatest loss................Loss of self-respect
The most satisfying work...............Helping others
The ugliest personality trait.............Selfishness
The most endangered species.........Dedicated leaders
Our greatest natural resource...............Our youth
The greatest "shot in the arm"..........Encouragement
The greatest problem to overcome.................Fear
The most effective sleeping pill........Peace of mind
The most crippling failure disease............Excuses
The most powerful force in life..................Love
The most dangerous pariah..................A gossiper
The world's most incredible computer........The brain
The worst thing to be without................... Hope
The deadliest weapon.......................T
he tongue
The two most power-filled words..............."I Can"
The greatest asset.........................
.....Faith
The most worthless emotion..................Self-
pity
The most beautiful attire......................SM
ILE!
The most prized possession................Inte
grity
The most powerful channel of communication.....Prayer
The most contagious spirit.................Enthusi
asm
The most important thing in life..................GOD

Regards
Suketu