The Mouse Trap

A story I would like to share:

The Mouse Trap

A mouse looked through the crack in the wall to see the farmer and his wife open a
package.
What food might this contain?"

The mouse wondered - he was devastated to discover it was a mousetrap. Retreating to the
farmyard, the mouse proclaimed the warning. There is a mousetrap in the house! There is a
mousetrap in the house!"
The chicken clucked and scratched, raised her head and said, "Mr. Mouse, I can tell this
is a grave concern to you, but it is of no consequence to me. I cannot be bothered by it."

The mouse turned to the pig and told him, "There is a mousetrap in the house! There is a
mousetrap in the house!" The pig sympathized, but said, "I am so very sorry, Mr. Mouse,
but there is nothing I can do about it but pray. Be assured you are in my prayers." The
mouse turned to the cow and said "There is a mousetrap in the house! There is a mousetrap
in the house!" The cow said, "Wow, Mr. Mouse. I'm sorry for you, but it's no skin off my
nose."

So, the mouse returned to the house, head down and dejected, to face the farmer's
mousetrap alone.

That very night a sound was heard throughout the house - like the sound of a mousetrap
catching its prey. The farmer's wife rushed to see what was caught. In the darkness, she
did not see it was a venomous snake whose tail the trap had caught. The snake bit the
farmer's wife. The farmer rushed her to the hospital, and she returned home with a fever.
Everyone knows you treat a fever with fresh chicken soup, so the farmer took his hatchet
to the farmyard for the soup's main ingredient.
But his wife's sickness continued, so friends and neighbors came to sit with her around
the clock. To feed them, the farmer butchered the pig.
The farmer's wife did not get well; she died. So many people came for her funeral; the
farmer had the cow slaughtered to provide enough meat for all of them.

The mouse looked upon it all from his crack in the wall with great sadness.
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The next time you hear someone is facing a problem and think it doesn't concern you,
remember :
when one of us is threatened, we are all at risk. We are all involved in this journey called life.

We must keep an eye out for one another and make an extra effort to
encourage and help one another.

"Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can't help them, at least don't hurt them." - The Dalai Lama

although...then again..

quoted from..Gilda Radner:
I wanted a perfect ending.
Now I've learned, the hard way,....
that some poems don't rhyme, and
some stories don't have a clear beginning, middle, and end.
Life is about not knowing, having to change,
taking the moment and making the best of it,
without knowing what's going to happen next.
Delicious Ambiguity...

wow..!a quote that simply took my breathe away...

glow..as much as u wan

"Obstacles cannot stop you. Problems cannot stop you. Most of all, other people cannot stop you. Only you can stop you."

....so..glow as much as u wan..in though u might just be a lamppost

photos take from HERE

from A to Z..

AVoid negative sources, people, places, things & habbits.

Believe in youself.

Consider things from every angle.

Don't give up and don't give in.

Enjoy life today, yesterday is gone, tomorrow may never come.

Family and friends are hidden treasures; enjoy their riches.

Give more than you planned to.

Hang on to your dreams.

Ignore those who try to discourage you.

Just do it.

Keep trying no matter how hard it seems, it will get easier.

Love yourself first and most.

Make it happen.

Never lie, cheat or steal, always strike a fair deal.

Open your eyes and see things as they really are.

Practice makes perfect.

Quitters never win and winners never quit.

Read, study and learn about everything important in your life.

Stop procrastinating.

Take control of your own destiny.

Understand yourself in order to better understand others.

Visualize it.

Want it more than anything.

Xcellerate your efforts.

You are unique of all God's creations, nothing can replace YOU.

Zero in on your target and go for it!

limitless

LOVE HAS NO LIMIT....... .....

While Dad was polishing his new car,
his 4 yr old son picked stone & scratched lines on the side of the car.

In his anger, Dad took the child's hand & hit it many times, not
realizing he was using a wrench.

At the hospital, his child said "Dad when will my fingers grow back?"

Dad was so hurt.
He went back to car and kicked it a lot of times.
Sitting back he looked at the scratches, child wrote "I LOVE YOU DAD"


Anger and Love has no limits...
and so is the memories..
they say time can heal wounds...but
why cant it erase memories..how come some memories..are boundaryless and stay unlimited in our mind... :(

trUtH

Sometimes, life isn't what it seems..things always turn out to be otherwise..much better or much worse than what one could expect! The Truth (with a capital T) sometimes looks so obvious,

we don't take the time to look again... And so we never realize that we've been ignoring something important...Sometimes, we ignore the most important truths in ourlives...

because they are unpleasant ..Sometimes, we ignore them because we see so many other things, so many other details, that we do not notice really important, otherones.Sometimes, it is simply because we just don't know any better.Truths we already think we know, can stand in the way of learning... new truths, that are far better for us, that help us get to where we want..

to the T R U T Hs ..I seek thee..!

Can u figure this out - - answers

*************** ANSWERS:
1. The third. Lions that haven't eaten in three years are dead.
2. The woman was a photographer. She shot a picture of her husband, developed it and hung it up to dry.
3. Charcoal
4. Sure you can: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow!
5. The letter "e," which is the most common letter in the English language, does not appear once in the long paragraph

Can You Figure These Out? - - Q

Can You Figure These Out?

1.
A murderer is condemned to death. He has to choose between three rooms. The first is full of raging fires, the second is full of assassins with loaded guns, and the third is full of lions that haven't eaten in 3 years.
Which room is safest for him?

2.

A woman shoots her husband. Then she holds him under water for Over 5 minutes. Finally, she hangs him. But 5 minutes later they both go
out together and enjoy a wonderful dinner together. How can this be?

3.

What is black when you buy it, red when you use it, and gray when you throw it away?
4. Can you name three consecutive days without using the words Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, or Sunday?

5.

This is an unusual paragraph. I'm curious how quickly you can find out what is so unusual about it. It looks so plain you would think nothing was wrong with it. In fact, nothing is wrong with it! It is unusual though. Study it, and think about it, but you still may not find anything odd. But if you work at it a bit, you might find out.

Try to do so without any coaching! i'm sure u can...can't u? :P

SOMETHING CALLED "LIFE"

something lovely..i got it ..from a website..dedicated..to..::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::

THIS IS HOW WE MISS OUT SOMETHING CALLED "LIFE"

A boy was born to a couple after eleven years of marriage.
They were a loving couple and the boy was the gem of their eyes.
When the boy was around two years old, one morning the husband saw a medicine bottle open. He was late for office so he asked his wife to cap the bottle and keep it in the cupboard. His wife, preoccupied in the kitchen totally forgot the matter.
The boy saw the bottle and playfully went to thebottle fascinated by its color and drank it all. It happened to be a poisonous medicine meant for adults in small dosages. When the child collapsed the mother hurried him to the hospital, where he died.
The mother was stunned. She was terrified how to face her husband. When the distraught father came to the hospital and saw the dead child, he looked at his wife and uttered just five words.

QUESTIONS :
1. What were the five words ?
2. What is the implication of this story?

ANSWER :
The husband just said "I am with you Darling"!

The husband's totally unexpected reaction is a proactive behavior.
The child is dead. He can never be brought back to life.
There is no pointin finding fault with the mother. Besides, if only he had taken time to keep the bottle away, this would not have happened.. No one is to be blamed.
She had also lost her only child. What she needed at that moment was consolation and sympathy from the husband. That is what he gave her.

If everyone can look at life with this kind of perspective, there would be much fewer problems in the world. "A journey of a thousand milesbegins with a single step". Take off all your envies, jealousies, unforgiveness, selfishness, and fears. And you will find things areactually not as difficult as you think.


MORAL OF THE STORY:
This story is really worth reading. .....

Sometimes we spend time in asking who is responsible or whom to blame, whether in a relationship,in a job or with the people we know.

By this way we miss out something called L.I.F.E ..
I hope you don't get to miss a part of life..even if it is for a while..coz life is precious..life is short..life is unpredictable!!

dun QUIT

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When things go wrong, as they sometimes will,

when the road you're treading seems all up-hill.

When the funds are low, and the debts are high,

when you want to smile but you have to sigh.

When care is pressing you down a bit rest if you must but don't you quit.

Success is failure turned inside out,

the silver tint of the clouds of doubt.

And you never can tell how close you are,

it may be near when it seems afar.

So stick to the fight when you're hardest hit;

it's when things go wrong that you MUST NOT QUIT.
It's never too late to be what you might have been.

by-- George Eliot

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just want to give some encouragement...especially for those who are in difficult phrase...
and especially dedicated to those who are facing life determining decisions..jia you jia you!
hang on k...it will be over soon...sometime instead of thinking and considering, we just have to come to a decision and stick to it! perhaps on impulse coz only if we dare to take risk, and have the courage to loose sight of the shore then we will discover new oceans...
afterall there will eventually be rainbow even after a storm...dun u think so?

something ..to think about

Yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or to lose..

by Lyndon B. Johnson

losing..

It's true that we don't know what we've got until we lose it, we often value but it's also true that we don't know what we've been missing until it arrives. ..don't you think so?

sometimes

Sometimes we must experience in order to learn
Sometimes we must learn in order to grow
Sometimes we must try in order to know
Sometimes we must fail in order to gain
Sometimes we must lose in order to value
Sometimes we must try in order to know
But the hardest lessons are learned through PAIN!!

lessons

A teacher teaches us lessons first afterwhich we takes the exam.
Life takes the exam first, and then teaches us the lessons ...so..
its more important to handle life exam then that of what is being taught by teacher because most of the times, there is no such thing as second chance for us!
What to do..but Keep Learning..

BE...

Be the reason for someone’s Happiness, never a part of it
Be a part of someone’s Sadness, never the reason for it

Life and A Cup Of Coffee ~

When things in your life seem almost too much to handle, when 24 hours in a day are not enough, remember there is always time...to..

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A professor stood before his philosophy class and had some items in front of him. When the class began, wordlessly, he picked up a very large and empty mayonnaise jar and proceeded to fill it with golf balls. He then asked the students if the jar was full. They agreed that it was. The professor then picked up a box of pebbles and poured them into the jar. He shook the jar lightly. The pebbles rolled into the open areas between the golf balls.He then asked the students again if the jar was full. They agreed it was.

The professor next picked up a box of sand and poured it into the jar. Of course, the sand filled up everything else. He asked once more if the jar was full. The students responded with an emphatic "yes." The professor then produced two cups of coffee from under the table and poured the entire contents into the jar, effectively filling the empty space between the sand. The students laughed. Now," said the professor, as the laughter subsided, "I want you to recognize that this jar represents your life.

The golf balls are the important things. Your family, your children,your faith, your health, your friends, and your favourite passions. Things that if everything else was lost and only they remained, your life would still be full. The pebbles are the other things that matter. Your job, your house, and your car.

The sand is everything else. The small stuff. "If you put the sand into the jar first," he continued, "there is no room for the pebbles or the golf balls. The same goes for life. If you spend all your time and energy on the small stuff, you will never have room for the things that are important to you.

Pay attention to the things that are critical to your happiness. Play with your children. Take time to get medical checkups. Take your partner out to dinner. Play another 18. There will always be time to clean the house and fix the disposal. Take care of the golf balls first, the things that really matter. Set your priorities. The rest is just sand."

One of the students raised her hand and inquired what the coffee represented. The professor smiled. "I'm glad you asked. It just goes to show you that no matter how full your life may seem, there's always room for a couple of cups of coffee with a friend."

sharing some thoughts..

meaningful words!

i read it somewhere that it has been said ..

inorder to live a fulfilling meaningful life

let the body stay healthy and mind happy

keep the body on the move..let it get exercise..

while

mind has to be stable and steady at all time

riddles to test ur mind!

Riddle #1:
Never ahead, ever behind, yet flying swiftly past; for a child, I last forever; for an adult, I`m gone too fast. What am I?
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Riddle #2:
I dance and breathe and can even deceive.
I am not alive, yet watch how I thrive.
Do not come too near or I will eat you my dear.
What am I?
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Riddle #3:
There is a low railroad bridge in your town.
One day you see a large truck stopped just before the underpass.
When you ask what has happened,
the driver tells you that his truck is one inch higher than the indicated height of the opening.
This is the only road to his destination.
What can he do to get through the underpass the easiest way?
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Answer #1: It's Time. . . . .
Answer #2: Fire . . . . .
Answer #3: Let enough air out of the tires to lower the truck.

i only need this much help..

In my opinion, the problem with humans is that either we are not helping each other at all or that we are simply giving the "wrong" kind of help!
I have illustrated such problem with a saga which was forwarded to me from a friend. ..And oh coincidently, I can't help but be reminded of a little incident.. when I needed to go and download software to set up my printer. Being a pc idiot, with almost zero knowledge, I needed help to get the newly bought printer started..Somehow someone offered to do it and come and install for me. But I refuesed to get such help as I believe that so long I can get the link I am sure I will be able to figure out how things are done. Moreover, if such things were to happen in future, I would have had an experience in handling. So you see even for such small things, we can get wrong type of help. A small geture of help will do in this case but if given extra helpings then perhaps, one can't learn anything except dependency! don't u think :P

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Once a friend of mine was getting off a train in the Cleveland Terminal, and a young man got off in front of him, carrying a suitcase in one hand and a cane in the other. The man walked awkwardly as he felt his way with the cane.

"May I help you carry your suitcase?" my friend asked.
"No, thanks, I don't need any help with the suitcase,"
came the reply.
"But if you wish, you may guide me up these stairs so I
won't run into anyone. I am blind and I have a new set
of artificial legs. But I've got to learn to make my
own way, you know."

When they got to the top of the stairs my friend took the young man rather firmly by the arm to guide him through the crowd entering the terminal. But the blind man stopped at once and spoke quietly:

"No, don't take possession of me, just guide me,
please. Put your arm on my shoulder; that's all I need."

Good words to remember when you help someone.
"Put your hand on my shoulder and just guide me, please...and not to clear away the crowd for me.."