Air Commodore Vishal was a Jet Pilot. In a combat mission his fighter plane was destroyed by a missile. He however ejected himself and parachuted safely. He won acclaims and appreciations from many.
After five years one day he was sitting with his wife in a restaurant. A man from another table came to him and said, "You're Captain Vishal! You flew jet fighters. You were shot down!"
"How in the world did you know that?" asked Vishal.
"I packed your parachute," the man smiled and replied.
Vishal gasped in surprise and gratitude and thought if parachute hadn't worked, I wouldn't be here today.
Vishal couldn't sleep that night, thinking about that man. He wondered how many times I might have seen him and not even said, "Good morning, how are you?" or anything because, he was a fighter pilot and that person was just a safety worker.
So friends, who is packing your parachute?
Everyone has someone who provides what they need to make it through the day.
We need many kinds of parachutes when our plane is shot down - we need the physical parachute, the mental parachute, the emotional parachute, and the spiritual parachute.
We call on all these supports before reaching safety.
Sometimes in the daily challenges that life gives us, we miss what is really important.
We may fail to smile, say hello, please, or thank you, congratulate someone on something wonderful that has happened to them, give a compliment, or just do something nice for no reason.
As you go through this week, this month, this year, recognise the people who pack your parachute.
Thursday, December 31, 2015
Considerations for 2016
1. On Earning:
Never depend on single income.
Make investment to create a second chance.
2. On Spending:
If you buy things you do not need, soon you will have to sell things you need.
3. On Savings:
Do not save what is left after spending, but spend what is left after saving.
4. On Taking Risk:
Never test the depth of a river with both feet.
5. On Investment:
Do not put all eggs in one basket.
6. On Expectations:
Honesty is a very expensive gift. Do not expect it from cheap people.
7. Past is a waste paper, present is a newspaper, and future is a question paper. Come out of your past, control the present, and secure the future.
8. When bad things happen in your life, you have three choices. You can either let it define you, let it destroy you or you can let it strengthen you.
9. Our eyes are in the front because it is more important to look ahead than to look backwards.
10. We use pencil when we were young, but now we use pens. Do you know why? Because mistakes in childhood can easily be erased, unlike now.
Wish you a prosperous 2016.
Never depend on single income.
Make investment to create a second chance.
2. On Spending:
If you buy things you do not need, soon you will have to sell things you need.
3. On Savings:
Do not save what is left after spending, but spend what is left after saving.
4. On Taking Risk:
Never test the depth of a river with both feet.
5. On Investment:
Do not put all eggs in one basket.
6. On Expectations:
Honesty is a very expensive gift. Do not expect it from cheap people.
7. Past is a waste paper, present is a newspaper, and future is a question paper. Come out of your past, control the present, and secure the future.
8. When bad things happen in your life, you have three choices. You can either let it define you, let it destroy you or you can let it strengthen you.
9. Our eyes are in the front because it is more important to look ahead than to look backwards.
10. We use pencil when we were young, but now we use pens. Do you know why? Because mistakes in childhood can easily be erased, unlike now.
Wish you a prosperous 2016.
Wednesday, December 30, 2015
Life & Friendship Quotes
Don't promise when you're happy. Don't reply when you're angry and don't decide when you're sad.
Life is like a book. Some chapters sad, some happy, and some exciting. But if you never turn the page... You will never know what the next chapter holds.
Love what you have...
Accept what you receive...
Give what you can...
Forgive what you can't...
And bless what you see...
Be the source of light!
One smile can start a relationship.
One word can stop an argument.
One look can make you feel wanted.
One friendship can change your life.
How beautiful it is to find someone who asks for nothing but your company.
I don't need my life to be perfect. I just want to be happy, with a few close friends who love me just the way I am.
Life is better when you are happy but life is at its best when people are happy because of you. Be inspired, give love and share your smile with everyone.
Sometimes a person's silence speaks louder than their words.
As we go through life, we start to understand that it's not important to have lots of friends. What truly matters is that we have real friends.
Best friends are people who make your problems their problems, just so you don't have to go through them alone.
Good friends care for each other, close friends understand each other, but true friends stay forever... beyond words, beyond distance, beyond time.
Let's face it... friends make life a lot more fun - Chuck Swindall
You will be a beautiful person, as long as you see the beauty in others. - Bryant McGill
Life is like a book. Some chapters sad, some happy, and some exciting. But if you never turn the page... You will never know what the next chapter holds.
Love what you have...
Accept what you receive...
Give what you can...
Forgive what you can't...
And bless what you see...
Be the source of light!
One smile can start a relationship.
One word can stop an argument.
One look can make you feel wanted.
One friendship can change your life.
How beautiful it is to find someone who asks for nothing but your company.
I don't need my life to be perfect. I just want to be happy, with a few close friends who love me just the way I am.
Life is better when you are happy but life is at its best when people are happy because of you. Be inspired, give love and share your smile with everyone.
Sometimes a person's silence speaks louder than their words.
As we go through life, we start to understand that it's not important to have lots of friends. What truly matters is that we have real friends.
Best friends are people who make your problems their problems, just so you don't have to go through them alone.
Good friends care for each other, close friends understand each other, but true friends stay forever... beyond words, beyond distance, beyond time.
Let's face it... friends make life a lot more fun - Chuck Swindall
You will be a beautiful person, as long as you see the beauty in others. - Bryant McGill
Saturday, December 19, 2015
Cherish Your Friends
A friend is...
Someone who loves you, cares for you, and protects you like family.
They know your deepest and hidden secrets, they laugh at your silly jokes and cry with you too...
They respect your feelings and always try to make you happy...
They see the hidden sadness in your smile and they are always there for you when you're feeling alone...
A true friend is the greatest gem.
Our best book is equal to hundred friends but one good friend equals to a library - Dr A P J Abdul Kalaam
Someone who loves you, cares for you, and protects you like family.
They know your deepest and hidden secrets, they laugh at your silly jokes and cry with you too...
They respect your feelings and always try to make you happy...
They see the hidden sadness in your smile and they are always there for you when you're feeling alone...
A true friend is the greatest gem.
Our best book is equal to hundred friends but one good friend equals to a library - Dr A P J Abdul Kalaam
Chinese Advice to 50-year-olds and Older
Because none of us have many years to live, and we can't take along anything when we go, so we don't have to be too thrifty.
Spend the money that should be spent, enjoy what should be enjoyed, donate what you are able to donate.
Don't worry about what will happen after we are gone, because when we return to dust, we will feel nothing about praises or criticisms. The time to enjoy the worldly life and your hard earned wealth will be over!
Don't worry too much about your children, for children will have their own destiny and should find their own way. Care for them, love them, give them gifts but also enjoy your money or what is left of it, while you can. Life should have more to it than working from the cradle to the grave!
50-year-olds, don't trade in - your health for wealth, by working yourself to an early grave anymore. Because your money may not be able to buy your health.
When to stop making money, and how much is enough? A hundred thousand, one million, ten million, one billion?
Out of thousand hectares of good farm land, you can consume only three quarts of rice daily; out of a thousand mansions, you only need eight square meters of space to rest at night.
So, as long as you have enough food and enough money to spend, that is good enough. You should live happily. Every family has its own problems.
Just do not compare with others for fame and social status and see whose children are doing better etc., but challenge others for happiness, health, enjoyment, quality of life and longevity.
Don't worry about things that you can't change because it doesn't help and it may spoil your health.
You have to create your own well-being and find your own place of happiness. As long as you are in good mood and good health, think about happy things, do happy things daily and have fun in doing, then you will pass your time happily every day.
One day passes without happiness, you will lose one day.
One day passes with happiness and then you gain one day.
In good spirit, sickness will cure;
In a happy spirit, sickness will cure faster;
In high and happy spirits, sickness will never come.
With good mood, suitable amount of exercise, always in the sun, variety of foods, reasonable amount of vitamin and mineral intake, hopefully you will live another 20 or 30 years of health life of pleasure.
Above all -
Learn to cherish the goodness around... like your spouse and friends... They all make you feel young and 'wanted'... without them you are surely to feel lost!
Wishing you all the best for the years to come.
Spend the money that should be spent, enjoy what should be enjoyed, donate what you are able to donate.
Don't worry about what will happen after we are gone, because when we return to dust, we will feel nothing about praises or criticisms. The time to enjoy the worldly life and your hard earned wealth will be over!
Don't worry too much about your children, for children will have their own destiny and should find their own way. Care for them, love them, give them gifts but also enjoy your money or what is left of it, while you can. Life should have more to it than working from the cradle to the grave!
50-year-olds, don't trade in - your health for wealth, by working yourself to an early grave anymore. Because your money may not be able to buy your health.
When to stop making money, and how much is enough? A hundred thousand, one million, ten million, one billion?
Out of thousand hectares of good farm land, you can consume only three quarts of rice daily; out of a thousand mansions, you only need eight square meters of space to rest at night.
So, as long as you have enough food and enough money to spend, that is good enough. You should live happily. Every family has its own problems.
Just do not compare with others for fame and social status and see whose children are doing better etc., but challenge others for happiness, health, enjoyment, quality of life and longevity.
Don't worry about things that you can't change because it doesn't help and it may spoil your health.
You have to create your own well-being and find your own place of happiness. As long as you are in good mood and good health, think about happy things, do happy things daily and have fun in doing, then you will pass your time happily every day.
One day passes without happiness, you will lose one day.
One day passes with happiness and then you gain one day.
In good spirit, sickness will cure;
In a happy spirit, sickness will cure faster;
In high and happy spirits, sickness will never come.
With good mood, suitable amount of exercise, always in the sun, variety of foods, reasonable amount of vitamin and mineral intake, hopefully you will live another 20 or 30 years of health life of pleasure.
Above all -
Learn to cherish the goodness around... like your spouse and friends... They all make you feel young and 'wanted'... without them you are surely to feel lost!
Wishing you all the best for the years to come.
Thoughts to ponder
One small positive thought in the morning can change your whole day.
Faith makes everything possible.
Hope makes everything work.
Love makes everything beautiful.
May you have all the three as you begin each day.
Living a meaningful life is not about being rich, popular, highly educated or being perfect.
Life is about being honest, being strong, real, humble and able to reach out and touch the lives of others while holding gratitude in your heart!
Between what is said and not meant, and what is meant and not said, most of love is lost. - Khalil Gibran
Company of good people is like walking in a shop of perfume. Whether you buy the perfume or not, you are bound to receive the fragrance.
Life is a circle of happiness, sadness, hard times, and good times. If you are going through hard times, have faith that good times are on the way.
The most difficult task is to make everybody happy, the simplest task is to be happy with everyone.
To make a difference in someone's life, you don't have to be brilliant, rich, beautiful or perfect, you just have to care enough and be there.
Ego is just a small three letter word which can destroy a big twelve letter word called relationship.
2 short ways to have peace of mind:
Forgive what you cannot forget
Forget what you cannot forgive
Live every moment, laugh every day, love beyond words.
Problems are like washing machines. They twist us, spin us and knock us around. But in the end we come out cleaner, brighter and better than before.
Faith makes everything possible.
Hope makes everything work.
Love makes everything beautiful.
May you have all the three as you begin each day.
Living a meaningful life is not about being rich, popular, highly educated or being perfect.
Life is about being honest, being strong, real, humble and able to reach out and touch the lives of others while holding gratitude in your heart!
Between what is said and not meant, and what is meant and not said, most of love is lost. - Khalil Gibran
Company of good people is like walking in a shop of perfume. Whether you buy the perfume or not, you are bound to receive the fragrance.
Life is a circle of happiness, sadness, hard times, and good times. If you are going through hard times, have faith that good times are on the way.
The most difficult task is to make everybody happy, the simplest task is to be happy with everyone.
To make a difference in someone's life, you don't have to be brilliant, rich, beautiful or perfect, you just have to care enough and be there.
Ego is just a small three letter word which can destroy a big twelve letter word called relationship.
2 short ways to have peace of mind:
Forgive what you cannot forget
Forget what you cannot forgive
Live every moment, laugh every day, love beyond words.
Problems are like washing machines. They twist us, spin us and knock us around. But in the end we come out cleaner, brighter and better than before.
Monday, December 14, 2015
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