Laughter is a tranquilizer with no side effects.
- Arnold Glasow
Laughter is part of the human survival kit.
- David Nathan
He who laughs, lasts.
-Victor Borge
Comedy is the art of making people laugh without making them puke
Friendship: a building contract you sign with laughter and break with tears
Blessed is he who has learned to laugh at himself, for he shall never cease to be entertained
-- John Powell
If taking vitamins doesn't keep you healthy enough, try more laughter: The most wasted of all days is that on which one has not laughed.
- Nicolas-Sebastien Chamfort
Of all days, the day on which one has not laughed is the one most surely wasted. Sébastien
- Roch Nicolas de Chamfort
While the laughter of joy is in full harmony with our deeper life, the laughter of amusement should be kept apart from it. The danger is too great of thus learning to look at solemn things in a spirit of mockery, and to seek in them opportunities for exercising wit.
-Lewis Carroll
Always leave them laughing when you say goodbye
- Lessing.
Laughter is the shortest distance between two people
- Victor Borge
Laughter is by definition healthy.
- Poole
One can never speak enough of the virtues, the dangers, the power of shared laughter.
- Francoise Sagan
I always knew I would look back on my tears and laugh, but I never knew I would look back at my laughter and cry
-John Powell
There is nothing in which people more betray their character than in what they laugh at.
- Goethe
One can know a man from his laugh, and if you like a man's laugh before you know anything of him, you may confidently say that he is a good man.
-Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky
Cricketing anecdotes
"Man, it don't matter where you come in to bat, the score is still zero."
Viv Richards to Sunil Gavaskar at Madras 1983. Gavaskar had decided to relinquish his opening position and come in at no 4 for that test. But, Malcolm Marshall fired out Anshuman Gaekwad and Dilip Vengsarkar for ducks, setting the stage for Gavaskar to walk in at 0/2.And he thought there would be less pressure!
Greg Thomas was bowling to Viv Richards in a county game.
Viv missed a superb outswinger, and Thomas said "It's red, round and weighs about 5 1/2 ounces."Next ball Viv hits Greg Thomas out of the ground for a 6 and
replies,"Greg,you know what it looks like. Go ahead and find it!"
New Zealand vs South Africa: Daryll Cullinan was batting, attempting a comeback from a complete bamboozling from Warne in earlier games. Cullinan played the first ball from Chris Harris very carefully back down the pitch,and keeper Parore yelled out "Well bowled Warnie!"
Australia fighting for a win nearing the end of a Test Match, Fred Trueman at the crease. The Aus captain has plenty of close in fielders, whose shadows fall on the wicket. Fredie finds this objectionable. 'Ere, if you lads don't back off,I'll appeal for bad light!"
The best one(Incident described in "From the Pavilion End" by Harold "Dickie" Bird) "Bomber" Wells, a spin bowler and great character, played for Glocuestershire and Nottinghamshire. He used to bat at No.11 since one couldn't bat any lower. Of him, they used to paraphrase Compton's famous words describing an equally inept runner; "When he shouts 'YES' for a run, it is merely the basis for further negotiations!" Incidentally, Compton was no better. John Warr said, of Compton "He was the only person who would call you for a run and wish you luck at the same time." Anyway, when Wells played for Gloucs, he had an equally horrendous runner as the No.10. During a county match, horror of horrors.......both got injured.
*Both* opted for runners when it was their turn to bat. Bomber played a ball on the off, called for a run, forgot he had a runner and ran himself.
Ditto at the other end. In the melee, someone decided that a second run was on.
Now we had *all four* running.Due to the confusion and constant shouts of "YES" "NO", eventually, *all* of them ran to the same end.
Note - at this point in time, the entire ground is rolling on the
floor laughing their behinds out. One of the fielders - brave lad - tops laughing for a minute, picks the ball and throws down the wicket at the other end.
Umpire Alec Skelding looks very seriously at the four and calmly informs
them "One of you buggers is out. I don't know which. *You* decide and
inform the bloody scorers!".
Viv Richards to Sunil Gavaskar at Madras 1983. Gavaskar had decided to relinquish his opening position and come in at no 4 for that test. But, Malcolm Marshall fired out Anshuman Gaekwad and Dilip Vengsarkar for ducks, setting the stage for Gavaskar to walk in at 0/2.And he thought there would be less pressure!
Greg Thomas was bowling to Viv Richards in a county game.
Viv missed a superb outswinger, and Thomas said "It's red, round and weighs about 5 1/2 ounces."Next ball Viv hits Greg Thomas out of the ground for a 6 and
replies,"Greg,you know what it looks like. Go ahead and find it!"
New Zealand vs South Africa: Daryll Cullinan was batting, attempting a comeback from a complete bamboozling from Warne in earlier games. Cullinan played the first ball from Chris Harris very carefully back down the pitch,and keeper Parore yelled out "Well bowled Warnie!"
Australia fighting for a win nearing the end of a Test Match, Fred Trueman at the crease. The Aus captain has plenty of close in fielders, whose shadows fall on the wicket. Fredie finds this objectionable. 'Ere, if you lads don't back off,I'll appeal for bad light!"
The best one(Incident described in "From the Pavilion End" by Harold "Dickie" Bird) "Bomber" Wells, a spin bowler and great character, played for Glocuestershire and Nottinghamshire. He used to bat at No.11 since one couldn't bat any lower. Of him, they used to paraphrase Compton's famous words describing an equally inept runner; "When he shouts 'YES' for a run, it is merely the basis for further negotiations!" Incidentally, Compton was no better. John Warr said, of Compton "He was the only person who would call you for a run and wish you luck at the same time." Anyway, when Wells played for Gloucs, he had an equally horrendous runner as the No.10. During a county match, horror of horrors.......both got injured.
*Both* opted for runners when it was their turn to bat. Bomber played a ball on the off, called for a run, forgot he had a runner and ran himself.
Ditto at the other end. In the melee, someone decided that a second run was on.
Now we had *all four* running.Due to the confusion and constant shouts of "YES" "NO", eventually, *all* of them ran to the same end.
Note - at this point in time, the entire ground is rolling on the
floor laughing their behinds out. One of the fielders - brave lad - tops laughing for a minute, picks the ball and throws down the wicket at the other end.
Umpire Alec Skelding looks very seriously at the four and calmly informs
them "One of you buggers is out. I don't know which. *You* decide and
inform the bloody scorers!".
Live Life Lively
"Only two things are infinite: The universe and human stupidity, and I am not sure about the universe." -Albert Einstein
"Only two things are finite: The life-time and human intelligence,and I not sure about human intelligence." -Kautilya Jain
"It hurts to love someone and not be loved in return, But what is more painful is to never have the courage to let that person know how you feel. Don't go for looks; they can deceive. Don't go for wealth; even that fadesaway.
Go for someone who makes you smile because it takes only a smile to make a dark day seem bright. It takes only a minute to get a crush on someone, an hour to like someone, and a day to love someone-but it takes a lifetime to forget someone. A sad thing in life is when you meet someone who means a lot to you, only to find out in the end that it was never meant to be and you just have to let go. The best kind of friend is the kind you can sit on a porch swing with, never say a word, and then walk away feeling like it was the best conversation you've ever had.
It's true that we don't know what we've got until we lose it, but it's alsotrue that we don't know what we've been missing until it arrives.Dream what you want to dream; go where you want to go; be what you want to be, because you have only one life and one chance to do all the things you want to do. Always put yourself in the other's shoes. If you feel that it hurts you, it probably hurts the person too. A careless word may kindle strife; a cruel word may wreck a life; a timely word may level stress; a loving word may heal and bless. The happiest of people don't necessarily have the best of everything they just make the most of everything that comes along their way. Love begins with a smile, grows with a kiss, ends with a tear.
When you were born, you were crying and everyone around you was smiling. Live your life so that when you die, you're the one smiling and everyone around you is crying".
"Only two things are finite: The life-time and human intelligence,and I not sure about human intelligence." -Kautilya Jain
"It hurts to love someone and not be loved in return, But what is more painful is to never have the courage to let that person know how you feel. Don't go for looks; they can deceive. Don't go for wealth; even that fadesaway.
Go for someone who makes you smile because it takes only a smile to make a dark day seem bright. It takes only a minute to get a crush on someone, an hour to like someone, and a day to love someone-but it takes a lifetime to forget someone. A sad thing in life is when you meet someone who means a lot to you, only to find out in the end that it was never meant to be and you just have to let go. The best kind of friend is the kind you can sit on a porch swing with, never say a word, and then walk away feeling like it was the best conversation you've ever had.
It's true that we don't know what we've got until we lose it, but it's alsotrue that we don't know what we've been missing until it arrives.Dream what you want to dream; go where you want to go; be what you want to be, because you have only one life and one chance to do all the things you want to do. Always put yourself in the other's shoes. If you feel that it hurts you, it probably hurts the person too. A careless word may kindle strife; a cruel word may wreck a life; a timely word may level stress; a loving word may heal and bless. The happiest of people don't necessarily have the best of everything they just make the most of everything that comes along their way. Love begins with a smile, grows with a kiss, ends with a tear.
When you were born, you were crying and everyone around you was smiling. Live your life so that when you die, you're the one smiling and everyone around you is crying".
Management Lesson
Management is the art of getting things done through others.
It's a fine sunny day in the forest, and a lion is sitting outside his cave, lying lazily in the sun. Along comes a fox, out on a walk.
Fox: "Do you know the time, because my watch is broken"
Lion: "Oh, I can easily fix the watch for you"
Fox: "Hmm. But it's a very complicated mechanism, and your great claws will only destroy it even more"
Lion: "Oh no, give it to me, and it will be fixed"
Fox: "That's ridiculous! Any fool knows that lazy lions with great claws cannot fix complicated watches"
Lion: "Sure they do, give it to me and it will be fixed"
The lion disappears into his cave, and after a while he comes back
with the watch which is running perfectly.The fox is impressed, and the lion continues to lie lazily in the sun, looking very pleased with himself.
Soon a wolf comes along and stops to watch the lazy lion in the sun.
Wolf: "Can I come and watch TV tonight with you, because mine is broken"
Lion: "Oh, I can easily fix your TV for you"
Wolf: "You don't expect me to believe such rubbish, do you? There is no way that a lazy lion with big claws can fix a complicated TV"
Lion: "No problem. Do you want to try it?"
The lion goes into his cave, and after a while comes back with a perfectly fixed TV. The wolf goes away happily and amazed.
Scene: Inside the lion's cave. In one corner are half a dozen small and intelligent looking rabbits that are busily doing very Complicated work with very detailed instruments. In the other corner lies a huge lion looking very pleased with himself.
Moral: IF YOU WANT TO KNOW WHY A SUPERVISOR IS FAMOUS LOOK AT THE WORK OF
HIS SUBORDINATES.
In the context of the working world
IF YOU WANT TO KNOW WHY SOMEONE UNDESERVED IS PROMOTED, LOOK AT THE WORK OF HIS SUBORDINATES.
It's a fine sunny day in the forest, and a lion is sitting outside his cave, lying lazily in the sun. Along comes a fox, out on a walk.
Fox: "Do you know the time, because my watch is broken"
Lion: "Oh, I can easily fix the watch for you"
Fox: "Hmm. But it's a very complicated mechanism, and your great claws will only destroy it even more"
Lion: "Oh no, give it to me, and it will be fixed"
Fox: "That's ridiculous! Any fool knows that lazy lions with great claws cannot fix complicated watches"
Lion: "Sure they do, give it to me and it will be fixed"
The lion disappears into his cave, and after a while he comes back
with the watch which is running perfectly.The fox is impressed, and the lion continues to lie lazily in the sun, looking very pleased with himself.
Soon a wolf comes along and stops to watch the lazy lion in the sun.
Wolf: "Can I come and watch TV tonight with you, because mine is broken"
Lion: "Oh, I can easily fix your TV for you"
Wolf: "You don't expect me to believe such rubbish, do you? There is no way that a lazy lion with big claws can fix a complicated TV"
Lion: "No problem. Do you want to try it?"
The lion goes into his cave, and after a while comes back with a perfectly fixed TV. The wolf goes away happily and amazed.
Scene: Inside the lion's cave. In one corner are half a dozen small and intelligent looking rabbits that are busily doing very Complicated work with very detailed instruments. In the other corner lies a huge lion looking very pleased with himself.
Moral: IF YOU WANT TO KNOW WHY A SUPERVISOR IS FAMOUS LOOK AT THE WORK OF
HIS SUBORDINATES.
In the context of the working world
IF YOU WANT TO KNOW WHY SOMEONE UNDESERVED IS PROMOTED, LOOK AT THE WORK OF HIS SUBORDINATES.
What is Love ?
The way I look.... at what you call "LOVE".
Love is that feeling you get when you meet the right person.".This is how we approach a relationship. We believe that love is a sensation that magically generates when Mr. or Ms. Right appears. And just as easily, it can spontaneously degenerate when the magic "just isn't there" anymore. You fall in love, and you can fall out of it.
There is hardly any activity, which is started with such tremendous hopes and expectations, and yet, which fails so regularly, as love.
So what is love -- real, lasting love?
Love is the attachment that results from deeply appreciating another's goodness. What we value most in ourselves, we value most in others. God created us to see ourselves as good (hence our need to either rationalize or regret our wrongdoings). So, too, we seek goodness in others. Nice looks, an engaging personality, intelligence, and talent (all of which count for something) may attract you, but goodness is what moves you to love.
If love comes from appreciating goodness, it needn't just happen -- you can make it happen. Love is active. You can create it. Just focus on the good in another person (and everyone has some). If you can do this easily, you'll love easily.
Now that you're feeling so warmly toward the entire human race, how can you deepen your love for someone? The way God created us, actions affect our feelings most. For example, if you want to become more compassionate, thinking compassionate thoughts may be a start, but giving will get you there. Likewise, the best way to feel loving is to be loving -- and that means giving.
While most people believe love leads to giving, the truth is exactly the opposite: Giving leads to love.
What is giving? True giving, is other-oriented, and requires four elements. The first is care, demonstrating active concern for the recipient's life and growth. The second is responsibility, responding to his or her expressed and unexpressed needs (particularly, in an emotional need). The third is respect, "the ability to see a person as he [or she] is, to be aware of his [or her] unique individuality," and, consequently, wanting that person to "grow and unfold as he [or she] is." These three components all depend upon the fourth, knowledge. You can care for, respond to, and respect another only as deeply as you know him or her.
The effect of genuine, other-oriented giving is profound. It allows you into another person's world and opens you up to perceiving his or her goodness. At the same time, it means investing part of yourself in the other, enabling you to love this person as you love yourself.
The more you give, the more you love. This is why your parents (who've given you more than you'll ever know) undoubtedly love you more than you love them, and you, in turn, will love your own children more than they'll love you.
Because deep, intimate love emanates from knowledge and giving, it comes not overnight but over time. If someone mistreats you while professing to love you, remember: "Love is a behavior."
A relationship grows stronger when partners are committed to behaving lovingly through continual, unconditional giving -- not only saying, "I love you," but showing it.....
REGARDS,
SOHIL J. SHAH
REGARDS,
SOHIL J. SHAH
Never Have I Fallen
Your lips speak soft sweetness
Your touch a cool caress
I am lost in your magic
My heart beats within your chest
I think of you each morning
And dream of you each night
I think of your arms being around me
And cannot express my delight
Never have I fallen
But I am quickly on my way
You hold a heart in your hands
That has never before been given away
Friends Without Faces
We sit and we type,
and we stare at our screens ...
We all have to wonder
what this possibly means.
With our mouse we roam
through the rooms in a maze,
Looking for something or someone,
as we sit in a daze.
We chat with each other,
we type all our woes ...
Small groups we do form,
and gang up on our foes.
We wait for somebody
to type out our name ...
We want recognition,
but it's always the same.
We give kisses and hugs,
and sometimes flirt ...
In IM's we chat deeply and
reveal why we hurt.
We do form friendships,
but why we don't know ...
But some of these friendships,
will flourish and grow.
Why is it on screen
we can be so bold,
Telling our secrets that
have never been told.
Why is it we share
the thoughts in our mind
With those we can't see,
as though we were blind.
The answer is simple,
it is as clear as a bell.
We all have our problems
and need someone to tell.
We can't tell real people,
but tell someone we must ...
So we turn to the 'puter
and to those we can trust.
Even though it is crazy,
the truth still remains ...
They are Friends Without Faces
and odd little names.
and we stare at our screens ...
We all have to wonder
what this possibly means.
With our mouse we roam
through the rooms in a maze,
Looking for something or someone,
as we sit in a daze.
We chat with each other,
we type all our woes ...
Small groups we do form,
and gang up on our foes.
We wait for somebody
to type out our name ...
We want recognition,
but it's always the same.
We give kisses and hugs,
and sometimes flirt ...
In IM's we chat deeply and
reveal why we hurt.
We do form friendships,
but why we don't know ...
But some of these friendships,
will flourish and grow.
Why is it on screen
we can be so bold,
Telling our secrets that
have never been told.
Why is it we share
the thoughts in our mind
With those we can't see,
as though we were blind.
The answer is simple,
it is as clear as a bell.
We all have our problems
and need someone to tell.
We can't tell real people,
but tell someone we must ...
So we turn to the 'puter
and to those we can trust.
Even though it is crazy,
the truth still remains ...
They are Friends Without Faces
and odd little names.
Sufficiency
I do not dream of luxury
Or search for hidden gold,
For I have wealth beyond compare,
More than my heart can hold.
I have the eyes to realize
The beauty of God's earth--
The golden sun, the silver moon,
And other things of worth.
I have the ears to listen to
The music of the birds,
Or when a good friend speaks to me
In soft and kindly words.
But most of all I have the love
Of someone sweet and dear,
Who by my side still shares a love
That's constant year after year.
Or search for hidden gold,
For I have wealth beyond compare,
More than my heart can hold.
I have the eyes to realize
The beauty of God's earth--
The golden sun, the silver moon,
And other things of worth.
I have the ears to listen to
The music of the birds,
Or when a good friend speaks to me
In soft and kindly words.
But most of all I have the love
Of someone sweet and dear,
Who by my side still shares a love
That's constant year after year.
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