You DESERVED to be LOVED

This pacifying note to those lost in love and lovely pictures are some of my best collections from unknown sources.

Drowned in unrequited love? Read text to end your misery and despair... Also hope the colorful flowers can fascinate you to relook at how beautiful the world can be....

At times, we develop feelings for someone, but compelling reasons forbid the expression of love, or maybe the object of our affections cannot reciprocate our sentiments.

When this happens, it is common to fall into hopeless misery. We might give in to bitterness and wish we had never met the person or we might waste the rest of our lives on fruitless yearning. Worse still, we might be driven to accept someone we do not genuinely love in order to fill that void in our hearts.

Understanding that love is an emotion. A potent one, but nonetheless an entity which can be dimmed, transformed or transferred if necessary. It certainly serves nothing to grieve over someone you know can never be yours. So sometimes when
we know it is impossible, we have no choice but to dull our feelings, lest they plunge us into perilous depths.

Remove yourself from your situation and examine your internal and external circumstances carefully. Do you really love the person, or is your passion fueled by a selfish need? Does the person truly love you and is he or she worth fighting for? Are your tears worth shedding for someone who will cry for someone else?

Very often, we desperately seek one particular person's affections because we feel we do not deserve to be loved. We are held hostage by our perceived deficiencies and past misfortunes and so constantly search for acceptance and love. When we do not find them, we despair. We languish in a palace of ice we build for ourselves, and then demand that someone else come live within its frozen walls with us.

Note that the world is hardly that miniscule and the inner world, the realm of our spirit is boundless. When you believe that there is only that one person for you, and seek an impossible reciprocation with all the ruthless will of that conviction, there can only be suffering for you.

The inflicted pain is a consequent of your refusal to accept reality. You should not empathise yourself and sink into more misery.

You deserve to be with someone who truly loves you. That person exists but you would not find him or her in your palace of ice.

Step outside. Remember the warm sun and fresh air? Remember how you used to be your own person until you surrendered your happiness to a vain pursuit? Remember all the wonderful things you savored before you locked yourself up in that dreadful place? Embrace them again.

Do not seek love. For it will come to you if you truly know it.....

Corporate LESSONS

 

Corporate Lesson 1:

A man is getting into the shower just as his wife is finishing up her shower, when the doorbell rings. The wife quickly wraps herself in a towel and runs downstairs. When she opens the door, there stands Bob, the next door neighbour.

Before she says a word, Bob says, “I’ll give you $800 to drop that towel,”

After thinking for a moment, the woman drops her towel and stands naked in front of Bob. After a few seconds, Bob hands her $800 and leaves. The woman wraps back up in the towel and goes back upstairs.

When she gets to the bathroom, her husband asks,

“Who was that?”

“It was Bob the next door neighbour,” she replies.

“Great!” the husband says, “did he say anything about the $800 he owes me?”

Moral of the story: If you share critical information pertaining to credit and risk with your shareholders in time, you may be in a position to prevent avoidable exposure.

Corporate Lesson 2:

A priest offered a lift to a nun. She got in and crossed her legs, forcing her gown to reveal a leg. The priest nearly had an accident. After controlling the car, he stealthily slid his hand up her leg. The nun said,

“Father, remember Psalm 129?”

The priest removed his hand. When changing gears, he let his hand slide up her leg again. The nun once again said,

“Father, remember Psalm 129?” The priest apologized.

“Sorry sister but the flesh is weak.” Arriving at the convent, the nun went on her way. On his arrival at the church, the priest rushed to look up Psalm 129.

It said, “Go forth and seek, further up, you will find glory.”

Moral of the story: If you are not well informed in your job, you might miss a great opportunity.

Corporate Lesson 3:

A sales rep, an administration clerk, and the manager are walking to lunch when they find an antique oil lamp. They rub it and a Genie comes out. The Genie says,

“I’ll give each of you just one wish.”

“Me first! Me first!” says the admin clerk.

“I want to be in the Bahamas, driving a speedboat, without a care in the world.

“Poof! She’s gone.

“Me next! Me next!” says the sales rep. “I want to be in Hawaii, relaxing on the beach with my personal masseuse, an endless supply of Pina Coladas and the love of my life.”

Poof! He’s gone.

“OK, you’re up,” the Genie says to the manager. The manager says,
“I want those two back in the office after lunch.”

Moral of the story: Always let your boss have the first say.

Corporate Lesson 4:

A crow was sitting on a tree, doing nothing all day.

A rabbit asked him, “Can I also sit like you and do nothing all day long?”

The crow answered: “Sure, why not.” So, the rabbit sat on the ground below the crow, and rested. A fox jumped on the rabbit and ate it.

Moral of the story: To be sitting and doing nothing, you must be sitting very high up.

Corporate Lesson 5:

A turkey was chatting with a bull.
“I would love to be able to get to the top of that tree,” sighed the turkey, but I haven’t got the energy.”

“Well, why don’t you nibble on my droppings?” replied the bull.

“They’re packed with nutrients.” The turkey pecked at a lump of dung and found that it gave him enough strength to reach the lowest branch of the tree. The next day, after eating some more dung, he reached the second branch. Finally after a fourth night, there he was proudly perched at the top of the tree. Soon he was spotted by a farmer, who shot the turkey out of the tree.

Moral of the story: Bulls*!t might get you to the top, but it won’t keep you there.

BONUS FOR YOU!!!

Johnny wanted to have sex with a girl in his office, but she belonged to someone else…

One day, Johnny got so frustrated that he went up to her and said, “I’ll give you a $100 if you let me screw you. But the girl said NO.

Johnny said, “I’ll be fast. I’ll throw the money on the floor, you bend down, and I’ll be finished by the time you pick it up. “

She thought for a moment and said that she would have to consult her boyfriend… So she called her boyfriend and told him the story.

Her boyfriend says, “Ask him for $200, pick up the money very fast, he won’t even be able to get his pants down.”

So she agrees and accepts the proposal. Half an hour goes by, and the boyfriend is waiting for his girlfriend to call.

Finally, after 45 minutes, the boyfriend calls and asks what happened.
She responded, “The bastard used coins!”

Morale of the story: Always consider a business proposal in its entirety before agreeing to it and getting screwed!

Eight WONDERFUL Gifts

 

GIFTS THAT DO NOT COST A CENT !
            

1) THE GIFT OF LISTENING...

But you must REALLY listen.
No interrupting, no daydreaming, no planning your response.

Just listening.

2) THE GIFT OF AFFECTION…

Be generous with appropriate hugs, kisses, pats on the back and handholds.

Let these small actions demonstrate the love you have for family and friends.



3) THE GIFT OF LAUGHTER…

Clip cartoons. Share articles and funny stories.

Your gift will say, “I love to laugh with you.”

4) THE GIFT OF A WRITTEN NOTE…

It can be a simple “Thanks for the help” note or a full sonnet.

A brief, handwritten note may be remembered for a lifetime, and may even change a life.

5) THE GIFT OF A COMPLIMENT…
A simple and sincere, “You look great in red,” “You did a super job” or “That was a wonderful meal” can make someone’s day.

6) THE GIFT OF A FAVOR…

Every day, go out of your way to do something kind.

7) THE GIFT OF SOLITUDE…

There are times when we want nothing better than to be left alone.

Be sensitive to those times and give the gift of solitude to others.




8) THE GIFT OF A CHEERFUL DISPOSITION…

The easiest way to feel good is to extend a kind word to someone, really it’s not that hard to say, Hello or Thank You.

Story of the ASS and ASSASSIN (joke)

 

Case 1: Here goes your ass!

A priest entered his donkey in a race and it won.

He was so pleased with the donkey that he entered it in the race again, and it won again.

The local paper read:

PRIEST’S ASS OUT FRONT!

The bishop was so upset with this kind of publicity that he ordered the priest not to enter the donkey in another race.

The next day, the local paper headline read:

BISHOP SCRATCHES PRIEST’S ASS!

This was too much for the bishop, so he ordered the priest to get rid of the donkey. The priest decided to give it to a nun in a nearby convent.

The local paper, hearing of the news, posted the following headline the next day:

NUN HAS BEST ASS IN TOWN!

The bishop fainted. He informed the nun that she would have to get rid of the donkey, so she sold it to a farmer for $10.

The next day the paper read:

NUN SELLS ASS FOR $10!

This was too much for the bishop, so he ordered the nun to buy back the donkey and lead it to the plains where it could run wild.

The next day the headlines read:

NUN ANNOUNCES HER ASS IS WILD AND FREE!

The bishop was buried the next day.

The moral of the story is….

Being concerned about public opinion can bring you much grief and misery…and even shorten your life.

So be yourself and enjoy life…

Stop worrying about everyone else’s ass and you’ll be a lot happier and live longer!

Case 2: Assassin wanted!

The CIA had an opening for an assassin. After all the background checks, interviews and testing were done, there were 3 finalists…2 men and a woman.

For the final test, the CIA agents took one of the men to a large metal door and handed him a gun. “We must know that you will follow your instructions, no matter what the circumstances. Inside this room, you will find your wife sitting in a chair. “Kill her!!!”

The man said, “You can’t be serious. I could never shoot my wife.”

The agent said, “Then you’re not the right man for this job. Take your wife and go home.”

The second man was given the same instructions. He took the gun and went into the room. All was quiet for about five minutes.

Then the man came out with tears in his eyes. “I tried, but I can’t kill my wife.”

The agent said, “You don’t have what it takes. Take your wife and go home.”

Finally, it was the woman’s turn. She was given the same instructions to kill her husband. She took the gun and went into the room.

Shots were heard, one shot after another. They heard screaming, crashing, banging on the walls. After a few minutes, all was quiet. The door opened slowly and there stood the woman. She wiped the sweat from her brow.

“This gun is loaded with blanks”, she said. “I had to beat him to death with the chair.”

There it goes: The right MAN for the job is a WOMAN!

Be INSPIRED!

 

In 1962, four nervous young musicians played their first record audition for the executives of the Decca recording Company. The executives were not impressed. While turning down this group of musicians, one executive said,

“We don’t like their sound. Groups of guitars are on the way out.”

The group was called The Beatles.

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In 1944, Emmeline Snively, director of the Blue Book Modeling Agency, told modeling hopeful Norma Jean Baker,

“You’d better learn secretarial work or else get married.”

She went on and became Marilyn Monroe.

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In 1954, Jimmy Denny, manager of the Grand Ole Opry, fired a singer after one performance. He told him,

“You ain’t goin’ nowhere….son. You ought to go back to drivin’ a truck. ”

He went on to become the most popular singer in America named Elvis Presley.

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When Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone in 1876, it did not ring off the hook with calls from potential backers. After making a demonstration call, President Rutherford Hayes said,

“That’s an amazing invention, but who would ever want to use one of them?”

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When Thomas Edison invented the light bulb, he tried over 2000 experiments before he got it to work. A young reporter asked him how it felt to fail so many times. He said,

“I never failed once. I invented the light bulb. It just happened to be a 2000-step process.”


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In the 1940s, another young inventor named Chester Carlson took his idea to 20 corporations, including some of the biggest in the country. They all turned him down.

In 1947 after seven long years of rejections! He finally got a tiny company in Rochester, New York, the Haloid company, to purchase the rights to his invention an electrostatic paper-copying process.

Haloid became Xerox Corporation we know today.

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Wilma Rudolph was the 20th of 22 children. She was born prematurely and her survival was doubtful. When she was 4 years old, she contacted double pneumonia and scarlet fever, which left her with a paralysed left leg.

At age 9, she removed the metal leg brace she had been dependent on and began to walk without it. By 13 she had developed a rhythmic walk, which doctors said was a miracle. That same year she decided to become a runner. She entered a race and came in last. For the next few years every race she entered, she came in last. Everyone told her to quit, but she kept on running. One day she actually won a race and followed by another. From then onwards she won every single race entered.

Eventually this little girl, who was told she would never walk again, went on to win three Olympic GOLD medals.

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The morale of the above stories:

Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experiences of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, vision cleared, ambition inspired and success achieved. No obstacle how enormous it be can block a determined mind.

You gain strength, experience and confidence by every experience where you really stop to look fear in the face of adversities. You must do the thing you cannot do. Truly, the finest steel gets sent through the hottest furnace. Hard knocks may be a blessing in disguise.

A winner is not one who never fails, but one who NEVER QUITS!

In LIFE, remember that you pass this way only once!

Let’s live life to the fullest and give it our extreme best to enjoy a blissful life.

Treat every relationship as if it’s the last one, then you’ll know how to GIVE. Treat every moment as if it’s the last day, then you’ll know how to TREASURE.

Not so CLEVER woman (joke)

 

As a woman was out golfing one day, she hits the ball into the woods. Upon entering the woods, she found a frog in a trap.

The frog begged to her, “If you were to release me from this trap, I will grant you three wishes.”

The woman did so, and the frog said, “Thank you, but I failed to mention that there was a condition to your wishes. Whatever you wish for, your husband will get ten times more!”

The woman thought it is a good deal and quickly said, “That’s okay.”

For her first wish, she wanted to be the most beautiful woman in the world.

The frog warned her, “You do realise that this wish will also make your husband the most handsome man in the world, an Adonis whom women will flock to”.

The woman replied, “That’s okay, because I will be the most beautiful woman and his eyes would set on me only.”

So, there she became the most beautiful woman in the world!


For her second wish, she wanted to be the richest woman in the world.

The frog said, “Do you agree that your husband will be the richest man in the world with wealth ten times of yours.”

The woman said, “That’s fine, because what’s mine is his and what’s his is mine.”

So there she’s the richest woman in the world!

As for her third wish, she asked for a ridiculous request: “I’d like a mild heart attack.”

Moral of the story: Women are clever. Don’t mess with them.

Attention female readers: If this is the end of the joke for you stop here and continue feeling good.

Male readers: More for you. Please scroll down

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The man had a heart attack ten times milder than his wife!!!

Moral of the story: “Women are really dumb but think they are really smart. Let them continue to think that way and just enjoy the show.”

PS: If you are a woman and are still reading this; it only goes to show that you never listen!!! Women always feel privileged. Why?



Forward this to all the guys for a good laugh, and to all the ladies who have a good sense of humour.

Who is the intelligent one?

Three CLEVER women (joke)

1st woman: Men! Wake up!!

As he was going to inherit a fortune from his sickly, old widower father, Charles decided he needed a woman to enjoy it with. Going to a singles’ bar, he spotted a woman whose beauty took his breath away.

“I’m just an ordinary man,” he said, walking up to her, but in just a week or two, my father will die and I’ll inherit 20 million dollars and would like to have someone to share it with.”

The woman went home with Charles, and the next day she became his stepmother.


2nd woman: Men! Fooled again!!

An old couple was married for many years but could not get along with each other. After a confrontation, they would be heard screaming and yelling deep into the night. 

The old man would shout, ‘When I die, I will dig my way up and out of the grave and come back and haunt you for the rest of your life!’

Neighbors were scared of his curse. They believed he practised black magic after witnessing many strange occurrences that took place in their neighbourhood.

The old man liked the fact that he was feared. To everyone’s relief, he died of a heart attack when he was 98. His wife had a closed casket at the wake. After the burial, she went straight to the local bar and began to party, as if there was no tomorrow..

Her neighbors, concerned for her safety, asked, ‘Aren’t you afraid that he may indeed be able to dig his way up and out of the grave and come back to haunt you for the rest of your life?

The wife put down her drink and said, ‘Let him dig. I had him buried upside down……’

3rd woman: Men! Never learn!!!

A husband and wife were having dinner at a very fine restaurant when this absolutely stunning young woman comes over to their table, gives the husband a big open mouthed kiss, then says she’ll see him later and walks away.

The wife glares at her husband and says, “Who the hell was that?”

”Oh,” replies the husband, “she’s my mistress.”

”Well, that’s the last straw,” says the wife. “I’ve had enough, I want a divorce!”

”I can understand that,” replies her husband, “but remember, if we get a divorce it will mean no more shopping trips to Paris, no more wintering in Barbados, no more summers in Tuscany, no more Infiniti or Lexus in the garage and no more yacht club. But the decision is yours.”

Just then, a mutual friend enters the restaurant with a gorgeous babe on his arm.

”Who’s that woman with Jim?” asks the wife.

”That’s his mistress,” says her husband.

”Ours is prettier,” she replies.

Dont play monkey trick on monkeys! (joke)

A Bihari hat-seller who happened to pass by a forest decided to take a nap under one of the trees leaving his whole basket of hats by the side. A few hours later, he woke up to find all his hats disappeared.

 

When he looked up, he was surprised to see so many monkeys up the tree with all his hats up in the air. Pausing for a moment, he sat down to think how to get the hats down. While thinking he started to scratch his head. The next moment, the monkeys were doing the same. Then he removed his hat and the monkeys did exactly the same. An idea came to him, he took his hat and threw it on the floor and the monkeys did that too. So he got back all his hats without any fuss.

Fifty years later, his grandson, Laloo, also became a hat-seller and had heard this monkey story from his grandpa.


Like his grandpa, he passed by the same forest one day. It was very hot, and he took a nap under the same tree leaving the hats on the floor. When he woke up all his hats were gone. Again, the mischievous monkeys had them on the tree. He remembered his grandpa’s words, began to scratch his head and noticed the monkeys following. It works! Next, he removed his hat and fanned himself and the monkeys repeated his actions.

Now, very convinced of his grandpa’s idea, Laloo threw his hat on the floor but to his surprise, the monkeys still held on to all the hats. Then one monkey climbed down the tree, grabbed the hat lying on the floor, gave him a slap and said:
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Guess What????????
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“You think only you have a grandpa!!

Hahahahahhahaha…………..

Ah Pek is DAMN good! (joke)

 

Really funny story about how the Chinese won the stay in Italy about a century or two ago….

 

At that time, the Pope decided that all the Chinese had to leave the country. There was an unusual commotion from the Chinese community. To be fair, the Pope agreed a religious debate would be arranged to decide on the fate. In the event that the Chinese won, they could stay. Of course, they have to leave if the Pope won.

 

The Chinese community picked Ah Pek, the wisest old man to represent. As he was not conversant in the foreign language, both sides finally agreed that the debate would be conducted in a ‘silent’ manner.

 

On the eventful day, Ah Pek sat nervously facing the Pope. After a minute or so, the Pope broke the silence and started the session.

He raised his hand and showed three fingers.

Ah Pek responded by raising one finger.

The Pope waved his fingers in a circle around his head.

Ah Pek pointed to the ground at where he sat.

The Pope pulled out a loaf and a glass of wine.

Ah Pek pulled out an apple.

The Pope stood up and said: ”I give up. This man is too good in religious knowledge. The Chinese can stay!”

An hour later, the cardinals were all around the Pope asking him what happened.

What the Pope said…..

“Firstly, I held up three fingers to represent the holy trinity. He responded by holding up one finger to remind me that there was still one God common to both our religions.

Then I waved my finger around me to show him that God was all around us. He responded by pointing to the ground and indicating that God was also right here with us.

When I pulled out the wine and loaf to show that God absolves all sin, he showed me an apple to remind us of the original sin.

Clearly, he understands our religion and has an answer for everything. What could I do?”

Meanwhile, the Chinese community was overjoyed and keen to know what transpired during the debate.

What Ah Pek said….

“Well, first he was adamant that all Chinese had 3 days to leave the country.

I raised my third finger to signal in a nasty manner that none of us was leaving.

Then he pointed that this whole city would be rid of Chinese. I showed him that we are here to stay.

When he took out his lunch pack, I was hungry and took out mine too.”

Morale of the story: If in doubt, remain silent. Gestures only may help alot.

LOVING what we HAVE

 

 

This article is copied from an unknown source which all of us should read at least once in our lifetime because we only live that much….

Are you the LOST generation on this high-speed highway of your life journey?

We live in a fairyland era of EXCESS and ACCESS.

There is too much excess for most of us because we have so much to choose from and access because we have so much freedom to choose.

From hi-tech toys to multi-media, high fashion to waterfront homes, chemical distractions to fast lovers, this world offers us an endless array of possibilities. It is all about momentary pleasures, staying in the fast lane, retaining membership in the club of looks and possessions.

The confines of tradition, the prejudice of gender and race, the oppression of politics, the dividing power of distance – all these, though not completely removed, do not bind our feet like they did our forefathers.

Today, no one has to feel embarrassed about wanting more, making more money, deserving better, buying more things, having more lovers.

Ambition is used as a euphemism for greed. Honestly, are we happier than before?

So much of our society is disposable – we see, we want, we use, we throw. More than ever, human beings are buying and using things they do not really need. Our landfills are choking with rubbish, and our debts are ballooning. Yet the buying frenzy does not seem to be losing any steam.

Are we getting caught up in the wrong lanes? Is our focus causing us to ultimately lead empty, meaningless lives? How can we stop the seething, rumbling, fast-exploding machine of industry and greed?

The answer is LOVE – learning to love the things and people we already have. Truly understanding and appreciating them, discovering aspects of them that eluded us before.

If you love what you have, you do not feel the need for more. If you love what you have, you are not going to throw something out once it gets a little worn. You will see the deeper beauty that lasts infinitely longer.

If you love what you have, you will be very careful what you buy or who you choose to be with, because it has to be something you can love, not simply a trial or plaything.

Take a closer look at your possessions and relationships – your clothes, your car, your furniture, your gadgets, your partner. What can you learn to love and appreciate more? What can you recycle or maintain?

Instead of dreaming about buying something new, think about how you can make the most out of what you already have.

Wanting more can never make you happy.

THE KEY IS LOVING WHAT YOU HAVE.




In conclusion….

Knowing what you WANT and NEED make you more focused to live a more meaningful life. It saves the hassle of acquiring something and quickly disposing it for supposedly a better one. Why not appreciate what we have on hand and make the most out of it. The happiest of people do not necessarily have the best of everything; they just make the most of everything that comes along their way.

In essence,

"OUR NEEDS ARE FEW. OUR WANTS ARE MANY. 

IN DEALNG WITH THE HEART’S DESIRE, ASK YOURSELF THESE QUESTIONS: DO I NEED IT?  DO I WANT IT?  CAN I ACQUIRE IT?  SHOULD I ACQUIRE IT?"

Focus on PROBLEM vs SOLUTION

Do not complicate matters. Simplicity is beautiful as enumerated from the two incidents below….

 

When NASA began the launch of astronauts into space, they found out that the pens would not work at zero gravity given the fact that ink does not flow down to the writing surface.

To solve this 'difficult' problem, it took them a decade and $12 million. They developed a pen that worked at zero gravity, upside down, underwater, in virtually any surface (including crystal) and in a temperature range from below freezing to over 300 degrees C.

The Russians came up with a simple solution. 
They used a Pencil!!!


One of the most memorable case studies on Japanese management was an empty soap box case, which happened in one of Japan’s biggest cosmetics companies. One day a consumer complained of a purchase of an empty soap box.

The Authorities decided to take the matter seriously and isolated the problem to the assembly line, which transported all the packaged boxes of soap to the delivery department. For an unknown reason, a soap box went through the assembly line emptied.

The engineers were designated to look into the 'serious' problem immediately. They worked tirelessly to devise an X-ray machine with high-resolution monitors manned by two people to watch all the soap boxes that passed through the line to make sure they were no empty boxes. The solution seemed good but huge amount was expended.

In another smallish company, when a rank-and-file employee was posed with the same problem, he did not use sophisticated method but came out with a simple solution instead.

When a strong industrial electric fan pointing at the assembly line was installed, all the soap boxes have to passed through it and any empty one would be blown out of the line.

Moral of the story:

KISS (Keep It Simple, Stupid) i.e. always look for simple solutions. Devise the simplest possible solution that solves the problem. So, learn to focus on solutions not on problems.

“If you look at what you DO NOT have in life, you don’t have ANYTHING”

“If you look at what you HAVE in life, you have EVERYTHING”

KEEP LIFE SIMPLE AND YOU CAN BE THE HAPPIEST PERSON AROUND!