It all depends on our attitude !

Welcome to 102^nd Monday Musings !

It all depends on our attitude: Good News or Bad News

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Robert De Vincenzo, the great Argentine golfer, Once won a tournament and, after receiving the check and smiling for the cameras, he went to the clubhouse and prepared to leave.

Sometime later, he walked alone to his car in the parking lot and was approached by a young woman.

She congratulated him on his victory and then told him that her child was seriously ill and near death. She did not know how she could pay the doctor's bills and hospital expenses.

De Vincenzo was touched by her story, and he took out a pen and endorsed his winning check for payment to the woman. "Make some good days for the baby," he said as he pressed the check into her hand.

The next week he was having lunch in a country club when a Professional Golf Association official came to his table. "Some of the boys in the parking lot last week told me you met a young woman there after you won that tournament."

De Vincenzo nodded.

"Well," said the official, "I have news for you. She's a phony. She has no sick baby. She's not even married. She fleeced you, my friend."

"You mean there is no baby who is dying?" said De Vincenzo.

"That's right," said the official.

"That's the best good news I've heard all week, that no baby is dying" De Vincenzo said.

Moral of the story :

Good news or bad news?  It depends on how you see things.

You can be bitter after cheated                      Or                        you can choose to move on with your life...

It is your life, you can either see a glass half full or half empty, but a positive way is “See the Glass Half full – then fill the rest of the way”.Positive attitude evokes more energy, more initiative and more happiness.

Make it a great Week !

Shailesh

The Cookie Thief !

Welcome to 101^st Monday Musings:

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A woman was waiting at an airport one night, with several long hours before her flight.

She hunted for a book in the airport shops, bought a bag of cookies and found a place to drop.

She was engrossed in her book but happened to see, that the man sitting beside her, as bold as could be, grabbed a cookie or two from the bag in between,

which she tried to ignore to avoid a scene.

So she munched the cookies and watched the clock, as the gutsy cookie thief diminished her stock.

She was getting more irritated as the minutes ticked by, thinking, "If I wasn't so nice, I would blacken his eye."

With each cookie she took, he took one too, when only one was left, she wondered what he would do.

With a smile on his face, and a nervous laugh, he took the last cookie and broke it in half. He offered her half, as he ate the other,

she snatched it from him and thought  "oooh, brother. This guy has some nerve and he’s also rude, why he didn't even show any gratitude!"

She had never known when she had been so galled, and sighed with relief when her flight was called.

She gathered her belongings and headed to the gate, refusing to look back at the thieving ingrate.  

She boarded the plane, and sank in her seat, then she sought her book, which was almost complete.

As she reached in her baggage, she gasped with surprise, there was her bag of cookies, in front of her eyes.

If mine are here, she moaned in despair, the others were his, and he tried to share.

Too late to apologize, she realized with grief, that she was the rude one, the ingrate, the thief.

Moral of the story :

Don’t Judge so quickly without knowing all the facts

Those who jump before looking end up on head first in the shallow end, When you jump to conclusions you often skip over the truth & sometimes it is too late to make amends.

Make it a great Week !

Shailesh

Rock, Pebbles and Sand - Important Things in Life !

Welcome to 100^th Monday Musings:

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A philosophy professor stood before his class with some items on the table 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 rocks, about 2 inch in diameter.

He then asked the students if the jar was full. They agreed that it was.

So the professor then picked up a box of pebbles and poured them into the jar.

He shook the jar lightly. The pebbles, of course, rolled into the open areas between the rocks.

He then asked the students again if the jar was full. They agreed it was.

The professor picked up a box of sand and poured it into the jar.

Of course, the sand filled up everything else.

He then asked once more if the jar was full. The students responded with a unanimous "Yes."

Then the professor took a cup of coffee and poured it into the ‘filled’ jar. Of course, it filled every little gap.

"Now," said the professor, I want you to recognize that this jar represents your life. The rocks are the important things - your family, your partner, your health, your children - 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 - like your job, your house, your car.

The sand is everything else. The small stuff.

Moral of the story :

"If you put the sand into the jar first," he continued "there is no room for the pebbles or the rocks.

The same goes for your 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 your partner out dancing.

·       There will always be time to go to work, clean the house, give a dinner party and fix the disposal.

Take care of the rocks first - the things that really matter. Set your priorities. The rest is just sand.

Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans, so make sure to choose the right priorities to live life at it’s best.

Before the students left, one shouted out. ”You never mentioned what the Coffee represents!”

The professor smiled and said, ”Well I'm glad you asked. The Coffee just shows you that no matter how full your life may seem, there's always room to have a Coffee with a friend.”

Make it a great Week !

Shailesh