A Touching Farewell

This incident is not from a film, but true.

It is about a certain person by name Mr Zavere Poonawala, who is a well-known industrialist from Pune. He had his driver named Gangadatta with him for the last 30 years on his limousine, which was originally owned by Bhagwan Rajneesh, and which Mr Poonawala had bought from him.

Gangadatta passed away recently and at that time Mr. Poonawala was in Mumbai on important work. As soon as he heard the news, he cancelled all his meetings, requested the driver's family to await him for the cremation and he came back immediately by a helicopter.

On reaching Pune, he asked his men to decorate the limo with flowers as he wished Gangadatta should be taken in the same vehicle which he drove since the beginning. When Gangadatta's family agreed to his wishes, Mr. Poonawala sat in the driver's seat and himself drove Gangadatta in his limousine from the house to the ghat on his last journey.

When asked, Mr Poonawala was very sorrowful and replied that Gangadatta had served him day and night and he could at least do this, being eternally grateful to him. He further added that Gangadatta rose up from poverty and educated both his children very well. His daughter is a Chartered accountant and that is so commendable.

His comment in the end is the essence of a successful life in all aspects. " I earned money and successful in life which is nothing unusual, but I should always be grateful to those people who contribute to my success. This is the sanskara I have been brought up with which made me do what I did."

Someone has so rightly said :

Life is like a sea.. We are moving about without end. Nothing remains with us..What remains are just....the memories of some people,who touched our lives as waves.

 “ It's not hard to sacrifice something for someone

                                                 It's hard to find someone who deserves your sacrifice ... !! ”

Laws of Nature

1. Law of Mechanical Repair - After your hands become coated with grease, your nose will begin to itch and you'll have to pee.

2. Law of Gravity - Any tool, nut, bolt, screw, when dropped, will roll to the least accessible corner.

3. Law of Probability - The probability of being watched is directly proportional to the stupidity of your act.

4. Law of Random Numbers - If you dial a wrong number, you never get a busy signal and someone always answers.

6. Variation Law - If you change lines (or traffic lanes), the one you were in will always move faster than the one you are in now (works every time).

7. Law of the Bath - When the body is fully immersed in water, the telephone rings.

8. Law of Close Encounters - The probability of meeting someone you know increases dramatically when you are with someone you don't want to be seen with.

9. Law of the Result - When you try to prove to someone that a machine won't work, it will.

10. Law of Bio-mechanics - The severity of the itch is inversely proportional to the reach.

11.. Law of the Theater & Hockey Arena - At any event, the people whose seats are furthest from the aisle, always arrive last. They are the ones who will leave their seats several times to go for food, beer, or the toilet and who leave early before the end of the performance or the game is over. The folks in the aisle seats come early, never move once, have long gangly legs or big bellies and stay to the bitter end of the performance. The aisle people also are very surly folk.

12. The Coffee Law - As soon as you sit down to a cup of hot coffee, your boss will ask you to do something which will last until the coffee is cold.

13. Murphy's Law of Lockers - If there are only 2 people in a locker room, they will have adjacent lockers.

14. Law of Physical Surfaces - The chances of an open-faced jelly sandwich landing face down on a floor, are directly correlated to the newness and cost of the carpet or rug.

15. Law of Logical Argument - Anything is possible if you don't know what you are talking about.

16. Brown's Law of Physical Appearance - If the clothes fit, they're ugly.

17. Oliver's Law of Public Speaking - A closed mouth gathers no feet.

18. Wilson's Law of Commercial Marketing Strategy - As soon as you find a product that you really like, they will stop making it.

19. Doctors' Law - If you don't feel well, make an appointment to go to the doctor, by the time you get there you'll feel better.. But don't make an appointment, and you'll stay sick.

WATER ON EMPTY STOMACH

It is popular today to drink water immediately after waking up every morning. Furthermore, scientific tests have proven a its value. We publish below a description of use of water for our readers. For old and serious diseases as well as modern illnesses the water treatment had been found successful:

Headache, body ache, heart system, arthritis, fast heart beat, epilepsy, excess fatness, bronchitis asthma, TB, meningitis, kidney and urine diseases, vomiting, ga str itis, diarrhea, piles, diabetes, constipation, all eye diseases, womb, cancer and ear nose and throat diseases.

METHOD OF TREATMENT

• As you wake up in the morning before brushing teeth , drink 4 x 160ml glasses of water 
• Brush and clean the mouth but do not eat or drink anything for 45 minutes
• After 45 minutes you may eat and drink as normal.
• After 15 minutes of breakfast, lunch and dinner do not eat or drink anything for 2 hours
• Those who are old or sick and are unable to drink 4 glasses of water at the beginning may commence by taking little water and gradually increase it to 4 glasses per day.
• The above method of treatment will cure diseases of the sick and others can enjoy a healthy life.

The following list gives the number of days of treatment required to cure/control/reduce main diseases:

• High Blood Pressure - 30 days
• Gastric - 10 days
• Diabetes - 30 days
• Constipation - 10 days
• Cancer - 180 days
• TB - 90 days
• Arthritis patients should follow the above treatment only for 3 days in the 1st week, and from 2nd week onwards - daily.

This treatment method has no side effects, however at the commencement of treatment you may have to urinate a few times.

It is better if we continue this and make this procedure as a routine work in our life.

Drink Water and Stay healthy and Active.

For those who like to drink cold water, this article is applicable to you.

It is nice to have a cup of cold drink after a meal. However, the cold water will solidify the oily stuff that you have just consumed . It will slow down the digestion.

Once this 'sludge' reacts with the acid, it will break down and be absorbed by the intestine faster than the solid food. It will line the intestine. Very soon, this will turn into fats and lead to cancer. It is best to drink hot soup or warm water after a meal.

A serious note about heart attacks : Women should know that not every heart attack symptom is going to be the left arm hurting.

Be aware of intense pain in the jaw line.

You may never have the first chest pain during the course of a heart attack.

Nausea and intense sweating are also common symptoms.

60% of people who have a heart attack while they are asleep do not wake up.

Pain in the jaw can wake you from a sound sleep. Let's be careful and be aware. The more we know, the better chance we could survive.

Keep Walking

 Jus to check this out......

The Organs of your body have their sensory touches at the bottom of your foot, if you massage these points you will find relief from aches and pains as you can see the heart is on the left foot.

Typically they are shown as points and arrows to show which organ it connects to.

It is indeed correct since the nerves connected to these organs terminate here.

This is covered in great details in Acupressure studies or textbooks.

God created our body so well that he thought of even this. He made us walk so that we will always be pressing these pressure points and thus keeping these organs activated at all times.

So, keep walking...

Think about it!

Yesterday, I was driving, and the FM radio went off for few seconds. I thought, I should have an iPod. Then suddenly I realized that I have not used my iPod in last 6 months. And then, more things, Handy Cam in last 2 years, Digital Camera in last 2 months, DVD player in last 1 month and many more. Now I can say that I bought that Handy Cam just out of impulse, I have used it twice only in last 4 years.

So, what's wrong and where? When I look at myself or my friends, I can see it everywhere. We are not happy with what we have but all are stressed and not happy for the things we don't have. You have a Santro, but you want City; You have a City, but you want Skoda. Just after buying a new phone, we need another one. Better laptop, bigger TV, faster car, bigger house, more money, I mean, these examples are endless. The point is, is it worth? Do we ever think if we actually need those things before, we want them?

After this, I was forced to think what I need and what I don't. Maybe I didn't need this Handy cam or the iPod or that DVD player. When I see my father back at home. He has a simple BPL color TV; he doesn't need 32" Sony LCD wall mount. He has a cell phone worth Rs 2,500. Whenever I ask him to change the phone, he always says, "Its a phone, I need this just for calls."

And believe me; he is much happier in life than me with those limited resources and simple gadgets. The very basic reason why he is happy with so little is that he doesn't want things in life to make it luxurious, but he wants only those things which are making his life easier. It's a very fine line between these two, but after looking my father's lifestyle closely, I got the point. He needs a cell phone but not the iPhone. He needs a TV but not the 32" plasma. He needs a car but not an expensive one.

Initially I had lot of questions.

I am earning good, still I am not happy……why ?

I have all luxuries, still I am stressed.... ....... why?

I had a great weekend, still I am feeling tired...... why?

I met lot of people, I thought over it again and again, I still don't know if I got the answers, but certainly figured out few things. I realize that one thing which is keeping me stressed is the "stay connected" syndrome. I realized that, at home also I am logged in on messengers, checking mails, using social networks, and on the top of that, the windows mobile is not letting me disconnect. On the weekend itself, trying to avoid unwanted calls, and that is keeping my mind always full of stress. I realized that I am spending far lesser money than what I earn, even then I am always worried about money and more money. I realized that I am saving enough money I would ever need, whenever needed. Still, I am stressed about job and salary and spends.

May be, many people will call this approach "not progressive attitude", but I want my life back. Ultimately, it's a single life, a day gone is a day gone. I believe if I am not happy tonight, I'll never be happy tomorrow morning. I finally realized that meeting friends, spending quality time with your loved one's; spending time with yourself is the most important thing.

If on Sunday you are alone and you don't have anybody to talk with, then all that luxuries life, all that money is wasted. May be cutting down your requirements, re-calculating your future goal in the light of today's happiness is a worthwhile thing to do. May be selling off your Santro and buying Honda City on EMIs is not a good idea. I believe putting your happiness ahead of money is the choice we need to make.

I think, a lot can be said and done but what we need the most is re-evaluation of the value of happiness and time we are giving to our life and people associated with it.

Think about it.

School - Our First Home Away From Home

I must have cried for going to school
My eyes still get wet remembering the school.

It was such a big family where we had so many Mothers to help us

and as many Dads to scold us. It was never less than a Home.

It was a place everyone was King,

Place where life never use to blink.

Every though of teacher was a fact,

everyone's dream was to be a teacher.

Never felt the need to know, who is God?

Life was simple, as it cab be.

We were the reason for smile on Elder's face and

Sometimes a line on worry on their forehead.

You changed a lot!!!

 I woke up in the morning as usual to the melody of my alarm, 

I rubbed my eyes and stretch my hands and suddenly your thought pop-up in my mind, 

I think you must have wake up with me and I wonder how will you be. 

Because you have changed a lot.

I guess you must be thinking of me because I am missing you a lot, 

I picked my phone to send you a message but then if you don’t reply I feel insulted,

I wish I could know what’s going on in your mind, 

Because you don’t speak anything to me and I am the one who share everything to you like a news.

Why have you changed so much,

God knows what you have so much to hide from me, 

Or is it that you don’t need my friendship anymore, 

Earlier you use to chat so sweet and nicely and nowadays you don’t even fight with me, 

I wont mind if you hate me but its hurting that you ignoring me and its all because you have changed a lot. 

How good was our beginning when our good time brought us together,

We talked, we chatted, we laughed, we shared and missed each other everyday

We befriend when there was no need and when I need you, you defriend me.

Now I don’t know when you will talk to me, 

Whether its today or tomorrow or never but I want to talk to you once to prove that I was not wrong instead its because you have changed a lot. 

I guess it’s a matter of time which you need you understand but then only you will release that how much I care for you. 

Time may come good or bad to you but it changes defiantly. 

I will be there for you when sea will turn rough. 

I can wait for you and for good time to come for us. 

And see even time has changed for us. 

If I think a bit more of you, I gonna cry. 

So let me sleep again, so that I can talk to you in my morning dream 

Hope it come true very soon and you changed a bit more to one I know you. 

Miss you, hug you love you my dear unknown friend.