1 - Most Important Lesson - "Remember my name"
During my second
month of college, our professor gave us a pop quiz. I was a onscientious
student and had breezed through the questions, until I read the last
one: "What is the first name of the woman who cleans the school?"
Surely this was some kind of joke. I had seen the cleaning woman
several times. She was tall, dark-haired and in her 50s, but how would I
know her name? I handed in my paper, leaving the last question blank.
Just
before class ended, one student asked if the last question would count
toward our quiz grade. "Absolutely," said the professor. "In your
careers, you will meet many people. All are significant. They deserve
your attention and care, even if all you do is smile and say 'hello'.
I've never forgotten that lesson. I also learned her name was Dorothy.
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2 - Second Important Lesson - " Pickup in the Rain"
One
night, at 11:30 PM, an older African American woman was standing on the
side of an Alabama highway trying to endure a lashing rainstorm.
Her car had broken down and she desperately needed a ride. Soaking
wet, she decided to flag down the next car. A young white man stopped to
help her, generally unheard of in those conflict-filled 1960s.
The
man took her to safety, helped her get assistance and put her into a
taxicab. She seemed to be in a big hurry, but wrote down his address and
thanked him. Seven days went by and a knock came on the man's door. To
his surprise, a giant console color TV was delivered to his home.
A special note was attached. It read: "Thank you so much for
assisting me on the highway the other night. The rain drenched not only
my clothes, but also my spirits Then you came along. Because of you, I
was able to make it to my dying husband's bedside just before he passed
away. God bless you for helping me and unselfishly serving others."
Sincerely,
Mrs. Nat King Cole.
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3. - Third Important Lesson - "Always Remember Those Who Serve."
In
the days when an ice cream sundae cost much less, a 10 year old boy
entered a hotel coffee shop and sat at a table. A waitress put a glass
of water in front of him. "How much is an ice cream sundae?" he asked.
"Fifty cents," replied the waitress.
The little boy pulled his hand out of his pocket and studied the
coins in it. "Well, how much is a plain dish of ice cream?" he
inquired. By now more people were waiting for a table and the waitress
was growing impatient.
"Thirty-five cents," she brusquely replied."
The little boy
again counted his coins. "I'll have the plain ice cream," he said. The
waitress brought the ice cream, put the bill on the table and walked
away. The boy finished the ice cream, paid the cashier and left. When
the waitress came back, she began to cry as she wiped down the table.
There, placed neatly beside the empty dish, were two nickels and five
pennies.
You see, he couldn't have the sundae, because he had to have enough left to leave her a tip.
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4 - Fourth Important Lesson - "The Obstacle in Our Path"
In
ancient times, a King had a boulder placed on a roadway. Then he hid
himself and watched to see if anyone would remove the huge rock. Some of
the king's wealthiest merchants and courtiers came by and simply walked
around it. Many loudly blamed the king for not keeping the road clear,
but none did anything about getting the stone out of the way.
Then a peasant came along carrying a load of vegetables. Upon
approaching the boulder, the peasant laid down his burden and tried to
move the stone to the side of the road. After much pushing and
straining, he finally succeeded.
After the peasant picked up his load of vegetables, he noticed a
purse lying in the road where the boulder had been. The purse contained
many gold coins and a note from the king indicating that the gold was
for the person who removed the boulder from the roadway.
The peasant learned what many of us never understand.
Every obstacle presents an opportunity to improve our condition.
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5 - Fifth Important Lesson - "Giving When it Counts"
Many years ago, when I worked as a volunteer at a hospital, I got to
know a little girl named Liz who was suffering from a rare and serious
disease. Her only chance of recovery appeared to be a blood transfusion
from her 5-year old brother, who had miraculously survived the same
disease and had developed the antibodies needed to combat the illness.
The doctor explained the situation to her little brother, and asked
the little boy if he would be willing to give his blood to his sister. I
saw him hesitate for only a moment before taking a deep breath and
saying," Yes, I'll do it if it will save her."
As the transfusion progressed, he lay in bed next to his sister and
smiled, as we all did, seeing the color returning to her cheek. Then his
face grew pale and his smile faded. He looked up at the doctor and
asked with a trembling voice, "Will I start to die right away?"
Being young, the little boy had misunderstood the doctor; he thought
he was going to have to give his sister all of his blood in order to
save her.
You see, after all, understanding and attitude, are everything.
1. Use thick curtains so that the heat doesnt pass after the curtains
2. Use Window Blinds against curtains to reduce the heat
3. If your house is top floor then try to paint reflective coating in terrace which wil reduce the heat waves.
4. If your house is top floor then keep some pot plants on terrace so that there will be shades against the floor which will reduce some heat.
5. Install false ceilings with thermocole so that it will absorb some heat.
6. Open all the ventilation windows at night so that at least at night your house will get cool. If Mosquitoes is problem then put mosquito nets at windows.
7. A thatched roof on your terrace would help reduce the heat, but it will be costly.
8. Go for air conditioners and buy according to your room size. This is a costlier option. Electric bill will increase based on usage.You can also opt for Air coolers
9.Go to terrace and put water across the terrace so that it will cool a little for the floor below.
10. Moving to a floor which is not the top most floor
A person was tired of facing difficulties again and again in life. He was fed up with life and decided to sucide. God stopped him and came before him. The person asked god why did he save him. He said that he was fed up with life because he was facing troubles repeatedly. God took him to jungle.There a small lion was chasing a zebra for its lunch. This was the first time the lion was hunting without any big lions around it. Usually at least one big lion will be with him while he was hunting and so the small lion will get its lunch easily. But today it is not the case, the lion was left alone to catch its own meal.
The lion spots a zebra and tries to chase it and kill it. The lion chases the zebra but couldn't kill it as the zebra was big and experienced. The zebra has escaped from the clutch of this lion.
The zebra has escaped this lion as of now. But tomorrow another big lion may chase it up and may or may not kill the zebra.
God said, if the zebra thought that why he has to face this life going struggle daily again and again he would not have grown this big. God also said that you may respond that it doesn't have a brain.
The god asked the person to look at the lion again.
As we have seen the same lion was tired chasing this zebra and couldn't get its food. It began to search for its lunch and at that time it spotted a raccoon moving. I would like to remember you again that the lion was small and was hunting for the first time alone. He got no big experience in hinting. The small lion began to chase the raccoon and the raccoon started climbing a tree to escape from the lion and climbed to the top of the tree.
The lion started to climb the tree, The lion thought it could chase the racoon and get it caught by climbing the tree. It tried hard and started climbing the tree a little. It then began to realize that it cannot be able to proceed further as the racoon does. It began to felt defeat and then thought it will descend the tree and find another lunch.
A cat can jump from heights and will not get hurt as it is of small weight. But it is not the case of the lion as it is of huge weight. To climb down the tree is the toughest part than climbing up. The reason being it has to bring down its entire weight while coming down. The lion faced many challenges like it got its head caught in a tree trunk and later finally come down.
Generally Big lions dont chase raccoons and climb trees because the lion knows that it cannot climb trees like raccoons by way of experience. This denotes that it also had thinking ability to know that it cannot be able to climb after it tried at least once. So comming back to the zebra , the god said that the troubles for the zebra and you are somewhat same. But I would say that you are far better than the Zebra.
The reason being the zebra has the risk of loosing its life. So life is full of troubles for every living being in earth. If you started facing it positively, you will survive out of it and become sharper. It is not that every struggle will hit you, it will only mould you more. So start to change your mind to face the struggles instead of thinking why i am having problems again and again in life. Try to beat this and come up in life as life is a struggle.
