The Irony to A Simple Story

The Irony to A Simple Story

A mouse looked through the crack

in the wall to see the farmer

and his wife open a package.

What food might this contain?"

the mouse wondered - - -
he was devastated to discover

it was a mousetrap.

Retreating to the farmyard,

the mouse proclaimed the warning :

There is a mousetrap in the house!
There is a mousetrap in the house!"

 

The chicken clucked and scratched,

raised her head and said,

"Mr.Mouse, I can tell this is a grave

concern to you, but it is of no consequence

to me. I cannot be bothered by it."

The mouse turned to the pig and told him,

"There is a mousetrap in the house!

There is a mousetrap in the house!"

The pig sympathized, but said,

"I am so very sorry, Mr.Mouse,

but there is nothing I can do about it

but pray. Be assured you are in my prayers."

The mouse turned to the cow and said,

"There is a mousetrap in the house!

There is a mousetrap in the house!"

The cow said, "Wow, Mr. Mouse.

I'm sorry for you,

but it's no skin off my nose."

So, the mouse returned to the house,

head down and dejected,

to face the farmer's mousetrap . . . alone.

That very night a sound was heard

throughout the house -- like the sound

of a mousetrap catching its prey.

The farmer's wife rushed to see what was caught.

In the darkness, she did not see it was a venomous snake whose tail the trap had caught.

The snake bit the farmer's wife.

The farmer rushed her to the hospital,

and she returned home with a fever.

Everyone knows you treat a fever

with fresh chicken soup, so the farmer

took his hatchet to the farmyard

for the soup's main ingredient.

But his wife's sickness continued,

so friends and neighbors came to sit

with her around the clock.

To feed them,

the farmer butchered the  pig.

 

The farmer's wife did not get well;

she died.

So many people came for her funeral,

the farmer had the cow slaughtered to

provide enough meat for all of them.

The mouse looked upon it all from his

crack in the wall with great sadness.

So, the next time you hear someone is

facing a problem and think it doesn't

concern you, remember ----

when one of us is threatened,

we are all at risk.

We are all involved in this 

journey called life.

We must keep an eye out for

one another and make an extra effort

to encourage one another.

SEND THIS TO EVERYONE WHO

HAS EVER HELPED YOU OUT

AND LET THEM KNOW HOW 

IMPORTANT THEY ARE.



REMEMBER. . . . . .
EACH OF US IS A VITAL THREAD IN ANOTHER PERSON'S TAPESTRY;

OUR LIVES ARE WOVEN TOGETHER

FOR A REASON.

One of the best things to hold onto

in this world is a FRIEND.

Albert Einstein's remark on God

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There are gods and there is God.

The notion of gods exists in all cultures and societies. They are but personification of the natural forces we have to deal with in order to survive. The forces could be external, e.g. wind, thunder, etc., or they
could be internal, i.e. psychic.

The notion of God is a different animal. It is a belief of the three monotheistic religions, i.e. Judaism, Christianity and Islam. One characteristic of this belief is the motto 'Mine is the only truth' or more crudely, my way or the highway.

The Vedic and Hindu religious culture of India also had their notion of  God, but that is another story.

What is interesting is that the Chinese never developed this anthropomorphic notion of God. We were quite happy to keep it open and abstract and simply call it Tao. The drawback to this is that in time of  crisis, we don't have someone upstairs to give us comfort.

Maybe that is why Einstein said belief in God is childish. But in terms of spiritual development, the human race is indeed childish. So in a sense we get the beliefs that we deserve.

Nietzsche once said, "God is dead", but God said, "Nietzsche is dead".

Einstein said, "God is childish", but God said, "Einstein is childish".

So you see, God always has the last word.

THIS SAYS IT ALL!

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THIS SAYS IT ALL:

Time passes

Life happens.

Distance separates.

Children grow up

Jobs come and go.

Love waxes and wanes.

Men don't do what they're supposed to do .

Hearts break.

Parents die.

Colleagues forget favors.

Careers end.

 BUT.........

Sisters are there, no matter how much time and how many miles are between you.

A girl friend is never farther away than needing her can reach. 

When you have to walk that lonesome valley and you have to walk it by yourself, the women in your life will be on the valley's rim, cheering you on, praying for you, pulling for you, intervening on your behalf, and waiting with open arms at the v alley's end.

Sometimes, they will even break the rules and walk beside you...Or come in and carry you out.

 Girlfriends, daughters, granddaughters, daughters-in-law, sisters, sisters-in-law, Mothers,  Grandmothers, aunties, nieces, cousins, and extended family, all bless our life! 

The world wouldn't be the same without women, and neither would I.

When we began this adventure called womanhood, we had no idea of the incredible joys or sorrows that lay ahead.

Nor did we know how much we would need each other.

Every day, we need each other still.

Pass this on to all the women who help make your life meaningful.

I just did.

Short and very sweet: 

There are more than twenty angels in this world.

Ten are peacefully sleeping on clouds.

Nine are playing.

And one  is reading her email at this moment.

Send this message to ten of your friends including me.

Have a nice day... 

STROKE has a new indicator.

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STROKE has a new indicator.

 

They say if you e-mail this to ten people, you stand a chance of saving one life. Will you send this along? 

                                                                        

Blood Clots/Stroke - They Now Have a Fourth Indicator, the Tongue.

STROKE: Remember the 1st Three Letters..... S. T. R.

 

 

 

 

STROKE IDENTIFICATION:
During a BBQ, a woman stumbled and took a little fall - she assured everyone that she was fine (they offered to call paramedics) ...she said she had just tripped over a brick because of her new shoes.
They got her cleaned up and got her a new plate of food. While she appeared a bit shaken up, Jane went about enjoying herself the rest of the evening.

Jane's husband called later telling everyone that his wife had been taken to the hospital - (at 6:00 PM Jane passed away.) She had suffered a stroke at the BBQ.

 

Had they known how to identify the signs of a stroke, perhaps Jane would be with us today.

 

Some don't die. They end up in a helpless, hopeless condition instead.

It only takes a minute to read this.

A neurologist says that if he can get to a stroke victim within 3 hours he can totally reverse the effects of a stroke...totally.

 

He said the trick was getting a stroke recognized, diagnosed, and then getting the patient medically cared for within 3 hours, which is tough.

RECOGNIZING A STROKE

Thank God for the sense to remember the '3' steps, STR. Read and Learn!

      Sometimes symptoms of a stroke are difficult to identify. Unfortunately, the lack of awareness spells disaster.

 

The stroke victim may suffer severe brain damage when people nearby fail to recognize the symptoms of a stroke.

Now doctors say a bystander can recognize a stroke by asking three simple questions:

S *Ask the individual to SMILE.
T *Ask the person to TALK

And SPEAK A SIMPLE SENTENCE (Coherently)
(i.e. I like Chicken Soup)

R *Ask him or her to RAISE BOTH ARMS.

If he or she has trouble with ANY ONE of these tasks, call emergency number immediately and describe the symptoms to the dispatcher.

New Sign of a Stroke -------- Stick out Your Tongue

NOTE: Another 'sign' of a stroke is this: Ask the person to 'stick' out his tongue.

If the tongue is 'crooked', if it goes to one side or the other that is also an indication of a stroke.

Send to a friend. It can be life saving.

 

 

Complete vs. Finished

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Complete vs. Finished

No English dictionary has been able to adequately explain the difference between COMPLETE and FINISHED. However, in a recent linguistic conference held in London , England , and attended by some of the best linguists in the world: Samsundar Balgobin, a Guyanese, was the clear winner.

His final challenge was this: Some say there is no difference between
COMPLETE and FINISHED. Please explain the difference between COMPLETE
and FINISHED in a way that is easy to understand.

Here is his astute answer:

"When you marry the right woman, you are COMPLETE. But, when you marry
the wrong woman, you are FINISHED. And when the right one catches you
with the wrong one, you are COMPLETELY FINISHED!"

His answer was received with a standing ovation lasting over 5 minutes


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The Prajnaparamita Heart Sutra

The Prajnaparamita Heart Sutra

When the Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara
was coursing in the deep Prajnaparamita,
he perceived that all five skandhas are empty,
thereby transcending all sufferings.

Sariputra, form is not other than emptiness
and emptiness not other than form.
Form is precisely emptiness
and emptiness precisely form.

So also are sensation, perception, volition and consciousness.

Sariputra, this voidness of all dharmas
is not born, not destroyed,

not impure, not pure, does not increase or decrease.

In voidness there is no form,
and no sensation, perception, volition or consciousness;

no eye, ear, nose, tongue, body, mind;

no sight, sound, smell, taste, touch, thought;

there is no realm of the eye
all the way up to no realm of mental cognition.

There is no ignorance and there is no ending of ignorance
through to no aging and death and no ending of aging and death.

There is no suffering, no cause of suffering,
no cessation of suffering, and no path.

There is no wisdom or any attainment.

With nothing to attain,
Bodhisattvas relying on Prajnaparamita
have no obstructions in their minds.

Having no obstructions, there is no fear
and departing far from confusion and imaginings,
they reach Ultimate Nirvana.

All past, present and future Buddhas,

relying on Prajnaparamita, attain Anuttara-Samyak-Sambodhi.

Therefore, know that Prajnaparamita
is the great mantra of power, the great mantra of wisdom,

 the supreme mantra, the unequalled mantra,

which is able to remove all sufferings.

It is real and not false.

Therefore recite the mantra of Prajnaparamita:

Gata, Gata, Paragate, Parasamgate, Bodhi Svaha.

 

 

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Excellent presentation of a Meditation Program that was introduced in a US Jail which
transformed the thinking and attitudes of hardcore criminals.  A similar program had
previously been successfully implemented in an Indian jail with outstanding results,
where the prisoners who followed the course correcting their ways and not re-offending
to end up in the same prison.
           
With Metta,
Mahinda

Dearly Beloved Friends and Relations..DO ..PLEASE "give up 12 and a half minutes of your time and mainly LISTEN and watch to this totally relevant and timely talk by a fabulous woman"

why is it there generally a FABULOUS WOMAN and rarely a FABULOUS MAN who does and says things?... PLEASE believe me ... you will NOT regret having watched and LISTENED.

Blessings to you ALL

M

It is a 12 minute video on the TED series which you will find quite interesting.TEDxBoston - Jenny Phillips - The Only Way Out is In - YouTube

 

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