Tips Of the Day

A blind boy sat on the steps of a building with a hat by his feet. He held up a sign which said: " I am blind, please help ." There were only a few coins in the hat.

A man was walking by. He took a few coins from his pocket and dropped them into the hat. He then took the sign, turned it around, and wrote some words. He put the sign back so that everyone who walked by would see the new words. Soon the hat began to fill up. A lot more people were giving money to the blind boy. That afternoon the man who had changed the sign came to see how things were.

The boy recognized his footsteps and asked, "Were you the one who changed my sign this morning? What did you write?" The man said, "I only wrote the truth. I said what you said but in a different way."

What he had written was: "Today is a beautiful day and I cannot see it."

Do you think the first sign and the second sign were saying the same thing?

Of course both signs told people the boy was blind. But the first sign simply told people to help by putting some money in the hat. The second sign told people that they were able to enjoy the beauty of the day, but the boy could not enjoy it because he was blind.

The first sign simply said the boy was blind. The second sign told people they were so lucky that they were not blind.
Should we be surprised that the second sign was more effective?

Moral
The first is: Be creative. Be innovative.
Think differently.
THERE IS ALWAYS A BETTER WAY!

The second is:
Be thankful for what you have.
Someone else has less.Help where you can.
Keep Smiling.


Note: Life is too short to regret for what u have lost. Be happy with what u have got.

Tips of the Day

The greatest handicap - Fear
The best day - Today
Hardest thing to do - To begin
Easiest thing to do - Finding faults
Most useless asset - PrideMost useful asset - Humility
Most disagreeable person - The complainer
Great need - Common sense
Meanest feeling - Regret at another's success
Best gift - Forgiveness
The hardest & most painful to accept - Defeat
The greatest knowledge - Experience
The greatest thing - LOVE
The greatest success in the world - PEACE OF MIND

Books & Authors

Got reference to writer John Grisham from Krishnettan's orkut community..Searched abt the author and got the details from wikipedia..

John Ray Grisham Jr. (born February 8, 1955) is a former politician, retired attorney, American novelist and author best known for his works of modern legal drama.
A Time to Kill is the name of a legal suspense thriller authored by John Grisham in 1989. I've seen the movie.

The Firm is a 1991 legal thriller and the second novel by John Grisham. It was his first widely recognized piece of work, and in 1993, was made into a film starring Tom Cruise. Need to find a vcd of this..

Power & Corruption

Power tends to currupt;
Absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Great men are almost always bad.

Best Places To Work In IT

Computerworld's annual summary of the best places to work in IT lists companies that excel in five areas of employment: career development, retention, benefits, diversity, and training.

According to the scorecard, the top five retention methods are: competitive benefits; competitive salaries; work/life balance; flexible work hours; and tuition reimbursement.

The top three are Quicken Loans, University of Miami, and Sharp HealthCare.

Something personal

Attended a small seminar taken by my colleague - Joseph Thomas about blogging. It was a really nice and inspiring session. I was full of energy to restart blogging, but as usual, this was set aside due to other high priority tasks.

This weekend I stayed at Trivandrum itself. Because Sumy was having job till noon on Saturday - so leaving for Aluva on Saturday afternoon is not worth the time/money spend. Saturday we took Fr. Alexander to our rented house and had it blessed by him. We visited both aunties during weekend.

Now government have reinforced the helmet rule.. What a pure waste..Why do government force such things on people? When there are lot of other high priority things pending that are to be taken care of?