Shri Ramchandra Bhatt, a MBA graduate from UK and two more sadhaks, Shri Shankar Purohit & Shri H. Manjappa have restored to Indefinite Strike {” Anshan and Dharna ”} to protest against false publications by Sandesh (against Pujya Asaramji Bapu) since 12 November 2009 10pm IST. They are sitting infront of the Sandesh office and protesting silently. But the traitors have bought the police which in turn have arrested the sadhaks along with Shri Ranchandra several times. Is Satyagrah a crime in the land of Gandhi? Even the local hospitals are bought by anti social elements and are trying to prove RamChandra ji and other protestors as mentally retired.This has really reached to an extreme point and is not acceptable at any cost.

Hi,

I want you to take a look at: URGENT URGENT please do jap of “OM HREEM OM” 

Today, 26 November 2009, you all decide whether it’s prideful
or shameful moment for India……as one year has passed &
we are still breathing in our motherland and our respected VIP
attacker / prisoner Kasab is also breathing with us & Pakistan
laughing at us.

There is no words to express our grief for the
innocent people & security forces & Police officers
who died in 26/11 attack. But, atleast we can
pray for them & their family.

It’s the SOLDIER not the REPORTER who gives you the
freedom of the press.

It’s the SOLDIER not the POET who gives you the
freedom of speech.

It’s the SOLDIER not the CAMPUS ORGANIZER who
allows you to demonstrate.

It’s the SOLDIER not our POLITICIANS who saves
us and our family from our enemies.

It’s the SOLDIER who salutes the flag, serves the flag,
whose coffin is draped with the flag that
allows the protester to burn the flag!!!

“GOD, hold our ARAMED/POLICE FORCES in your loving
hands. Protect them as they protect us….Bless them and
their families for the selfless acts they perform for us
in our time of need.
Amen.”

source: pratyax

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Name : Sachin Tendulkar
Full name : Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar
Nick name :The Master Blaster, The Little Champion, The Bombay Bomber
Height : 5′4”
Born : 24-04-1973
Birth place: Bombay, India
Test Debut: Pakistan at Karachi, 1st Test, 1989/90
ODI Debut: Pakistan at Gujranwala, 2nd ODI, 1989/90
1st Class Debut: 1988
Major Teams: Mumbai, Yorkshire, India
Known As: Sachin Tendulkar
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Off Break, Leg Break, Right Arm Medium, Leg Break Googly
Marital Status: Married
Wife’sName: Anjali Tendulkar
Children: Two (One Boy and One Girl)
Girl’sName: Sarah Tendulkar
Boy’s Name: Arjun Tendulkar
He likes
Ground : Sydney cricket ground
Movie : Coming to America
Music : Pop
Hobby : Collecting CD’s.
Car : Maruti
Actors : Amitabh Bacchan, Nana Patekar
Actresses : Madhuri Dixit
Cricket Heroes : Gavaskar, Viv Richards, Imran Khan and Sandeep Patil
Other Fav. Stars : Maradona, Borris Becker
Drink : Orange / Apple juice and water
Food : Steak
Pastime : Listening to peaceful music with friends
Clothes : Official jacket and tie, else jeans and T-shirt
Magazine : Sportstar
Newspapers : Times of India, Mid-day, Afternoon Dispatch
Restaurant : Bukhara, Maurya Sheraton
Holiday Resort : Yorkshire, Headingley
Hotel : Park Royal Darling Harbour, Sydney
Other Sports : Tennis

Answer from Sachin
Hate : Rumors
Greatest Influence : Family
Dream Woman : My wife
Any Changes you desire to have : None
Ambition : To be number one in the world
Worst Day : Losing the fist ODI in RSA in 1992
Memorable Day : Beating Pakistan in the 1992 World Cup
Current Players Admired : Vinod Kambli, Brian Lara and Jonty Rhodes
Embarrassing Moment : People asking for my autograph and then asking me my name

Family

Dad’s Name : Ramesh Tendulkar
Sister’s Name : Savitai Tendulkar
Brother’s Name : Nitin Tendulkar & Ajit Tendulkar
Wife’s Name : Anjali Tendulkar
Daughter’s Name : Sarah

He is the only cricketer to receive the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, India’s highest sporting honour and the only cricketer and one of the first sportsmen (along with Vishwanathan Anand ) to receive Padma Vibhushan (2008), the second highest civilian honor of India

Five greatest test innings
1) 119 not out, England v India, Old Trafford, 1990.
2) 114, Australia v India,Perth, 1992.
3) 169, South Africa v India, Cape Town, 1997.
4) 155 not out, India v Australia, Chennai, 1998
5) 136 v India v Pakistan, Chennai 1999.

Interesting things about Sachin
Tendulkar’s Dream
Sachin Tendulkar got the name Sachin because his family members were all huge fans of the legendary music director Sachin Dev Burman (SD Burman).

First step towards cricket
Tendulkar’s sensational journey to cricket stardom sparked of when his brother Ajit made him meet Mr. R. Achrekar ( Cricket Coach ). Sachin failed to perform in the first go which made him very nervous but his brother’s persuasion led Mr. Achrekar give him another chance.
Sachin originally wanted to be a professional tennis player. When he started playing cricket Young Sachin had aspired of being a fast bowler, It was this dream that made him undertake trials at Chennai based MRF pace academy,but his small stature proved to be a major hindrance to his aspiring career. Then he decided to take batting seriously.

Turning point in his career
It was his change of school to Shardashram Vidya Mandir in Dadar – close to Shivaji Park on his coach’s advice which marked a turn around in Sachin’s career. He says,” I use to bat in four nets at one strech. Whenever, I use to get tired, Achrekar use to keep a one rupee coin on top of the stumps and say, “Anyone who gets him out will take this coin. If no-one gets him, Sachin takes it.” Tendulkar till date contributes this technique in being instrumental for enhancing his concentration. He still treasures the 13 coins earned by him during the practice sessions.

Naughty Duo
Sachin and his best pal Vinod Kambli hold the World Record of 664 runs stand for Shardashram School in inter-school tournament in 1988. Tendulkar candidly admits that the total would have never assumed mammoth proportion had he and Kambli not ignored the man waving from the boundary with the coach’s message to declare.

Gift from Sunil Gavaskar
Sachin was given a pair of pads by his cricket hero Sunil Gavaskar when he was a schoolboy – and he made his Test debut for India against Pakistan aged just 15-years old in 1989 wearing those very pads.

Love in MotorSport
Sachin seriously loves his motorsport. In 2002 he was given a brand-spanking new Ferrari 360 Modena by six-time World Champion Michael Schumacher at Silverstone!

Sachin in Bollywood
Sachin made a special appearance in the Bollywood film “Stumped” in 2003 as himself.

Tendulkar’s Idol
Tendulkar’s idol is the American Tennis superstar-John McEnore. During his young age, he argued and fought for McEnore with his colony friends who supported Swedish Bjorn Borg. Sachin sported a head-band, sweat-band and a tennis racquet showing his staunch loyalty towards his idol.

Superstitious Sachin
Like loads of other cricketers, Sachin is pretty superstitious – he’ll always put on his left pad before his right whenever he’s getting padded up.

Family Quirks
Sachin’s wife Anjali tends to become nervous while he bats, whereas his brother has become so superstitious that he allows the family members to only watch the match recording.

His reactions to his dismissals
On pre-mature and early exits, Sachin likes to take out his anger somewhere. He prefers to be left alone, till he cools down.

God’s Importance in his life
Tendulkar is a God fearing person, a staunch devotee of Sai Baba, Ganpathi and frequently visits temples during night when it’s calm and quiet. He visualizes God in his parents. Religion to him is what his parents have inculcated in him, his upbringing and his way of life. Sachin strongly believes in the concept of re-birth, existence of Hell and Heaven. He loves celebrating Ganesh Chaturthi at home with his family and believes that it firms his ties with his loved ones.

Other things
Sachin was just 17 years and 109 days old when he scored his debut Test century against England at Old Trafford back in 1990, finishing up on 119 not out.

Sachin was the first ever foreign cricketer to play for Yorkshire in 1992. Before then, only players who were born in the county were ever allowed to play for Yorkshire. But the rules were changed and in came a 19-year-old Sachin, scoring 1000 runs at an average of 46.

Sachin was the first batsman ever to be given out by the third umpire when he was run out against South Africa in the first Test in Durban back in 1992.

He uses an incredibly heavy bat at the crease, weighing in at 3.2lbs – in fact, only South Africa’s master blaster Lance Klusener uses a heavier bat in world cricket.

Sachin Tendulkar got his first one day international century after playing 78 matches and five years of international cricket. People were
beginning to wonder whether he will ever get to the three figure mark but on September 9, 1994 he silenced all his critics with a masterly 110

1. Highest Run scorer in the ODI

2. Most number of hundreds in the ODI 45

3. Most number of nineties in the ODI

4. Most number of man of the matches (56) in the ODI’s

5. Most number of man of the series (14) in ODI’s

6. Best average for man of the matches in ODI’s

7. First Cricketer to pass 10000 run in the ODI

8. First Cricketer to pass 15000 run in the ODI

9. He is the highest run scorer in the world cup (1,796 at an average of 59.87 as on 20 March 2007)

10. Most number of the man of the matches in the world cup

11. Most number of runs 1996 world cup 523 runs in the 1996 Cricket World Cup at an average of 87.16

12. Most number of runs in the 2003 world cup 673 runs in 2003 Cricket World Cup, highest by any player in a single Cricket World Cup

13. He was Player of the World Cup Tournament in the 2003 Cricket World Cup.

14. Most number of Fifties in ODI’s 87

15. Appeared in Most Number of ODI’s 407

16. He is the only player to be in top 10 ICC ranking for 10 years.

17. Most number of 100’s in test’s 38

18. He is one of the three batsmen to surpass 11,000 runs in Test cricket, and the first Indian to do so

19. He is thus far the only cricketer to receive the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, India’s highest sporting honor

20. In 2003, Wisden rated Tendulkar as d No. 1 and Richards at No. 2 in all time Greatest ODI player

21. In 2002, Wisden rated him as the second greatest Test batsman after Sir Donald Bradman.

22. He was involved in unbroken 664-run partnership in a Harris Shield game in 1988 with friend and team mate Vinod Kambli,

23. Tendulkar is the only player to score a century in all three of his Ranji Trophy, Duleep Trophy and Irani Trophy debuts

24. In 1992, at the age of 19, Tendulkar became the first overseas born player to represent Yorkshire

25. Tendulkar has been granted the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, Arjuna Award and Padma Shri by Indian government. He is the only Indian cricketer to get all of them.

26. Tendulkar has scored over 1000 runs in a calendar year in ODI’s 7 times

27. Tendulkar has scored 1894 runs in calendar year in ODI’s most by any batsman

28. He is the highest earning cricketer in the world

29. He has the least percentage of the man of the matches awards won when team looses a match. Out of his 56 man of the match awards only 5 times India has lost.

30. Tendulkar most number man of match awards (10) against Australia

31. In August of 2003, Sachin Tendulkar was voted as the “Greatest Sportsman” of the country in the sport personalities category in the Best of India poll conducted by Zee News.

32. In November 2006, Time magazine named Tendulkar as one of the Asian Heroes.

33. In December 2006, he was named “Sports person of the Year

34. The current India Poised campaign run by The Times of India has nominated him as the Face of New India next to the likes of Amartya Sen and Mahatma Gandhi among others.

35. Tendulkar was the first batsman in history to score over 50 centuries in international cricket

36. Tendulkar was the first batsman in history to score over 75 centuries in international cricket: 79 centuries

37. Has the most overall runs in cricket, (ODIs+Tests+ Twenty20s) , as of 30 June 2007 he had accumulated almost 26,000 runs overall.

38. Is second on the most number of runs in test cricket just after Brian Lara

39. Sachin Tendulkar with Sourav Ganguly hold the world record for the maximum number of runs scored by the opening partnership. They have put together 6,271 runs in 128 matches

40. The 20 century partnerships for opening pair with Sourav Ganguly is a world record

41. Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid hold the world record for the highest partnership in ODI matches when they scored 331 runs against New Zealand in 1999

42. Sachin Tendulkar has been involved in six 200 run partnerships in ODI matches – a record that he shares with Sourav Ganguly and Rahul Dravid

43. Most Centuries in a calendar year: 9 ODI centuries in 1998

44. Only player to have over 100 innings of 50+ runs (41 Centuries and 87 Fifties) (as of 18th Nov, 2007)

45. The only player ever to cross the 13,000-14,000 and 15,000 run marks IN ODI.

46. Highest individual score among Indian batsmen (186* against New Zealand at Hyderabad in 1999).

47. The score of 186* is listed the fifth highest score recorded in ODI matches

48. Tendulkar has scored over 1000 ODI runs against all major cricketing nations.

49. Sachin was the fastest to reach 10,000 runs taking 259 innings and has the highest batting average among batsmen with over 10,000 ODI runs

50. Most number of Stadium Appearances: 90 different Grounds

51. Consecutive ODI Appearances: 185

52. On his debut, Sachin Tendulkar was the second youngest debutant in the world

53. When Tendulkar scored his maiden century in 1990, he was the second youngest to score a century

54. Tendulkar’s record of five test centuries before he turned 20 is a current world record

55. Tendulkar holds the current record (217 against NZ in 1999/00 Season) for the highest score in Test cricket by an Indian when captaining the side

56. Tendulkar has scored centuries against all test playing nations. [7] He was the third batman to achieve the distinction after Steve Waugh and Gary Kirsten

57. Tendulkar has 4 seasons in test cricket with 1000 or more runs – 2002 (1392 runs), 1999 (1088 runs), 2001 (1003 runs) and 1997 (1000 runs). [6] Gavaskar is the only other Indian with four seasons of 1000+ runs

58. He is second most number of seasons with over 1000 runs in world.

59. On 3 January 2007 Sachin Tendulkar (5751) edged past Brian Lara’s (5736) world record of runs scored in Tests away from home

60. Tendulkar and Brian Lara are the fastest to score 10,000 runs in Test cricket history. Both of them achieved this in 195 innings

61. Second Indian after Sunil Gavaskar to make over 10,000 runs in Test matches

62. Became the first Indian to surpass the 11,000 Test run mark and the third International player behind Allan Border and Brian Lara.

63. Tendulkar is fourth on the list of players with most Test caps. Steve Waugh (168 Tests), Allan Border (158 Tests), Shane Warne (145 Tests) have appeared in more games than Tendulkar

64. Tendulkar has played the most number of Test Matches (144) for India (Kapil Dev is second with 131 Test appearances) .

65. First to 25,000 international runs

66. On December 10, 2005, Tendulkar made his 35th century in Tests at Delhi against Sri Lanka. He surpassed Sunil Gavaskar’s record of 34 centuries to become the man with the most number of hundreds in Test cricket.

67. Tendulkar is the only player who has 150 wkts and more than 17000 runs in ODI

68. Tendulkar is the only player who has 40 wkts and more than 11000 runs in Tests

69. Only batsman to have 100 hundreds in the first class cricket

70.Completing 20 Years of International Cricket

Break-up of Sachin’s run tally country-wise:
2995 runs in 66 matches vs Australia 2749 runs in 74 matches vs Sri Lanka
2389 runs in 67 matches vs Pakistan 1750 runs in 42 matches vs N’ Zealand
1655 runs in 52 matches vs S’ Africa 1571 runs in 38 matches vs W’ Indies
1377 runs in 34 matches vs Zimbabwe 1335 runs in 36 matches vs England
647 runs in 10 matches vs Kenya 354 runs in 10 matches vs Bangladesh
152 runs in 1 match vs Namibia 81 runs in 2 matches vs UAE
57 runs in 1 match vs Bermuda 52 runs in 1 match vs Netherlands
4 runs in 1 match vs Ireland

BATTING.
Matches Innings Not Out Runs Average Highest 50s 100s
436 425 3 9 17,178
44.57 186* 91 45

BOWLING.
Matches Balls Runs Wickets Average 5w Best Runs/Over Strike Rate
428 8,015 6,806 154 44.19 2 5/32 5.09 52.0

Test Matches.

BATTING.
Matches Innings Not Out Runs Average Highest 50s 100s
159 261 27 12,773 54.58 248* 53 42

BOWLING.
Matches Balls Runs Wickets Average 5w Best Runs/Over Strike Rate
159 3,934 2,272 44 51.63 - 3/14 3.46 89.4

mushkil hai apna mel priye, ye pyar nahin hai khel priye, (my love)
tum MA 1st division ho, main hua matric phel priye,
mushkil hai apna mel priye, ye pyar nahin hai khel priye, (union)
tum fauji afsar ki beti, main to kisaan ka beta hoon,
tum rabadi kheer malai ho, main to sattu sapreta hoon,
tum AC ghar mein rahti ho, main ped ke neeche leta hoon,
tum nai maruti lagti ho, main scooter lambreta hoon,
is kadar agar hum chup-chup kar aapas me prem badhayenge,
to ek roz tere daddy Am rish Puri ban jaaenge, (alas he is no more!)
sab haddi pasli tod mujhe bhijwaa denge vo jail priye,

mushkil hai apna mel priye, ye pyar nahin hai khel priye,

tum arab desh kee ghodi ho, main hoon gadahe ki naal priye,
tum deewali ka bonus ho, main bhookho ki hadtaal priye,(strike)
tum heere jadi tashtari ho, main almunium ka thaal priye,
tum chicken-soop biryani ho, main kankad waali daal priye,
tum hiran-chaokadi bharti ho, main hoon kachue ki chaal priye, (flight of dear)
tum chandan-wan ki lakdi ho, main hoon babool ki chaal priye,
main pake aam sa latka hoon, mat maaro mujhe gulel priye,

mushkil hai apna mel priye, ye pyar nahin hai khel priye,

main shani-dev jaisa kuroop, tum komal kanchan kaya ho, (ugly)
main tan-se man-se Kanshi Ram, tum maha chanchala maya ho, (naughty)
tum nirmal paawan ganga ho, main jalta hua patanga hoon,(pure)
tum raaj ghaat ka shanti march, main hindu-muslim danga hoon,
tum ho poonam ka taajmahal, main kaali gufa ajanta ki,
tum ho vardaan vidhata ka, main galti hoon bhagvanta ki,(wish of god)
tum jet vimaan ki shobha ho, main bus ki thelam-thel priye, (aeroplane)

mushkil hai apna mel priye, ye pyar nahin hai khel priye,

tum nai videshi mixi ho, main patthar ka silbatta hoon,
tum AK-saintalis jaisi, main to ik desi katta hoon,
tum chatur Rabadi Devi si, main bhola-bhala Lalu hoon,
tum mukt sherni jangal ki, main chidiyaghar ka bhaalu hoon, (free)
tum vyast Sonia Gandhi si, main V.P.Singh sa khali hoon, (busy)
tum hansi Madhuri Dixit ki, main policeman ki gaali hoon,
kal jel agar ho jaaye to dilwa dena tum bail priye,

mushkil hai apna mel priye, ye pyar nahin hai khel priye,

main dhabe ke dhaanche jaisa, tum paanch sitara hotel ho, (structure)
main mahue ka desi tharra, tum red-label ki botal ho,
tum chitra-haar ka madhur geet, main krishi-darshan ki jhaadi hoon, (sweet)
tum vishva-sundari si kamaal, main teliya chaap kabadi hoon,
tum sony ka mobile ho, main telephone waala hoon chonga,
tum machli maansarovar ki, main saagar tat ka hoon ghongha, (shore)
dus manzil se gir jaaooga, mat aage mujhe dhakel priye,

mushkil hai apna mel priye, ye pyar nahin hai khel priye,

tum satta ki maharani ho, main vipaksha ki lachari hoon, (in power/opposition)
tum ho mamta-Jailalita si, main kwara Atal-Bihari hoon,
tum Tendulkar ka shatak priye, main follow on ki paari hoon, (century)
tum getz, matiz, corolla ho main Leyland ki lorry hoon,
mujhko refree hi rehne do, mat khelo mujhse khel priye,
mushkil hai apna mel priye, ye pyar nahin hai khel priye,
main soch raha ki rahe hain kabse, shrota mujhko jhel priye, (listeners)

mushkil hai apna mel priye, ye pyar nahin hai khel priye

The 11th Husband !!!

A young man married a beautiful woman who had previously divorced 10 husbands. On their wedding night, she told her new husband to “Please be gentle;

I’m still a virgin.”

“What ?” said the puzzled groom.

“How can that be if you’ve been married ten times?”

“Well, husband #1 was a Sales Representative; he kept telling me how great it was going to be..

“Husband #2 was in Software Services; he was never really sure how it was supposed to function; but he said he’d look into it and get back with me.

“Husband #3 was from Field Services; he said that everything checked out diagnostically but he just couldn’t get the system up.

” Husband #4 was in Telemarketing; even though he knew he had the order, he didn’t know when he would be able to deliver..

“Husband #5 was an Engineer; he understood the basic process but he wanted three years to research, implement, and design a new state-of-the- art method.

“Husband #6 was from Administration; he thought he knew how but he wasn’t sure whether it was his job or not.

“Husband #7 was in Marketing; although he had a product, he was never sure how to position it.

“Husband #8 was a Psychiatrist; all he did was talk about it.

“Husband #9 was a Gynecologist; all he did was look at it..

“Husband #10 was a Stamp Collector; all he ever did was……… .. God I miss him !!

“But now that I’ve married you, I’m so excited”..

“Wonderful”, said the husband, “but why ?
“You’re with the ” GOVERNMENT “. ..
This time I KNOW I’M gonna get SCREWED.”

The ATO decides to audit Grandpa, and summons

him to the ATO office.

The auditor was not surprised when Grandpa

showed up with his attorney.

The auditor said, ‘Well, sir, you have an extravagant lifestyle and no full-time employment, which you explain by saying that you win money gambling.

I’m not sure the ATO finds that believable.’

I’m a great gambler, and I can prove it,’ says Grandpa. ‘How about a demonstration? ‘

The auditor thinks for a moment and said, ‘Okay.

Go ahead.’

Grandpa says, ‘I’ll bet you a thousand dollars that

I can bite my own eye.’

The auditor thinks a moment and says, ‘It’s a bet.’

Grandpa removes his glass eye and bites it.

The auditor’s jaw drops.

Grandpa says, ‘Now, I’ll bet you two thousand

dollars that I can bite my other eye.’

Now the auditor can tell Grandpa isn’t blind,

so he takes the bet.

Grandpa removes his dentures and bites his good eye.

The stunned auditor now realizes he has wagered

and lost three grand, with Grandpa’s attorney as

a witness. He starts to get nervous.

‘Want to go double or nothing?’ Grandpa asks

‘I’ll bet you six thousand dollars that I can stand

on one side of your desk, and pee into that wastebasket on the other side, and never get

a drop anywhere in between.’

The auditor, twice burned, is cautious now,

but he looks carefully and decides there’s no way

this old guy could possibly manage that stunt,

so he agrees again.

Grandpa stands beside the desk and unzips his pants, but although he strains mightily,

he can’t make the stream reach the wastebasket

on the other side, so he pretty much urinates

all over the auditor’s desk.

The auditor leaps with joy, realizing that he has

just turned a major loss into a huge win.

But Grandpa’s own attorney moans and puts his

head in his hands.

‘Are you okay?’ the auditor asks.

‘Not really,’ says the attorney. ‘This morning,

when Grandpa told me he’d been summoned for

an audit, he bet me twenty-five thousand dollars

that he could come in here and piss all over your

desk and that you’d be happy about it!’

Don’t Mess with Old People!!

As she stood in front of her 5th grade class on the very first day of school, she told the children an untruth.

Like most teachers, she looked at her students and said that she loved them all the same. However, that was impossible, because there in the front row, slumped in his seat, was a little boy named Teddy Stoddard.

Mrs. Thompson had watched Teddy the year before and noticed that he did not play well with the other children, that his clothes were messy and that he constantly needed a bath. In addition, Teddy could be unpleasant.

It got to the point where Mrs. Thompson would actually take delight in marking his papers with a broad red pen, making bold X’s and then putting a big “F” at the top of his papers.

At the school where Mrs. Thompson taught, she was required to review each child’s past records and she put Teddy’s off until last. However, when she reviewed his file, she was in for a surprise.

Teddy’s first grade teacher wrote, “Teddy is a bright child with a ready laugh. He does his work neatly and has good manners… He is a joy to be around..”

His second grade teacher wrote, “Teddy is an excellent student, well liked by his classmates, but he is troubled because his mother has a terminal illness and life at home must be a struggle.”

His third grade teacher wrote, “His mother’s death has been hard on him. He tries to do his best, but his father doesn’t show much interest, and his home life will soon affect him if some steps aren’t taken.”

Teddy’s fourth grade teacher wrote, “Teddy is withdrawn and doesn’t show much interest in school. He doesn’t have many friends and he sometimes sleeps in class.”

By now, Mrs. Thompson realized the problem and she was ashamed of herself. She felt even worse when her students brought her Christmas presents, wrapped in beautiful ribbons and bright paper, except for Teddy’s.

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His present was clumsily wrapped in the heavy, brown paper that he got from a grocery bag. Mrs. Thompson took pains to open it in the middle of the other presents. Some of the children started to laugh when she found a rhinestone bracelet with some of the stones missing, and a bottle that was one-quarter full of perfume . But she stifled the children’s laughter when she exclaimed how pretty the bracelet was, putting it on, and dabbing some of the perfume on he r wrist. Teddy Stoddard stayed after school that day just long enough to say, “Mrs. Thompson, today you smelled just like my Mom used to.”
After the children left, she cried for at least an hour. On that very day, she quit teaching reading, writing and arithmetic. Instead, she began to teach children. Mrs. Thompson paid particular attention to Teddy.

As she worked with him, his mind seemed to come alive. The more she encouraged him, the faster he responded. By the end of the year, Teddy had become one of the smartest children in the class and, despite her lie that she would love all the children the same, Teddy became one of her “teacher’s pets..”

A year later, she found a note under her door, from Teddy, telling her that she was the best teacher he ever had in his whole life.

Six years went by before she got another note from Teddy. He then wrote that he had finished high school, third in his class, and she was still the best teacher he ever had in life.

Four years after that, she got another letter, saying that while things had been tough at times, he’d stayed in school, had stuck with it, and would soon graduate from college with the highest of honors. He assured Mrs.

Thompson that she was still the best and favorite teacher he had ever had in his whole life.

Then four more years passed and yet another letter came. This time he explained that after he got his bachelor’s degree, he decided to go a little further. The letter explained that she was still the best and favorite teacher he ever had. But now his name was a little longer…. The letter was signed, Theodore F. Stoddard, MD.

The story does not end there. You see, there was yet another letter that spring. Teddy said he had met this girl and was going to be married.

He explained that his father had died a couple of years ago and he was wondering if Mrs. Thompson might agree to sit at the wedding in the place that was usually reserved for the mother of the groom. Of course, Mrs.Thompson did. And guess what? She wore that bracelet, the one with several rhinestones missing. Moreover, she made sure she was wearing the perfume that Teddy remembered his mother wearing on their last Christmas together.

They hugged each other, and Dr. Stoddard whispered in Mrs. Thompson’s ear, “Thank you Mrs. Thompson for believing in me. Thank you so much for making me feel important and showing me that I could make a difference.”

Mrs. Thompson, with tears in her eyes, whispered back. She said, “Teddy, you have it all wrong. You were the one who taught me that I could make a difference. I didn’t know how to teach until I met you.”

(For you that don’t know, Teddy Stoddard is the Dr. at Iowa Methodist in DesMoines that has the Stoddard Cancer Wing.)

Warm someone’s heart today. . . I love this story so very much, I cry every time I read it. Just try to make a difference in someone’s life today? tomorrow? just “do it”. Random acts of kindness, I think they call it!

Many years ago in a small Indian village,

A farmer had the misfortune of owing a large sum of money to a village moneylender. The Moneylender, who was old and ugly, fancied the farmer’s beautiful Daughter. So he proposed a bargain.

He said he would forgo the farmer’s debt if he could marry his Daughter. Both the farmer and his daughter were horrified by the Proposal.

So the cunning money-lender suggested that they let Providence decide the matter. He told them that he would put a black Pebble and a white pebble into an empty money bag. Then the girl would have to pick one pebble from the bag.

1) If she picked the black pebble, she would become his wife and her father’s debt would be forgiven.

2) If she picked the white pebble she need not marry him and her father’s debt would still be forgiven.

3) But if she refused to pick a pebble, her father would be thrown into Jail.

They were standing on a pebble strewn path in the farmer’s field. As They talked, the moneylender bent over to pick up two pebbles. As he Picked them up, the sharp-eyed girl noticed that he had picked up two Black pebbles and put them into the bag.

He then asked the girl to pick A pebble from the bag..

Now, imagine that you were standing in the field. What would you have Done if you were the girl? If you had to advise her, what would you Have told her?

Careful analysis would produce three possibilities:

1. The girl should refuse to take a pebble.

2. The girl should show that there were two black pebbles in the bag And expose the money-lender as a cheat.

3. The girl should pick a black pebble and sacrifice herself in order To save her father from his debt and imprisonment.

Take a moment to ponder over the story. The above story is used with The hope that it will make us appreciate the difference between lateral And logical thinking.

The girl’s dilemma cannot be solved with Traditional logical thinking. Think of the consequences if she chooses The above logical answers.

What would you recommend to the Girl to do?

Well, here is what she did ….

The girl put her hand into the moneybag and drew out a pebble. Without Looking at it, she fumbled and let it fall onto the pebble-strewn path Where it immediately became lost among all the other pebbles.

“Oh, how clumsy of me,” she said. “But never mind, if you look into the Bag for the one that is left, you will be able to tell which pebble I Picked.”

Since the remaining pebble is black, it must be assumed that she had Picked the white one.. And since the money-lender dared not admit his Dishonesty, the girl changed what seemed an impossible situation into An extremely advantageous one.

MORAL OF THE STORY:
Most complex problems do have a solution. It is only that we don’t Attempt to think.