Real Beauty Lies Within

The happy new mother asked, “Can I see my baby?” When the bundle was nestled in her arms and she moved the fold of cloth to look upon his tiny face, she gasped. The doctor turned quickly and looked out the tall hospital window. The baby had been born without ears. Time proved that the baby's hearing was perfect. It was only his appearance that was marred. When he rushed home from school one day and flung himself into his mother's arms, she sighed, knowing that his life was to be a succession of heartbreaks. He blurted out the tragedy, “A boy, a big boy called me a freak.” 

He grew up, handsome for his misfortune. A favorite with his fellow students, he might have been class president, but for that. He developed a gift, a talent for literature and music. “But you might mingle with other young people,” his mother reproved him, but felt a kindness in her heart. The boy's father had a session with the family physician. Could nothing be done? “I believe I could graft on a pair of outer ears, if they could be procured,” the doctor decided. Whereupon the search began, for a person who would make such a sacrifice for a young man.

 

Two years went by. Then, “You are going to the hospital, Son. Mother and I have someone who will donate the ears you need. But it's a secret,” said the father. The operation was a brilliant success, and a new person emerged. His talents blossomed into genius, and school and college became a series of triumphs. Later he married and entered the diplomatic service. “But I must know!” He urged his father, 
“Who gave so much for me? I could never do enough for him.” The father said, “I do not believe you could, but the agreement was that you are not to know. Not yet.”

The years kept their profound secret, but the day did come, one of the darkest days that a son must endure. He stood with his father over his mother's casket. Slowly, tenderly, the father stretched forth a hand and raised the thick, reddish-brown hair to reveal that the mother had no outer ears. “Mother said she was glad she never let her hair be cut,” he whispered gently, “and nobody ever thought Mother less beautiful, did they?” Real beauty lies not in the physical appearance, but in the heart. Real treasure lies, not in what that can be seen, but what that cannot be seen. Real love lies not in what is done and known, but in what that is done but not known.

Creating Good Neighbourliness

A farmer in ancient China had a neighbour who was a hunter that owned ferocious and poorly trained hunting dogs. The dogs frequently jumped over the fence and chased the farmer's lambs. And when the farmer asked his neighbour to keep his dogs in check, his request fell on deaf ears. One day the dogs again jumped the fence, attacked and severely injured several of the lambs. The farmer had had enough, and went to town to consult a judge who listened carefully to the story and said, "I could punish the hunter and instruct him to keep his dogs chained or lock them up. But you would lose a friend and gain an enemy. Which would you rather have, friend or foe for a neighbour?" The farmer replied that he preferred a friend. And the judge said, “Alright, I will offer you a solution that keeps your lambs safe, and which will keep your neighbour a friend." Having heard the judge's solution, the farmer agreed.

 

Once at home, the farmer immediately put the judge's suggestions to the test. He took three of his best lambs and presented them to his neighbour's three small sons, who were beside themselves with joy and began to play with them. And to protect his son's newly acquired playthings, the hunter built a strong kennel for his dogs. Since then, the dogs never again bothered the farmer's lambs. Out of gratitude for the farmer's generosity toward his sons, the hunter often shared the game he had hunted with the farmer. And rhe farmer reciprocated by sending the hunter lamb meat and cheese he had made. Within a short time the neighbours became good friends.

 

*A saying in old China went something like this, “One can win over and influence people the best with gestures of kindness and compassion.”

*And there is a similar Western saying, “One catches more flies with honey than with vinegar."

*Let us make an effort to make a pact that we will be polite when we speak and not make rude and sarcastic remarks at every opportunity we get, especially with our families, friends.

True Love

A brother defines true love as when your husband catches you naked and in the arms of another man, and he still says to you, “Honey, get dressed and let us go home;” and death is when you agree to follow him home.

We All Have Our Different Stories

 When a 24 year old boy looking out through a train's window exclaimed, “Dad, look! The trees are going behind! They are moving very fast!" His dad simply stared at him with so much joy, and smiled. A young couple seated nearby looked at the 24 year old and thought to themselves, “He's so grown up but so childish. He must have a mental disorder for his father not to be bothered.” Suddenly the young man exclaimed again, “Dad, look! The clouds are running with us!"

 

The young couple could not resist and said to the old man, “Why don't you take your son to a good doctor, may be a psychiatrist? The old man smiled and said, “I just did. We are just coming from a doctor, but not a psychiatrist. We are just coming from the hospital. My son was blind from birth. He just got his sight today for the very first time. His behavior may seem stupid to you, but it's more than a miracle to me.” The young couple just sat down there, lost for words with a mixture of tears and shame in their eyes.

 

Everyone on earth has a story, so don't judge people so fast or jump into conclusion about their private affairs. You don't know where they are coming from or what they have to deal with. The truth behind their story might surprise you. Take it easy with others, even if you have a perfect life. And let us keep working towards the good of all.

Being Clever By Half

While a woman was golfing one day, she hit the ball into the woods. And when she went into the woods to look for it, she found a frog in a trap, and it said, “If you release me from this trap, I will grant you three wishes.” The woman freed the frog, and the frog said, "Thank you, but I failed to mention that there was a condition to your wishes. Whatever you wish for, your husband will get, times ten!"

 

The woman said, "That's okay. For my first wish, I want to be the most beautiful woman in the world.”

The frog warned, "You do realize that this wish will also make your husband the most handsome man in the world, an Adonis whom women will flock to." The woman said, "That's okay, because I will be the most beautiful woman and he will have eyes only for me." So, KAZAM, she became the most beautiful woman in the world!

 

For her second wish, she wanted to be the richest woman in the world. The frog said, "And that will make your husband the richest man in the world. And he will be ten times richer than you." And the woman said, "That's okay, because what's mine is his and what's his is mine." So, KAZAM, she became the richest woman in the world! And when the frog asked for her third wish, she said, “I'd like to have a mild heart attack."

 

*Women are clever. Don't mess with them. For all female readers, this is the end of the joke for you. So stop reading and continue feeling good about yourselves.

 

*Male readers, please scroll down.

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So the man had a mild heart attack, but ten times milder than his wife had.

 

*Since women think they're really smart, allow them to continue to think that way; while you just enjoy the show.

 

*If you are a woman and are still reading this, it only goes to show that women never listen!!!

 

*Share with all the guys for a good laugh, and all the ladies who have a good sense of humour.

Some Random Facts_1

 1.       After an Islamic cleric blamed women who dress provocatively for earthquakes in 2010, 100,000 women joined for a "Boobquake" to test the theory. Nothing happened.

2.       The Illacme tobini is a millipede that has 414 legs, no eyes, 200 poison glands, and four penises.

3.       One-third of Chinese women have never heard of tampons.

4.       A woman's vaginal muscles can take up to 6 months to get back to their normal shape and size after childbirth.

5.       Google has a comprehensive timeline of everything you do with their products, called "My Activity", including websites you visited with Chrome, You Tube Videos, Music and apps you use on your Android.

6.       White tigers carry a gene that is only present in around 1 in every 10,000 tigers.

7.       American commuters collectively waste 5.5 billion hours per year in traffic, releasing into the atmosphere an unnecessary 56 billion pounds of CO2,

8.       Fidel Castro took personal responsibility for the persecution suffered by homosexuals in Cuba.

9.       A recent study estimates that mass-adoption of self-driving cars could reduce over 90% of traffic accidents.

10.   The Navy once delivered mail for the Post Office via missile.

The Nun That Fainted

When three nuns were discussing their various experiences on the job, the first nun said, "I was cleaning in the Father's room the other day and do you know what I found? I found a bunch of pornographic magazines." And when the second nun asked, "So, What did you do?" She replied, "Well, of course I threw them in the trash."

 

The second nun then said, "Well, I can top that! I was in Father's room putting away the laundry and I found a bunch of condoms!" The other nuns gasped, "Oh my! And what did you do?" She smiled cynically and said, "I just poked holes in all of them!" Immediately, the third nun screamed, “Holy Mary! Mother of Jesus!” and fainted.