Honesty!!!

Hi... A very good article i would like to share with you guys!!! Hope u enjoy it as much as i do!!! =)

A successful business man was growing old and knew it was time to choose a successor to take over the business.

Instead of choosing one of his Directors or his children, he decided to do something different. He called all the young executives in his company together.

He said, "It is time for me to step down and choose the next CEO. I have decided to choose one of you. "The young executives were Shocked, but the boss continued. "I am going to give each one of you a SEED today - one very special SEED. I want you to plant the seed, water it, and come back here one year from today with what you have grown from the seed I have given you.
I will then judge the plants that you bring, and the one
I choose will be the next CEO."

One man, named Jim, was there that day and he, like the others, received a seed. He went home and excitedly, told his wife the story. She helped him get a pot, soil and compost and he planted the seed. Everyday, he would water it and watch to see if it had grown. After about three weeks, some of the other executives began to talk about their seeds and the plants that were beginning to grow.

Jim kept checking his seed, but nothing ever grew.

Three weeks, four weeks, five weeks went by, still
nothing.

By now, others were talking about their plants, but Jim didn't have a plant and he felt like a failure.

Six months went by -- still nothing in Jim's pot. He just knew he had killed his seed. Everyone else had trees and tall plants, but he had nothing. Jim didn't say anything to his colleagues, however, he just kept watering and fertilizing the soil - He so wanted the seed to grow.

A year finally went by and all the young executives of the company brought their plants to the CEO for inspection.

Jim told his wife that he wasn't going to take an empty pot. But she asked him to be honest about what happened. Jim felt sick to his stomach, it was going to be the most embarrassing moment of his life, but he knew his wife was right. He took his empty pot to the board room. When Jim arrived, he was amazed at
the variety of plants grown by the other executives. They were beautiful -- in all shapes and sizes. Jim put his empty pot on the floor and many of his colleagues laughed, a few felt sorry for him!

When the CEO arrived, he surveyed the room and greeted his young executives.

Jim just tried to hide in the back. "My, what great plants, trees and flowers you have grown," said the CEO. "Today one of you will be appointed the next CEO!"

All of a sudden, the CEO spotted Jim at the back of the room with his empty pot. He ordered the Financial Director to bring him to the front. Jim was terrified. He thought, "The CEO knows I'm a failure! Maybe he will have me fired!"

When Jim got to the front, the CEO asked him what had happened to his seed - Jim told him the story.

The CEO asked everyone to sit down except Jim. He looked at Jim, and then announced to the young executives, "Behold your next Chief Executive Officer!

His name is Jim!" Jim couldn't believe it. Jim couldn't even grow his seed.

"How could he be the new CEO?" the others said.

Then the CEO said, "One year ago today, I gave everyone in this room a seed. I told you to take the seed, plant it, water it, and bring it back to me today. But I gave you all boiled seeds; they were dead - it was not possible for them to grow.

All of you, except Jim, have brought me trees and plants and flowers. When you found that the seed would not grow, you substituted another seed for the one I gave you. Jim was the only one with the courage and honesty to bring me a pot with my seed in it. Therefore, he is the one who will be the new
Chief Executive Officer!"

* If you plant honesty, you will reap trust

* If you plant goodness, you will reap friends

* If you plant humility, you will reap greatness

* If you plant perseverance, you will reap contentment

* If you plant consideration, you will reap perspective

* If you plant hard work, you will reap success

* If you plant forgiveness, you will reap reconciliation

So, be careful what you plant now; it will determine what you will reap later.

Think about this for a minute....
If I happened to show up on your door step crying, would you care?

If I called you and asked you to pick me up because something happened, would you come?

If I had one day left to live my life, would you be part of that last day?

If I needed a shoulder to cry on, would you give me yours?

This is a test to see who your real
friends are or if you are just someone to talk to you when they are bored.

Do you know what the relationship is between your two eyes?

They blink together,
they move together,
they cry together,
they see things together,
and they sleep together,
but they never see each other;
....that's what friendship is..

Your aspiration is your motivation,
your motivation is your belief,
your belief is your peace,
your peace is your target,
your target is heaven, and life is like hard core torture without it!

HANDBOOK 2010

Got this from my friend and would like to share it with all of you.. Have a great day!!!

Health:
1. Drink plenty of water.
2. Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a
beggar.
3. Eat more foods that grow on trees and plants and eat less food that is
manufactured in plants..
4. Live with the 3 E's -- Energy, Enthusiasm and Empathy
5. Make time to pray.
6. Play more games
7. Read more books than you did in 2009 .
8. Sit in silence for at least 10 minutes each day
9. Sleep for 7 hours.
10. Take a 10-30 minutes walk daily. And while you walk, smile.

Personality:
11. Don't compare your life to others. You have no idea what their journey
is all about.
12. Don't have negative thoughts or things you cannot control. Instead
invest your energy in the positive present moment.
13. Don't over do. Keep your limits.
14. Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does.
15. Don't waste your precious energy on gossip.
16. Dream more while you are awake
17. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need..
18. Forget issues of the past. Don't remind your partner with His/her
mistakes of the past. That will ruin your present happiness.
19. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone. Don't hate others.
20. Make peace with your past so it won't spoil the present.
21. No one is in charge of your happiness except you.
22. Realize that life is a school and you are here to learn. Problems are
simply part of the curriculum that appear and fade away like algebra class
but the lessons you learn will last a lifetime.
23. Smile and laugh more.
24. You don't have to win every argument. Agree to disagree...

Society:
25. Call your family often.
26. Each day give something good to others.
27. Forgive everyone for everything..
28. Spend time with people over the age of 70 & under the age of 6.
29. Try to make at least three people smile each day.
30. What other people think of you is none of your business.
31. Your job won't take care of you when you are sick. Your friends will.
Stay in touch.

Life:
32. Do the right thing!
33. Get rid of anything that isn't useful, beautiful or joyful.
34. GOD heals everything.
35. However good or bad a situation is, it will change..
36. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.
37. The best is yet to come..
38. When you awake alive in the morning, thank GOD for it.
39. Your Inner most is always happy. So, be happy.

Last but not the least:
40. Please pass this to everyone you care about, I just did.

Thank you for your time!!!

Hi everyone,

This story I got from my friend. Hope you enjoy it.. :)



To all my friends THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

ONCE YOU READ THIS YOU WILL UNDERSTAND!
A young man learns what's most important in life from the guy next door.

It had been some time since Jack had seen the old man. College, girls, career, and life itself got in the way. In fact, Jack moved clear across the country in pursuit of his dreams. There, in the rush of his busy life, Jack had little time to think about the past and often no time to spend with his wife and son. He was working on his future, and nothing could stop him.

Over the phone, his mother told him, 'Mr. Belser died last night. The funeral is Wednesday..' Memories flashed through his mind like an old newsreel as he sat quietly remembering his childhood days.

'Jack, did you hear me?'

'Oh, sorry, Mom. Yes, I heard you. It's been so long since I thought of him. I'm sorry, but I honestly thought he died years ago,' Jack said.

'Well, he didn't forget you. Every time I saw him he'd ask how you were doing. He'd reminisce about the many days you spent over 'his side of the fence' as he put it,' Mom told him.

'I loved that old house he lived in,' Jack said.

'You know, Jack, after your father died, Mr. Belser stepped in to make sure you had a man's influence in your life,' she said.

'He's the one who taught me carpentry,' he said. 'I wouldn't be in this business if it weren't for him. He spent a lot of time teaching me things he thought were important...Mom, I'll be there for the funeral,' Jack said.

As busy as he was, he kept his word. Jack caught the next flight to his hometown. Mr. Belser's funeral was small and uneventful. He had no children of his own, and most of his relatives had passed away.

The night before he had to return home, Jack and his Mom stopped by to see the old house next door one more time.
Standing in the doorway, Jack paused for a moment. It was like crossing over into another dimension, a leap through space and time. The house was exactly as he remembered. Every step held memories. Every picture, every piece of furniture....Jack stopped suddenly.

'What's wrong, Jack?' his Mom asked.

'The box is gone,' he said


'What box?' Mom asked.

'There was a small gold box that he kept locked on top of his desk. I must have asked him a thousand times what was inside. All he'd ever tell me was 'the thing I value most,' Jack said.

It was gone. Everything about the house was exactly how Jack remembered it, except for the box. He figured someone from the Belser family had taken it.


'Now I'll never know what was so valuable to him,' Jack said. 'I better get some sleep. I have an early flight home, Mom.'


It had been about two weeks since Mr. Belser died. Returning home from work one day Jack discovered a note in his mailbox. 'Signature required on a package. No one at home. Please stop by the main post office within the next three days,' the note read.

Early the next day Jack retrieved the
package. The small box was old and looked like it had been mailed a hundred years ago. The handwriting was difficult to read, but the return address caught his attention. 'Mr. Harold Belser' it read.

Jack took the box out to his car and ripped open the package. There inside was the gold box and an envelope.


Jack's hands shook as he read the note inside. 'Upon my death, please forward this box and its contents to Jack Bennett. It's the thing I valued most in my life.' A small key was taped to the letter. His heart racing, as tears filling his eyes, Jack carefully unlocked the box. There inside he found a beautiful gold pocket watch.

Running his fingers slowly over the finely etched casing, he unlatched the cover.

Inside he found these words engraved:

'Jack, Thanks for your time! -Harold
Belser.'

'The thing he valued most was...my time'

Jack held the watch for a few minutes, then called his office and cleared his appointments for the next two days.

'Why?' Janet, his assistant asked.

'I need some time to spend with my son,' he said.

'Oh, by the way, Janet, thanks for your time!'

'Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take but by the moments that take our breath away,'

Think about this. You may not realize it, but it's 100% true.

1. At least 2 people in this world love you so much they would die for you.


2. At least 15 people in this world love you in some way.


3. A smile from you can bring happiness to anyone, even if they don't like you.


4. Every night, SOMEONE thinks about you before they go to sleep.

5. You mean the world to someone.

6. If not for you, someone may not be living.


7. You are special and unique.


8. When you think you have no chance of getting what you want, you probably won't get it, but if you trust God to do what's best, and wait on His time, sooner or later, you will get it or something better.


9. When you make the biggest mistake ever, something good can still come from it.

10. When you think the world has turned its back on you, take a look: you most likely turned your back on the world.

11. Someone that you don't even know exists loves you.

12. Always remember the compliments you received. Forget about the rude remarks.

13 . Always tell someone how you feel about them; you will feel much better when they know and you'll both be happy .

14. If you have a great friend, take the
time to let them know that they are great.


I hope this post can brighten your day, my dear friends and readers..

To everyone I sent this to
'Thanks for your time

FAMILY

What is the meaning of family?? Family members are much more important but we tends to forget and sometimes does not appreciate it.. Here is a good story that I received and would like share with you guys.. Enjoy reading..

F A M I L Y

I ran into a stranger as he passed by,
"Oh excuse me please" was my reply.

He said, "Please excuse me too;

I wasn't watching for you."

We were very polite, this stranger and I.

We went on our way and we said goodbye.

But at home a different story is told,

How we treat our loved ones, young and old.

Later that day, cooking the evening meal,

My son stood beside me very still.

When I turned, I nearly knocked him down.

"Move out of the way," I said with a frown.

He walked away, his little heart broken.

I didn't realize how harshly I'd spoken.

While I lay awake in bed,

God's still small voice came to me and said,

"While dealing with a stranger,
common courtesy you use,
but the family you love, you seem to abuse.

Go and look on the kitchen floor,

You'll find some flowers there by the door.

Those are the flowers he brought for you.

He picked them himself: pink, yellow and blue.

He stood very quietly not to spoil the surprise,

you never saw the tears that filled his little eyes."

By this time, I felt very small,

And now my tears began to fall.

I quietly went and knelt by his bed;

"Wake up, little one, wake up," I said.

"Are these the flowers you picked for me?"

He smiled, "I found 'em, out by the tree.

I picked 'em because they're pretty like you.

I knew you'd like 'em, especially the blue."

I said, "Son, I'm very sorry for the way I acted today;

I shouldn't have yelled at you that way."
He said, "Oh, Mom, that's okay.
I love you anyway."

I said, "Son, I love you too,

and I do like the flowers, especially the blue."

FAMILY

Are you aware that if we died tomorrow, the company
that we are working for could easily replace us in
a matter of days..
But the family we left behind will feel the loss
for the rest of their lives.

And come to think of it, we pour ourselves more

into work than into our own family,
an unwise investment indeed,
don't you think?
So what is behind the story?

Do you know what the word FAMILY means?
FAMILY = (F)ATHER (A)ND (M)OTHER (I) (L)OVE (Y)OU

hearts and friendship

Hi my dear readers,

I received this nice email from my friends and I would like to pass it to you guys too.. Since i don't have my readers email address, I will post this up for you guys and to my other dear friends who had been there for me thru my ups and downs.. Am really glad to know you guys who have always been there for me without fail no matter how busy you guys are.. so this is for all of you guys.. I have another final presentation to go and I will blog more about my life.. I still owe you guys alot of pictures too.. Wish me luck guys.. Am really scared and worried about this final project presentation.. Stress Stress Stress.. Hopefully, i will be fine...

AND THE BABIES IN THE PICTURES ARE SO CUTE!!!!



A sharp tongue can cut my own throat.



If I want my dreams to come true, I mustn't oversleep.




Of all the things I wear, my expression is the most important.



The best vitamin for making friends..... B1.




The happiness of my life depends on the quality of my thoughts




The heaviest thing I can carry is a grudge.



One thing I can give and still keep...is my word.



I lie the loudest when I lie to myself.

If I lack the courage to start, I have already finished.
One thing I can't recycle is wasted time.



Ideas won't work unless ' I ' do.



My mind is like a parachute...it functions only when open.




The 10 commandments are not a multiple choice.



The pursuit of happiness is the chase of a lifetime! It is never too late to become what I might have been.



Life is too short to wake up with regrets. So love the people who treat you right.. Forget about the one's who don't. Believe everything happens for a reason. If you get a second chance, grab it with both hands. If it changes your life, let it. Nobody said life would be easy, they just promised it would be worth it.


Friends are like balloons; once you let them go, you might not get them back. Sometimes we get so busy with our own lives and problems that we may not even notice that we've let them fly away. Sometimes we are so caught up in who's right and who's wrong that we forget what's right and wrong. Sometimes we just don't realize what real friendship means until it is too late. I don't want to let that happen so I'm gonna tie you to my heart so I never lose you.




Survey:

You are My Sunshine, My only Sunshine

Hi my dear readers,

Since am so busy doing my assignment that is due today in abt 12 hours time, i decided just to share with you another touching story... Yes, i know i know, am suppose to be rushing for my assignment since is due soon, but am getting bored of doing it.. So i rest for a while now loh.. Hahaha.. All the excuses.. :) Hopefully i will be able to finish it by 2pm today..Enjoy this email i received from a friend of mine.. Oh Ya.. Am also super broke just because of doing the assignment, so please be generous to help me click the ads.. Hahaha.. Christmas is coming, time to do a bit of charity rite.. Hahahaha.. Kidding kidding.. :P


You are My Sunshine, My only Sunshine' .....................
You can't afford not to read this!


Like any good mother, when Karen found out that another baby was on the way, she did what she could to help her 3-year-old son, Michael, prepare for a new sibling.

They found out that the new baby was going be a girl, and day after
day, night after night, Michael sang to his sister in mommy's tummy.

He was building a bond of love with his little sister before he even
met her.

The pregnancy progressed normally for Karen, an active member of the Panther Creek United Methodist Church in Morristown, Tennessee.

In time, the labor pains came. Soon it was every five minutes, every
three, every minute. But serious complications arose during delivery and Karen found herself in hours of labor.

Would a C-section be required? Finally, after a long struggle,
Michael's little sister was born.
But she was in very serious condition.

With a siren howling in the night, the ambulance rushed the infant to
the neonatal intensive care unit at St. Mary's Hospital, Knoxville, Tennessee. The days inched by. The little girl got worse. The pediatrician had to tell the parents there is very little hope. Be prepared for the worst.

Karen and her husband contacted a local cemetery about a burial plot.

They had fixed up a special room in their house for their new baby but now they found themselves having to plan for a funeral. Michael, however, kept begging his parents to let him see his sister. I want to sing to her, he kept saying.

Week two in intensive care looked as if a funeral would come before
the week was over.

Michael kept nagging about singing to his sister, but kids are never
allowed in Intensive Care. Karen decided to take Michael whether they liked it or not.

If he didn't see his sister right then, he may never see her alive.
She dressed him in an oversized scrub suit and marched him into ICU. He looked like a walking laundry basket.

The head nurse recognized him as a child and bellowed, 'Get that kid
out of here now. No children are allowed.'

The mother rose up strong in Karen, and the usually mild-mannered
lady glared steel-eyed right into the head nurse's face, her lips a
firm line. 'He is not leaving until he sings to his sister' she
stated.

Then Karen towed Michael to his sister's bedside.

He gazed at the tiny infant losing the battle to live. After a moment,
he began to sing.

In the pure-hearted voice of a 3-year-old, Michael sang:

'You are my sunshine, my only sunshine, you make me happy when skies are gray.' Instantly the baby girl seemed to respond. The pulse rate began to calm down and become steady.

'Keep on singing, Michael,' encouraged Karen with tears in her eyes.

'You never know, dear, how much I love you, please don't take my
sunshine away.'

As Michael sang to his sister, the baby's ragged, strained breathing
became as smooth as a kitten's purr 'Keep on singing, sweetheart.'

'The other night, dear, as I lay sleeping, I dreamed I held you in my
arms'.

Michael's little sister began to relax as rest, healing rest, seemed
to sweep over her.

'Keep on singing, Michael.' Tears had now conquered the face of the
bossy head nurse. Karen glowed.

'You are my sunshine, my only sunshine. Please don't take my sunshine away...'

The next day... the very next day, the little girl was well enough to
go home.

Woman's Day Magazine called it "The Miracle of a Brother's Song."
The medical staff just called it a miracle. Karen called it a miracle
of God's love.

NEVER GIVE UP ON THE PEOPLE YOU LOVE. LOVE IS SO INCREDIBLY POWERFUL.

Life is good.

What Goes Around Comes Around

Another very touching story I would like to share with you all.. Sorry for the really lack of post... Have been really busy and also have been experiencing a lot this few weeks.. I won't be updating my blog about myself till after my semester is over.. Too much work to do..

Sorry guys...



> >> WHAT GOES AROUND COMES AROUND
> >>
> >> One day a man saw a old lady, stranded on the side of the
> >> road, but even in
> >> the dim light of day, he could see she needed help. So he
> >> pulled up in
> >> front of her Mercedes and got out. His Pontiac was still
> >> sputtering when he
> >> approached her. Even with the smile on his face, she was
> >> worried. No one
> >> had stopped to help for the last hour or so. Was he going to
> >> hurt her? He
> >> didn't look safe; he looked poor and hungry.
> >>
> >> He could see that she was frightened, standing out there in
> >> the cold. He
> >> knew how she felt. It was that chill which only fear can put
> >> in you.
> >>
> >> He said, 'I'm here to help you, ma'am. Why don't you wait in
> >> the car where
> >> it's warm? By the way, my name is Bryan Anderson.'
> >>
> >> Well, all she had was a flat tire, but for an old lady, that
> >> was bad
> >> enough. Bryan crawled under the car looking for a place to put
> >> the jack,
> >> skinning his knuckles a time or two. Soon he was able to
> >> change the tire.
> >> But he had to get dirty and his hands hurt.
> >>
> >> As he was tightening up the lug nuts, she rolled down the
> >> window and began
> >> to talk to him. She told him that she was from St. Louis and
> >> was only just
> >> passing through. She couldn't thank him enough for coming to
> >> her aid.
> >>
> >> Bryan just smiled as he closed her trunk.. The lady asked how
> >> much she owed
> >> him. Any amount would have been all right with her. She
> >> already imagined
> >> all the awful things that could have happened had he not
> >> stopped. Bryan
> >> never thought twice about being paid. This was not a job to
> >> him. This was
> >> helping someone in need, and God knows there were plenty, who
> >> had given him
> >> a hand in the past. He had lived his whole life that way, and
> >> it never
> >> occurred to him to act any other way.
> >>
> >> He told her that if she really wanted to pay him back, the
> >> next time she
> >> saw someone who needed help, she could give that person the
> >> assistance they
> >> needed, and Bryan added, 'And think of me.'
> >>
> >> He waited until she started her car and drove off. It had been
> >> a cold and
> >> depressing day, but he felt good as he headed for home,
> >> disappearing into
> >> the twilight.
> >>
> >> A few miles down the road the lady saw a small cafe. She went
> >> in to grab a
> >> bite to eat, and take the chill off before she made the last
> >> leg of her
> >> trip home. It was a dingy looking restaurant. Outside were two
> >> old gas
> >> pumps. The whole scene was unfamiliar to her. The waitress
> >> came over and
> >> brought a clean towel to wipe her wet hair. She had a sweet
> >> smile, one that
> >> even being on her feet for the whole day couldn't erase. The
> >> lady noticed
> >> the waitress was nearly eight months pregnant, but she never
> >> let the strain
> >> and aches change her attitude. The old lady wondered how
> >> someone who had so
> >> little could be so giving to a stranger. Then she remembered
> >> Bryan .
> >>
> >> After the lady finished her meal, she paid with a hundred
> >> dollar bill. The
> >> waitress quickly went to get change for her hundred dollar
> >> bill, but the
> >> old lady had slipped right out the door. She was gone by the
> >> time the
> >> waitress came back. The waitress wondered where the lady could
> >> be. Then she
> >> noticed something written on the napkin.
> >>
> >> There were tears in her eyes when she read what the lady
> >> wrote: 'You don't
> >> owe me anything. I have been there too. Somebody once helped
> >> me out, the
> >> way I'm helping you. If you really want to pay me back, here
> >> is what you
> >> do: Do not let this chain of love end with you.'
> >>
> >> Under the napkin were four more $100 bills.
> >>
> >> Well, there were tables to clear, sugar bowls to fill, and
> >> people to serve,
> >> but the waitress made it through another day. That night when
> >> she got home
> >> from work and climbed into bed, she was thinking about the
> >> money and what
> >> the lady had written. How could the lady have known how much
> >> she and her
> >> husband needed it? With the baby due next month, it was going
> >> to be
> >> hard....
> >>
> >> She knew how worried her husband was, and as he lay sleeping
> >> next to her,
> >> she gave him a soft kiss and whispered soft and low,
> >> 'Everything's going to
> >> be all right. I love you, Bryan Anderson.'
> >>
> >> There is an old saying 'What goes around comes around.' Today
> >> I sent you
> >> this story, and I'm asking you to pass it on. Let this light
> >> shine.
> >>
> >> Don't delete it, don't return it. Simply, pass this on to a
> >> friend
> >>
> >> Good friends are like stars....You don't always see them, but
> >> you know they
> >> are always there.
> >>
> >> ~GOD BLESS!~
> >> ...Do not look at physical appearances,
> >> they can be deceiving.
> >>
> >> Do not look at riches,
> >> For they are only temporary.
> >> Look for someone who makes you smile.
> >>
> >> ...Effort is important, but knowing where to make an effort in
> >> your life makes all the difference.
> >>
> >> ...If a drop of water falls in a lake there is no identity.But
> >> if it falls on a leaf of lotus it will shine like a pearl...so
> >> choose the best place where you would shine... ;-)
> >>
> >> ...Falling down is not a defeat...defeat is when your refuse
> >> to get up... !
> >>
> >> ...Never take some one for granted...Hold every person Close
> >> to your Heart, because you might wake up one day and realise
> >> that you have lost a diamond while you were too busy
> >> collecting stones.'