Spread the fever

Love And Understanding

I got this mail and it made me feel good when i read it and thought people should read it and not miss it......so here it is. A farmer had some puppies he needed to sell.

He painted a sign advertising the 4 pups and set about nailing it to a post on the edge of his yard. As he was driving the last nail in to the post, he felt a tug on his overalls.

He looked down into the eyes of little boy

‘Mister,’ he said, 'I want to buy one of your puppies.'

'Well,' said the farmer, as he rubbed the sweat off the back of his neck, 'These puppies come from fine parents and cost a good deal of money.'

The boy dropped his head for a moment.
Then reaching deep into his pocket, he pulled out a handful of change and held it up to the farmer.

'I've got thirty-nine cents. Is that enough to take a look?'

‘Sure,’ said the farmer.

And with that he let out a whistle.’ Here, Dolly!' he called.

Out from the doghouse and down the ramp ran Dolly followed by four little balls of fur.

The little boy pressed his face against the chain link fence.
His eyes danced with delight.
As the dogs made their way to the fence, the little boy noticed something else stirring in side the doghouse.

Slowly another little ball appeared this one noticeably smaller.
Down the ramp it slid.
Then in a somewhat awkward manner, the little pup began hobbling toward the others, doing its best to catch up.....

'I want that one,' the little boy said, pointing to the runt.

The farmer knelt down at the boy’s side and said, 'Son, you don't want that puppy. He will never be able to run and play with you like these other dogs would.'

With that the little boy stepped back from the fence, reached down, and began rolling up one leg of his trousers.

In doing so he revealed a steel brace running down both sides of his leg attaching itself to a specially made shoe.

Looking back up at the farmer, he said,’ You see sir, I don't run too well myself, and he will need someone who understands..'

With tears in his eyes, the farmer reached down and picked up the little pup.
Holding it carefully he handed it to the little boy.

'How much?' asked the little boy. 'No charge,' answered the farmer, ‘there’s no charge for love.'

The world is full of people who need someone who understands.
Let us learn to understand people in our own organizations and families...

Brandy – the bundle of joy

She came, she saw and she conquered our hearts

It’s high time I wrote about the bundle of joy of my life. I call her my friend, my daughter, my reason for happiness.

I got her when she was 6 months old. Thanks to Arundhati for giving her to me. That was the time in my life when I was low and depressed. I needed someone to love me and there she was with all her love for me.

The moment I saw her I went high. She had such a pretty color. I named her Brandy immediately. And there started our journey of fun and joy.

I was alone then and so was she. It was as if we filled each others life, each others emptiness. Every day id come home tired after a days work (or should I say nights work), and even in that tiredness id be exited going home cause I knew that she would be waiting for me. We would play and run all over the place and every day the kid in me used to come out. Her presence was magical. The thought of she waiting removed the tiredness. She has a vacuum cleaner in her that sucked all the tiredness, tensions and everything negative and replaces them with happiness, excitement and joy. It’s been two years now and never has a day been when I have not seen her happy and playful. Even when ill, she is full of energy and ready to play. I keep wondering, where does she get her energy from??? How is that she is always happy??? Or is it that our presence makes her forget all her pains??? Do we have the same effect on her the way she affects us??? There are many questions but no answers. All that I know is together we can never be dull and unhappy. We fill our lives with play and joy. And I am sure we will always do.

Love you Brandy.

Hunger for LOVE.

Today I was watching Dance India Dance on ZEE tv. There was a dance act by couple on one of my favorite song – “soneyo”. The thing that touched me in the act was that the girl danced only on one leg and the guy had a hand tied. At the end of the act the dancer made a statement that really made me think. He said – people in the world have different kind of hunger. Hunger for money, hunger for respect, hunger for fame but above all is the hunger for LOVE.

This was so true and I have felt it so many times in life. There have been times when I forget to eat or do anything else and all that I expect is to be in company of someone loved.

It reminded me of my experience of Divya Disha the orphanage that I go to every now and then. The kids there have always shown interest in not what you have got for them but how much time are you going to spend with them. Every time we parted they have always asked about when I would come next rather than what I would be getting next time.

Then again if this was true how is that we still find time to hate others, ignore the loved once and take them for granted. If LOVE is what we all need, and we know that everyone around us needs it then why is that we forget to give it every time we get a chance and we just wait for occasions to show that we love.

This might not be true for everyone but if it is shouldn’t we start cherishing every moment of our life with our loved once and satisfy this hunger of LOVE. And once we are full…..we can start sharing it with those who need it.

Is it difficult to spread a smile???

Today morning I was driving through Necklace road. I started wondering why is it so difficult for us to keep smiling. Why is that we keep thinking about what we do not have and don’t care about what we have. I lost my job recently, and I am worried about it. At the same time my family is supporting me in this tough time and I just don’t care about them.

While driving with these thoughts I saw a lady sitting on bench all alone. With an expression less face she stared at the water. She was lost in her thoughts. I wondered what could be her problems in life. Then thought to myself that it would be inappropriate to ask a stranger about their personal life, at the same time would it be wrong if I just had a casual chat with her. I parked my car and started walking towards her. The walk seemed to be endless. Thoughts running through my head on what do I talk? Am I acting crazy? Should I go back? How would she react? But then something told me that I had to talk to her and I kept walking.

Once next to the bench I asked her if I could sit there and she nodded her head with a smile. The smile on her face made me realize that it not difficult to make people smile. We were silent for quite some time staring at the water. Then I spoke. I told her how looking at the waves makes me dizzy. Her immediate reply was “why do you look at it if you feel dizzy?” and I replied that I like getting dizzy. She laughed at my reply. Then our talk turned into a conversation. I found out that her name was Rajeshwari and I asked her if I could call her Raji aunty and she nodded with a smile. After 20 mins we said bye to each other with a smile and contacts shared.

The walk back to the car again looked endless but with a feeling of satisfaction that today I made someone smile.

It hardly took a minute to make her smile but it took a lot of courage for me to start that minute.

Its quite easy to smile, all you need is someone to spend that one minute with you.

Its very easy to lead a happy life, very difficult to find someone who would make you happy.

If everyone starts taking the pain of making someone, some stranger, smile – just one person a day, wouldn’t the world be such a beautiful place. That one minute of smile that lingers on your face for hours given to you by some stranger. Wouldn’t that be just amazing?

This is just my thoughts……… the pain to make someone smile everyday is all yours.