A Lesson… GREAT Story, GREAT MAN…

One day, a son asks his dad “Daddy, would you like to run a marathon with me?”. The father says “yes”.
And they run their first marathon together.

Another time, the son asks his dad again “Daddy, would you like to run a marathon with me?”. The father says “yes son”.

One day, the son asks his father ” Daddy, would you run the Ironman with me?”

The Ironman is the most difficult triathlon ever (4 kms swimming, 180 kms bikin, 42 km running?)
And the dad says “yes”.

The story looks simple until you watch the following clip. Just amazing, how much can love be… ?

I Believe I can Fly

I came across this quote and wanted to share this.

Success is not final.

Failure is not fatal;

It is the courage to continue that counts

As we hear more of distressing news around the world, how have your heart been?

Have you been weighed down by the burdens or Are you lifted high despite what has happened?

I believe you know as well as i do that deep within YOU there is a strength, a courage to forge on, don’t you?

A small spark to light your way and move on.

I Believe you know that you can not just Fly but Soar in our present challenging times.

Choose to Fly, Soar TODAY….

Latest version of 2008/2009 Christmas Song

You’d better watch out
You’d better not cry
You’d better keep cash
I’m telling you why:
Recession is coming to town.

It’s hitting you once,
It’s hitting you twice
It doesn’t care if you’ve been careful and wise
Recession is coming to town

It’s worthless if you’ve got shares
It’s worthless if you’ve got bonds
It’s safe when you’ve got cash in hand
So keep cash for goodness sake, HEY

You’d better watch out
You’d better not cry
You’d better keep cash
I’m telling you why:
Recession is coming to town!

Finance products are confusing
Finance products are so vague
The banks make you bear the cost of risk
So keep out for goodness sake, OH

You’d better watch out
You’d better not cry
You’d better keep cash
I’m telling you why:
Recession is coming to town.

The Winner Takes It All

At a fund raising dinner for a school that serves learning-disabled children, the father of one of the students delivered a speech that would never be forgotten by all who attended. After extolling the school and its dedicated staff, he offered a question: ‘When not interfered with by outside influences, everything nature does is done with perfection. Yet my son, Shay, cannot learn things as other children do. He cannot understand things as other children do. Where is the natural order of things in my son?’

The audience was stilled by the query.

The father continued. ‘I believe that when a child like Shay, physically and mentally handicapped comes into the world, an opportunity to realize true human nature presents itself, and it comes in the way other people treat that child.’

Then he told the following story:

Shay and his father had walked past a park where some boys Shay knew were playing baseball. Shay asked, ‘Do you think they’ll let me play?’ Shay’s father knew that most of the boys would not want someone like Shay on their team, but the father also understood that if his son were allowed to play, it would give him a much-needed sense of belonging and some confidence to be accepted by others in spite of his handicaps.

Shay’s father approached one of the boys on the field and asked (not expecting much) if Shay could play. The boy looked around for guidance and said, ‘We’re losing by six runs and the game is in the eighth inning. I guess he can be on our team and we’ll try to put him in to bat in the ninth inning.’

Shay struggled over to the team’s bench and, with a broad smile, put on a team shirt. His Father watched with a small tear in his eye and warmth in his heart. The boys saw the father’s joy at his son being accepted. In the bottom of the eighth inning, Shay’s team scored a few runs but was still behind by three. In the top of the ninth inning, Shay put on a glove and played in the right field. Even though no hits came his way, he was obviously ecstatic just to be in the game and on the field, grinning from ear to ear as his father waved to him from the stands. In the bottom of the ninth inning, Shay’s team scored again. Now, with two outs and the bases loaded, the potential winning run was on base and Shay was scheduled to be next at bat.

At this juncture, do they let Shay bat and give away their chance to win the game? Surprisingly, Shay was given the bat. Everyone knew that a hit was all but impossible because Shay didn’t even know how to hold the bat properly, much less connect with the ball.

However, as Shay stepped up to the plate, the pitcher, recognizing that the other team was putting winning aside for this moment in Shay’s life, moved in a few steps to lob the ball in softly so Shay could at least make contact. The first pitch came and Shay swung clumsily and missed. The pitcher again took a few steps forward to toss the ball softly towards Shay. As the pitch came in, Shay swung at the ball and hit a slow ground ball right back to the pitcher.

The game would now be over. The pitcher picked up the soft grounder and could have easily thrown the ball to the first baseman. Shay would have been out and that would have been the end of the game.

Instead, the pitcher threw the ball right over the first baseman’s head, out of reach of all team mates. Everyone from the stands and both teams started yelling, ‘Shay, run to first! Run to first!’ Never in his life had Shay ever run that far, but he made it to first base. He scampered down the baseline, wide-eyed and startled.

Everyone yelled, ‘Run to second, run to second!’ Catching his breath, Shay awkwardly ran towards second, gleaming and struggling to make it to the base. By the time Shay rounded towards second base, the right fielder had the ball … the smallest guy on their team who now had his first chance to be the hero for his team. He could have thrown the ball to the second-baseman for the tag, but he understood the pitcher’s intentions so he, too, intentionally threw the ball high and far over the third-baseman’ s head. Shay ran toward third base deliriously as the runners ahead of him circled the bases toward home.

All were screaming, ‘Shay, Shay, Shay, all the Way Shay’

Shay reached third base because the opposing shortstop ran to help him by turning him in the direction of third base, and shouted, ‘Run to third! Shay, run to third!’

As Shay rounded third, the boys from both teams, and the spectators, were on their feet screaming, ‘Shay, run home! Run home!’ Shay ran to home, stepped on the plate, and was cheered as the hero who hit the grand slam and won the game for his team.

‘That day’, said the father softly with tears now rolling down his face, ‘the boys from both teams helped bring a piece of true love and humanity into this world’.

Shay didn’t make it to another summer. He died that winter, having never forgotten being the hero and making his father so happy, and coming home and seeing his Mother tearfully embrace her Little Hero of the Day!

Are we the slave of MONEY?!?

I left my home and my friends,
I left whom I loved,
To be successful in life,
People said I made the right choice.

I lost my friends,
I was alone in my town,
But success was waiting for me,
People said I made the right choice.

I met someone great,
I left her alone,
Because I had to make money,
People said I made the right choice.

I became guest in my family,
I missed every1 all the time,
But I made good money,
People said I made the right choice.

I coudn’t be there when needed,
I missed every moment I wanted to be there,
But my bank balance was going high,
People said I made the right choice.

I coudn’t celebrate their happiness,
I coudn’t share their sorrows,
But my salary increased,
People said I made the right choice.

I coudn’t even say good byes, to whom I loved,
I will never forgive myself for that.
But I get handsome salary every month,
People said I made the right choice.

I could never say I’ll b there for you,
I never knew where I ll be going next,
But I kept on earning good money,
People said I made the right choice.

I was forgotten by my year old child,
I had to buy gifts to hug him,
But I could afford any gift he wanted,
People said I made the right choice.

I was only thought of when money was needed,
I became disturbance in my own house,
But could give them blank cheques,
People said I made the right choice.

Soon I will die,
And wont be remembered as part of something,
But there will be still money in my bank,
People will still say… ‘I made the right choice’