TEARS OF A WOMAN

Mom, When you Thought I Wasn't Looking...

When You Thought I Wasn't Looking

When you thought I wasn't looking, I saw you hang my first painting on the refrigerator, and I wanted to paint another one.

When you thought I wasn't looking, I saw you feed a stray cat, and I learned that it was good to be kind to animals.

When you thought I wasn't looking, I saw you make my favorite cake for me and I learned that the little things can be the special things in life.



When you thought I wasn't looking, I heard you say a prayer, and I knew there is a God I could always talk to and I learned to trust Him.

When you thought I wasn't looking, I saw you make a meal and take it to a friend who was sick, and I learned that we all have to help take care of each other.

When you thought I wasn't looking, I saw you give your time and money to help people who had nothing, and I learned that those who have something should give to those who don't.


When you thought I wasn't looking, I felt you kiss me goodnight and I felt safe and loved.

When you thought I wasn't looking, I saw tears come from your eyes and I learned that sometimes things hurt, but it's all right to cry.

When you thought I wasn't looking, I learned most of life's lessons that I need to know to be a good and productive person when I grow up.



When you thought I wasn't looking, I looked at you and wanted to say, "Thanks for all the things I saw when you thought I wasn't looking."

~*~Twelve Points on ATTITUDE~*~

Read these twelve points every day for the next thirty days and see how your life changes.

v It is your attitude at the beginning of a task more than anything else, that will determine your success or failure.

v It is your attitude towards life that will determine life's attitude towards you. Despite many people's belief to the contrary, life pays no favorites.

v You control your attitude. If you are negative it is because you have decided to be negative and not because of other people or circumstances.

v Act as if you have a good attitude. Remember actions trigger feelings just as feelings trigger actions.

v Before a person can achieve the kind of results he wants, he must first become that person. He must then think, walk, talk, act and conduct himself in all of his affairs, as would the person he wishes to become.

v Treat everybody as the most important person in the world.

v Attitudes are based on assumptions. In order to change attitudes one must first change one's assumptions.

v Develop the attitude that there are more reasons why you should succeed than reasons why you should fail.

v When you are faced with a problem, adopt the attitude that you can and will solve it.

v We become what we think about. Control your thoughts and you will control your life.

v Radiate the attitude of confidence, of well being, of a person who knows where he is going. You will then find good things happening to you right away.

v In order to develop a good attitude, take charge first thing in the morning. Do you say, "Good morning, Lord" or "Good Lord, morning?"

~*~ i Forgot to Live~*~

~*~A Lawyer and a Farmer~*~

A big city lawyer went duck hunting in rural North Cowra . He shot and dropped a bird, but it fell into a farmer's field on the other side of a fence.

As the lawyer climbed over the fence, an elderly farmer drove up on his tractor and asked him what he was doing. The litigator responded, "I shot a duck and it fell in this field, and now I'm going to retrieve it."

The old farmer Peter replied, "This is my property, and you are not coming over here."
  
The indignant lawyer said, "I am one of the best trial lawyers in Australia and, if you don't let me get that duck, I'll sue you and take everything you own."

The old farmer smiled and said, "Apparently, you don't know how we settle disputes in North Cowra . We settle small disagreements like this with the 'Three Kick Rule'.

The lawyer asked, "What is the 'Three Kick Rule'?"

The Farmer replied, "Well, because the dispute occurs on my land, I get to go first. I kick you three times and then you kick me three times and so on back and forth until someone gives up."

The lawyer quickly thought about the proposed contest and decided that he could easily take the old codger. He agreed to abide by the local custom.

The old farmer slowly climbed down from the tractor and walked up to the attorney. His first kick planted the toe of his heavy steel-toed work boot into the lawyer's groin and dropped him to his knees!
His second kick to the midriff sent the lawyer's last meal gushing from his mouth. The lawyer was on all fours when the farmer's third kick to his rear end, sent him face-first into a fresh cow pie.

Summoning every bit of his will and remaining strength the lawyer very slowly managed to get to his feet. Wiping his face with the arm of his jacket, he said, "Okay, you old fart. Now it's my turn."

(I love this part)

The old farmer smiled and said, "Nah, I give up. You can have the duck."

When you are educated, you'll believe only half of what you hear.  
When you're intelligent, you'll know which half.

~*~How our inner Ego sometimes misjudges a PERSON~*~

How our inner Ego sometimes misjudges a PERSON 

A lady in a faded grey dress and her husband, dressed in a home-spun suit walked in timidly without an appointment into the Harvard University President's outer office. The secretary could tell in a moment that such backwoods, country hicks had no business at Harvard and probably didn't even deserve to be in Harvard. 

"We want to see the President "the ma n said softly. 
"He'll be busy all day "the secretary snapped. 
"We'll wait" the lady replied. 
For hours the secretary ignored them, hoping that the couple would finally become discouraged and go away. They didn't and the secretary grew frustrated and finally decided to disturb the president.. 
"Maybe if you see them for a few minutes, they'll leave" she said to him. The President, stern faced and with dignity, strutted toward the couple. 
The lady told him "We had a son who attended Harvard for one y ear. He loved Harvard. He was happy here. But about a year ago, he was accidentally killed. My husband and I would like to erect a memorial to him, somewhere on campus." 
The president wasn't touched....He was shocked. "Madam "he said, gruffly, " we can't put up a statue for every person who attended Harvard and died. If we did, this place would look like a cemetery." 
"Oh, no," the lady explained quickly” We don't want to erect a statue. We thought we would like to give a building to Harvard." 

The president rolled his eyes. He glanced at the gingham dress and homespun suit, and then exclaimed, "A building! Do you have any earthly idea how much a building costs? We have over seven and a half million dollars in the physical buildings here at Harvard." 
For a moment the lady was silent. The president was pleased. Maybe he could get rid of them now. The lady turned to her husband and said quietly, "Is that all it costs to start a university ? Why don't we just start our own?" 
Her husband nodded. The president's face wilted in confusion and bewilderment. Mr. and Mrs. Leland Stanford got up and walked away, traveling to Palo Alto, California where they established the University that bears their name: -StanfordUniversity, a memorial to a son that Harvard no longer cared about. 
Most of the time we judge people by their outer appearance, which can be misleading. And in this impression, we tend to treat people badly by thinking they can do nothing for us. Thus we tend to lose our potential good friends, employees or customers. 
Remember 
In our Life, we seldom get people with whom we want to share & grow our thought process. But because of our inner EGO we miss them forever. 
  
It is you who have to decide with whom you are getting associated in day to day life. 
Small people talk about others, 
Average people talk about things,  
Great people talk about ideas. 

~*~Vibrent GUJARAT~*~

Our State of GUJARAT Situated in western India and bordering Pakistan , Gujarat is among Indias most prosperous states. 

Its per capita GDP is 2.4 times the Indian average. 

Gujaratis GDP growth rate is 10.6% and India can not achieve 8 percent Growth rate without Gujarat getting closer to 12% growth rate. 

If it was a nation it would have been 67th richest nation in the world above many European and Asian economies like Taiwan and Ukraine . 

Gujarat holds many records in India for economic development: 
20% of India 's Industrial Output 
80% of India 's Diamond Production 
9% of India 's Mineral Production 
50% of India 's Natural Gas Production 
54% of India 's Crude Oil Production 
22% of India 's exports 
24% of India 's textile production 
45% of India 's pharmaceutical products 
35% of India 's Sponge Iron Production 
47% of India 's petrochemical Production 

The world's largest ship breaking yard is in Gujarat near Bhavnagar at Alang. 

Reliance Petroleum Limited, one of the group companies of Reliance Industries Limited founded by Dhirubhai Ambani operates the oil refinery at Jamnagar which is the world's largest grass roots refineries. 

Gujarat ranks first nationwide in gas-based thermal electricity generation with national market share of over 8% and second nationwide in nuclear electricity generation with national market share of over 1%. 

  
Over 20% of the S&P CNX 500 conglomerates have corporate offices in Gujarat 

Over 35% of the stock market wealth of India is with Gujarati People. 

In recent Forbes magazine list of 10 richest Indian people four are Gujarati - Mukesh Ambani, Anil Ambani, Azim Premji and Tulsi Tanti

Over 60% of Indian Population in North America is Gujarati. An average income of a Gujarati family in North America is three times more than the average income of an American family. 

Gujarat is having the longest sea shore compared to any other Indian state 

Gujarat is having the highest no. of operating airports in India (Total 12). 

India 's 16% of Investment are from Gujarat .. 

Gujarat is having highest no. of vegetarian people compared to any other state in India .. 

The first ALL VEG PIZZA-HUT was opened in Ahmedabad 

Ahmedabad “ the commercial capital of Gujarat is the seventh largest city in India .. 

Surat is the fastest growing city in the world. 

Gandhinagar is the Greenest Capital City in whole Asia 

Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad(IIMA) is Asia 's 1st and world's 45th ranked management college located in Ahmedabad, Gujarat . 

Gujarat is the safest state as the Crime rate of it is 8.2 which is the least in India stated by India Today 2005 report. 

Gujarat is having least crime against women among all Indian states where AP is 1st, Delhi is 2nd , Bihar is 3rd , Zarakhand is 4th and UP is 5th. 

Ahmedabad which is the seventh largest city in India is the lowest in crime rate among all Tier-I and Tier-II cities of India as per National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) report. 

Ahmedabad is ranked 2nd in Real Estate - Ahead of Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Mumbai & Delhi. 

Ahmedabad is ranked 3rd in Policy Initiatives - Ahead of Bangalore, Chennai, Calcutta, Mumbai & Delhi... 

Ahmedabad is ranked 4th in Manpower - Ahead of Bangalore, Chennai, Mumbai & Delhi. 

Percent of man-days lost in Gujarat due to labor strike are lowest in country - just 0.52% 

It is the first state to implement the BOT law for encouraging private sector participation 
The first state to have to fully functional LNG terminal 

Gujarat has 33 approved SEZs 

Gujarat is the first state to interconnect 20 rivers 

It is the first state to provide uninterrupted 24hr 2 phase electricity to all villages 

It is the only state with statewide gas grid 

It is currently implementing statewide water distribution grid that will connect all 14,000 villages and all cities 

It has largest e-governance network in Asia Pacific 

Its agricultural production has been increased four-fold in five years (from USD 2 Billion in 2001-2002 to 7.5 Billion in 2005-2006) 

In every corner of Gujarat , within the range of 25 KMs there is a development going on. 

Operation WHITE FLOOD (MILK) was initiated in Gujarat by Dr. Kurien which took India in 1998 to become highest milk producer in the world. 

Consumption of GOLD in Gujarat is highest in India .. 

Largest number of immigration & emigration is done from Gujarat .. 

Also highest Numbers of passports are issued from Gujarat . 

Baroda gas project - bringing natural gas to every home - More than 35 years ago they installed pipelines to bring natural gas to every kitchen. 

AMUL - NDDB another achievement for Gujarat - it was just fantastic to see how they collected milk early morning from every village in Gujarat . The villagers would line up at 3 in the morning at the milk collection centers!!! What a sight! 

According to a recent study by the Reserve Bank of India, the country's central bank, Gujarat stood first in the country with investments of US$17.8 billion in 2006-07 or 25.8% of India 's total investment of $69 billion during the year.The southern state of Andhra Pradesh stood a distant second having attracted $6.1 billion in 2006-07. 

Gujarat moved up from second place in 2005-06 having tripled its investments in a year.. 

A report in Times of India describes the Gulf of Kutch as India 's ' Gulf of Riches '. Four top business houses - Reliance Industries, Essar Group, Adani Group and Tata Group, have invested about $34 billion along the Gulf of Kutch's 700-kilometer long coastline. Other corporate, which had invested over $3.26 billion since the 2001 earthquake have investments worth another $19.5 billion in the pipeline. 

Ten special economic zones (SEZs) near Jamnagar , a 4000-megawatt power project and five private shipyards are coming up. And massive expansion is being undertaken of the Mundra and Kandla ports. 

Gujarat 's 41 ports handle 80% of India 's port traffic and 20% of its cargo. It is estimated that by 2015, Gujarat 's ports will handle 39% of India 's cargo. 

Not only has Gujarat unseated Maharashtra as India 's number one investment destination but also, it is threatening to dislodge Mumbai, Maharashtra 's capital and the financial and business capital of India , as the trade gateway to the country.. 

Mundra port where Indian Oil Corporation and Hindustan Petroleum are setting up giant oil storage capacities has already emerged as India 's largest private oil storage tank farm. 

Sixty percent of India 's coal imports enter via Mundra port. Mundra's importance is likely to soar further with the completion of mega power plants being set up by Adanis and Tatas. 

The volume of cargo handled by Mundra and Kandla ports alone has outstripped that handled by Mumbai's ports - the Mumbai Port Trust and the Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust. 

And now Gujarat is nursing ambitions of dislodging Mumbai as India 's financial hub. Its government recently announced the setting up of an international financial services center, the Gujarat International Finance Tech-City with an investment outlay of $6 billion in Ahmedabad. 

Forbes Magazine published list of Top 20 Self-Made Business-Men from Asia The list includes 6 men from India and out of 6 three are Gujarati - Tulsi Tanti, Gautam Adani and Uday Kotak... 

Be VERY PROUD to be a GUJARATI

jai jai garvi Gujarat