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Hi Friends!
Came across an inspirational piece of poetry written by Rudyard Kipling ,written in 1896; quite relevant even today! :


If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you;
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or, being lied about, don't deal in lies,
Or, being hated, don't give way to hating,
And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise;


If you can dream - and not make dreams your master;
If you can think - and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with triumph and disaster
And treat those two imposters just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to broken,
And stoop and build 'em up with wornout tools;


If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breath a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: "Hold on";


If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with kings - nor lose the common touch;
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you;
If all men count with you, but none too much;
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds' worth of distance run -
Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,
And - which is more - you'll be a Man my son!


The poem's line, "If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster and treat those two impostors just the same" is written on the wall of the centre court players' entrance at the British tennis tournament, Wimbledon.

Absorb..

Anurag

Parable of The Pencil .... Good One !!!

Hi All,
Just wanted to share one article with you all. It is very nice. Hope you all will like it.
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The Pencil Maker took the pencil aside, just before putting him into the box.

"There are 5 things you need to know," he told the pencil, "Before I send you out into the world. Always remember them and never forget, and you will become the best pencil you can be."

"One: You will be able to do many great things, but only if you allow yourself to be held in Someone's hand."

"Two: You will experience a painful sharpening from time to time, but you'll need it to become a better pencil."

"Three: You will be able to correct any mistakes you might make."

"Four: The most important part of you will always be what's inside."

"And Five: On every surface you are used on, you must leave your mark. No matter what the condition, you must continue to write."

The pencil understood and promised to remember, and went into the box with purpose in its heart.

Now, replacing the place of the pencil with Us. Lets always, remember them and never forget, and each of us can become the best person one can be.

One: We will be able to do many great things, but only if we allow ourselves to be held in God's hand. And allow other human beings to access you for the many gifts you possess.

Two: We will experience a painful sharpening from time to time, by going through various problems in life, but We'll need it to become a stronger person.

Three: We will be able to correct any mistakes We might make.

Four: The most important part of Us will always be what's inside Us – The Soul!

And Five: On every surface We walk through, We must leave your mark. No matter what the situation, We must continue to do your duties.

Let’s allow this parable of the pencil to encourage us to know that each of us is a special person and only we can fulfill the purpose for which we are born!
Let’s never allow ourselves to get discouraged and think that our life is insignificant and cannot make a change. Each of have the potential to make a difference … So let’s start Now!!