Lessons from a Bank Robbery

During a Bank Robbery the Bank Robber shouted to everyone in the bank: 

"Don't move. The Money belongs to the Government. Your Life belongs to You."
Everyone in the Bank laid down quietly.
This is called "Mind Changing Concept”
Changing the Conventional Way of Thinking.
When a Lady lay on the Table provocatively, the Robber shouted at her:
"Please be Civilised! This is a Robbery and not a Rape!"
This is called "Being Professional” . Focus only on What You are Trained to do!
When the Bank Robbers returned Home, the Younger Robber (MBA Trained) told the older Robber (who has only completed Year 6 in Primary School):
"Big Brother, let's count how much we got."
The older Robber rebutted and said:
"You are very Stupid. There is so much Money it will take us a long time to count. Tonight, the TV News will tell us how much we Robbed from the Bank!"
This is called "Experience”
Nowadays, experience is more Important than Paper Qualifications!
After the Robbers had left, the Bank Manager told the Bank supervisor to call the Police quickly. But the Supervisor said to him:
"Wait! Let us take out $10 Million from the Bank for ourselves and add it to the $70 Million that we have previously Embezzled from the Bank”.
This is called "Swim with the Tide”
Converting an unfavorable situation to Your Advantage!
The Supervisor says: "It will be Good if there is a Robbery every month." 
This is called "Changing Priority”
Personal Happiness is more Important than Your Job”.
The next day, the TV News reported that $100 Million was taken from the Bank. The Robbers Counted and Counted and Counted, but they could only Count $20 Million.
The Robbers were very Angry and Complained:
"We risked our Lives and only took $20 Million. The Bank Manager took $80 Million with a snap of his fingers. It looks like it is better to be Educated than to be a Thief!"
This is called "Knowledge is worth as much as Gold!"

Giving

The fountain never asks the spring

What is it that you - to me bring

But just raises it to greater heights

So that it may see some better sights

The feathers never ask the bird

“Don’t you think to soar is absurd?”

They just get together and give the lift

And make the journey long and swift

The trees never ask the resting passer by

Why he seeks their shade and therein lie

But strew his bed with flowers and leaves instead

And give him roots to pillow his head

The mountain embraces the clouds on head

Never minds or shakes off the moisture they shed

But adorns itself with their curls  for beauty’s sake

And preens itself in the image in the lake

Is there a lesson for humans in this?

That giving selflessly leads to bliss

To have something and not to share

Can lead to turmoil and nightmare 

@ Vikaas Nafde  Feb 2018

Emotional poise

Gaining Emotional Poise -Remember the Hourglass – Extracts from s sermon by Dr James G Gilkey

“Most of us think of ourselves as standing wearily and helplessly at the centre of a circle bristling with tasks, burdens, problems, annoyances and responsibilities which are rushing in upon us .At every moment we have a dozen different things to do , a dozen problems to solve , a dozen strains to endure . We see ourselves as overdriven, overburdened, overtired.

This is a common mental picture – and it is totally false !No one of us , however crowded his life , has such an existence .

What is the true picture of life? Imagine that there is an hourglass on your desk. Connecting the bowl on top with the bowl at the bottom is a tube so thin that only one grain of sand can pass through it at a time .

That is the true picture of your life even on a super busy day. The crowded hours come to you always one moment at a time. That is the only way that they can come. The day may bring many tasks , many problems, strains , but invariably they come in single file

You want to gain Emotional Poise ? Remember the hourglass, the grains of sand dropping one by one ……….. “

The Art of Insulting - Politely

*When Insults Had Class*😀😎
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*There was a time when words w ere used beautifully. These glorious insults and wit !!*

The exchange between Churchill and Lady Astor:
She said, "If you were my husband, I'd give you poison!!"
and he said, "If you were my wife, I'd take it."

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Gladstone, a Member of Parliament, to Benjamin Disraeli: "Sir, you will either die on the gallows, or of some unspeakable disease."
"That depends, sir", said Disraeli, "On whether I embrace your policies, or your mistress."

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"He has all the virtues I dislike, and none of the vices I admire."
- Winston Churchill

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"I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure."
- Clarence Darrow

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"He has never been known to use a word, that might send a reader to the dictionary."
- William Faulkner (about Ernest Hemingway)

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"Thank you for sending me a copy of your book; I'll waste no time reading it."
- Moses Hadas

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"I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it."
- Mark Twain

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"He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends."
- Oscar Wilde

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"I am enclosing two tickets to the first night of my new play; bring a friend . . . if you have one."
- George Bernard Shaw to Winston Churchill

"Cannot possibly attend first night; will attend second . . . ,
if there is one."
- Winston Churchill, in response.

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"I've just learned about his illness. Let's hope, it's nothing trivial."
- Irvin S. Cobb

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"He is not only dull himself, he is the cause of dullness in others."
- Samuel Johnson

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"Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go."
- Oscar Wilde

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"He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts .. . . for support rather than illumination."
- Andrew Lang

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Keep Smiling 🤔😀💐

Movements of a Troubled Mind

The desperate man is moving

Without thought to Direction

Not bothered where he goes

Unconcerned where he steps

Frenzied movements of the body

Deaf to the dictates of mind

Overwhelmed with desire to achieve

It moves towards its goal

Unheeding and blind to the interim

Falls into the abyss of desperation

Light floods in at dawn

Making discernable things unseen

In the night of feelings

He finds himself sad

The voice of mind is audible

Cursing the heart for leading foolishly

As the two battle, the

Body slumps into a state

Of uncompared remorse

Rapport

There are times when

You meet someone new

But get the feeling

This one I always knew

Maybe an earlier lifetime

In a past forgotten age

We shared glorious moments

Now dates in a history page

It doesn’t take you long

To know the other deep

As it were you have awoken

From a long refreshing sleep

There are no formal silences

As in new friends conversations

How can there be formality

It’s only a continuation