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[Vatsal]

DID GOD CREATE EVERYTHING THAT EXISTS?

The professor of a university once challenged his students with this question.

'Did God create everything that exists?'

A student answered bravely, 'Yes, He did'.

The professor then asked, 'If God created everything, then He created evil. Since evil exists (as noticed by our own actions), so God is evil. The student could not respond to that statement causing the professor to conclude that he had 'proved' that the belief in God was a fairy tale, and therefore worthless.

Another student raised his hand and asked the professor, 'May I pose a question?'

'Of course', answered the professor.

The young student stood up and asked, 'Professor does cold exist?'

The professor answered, 'What kind of question is that? Of course cold exists... haven't you ever been cold?'

The young student answered, 'In fact sir, cold does not exist. According to the laws of physics, what we consider cold, is in fact the absence of heat. Anything is able to be studied as long as it transmits energy (heat). Absolute Zero is the total absence of heat, but cold does not exist. What we have done is to create a term to describe how we feel if we don't have body heat or we are not hot.'


'And, does darkness exist?', he continued. The professor answered, 'Of course'.

This time the student responded, 'Again you're wrong, sir. Darkness does not exist either. Darkness is in fact simply the absence of light. Light can be studied, darkness can not. Darkness cannot be broken down. A simple ray of light tears the darkness and illuminates the surface where the light beam finishes. Dark is a term that we humans have created to describe what happens when there's lack of light.'

Finally, the student asked the professor, 'Sir, does evil exist?'

The professor replied, 'Of course it exists, as I mentioned at the beginning, we see violations, crimes and violence anywhere in the world, and those things are evil.'

The student responded, 'Sir, evil does not exist. Just as in the previous cases, evil is a term which man has created to describe the result of the absence of God's presence in the hearts of man.'

After this, the professor bowed down his head, and did not answer back.

The young man's name was ALBERT EINSTEIN.

[Vatsal]

*** Driver Slowly ***

Sanjay, a rich guy, loved fast cars and he did have a few in his
possession. He loved to speed and could not be bothered about breaking
speed limits. Many a times he was caught by the cops and speed radars,
fined, but still he never bothered until......  One day as he was
driving at a very high speed as usual, he saw a cop following him. The
cop overtook him finally and asked him to stop and checked his license.
He then took out his pad and started Writing, and then handed over the
sheet of paper to Sanjay.

How much was this one going to cost?!!!

Wait a minute.What was this? Some kind of joke? Certainly not a
ticket.

Sanjay began to read:

"Dear Sanjay,
Once upon a time I had a lovely daughter. She was six when killed by a
car. You guessed it - a speeding driver's car. A fine and three months
in jail, and the man was free. Free to hug his three daughters. I only
had one, and I'm going to have to wait until Heaven, before I  can ever
hug her again. A thousand times I've tried to forgive that man. A
thousand times I  thought I had. Maybe I did, but I need to do it again.
Even now. Pray for me.. And be careful, Sanjay, my son is all I  have
left."

Sanjay turned around in time to see the cop's car pull away and head
down the road. He watched until it disappeared. A full 15 minutes later,
he too,  pulled away and drove slowly home, praying for forgiveness and
hugging  a surprised wife and kids when he arrived.

Life is precious. Handle it with care.

[Vatsal]

"The Buzzard, Bat, Bumblebee, and Thee"

BUZZARD

If you put a buzzard in a pen that is 6 feet by 8 feet and is entirely open at the top, the bird, in spite of
its ability to fly, will be an absolute prisoner. The reason is that a buzzard always begins a flight from the ground with a run of 10 to 12 feet. Without space to run, as is its habit, it will not even attempt to fly, but will remain a prisoner for life in a small jail with no top.


BAT

The ordinary bat that flies around at night, a remarkably nimble creature in the air, cannot take off from a level place. If it is placed on the floor or flat ground, all it can do is shuffle about helplessly and, no doubt, painfully, until it reaches some slight elevation from which it can throw itself into the air. Then, at once, it takes off like a flash.


BUMBLEBEE

A bumblebee, if dropped into an open tumbler, will be there until it dies, unless it is taken out. It never
sees the means of escape at the top, but persists in trying to find some way out through the sides
near the bottom. It will seek a way where none exists, until it completely destroys itself.

PEOPLE

In many ways, there are lots of people like the buzzard, the bat, and the bumblebee. They are struggling about with all their problems and frustrations, not ever realizing that all they have to do is look up.

[Vatsal]

Priceless Gift

A father chided his five-year-old daughter for wasting a roll of expensive gold wrapping paper. Money was scarce and he became even more upset when the child wasted the gold paper to decorate a box to put under the Christmas tree.
The little girl brought the gift box to her father the next morning and said: "This is for you Daddy." The father felt embarrassed. Had he overreacted the previous night? To his annoyance, he found that the box was empty. "Don't you know, young lady, when you give someone a present you are supposed to place the gift inside the package?'
The little girl's eyes filled with tears. " Daddy, it's not empty. I blew kisses into it until it was full" she said. The father was crushed. He fell on his knees and put his arms around his little girl, and he begged her to forgive him for being so ignorant.
A few days later an accident took the life of the child. The father kept that gold box by his bed for the rest of the years of his life. And whenever he was discouraged or faced difficult problems he would open the box and take out an imaginary kiss and remember the love of the child who had put it there.
Each one of us as human beings have been given a golden box filled with unconditional love and kisses from our children, family, friends and God. Nothing can be more precious and nothing is more taken for granted than is unconditional love.

[ritu_sweet_girl]

Professor began his class by holding up a glass with some water in it.

He held it up for all to see & asked the students,' How much do you think
this glass weighs?'

'50gms!' .... '100gms!' .....'125gms' .....the students answered.

'I really don't know unless I weigh it,' said the professor, 'but, my
question is: What would happen if I held it up like this for a few
minutes?'

'Nothing' the students said.

'Ok what would happen if I held it up like this for an hour?' the professor
asked.

'Your arm would begin to ache' said one of the students.

'You're right, now what would happen if I held it for a day?'

'Your arm could go numb, you might have severe muscle stress & paralysis &
have to go to hospital for sure!' ventured another student & all the
students laughed.

'Very good. But during all this, did the weight of the glass change?' asked
the professor.

'No'

'Then what caused the arm ache & the muscle stress?' The students were
puzzled.

'Put the glass down!' said one of the students.

'Exactly!' said the professor.' Life's problems are something like this.
Hold it for a few minutes in your head & they seem OK. Think of them for a
long time & they begin to ache. Hold it even longer & they begin to
paralyze you. You will not be able to do anything. It's important to think
of the challenges (problems) in your life, but EVEN MORE IMPORTANT to 'put
them down' at the end of every day before you go to sleep. That way, you
are not stressed, you wake up every day
fresh & strong & can handle any issue, any challenge that comes your way!'

[ritu_sweet_girl]

As she stood in front of her 5th grade class on the very first day of
the  school, she told the children an untruth. Like most teachers she
looked at  her students and said she loved them all the same. However
that was impossible, because there in the front row, slumped in the
seat was a  little boy named Teddy Stoddard.

Mrs. Thompson had watched Teddy the year before and noticed that he
did  not play well with the other children, that his clothes were
messy, and  that he  constantly needed a bath. In addition, Teddy
could be unpleasant.

It got to the point where Mrs. Thompson would actually take delight
in  marking his papers with a broad red pen, making bold X's and then
putting a big "F" at the top of his papers. At the school where Mrs.
Thompson taught, she was required to review each student past records
and she put  Teddy's off until the last. However when she reviewed his
file, she was in  for a surprise.

Teddy's first grade teacher wrote, "Teddy is a bright child with a
ready  laugh. He does his work neatly and has good manners. He is a
joy to be  around."

His second grade teacher wrote Teddy is an excellent student, well
liked  by his classmates, but he is troubled because his mother has a
terminal  illness and life at home must be a struggle."

His third grade teacher wrote, "Teddy's mother's death has been hard
on  him. He tries to do his best, but his father doesn't show much
interest  and his home life will soon affect him if some steps are not
taken."

His fourth grade teacher wrote, "Teddy is withdrawn and doesn't show
much  interest in school. He doesn't have many friends and he
sometimes sleeps  in class."

By now Mrs. Thompson realized the problem and she was ashamed of herself.
She felt even worse when her students brought her Christmas presents,
wrapped beautifully in bright ribbons and paper, except for Teddy's,
whose  present was clumsy and wrapped in heavy brown paper, the he
would have got  from a grocery bag. Mrs. Thompson took pains to open
it in the middle of  the other presents.

Some of the children started to laugh when she found  the rhinestone
bracelet with some of the stones missing and a bottle of  perfume that
was only one quarter full. But she stifled the children's  laughter
when she exclaimed how pretty the bracelet was, putting it on,  and
dabbing some of the perfume on her wrist. Teddy Stoddard stayed on
after school that day just long to say, " Mrs. Thompson, today you
smelled  just like my mom used to." After the children left, she cried
for at long time

On that very day, she quit teaching reading, writing, and arithmetic.
Instead she began to teach children. Mrs. Thompson paid particular
attention to Teddy. As she worked with him, his mind seemed to come
alive.  The more she encouraged him, the faster he responded. By the
end of the  year, Teddy had become one of the smartest children in
class. And, despite  her lie that she loved all the children the same,
Teddy became one of her  "pets".

A year later, she found a note under her door, from Teddy, telling
her  that she was still the best teacher he had ever had in his life.

Six years went by before she got another letter from Teddy. He then
wrote  that he had finished high school, third in his class, and she
was still  the best teacher he ever had in is whole life.

Four years after that she received another note saying that while
things  had been tough at times, he still stayed in school, had stuck
with it, and  would soon graduate with the highest honors. He assured
Mrs. Thompson that  she was still the best and most favorite teacher
he ever had in his whole  life.

Then four more years passed and yet another letter came. This time he
explained that after he got his bachelor's degree, he decided to go a
little further. The letter explained that she was still the best and
most  favourite teacher he ever had in his whole life. But now the
name was  little longer ... the letter was signed, Theodore F.
Stoddard, MD.

The story does not end here. There was yet another letter that
spring.  Teddy said the he met this girl who was going to marry.

He explained that his father had died a couple of years ago and he
was  wondering if Mrs. Thompson would agree to sit at the wedding in
the place  that was usually reserved for the mother of the groom.

Of course, Mrs. Thompson did. And guess what, she wore that bracelet
- the  one with several rhinestones missing. Moreover, she also
remembered to  wear the perfume that Teddy's mother wore on the last
Christmas they spent  together.

They hugged each other, and Dr. Stoddard whispered in Mrs. Thompson's
ear, "Thank you Mrs. Thompson for believing in me. Thank you so much
for making me feel important and showing me that I could make a
difference."

Mrs. Thompson, with tears in her eyes, whispered back, "Teddy, you
have  it all wrong. You were the one who taught me that I could make a
difference. I didn't know how to teach till I met you."

You could have a Teddy standing in front of you and yet not realize it . .


Warm someone's heart today.
Just try to make a difference in someone's life today, tomorrow..  Just do
it.  Random acts of kindness  I think they call it .