IN LOVING MEMORY OF MY FATHER ON HIS 95th.BIRTH ANNIVERSARY………..

Tribute to my Father,Mr. Prakash Manchanda

(16th. September,1914 to 12th. October,1977)

"We never know the love of our parents for us till we have become parents."

.... Henry Ward Beecher ( 1813-1887)

Candles may not be the Sun but they also give light
Some people in their own may enlighten the path
of those whom they embrace and make small Heavens.
It does not matter that they do not make a wordly name.
All Fathers are the best,yet few like you, so pious,generous,
So enlightened ,accomplished and humble,yet so magnetic.
Your benevolent soul full of virtue,courage and righteousness.
Memories have a life of their own, through them our loved ones stay with us, that is the beauty of life and the mystery of death.
If tears could build a stairway ,and memories a lane,we’d walk right upto Heaven and bring you home again.

It is 32 years……and we with heavy hearts remember you,your noble deeds and noble traits and still feel your comforting hand on us…..

This is how our Father raised his Five Children...........

“If I had my child to raise all over again,I'd build self-esteem first, and the house later.

I'd finger-paint more, and point the finger less.

I would do less correcting and more connecting.

I'd take my eyes off my watch, and watch with my eyes.

I'd take more hikes and fly more kites.

I'd stop playing serious, and seriously play.

I would run through more fields and gaze at more stars.

I'd do more hugging and less tugging”.

….Diane Loomans, from "If I Had My Child To Raise Over Again"

Hold the hand of the person who loves you....

Short story with a beautiful message...

Little girl and her father were crossing a bridge.

The father was kind of scared, so he asked his little daughter, "Sweetheart, please hold my hand so that you don't fall into the river."

The little girl said, "No, Dad. You hold my hand."

"What's the difference?" Asked the puzzled father.

"There's a big difference," replied the little girl. "If I hold your hand and something happens to me, chances are that I may let your hand go.

"But if you hold my hand, I know for sure that no matter what happens, you will never let my hand go."

In any relationship, the essence of trust is not in its bind, but in its bond.

So hold the hand of the person who loves you rather than expecting them to hold yours...

Live Younger, Healthier and Happier

"Live in rooms full of light

Avoid heavy food

Be moderate in the drinking of wine

Take massage, baths, exercise, and gymnastics

Fight insomnia with gentle rocking or the sound of running water

Change surroundings and take long journeys

Strictly avoid frightening ideas

Indulge in cheerful conversation and amusements

Listen to music."

-- A. Cornelius Celsus

....... AND DON'T BE SAD

S...Smoking

A...Alcohol

D...Drugs

SAY NO to.....

*Smoking,*Alcohol , *Drugs.... ... for a Younger,Healthier and Happier Life.

To Sir with Love.....

" Education is the great engine of personal development. It is through education that the daughter of a peasant can become a doctor, that a son of a mine worker can become the head of the mine, that a child of farm workers can become the President of a great nation. It is what we make out of what we have, not what we are given, that separates one person from another."

........Nelson Mandela

" Teacher to get 2-Storey house as Guru Dakshina "....The Hindustan Times

" To Sir,with Love: A House as Gift on Teacher's Day "...The Times of India

These two news reports headlines appeared in the Delhi newspapers on 28th. August,09.....

Come 5 th. September , a retired teacher will get his 'Guru Dakshina' (offering) when 500 of his students ,whom he taught 20 years back will gift him a newly built 2 -storey house worth

Rs. 10 lakh.

The teacher is Tamil scholar, Mr. S.V. Venkataraman,who retired in 1985 after teaching in a school in Gurusamypalayam in Namakkal district of Tamil Nadu.

The house would be handed over to Mr. Venkataramanan on Teacher's Day on 5th. September.

The day is celebrated every year on 5th. September , the birthday of India's second President,Dr. Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan,a great philosopher,educationist and teacher.

Thoughts on Attitude

Positive attitude will take you far in Life.....

One dozen lessons from Life

*1. Attitude is what Life is all about.......

Soldier: Sir we are surrounded by enemies from all sides.

Major: Excellent! We can attack in any direction.

*2. Everyone has heard about Alexander Graham Bell, who invented the telephone

Nobody knows he did not make a call ever to his family.

Because his wife and daughter were deaf.

That's life- "Live for others".

*3. The worst in life is "Attachment".

It hurts when you lose it.

*4. The best thing is "Loneliness"

because it teaches you everything

and when you lose it..you get everything.

*5. Life is not about people who act true to your face..

it's about the people who remain true behind your back.

*6. Egg broken from outside force...."A life ends".

Egg broken from within...."Life begins".

"Great things always begin from within."

*7. It's better to lose your ego to the one you love than to lose someone you love to your ego.

*8. A relationship does not shine by just shaking hands during good times

but it blossoms by holding firmly in critical situation.

*9. The more the pain you get in your life, more you become valuable.......

• Heated Gold becomes ornaments,


• Betted Copper becomes wires


• Depleted stone becomes statue

*10. Why do we have so many temples, if God is everywhere?..........

"Because air is every where but we need a fan to feel it".

*11. Tolerance is the greatest gift of the mind.......

it requires the same effort of the brain that it takes to balance one self on a bicycle....

*12. When you trust someone trust him completely without any doubt.....

at the end you would get one of the two:

• Either a lesson for your life


• or a very good person.
  
  

The Meaning of Confidence, Trust & Hope

Meaning of Confidence, Trust & Hope.......

**CONFIDENCE

Once, there was drought all round and the village people decided to pray for Rain.

On the day of Prayer ,the people gathered at the temple premises and only two children came with an Umbrella,

that's Confidence

**TRUST

Trust should be like the feeling of a one year old baby when you throw him in the air,he laughs......

because he knows you will catch him;

that's Trust

**HOPE

Every night we go to bed,we have no assurance to get up alive in the next morning

but still you have plans for the coming day ;

that's Hope.

***HAVE CONFIDENCE, TRUST & NEVER LOSE HOPE....

Start living Life .......Live it as you want it to be .......

A bitter reality....................

As the dream of most parents I had acquired a degree in Software Engineering from Pune and joined a Company based in the Silicon Valley in USA , the land of innovation and opportunity.
When I arrived in the USA , it was as if a dream had come true.Here at last I was in the place where I wanted to be. I decided I would be staying in this country for about five years in which time I would have earned enough money to settle down comfortably in India .
My father was a Government employee and after his retirement, the only asset he could acquire was a decent one bedroom flat in Mumbai.I wanted to do some thing more than him.
I started feeling homesick and lonely in USA as the time passed. I used to call home and speak to my parents every week using cheap international phone cards.
Two years passed, two years of burgers at Mcdonald's and pizzas and discos and 2 years watching the foreign exchange rate getting happy whenever the rupee value went down.
Finally I decided to get married. I told my parents that I have only 10 days of holidays and everything must be done within these 10 days. I got my ticket booked in the cheapest flight.
I was jubilant and was actually enjoying shopping for gifts for all my friends back home. If I missed anyone then there will be talks.
After reaching home I spent 4 days going through all the photographs of girls and as the time was getting shorter I was forced to select one candidate.
Since time was short and I had to return to USA it was decided that I would get married in the next 2 days, as I will not get anymore holidays.
After the marriage, it was time to return to USA After giving some money to my parents and telling the neighbours to look after them, we returned to USA.
My wife enjoyed this country for about two months and then she started feeling lonely. The frequency of calling India increased to twice in a week, sometimes 3 times a week. Our savings started diminishing.After two more years we started to have kids. Two lovely kids, a boy and a girl, were gifted to us by the Almighty.
Every time I spoke to my parents, they asked me to come to India so that they could see their grand children.Every year I decided to go to India ...But part work, part monetary conditions prevented it.
Years went by and visiting India was a distant dream. Then suddenly one day I got a message that my parents were seriously sick. I tried but I couldn't get any leave and thus could not go to India .
The next message I got was my parents had passed away and there was no one to do the last rites. The Housing Society members had done whatever they could. I was depressed. My parents had passed away without seeing their grand children.
After couple more years passed away and much to my children's dislike and my wife's joy we returned to Mumbai to settle down.I started to look for a suitable property, but to my dismay my savings were short and the property prices had gone up during all these years. I had to return to the USA .
My wife refused to come back with me and my children refused to stay in India .My two children and I returned to USA after promising my wife I would be back for good after two years.
Time passed by, my daughter decided to get married to an American and my son was happy living in USA .
I decided that I had enough and wound-up every thing and returned to India . I had just enough money to buy a decent 2 bedroom flat in a well-developed locality in Malad.
Now I am 60 years old and the only time I go out of the flat is for the routine visit to the nearby Mahalakshmi temple. My faithful wife has also left me and gone to the Holy Abode.
Sometimes I wonder was it worth all this?My father, even after staying in India, had a house to his name and I too have the same ...nothing more.I lost my parents and children for just one extra bedroom.
Looking out from the window I see a children dancing. This damned cable TV and DTH has spoiled our new generation and these children are losing their values and culture because of it.
I get occasional cards from my children asking I am alright.Well at least they remember me.Now perhaps after I die it will be the neighbours again who will be performing my last rites, God bless them.
But the question still remains 'was all this worth it?'I am still searching for an answer.................!!!Start thinking .......................Is it just for one extra bedroom???Life is beyond this .....don't just leave your life.Start living it .......Live it as you want it to be .......