Have the determination of a mirror.
It never loses its ability to reflect, even if it is broken into pieces.
-- Mother Teresa

A turtle family went on a picnic. The turtles, being naturally slow about things, took seven years to prepare for their outings. Finally the turtle family left home looking for a suitable place. During the second year of their journey they found it. For about six months they cleaned up the area, unpacked the picnic basket, and completed the arrangements.

Then they discovered they had forgotten the salt. A picnic without salt would be a disaster, they all agreed. After a lengthy discussion, the youngest turtle was chosen to retrieve the salt from home.

Although he was the fastest of the slow moving turtles, the little turtle whined, cried, and wobbled in his shell. He agreed to go on one condition: that no one would eat until he returned. The family consented and the little turtle left.

Three years passed-- and the little turtle had not returned. Five years...six years.. then in the seventh year of his absence, the oldest turtle could no longer contain his hunger. He announced that he was going to eat and began to unwrap a sandwich.

At that point the little turtle suddenly popped out from behind a tree shouting, "SEE I knew you wouldn't wait. Now I am not going to go get the salt."

The Moral Is...
Some of us waste our lives waiting for people to live up to our expectations of them. We are so concerned about what others are doing that we don't do anything ourselves.

An elderly man in Phoenix calls his son, Bob, in New York and says,

"I hate to ruin your day, but your mother and I are divorcing. Forty-five years of misery is enough! I'm sick of her and I'm sick of talking about this, so call your sister in Boston and tell her." He then hangs up.

The son frantically calls his sister, who goes nuts upon hearing the news.

She calls her father and yells, "You are not getting a divorce! Bob and I will be there tomorrow. Until then, don't do a single thing, do you hear me"?

The father hangs up the phone, turns to his wife and says, "It worked! The kids are coming for a visit and they're paying their own way!"

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The southern California wildfires are shown in this satellite image provided by NASA on October 23, 2007. Wildfires burned unchecked today in southern California with hundreds of thousands of people forced to evacuate, and at least 700 homes destroyed. REUTERS/NASA/Handout (UNITED STATES)

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A composite image shows, at right a bonfire which locals believe resembles the silhouette of late Pope John Paul II making a blessing in a picture taken by amateur photographer Grzegorz Lukasik, atop Matyska mountain in southern Poland, on April 2, 2007. Taken during a vigil marking the second anniversary of the Polish pope's death. Data on Lukasik's digital camera says the picture was taken at 21.37:30, exactly the hour when the pope died. At left a photo taken from files of the late pope John Paul ii taken in Skoczow in Poland On Monday May 22, 1995. (AP Photo/Grzegorz Lukasik, Jockel Finck)

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Shoppers look at a sculpture made of some 3,000 drink cans assembled in the shape of a pair of jeans, on display outside a shopping mall in Xiamen, in China’s eastern Fujian Province, Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2007. (AP Photo/EyePress) CHINA OUT

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Model walks the runway at the Beach Bunny show during Spring 2008 Fashion Week in Los Angeles on Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2007.(Fashion Wire Daily/Gruber)

2 men were walking down the street
when he spotted 6 men punching his mom-in-law.
'Are U going to help?' asked his friend.
'No, 6 should be enough.'

SANTA-yaar tumne apni biwi ko talak kyu diya?
BANTA-yaar wo badi characterless thi,
  shadi mujse ki aur bacha bhagwan se mangti thi.

Success is the happy feeling  you get
between the time you do something
and the time you tell a women what you did.

We may give without loving,
but we cannot love without giving.