Keep your dream

I have a friend named Monty Roberts who owns a horse ranch in San Ysidro. He has let me use his house to put on fund-raising events to raise money for youth at risk programs.

The last time I was there he introduced me by saying, “I want to tell you why I let Jack use my horse. It all goes back to a story about a young man who was the son of an itinerant horse trainer who would go from stable to stable, race track to race track, farm to farm and ranch to ranch, training horses. As a result, the boy’s high school career was continually interrupted. When he was a senior, he was asked to write a paper about what he wanted to be and do when he grew up.

“That night he wrote a seven-page paper describing his goal of someday owning a horse ranch. He wrote about his dream in great detail and he even drew a diagram of a 200-acre ranch, showing the location of all the buildings, the stables and the track. Then he drew a detailed floor plan for a 4,000-square-foot house that would sit on a 200-acre dream ranch.

“He put a great deal of his heart into the project and the next day he handed it in to his teacher. Two days later he received his paper back. On the front page was a large red F with a note that read, `See me after class.’

“The boy with the dream went to see the teacher after class and asked, `Why did I receive an F?’

“The teacher said, `This is an unrealistic dream for a young boy like you. You have no money. You come from an itinerant family. You have no resources. Owning a horse ranch requires a lot of money. You have to buy the land. You have to pay for the original breeding stock and later you’ll have to pay large stud fees. There’s no way you could ever do it.’ Then the teacher added, `If you will rewrite this paper with a more realistic goal, I will reconsider your grade.’

IIM-A students bag Rs 1 crore package

AHMEDABAD: Cutting across the clouds of economic slowdown, the sun is still shinning over Indian Institute of Management - Ahmedabad. More interestingly, the shine is emerging from where the recession clouds looked the darkest - the financial sector.

In the last two months, three students of IIM-Ahave bagged Rs 1 crore-plus pre-placement offers (PPO) each from financial institutions. While two offers have been made by Deutsche Bank for their Singapore and London offices, one is from Barclays in Hong Kong. IIM-A sources said one of the offers is the highest PPO ever offered on the campus. Companies offer PPO to a student based on his performance during the summer placement. 

Story of Appreciation

 One young academically excellent person went to apply for
a managerial position in a big company.

He passed the first interview, the director did the last interview, made the last decision. The director discovered from the CV that the youth's academic achievements were excellent all the way, from the secondary school until the postgraduate research, never had a year when he did not score.  The director asked, "Did you obtain any scholarships in school?" the youth answered "none".

The director asked, " Was it your father who paid for your school fees?"
The youth answered, "My father passed away when I was one year old, it was
my mother who paid for my school fees.

The director asked, " Where did your mother work?" The youth answered,
"My mother worked as clothes cleaner. The director requested the youth to
show his hands. The youth showed a pair of hands that were smooth and perfect. The director asked, " Have you ever helped your mother wash the clothes before?" The youth answered, "Never, my mother always wanted me to
study and read more books. Furthermore, my mother can wash clothes faster than me. 

The director said, "I have a request. When you go back today, go and clean
your mother's hands, and then see me tomorrow morning.*
The youth felt that his chance of landing the job was high. When he went back, hehappily requested his mother to let him clean her hands. His mother felt strange, happy but with mixed feelings, she showed her hands to the kid.
The youth cleaned his mother's hands slowly. His tear fell as he did that. It was the first time he noticed that his mother's hands were so wrinkled, and there were so many bruises in her hands. Some bruises were so painful that his mother shivered when they were cleaned with water. 

Need to be a champion

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

THIS IS REALLY AWESOME AND MATTERS TO EVERYONE'S LIFE..................ENJOY.....DON'T SAY BUSY...TIME FOR EVERY THING!

The Mayonnaise Jar 

When things in your life seem almost too much to handle, 

When 24 Hours in a day is not enough, 

Remember the mayonnaise jar and 2 cups of coffee. 

A professor stood before his philosophy class 

And had some items in ?front of him. 

When the class began, wordlessly, 

He picked up a very large and empty mayonnaise jar 

and proceeded to fill it with golf balls. 

He then asked the students, if the jar was full. 

They agreed that it was. 

The professor then picked up a box of pebbles and poured 

them into the jar. ? He shook the jar lightly. 

The pebbles rolled into the open Areas between the golf balls. 

He then asked the students again if the jar was full. ?They agreed it was. 

The professor next picked up a box of sand and poured it into the jar. 

Of course, the sand filled up everything else. 

He asked once more if the jar was full. The students responded with a unanimous 'yes.' 

The professor then produced two cups of coffee from under the table and poured the entire contents into the jar, effectively 

filling the empty space between the sand. The students laughed. 

'Now,' said the professor,  as the laughter subsided, 

'I want you to recognize that this jar represents your life. 

The golf balls are the important things - family, 

children, health, Friends, and Favorite passions – 

Things that if everything else was lost and only they remained, Your life would still be full. 

The pebbles are the other things that matter like your job, house, and car. 

The sand is everything else --The small stuff. 

'If you put the sand into the jar first,' He continued, 

'there is no room for the pebbles or the golf balls. 

The same goes for life. 

If you spend all your time and energy on the small stuff, 

You will never have room for the things that are important to you. 

So... 

Pay attention to the things that are critical to your happiness. 

Play With your children. 

Take time to get medical checkups. 

Take your partner out to dinner. 

There will always be time to clean the house and fix the disposal. 

'Take care of the golf balls first -- 

The things that really matter. 

Set your priorities. The rest is just sand.' 

One of the students raised her hand and inquired what the coffee represented. 

The professor smiled. 

'I'm glad you asked'. 

It just goes to show you that no matter how full your life may seem, 

there's always room for a couple of cups of coffee with a friend.' 

Please share this with other "Golf Balls" 

I just did.......  

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