Saturday, February 27, 2010

Who is Blind?

Hey all,

Yesterday, I was with my family shopping in Purasalwakkam. Lately I have been so down and feeling bad about my career, my health and so many other things.
When I was hovering around the shop, I saw a family. The husband and wife were both blind. They have two kids, who were normal and very cute indeed. I still can't believe how normal they were. They were shopping too. Both their kids were boys. They were playing around, but their mother did not leave the tight grasp she had on her kids. I have seem moms who shout at their kids when they play in shopping malls, when they are busily shopping. But this person was so nice, She went to were ever the kids took her to. She kept laughing and smiling on the way the kids were playing. Though her husband was not moving around with the kids, he still managed to follow them from the point he stood, with the help of the kid's voice, and he was still laughing and replying to the kid's childish questions. Finally they got everything they required and made the payment. Since he was blind, he had to give away the rupees by touching and feeling them. He made it very easily and left the shop happily.
Hopefully you might have understood what would be running in my mind.
The happiness and sadness is in the way you take life as. You just have to figure out a way of all your anomalies. The husband in the family might initially had problems in sensing and giving the correct money, but he figured out a way. The mom would have initially had some problem in brining up the kids, but she figured out a way. They both would have had many other problems from their childhood. But they figured out a way to be happy. But we here weep for the bad things happening and forget to understand that there is always a way to do anything, but only thing is we are not figuring the way out. So now tell me, who is blind?
My english might be bad, but hopefully you should have understood the message, so go figure it out. Have a happy day....

Friday, February 12, 2010

Never Give up

Sir Winston Churchill took three years getting through eighth grade because he had trouble learning English. It seems ironic that years later Oxford University asked him to address its commencement exercises. He arrived with his usual props. A cigar, a cane and a top hat accompanied Churchill wherever he went.
As Churchill approached the podium, the crowd rose in appreciative applause. With unmatched dignity, he settled the crowd and stood confident before his admirers. Removing the cigar and carefully placing the top hat on the podium, Churchill gazed at his waiting audience. Authority rang in Churchill's voice as he shouted,
"Never give up!"
Several seconds passed before he rose to his toes and repeated:
"Never give up!"
His words thundered in their ears. There was a deafening silence as Churchill reached for his hat and cigar, steadied himself with his cane and left the platform. His commencement address was finished.