Someone Bigger

*Amitabh Bacchan* says..."At the peak of my career, I was once travelling by plane. The passenger next to me was elderly gentleman dressed in a simple shirt  and pants.

He appeared to be middle class, and well educated.

Other passengers perhaps recognising who I was, but this gentleman appeared to be unconcerned of my presence... He was reading his paper, looking out of the window, and when tea was served, he sipped it quietly.

Trying to strike a conversation with him I smiled. The man courteously smiled back and said 'Hello'.

We got talking and I brought up the subject of cinema and movies and asked, 'Do you watch films?'

The man replied, 'Oh, very few.

I did see one many years ago.'

I mentioned that I worked in the movie industry.

 The man replied.." oh, that’s nice. What do you do?'

I replied, 'I am an actor '

The man nodded, 'Oh, that's wonderful!' And that was it...

When we landed, I held out my hand and said, " It was good to travel with you. By the way, my name is Amitabh Bacchan !'

The man shook my hand and smiled, "Thank you... nice to have met you..I am *J. R. D. Tata!"*

I learned on that day that no matter how big you think you are, there is always someone *bigger than you*.

*Be humble, it costs nothing.*

Wolf

A Wolf had been feasting too greedily, and a bone had stuck crosswise in his throat. He could get it neither up nor down, and of course, he could not eat a thing. Naturally, that was an awful state of affairs for a greedy Wolf.

So away he hurried to the Crane. He was sure that she, with her long neck and bill, would easily be able to reach the bone and pull it out. “I will reward you very handsomely”, said the Wolf, “if you pull that bone out for me”.

The Crane, as you can imagine, was very uneasy about putting her head in Wolf’s throat. But she was grasping in nature, so she did what the Wolf asked her to do. When the Wolf felt that the bone was gone, he started to walk away.

 

“But what about my reward!” called the Crane anxiously.

“What!” snarled the Wolf, whirling around. “Haven’t you got it? Isn’t it enough that I let you take your head out of my mouth without snapping it off?”

Moral: Expect no reward for serving the one who has no honor. Staying in a company of selfish people will not do anyone any favor.

Mouse trap

A little mouse living on a farm was looking through a crack in the wall one day and saw the farmer and his wife opening a package. The mouse was intrigued by what food the package may contain. He was aghast to discover that it was a mouse trap. The mouse ran to the farmyard warning everyone "There is a mouse trap in the house, there is a mouse trap in the house."

The chicken raised his head and said "Mr. Mouse, I can tell you this trap is a grave concern to you, but it has no consequence to me and I cannot be bothered with it." The mouse turned to the pig "I am so very sorry Mr. Mouse, but the trap is no concern of mine either."

The mouse then turned to the bull, "Sounds like you have a problem Mr. Muse, but not one that concerns me."

The mouse returned to the house, head down and dejected that no one would help him or was concerned about his dilemma. He knew he had to face the trap on his own.

That night the sound of a trap catching its prey was heard throughout the house. The farmer's wife rushed to see what was caught. In the darkness she could not see that it was a venomous snake whose tail the trap had caught.

The snake bit the farmer's wife. The wife caught a bad fever and the farmer knew the best way to treat a fever was with chicken soup. The farmer took his hatchet to the farmyard to get the soup's main ingredient.

The wife got sicker and friends and neighbors came by to take turns sitting with her round the clock. The farmer knew he had to feed them, so he butchered the pig. The farmer wife did not get better, in fact she died and so many friends and family came to her funeral that the farmer had to slaughter the bull to feed all of them.

MORAL OF THE STORY: The next time we hear that one of our teammates is facing a problem and think it does not concern or affect us, let us remember that when anyone of us is in trouble, we are all at risk.

Shoe salesman

Many years ago two salesmen were to Africa by a British shoe manufacturer. The goal of their trip was to investigate this new market, and to report their findings back to headquarters on the potential of the market.

The first salesman came back with a rather dismal report, “There’s no potential at all here, because nobody wears shoes.”

The second salesman came back with a rather different reply, “There’s massive potential in Africa, because nobody wears shoes.”

When telling this story put your inflection on the “nobody” as it helps to clarify that in a single situation, there are often many ways to look at the outcome.

It’s your choice as to how you interpret any situation, whether you’re looking at it positively with optimism, or as a challenge full of negativity.

Advice

*Nice line from Ratan Tata's Lecture- in London* (!)👉1. Don't educate your children to be rich. Educate them to be Happy. So when they grow up they will know the value of things not the price. (!)👉2. "Eat your food as your medicines. Otherwise you have to eat medicines as your food." (!)👉3. The One who loves you will never leave you because even if there are 100 reasons to give up he/she will find one reason to hold on. (!)👉4. There is a lot of difference between _human being_ and _being human._ A Few understand it. (!)👉5. You are loved when you are born. You will be loved when you die. In between You have to manage...! (!)👉6. If u want to Walk Fast,  Walk Alone..! But  if u want to Walk Far, Walk Together..!! (!)👉7. Six Best Doctors in the World- 1.Sunlight 2.Rest 3.Exercise 4.Diet 5.Self Confidence & 6.Friends Maintain them in all stages of Life and enjoy healthy life (!)👉8. If you see the moon ..... You see the beauty of God ..... If you see the Sun ..... You see the power of God ..... And .... If you see the Mirror ..... You see the best Creation of GOD .... So Believe in YOURSELF..... We all are tourists & God is our travel agent who  already fixed all our Routes Reservations & Destinations. *So Trust him & Enjoy the "Trip" called LIFE...* Send to all people who are important to you..😊 I just did 👍

Fun economics

A little fun economics to lighten up your day...

Wife to her Accountant husband: 

what is inflation?

Husband: 

Earlier you were 36-24-36.

But now you are 48-40-48....

Though you have everything bigger than before, your value has become less than before. 

This is INFLATION.😜

Economics is not that difficult if we have the right examples.

Interviewer: What is Recession? 

Candidate: When "Wine & Women" get replaced by "Water & Wife", that critical phase of life is called Recession!!😜

Accountancy fact:

What is the difference between Liability & Asset?

A drunk friend is liability.

But, 

A drunk Girlfriend is an Asset. 😜😜😜😜

An Economist beautifully explained two reasons for having 2 wives.

A- Monopoly should be broken.

B- Competition improves the quality of service.

If u have 1 wife, She fights with u!

If u have 2 wives, They will fight for you!!

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When you are in love,

Wonders happen.

But once you get married,

You wonder, what happened.

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Philosophy of marriage:

At the beginning,

every wife treats her husband as GOD.

Later, somehow don't know why..

alphabets get reversed..

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Secret formula for married couples...

"Love One Another"

And if it doesn't work, bring the last word in the middle!!!

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Corporate lesson :

Jack and Max are walking to the church for the Sunday prayer.. 

Jack wonders whether it would be all right to smoke while praying.

Max replies, “Why don’t you ask the Priest?”

So Jack goes up to the Priest and asks, “Father, may I smoke while I pray?”

The Priest replies, “No, my son, you may not! That’s utter disrespect to our religion.”

Jack goes back to his friend and tells him what the good Priest told him.

Max says, “I’m not surprised. You asked the wrong question. Let me try.”

And so Max goes up to the Priest and asks, “Father, may I pray while I smoke?”

To which the Priest eagerly replies, “By all means, my son. By all means. You can always pray whenever you want to.”

Moral of the story: The approval you want depends on the way u ask for it!!

Dedicated to all professionals !!