God's Love

I received this as a forward....felt like sharing it..

Author and lecturer Leo Buscaglia once talked about a contest he was asked to judge. The purpose of the contest was to find the most caring child.

The winner was:
A four-year-old child, whose next door neighbor was an elderly gentleman, who had recently lost his wife. Upon seeing the man cry, the little boy went into the old gentleman's yard, climbed onto his lap, and just sat there.

When his mother asked him what he had said to the neighbor, the little boy just said, 'Nothing, I just helped him cry.'

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Teacher Debbie Moon 's first graders were discussing a picture of a family. One little boy in the picture had a different hair color than the other members. One of her students suggested that he was adopted.

A little girl said, 'I know all about adoption, I was adopted..'

'What does it mean to be adopted?', asked another child.

'It means', said the girl, 'that you grew in your mommy's heart instead of her tummy!'
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Whenever I'm disappointed with my spot in life, I stop and think about little Jamie Scott .

Jamie was trying out for a part in the school play. His mother told me that he'd set his heart on being in it, though she feared he would not be chosen.

On the day the parts were awarded, I went with her to collect him after school. Jamie rushed up to her, eyes shining with pride and excitement. 'Guess what, Mom,' he shouted, and then said those words that will remain a lesson to me.....'I've been chosen to clap and cheer.'

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An eye witness account from New York City , on a cold day in December, some years ago: A little boy, about 10-years-old, was standing before a shoe store on the roadway, barefooted, peering through the window, and shivering with cold.

A lady approached the young boy and said, 'My, but you're in such deep thought staring in that window!'

'I was asking God to give me a pair of shoes, "was the boy's reply.

The lady took him by the hand, went into the store, and asked the clerk to get half a dozen pairs of socks for the boy. She then asked if he could give her a basin of water and a towel. He quickly brought them to her.

She took the little fellow to the back part of the store and, removing her gloves, knelt down, washed his little feet, and dried them with the towel.

By this time, the clerk had returned with the socks. Placing a pair upon the boy's feet, she purchased him a pair of shoes.

She tied up the remaining pairs of socks and gave them to him.. She patted him on the head and said, 'No doubt, you will be more comfortable now.'

As she turned to go, the astonished kid caught her by the hand, and looking up into her face, with tears in his eyes, asked her...

'Are you God's wife?'

--Whenever someone helps us. God is here working through our fellowmen to give us hope.

Eri Kaatha Ramar : In search of my Ramar :)

I had an opportunity to visit Maduranthangam, to attend my friend's wedding. It is a very small town (The auto man charged just 30.rs to take us to the outskirts of the city...So u can imagine the size of the town). This town has the famous Eri Kaatha Ramar Temple.

The best time to visit a temple is the twilight hours. Only at these hours, the nature is at the closest and I have always believed in Nature is God. What a wonderful evening it was, slight showers after a hot day brought a pleasant change in weather. The temple is one of its kind... so peaceful & so beautiful a surrounding. I am not going to take time to describe the temple as there are enough bloggers who have already done that.

This temple has a unique form of Ramar holding the hand of Sita. This posture of Ramar and Sita is not found anywhere else. When my eyes was taking in the Dhivya Dharsan, my mind hit upon a realization.... Yes.... It is.... When i saw her holding the hands of Ram, that is when I understood the real need of a partner. It's like the secure feeling u get, as small gals when we used to hold our father's hands. Secure, content, peaceful.....and gud chums feeling - I am always there for you. You are never alone.. We are both together in this journey of life. Secure is not financial, neither physical nor mental... this is beyond words and can only be felt.

I have my Ideal Partner expectations penned down, I really have no idea whether my partner would have atleast half of them. But the real essence of any relationship is not how a person is rather how a person makes you feel. Every incident in my life is adding a new meaning to what a "Life Partner" is all about. However remorseful the incident may be, the learning is filling my heart with more happiness and peace :)

Enge Brahmanan

After a long long time, something to look forward to on every evening. For the past five months, this serial had almost everyone glued to the television for half an hour. A wonderful concept by Cho - the great.

Every explanation from him would make you contemplate, what other way to explore the concept of Hinduism! Few of his thoughts gave rise to contradictory thoughts in my mind and I was craving for an intellectual company.

The best part is : "Do not try to find a logical meaning for every ritual, "faith" is more important than reason". How true! My faith in God brought more peace to mind than what the reasoning has. It is only for the past 3 years or so I have been delving deep into the logical part of it but this doesn't give me the satisfaction what mere faith used to give me earlier.

I am really sad that this serial is over and the television is again a mere Idiot box :(

Thanks to Isaitamil Live Television which helped me in viewing the serial (It was very difficult to catch this live at 8pm). Special thanks to Raghavan Sir for the blog updates (You can choose to read only Cho's answers).

Youngest Donor

Declared brain-dead, 16-month-old Abhilasha Rahurikar became the country’s youngest cadaver organ donor, said Dr Anupam Sibal, group medical director, Apollo Hospitals. Her mother Vineeta Rahurikar said it was a tough decision to make. What Abhilasha’s parents have done will surely give hope to many patients, as this gesture has created awareness about organ donation. Reference Hindu

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Slowly the awareness of organ donation is picking up. Saving others life as you are losing yours is indeed a noble deed!

When I read this news in Young World, the other day, unknowingly I had tears in my eyes. Tears for the family and not for the kid.

Thanks to my sister, she is the one who introduced me to the noble deed of Eye donation. She is the first in my family to donate her eyes. I did not follow suit. It took me years to realize the importance of it. Sometimes awareness alone is not sufficient as in my case. We need to shed our indifferent attitude and realize the importance of few things in life.

When I pledged my eyes, I explained its significance to my parents but they were not keen on signing the form. My mom said, you can go ahead and do it after our death. Thanks to my weird imagination, her statement for a moment made me visualize her lying lifeless and I pledging her eyes. I was too emotionally disturbed to pursue the subject. But this really made me understand the "state of mind" of the relatives of the deceased.
It is indeed a noble deed for a person in such an emotional condition to think about organ donation, especially when it is a kid. I just bow down in honor of Rahurikar's family.

The Stranger

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