Every time I think of it~

Light of eternity...

Years ago my very practical, but deeply spiritual mother gave me a measuring rod that I’ve found most useful. It happened the day, a maid carrying too many dishes, dropped a valuable bowl which shattered to bits. It was irreplaceable, a prized wedding present. Mother did not scold the woman but quietly told her to brush up the pieces & throw them away. I knew from Mother’s face that she felt badly about her lost treasure & I began to sputter my indignation.


“Yes, it’s too bad”, Mother said,” I can never get another bowl like that”, she paused a moment & then added,” But in the light of eternity, what is one bowl?” That was all; the incident was closed for Mother.

But over the years when disasters, large or small, have arisen, I’ve found myself measuring the circumstances with this rod: What is the misfortune in the light of eternity?

Careless human!

A flood was threatening a small town & everyone was leaving for safe ground except for one man who said “God will save me. I have faith.”
As the water level rose, a jeep came to rescue him, the man refused, saying “God will save me. I have faith.”

As the water level rose further, he went up to the second storey of his house & a boat came to help him. Again he refused to go saying “God will save me. I have faith.”


The water kept rising & the man climbed onto the roof. A helicopter came to rescue him, but he said, “God will save me. I have faith.”

Well, finally he drowned. When he reached his Maker, he angrily questioned, “I had complete faith in you. Why did you ignore my prayers & let me drown?”

The Lord replied, “Who do you think sent you the jeep, the boat & the helicopter?”

Wonderful World

Tim, a small boy of six, dearly loved his pet white lamb. Every free moment, the boy & his pet would play & frolic in the fields. One day the lamb became entangled in a thorny bush. The more it struggled to free itself; the worse became its plight. It bleated mournfully until the child was at last able to free its wool from the thorns. The boy ran to his father carrying the bleeding animal cuddled in his small arms.


“Daddy”, he begged, “please cut down the wicked bush that caught my lamb.”

The father inspected the pet, cleansed the wounds & set the lamb free to play again. Then, taking his son by the hand, he bade the child to point out the bush. Just as the boy did, a small bird came & perched on the offending branch. The bird lifted its voice in song, seemingly serenading father & child, who listened enthralled. Then they watched as the bird gathered in its beak the tiny pieces of lamb’s wool that were caught on the thorns & flew away.

“The thorn bush caught the wool which will be used to warm the bird’s nest,” explained the father. “Do you still want me to cut down the wicked bush?”

“Oh! no.” cried the child as new awareness lit up his face.” It’s a good bush”. And with that he ran off to play again.

Often we ask God to remove obstacles from our path, only to discover, upon listening closely to Him, that what we need is not less hurdles, but more love & understanding of His world.

Life without humor is not only boring & monotonous but harmful for health too! So this post is dedicated to spread smiles in my readers’ faces.


P.S. – My posts are merely an effort to bring a smile on the faces…I don’t mean any harm to anyone!



1.
In one of my flights by Kingfisher Airlines, the airhostess asked me, “Are you a vegetarian or normal?”


2.
In the Japanese Museum there was a small-sized skull & a new guide said it was the skull of a great prophet. On being asked,” how could it be, when it is so small in size & the prophet had lived to old age?” The guide promptly replied,” It is the skull of his childhood”.

3.
It is wrong to say hypertension because it gives the wrong connotation that it is necessary to have a little high blood pressure.
Then my doctor added: “It is better to call it ‘Idiopathic’ (meaning no primary cause known) because idiopathic is that condition when the doctor is an idiot (not knowing the cause) & the patient’s condition is pathetic.”

4.
A person was found in a swimming pool late at night by the guard of the hotel. The guard shouted,” Don’t you know that swimming is not permitted at this hour?” The man replied,” For heavens sake, I am not swimming…I am drowning”, to which the guard promptly said, “Then it’s Okay”.

5.
There was a signboard prominently displayed at a shop which was shown to me when I asked for a discount: “discount given to everyone above 75 years if accompanied by both parents.”

6.
On the grave of a very lazy person the epitaph written was: “He was so lazy that he stopped breathing one day.”

7.
My friend’s mother went to see an optician. The optician examined her & said,” Now read that chart on the wall”. To which my friend’s mother replied,” would you be kind enough as to read it for me? My sight is not very good, you know”!

8.
Father: Don’t you think our daughter gets her intelligence from me?
Mother: She must , I’ve still got mine!


Have a Cheerful life!

God's at work...

In 2006, I had volunteered in a rehabilitation center of alcoholics. I wanted to dedicate myself to help others to achieve sobriety.


One night, at the close of the Tuesday meeting for newcomers, we got a call from the landlady of a transients’ hotel in a part of the town known as Paradise hotel, “would someone come & talk to a woman lying drunk in one of the rooms?”

Two of us volunteered to go. When we reached the hotel, we were led to a squalid little room where a grizzled old woman lay on the bed in a stupor. What’s the use of talking to this woman at all? I wondered. But my partner, an old hand at such visits, patiently talked to the semi-conscious form on the bed. She explained that she herself has once been considered a hopeless drunk- but that by turning her life & will over to a Higher Power, she had gained both sobriety & serenity. “I’m leaving my card”, my partner said. “I’d like you to attend a meeting at this address”.

“That was real waste of time”, I grumbled as we departed.

“You never know”, my partner said cheerfully.”God’s at work”.

At our next meeting, a shaky but sober young lady came up to us.”Thank you for coming to Paradise hotel that night”, she said.”You saved my life”.

We stared in astonishment. “We saw the old woman on that bed very clearly”, my partner replied, “It wasn’t you”.

“That’s right”, the young lady said holding out the card we had left,” But I heard every word you said, I was under the bed”.

Seize the day

Just a moment in this lifetime,

Just a tragedy ahead,

Not knowing where each turn will lead,

Within seconds we might be dead,



Live each day to the fullest,

Do not stop to wonder why,

Do everything what your heart desires ,

In dreams, reach for the sky,



Surprises at every stop sign,

With its share of wrong ways & dead-ends,

Statistics don’t help you with the future,

They only tell you where you‘ve been,



With so many people among us,

There are no certainties,

& all it takes is just one person,

To reroute history,



Don’t waste one single moment,

How very precious that they are,

What seems a long way off,

It is really not that far.

             - By Teal Henderson


Teal is one of my favorite poets. She lived every day to the fullest & inspired everybody else to do the same.
Hats off to her...!!!