On their way to get married, a young couple is involved in a fatal car accident.
The couple find themselves sitting outside the Pearly Gates waiting for St. Peter to process them into Heaven. While waiting, they begin to wonder: Could they possibly get married in Heaven?
When St. Peter showed up, they asked him. St. Peter said, 'I don't know.
This is the first time anyone has asked. Let me go find out,' and he leaves.
The couple sat and waited, and waited. Two months passed and the couple are still waiting. As they waited, they discussed that if they were allowed to get married in Heaven, what was the eternal aspect of it all... 'What if it doesn't work?' they wondered, 'Are we stuck together forever?'
After yet another month, St. Peter finally returns, looking somewhat bedraggled. 'Yes,' he informs the couple, 'you can get married in Heaven.' 'Great!' said the couple, 'But we were just wondering, what if things don't work out? Could we also get a divorce in Heaven?'
St. Peter, red-faced with anger, slammed his clipboard onto the ground. 'What's wrong?' asked the frightened couple.
'COME ON!', St.. Peter shouted, 'It took me three months to find a priest up here! Do you have any idea how long it'll take me to find a Lawyer?!'
(Ramesh Babu sent this via email)
Thursday, March 29, 2012
Saturday, March 24, 2012
Thursday, March 22, 2012
Being a closer
Ideas, as we all know, can be incredibly powerful forces. And we are deeply fortunate to be part of a community where colleagues at all levels have the talent and creativity to come up with so many good ones.
But it strikes me that having great ideas is not enough. There’s also the matter of follow-through.
I’m sure you can think of many situations where even the most incisive insights don’t really achieve anything. There’s “Monday-morning quarterbacking,” for instance—the brilliant clarity about what the right strategy should have been…once the game is over. Or “nay-saying”—the talent for identifying everything that’s wrong with someone else’splan. Or coming up with a fantastic breakthrough…but waiting, and waiting and waitingto pursue it, until it just winds up in the bottom of some drawer.
It’s not just having ideas, in other words, it’s acting on them that counts.
However much time and energy may be involved in bringing an idea to fruition, the real issue, in my view, is courage. You have to find the balance between being properly cautious and thorough in your preparations on the one hand…and, on the other, insisting on so much proof ahead of time that you never get to find out whether your idea might actually work. You have to accept that you might be seen as tilting at windmills, or biting off more than you chew. You might even turn out to be wrong!
But it’s the willingness to be a “closer,” as they say, that turns ideas into accomplishments. And it’s accomplishments that move things forward and make them better.
Sunday, March 18, 2012
Tagore Poetry: I asked of Destiny..
(“I asked of Destiny...”)
I asked of Destiny, “Tell me who with relentless hand pushes me on?”
Destiny told me to look behind.
I turned and saw my own self behind pushing forward the self in front.
Poetry June 1913.
(From March 2012 issue of Poetry magazine).
Tagore was introduced to English-speaking world in 1912 when Poetry magazine published his poem. He received Nobel Prize in 1913. This year is the centennial of that publication. Poetry republished some of Tagore's poems).
Bharathiar Poetry: Murasu
பெண்ணுக்கு ஞானத்தை வைத்தான் - புவி
பேணி வளர்த்திடும் ஈசன்;
Again, from Rajendiren's facebook page.
Article from Poetry Magazine (March 2012)
By Kathleen Rooney
Interesting article about a fundraising campaign for a literary non-profit organization.
ஆசை முகமறந்து போச்சே - இதை
மண்ணுக்குள்ளே சில மூடர் - நல்ல
மாதர் அறிவை கெடுத்தார்.
கண்கள் இரண்டினில் ஒன்றைக் குத்திக்
காட்சி கெடுதிடலாமா?
பெண்கள் அறிவை வளர்த்தால் - வையம்
பேதைமை அற்றிடும் காணீர்.
(p.237 in my book)
(p.237 in my book)
Monday, March 12, 2012
Seven Brilliant Quotes
Again, from Rajendiren's facebook page.As usual, can't understand Einstein's quote.
Sunday, March 11, 2012
Saturday, March 10, 2012
Poetry while you wait
Article from Poetry Magazine (March 2012)
By Kathleen Rooney
Interesting article about a fundraising campaign for a literary non-profit organization.
This picture captures one's attention! (Four poets wrote poems on topics given by the patrons for $5 per poem in a Chicago event. Used typewriters to write them, than using computers).
Hinduism
There is only one God (The Truth) and people call Him/It differently.
(A loose translation of "Ekam sat..." quote in Rig veda). This quote appears to be quite popular in the west.
(A loose translation of "Ekam sat..." quote in Rig veda). This quote appears to be quite popular in the west.
Thursday, March 8, 2012
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
Monday, March 5, 2012
Bharithiar - Mukthi
இன்பமும் ஓர்கணத் தோற்றம் - இங்கு
இளமையும் செல்வமும் ஓர்கணத் தோற்றம்
துன்பமும் ஓர்கணத் தோற்றம் - இங்குத்
தோல்வி முதுமை ஒருகணத் தோற்றம்.
தோன்றி அழிவது வாழ்கை - இதில்
துன்பத்தோடு இன்பம் வெறுமை என்றோதும்
மூன்றில் எது வருமேனும் - களி
மூழ்கி நடத்தல் பரமசிவ முக்தி.
பாரதியார்
(p.475 in my book)
Sunday, March 4, 2012
Bharathiar Poetry: Kannan Paattu
கண்ணன் பாட்டு
பாங்கியை தூது விடுத்தல்
ஆரிடம் சொல்வேனடி, தோழி?
நேச மறக்கவில்லை நெஞ்சம் - எனில்
நினைவு முகமறக்கலாமோ?
கண்ணில் தெரியுதொரு தோற்றம் - அதில்
கண்ண னழகு முழுதில்லை.
நண்ணு முகவடிவு காணில் - அந்த
நல்ல மலர்ச்சிரிப்பை காணோம்.
(p.300 in my book)
IBM - Smarter Cities Project
NYTimes article dt. 3/4/12
This is the Operations Center of the City of Rio, and its system was designed by I.B.M. at the request of Rio’s mayor, Eduardo Paes. There is nothing quite like it in the world’s other major cities. I.B.M. has created similar data centers elsewhere for single agencies like police departments. But never before has it built a citywide system integrating data from some 30 agencies, all under a single roof. It is the handiwork of an I.B.M. unit called Smarter Cities and, if all goes according to plan, it could lay the groundwork for a multibillion-dollar business.
By NATASHA SINGER
Published: March 3, 2012
Saturday, March 3, 2012
Friday, March 2, 2012
Thursday, March 1, 2012
Stop making judgments
...If you make judgments you categorize yourself and thus make is much more difficult to be flexible and to move easily from situation to situation. By judging others you, in turn, get pigeon-holed yourself - not a good place to be.
Richard Templar "The rules of work" Rule 6.9
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