**From & To Satish **( New Pictures Pl see pg 163) - Page 21

hi jagdu,

hi everybody,

pack mentality but a crowded herd

juveniles,novices the young wild and free
innocence and laughter,mixed with gullible and naive dreams
sat together,played together and dreamnt together
time flies as time flows,where it goes no one knows
black and lustrous crown with halo
goes grey and soon white crown of thorns adorn the head
simple innocence turns to disenchantment
laughing and trusting eyes now guard time and wordly materials
built houses with stone and gold,carved the soul in equal measure
from the leftover stone
the house might last but for you and me well that is another story
life is short but it is even shorter for one who has no friends
or kind words spoken in love

time flies as time flows,where it goes no one knows
but where we all will go we know
so take time,make time,reach out now
a kind word,consoling word
a smile even if it does not reach the eye
a warm shoulder even if the warmth does not reach the soul

A Priest dies & is awaiting his turn in line at the Heaven's Gates.

Ahead of him is a guy, fashionably dressed, in dark sun glasses, a

loud shirt, leather jacket & jeans.

God asks him: Please tell me who are you, so that I may know

whether to admit you into the kingdom of Heaven or not?

The guy replies: I am Pandi, Auto driver from Chennai!

God consults his ledger, smiles & says to Pandi: Please take this

silken robe & gold scarf & enter the Kingdom of Heaven ...

Now it is the priest's turn. He stands erect and speaks out in a

booming voice: I am Pope's Assistant so & so, Head Priest of the so

& so Church for the last 40 years.

God consults his ledger & says to the Priest: Please take this

cotton robe & enter the Kingdom of Heaven ...

'Just a minute,' says the agonized Priest. 'How is it that a foul

mouthed, rash driving Auto Driver is given a Silken robe & a Golden

scarf and me, a Priest, who's spent his whole life preaching your

Name & goodness has to make do with a Cotton robe?'

'Results my friend, results,' shrugs God.

'While you preached, people SLEPT; but when he drove his Auto,

people PRAYED'

"It's PERFORMANCE & not POSITION that ultimately counts.

Indian way of doing business... It works!!!
(Purely on a lighter note...)

Three contractors are bidding to fix a broken fence at the White House in
D.C. One from Bangladesh , another from India and the third, from China .

They go with a White House office to examine the fence.

The Bangladesh contractor takes out a tape measure and does some
measuring, then works some figures with a pencil. "Well", he says, "I
figure the job will run about $900. ($400 for materials, $400 for my
team and $100 profit for me)".

The Chinese contractor also does some measuring and figuring, then
says, "I can do this job for $700. ($300 for materials, $300 for my
team and $100 profit for me)".

The Indian contractor doesn't measure or figure, but leans over to the
White House official and whispers, "$2,700."

The official, incredulous, says, "You didn't even measure like the
other guys! How did you come up with such a high figure?"


The Indian contractor whispers back, "$1000 for me, $1000 for you, and
we hire the guy from China to fix the fence."


"Done!" replies the government official.

sanity vs insanity

i smile to myself and sometimes aloud at the sky and world
i talk to myself and my words comfort me
i sit in solitude and keep my thoughts to myself
light or dark they matter not
for my inner light shines brightly
friends or neighbours matter not
for i have been banished
who am i
i am the one they point and say in hushed tones
careful something is wrong with him
he is moody,introverted,talks to himself

There was a blind girl who hated herself because she was blind. She hated everyone, except her loving boyfriend. He was always there for her. She told her boyfriend, 'If I could only see the world, I will marry you.'