Quality Not Quantity
To be a good speaker or a good English writer need Quality Not Quantity
It is not uncommon to hear that it is not the quantity of time that we spend with our families but the quality that matters. Just think about it, is it really true?
Supposing you went to the best restaurant in town where they gave you white-glove service with cutlery from England, crockery from France, chocolates from Switzerland, and on and on. You picked up the gold plated menu and ordered a dish of barbecued chicken. The waiter within minutes brought back a small cube of the most deliciously prepared chicken. You ate it and asked, "Is that all I am going to get?" The waiter replied, "It is not the quantity but the quality that matters." You said that you are still hungry and he gave you the same reply.
I hope the message is clear. Our families need both, quality and quantity.
MEANINGLESS GOALS
A farmer had a dog who used to sit by the roadside waiting for vehicles to come around. As soon as one came he would run down the road, barking and trying to overtake it. One day a neighbor asked the farmer "Do you think your dog is ever going to catch a car?" The farmer replied, "That is not what bothers me. What bothers me is what he would do if he ever caught one."
Many people in life behave like that dog who is pursuing meaningless goals.
VALUES & VISION
Doing the right thing for the right reason
The seven deadly sins according to Mahatma Gandhi are wealth without work; pleasure without conscience; knowledge without character; commerce without morality science without humanity; religion without sacrifice; and politics without principle.
When a child is born, who rejoices? The parents, relatives, and friends. But who cries? The child. However, when we die, it should be the other way round. We should be rejoicing and have the satisfaction that we made a contribution to the world and left the world a little better place than we found it. Let the world cry that it has lost a good soul and become poorer. We were not just takers, we were also givers.
Hindu philosophy believes that when good people pass away, they don't die, they only depart. Their names live on forever through their good deeds.
Think of the last time you heard a eulogy. As people pay their respects, the most common things talked about are the little acts of kindness performed by the person during his lifetime. Little acts of kindness don't go un-noticed. In fact, they are remembered a lot more after a person is gone. That is the time people realize how much those little acts of kindness meant to them.
No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave.
It is not uncommon to hear that it is not the quantity of time that we spend with our families but the quality that matters. Just think about it, is it really true?
Supposing you went to the best restaurant in town where they gave you white-glove service with cutlery from England, crockery from France, chocolates from Switzerland, and on and on. You picked up the gold plated menu and ordered a dish of barbecued chicken. The waiter within minutes brought back a small cube of the most deliciously prepared chicken. You ate it and asked, "Is that all I am going to get?" The waiter replied, "It is not the quantity but the quality that matters." You said that you are still hungry and he gave you the same reply.
I hope the message is clear. Our families need both, quality and quantity.
MEANINGLESS GOALS
A farmer had a dog who used to sit by the roadside waiting for vehicles to come around. As soon as one came he would run down the road, barking and trying to overtake it. One day a neighbor asked the farmer "Do you think your dog is ever going to catch a car?" The farmer replied, "That is not what bothers me. What bothers me is what he would do if he ever caught one."
Many people in life behave like that dog who is pursuing meaningless goals.
VALUES & VISION
Doing the right thing for the right reason
The seven deadly sins according to Mahatma Gandhi are wealth without work; pleasure without conscience; knowledge without character; commerce without morality science without humanity; religion without sacrifice; and politics without principle.
When a child is born, who rejoices? The parents, relatives, and friends. But who cries? The child. However, when we die, it should be the other way round. We should be rejoicing and have the satisfaction that we made a contribution to the world and left the world a little better place than we found it. Let the world cry that it has lost a good soul and become poorer. We were not just takers, we were also givers.
Hindu philosophy believes that when good people pass away, they don't die, they only depart. Their names live on forever through their good deeds.
Think of the last time you heard a eulogy. As people pay their respects, the most common things talked about are the little acts of kindness performed by the person during his lifetime. Little acts of kindness don't go un-noticed. In fact, they are remembered a lot more after a person is gone. That is the time people realize how much those little acts of kindness meant to them.
No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave.
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