Friday, November 11, 2005

Touching....

I got this forward from a friend. I don't know as to how much truth there is in the article. I found it touching though.

"A teacher in New York decided to honor each of her seniors in high school by telling them the difference they each made.

She called each student to the front of the class, one at a time. First she told each of them how they had made a difference to her and the class. Then she presented each of them with a blue ribbon imprinted with gold letters which read, "Who I Am Makes a Difference."

Afterwards the teacher decided to do a class project to see what kind of impact recognition would have on a community. She gave each of the students three more ribbons and instructed them to go out and spread this acknowledgment ceremony. Then they were to follow up on the results, see who honored whom and report back to the class in about a week.

One of the boys in the class went to a junior executive in a nearby company and honored him for helping him with his career planning. He gave him a blue ribbon and put it on his shirt. Then he gave him two extra ribbons and said, "We're doing a class project on recognition, and we'd like you to go out, find somebody to honor, give them a blue ribbon, then give them the extra blue ribbon so they can acknowledge a third person to keep this acknowledgment ceremony going. Then please report back to me and tell me what happened."

Later that day the junior executive went in to see his boss, who had been noted, by the way, as being kind of a grouchy fellow. He sat his boss down and he told him that he deeply admired him for being a creative genius. The boss seemed very surprised. The junior executive asked him if he would accept the gift of the blue ribbon and would he give him permission to put it on him. His surprised boss said, "Well, sure." The junior executive took the blue ribbon and placed it right on his boss's jacket above his heart. As he gave him the last extra ribbon, he said, "Would you do me a favor? Would you take this extra r ibbon and pass it on by honoring somebody else? The young boy who first gave me the ribbons is doing a project in school and we want to keep this recognition ceremony going and find out how it affects people."

That night the boss came home to his 14-year-old son and sat him down. He said, "The most incredible thing happened to me today. I was in my office and one of the junior executives came in and told me he admired me and gave me a blue ribbon for being a creative genius. Imagine. He thinks I'm a creative genius. Then he put this blue ribbon that says 'Who I Am Makes A Difference'" on my jacket above my heart. He gave me an extra ribbon and asked me to find somebody else to honor. As I was driving home tonight, I started thinking about whom I would honor with this ribbon and I thought about you. I want to honor you.

My days are really hectic and when I come home I don't pay a lot of attention to you. Sometimes I scream at you for not get ting good enough grades in school and for your bedroom being a mess, but somehow tonight, I just wanted to sit here and, well, just let you know that you do make a difference to me. Besides your mother, you are the most important person in my life. You're a great kid and I love you!"

The startled boy started to sob and sob, and he couldn't stop crying. His whole body shook. He looked up at his father and said through his tears, "I have been contemplating suicide, Dad, because I didn't think you loved me. Now I know you care."

The boss went back to work a changed man. He was no longer a grouch but made sure to let all his employees know that they made a difference. The junior executive helped several other young people with career planning and never forgot to let them know that they made a difference in his life. The young boy and his classmates learned a valuable lesson.

Who you are DOES make a difference."

Tuesday, November 08, 2005

This has got to be the joke of the year.

This definitely has to be the joke of the year. After all that has happened in Iraq and Afghanistan and after killing a lot of innocent civilians in these two countries, Bush finally says "We Don't torture". LOL. Me thinks Bush has his brains up his ass. His regime has to be the worst government in the US's history. Misleading his own people and lying to them about crap that does not exist and killing over a million people just to prove his words. Humbug. Bush is like Manmohan Singh. Both are puppets, though Dr Singh is more humane. Read the entire article here

Friday, November 04, 2005

Animals killed on the road..do we care?

We all have sympathy for people who become casualties in road accidents but have we ever thought about the poor animals that get killed everyday? I have seen a lot of carcasses of animals when I drive to work everyday. Victims of road kills. The scene is horrible, worse than the live feeds or images of human victims we see on TV. Today I saw the remains of a poor dog (Godspeed) splattered on the highway. And the smell of fresh blood can make you puke. I wish drivers would show sympathy for these voiceless creatures. And we don’t seem to care if the animals are injured. Stupid humans.

Thursday, November 03, 2005

Photo of the Delhi bomber

Wanted!!!

The Delhi police department has released a sketch of the man responsible for the bombings on 29/10. Here's a link to an article posted on the BBC. I hope the police pursue this case and apprehend the asshole responsibe for the deaths of 62 inocent civilians. Why the fuck do crackpots kill civilians? To show the authorities that they are full of shit?