Holi Colours

Holi Knows No BarsWhen it comes to Holi, hair are let loose and no restrictions hold. People open up themselves and enjoy the festival to the hilt. The tradition of consuming bhang too escalates the level of enthusiasm.

It is a real fun to watch the otherwise always sober people making a clown of themselves. Singing songs at a high pitch and playing practical jokes on others. For, the rule of the day is, 'Bura na mano Holi hai'. (please don't take any offence for it is Holi).

At some places Holi parties are also organised where the colour and water flows endlessly. Till everybody becomes one like nature in the season of HOLI-FULL OF COLORS AND LIFE.

Significance of Different Colors

Red - Purity

Green - Vitality

Blue - Calm and sedateness

Yellow - Pious feeling

Happy Holi...........................

Enjoy.....

A Reason to Smile

Dear friend,
Before it is Too Late...
You'd think that smiling was a natural inborn instinct. Not so for Neha. This four-year-old simply does not know how to smile!

You can help put a smile onlittle Neha's face!
Her sad, serious gaze spoke of a loneliness so intense that all you'd want to do is hold her tight and comfort her.
"Neha has never seen her mother," says Umabai, Neha's grandmother. "My son was an alcoholic and when he died, the mother abandoned both the girls -- Neha and her sister Varsha, for another man," she says.
Neha drinks the story in word by word. I wonder if she understands all that is being said.
"I am 70 years old. Sometimes, I feel I am too old to bear the responsibility of looking after two growing children. But if I don't help them, who will?"
And so, at an age when most 70-year-olds are telling stories to their grandchildren, Umabai trudged from house to house as a domestic help... but suddenly, one day, the tables turned!
Umabai with her granddaughters, standing in front of her hut with her pushcart of steel utensils.
Hearing of her plight from local community members, World Vision staff rushed to the rescue. A health check-up proved that both Neha and Varsha, in spite of Umabai's efforts were severely malnourished. So, World Vision provided them with food grains, rice, dhal and oil.
But that was not enough. What was needed was a lasting, permanent change. So, Neha and Varsha were enrolled in the Child Sponsorship programme. Today, both the girls have sponsors, who help educate them.
Child Sponsorship has also changed Umabai's life. No longer does she work as a domestic help. Instead, the economic assistance she received through World Vision has helped her start a small business of her own.
YOU can make a difference to a needy child like Neha. Become a child sponsor and gift a child with a brand new beginning! There are over 5,000 needy children like Neha, who desperately need a new beginning! You could be their only hope.
At just Rs.20/- a day, your sponsorship gift will change the life of a child like Neha by helping her go to school, giving a new hope, new dreams and a reason to smile! It will make sure that she grows up to be a happy, healthy child living in a safe and secure environment! And the best part of Child Sponsorship is that you will be able to keep in touch with the child through regular updates, letters and even personal visits!
At this occasion, may I urge you to make your life a more meaningful one by reaching out to a young, helpless child like Neha? The effect of this new life is already beginning to show on Varsha who dreams of becoming a social worker someday. As for Neha, I am sure that as the love of her sponsor continues to encourage her, the smile will reach her too!
Act now. Sponsor a child TODAY anddraw a smile on a needy child's face.
Yours sincerely, JAYAKUMAR CHRISTIAN PS: Your resolution to bless children like Neha with a new beginning will be one step forward towards fighting poverty in our country. Like Neha's grandmother, someone is trying to do all they can... but they need YOUR help.
Please share this mail with all your friends. It's not too late to make a difference in a needy child's life.

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friendship

Friendship is a golden thread woven by two friends around themselves to create a different world of their own, all by themselves. They distinguish their world from the rest of the world by their immense love for each other.
Friendship can never be one sided, because if it is so, then one of the two is not a friend but a prisoner in the world so created by the other one who calls himself/herself as friend. Such friendships never last longer! Because the so called prisoner either breaks open the chains and go away or get pressurized under the so called friendship of the so called friend and gets frustrated and rebels!
In both the cases, I personally feel that the so-called friend is the one at fault (Obviously) and he is also the one who has to lose. Because he/she (whoever concerned) loses a ‘buddy’. He/She loses a person on whom he/She had showered all the love possessed by him/her.
Unfortunately, the love showered was like nailing the other person who was not interested.
So! The best way is to win over the person first, know what his/her wish is, whether the person is really interested in friendship! If no, then…
Do not lose hope; if you want a friend then you deserve that person.
Sooner or later, the seed of friendship will be sowed in the heart of that person and he would enjoy being your friend.
The world created, then, would be the most powerful and beautiful one, found on this earth.
Friendship is not measured by the time you were friends, it depends on how much you trust each other. It depends on immense affection towards each other.
This is why, often, friendships as old as many years are, less deep and true than those just born!
Friendship is an art, not known to all. Know it and you will be highly blessed.
Thus, this is one of the most important rule of friendship .It is the best way to start a lifelong friendship :
“Never impose your friendship on your so called friend!”

How To Handle Criticism?

Nobody likes to be criticized, but for some, harsh criticism can feel like a real body blow. Criticism, whether warranted or not, can ruin your entire day and you may even have found your mind returning to it again and again. Poorly handled, criticism can damage your confidence and cause self-doubt.
Have you ever noticed that some people let criticism slide off them like water off a duck's back? Nothing seems to get them down. But how do they do it? It is easy to make throwaway assumptions such as "oh, they must have better self esteem than me", but that is really no explanation at all.

Some additional ideas to think about:

* Consider whether you need to make some personal changes.
* Say "stop" to yourself when negative self-talk starts.
* View the situation as a stepping-stone instead of a brick wall.
* Learn the lesson and move on. Never dwell on criticism.
* Don't hold grudges. They only hurt you, not the other person.

These steps will help you disassociate from the pain of the criticism and deal with the situation as a professional.

When You Do The Criticizing

1. Praise others regularly. If others know that you respect them and their work, they will be more receptive to your requests for change and improvement.

2. Be positive. Avoid saying, "You didn't mail the package when I told you to." Say, "The top priority package wasn't mailed on time." Focus on future improvements, not past failures.

3. Be concrete. Name the specific area in which improvement is needed and give suggestions about how the improvements should or must be made.

4. Avoid attacking a person's characteristics or personality. State only what specific incident or situation needs adjustment and how that adjustment should be made. Avoid the pronoun you whenever possible. Focus on the situation and how it can be improved in the future.

5. Be considerate. Choose an appropriate time and place for criticism. Do not criticize in front of others. Avoid criticizing on the person's birthday, just before vacation or the end of the workday, or when the person isn't feeling well.

All people make mistakes; criticism is one way to learn from them. These guidelines also work in personal relationships.


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