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[Ninad Chhaya <ninad@bom4.vsnl.net.in>]

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• Subject: - FUN TIME FOLKS
• From: Mable Monteiro <MableM@microland.co.in>
• Date: Fri, 4 Jun 1999 05:22:49 -0400 (EDT)
• Importance: high
• Old-Date: Fri, 4 Jun 1999 14:41:23 +0530

THE ROAD NOT TAKEN

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;

Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,

And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.

I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I--
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.

ROBERT FROST
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SET UP CAMP

The loaded mini-van pulled in to the only remaining campsite.
Four children leaped from the vehicle and began feverishly
unloading gear and setting up the tent.

The boys rushed to gather firewood, while the girls and their
mother set up the camp stove and cooking utensils.

A nearby camper marveled to the youngsters' father, "That,
Sir, is some display of teamwork."

The father replied, "I have a system; no one goes to the
bathroom until the camp is set up."

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NON-VIOLENCE

Non-violence leads to the highest ethics, 
which is the goal of all evolution.  Until we 
stop harming all other living beings, we are 
still savages.

Thomas Alva Edison

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A WISER ADVISER 

Have you ever noticed how wise you are when you give advice 
to a person younger than you?  You aren't fooling yourself. 
You really have gained some wisdom over the years.  Have you 
ever wished you could be that wise when you had troubles?  
You can.  You can talk to yourself like a Dutch uncle.

Randall Masciana, M.S., tried to find out what kind of 
mental strategy would improve a person's performance when 
throwing darts.  Masciana had the participants try everything 
from mental imagery to Zen.  What worked best for improving 
the dart thrower's ability to hit the target was positive 
self-talk.  

Simply talking to yourself in a confident, 
reassuring, positive, friendly way makes a difference.  
It may be trite.  It may be old.  But it works, and it works 
better than anything else.

When things get tough, keep your thoughts prominent.  Turn up 
the volume of your inner voice so you can hear it clearly and 
coach yourself.  If you don't know what to say, imagine a 
friend of yours or your little brother in the same situation 
and say to yourself what you would say to them.

Another way of knowing what to say to yourself is to ask 
yourself what someone you admire would say to you:  Abraham 
Lincoln, a professor, your grandmother whomever you admire 
for her or his wisdom and strength of character.  
Imagine asking the person for advice and imagine what s/he 
might say to you.

You know more about your own situation than anyone else, so 
your advice to yourself is in some ways more useful than 
anyone else's.  You are wise.  If you would only talk to 
yourself and listen, your life would be better.

Adam Khan
>From Adam Khan's book, Self-Help Stuff That Works.
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CARING

Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a 
kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the 
smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to 
turn a life around. 
                        
Leo Buscaglia 


Mable Monteiro
MicroMedia, India
The Technology Media Division of Microland
email: MableM@microland.co.in
Tel: 91-80-552 2257 - 9
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