SPEECH

"All religious scriptures advise us to always communicate in soft language.Never be bitter in your talk, for bitterness results in degeneration of the self.
Mind becomes unbalanced and you lose control over your sense of logic.
You are not able to appreciate other's point of view.One can lose a friend or a relation.
On the other hand, soft spoken and sweet tongued person is always successful in day today life. A bitter tongued person is always a loser.
Cultivate the habit of speaking in soft tone.You shall acquire a blissful mind and gather admirers all around you.'

"To speak and to speak well are two things. A fool may talk, but a wise man speaks.

........Ben Jonson

What We Have

"A wise man arrived at the village of Akbar and the people lent no importance to him. Except for a small group of young people, the wise man was of no interest to anyone. On the contrary, he became a object of irony for the inhabitants of the city.
One day he was walking down the main street with some of his disciples, a group of men and women began to insult him. The wise man went up to them and blessed them.
When they left, one of the disciples remarked: “They say terrible things, and you answer them with nice words.”
And the wise man replied: “Each one of us can only offer what he or she has.”

"At last you have departed
and gone to the Unseen.
What marvelous route
did you take from this world?"
~Rumi~

Frog and the Scorpion

"One day, a scorpion stood on the side of a stream and asked a frog to carry it to the other side.
'How do I know you won't sting me?' the frog asked. 'Because if I sting you, I'll drown,' the scorpion said.
The frog thought about it and realized that the scorpion was right. So he put the scorpion on his back and started ferrying him. But midway across the stream, the scorpion plunged its stinger into the frog's back. As they both began to drown, the frog gasped,'Why?'
The scorpion replied, 'Because it is my nature.'

Life is like a tree

Life is like a tree;

them, us, you and me,

open your mind

and you will see,

we are all connected.

We were born on the same day.....
separated by branches,
we have migrated away,

nature and the environment,

our bodies from the earth.

If it wasn't for water

we would still be dirt.

Our origin is a mystery,

we come from a magical seed,

we are of different colors,

but we are all the same breed...

Life is like a tree

as delicate as can be,

harm one of the branches

you harm the entire tree.

Life is like a tree

them, us, you and me

open up your mind

and you will see.

(elton)