Monday, February 19, 2007

Thought for the day

Things Are Not Always Black or White

In life, a lesson learned in your past that you will never forget completely.

When I was in elementary school, I got into a major argument with a boy in my class. I have forgotten what the argument was about, but I have never forgotten the lesson learned that day.

I was convinced that I was right and he was wrong - and he was just as convinced that I was wrong and he was right. The teacher decided to teach us a very important lesson. She brought us up to the front of the class and placed him on one side of her desk and me on the other.

In the middle of her desk was a large, round object. I could clearly see that it was black. She asked the boy what color the object was. White, he answered.

I couldn’t believe he said the object was white, when it was obviously black! Another argument started between my classmate and me, this time about the color of the object.

The teacher told me to go stand where the boy was standing and told him to come stand where I had been. We changed places, and now she asked me what the color of the object was. I had to answer, White. It was an object with two differently colored sides, and from his viewpoint it was white. Only from my side was it black.

My teacher taught me a very important lesson learned that day You must stand in the other person’s shoes and look at the situation through their eyes in order to truly understand their perspective.

--- Anonymous

Friday, February 09, 2007

Thought of the day

Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.

-- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Wednesday, February 07, 2007

Thought of the day

To establish true self-esteem we must concentrate on our successes and forget about the failures and the negatives in our lives.

-- Denis Waitley, Author and Speaker

Monday, January 29, 2007

Thought of the day

Each individual has a place to fill in the world, and is important in some respect, whether he chooses to be so or not.

----- Hawthorne

Thursday, January 18, 2007

Thought of the day

Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.

-- George S. Patton

Tuesday, December 26, 2006

Thought of the day

A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him.

-- David Brinkley

Wednesday, December 20, 2006

From: Solomon Kone Guei

From: Solomon Kone Guei Abidjan, Cote d Ivoire, I am solomon Kone Guei from Cote d Ivoire. I am 22 years old; I lost my father a couple of years ago. My father late General Robert Guei was a Ex-Military head of State of Ivory Coast until his untimely death,(You can visit http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/2269238.stm for complete report on this incident). He was assassinated on the 19th of September 2002 by an unknown group of heavily armed gunmen following the political uprising. To be brief and straight to the point, before his untimely death, he deposited with a finance security company a metal safe box containing the sum of (Ten Million, Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars Only) $10.5 Million Dollars meant for the purchase of heavy artilleries, armored tank, ammunitions and security equipments from Dubai. The security company do not know the real contents of the metal safe box is money, because he convincingly told them at the time of deposit that it only contains African Artefact treasures and computer security consumables that does not need air and sun rays, that will be ship to his foreign business associate in abroad. Name of the finance and security firm is withheld for security reasons. I want you to do me a favour to claim the box as my late father foreign business associate overseas in your country, so that I will come over to your country for investment and resettlement, since the present administration is no more in cordial relationship with my families. I will go into partnership investment with you in your country; such as Real Estate and Hotel ownership this is my reason for writing to you. Please if you are willing to assist me, indicate your interest in replying soonest, I will offer you 30% only for your kind and honest assistance. Do kindly send me your direct telephone and fax numbers for an easy communication. Mr. Solomon