Wednesday, 30 November 2016

Lipstick in School

According to a news report, a certain private school in Washington was recently faced with a unique problem.
A number of 12-year-old girls were beginning to use lipstick and would put it on in the bathroom. That was fine, but after they put on their lipstick, they would press their lips to the mirror leaving dozens of little lip prints.
 
Every night the maintenance man would remove the lip prints, and the next day the girls would put them back.
 
Finally the principal decided that something had to be done. She called all the girls to the bathroom and met them there with the maintenance man. She explained that all these lip prints were causing a major problem for the custodian who had to clean the mirrors every night (you can just imagine the yawns from the little princesses).
 
To demonstrate how difficult it had been to clean the mirrors, she asked the maintenance man to show the girls how much effort was required.
 
He took out a long-handled squeegee, dipped it in the toilet, and cleaned the mirror with it. Since then, there have been no lip prints on the mirror.

Saturday, 1 October 2016

The elephant

This is a story about the importance of being persistent and never giving up, no matter how many failures you have experienced in the past.
A man was spending his holiday in Africa. One day he watched the elephants passing by. To his great surprise these giant strong animals were being held only by a small rope, tied to their front leg. Obviously, they could easily run away any moment. However, they did not.
Then he saw a trainer and asked him, how could this happen that not a single elephant makes an attempt to break free. The trainer explained: "When the elephants are very young, we use the same size rope to tie them, and at that time it is enough to hold them. Gradually they grow up, get stronger, nevertheless they never try to get away, as they believe that the rope will still hold them".
The man was stunned. These strong animals could break free any time, but they did not, because they believed that this is impossible.
Sometimes people act like elephants, when they give up after the first failure. Remember, that failures are part of learning. If we want to succeed, we should never give up, but try and try again.

Saturday, 13 August 2016

Unconditional Love


The greatest gift that you can give to others is the gift of unconditional love and acceptance.

Values


When your values are clear to you, making decisions becomes easier. 

Friday, 12 August 2016

Wildflowers


The hills were alive with wildflowers
And I was as wild, even wilder than they
For at least I could run, they just died in the sun
And I refused to just wither in place
Just a wild mountain rose, needing freedom to grow
So I ran fearing not where I'd go
When a flower grows wild, it can always survive
Wildflowers don't care where they grow
Dolly Parton


Sunday, 3 July 2016

The things children say

Jessica was  looking through some photographs. She said "James did you know that grandma was born in the black and white days?" 

It is the supreme art

It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in 
creative expression and knowledge. 
Albert Einstein

The things children say