tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17575956.post1099814595660714901..comments2023-07-29T14:13:45.768+05:30Comments on all Gyan BIG & small: A tale of two generationsMoses John Wesleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07962502280867547472noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17575956.post-32274297138743587792007-02-27T16:16:00.000+05:302007-02-27T16:16:00.000+05:30@ C&H -That would be really interesting - I will p...@ C&H -<BR/>That would be really interesting - I will preserve this too - hmm (at worst case, will check out how my son will pen a similar thing....naaaaaaaaaaah :P)<BR/><BR/>@Arjun -<BR/>Vintage Wine dude - Get an old skin - "Old wine in New Skins burst"<BR/><BR/>@Nada -<BR/>smiley :)<BR/><BR/>@Xai 1 -<BR/>hmm...right-wrong, respect-contempt, intelligence-daft(ness) - phew..couple(ts) are a problem I say<BR/><BR/>@ Chikki -<BR/>That's a nice one from Rudyard Kipling - had that on my desk when I was buring gallons of Midnight oil in Operations - <BR/><BR/>Ya- oil of kindness - lest we forget - will remember sister.<BR/><BR/>@ Xai 2 -<BR/>I guess this comment is a comment from the 'current' generation<BR/><BR/>@ me to me<BR/>This is one of the nasty, below the belt blogs that I have penned so far - Angst, ire, chafed and smileyMoses John Wesleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07962502280867547472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17575956.post-8599703988335022512007-02-27T15:43:00.000+05:302007-02-27T15:43:00.000+05:30@johnI think your sister admits that people around...@john<BR/>I think your sister admits that people around you are losing their heads... :PThe Goddesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08714490156924792267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17575956.post-75729978476188991672007-02-27T14:51:00.000+05:302007-02-27T14:51:00.000+05:30If you can keep your head when all about youAre lo...If you can keep your head when all about you<BR/>Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,<BR/>If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you<BR/>But make allowance for their doubting too,<BR/>If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,<BR/>Or being lied about, don't deal in lies,<BR/>Or being hated, don't give way to hating,<BR/>And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise:<BR/>If you can dream--and not make dreams your master,<BR/>If you can think--and not make thoughts your aim;<BR/>If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster<BR/>And treat those two impostors just the same;<BR/>If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken<BR/>Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,<BR/>Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,<BR/>And stoop and build 'em up with worn-out tools:<BR/><BR/>If you can make one heap of all your winnings<BR/>And risk it all on one turn of pitch-and-toss,<BR/>And lose, and start again at your beginnings<BR/>And never breath a word about your loss;<BR/>If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew<BR/>To serve your turn long after they are gone,<BR/>And so hold on when there is nothing in you<BR/>Except the Will which says to them: "Hold on!"<BR/><BR/>If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,<BR/>Or walk with kings--nor lose the common touch,<BR/>If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you;<BR/>If all men count with you, but none too much,<BR/>If you can fill the unforgiving minute<BR/>With sixty seconds' worth of distance run,<BR/>Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,<BR/>And--which is more--you'll be a Man, my son!<BR/><BR/><BR/>--Rudyard Kipling <BR/><BR/>Kindness is the oil that takes friction out of life..<BR/><BR/>Life is not as complicated as you think it is..<BR/><BR/>lots of love and prayers<BR/>akkaKavitha Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07370673651100941610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17575956.post-30219800437289628472007-02-27T12:41:00.000+05:302007-02-27T12:41:00.000+05:30I said this to my family once, I'll say this to yo...I said this to my family once, I'll say this to you now.<BR/><BR/>We are all smart people, aware of choices, aware of risks and rational enough to make well balanced decisions. We are respected at work for these very qualities. And expect to be respected at home in an identical way. But sadly, we forget that the others are as smart as you think you are.<BR/><BR/>You are who you are. At the end of everything, it's about being at peace with yourself and God. I don't think I would be able to face either with the explanation that I did what someone else thought was right for me and used none of my own discernment or faculties of reason.<BR/><BR/>Whew!! Sounds like you posting with my id with all that gyan, but... :-)The Goddesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08714490156924792267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17575956.post-32547931967118198422007-02-27T10:51:00.000+05:302007-02-27T10:51:00.000+05:30hey john - looks like somebody lit a fire under yo...hey john - looks like somebody lit a fire under you. well written as always, but i cant say that i relate to the generation thing... lucky to never have been in that spot...<BR/><BR/>Last line says it all "Can’t we love each other for what we are, for what we can be, and for what we cannot be too, instead of constantly trying to make the world go according to what you believe is ‘right’?"<BR/>If we could really ponder over that and strive to implement it, all kinds of relationships - family, parents, spouse, friends - would become so much better.Nadahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05370504379824941025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17575956.post-34320303527176308342007-02-27T08:16:00.000+05:302007-02-27T08:16:00.000+05:30this is truly "vintage" john.... very very nice an...this is truly "vintage" john.... very very nice and definitely one for the archivesArjunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01203981203578698788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17575956.post-26677284505599668142007-02-26T23:10:00.000+05:302007-02-26T23:10:00.000+05:30you took so much pain to scribble this out and nob...you took so much pain to scribble this out and nobody responded? just 1 response? tch tch<BR/>love, sarbani (i have to choose anonymous otherwise it wont let me save this, so writing down my identity for you...in case you dont recognize me ...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17575956.post-77043710914540450302007-02-26T11:41:00.000+05:302007-02-26T11:41:00.000+05:30I'll preserve this John...lets see how things turn...I'll preserve this John...lets see how things turn out to be...<BR/><BR/>C&HAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com