Yesterday, an Anonymous reader left the following story in the comment section in response to my post on TOMORROW IS NEVER PROMISED. He/She has kindly given me permission to put it up as a stand-alone post. The reason why I am posting it is obvious. As we look at what is happening in our country, it almost seems as though the spirit of our nation is fast transforming into something that is destructive. There is so much hatred, corruption, unhappiness over the wrong issues expressed the wrong way, people saying the wrong things, leaders doing the wrong thing and leaving a party for the wrong reasons and other leaders fighting over the wrong issues in the wrong country. For heaven's sake, what is wrong? Antares is so right when he said that the political situation is VERY TOXIC. I am Not a religious person but I do believe that the people of this land need a renewal of our minds - all of us! The time has come for us to be really true to the Almighty above and to put aside whatever selfish ambitions and for once, really think of what irresponsible leaders are doing to our nation. And the time has really come for people to stand up and to MAKE THAT DIFFERENCE by being silent no more and to STAND UP FOR JUSTICE. Thanks to Anonymous @ 5.29 p.m. on February 16th for sharing this with us.
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"My mother used to ask me what the most important part of the body is. Through the years I would take a guess at what I thought was the correct.
Do you know what was the Answer ? if you want to know go on reading ......
When I was younger, I thought sound was very important to us as humans, so I said, "My ears, Mommy."
She said, "No. Many people are deaf. But you keep thinking about it and I will ask you again soon."
Several years passed before she asked me again. Since making my first attempt, I had contemplated the correct answer.
So this time I told her, "Mommy, sight is very important to everybody, so it must be our eyes."
She looked at me and told me, "You are learning fast, but the answer is not correct because there are many people who are blind."
Stumped again, I continued my quest for knowledge and over the years, Mother asked me a couple more times and always her answer was, "No. But you are getting smarter every year, my child."
Then one year, my grandfather died. Everybody was hurt. Everybody was crying. Even my father cried. I remember that especially because it was only the second time I saw him cry.
My Mom looked at me when it was our turn to say our final good-bye to my Grandfather. She asked me, "Do you know the most important body part yet, my dear?" I was shocked when she asked me this now. I always thought this was a game between her and me.
She saw the confusion on my face and told me, "This question is very important. It shows that you have really lived in your life. For every body part you gave me in the past, I have told you were wrong and I have given you an example why.
But today is the day you need to learn this important lesson."
She looked down at me as only a mother can. I saw her eyes well up with tears. She said, "My dear, the most important body part is your spirit."
The most important part of our body is our inner spirit.
Without it the body dies. We can be walking and talking but if we are not sensitive to this spirit within, we are no better than a walking, talking zombie.
With it love is possible.
Without it, is the dead body lovable ?
From here it is obvious that, that which love and what we love in others is the spirit within. The body is merely the temporary cloth we wear while on this earthly existence.
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Do you think there are leaders have the right spirit to lead us to betterment? What has happened to the spirit of this nation? Please leave a comment if you like. I would love to hear from you. Have a lovely evening!
The following jokes were sent to me by Freddie - a great guy from Penang who make the best cakes in Penang, and some say Butterworth too! Have a good laugh and keep that smile on your face.
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THE MODERN DAY LOVE STORY
Once upon a time, a guy asked a beautiful girl 'Will you marry me?'
And the guy lived happily ever after and rode motorcycles and went fishing and played golf a lot and drank beer and scotch and had tons of money in the bank and left the toilet seat up and farted whenever he wanted.
The End
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Tiger Woods and the Pope
The Pope and Tiger Woods die on the same day and because of an administrative
mix up the Pope went to hell and Tiger Woods went to heaven.
The Pope explains the situation to the administrative clerk in hell, and after checking the paperwork admits that there is an error. "However", the clerk explains, "it would be 24 hours before it can be rectified".
Next day the Pope is called and Hell's staff bids him farewell.
On the way up, the Pope meets Tiger Woods coming down from heaven and they stop to have a
chat.
"Sorry about the mix up", apologises the Pope.
"No problem" replied Tiger Woods.
Pope: "I am really anxious to get to heaven."
Tiger: "Why is that?"
Pope: "All my life I have wanted to meet the Virgin Mary."
Tiger: "You're a day late."
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The Sensitive Man
A woman meets a man in a bar. They talk; they connect; they end up leaving together.
They get back to his place, and as he shows her around his apartment.
She notices that one wall of his bedroom is completely filled with soft, sweet, cuddly teddy bears.
It was obvious that he had taken quite some time to lovingly arrange them and she was immediately touched by the amount of thought he had put into organizing the display.
There were small bears all along the bottom shelf, medium-sized bears covering the length of the middle shelf, and huge, enormous bears running all the way along the top shelf.
She found it strange for an obviously masculine guy to have such a large collection of Teddy Bears,
She is quite impressed by his sensitive side, but doesn't mention this to him.
They share a bottle of wine and continue talking and, after awhile, she finds herself thinking,
Oh my God! Maybe, this guy could be the one!
Maybe he could be the future father of my children?'
She turns to him and kisses him lightly on the lips. He responds warmly.
They continue to kiss, the passion builds, and he romantically lifts her in his arms and carries her into his bedroom
Where they rip off each other's clothes and make hot, steamy love.
She is so overwhelmed that she responds with more passion, more creativity, more heat than she has ever known.
After an intense, explosive night of raw passion with this sensitive guy, they are lying there together in the afterglow.
The woman rolls over, gently strokes his chest and asks coyly,
'Well, how was it?'
The guy gently smiles at her, strokes her cheek, looks deeply into her eyes, and says:
'Help yourself to any prize from the middle shelf'
Dear reader, you must be wondering if I am suffering from teddy bear mania. YES!! I have a sizeable collection of teddy bears, one of which is a Steiff bear :-) and NO, I did not amass my bear-bears in the manner described above!!! Take care and please leave a comment if you wish. Thanks! Have a great day!
Elton John gained much fame and recognition for his song "Sorry Seems to be the Hardest Word."For some, it is very difficult to say "I'm sorry". One would think that it would be even more difficult for a man who has gained international recognition and to have been imprisoned only to be charged a second time for a similar offense. For one who has gone as far as being the Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia and then to be down in the pits of shame thanks to the bad publicity, sorry does not seem to be a difficult word. If that is not humility, then what is?
For one who has reached such a high level of recognition, status and prestige, it takes a lot of humility, rational thinking, sense and sensibility to make an apology. Malaysiakini reported DSAI's admission and apology that he had wrongly picked some candidates to be the party's parliamentary elected representatives in the last general election in 2008.
I am sure we all know that on the other side of the divide, leaders would have been absolutely defensive about and would have stooped very low as to use cheap excuses to conceal that mistake. Leadership is a reciprocal quality in that one can only continue to remain as "leaders" because they receive the due respect from followers and are prepared to accept responsibility when they have erred either directly or indirectly. Of late, since Datuk Zahrain's resignation and other controversial PKR members' words and actions, DSAI has been on the receiving end of all kinds of brickbats. Admirably, he has shown us he possesses the courtesy and decency to respect the sentiments of his followers in the way they have expressed their outrage at the knowledge of being cheated by those whom they voted in GE12 under the flag of the PR component parties.
Honestly, I doubt people will understand and accept his apology easily. I do not think an apology itself is enough. He must tell us what action will be taken to correct the mistakes as soon as they appear - all done in the interest of the the country and the people. Let's face it - we are aware that there were flaws in the selection and elimination process of candidate of PKR for the last GE. I believe many want to know how PKR, in particular, are going to scrutinize and vet their candidates which should be selected based on their academic and work qualifications, integrity, willingness and inclination to serve the country fairly and without any form of bias or discrimination and whether these merit disclosure and to what extent as well.
Whilst it is commendable, I am not sure if being apologetic can aid in damage control. Many wonder why the situation has turned out as such because as a seasoned politician, he should have placed his trust in the right persons. If any disloyal member is detected, members should immediately grab the opportunity to take stern action against the turncoats but the painful and disappointing thing is that this was not done, especially in the case of Zulkifli Nordin.
Even if it means one might lose ground support, I believe that a leader has to be stern and form a credible team comprising of promising civic minded leaders such as Zaid Ibrahim to be given the baton of leadership to lead the others to conquer Putrajaya.
At this very challenging stage, leaders can no longer afford to pander to the wishes of the masses so we don't want any more excuses or apologies. The time has come affirmative action to be taken to purge PKR of the dirt that be lurks within. Just as we have had enough of listening to sloganeering at its peak, we also do not want to hear all kinds of shameful reports from anyone.
Yes, sorry may not seem to be the hardest word for DSAI BUT he has a bigger battle to fight in so many areas of his life. We have to go beyond apologies now to affirmative and stern action to deal with indiscipline or other problems as soon as they appear before these explode into something destructive.
Please do not let us down again! We are putting our trust in PR, PKR, DAP and PAs so please make sure you, DSAI, and your leaders will also put your trust in the right personnel. Kindly ensure your candidates for the GE13 are really leaders who have caliber, commitment, drive, motivation, strength of character, integrity and are SQUEAKY CLEAN without carrying any baggage from any other political party. Thank you!
