The Cooling Stream

A man made a living selling balloons at a fair.
He had all colors of balloons, including red, yellow, blue, and green.
Whenever business was slow, he would release a helium-filled balloon into the air and when the children saw it go up, they all wanted to buy one. They would come up to him, buy a balloon and his sales would go up again.
He continued this process all day.
One day, he felt someone tugging at his jacket. He turned around and saw a little boy who asked, "If you release a black balloon, would that also fly?"
Moved by the boy's concern, the man replied with empathy, "Son, it is not the color of the balloon; it is what is inside that makes it go up."

Lessons:

• Our attitude determines our future.
• Good attitude gives good impressions and improve our relationships.
  
• Good attitude can open doors to million of opportunity.
  
• In life, it doesn't matter how smart we are or how many facts and figures we know. What other people care about is your right attitude.

May the coming New Year gives you love, peace and prosperity.

You are driving alone in your car on a stormy night.

You pass by a bus stop and you see three people waiting for the bus:

Which one would you choose to offer a ride to, knowing that there could only be one passenger in your car?

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You could pick up the old lady, because she is going to die, and thus you should save her first.

Or you could take the old friend because he once saved your life, and this would be the perfect chance to pay him back. However, you may never be able to find your perfect mate again.

The preferred answer is : You give the car keys to your old friend and let him take the lady to the hospital. You stay behind and wait for the bus with the partner of your dreams.

An elephant was standing and picking leaves from a tree. A small fly came, flying and buzzing near his ear. The elephant waved it away with his long ears. Then the fly came again, and the elephant waved it away once more.

This was repeated several times. Then the elephant asked the fly, "Why are you so restless and noisy? Why can't you stay for a while in one place?"

The fly answered, "I am attracted to whatever I see, hear or smell. My five senses pull me constantly in all directions and I cannot resist them. What is your secret? How can you stay so calm and still?"

The elephant stopped eating and said, "My five senses do not rule my attention. Whatever I do, I get immersed in it. Now that I am eating, I am completely immersed in eating. In this way I can enjoy my food and chew it better. I rule and control my attention, and not the other way around."

Lessons:

• If our five senses are in control of our mind and attention, then our mind is in constant unrest. If we are in charge of our five senses and attention, then our mind becomes calm.
• Control your attention, and you control your mind.
  

Be Attentive To All That You Do And You Shall Be Calm and Happy.

A school head was alerted by the caretaker to a persistent problem in the girls' lavatories: some of the girl students were leaving lipstick kisses on the mirrors.

The caretaker had left notices on the toilet walls asking for the practice to cease, but to no avail. Every evening the caretaker would wipe away the kisses, and the next day lots more kisses would be planted on the mirror. It had become a bit of a game.

The head teacher enjoyed problem solving, and so the next day she asked a few girl representatives from each class to meet with her in the lavatory.

"Thank you for coming," said the head teacher, "You will see there are several lipstick kisses in the mirrors in this washroom."

Some of the girls grinned at each other.

"As you will understand, modern lipstick is cleverly designed to stay on the lips, and so the lipstick is not easy at all to clean from the mirrors. We have therefore had to develop a special cleaning regime, and my hope is that when you see the effort involved you will help spread the word that we'd all be better off if those responsible for the kisses use tissue paper instead of the mirrors in future."

At this point the caretaker stepped forward with a sponge squeegee, which he took into one of the toilet cubicles, dipped into the toilet bowl, and then used to clean one of the lipstick-covered mirrors.