Weekend Reading

Thanks to Aakriti Rana First Anatomy class   First-year students at Texas A & M's Vet school were attending their first Anatomy class, with a real dead pig.   They all gathered around the surgery table with the body covered with a White sheet. The professor started the class by telling them, 'In Veterinary Medicine it is necessary to have two important qualities as a Doctor: The first is that you not be disgusted by anything involving the Animal body'. For an example, the Professor pulled back the sheet, touched his finger in the mouth of the dead pig, withdrew it and put his Finger in his mouth. 'Go ahead and do the same thing,' he told his students.   The students freaked out, hesitated for several minutes. But eventually took turns putting their finger in the mouth of the dead pig and tasted in their mouth.   When everyone finished, the Professor looked at them and said, 'The Second most important quality is observation. I touched with...

  Thanks to Senthil Kumaran Broken Finger A man once went to see a doctor complaining of aches and pains all over his body.   "Doctor my whole body hurts me," he moaned. The doctor asked him to show exactly where the pain was. The man explained, "When I touch my shoulder, it hurts. When I touch my back it hurts. When I touch my legs, they hurt." The doctor did a thorough examination and told the man- "Sir, there is nothing wrong with your body. Your finger is broken. That is why it hurts wherever you touch. Get your finger plastered, rest it for a couple of weeks and all of your pains will disappear."!! Looks like a Joke? Read on.... SPIRITUAL COMMENTARY: In life so frequently it is our own perspective that causes us pain or pleasure. As we go through life "feeling" the world with our fingers, if our finger is broken naturally we will experience pain everywhere.   But, we make the mistake of blaming the ex...

  Thanks to Prajnya, and Gayathri D.   Anger and Love Why do we yell in anger?   A sage asked his disciples, 'Why do people yell at each other when they are upset?'   The men thought for a while, ‘because we lose our calm' said one.’ we Yell for that.'   'But, why to yell when the other person is just next to you?' asked the sage. ‘Isn’t it possible to speak to him or her with a soft voice? Why do you yell at a person when you're angry?'   The men gave some other answers but none satisfied the sage. Finally he explained, 'When two people are angry at each other, their hearts distance a lot. To cover that distance they must yell, to be able to hear each other. The angrier they are, the stronger they will have to yell to hear each other through that great distance.'   Then the sage asked, what happens when two people fall in love? They do not yell at each other but talk softly, why? Their hearts are ve...

Thanks to Smita Mukherjee The Baggy Yellow Shirt The baggy yellow shirt had long sleeves, four extra-large pockets trimmed in black thread and snaps up the front. It was faded from years of wear, but still in decent shape. I found it in 1963 when I was home from college on Christmas break, rummaging through bags of clothes Mom intended to give away. "You're not taking that old thing, are you?" Mom said when she saw me packing the yellow shirt. "I wore that when I was pregnant with your brother in 1954!" "It's just the thing to wear over my clothes during art class, Mom. Thanks!" I slipped it into my suitcase before she could object. The yellow shirt became a part of my college wardrobe. I loved it. After graduation, I wore the shirt the day I moved into my new apartment and on Saturday mornings when I cleaned. The next year, I married. When I became pregnant, I wore the yellow shirt during big-belly days. I missed Mom and the rest of my f...

Thanks to Raja Shanmugam Mankind Isn't it amazing that George Carlin - comedian of the 70's and 80's - could write something so very eloquent...and so very appropriate. A Message by George Carlin: The paradox of our time in history is that we have taller buildings but shorter tempers, wider Freeways , but narrower viewpoints. We spend more, but have less, we buy more, but enjoy less. We have bigger houses and smaller families, more conveniences, but less time. We have more degrees but less sense, more knowledge, but less judgment, more experts, yet more problems, more medicine, but less wellness. We drink too much, smoke too much, spend too recklessly, laugh too little, drive too fast, get too angry, stay up too late, get up too tired, read too little, watch TV too much, and pray too seldom. We have multiplied our possessions, but reduced our values. We talk too much, love too seldom, and hate too often. We've learned how to make a living, but not...

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