I WISH YOU ENOUGH.

A Narrative from a friend' friend

Recently I overheard a Father and daughter in their last moments
together at the airport. They had announced the departure.

Standing near the security gate, they hugged and the Father said, 'I
love you, and I wish you enough.'

The daughter replied, 'Dad, our life together has been more than
enough. Your love is all I ever needed. I wish you enough, too, Dad.'

They kissed and the daughter left. The Father walked over to the
window where I was seated. Standing there I could see he wanted and
needed to cry... I tried not to intrude on his privacy, but he
welcomed me in by asking, 'Did you ever say good-bye to someone
knowing it would be forever?'

'Yes, I have,' I replied. 'Forgive me for asking, but why is this a
forever good-bye?'.

'I am old, and she lives so far away. I have challenges ahead and the
reality is - the next trip back will be for my funeral,' he said.

'When you were saying good-bye, I heard you say, 'I wish you enough.'
May I ask what that means?'

He began to smile. 'That's a wish that has been handed down from other
generations. My parents used to say it to everyone...' He paused a
moment and looked up as if trying to remember it in detail, and he
smiled even more. 'When we said, 'I wish you enough,' we were wanting
the other person to have a life filled with just enough good things to
sustain them.' Then turning toward me, he shared the following as if
he were reciting it from memory.

I wish you enough sun to keep your attitude bright no matter how gray
the day may appear.

I wish you enough rain to appreciate the sun even more.

I wish you enough happiness to keep your spirit alive and everlasting.

I wish you enough pain so that even the smallest of joys in life may
appear bigger...

I wish you enough gain to satisfy your wanting.

I wish you enough loss to appreciate all that you possess.

I wish you enough hellos to get you through the final good-bye..

He then began to cry and walked away.

They say it takes a minute to find a special person, an hour to
appreciate them, a day to love them; but then an entire life to forget
them.

TAKE TIME TO LIVE....

To all my friends and loved ones,
I WISH YOU ENOUGH.

No point working so hard

1. No point using limited life to chase unlimited money. 2. No point earning so much money you cannot live to spend it. 3. Money is not yours until you spend it. 4. When you are young, you use your health to chase your wealth; when you are old, you use your wealth to buy back your health. Difference is that, it is too late. 5. How happy a man is, is not how much he has but how little he needs. 6. No point working so hard to provide for the people you have no time to spend with.

Be thankful for what you have

Here's your "Quote Take Action" of the day:

"Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don't have, you will never, ever have enough."
Oprah Winfrey

Your action for today is to stop a few seconds and appreciate all the  conveniences you have in your home / office every time you use them.

Alok adds: 

Your action for today is to stop a few seconds and appreciate all those people who are reasons for you making some money like your client, boss, customers and so on. 

Your action for today is to stop a few seconds and appreciate all those who work for you, assist you, help you, guide you and so on.

Your action for today is to stop a few seconds and appreciate all those who bring joy in your life be ita pet, a friend, a neighbour , a joke teller, a singer, a singing bird, a companion, a child and so on. 

Your action for today is to stop a few seconds and appreciate all those who made you enlightened, who thought you good things, who dared to find and tell your mistakes so you could improve, and the saints for their educative discourses, and parents for their guidence, and so on..

Your action for today is to stop a few seconds and appreciate all those who built schools so you cud study, built hospital so you get treatement, build garden so you can be near nature, build water hut so you cude drink water when thirsty, ...and so on.. all philentrophists, donors, charitable people and organisations....

Your action for today is to stop a few seconds and appreciate all those who activists, evil fighters, social workers and so on as if they were not there then many more individuals and institutions would have   become criminalised and looters .......so thank Laxmibai, Shivaji, Bhagat singh, Vinabaji,Gandhiji, Lohpurush, JP, Annaji, Arvind Kejriwal, Khemka, Arun Bhatia, Khairnar, RTI activists, freedom fighters, Times Now and so on....

Thankfulness attracts more .....be grateful for everthing

"Feeling grateful or appreciative of someone or something in your life actually attracts more of the things that you appreciate and value into your life."

I decide your fate....Said Shri Krishna .....

Most people follow rituals instead of following the path told by shastras's/ god/ saints. If u live shastranusar then will face less difficulties or otherwise u ll make ur life most miserable.

"Hey, today is your last day!"

Guy: "But i'm not ready!".

Death said: "Well today your name is the first on my list...".

Guy:"Okay,then why don't you take a seat and We will drink a COFFEE before we go?"

Death:"All right.. ".

The Guy gave Death some COFFEE with sleeping pills in it.
Death finished COFFEE and fell into a deep sleep!!!

The Guy took the list & removed his name from top of the list and put at the bottom of the list!

When Death woke up he said to the Guy:"Because you have been so nice to me, now I will start my job from the BOTTOM of the list.." !!! Moral:

Whatever is written in your Destiny ...
Will never change... no matter how much u try..🐣
So Shri Krishna Says:

"Tu karta woh hai
jo tu chahata hai,

Par hota woh hai
jo mai chahata hu!

Tu kar woh jo mai chahata hu....
Fir hoga woh jo tu chahta hai....Jsk
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Sad news : Resident of my area Scholar and Thinker Shri Asghar Ali Engineer no more

I had met Shri Asgharali ji thru my dear friend Shri Abbas Contractor. I had an opportunity to listen to his radical yet balanced views with belief in universal brotherhood. 

For his revolutionary thoughts he was attacked by knifers too and was injured. 

He is a man who left gold mining opportunity job in BMC for which others bribe in lacs to get in. 

Since last few years one of his representatives would come and book our hall for a meeting for his activities. Normally I do not get up and go to any programme happening in my hall uninvited even if ministers and renowned speakers come. But I would always go and say namaste to this pious brave soul. ( Everyone chase celebrities but I like to be with good souls who have love for all). 

I am proud that he lived in my vicinity and my area TPS3, santacruz East. We will miss him dearly. May his soul rest in peace. 

May more and more such brave thinkers take charge of youth and guide them to right  and peaceful path.

I am sure those from his community had had some difference of opinion with him will forget same and give him due respectable send off as he deserved being one of them. 

Thanks and Regards,
Alok Tholiya,

9324225699 

Lets enjoy, celebrate and thank God

Lets enjoy, celebrate and thank God

While death may come anytime but not sure. But old age is certain and with it all kind of handicaps/ ailments  follow. To welcome that and accept old age and its limitations with grace is the message here.....Alok

Alok Tholiya	Jan 23 (7 days ago)

As  usual my self own my own found that there is some development in my right eye. No one believed me initially. Even eye specialist did not diagnose nor first believed what I was saying. Then he must have realized I may have Glaucoma. Sent me for tests .

Great news. 75% vision in my right is permanent lost. These are messages from almighty that has started liking me and considering my name for his invite list and Yamdut is busy so unless it is urgent it may take few years for him to send me invite.

In the meanwhile he has given me time to :

1. Strategize my plans for retirement

2. enjoy more time with meditation and keep in touch with him

3. spend some time on health so I am less burden to active members in family ( but I hv to develop will power as knowing that is not enough)

4. Beautiful design my will and last testament.

5. Increase pace of good work for humanity ( next item on agenda is Ambulance for society).( my novel idea of Sr. citizens Day crèche ( Palna Ghar for Dada Dadi so earning members can attend to office/ emergency seems little distant)
6. Tour some destinations longed for whole life that one day I will be free and will be able to find time. Finally I thought post my dear daughters marriage I will be free as once I hand over her to a loving , caring , honest , character worthy husband and his family but .....but if wishes were horses  fools would ride.... Insha’Allah things will be alright as I have not learnt to bow down to wrongdoers and will ultimately come out victorious as it is rightly said that there is delay but not injustice in the durbar of Almighty.

7. I will now be able to raise more vehemently issues dear to me , fight for right, RTI, activism, fight police and courts who have different procedures and standards for different set of people and so on.

Hope you will enjoy, celebrate and become enlightened with this news of my loss of 75% vision and take it as a reaching near and dear to god and will not waste time on asking several questions on this development.

Why I am making this open as I am not the one who tries to keep everthing secret and hidden. Read me like a open book. ...........

Thanks and Regards,
Alok Tholiya,

Posted by Alok Tholiya at 9:21 AM

Maa mother Aai Amma mom

कदम रुक गये जब मैं पहुँचा बाज़ार में;

बिक रहे थे रिश्ते खुलेआम व्यापार में;

मैने पूछा "क्या भाव है रिश्तों का?"

दुकानदार बोला-"कौनसा चाहिए, बेटा या बाप?"

बहन या भाई? इंसानियत का दूं या प्यार का?

दोस्ती का या विश्वास का? बाबूजी क्या चाहिए,

बोलो तो सही, सब चीज़ बिकाऊ है यहाँ,

आप चुपचाप क्यूँ खड़े हों मुँह खोलो तो सही,

मैने जब उससे पूछा "माँ के रिश्ते का क्या भाव है?"

तो दुकानदार तुरंत नम होती आँखों से बोला -

"संसार इसी रिश्ते पर तो टिका है बाबू,

माफ़ करना,

ये रिश्ता बिकाऊ नहीं हैl इसका कोई मोल नहीं लगा पाएगा;

ये रिश्ता भी बिक गया तो फिर ये संसार भी उजड़ जाएगा "

मेरी अंतिम यात्रा कैसी हो?

मेरी अंतिम यात्रा कैसी हो?

हमारा देश त्योहारों और रीति रिवाजों का देश है। रीति रिवाजों में देश काल के हिसाब से बदलाव आना आवश्यक होता है। यह बदलाव रीति रिवाजों को प्रासंगिक और उपयोगी रखने के लिए आवश्यक होते हैं। जब यह देश काल के हिसाब से बदलते नहीं है तो यही रीति रिवाज कुरीतियों का रूप धारण कर लेते हैं और इनकी उपयोगिता और प्रासंगिकता नष्ट हो जाती है और ये सिर्फ ढकोसला बनकर रह जाते है। 

मृत्यु पर शव यात्रा में जाना एक आवश्यक कार्य था। आज भी माना जाता है कि आप चाहे किसी परिवार में विवाह में मत जाओ लेकिन मृत्यु पर जरूर जाना चाहिए। दुख: में शामिल होना अच्छी बात मानी जाती है। पहले के जमाने में अर्थी को कंधा देना एक पुण्य कार्य माना जाता था। हर किसी को अर्थी बांधना भी नहीं आता है। कुछ ही लोग इस कार्य में अनुभवी और निपुण होते हैं और वह मृत्यु की खबर मिलते ही पहुँच जाते हैं और अपना काम पूरे मनोयोग से करते हैं।

बदले परिवेश में गाड़ी से शवयात्रा निकलती है और आए हुये लोग भी अपने अपने वाहनों में पहले घर तक और फिर श्मशान में पहुँचते हैं। कई बार तो यह एक बड़े काफिले का रूप धारण कर लेता है। कभी ट्रेफिक जाम का भी कारण बन जाता है। लोग अपने वाहन जहां तहां खड़े कर देते हैं और परिवहन में लोगों को परेशानी होती है। कई लोग तो सीधे श्मशान ही पहुँचते हैं। कम से कम तीन चार घंटे आने और जाने में लग जाते हैं। इन सब चीजों की कोई उपयोगिता नहीं है। कोई दुखी परिवार से सांत्वना की बात नहीं करता है। सब लोग आपस में बातें करते देखे जा सकते हैं। कई लोग अपने मोबाइल फोन पर बातें करते देखे जा सकते हैं।  

मैं अपनी शव यात्रा कैसी चाहता हूँ इस पर मेरे कुछ विचार यहाँ पर लिख रहा हूँ:

मैंने अपने नेत्रदान का संकल्प किया हुआ है। मैं चाहता हूँ कि मेरे जो भी अंग किसी काम आ सके उनका दान कर दिया जाय। शरीरदान करना भी मैं पसंद करता हूँ। न रहेगा बांस न बजेगी बांसुरी। जब शरीर ही नहीं है तो शव यात्रा किस बात की?

यदि शरीरदान संभव न हो सका तो मेरे मृत्यु की खबर कुछ करीबी रिश्तेदार और करीबी मित्रों को ही दी जाय और शवयात्रा में कम से कम लोग आयें ऐसा कुछ इंतजाम किया जाय। किसी भी हालत में 50 से ज्यादा लोग न आए।

मृत्यु के बाद के रविवार या छुट्टी के दिन श्रमदान का आयोजन किया जाय और अधिकतम लोगों को उसमें शामिल होने के लिए प्रेरित किया जाय। श्रमदान किस चीज के लिए हो यह कोई सामाजिक संस्था ने सरकारी संस्थानों के साथ मिलकर निश्चित करना चाहिए। श्रमदान के लिए कुछ मुद्दे यह हो सकते हैं:

बरसात के दिनों में वृक्षारोपण का कार्यक्रम हो।

बरसात के पहले तालाबों/ नदियों को को गहरा करने का काम हो।

बरसात के पहले शहर के नालों / नालियों और अन्य स्थानों की सफाई।

“गूंज” के लिए पुराने वस्त्रों/ गरम कपड़ों का संग्रह; इत्यादि इत्यादि।   

हम लोग प्रायः कर यूरोप और अमेरिका का अनुकरण कर रहे हैं। उन देशों में श्रम को नीची दृष्टि से नहीं देखा जाता है। वहाँ पर “dignity of labour” में यकीन किया जाता है। कोई भी व्यक्ति काम से छोटा नहीं माना जाता है। जबकि हमारे यहाँ शारीरिक श्रम को हेय दृष्टि से देखा जाता है।

यहाँ तक कि हमारे देश के रईसों के बच्चे भी जब विदेशों में पढ़ने जाते हैं तो वहाँ अपना खर्च निकालने के लिएwaiter या अन्य काम करते देखे जाते हैं। मेरे एक वर्ष के कनाडा प्रवास के दौरान मैंने देखा था कि यहाँ से बड़े उद्योगपति भी जब प्रदर्शनियों में शामिल होने आते हैं तो अपना सामान ट्रकों से खुद ही उतारते और चढ़ाते हैं। भले ही वह अपने घर में पानी भी खुद लेकर पीने के आदि न हो।  

मृत्यु के तीसरे दिन प्रायः उठावना का कार्यक्रम होता है जिसमें शवयात्रा में आए हुये लोग और अन्य लोग शामिल होते हैं। यह कार्यक्रम आधे घंटे से लेकर दो घंटे तक चलता है। कहीं कहीं भजन का कार्यक्रम होता है तो कहीं भजन की केसेट लगा दी जाती है। आए हुये लोग बैठ कर आपस में बातें करते हैं और कुछ समय बाद दिवंगत कि फोटो पर पुष्प चढ़ा नमन कर निकाल जाते हैं।

मैं चाहूँगा कि मेरे मृत्यु उपरांत हुये उठवना में में पेंसिल थेरेपी का कार्यक्रम किया जाय ताकि आने वालों को यदि कोई दर्द हो तो वह दर्द दूर किए जा सकें। और जो स्वस्थ हो उन्हें पेंसिल थेरेपी सीखाई जाय ताकि उनके संपर्क में  जो दर्दी हों उनका वह दर्द निवारण कर सके। मेरे लिए यही सच्ची श्रद्धांजलि होगी।

आप लोगों से निवेदन है कि मेरे इस निर्णय पर अपनी राय प्रकट करें और मेरी कोई त्रुटि हो उसे ठीक करें। मेरे मन में यह बात कई दिनों से चल रही थी सो मैंने यह आपके सामने पेश कर दी।

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nature, trying to alleviate the pains of suffering humanity.
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मेरे नाथ !

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about the way we treat people.

Five  (5) lessons  about the way we treat people.   

1      - First Important Lesson - Cleaning Lady.   
During  my second month of college, our professor
gave us a pop quiz. I was a  conscientious student
and had breezed through the questions until I read  
the last one:

'What is the first name of the woman who cleans the  school?'
Surely this was some kind of joke. I had seen the
cleaning  woman several times. She was tall,
dark-haired and in her 50's, but how  would I know her name?

I handed in my paper, leaving the last question  
blank. Just before class ended, one student asked if
the last question  would count toward our quiz grade.

'Absolutely, ' said the professor.  'In your careers,
you will meet many people.  All are significant.  They
deserve your attention and care, even if all you do
is smile and  say 'hello.'

I've never forgotten that lesson. I also learned her  
name was Dorothy.  
2.  - Second Important Lesson -Pickup in the  Rain  

One night, at 11:30  p.m.,  an older African American
woman was standing on the side of an   Alabama  highway
trying to endure a lashing rain   storm.  Her car had
broken down and she desperately needed a ride.
Soaking  wet, she decided to flag down the next car.
A young white man stopped to  help her, generally
unheard of in those conflict-filled 1960's. The man  
took her to safety, helped her get assistance and
put her into a  taxicab.

She seemed to be in a big hurry, but wrote down his  
address and thanked him. Seven days went by and a
knock came on the  man's door. To his surprise, a
giant console color TV was delivered to his  home. A
special note was attached.

It read:
'Thank you so much  for assisting me on the highway
the other night. The rain drenched not  only my
clothes, but also my spirits.  Then you came along.  
Because of you, I was able to make it to my dying
husband's bedside  just before he passed away... God
bless you for helping me and unselfishly  serving
others.'

Sincerely,
Mrs. Nat King  Cole.( A very famous African American singer)

3  - Third Important Lesson - Always remember those
who  serve.   In  the days when an ice cream sundae cost much less,
a 10-year-old boy  entered a hotel coffee shop and
sat at a table. A waitress put a glass of  water in
front of him.

'How much is an ice cream sundae?' he  asked.  
'Fifty cents,' replied the waitress.

The little boy  pulled is hand out of his pocket and
studied the coins in it.  

'Well, how much is a plain dish of ice cream?' he inquired.

By  now more people were waiting for a table and the
waitress was growing  impatient.

'Thirty-five cents,' she brusquely replied.

The  little boy again counted his coins.

'I'll have the plain ice cream,'  he said.

The waitress brought the ice cream, put the bill on
the  table and walked away The boy finished the ice
cream, paid the cashier and  left.  When the waitress
came back, she began to cry as she wiped  down the
table.  There, placed neatly beside the empty dish,
were  two nickels and five pennies..

You see,  he couldn't  have  the sundae, because he had
to have enough left to leave her a  tip.  
4  - Fourth Important Lesson. - The obstacle in Our  Path.  

In ancient times, a King had a boulder placed on a
roadway.   Then he hid himself and watched to see if
anyone would remove the  huge rock.  Some of the
king's wealthiest merchants and courtiers  came by
and simply walked around it.  Many loudly blamed the
King  for not keeping the roads clear, but none did
anything about getting the  stone out of the way.

Then a peasant came along carrying a load of  
vegetables.  Upon approaching the boulder, the
peasant laid down  his burden and tried to move the
stone to the side of the road.   After much pushing
and straining, he finally succeeded. After the  
peasant picked up his load of vegetables, he noticed
a purse lying in  the road where the boulder had
been. The purse contained many gold coins  and a note
from the King indicating that the gold was for the
person  who removed the boulder from the roadway.  The
peasant learned what  many of us never understand!

Every obstacle presents an opportunity to  improve
our condition.  

5  - Fifth Important Lesson - Giving When it  Counts...  

Many years ago, when I worked as a volunteer at a
hospital, I got  to know a little girl named Liz who
was suffering from a rare &serious  disease.  Her only
chance of recovery appeared to be a blood  
transfusion from her 5-year old brother, who had
miraculously survived  the same disease and had
developed the antibodies needed to combat the  
illness.  The doctor explained the situation to her
little  brother, and asked the little boy if he would
be willing to give his blood  to his sister.

I saw him hesitate for only a moment before taking a  
deep breath and saying, 'Yes I'll do it if it will save
 her.'   As the transfusion progressed, he lay in bed
 next to his sister  and smiled, as we all did, seeing
 the color returning to her cheek.  Then his face
 grew pale and his smile faded.

He looked up at  the doctor and asked with a
trembling voice, 'Will I start to die right  away'.

Being young, the little boy had misunderstood the
doctor;  he thought he was going to have to give his
sister all of his blood in  order to save her.  
 Most importantly.................. 'Work like you
don't need the  money, love like you've never been
hurt, and dance like you do when  nobody's watching.'

Why in post Indepence era son's like Rathore are no more given birth who has courage to speak honstly..

•  My best of salute to great son of Mother India Nathu Singh Rathore.....read on to know him..

   

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  Shailesh Gandhi.... presented this on facebook....

  Received from my friend Aditya Prasad: The First Indian General......
  Soon after getting freedom from British rule in 1947, the de-facto prime minister of India,Jawahar Lal Nehru called a meeting of army officers to select the first General of the Indian army.
  Nehru proposed, "I think we should appoint a British officer as a General of The Indian Army as we don't have enough experience to lead the same."
  Having learned under the British, only to serve and rarely to lead, all the civilians and men in uniform present nodded their heads in agreement
  However one officer,Nathu Singh Rathore,asked for permission to speak.
  Nehru was a bit taken aback by the independent streak of the officer, he asked him to speak freely.
  Rathore said ,"You see, sir, we don't have enough experience to lead a nation too, so shouldn't we appoint a British person as the first Prime Minister of India?"
  You could hear a pin drop.
  After a pregnant pause, Nehru asked Rathore, "Are you ready to be the first General of The Indian Army ?"
  Rathore declined the offer saying "Sir, we have a very talented army officer, my senior, Lt. Gen. Cariappa, who is the most deserving among us."
  This is how the brilliant Gen. Cariappa became the first General and Rathore the first ever Lt. General of the Indian Army.
  The characteristic of courage with a sense of duty and honour displayed by Lt. Gen. Rathore.
  It appears that most people in present day society
  suffer from bone problem...
  Too much in the head and too little in the spine.