º Wondered how POLITICS work?

SON : Dad, I have to do a special report for school. Can I ask you a question ?

DAD : Sure Son, What's the question?

SON : What's POLITICS?

DAD : Well Son, let's take our home as an example :

I make all the final decisions on important matters. So let's call me MANAGEMENT.

Your mother spends most of the money,so let her be the GOVERNMENT.

We take care of you and your needs. So let's call you the PEOPLE.

We shall call our maid Clara, the WORKERS.

And we call your Baby Brother, the FUTURE.

Do you understand what POLITICS means now?

SON : I'm really not sure Dad. I'll have to think about it.

That night awakened by his baby brother's crying, the boy went to see what was wrong.

Discovering the baby had seriously soiled his diaper, the boy went to his parent's room and found his mother sound asleep.

Not wanting to disturb his mother, he then went to the maid's room. He peeked through the keyhole, and saw his father in bed with the maid.

The boy's knocking went unheard by his father and the maid. So he finally returned to his room and went back to sleep.

The next morning at the breakfast table;

SON : Dad, I now think I understand POLITICS.

DAD : That's great Son! Please explain to me in your own words.

SON : Well Dad!
While MANAGEMENT is screwing the WORKERS,
the GOVERNMENT is sound asleep.
the PEOPLE are being ignored and
the FUTURE is full of shit.

º The Noble Way of Living

> The Middle Way <

Right Understanding - Clear understanding of the nature of life and the moral responsibilities

Right Thought - Purification of the mind by avoiding craving, ill-will and cruelty

Right Speech - Speak gently by keeping away from lying, back-biting, harsh words and gossiping

Right Action - Pure action without hurting, damaging and disturbing others

Right Livelihood - A decent occupation that does not cause harm or injustice to others

Right Effort - Use effort to avoid evil thoughts and to cultivate good thoughts

Right Mindfulness - Awareness of the nature of the mind, body and feeling

Right Concentration - Aim at one-pointedness to gain peace and realisation

(The Buddha)

º Tiny frog's story

There once was a bunch of tiny frogs..
… who arranged a running competition.

The goal was to reach the top of a very high tower.

A big crowd had gathered around the tower to see the race and cheer on the contestants...

Honestly
No one in crowd really believed that,

the tiny frogs would reach the top of the tower...

Ever heard statements such as:
"Oh, WAY too difficult!!
They will NEVER make it to the top."
or
"Not a chance that they will succeed. The tower is too high!"

Most tiny frogs began collapsing on by one...

... Except for those who in a fresh tempo were climbing higher and higher...

The crowd continued to yell
"It is too difficult!!! No one will make it!"

More tiny frogs got tired and gave up...
But ONE continued higher and higher and higher...

This one wouldn’t give up!

At the end everyone else had given up climbing the tower.

Except for the one tiny frog who after a big effort was the only one who reached the top!

THEN all of the other tiny frogs naturally wanted to know how this one frog managed to do it?

A contestant asked the tiny frog
how the one who succeeded had found the strength to reach the goal?

It turned out...

That the winner was
DEAF!!!!

The wisdom of this story is:
Never listen to other people’s tendencies to be negative or pessimistic...

…cause, they take your most wonderful dreams and wishes away from you. The ones you have in your heart!

Always think of the power which words have.

Because everything you hear and read will affect your actions!

Therefore...
ALWAYS be…

POSITIVE!

And above all:

Be DEAF when people tell YOU that YOU can not fulfil YOUR dreams!

Always think:
I can do this!