Essence of Trust

Here is a short story with a beautiful message...

Little girl and her father were crossing a bridge. The father was kind of scared so he asked his little daughter, 'Sweetheart, please hold my hand so that you don't fall into the river.'

The little girl said, 'No, Dad. You hold my hand.'

'What's the difference?' Asked the puzzled father.

'There's a big difference,' replied the little girl.

'If I hold your hand and something happens to me, chances are that I may let your hand go. But if you hold my hand, I know for sure that no matter what happens, you will never let my hand go.'

In any relationship, the essence of trust is not in its bind, but in its bond.

So hold the hand of the person who loves you rather than expecting them to hold yours...

This message is too short....... but carries a lot of Feelings.

The Real Iron Man –an ICON for secularism

Some years after Tata Iron & Steel Industry started functioning, there was a serious accident in the works. A Laddle with 75 tonnes of molten metal crushed to the ground with a deafening sound emitting sparks & burning metal. The confused and frenzied shouts of men were heard above the inimical hiss of steam as red-hot metal hit puddles of water. John Keenan, the general Superintendent, could take three of the injured men in his small Car to the hospital. He chose one who seemed to have a better chance than the others to survive and told his helpers to bring him. The man shook his head in negation. ‘Do not take me away’, he said. Turning his head feebly, the Hindu nodded towards the body of a half-burnt Muslim and spoke: ’Hamara bhai ko le jao’(take my brother), he said clearly. The Hindu, who was in pain and in danger of death, remembered not that the Muslim was of a different faith, but that he was his brother.

This incident enlightens the relationship & harmony that prevailed among the workers in the factory. Jamsetji Tata’s concern for environment beauty, vision of an India where all faiths were respected equally & people lived in peace, was the foundation for such harmony thrown open in the above incident. This Iron Man’s vision was so strong that he fought against all odds (country’s internal & external) in a challenging way and with munificence and got the land for establishing the prestigious Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore. Jamsetji Tata was a Captain of Industry & Patron of learning. Our country is really proud to have had such a patriot who struggled to establish Industries & centers of learning, without foreign help, to see that peace and harmony existed among people from all religions.

Modern Offices and Industries should learn to cultivate such atmospheres in their working environment. In such case, the working results will obviously be top class.
(Source: For the Love of India: The Life and Times of Jamsetji Tata by R.M.Lala)
Posted by R..Shyam Sundar..email:ramashyama@yahoo.com-15th April 2007 21:30P.M.
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HIGH THINKING

DOES GOD EXIST ?
A professor of a University challenged his students with this question. “Did God Create everything that exists?” A student answered bravely, “Yes, he did”.

The Professor then asked, “If God created everything, then he created evil. Since evil exists (as noticed by our own actions), so God is evil”.

The Student couldn’t respond to that statement causing the Professor to conclude that he had proved that “belief in God” was a fairy tale, and therefore worthless.

Another student raised his hand and asked the professor, “May I pose a question?”, “Of course” answered the professor.

The young student stood up and asked: “professor does cold exist. According to the laws of Physics, what we consider cold, in fact, is the absence of heat. Anything is able to be studied as long as it transmits energy (heat). Absolute Zero is the total absence of heat, but cold does not exist. What we have done is create a term to describe how we feel if we don’t have body heat or we are not hot”.

“And, does Dark exist?” he continued.

The professor answered “Of course”. This time the student responded, “Again you’re wrong, Sir. Darkness does not exist either. Darkness is in fact simply the absence of light. Light can be studied, darkness cannot. Darkness cannot be broken down. A Simple ray of light tears the darkness and illuminates the surface where the light beam finishes. Dark is a term that we humans have created to describe what happens when there’s lack of light”.

Finally, the student asked the professor, “Sir, does evil exist?” The professor replied, “Of course it exists, as I mentioned at the beginning, we see violations, crimes and violence anywhere in the world, and those things are evil”.

The Student responded, “Sir, Evil does not exist. Just as in the previous cases, Evil is a term which man has created to describe the result of the absence of God’s presence in the hearts of man”. After this, the professor bowed down his head, and didn’t answer back.

The young man was none other than ALBERT EINSTEIN.
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miss in communication

Here is a classic example of “Proper Channelised” communication which leaves not a ‘gap’, but a gulf not uncommon in Offices and organizations:

The Executive Director of an Organisation wrote to the Vice-President:

“Tomorrow morning there will be a total eclipse of the Sun at 9 o’clock. This is some thing which we cannot see everyday. So let all employees line up outside, in their best clothes to watch IT. To mark the occasion of this rare occurrence, I will personally explain the phenomenon to them. If it is raining we will not be able to see it very well and in that case the employees should assemble in the canteen”

The Vice-President communicated it to the General Managers:

“By order of the Managing Director, there will be total eclipse of the Sun at 9 o’ Clock tomorrow morning. If it is raining, we will be able to see it in our best clothes, on the site. In this case the disappearance of the Sun will be followed through in the canteen. This is something we cannot see happening everyday”

The General Managers instructed the Industry Managers:

“By order of the Managing Director, we shall follow the disappearance of the Sun in our best clothes, in the canteen at 9 o’clock tomorrow morning. The Managing Director will tell us whether it is going to rain. This is something which we cannot see happening everyday”

The Industry Managers sounded the location Heads:

“If it is raining in the canteen tomorrow morning, which is some thing that we cannot see happening everyday, The Managing Director in his best clothes will disappear at 9 o’clock”

The location Heads notified the Marketing Executive:

“Tomorrow morning at 9 o’clock the Managing Director will disappear. It’s a pity that we can’t see this happening everyday!”