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This will make your day! Worth a read!  -Once a group of 500 people were attending a seminar. Suddenly the speaker stopped and decided to do a group activity. He started giving each person a balloon. Each person was then asked to write their name on it using a marker pen. Then all the balloons were collected and put in another room.  The people were then let into that room and asked to find the balloon which had their name written on it within 5 minutes. Everyone was frantically searching for their name, colliding with each other, pushing around others and there was utter chaos.  At the end of 5 minutes no one could find their own balloon.  Then, the speaker asked each person to randomly collect a balloon and give it to the person whose name was written on it. Within minutes everyone had their own balloon.  The speaker then began, "This is happening in our lives. Everyone is frantically looking for happiness all around, not knowing where it is.  Our happiness lies in the ha

Arthur Ashe, the legendary tennis player who once held the no 1 rank and winner of several tournaments including Wimbledon, was dying of AIDS which he got due to infected blood he received during a heart surgery in 1983. Arthur Ashe  From world over, he received letters from his fans, and Many asked him: "Why does GOD have to select you for such a bad disease?"  To this Arthur Ashe replied:  "The world over - 50,000,000 children start to play tennis,  5,000,000 learn to play tennis,  500,000 learn professional tennis,  50,000 come to the circuit,  5000 reach the grand slam,  50 reach Wimbledon,  4 to semi final,  2 to the finals.  When I was holding a cup, I never asked GOD 'Why me?'  And today in pain I should not be asking GOD 'Why me?'. " Source: Wikipedia

Three Indians, two women and one man, have made it to the list of 100 applicants who will move on to the next round of an ambitious private mission that aims to send four people on a one-way trip to Mars in 2024.  From the initial 202,586 applicants, only 100 hopefuls have been selected to proceed to the next round of the Mars One Astronaut Selection Process, The Netherlands-based non-profit organisation Mars One has announced.  The project aims to set up a human colony on Mars and eventually around 40 people will be sent to the red planet on a permanent basis. The finalists will train for seven years and Mars One will begin sending out four at a time from 2024.  The Mars 100 round three candidates include 50 men and 50 women with 39 from the Americas, 31 from Europe, 16 from Asia, 7 from Africa, and 7 from Oceania.  The Indian candidates include 29-year-old Taranjeet Singh Bhatia, who is studying Doctorate in Computer Science at the University of Central Florida. Mars One has

||VALENTINE'S DAY ||  __________________  I rushed through the gift shop looking for something that she would like. The racks were full of photo frames, red cushions in the shape of hearts, teddy bears and huge cards carrying love messages.  My phone beeped for the 10th time since I had entered the shop. I checked my phone, already knowing what the screen would show.  10 missed calls from her.  I switched off my phone and pushed into my pocket. She would have to wait.  I hurriedly scanned the shelves before my eyes finally rested on the beautiful pendant hanging from a silver chain. She wasn't too fond of jewellery but this particular pendant would only add to her beauty.  I quickly took it to the cash counter and paid for it. I drove out of the parking lot praying that the gift would be enough to satiate her rage considering that it was the first time I had not answered her call.  ***  I rang the doorbell with reluctant fingers. She opened the door after a few moment