VM’s Inspiring Tit-Bits

When you look at the comparison between herbivores and humans, we compare much more closely to herbivores than meat eating animals. Humans are clearly not designed to digest and ingest meat.

• Meat-eaters: have claws
  Herbivores: no claws
  Humans: no claws

• Meat-eaters: have no skin pores and perspire through the tongue
  Herbivores: perspire through skin pores
  Humans: perspire through skin pores

• Meat-eaters: have sharp front teeth for tearing, with no flat molar teeth for grinding
  Herbivores: no sharp front teeth, but flat rear molars for grinding
  Humans: no sharp front teeth, but flat rear molars for grinding

• Meat-eaters: have intestinal tract that is only 3 times their body length so that rapidly decaying meat can pass through quickly
  Herbivores: have intestinal tract 10-12 times their body length.
  Humans: have intestinal tract 10-12 times their body length.

• Meat-eaters: have strong hydrochloric acid in stomach to digest meat
  Herbivores: have stomach acid that is 20 times weaker than that of a meat-eater
  Humans: have stomach acid that is 20 times weaker than that of a meat-eater

• Meat-eaters: salivary glands in mouth not needed to pre-digest grains and fruits.
  Herbivores: well-developed salivary glands which are necessary to pre-digest grains and fruits
  Humans: well-developed salivary glands, which are necessary to pre-digest, grains and fruits

• Meat-eaters: have acid saliva with no enzyme ptyalin to pre-digest grains
  Herbivores: have alkaline saliva with ptyalin to pre-digest grains
  Humans: have alkaline saliva with ptyalin to pre-digest grains

Based on a chart by A.D. Andrews, Fit Food for Men, (Chicago: American Hygiene Society, 1970)

A mechanic was removing the cylinder heads from the motor of a car when he spotted the famous heart surgeon in his shop, which was standing off to the side, waiting for the service manager to come to take a look at his car.

The mechanic shouted across the garage,” Hello Doctor!! Please come over here for a minute.’

The famous surgeon, a bit surprised, walked over to the mechanic.

The mechanic straightened up, wiped his hands on a rag and asked argumentatively, ‘So doctor, look at this. I also open hearts, take valves out, grind ‘em, put in new parts, and when I finish this will work as a new one. So how come you get the big money, when you and me is doing basically the same work? ‘

The doctor leaned over and whispered to the mechanic…..

He said: ‘Try to do it when the engine is running’.

A gentleman was once visiting a temple under construction. In the temple premises, he saw a sculptor making an idol of God. Suddenly he saw, just a few meters away, another identical idol was lying. Surprised he asked the sculptor, do you need two statutes of the same idol. No said the sculptor. We need only one, but the first one got damaged at the last stage.

The gentleman examined the statue. No apparent damage was visible. Where the damage is? Asked the gentleman.

There is a scratch on the nose of the idol.

Where are you going to keep the idol? Asked the gentleman.

The sculptor replied that it will be installed on a pillar 20 feet high.

The gentleman asked - When the idol will be 20 feet away from the eyes of the beholder, who is going to know that there is scratch on the nose anyways?

The sculptor looked at the gentleman, smiled and said, “The God knows it and I know it “.

The desire to excel should be exclusive of the fact whether someone appreciates it or not.

Excellence is a drive from Inside not Outside.

My Mother taught me about ANTICIPATION:
“Just wait until your father gets home.”

My Mother taught me about RECEIVING:.
“You are going to get it when we get home!”

My Mother taught me to MEET A CHALLENGE :
“What were you thinking? Answer me when I talk to you… Don’t talk back to me!”

My Mother taught me LOGIC:
“Because I said so, that’s why.”
&
“If you fall out of that swing and break your neck, you’re not going to
The store with me.”

My Mother taught me MEDICAL SCIENCE :
“If you don’t stop crossing your eyes, they are going to freeze that way.”

My Mother taught me to THINK AHEAD:
“If you don’t pass your spelling test, you’ll never get a good job.”

My Mother taught me ESP:
“Put your sweater on; don’t you think I know when you’re cold?”

My Mother taught me HUMOR:
“When that lawn mower cuts off your toes, don’t come running to me.”

My Mother taught me how to BECOME AN ADULT:
“If you don’t eat your vegetables, you’ll never grow up.”

My Mother taught me about SEX:
“How do you think you got here?”

My Mother taught me about GENETICS:
“You’re just like your father.”

My Mother taught me about my ROOTS:
“Do you think you were born in a barn?”

My Mother taught me about WISDOM OF AGE:
“When you get to be my age, you will understand.”

My Mother taught me about JUSTICE:
“One day you’ll have kids, and I hope they turn out just like you. Then you’ll see what it’s like.”

My mother taught me FORESIGHT:
“Make sure you wear clean underwear, in case you’re in an accident.”

My mother taught me IRONY:
“Keep crying and I’ll *give* you something to cry about.”

My mother taught me about the science of OSMOSIS:
“Shut your mouth and eat your supper!”

My mother taught me about CONTORTIONISM :
“Will you *look* at the dirt on the back of your neck!”

My mother taught me about STAMINA:
“You’ll sit there until all that spinach is finished.”

My mother taught me about WEATHER:
“It looks as if a tornado swept through your room.”

My mother taught me how to solve PHYSICS PROBLEMS: “If I yelled because
I saw a meteor coming toward you, would you listen then?”

My mother taught me about HYPOCRISY:
“If I’ve told you once, I’ve told you a million times: Don’t Exaggerate!!!”

My mother taught me THE CIRCLE OF LIFE:
“I brought you into this world, and I can take you out.”

My mother taught me about BEHAVIOUR MODIFICATION :
“Stop acting like your father!”

My mother taught me about ENVY:
“There are millions of less fortunate children in this world who don’t have wonderful parents like you do!”

Once a warrior goes to the master teacher to ask for prayers.

“I am going to take part in fighting competition. If I win it, it will bring glory to me and my clan. Please pray for me.” He says

“I will pray for you today. I will pray for three pounds of glory for you and your clan.” replies master.

“Three pounds? I don’t think that makes sense.”

“Why?”

“You can’t measure glory in pounds. Glory is something you just feel inside.”

“So, why are you seeking it outside?”

This indeed is so true for most part of our lives. We feel the pain inside, but we continuously seek the medicine outside. We feel the void inside, but we continuously try to fill it with outside things. Fame, wealth, glory, power, the list is endless. Yet the void remains.

One day a young archer went to a village. He started showing off his skill. First he pierced a fruit into exactly two pieces from a long distance. Then he cut the burning tip of the candle with his arrow, without even touching the candle. He could shoot targets at far off distance with excellent accuracy.

The real intention of the archer was to challenge the master teacher of the ashram in the village. The teacher was famous archer when he was young. By defeating the teacher, the new archer would have sealed the title as the absolute best archer in the country.

The teacher knew this, but he didn’t pay any attention. But the archer kept on inciting more and more. Finally one day he stood in front of the ashram and posed an open challenge to the teacher saying “I can do anything you can do, only better.”

The teacher accepted the challenge. He started walking towards the jungle. The archer started following him. They walked and walked till they were in remote jungle. They crossed several mountains and valleys.

At last they came to a river between two mountains. There was no bridge on the river except an old rotten tree that had fallen down across the river. The wood was old and soggy and did not look strong. The river was more than hundred feet below and the current was ferocious.

The master teacher borrowed the bow and arrow from the archer. He slowly climbed on the tree bridge. The wood cracked and pieces fell into the river. But the teacher was steady. He almost walked to the middle. Then he stood there and shot an arrow in the sky.

He walked back and gave the bow to the archer, signaling him to perform the same feet. “Stand there and shoot an arrow anywhere.” he challenged.

The archer started walking on the tree. But his feet were shaking. He could not summon enough courage to look in the river below. And if he tried to look elsewhere, he could not stand steady. As the wood cracked more, he lost his cool and ran back. He accepted the defeat.

“You have good control on the hand that directs the arrow. But you don’t have control over the mind that directs the hand. ” said the master teacher “Till you work on that, you won’t be the best archer.”

Father : “I want you to marry a girl of my choice”
Son : “I will choose my own bride!”
Father : “But the girl is Bill Gates`s daughter.”
Son : “Well, in that case…ok”
Next - Father approaches Bill Gates.
Father : “I have a husband for your daughter.”
Bill Gates : “But my daughter is too young to marry!”
Father : “But this young man is a vice-president of the World Bank.”
Bill Gates : “Ah, in that case…ok”
Finally Father goes to see the president of the World Bank.
Father : “I have a young man to be recommended as a vice-president.”
President : “But I already have more vice- presidents than I need!”
Father : “But this young man is Bill Gates`s son-in-law.”
President : “Ah, in that case…ok”

This is how business is done!!

Moral: Even If you have nothing, you can get Anything. But your
attitude should be positive

When I Asked God for Strength
He Gave Me Difficult Situations to Face

When I Asked God for Brain & Brown
He Gave Me Puzzles in Life to Solve

When I Asked God for Happiness
He Showed Me Some Unhappy People

When I Asked God for Wealth
He Showed Me How to Work Hard

When I Asked God for Favors
He Showed Me Opportunities to Work Hard

When I Asked God for Peace
He Showed Me How to Help Others

God Gave Me Nothing I Wanted
He Gave Me Everything I Needed

- Swami Vivekananda

Teacher Debbie Moon’s first graders were discussing a picture of  a family. One little boy in the picture had a different hair color than the other members. One of her students suggested that he was adopted.

A little girl said, “I know all about adoption, I was adopted.”

“What does it mean to be adopted?”, asked another child.

“It means”, said the girl, “that you grew in your mommy’s heart instead of her tummy!”

Whenever I’m disappointed with my spot in life, I stop and think about little Jamie Scott.

Jamie was trying out for a part in the school play. His mother told  me that he’d set his heart on being in it, though she feared he would not be chosen.

On the day the parts were awarded, I went with her to collect him after school. Jamie rushed up to her, eyes shining with pride and excitement. 

“Guess what, Mom,” he shouted, and then said those words that will remain a lesson to me…..”I’ve been chosen to clap and cheer.”