Self Appraisal

A BEAUTIFUL STORY

A little boy went to a telephone booth which was at the cash counter of a store and dialed a number.
The store-owner was in earshot and could listen to the conversation:

Boy : "Lady, Can you give me the job of cutting your lawn?"
Woman : (at the other end of the phone line) "I already have someone to cut my lawn."
Boy : "Lady, I will cut your lawn for half the price than the person who cuts your lawn now."
Woman : "I'm very satisfied with the person who is presently cutting my lawn."
Boy : (with more perseverance) "Lady, I'll even sweep the floor and the stairs of your house for free."
Woman : "No, thank you."


With a smile on his face, the little boy replaced the receiver. The store-owner, smiled, walked over to the boy.

Store Owner : "Son... I like your attitude; I like that positive spirit and would like to offer you a job."
Boy : "No thanks,"
Store Owner : "But you were really pleading for one."
Boy : "No Sir, I was just checking my performance at the job I already have. I am the one who is working for that lady I was talking to!"

This is called... .........................."Self Appraisal"

Rescue at sea

I have a friend during Toastmasters journey - Mr. Ajit Dembla. He always posts beautiful stories in Google Buzz and I always add those stories to this blog. When I feel like reading my past blogs, I go through some of those and they gave me real joy. Here's one of those stories. Enjoy.

Years ago, in a small fishing village, a volunteer rescue team was formed to help in cases of emergency. One night the winds raged, the clouds burst and a gale force storm capsized a fishing boat at sea. Stranded and in trouble, the crew sent out an S.O.S. The captain of the rescue rowboat team sounded the alarm and the villagers assembled in the town square overlooking the bay. While the team fought their way through the wild waves, the villagers waited restlessly, holding lanterns to light the way back.

An hour later, the rescue boat reappeared and the cheering villagers ran to greet them. Falling exhausted on the sand, the volunteers reported that the rescue boat could not hold any more passengers and they had to leave one man behind. Even one more passenger would have capsized the rescue boat and all would have been lost.

Frantically, the captain called for another volunteer team to go after the lone survivor. Sixteen-year-old Hans stepped forward. His mother grabbed his arm, pleading, "Please don’t go. Your father died in a shipwreck 10 years ago and your older brother, Paul, has been lost at sea for three weeks. Hans, you are all I have left."

World's Shortest Fairy Tale

Once upon a time, a guy asked a girl "Will you marry me?"

The girl said "No."

And both of them lived happily ever after...

The guy went fishing and hunting and drank beer whenever he wanted... ...

The girl went shopping and ate at wherever she wanted and enjoyed life... ...

The End

S/W Engineers...

I got this from a friend's wall in FB... It made me laugh... Nice one to start my morning

Child: Who are that man & woman who come every night and disappear in the morning.
Grand Mother: Thank God! Finally you saw them. They are your parents; both are 'S/W Engineers'.

Woman Work - by Maya Angelou

Read one more poem from Maya Angelou and I have fallen in love with it... I have shared it here.

Read few other poems and I must say, I am in love with each and every word she uses in her poems and the powerful feelings emerge throw the sentences like waves of the ocean in a full moon.

I am sure you would love it too... (No offense if you don't like)

Woman Work

President Barack Obama presenting Angelou with the
Presidential Medal of Freedom,
2011

I've got the children to tend
The clothes to mend
The floor to mop
The food to shop
Then the chicken to fry
The baby to dry
I got company to feed
The garden to weed
I've got shirts to press
The tots to dress
The can to be cut
I gotta clean up this hut
Then see about the sick
And the cotton to pick.

Shine on me, sunshine
Rain on me, rain
Fall softly, dewdrops
And cool my brow again.

Storm, blow me from here
With your fiercest wind
Let me float across the sky
'Til I can rest again.

Fall gently, snowflakes
Cover me with white
Cold icy kisses and
Let me rest tonight.

Sun, rain, curving sky
Mountain, oceans, leaf and stone
Star shine, moon glow
You're all that I can call my own.

What a woman should...? - in Maya Angelou's words

MAYA ANGELOU

I received this poem in an e-mail from my sister today... Loved it... here I Shared it...

(Don't know the Title of the poem at the moment)

A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE ...
enough money within her control to move out
and rent a place of her own,
even if she never wants to or needs to...
something perfect to wear if the employer,
or date of her dreams wants to see her in an hour...

A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE ...
a youth she's content to leave behind....
a past juicy enough that she's looking forward to
re-telling it in her old age....
a set of screwdrivers, a cordless drill...
one friend who always makes her laugh.... and one who lets her cry..

A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE ...
a good piece of furniture not previously owned by anyone else in her family...
eight matching plates, wine glasses with stems,and a recipe for a meal,
that will make her guests feel honored...

A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE …
a feeling of control over her destiny...
how to fall in love without losing herself...

EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW...
how to quit a job,
break up with a lover,
and confront a friend without;
ruining the friendship....

EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW....
when to try harder…and WHEN TO WALK AWAY...

EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW...
that she can't change the length of her calves.
the width of her hips, or the nature of her parents..
that her childhood may not have been perfect...but it's over...

EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW...
what she would and wouldn't do for love or more....
how to live alone... even if she doesn't like it...

EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW..
whom she can trust, whom she can't,
and why she shouldn't take it personally....

EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW...
where to go...
be it to her best friend's kitchen table.
or a charming Inn in the woods....
when her soul needs soothing...

EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW...
What she can and can't accomplish in a day...
a month...and a year...