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The 'Middle Wife' by an Anonymous 2nd grade teacher

I've been teaching now for about fifteen years. I have two kids myself, but the best birth story I know is the one I saw in my own second grade classroom a few years back.

When I was a kid, I loved show-and-tell. So I always have a few sessions with my students. It helps them get over shyness and usually, show-and-tell is pretty tame. Kids bring in pet turtles, model airplanes, pictures of fish they catch, stuff like that. And I never, ever place any boundaries or limitations on them. If they want to lug it in to school and talk about it, they're welcome.

Well, one day this little girl, Erica, a very bright, very outgoing kid, takes her turn and waddles up to the front of the class with a pillow stuffed under her sweater. She holds up a snapshot of an infant. 'This is Luke, my baby brother, and I'm going to tell you about his birthday.'

‘First,  Mom and Dad made him as a symbol of their love, and then Dad put a seed in my  Mom's stomach, and Luke grew in there. He ate for nine months through an umbrella cord.'

She's standing there with her hands on the pillow, and I'm trying not to laugh and wishing I had my camcorder with me. The kids are watching her in amazement.

 'Then, about two Saturdays ago, my   Mom starts saying and going, 'Oh, Oh, Oh, Oh!' Erica puts a hand behind her back and groans. 'She walked around the house for, like an hour, 'Oh, oh, oh!' (Now this kid is doing a hysterical duck walk and groaning.)

 ' My Dad called the middle wife. She delivers babies, but she doesn't have a sign on the car like the Domino's man. They got my  Mom to lie down in bed like this.' (Then Erica lies down with her back against the wall.)

 'And then, pop!  My  Mom had this bag of  water she kept in there in case he got thirsty, and it just blew up and spilled all over the bed, like psshhheew!' (This kid has her legs spread with her little hands mimicking water flowing away. It was too much!)

'Then the middle wife starts saying 'push, push,' and 'breathe, breathe.

They started counting, but never even got past ten. Then, all of a sudden, out comes my brother. He was covered in yucky stuff that they all said it was from  Mom's play-center, (placenta) so there must be a lot of toys inside there. When he got out, the middle wife spanked him for crawling up in there..'

Then Erica stood up, took a big theatrical bow and returned to her seat.

I'm sure I applauded the loudest. Ever since then, when it's show-and-tell day, I bring my camcorder, just in case another ' Middle Wife' comes along.

Experience counts ;)

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Life is like playing CHESS with GOD..
After your every move he makes the next move..
your moves are called CHOICES and his moves are called CHALLENGES...
But one good thing about this game is that even if you are mated,
he allows you to start a fresh game,
and with every new game, you better yourself making yourself an expert in the game
and when you actually win a challenge with him,
he induces enough pride in you and you get more confident..."

Self-Consicousness!!

The One Real Key to Your Success 

Written by Mike Brooks 

Every so often I feel it’s my responsibility to remind you about the single most important determinate of success, happiness and well being. Like gravity itself, this law of being is constant; it is unchanging and completely dependable. Every person relies on and uses this principle, consciously or unconsciously, and it never fails to deliver the exact results according to your understanding of it. The rich, the poor, the successful, the struggling – all manner of men and women the planet over are using this law or principle of being, and it has been this way since the beginning of time. Right now, right here as you are reading this, you are using it, too.

The exciting thing about this principle is that as soon as you truly understand and begin using it constructively with belief and expectation, you can turn your life, circumstance, your income, health, or anything else completely around. This law can be summed up very simply:

“Everything in your life is an exact duplication of your consciousness.”

In other words, whatever images you hold in your mind, in your consciousness, will always be manifested outward as your experience. It is the simplest of truths that you cannot hold one belief and image in your mind and manifest another.

That’s why some sales reps (the top 20%) are, and always will be, more successful than others. That is how they believe themselves to be; it is how they see themselves, and they will always produce the exact results according to their belief. There’s a very easy way to prove that this is so. Ask yourself, “Isn’t it true that the results in your life, in every area, down to every detail, are an exact mirror of what you think about it all day long?”

If you’re honest, your answer is yes. Now the question may come into your mind, “Yeah, but the reason I’m thinking about it all day long is because that’s how it is for me. The circumstances are there (I’m not making enough money; don’t have the house/car/relationship I want, etc.) so of course that’s what I think about all the time.”

Let me ask you: “What if it was EXACTLY the other way around?” What if your thoughts actually caused you to take repetitive actions that actually CAUSED the unwanted situations in your life to recur?

If you’re willing to consider that your thinking and beliefs might actually be the cause – rather than the results – in your life, then you are ready to finally claim the spiritual power that is the one truth that rules all of existence – that everything in your life is an exact duplication of your current consciousness.

There are books written about this power of manifestation (some call it the Law of Attraction), and it is and always will be true. I think Dr. Robert Anthony said it best in his book, “Advanced Formula for Total Success”:

“Take all the money away from a person who is a millionaire – one who has the consciousness of a millionaire today – and within a short time he or she will be a millionaire again. Riches start from the mind, not your pocketbook, bank account or investment. The pocketbook, bank account and investments are the effects, not the cause. The cause is always an idea or belief. A person is not rich because they have money. They have money because they are rich in consciousness. They believe that they are rich.

Again, this is the reason that the rich will always get richer and the poor will always stay poor until they change their consciousness.”

This is why an astounding 90% of all lottery winners or people who inherit or win large sums of money end up broke and in debt – in other words, back to their original level of consciousness – in 3 years or less. This is a concrete and measurable example of this law in action.

So, what can do you do about it?

First, stop blaming other people, companies, competition or the economy for your current circumstances. They are not the cause; your current beliefs and repetitive thinking are and always will be the cause.

Second, make a commitment to begin treating the source – your consciousness. You can do this by picking up and reading daily, any of the books you currently own on the power of belief,law of attraction, consciousness conditioning, and begin reminding yourself of the truth, daily.

Third, begin changing these believes and your consciousness with whatever techniques you find work for you. There are many different ones to chose from: You can use affirmations, meditations, becoming aware of and changing your self-talk, hypnosis sessions, prayer, practicing gratitude, or any other practice that will develop and change your consciousness.

I hope some of what you’ve read here today resonates with the truth inside of you. If you have used your power before, then you know what I’m talking about. Make a decision that today is the day you begin believing in and creating the life you know is possible for you. Just remember: “If someone else can have the things in life that you want, then YOU can have it, too.”

And you will, as soon as you change in the images in your consciousness!!

A day to remember through my son's eyes!!

( If you want happiness for an hour, take a nap. If you want happiness for a day, go fishing. If you want happiness for a year, inherit a fortune. If you want happiness for a lifetime, help somebody. A chinese proverb )

I had earlier thought of sharing my experience of one of my best days ever in my life but reading the experience of my son from his blog was precious. Cant write better than what he did. It was a great decision for me and my wife to skip the New Year celebrations which we earlier planned to go to Mayajaal ( An entertainment park & resort) in Chennai and spend a nice amount for the whole night. We have always had a special new year celebration with the best food, best entertainment for children but thanks to my colleague Jeba who had once briefed me about an Orphanage for the mentally challenged.


After I discussed with my wife, we decided to do something for our children as they need to also see how people suffer, know their pain and also have a small view on the troubled lives of people who are deprived with so many normal things that we have an easy access.

On 31st December 2010, We selected Rehoboth, an orphanage for the mentally challenged people. Rehoboth is a Public Charitable Trust in Chennai, India. Rehoboth was founded with a desire to help the partially-abled to gain economic and social independence, besides living life to its fullness with a sense of belonging, in a secure environment. At present, Rehoboth shelters more than 160 mentally challenged adults most of whom are picked up from the streets. Many of our residents are picked up with severe injuries and infections requiring immediate medical intervention. Most of them being women had also been vulnerable to abuse and exploitation when found wandering in the streets.


His experience in his own words are as under;

"
Visit to an orphanage.

Yesterday, I went to an orphanage. It was far away from our house but we managed to go there. My father's colleague was there to guide us. I went there with my brother, father, mother and my father's colleague. We first planned to go for a picnic or a trip but we decided not to waste money for going out but we can use the same money for the people who doesn't has anything, not even any home, not even food and some with not even parents.

We reached and stopped near a Marry-Brown shop on the highway of Porur in the city of Chennai, India. The colleague brought some sweets and chocolates for the people inside the orphanage. She said us to come back of her. We agreed and went back of her. She took us inside a very narrow road which didn't even had a proper road. Everything was like a very old village. There we parked our car front of a huge truck. There was one more a very narrow road but cant drive over there, only walking. The name of the orphanage was Rehoboth public Charitable trust. We went a little ahead and saw a gate. The gate was locked from inside. The colleague called someone and an old lady came to open the door. She opened the door and we headed front.

When we went front, everything was stinking from inside. There we saw mentally challenged people and orphans. Some of them were kids and some of them were old people. Some children's parents were mentally challenged but the children were too fine. There we also saw a school for children who were orphans and as well as the children whose parents were mentally challenged and mentally retired. There was also a room in which some people were locked because they were violent and can harm anyone. I felt so bad for them. Then a lady came and she lead us to the office room of the orphanage.

The office room was quiet smaller. There was a lady inside. She said us to please have a seat. We sat down. The lady said us that she was a volunteer in the orphanage. She told us she was living in Dubai but she had to come back to India as she lost her husband and the only son who was earlier staying with her moved out to some foreign country. After coming here she wanted to do something to pass her time and she joined this trust as a volunteer. My father explained me the meaning of volunteer. It meant someone who works for the social cause and does not get paid for anything.

They told us we can sponsor the food by giving money for their breakfast, lunch or the dinner. My father agreed and gave money for a day's lunch. They also told us that they can give the people food when we are present but my father said no and said them only to give them the food because we all will be busy most of the time. After this my mother insisted to take a round of the orphanage. The volunteer over there agreed and then called the owner of this trust. The owner came and sat over there. He asked the name of my father and asked where does he work. My father said him everything. He also asked me and my brother that in which school were we studying. We said them. Then my father's colleague asked the owner that can we distribute the chocolates and the sweets. The owner agreed but he said us that its time for the lunch of the people.

We went to distribute the chocolates and the sweets. There a lady came. The owner said that this lady's name is Sheena and she will lead you. He also said that he will meet us while we are going. He said this and went. First we headed to the room of the people who were mentally challenged and mentally retired. Over there the lady who was leading us said that we have to remove the wrappers of the chocolates and give them or else they will eat it just like that. Then we gave them the chocolates after removing the wrappers. Mrs. Sheena said us that we have to remove more seven chocolates' wrappers for the people who are violent. Then we removed more seven wrappers and went near the window of the room in which the violent people were kept. I and my brother gave the chocolates to the violent people.

There was one lady around 15 or 16 years of age who came near my father's colleague and said something in Tamil. After she said this, my father's colleague got emotional and started crying. We didn't knew what she said to her. Then after the lady went we asked my father's colleague what she said. The colleague told us that the lady her "Can you take me home?" and there she started crying. My father's colleague is so emotional about these things.

Then we gave chocolates to some of the staff members. Over there we saw some kids whose parents were mentally retire and mentally challenged and the kids who were orphans. We also gave them the chocolates.
After this we had to leave because it was 4.00 PM and it was too late for our lunch. Then there were some chocolates remaining and that we gave to the owner and said him to please try to distribute it. When my father said this, the owner said its okay, he also said that- Little Drops Make An Ocean. Then we left the trust.

How lucky we are, we have everything and we just cry for something we want and then get it. "

Such a nice experience he wrote and I could not think of anything else than to copy paste his blog.