Deception, Second Nature

We have heard the old adage
that some can be fooled all the time
but  not all the people all of the time

Yet the shrewd and the cunning know
a little time is more than enough
to fool the gullible to do their bidding
 achieve their goal, have their way! 

So the battered wife is pacified
by  a few minutes of profuse apology
and sweet little nothings like 'my milk' and ' my honey'
only to get battered again sooner than later

Similar is the plight of the voter
at election time- fooled
by promises of wealth,  health, safety
infrastructure  and well being
only to be ignored, disregarded
for the next five years....

until it is time to fool once again!

Captivating Lines from Here and There-20

• No institution can possibly survive if it needs geniuses or supermen to manage it. It must be organized in such a way as to be able to get along under a leadership composed of average humanbeings- Peter Drucker, Management Guru
• Heaven is a state and not a place- Anita Moorjani, Author 
• Argue for your limitations, and sure enough they are yours- Richard Bach, Author 
• Problems remain as problems because people are busy defending them rather than finding solutions Stop wasting time defending your problems and work on addressing them instead.
• Law of Expectations: Whatever you expect with confidence, becomes your own self fulfilling prophecy. Successful people expect to be successful in advance. Happy people expect to be happy. Popular people expect to be liked by others. They develop the habit of expecting that something good will happen in every situation.
• If you do not deliberately plant flowers in the garden of your mind, weeds will grow automatically with no encouragement or support.
•  When you are born, you come into the world with two natural qualities- (1) You are completely unafraid (2) You are completely spontaneous- From the book " Million dollar habits" by Brian Tracy.
• It is so hard when "I have to" and so easy when "I want to"- Annie Gottlier
• Invariably an organization takes on the personality of its top leader, providing that individual is in touch with the members of the organization. If the leader is petty ,the subordinates will be petty, But if the leader is encouraging, optimistic and courteous ,then the vast majority of the workers in the organization will be as well- From the book " Lincoln on Leadership"
• It is one of the beautiful compensations of life that no man can sincerely try to help another without helping himself -Ralph waldo Emerson, Poet & philosopher

Resources

"I will waste resources- water, food, electricity
it is my right. I can afford it!"
Did you bring any of these when you came?

wasting, appears a national disease
look at weddings, food left on restaurant plates
Tvs, fans running in empty rooms
water flowing from taps as you brush or shave...

Nature's resources belong to the universe
not just to man or mankind
least of all to a self centered specimen
who proclaims "I can afford it!"

 Recitation of the poem:
 https://www.facebook.com/rajeev.moothedath/videos/2328069840553773/

On your Wedding Anniversary

On your second wedding anniversary, dear son, daughter
I wish you all happiness
happiness and love  that is ever blooming, blossoming,
ever growing , never withering.....

Like a teacher wishing students, better and greater heights
something that he himself, may have never attained
here's a  father's blessing- ardent wish,  straight from the heart
for  love, happiness and peace, sweet couple
for now and  and for all times!

NB: May God be with you always  as you celebrate many more anniversaries!.