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From: N Sekar <[email protected]>
Date: Mon, Oct 13, 2025, 9:36 AM
Subject: Another Forward, it's all on our perspective Dear
To: Kerala Iyer <[email protected]>, Narayanaswamy Sekar <
[email protected]>, Chittanandam V. R. <[email protected]>,
Rangarajan T.N.C. <[email protected]>, Suryanarayana Ambadipudi <
[email protected]>, Mathangi K. Kumar <[email protected]>,
Rama (Iyer 123 Group) <[email protected]>, Mani APS <[email protected]>,
Srinivasan Sridharan <[email protected]>, Surendra Varma <
[email protected]>
*One Story, Two Perspectives*
A famous book writer sat in his study. He took out his pen and began to
write:
“Last year, I had surgery to remove gallstones. I was bedridden for a long
time.
In the same year, I turned 60 and was retired … quitting a company that I
loved so much. I had to leave the job I've been doing for 35 years.
That same year I was abandoned by my beloved mother who passed away.
Then, still in the same year, my son failed his final medical exam because
of a car accident. Repair costs from the car damage marked the peak of bad
luck last year.”
At the end he wrote:
“What, what a bad year!"
The writer's wife entered the room and found her husband who was sad and
pensive. From behind, the wife saw the husband's writing. Slowly she backed
away and left the room.
15 minutes later she came back in and put down a piece of paper with the
following words:
“Last year, my husband finally managed to get rid of his gallbladder which
had been making his stomach hurt for years.
That same year, I am grateful that my husband was able to retire in a
healthy and happy state of mind & body. I thank God he was given the
opportunity to work and earn for 35 years to support our family.
Now, my husband can spend more of his time writing, which has always been
his hobby.
In the same year, my 95 year old mother-in-law, without any pain, returned
to God in peace.
And still in the same year, God protected our son from harm in a terrible
car accident. Our car was seriously damaged by the accident, but my son
survived without any serious injuries.”
In the last sentence his wife wrote:
“Last year was a year full of extraordinary blessings from God, and we
spent it full of wonder and gratitude.”
The writer smiled with emotion, and warm tears flowed down his cheeks. He
was grateful for a different point of view for every event he had gone
through the past year. A different perspective of the same events now made
him joyful.
Dear Family and Friends, in this life we must understand that it is not
happiness or joy that makes us grateful. It is *gratitude that makes us
happy/joyful*! Let’s practise seeing events from a positive point of view
and keep envy away from our hearts.
_”We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn
bushes have roses.”_
*Abraham Lincoln*
Good to re-read this piece even though you may have read it before.
*Good morning. Have a nice day*
😊😊😊
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