Dining in the dark

A man was invited to one Friday evening event by one of MNC Vendor organization who had organized the event to raise funds for the visually handicapped people.
Since it was a Friday evening, he first thought to skip the event considering it could be a bit boring. But being alone and to kill time, he thought to accept the invitation
When he went there, there were approx. 40 people from various industries invited for that event. Initially they were shown a video about the visually handicapped center.
After the video, they all gathered in a hall and were briefed about next event. The theme of the next event was "Dining in the Dark".
What was meant was that all the 40+ people were going to have Dinner in a pitch Dark room!!!!
The next 2 hours was completely planned, organized, directed and executed by three blind youths.
The blind leader first gave them tips for dining (These were ACTUAL STANDARDS THE BLIND PEOPLE FOLLOW IN ORDER TO MAKE THEIR LIFE EASIER)
1. When you sit at your table the things will be placed as follows :at 3 o clock of your dish : You will find a spoon at 9 o clock : Fork;12 o clock : spoon.2 o clock : Empty Glass Dish at the center with Paper napkin tucked at 6 o clock.
2. There will be two large Jugs circulated to you. The Jug with plain walls will have water and the Jug with curved wall will have orange juice.
3. When you get your Jug based on your choice you have to pour it in your glass. You have to dip your forefinger in the glass so that when you fill it and the liquid touches your finger, you have to stop pouring.
The Leader asked whether everyone had understood. All said yes but everyone was confused and trying to remember what he had said and confirming with each other.
All the 40 people were taken in groups in the dark hall.
Each one was directed by blind person till he/she sits on a chair
They were Served full five course dinner by this team of three blind people- Welcome drinks,
appetizers, starters, main course and desserts.
The amazing thing was that the team of three blind people were serving exactly vegetarian dishes to
vegetarian people who were sitting randomly in the room!
While registering on line they were asked question to choose from "Vegetarian" or "Non vegetarian".
The people were so nicely hosted that they did not have to wait in between serves. As they were
ending finishing one dish, they were served with next without any delays.
After approx. 1 and half hours of Dining in the dark, the leader asked whether everyone had finished
eating.
After confirmation she switched on the lights of the dining room.
The people left the Dining room with tears in their eyes.
They realized how lucky they were and how they had been gifted with beautiful eyes to see the
beautiful world.
Be cheerful. Adore whatever you have in life. You may try for whatever you don't have but never feel
sad about it.

CLUB 99

Once upon a time, there lived a king who despite his luxurious lifestyle. Was neither happy nor content. One day, the king came upon a servant who was singing happily while he worked. This fascinated the king: “Why was he , the supreme ruler of the land, unhappy and gloomy, while a lowly servant had so much joy.

The king asked the servant : “Why are you so Happy?”

The man replied, ”Your Majesty, I am nothing but a servant, but my family and I don’t need too much- just a roof over our heads and a warm food to fill our

tummies.”

The king was not satisfied with that reply. Later in the day, he sought the advice of his most trusted adviser, after hearing the kings woes and the servants story, the advisor said, “your majesty, I believe the servant has not been made part of the 99 Club”.

“The 99 Club? And what exactly is that?” the king inquired.

The Advisor replied, “Your Majesty, to truly know what the 99 club is,  place 99 Gold coins in a bag and leave it at the servant’s door step.” The King did as told. When the servant saw the bag, He took it into his house and opened it. He let out a load shout of joy after seeing so many gold coins!!!

He began to count them. After several counts, he was at last convinced that there were 99 coins. He wondered: ”What could’ve  happened to that last gold coin? Surely no one would have 99 coins”

He looked everywhere he could, but that final coin was elusive. Finally, exhausted he decided he was going to have to work harder than ever to earn that gold coin and complete the collection.

From that day the servants life was changed. He was overworked, horrible, grumpy, and castigated his family for not helping him make that 100^th gold coin. He stopped singing while he worked.

Witnessing this drastic transformation, the king was puzzled. When he sought his advisors help, he said,” your Majesty, the servant has now officially joined the 99 Club”.

He continued.” The 99 Club is a name given to those people who have enough to be happy but are never contented, because they are always yearning and striving for that extra 1, saying to themselves,” let me get that one final thing and I will be happy for life.” We can be happy, even with very little in our lives, but the minute we are given something bigger and better, we want even more! We lose our sleep, Our happiness, we hurt the people around us: all these as a price for our growing needs and desires.”

That’s the “Club 99” Are you a member of that club? … Have a simple and contended day

A Dish of Ice-cream

In the days when an ice cream sundae cost much less, a 10 year old boy entered a hotel coffee shop and sat at a table. A waitress put a glass of water in front of him.
“How much is an ice cream sundae?”
“50 cents,” replied the waitress.
The little boy pulled his hand out of his pocket and studied a number of coins in it.
“How much is a dish of plain ice cream?” he inquired. Some people were now waiting for a table and the waitress was a bit impatient.
“35 cents,” she said roughly.
The little boy again counted the coins. “I’ll have the plain ice cream,” he said.
The waitress brought the ice cream, put the bill on the table and walked away. The boy finished the ice cream, paid the cashier and departed.
When the waitress came back, she began wiping down the table and then swallowed hard at what she saw. There, placed neatly beside the empty dish, were 15 cents – her tip
Despite his desire to eat an ice cream sundae, he wanted to make allowance for the harsh waitress
Be Kind to everyone you meet. They are all fighting a battle you know nothing about…