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Wet Pants | Views: 817 |
Sep 07, 2006 12:20 am | | Wet Pants | # |
FuFaji Lalit Vashishta | | WET PANTS STORY... Come with me to a third grade classroom.... There is a nine-year-old kid sitting at his desk and all of a sudden there is a puddle between his feet and the front of his pants are wet.
He thinks his heart is going to stop because he cannot possibly imagine how this has happened. It's never happened before, and he knows that when the boys find out he will never hear the end of it.
And more importantly, when the girls find out,they'll never speak to him again as long as he lives.
The boy believes his heart is going to stop, he puts his head down and prays this prayer, "Dear God, this is an emergency! I need help now! Five minutes from now I'm dead meat."
He looks up from his prayer and here comes the teacher with a look in her eyes that says he has been discovered. As the teacher is walking toward him, a classmate named Susie is carrying a goldfish bowl that is filled with water.
Susie trips in front of the teacher and inexplicably dumps the bowl of water in the boy's lap.
The boy pretends to be angry, but all the while is saying to himself, "Thank you, Lord! Thank you, Lord!"
Now all of a sudden, instead of being the object of ridicule, the boy is the object of sympathy. The teacher rushes him downstairs and gives him gym shorts to put on while his pants dry out.
All the other children are on their hands and knees cleaning up around his desk.
The sympathy is wonderful. But as life would have it, the ridicule that should have been his has been transferred to someone else - Susie. She tries to help, but they tell her to get out. "You've done enough, you klutz!"
Finally, at the end of the day, as they are waiting for the bus, the boy walks over to Susie and whispers, "You did that on purpose, didn't you?" Susie whispers back, "I wet my pants once too."
May God help us see the opportunities that are always around us to do good.
Going to church, temple or a Mosque doesn't make you a Hindu, Christian or a Muslim any more than standing in your garage makes you a car.
A good reminder to all of us, not to lose direction, and continue to do our share of good deeds in the world, and it will become a better place to live in.
Lage Raho FuFajiPrivate Reply to FuFaji Lalit Vashishta |
Sep 07, 2006 12:32 am | | re: Wet Pants | # |
Sandip Kundu | | Very good story....stick to your values regardless of whatever challenges life throws at you. Khud theek to duniya theek :) Private Reply to Sandip Kundu |
Sep 07, 2006 12:44 am | | re: re: Wet Pants | # |
FuFaji Lalit Vashishta | | You said it man
Lage rahoPrivate Reply to FuFaji Lalit Vashishta |
Sep 07, 2006 4:05 am | | re: Wet Pants | # |
Mukesh Ghatiya | | I liked it. Good good :) Private Reply to Mukesh Ghatiya |
Sep 07, 2006 4:28 am | | re: re: Wet Pants | # |
Malini Jain | | Nice story fufaji,Thanks for sharing this ! Private Reply to Malini Jain |
Sep 07, 2006 5:11 am | | re: re: re: Wet Pants | # |
Vibha Shah | | Fufaji..very nice indeed! tks!Doing good improves self worth and when one has self worth,(healthy) self love one makes ones own life so much better-healthwise, emotionally,intellectually and in unseen ways!Good vibes generate good vibes in and out of us!I DO BELIVE IN THAT.
Tks a Ton!
Vibha Private Reply to Vibha Shah |
Sep 07, 2006 5:48 am | | re: re: re: re: Wet Pants | # |
Ashish Gorde | | A good story to read early in the morning. Thanks. :-))) Private Reply to Ashish Gorde |
Sep 07, 2006 7:04 am | | re: re: re: re: re: Wet Pants | # |
anisha@work from home.com | | i like suzie...i'd like to think of me as a suzie...
thank you lalitji! story left a nice feeling in my tummy. nice way to begin the day...
:)Private Reply to anisha@work from home.com |
Sep 07, 2006 9:57 am | | Wet Pants | # |
Basab Ghosh | | Now when I see a girl with a glodfish bowl in her hand, I'll know it's you Anisha! :)
Someone said self love here. Now self love would have prevented Suzie from tipping the goldfish bowl. Ponder on it.
We spend too much time on self love and being Hindus, Muslims, Christians etc. etc. and don't spend enough time on being a human being. One would expect that we would be breaking barriers and boundaries set by the less enlightened past generations. Unfortunately, we seem to be drawing tighter and more exclusive boundaries around ourselves!Private Reply to Basab Ghosh |
Sep 07, 2006 10:05 am | | re: Wet Pants | # |
Vibha Shah | | basabda- self love in the healthy sense..doesnt draw boundaries..of caste,creed,nationality..u have misunderstood me..a healthy self love reaches out to people and erases boundaries..think abt it.If u can love yrself..u can love others more wholelly
in this story..self love wudnt have given suzie a chance to do her act of kindness..but self love wud have given the poor lil boy the courage not to feel embarased abt the situation..self love frees u a great deal... Private Reply to Vibha Shah |
Sep 07, 2006 10:16 am | | re: re: Wet Pants | # |
FuFaji Lalit Vashishta | | I will add that it was after going through an experience which was emabrrassing, Suzie did not want her friend to pass through the same, where in the story we see
"Finally, at the end of the day, as they are waiting for the bus, the boy walks over to Susie and whispers, "You did that on purpose, didn't you?" Susie whispers back, "I wet my pants once too."
Learning from ones mistakes and also trying to help others not to make the same, is what sharing your experiences is all about.
I have learnt a lot from sharing on this very board and have many friends, confidantes, mentors who have guided me and helped me whenever I have made mistakes. Thankyou all. Never Mind..... Lage RahoPrivate Reply to FuFaji Lalit Vashishta |
Sep 07, 2006 12:43 pm | | re: re: re: Wet Pants | # |
Dr Gautam Unny | | i think we have all been the boy in all our lives, but what we need to do is to be suzie as often as we can. the world neds more and more suzies.
gr8 story with a lovely moral Private Reply to Dr Gautam Unny |
Sep 07, 2006 1:27 pm | | re: re: re: re: Wet Pants | # |
anisha@work from home.com | | i'm a suzie, i'm a suzie, I'M A SUZIE
:)Private Reply to anisha@work from home.com |
Sep 07, 2006 2:55 pm | | re: re: re: re: re: Wet Pants | # |
anisha@work from home.com | | aiiii saiba! identity crisis!! Private Reply to anisha@work from home.com |
Sep 07, 2006 4:08 pm | | re: re: re: re: re: re: Wet Pants | # |
Lavanya Karalkar | | Sushi or Suzie or Susie..all are same sympathetic souls. Private Reply to Lavanya Karalkar |
Sep 07, 2006 4:35 pm | | Wet Pants | # |
Basab Ghosh | | Empahetically speaking.... Private Reply to Basab Ghosh |
Sep 07, 2006 4:43 pm | | re: Wet Pants | # |
Sandip Kundu | | No they do not seem-pathetic.... Private Reply to Sandip Kundu |
Sep 07, 2006 4:50 pm | | re: re: Wet Pants | # |
Basab Ghosh | | Sorry, I meant emphatic... Private Reply to Basab Ghosh |
Sep 07, 2006 8:39 pm | | re: re: re: Wet Pants | # |
anisha@work from home.com | | BOYZZZZ!!!
simpoo says "kone mein ja ke khade ho za"Private Reply to anisha@work from home.com |
Sep 08, 2006 3:46 am | | re: re: re: re: Wet Pants | # |
Basab Ghosh | | Beware of the goldfish bowl! :D Private Reply to Basab Ghosh |
Sep 08, 2006 3:57 am | | re: re: re: re: re: Wet Pants | # |
Sandip Kundu | | Anisha, what's goldfish in hindi? Private Reply to Sandip Kundu |
Sep 08, 2006 12:44 pm | | re: re: re: re: re: re: Wet Pants | # |
anisha@work from home.com | | sona macchhi!!! Private Reply to anisha@work from home.com |
Sep 08, 2006 2:09 pm | | re: re: re: re: re: re: re: Wet Pants | # |
Sandip Kundu | | You "bowl"ed us over.. Private Reply to Sandip Kundu |
Sep 08, 2006 2:36 pm | | Wet Pants | # |
Basab Ghosh | | Stop panting... Private Reply to Basab Ghosh |
Sep 08, 2006 2:43 pm | | re: Wet Pants | # |
Sandip Kundu | | Don't get shirty... Private Reply to Sandip Kundu |
Sep 09, 2006 9:01 am | | Wet Pants | # |
Basab Ghosh | | Shirty!!!?? Private Reply to Basab Ghosh |
Sep 09, 2006 9:15 am | | re: Wet Pants | # |
Sandip Kundu | | Panting!!!?? Private Reply to Sandip Kundu |
Sep 09, 2006 11:20 am | | re: re: Wet Pants | # |
Vibha Shah | | hey u two..answer "suit"-ably to the topic Private Reply to Vibha Shah |
Sep 09, 2006 11:24 am | | re: re: re: Wet Pants | # |
Sandip Kundu | | Okkk, let's skirt off-topic discussions.. Private Reply to Sandip Kundu |
Sep 09, 2006 11:58 am | | re: re: re: re: Wet Pants | # |
Vibha Shah | | i doff my invisible hat to ur decency. :-) Private Reply to Vibha Shah |
Sep 09, 2006 1:21 pm | | re: re: re: re: re: Wet Pants | # |
arpita gupta | | :-)
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Sep 09, 2006 1:40 pm | | re: re: re: re: re: re: Wet Pants | # |
Sandip Kundu | | And Arpita 'cap's it all, with her winsome smile.. Private Reply to Sandip Kundu |
Sep 09, 2006 7:05 pm | | Wet Pants | # |
Basab Ghosh | | Vibha, you mean De-sense-see! :D Private Reply to Basab Ghosh |
Sep 10, 2006 10:51 am | | re: Wet Pants | # |
Vibha Shah | | no ba-sab(janta hai) da
i meant "decency" Private Reply to Vibha Shah |
Sep 13, 2006 9:21 am | | re: re: Wet Pants | # |
Basab Ghosh | | Aha! Descency! Private Reply to Basab Ghosh |
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