"If you would make an enemy, lend a man money, and ask it of him again."

Good Morning!!!!!!!

Regards to all TKN members,

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  Once there was a monk who lived in a village. One day a young village girl became pregnant and was unmarried. She did not want to expose her boyfriend. Out of fear when her parents asked her who is responsible, she pointed her finger to that monk.

  Her parents were infuriated. The next day, the whole village turned up to blame the him. "How could you?" "You dirty old man!" "You are a disgrace!" "Get out of our village, you hypocrite!" Some villagers even threaten the his life.

  After listening to all the accusations, what he said was "Is that so?" and went back to meditate. Months went by; the young girl gave birth to a baby. The parents of the young girl were forced to find a father for the child.

 The parents and the villagers went up to approach him saying "You are responsible for this baby; therefore you should bring up the baby!" Once again, he said "Is that so?" He took the young baby in his arms and went back.

  By this time the he has lost his reputation but it did not trouble him. He took very good care for this baby and he manages to obtain milk and everything the child needed from his neighbors.

  After a year, he young girl felt ashamed and guilty and wanted to see her baby. She finally told the real story to her parents. When all the villagers came to know the truth, they all felt ashamed of having wrong him.

 So all of them gathered and went to the monk asking for forgiveness. Once again, after listening to them said "Is that so?" He handed the baby back to the young girl.

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  When you are right, one thousand angels swearing that you are wrong does not matter. But when you are wrong, ten thousand angels swearing that you are right will not make any difference.

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 As I grow to understand life less and less,
I learn to love it more and more.

There are no classes in life for beginners: right away you are always asked to deal with what is most difficult.

One way to get the most out of life is
to look upon it as an adventure.

The best way to prepare for life is to begin to live.

Life is a tragedy for those who feel, and a comedy for those who think.

After the game,
the king and the pawn go into the same box

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Live Ants In The Brain Hoax
Summary:
Email warning claims that people have died after ants have entered their skulls by way of the ears and began eating their brains (Full commentary below).
Status:
False

Example:(Submitted, May 2008) Never ever i thought that ants can be sooooooooooooooo dangerous...
Please read this and advise your friends and family! You may save others' lives!

Incident One:

A little boy died because surgeons found ants in his brain! Apparently this boy fell asleep with some sweets in his mouth or with some sweet stuff beside him. Ants soon got to him and some ants in fact crawled into his ear which somehow managed to go to his brain.

When he woke up, he did not realize that ants had gone to his head. After that, he constantly complained about itchiness around his face. His mother brought him to a doctor, but the doctor could not figure out what was wrong with him. He took an X-ray of the boy and to his horror, he found a group of live ants in his skull. Since the ants were still alive, the doctor could not operate on him because the ants were constantly moving around. The boy finally died. So please be careful when leaving food stuff near your bed or when eating in bed. This might attract ants.

Most importantly, NEVER you or your child eat sweets before going to bed. You or your child might attract ants while you are asleep.

Incident Two:

Another similar incident happened in a hospital in Taiwan.

This man was warded in the hospital and was constantly warned by the nurses not to leave food stuff by his bedside because there were ants about. He did not heed their advice. Ants finally got to him. His family members said that the man constantly complained about headaches. He died and a post mortem or autopsy was done on him. Doctors found a group of live ants in his head. Apparently, the ants had been eating bits of his brain. So friends, better be safe than sorry. Never leave food stuff beside your bed you when you go to sleep. Please forward this to your friends and relatives.

Commentary:
According to this horrific little story, there have been cases in which ants have made their way into human skulls by way of the ears and subsequently lived inside the brains, eating brain tissue, until their victims finally succumbed. The message warns that people should never eat in bed or leave sweets or other foods near their beds at night, lest ants be attracted and then use their ears as a passageway to their brains.

The claim that ants can invade and eat a living human brain via the ears is entirely untrue
However, the story is no more than a more recent incarnation of an old urban legend that goes back centuries. Ants, or other insects, cannot make their way into a living human brain via the ears, nor would it be possible for them to actually stay alive in the brain even if they could. The aural system and the brain itself has a number of defence mechanisms and physical properties that make such an invasion impossible. Glands in the outer ear produce ear wax that, along with tiny hairs, helps to provide protection against insects and other foreign bodies. Entrance to the middle ear is protecting by the eardrum, which consists of three thin layers of living tissue. And, even if ants could make their way through the outer and middle ears, their journey would then be severely hampered by three fluid-filled chambers that make up the cochlea, in the inner ear. Thus, to even get to the threshold of the brain itself the ants would need to battle through the outer ear, chew through the ear drum and then somehow enter the cochlea and actually swim through its fluid-filled chambers.

Moreover, in the vastly unlikely event that the ants actually made it alive and well all the way through the inner ear, and then through the auditory nerve to the brain, they would then be confronted by the brain's own protection systems. At some point, the ants would have to make their way through the dura mater, a tough membrane that is the first of three membranes (meninges) that cover the brain and spinal cord. And the brain is further protected by a liquid called the cerebrospinal fluid. In short, there is no way that an ant could survive inside a human brain.

Thus it is totally absurd to suggest that ants could not only make their way right into a living brain, but actually stay alive and hungry once ensconced therein. This simply cannot and will not happen.

Another absurd aspect of the warning message is that it suggests that people could actually sleep through the brain invasion described. Insects can and do find their way into human ears, usually by accident. Normally, no long term damage is caused by such incursions. However, as anyone who has had an insect in their ear can testify, such an event is extremely unpleasant. The feeling of the insect moving around makes one's flesh crawl, and the sound generated by the tiny creatures seems very loud indeed. It is therefore very doubtful that even the deepest sleeper would not wake up and subsequently deal with the invasion if ants entered his or her ear.

Given that ants are one of the most common kinds of insect, if such invasions were possible, there would be many such cases reported all around the world. The potential hazard would be well known to the medical profession and widely reported in medical literature and the media. But, even after extensive research, I could not find even one credible documented case of such a brain infestation.

It is important that people receive reliable and factual health related information, so forwarding on errant nonsense such as this serves no good purpose. If you receive this bogus warning message, do not forward it to others and please inform the sender that the information it contains is untrue.

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Moral of the Story: Be thankful for what you have.. Be creative. Be innovative. Think differently and positively.

Invite others towards good with wisdom. Live life with no excuse and love with no regrets. When life gives you a 100 reasons to cry, show life that you have 1,000 reasons to smile.

Face your past without regret. Handle your present with confidence. Prepare for the future without fear.

Great men say, "Life has to be an incessant process of repair and reconstruction, of discarding evil and developing goodness.

In the journey of life, if you want to travel without fear, you must have the ticket of a good conscience.."

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Always Be the reason of someone's happiness…
Never just a part of it

Be the part of someone's sadness…..
Never the reason for it

Today before you think of saying an unkind word
Think of someone who can't speak

Before you complain about the taste of your food
Think of someone who has nothing to eat

Before you complain about your husband or wife
Think of someone who's crying out to God for a companion

Today before you complain about life
Think of someone who went too early to heaven

Before you complain about your children
Think of someone who desires children but they're barren

Before you argue about your dirty house; someone didn't clean or sweep
Think of the people who are living in the streets

And when you are tired and complain about your job
Think of the unemployed, the disabled and those who wished they had your
job

But before you think of pointing the finger or condemning another
Remember that not one of us are without sin and we all answer to one maker

And when depressing thoughts seem to get you down
Put a smile on your face and thank God you're alive and still around


Life is a gift...
Live it...
Enjoy it...
Celebrate it...
And fulfill it....

Live well! Laugh often! Love much!

The True meaning of Life is to Plant Trees under�whose�shade�you do not Expect to Sit.

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Your big opportunity may be right where you are standing
        right now.
                                                                                 - Napoleon Hill
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You must do the thing you think you cannot do.
                                                                                 - Eleanor Roosevelt
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The height of your accomplishments will equal the depth of your
        convictions.
                                                                                 - William  F. Scholavino
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The secret to productive goal setting is establishing clearly defined
        goals, writing them down and then focusing on them several
        times a day with words and emotions as if we've already
        achieved them.
                                                                                - Denis Waitley
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LIfe's greatest accomplishments are those that at first seem
           impossible.
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I never worked a day in my life.  It was all fun!
                                                                                       - Thomas Edison
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You must have long term goals to keep you from being frustrated
      short term failures.
                                                                                       - Charles C. Noble
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One step at a time is enough for me.  Impatience is simply a way
      of beating yourself up.
                                                                                       - Susan Jeffers
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One person with a belief is equal to 99 who have only interests.
                                                                - John Stuart Mill             
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Keep your eyes on the stars and your feet on the ground.
                                                                                       - Theodore Roosevelt
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The worst bankrupt in the world is the man who has lost his
   enthusiasm.  Let a man lose everything else in the world but
   his enthusiasm and he will come through again to success.
                                                                                           - H. W. Arnold
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Constant effort and frequent mistakes are the stepping stones
       to genius.
                                                                         - Elbert Hubbard
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Without goals and plans to reach them, you are like a ship
       that has set sail with no destination.
                                                                         - F. Dodson
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Action without planning is the cause of all failure.  Action with
       planning is the cause of all success.
                                                                                   - Brian Tracy
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Decide what you want, decide what you are willing to exchange
       for it.  Establish your priorities and go to work.
                                                                          - H. L. Hunt
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The secret of success is constancy to purpose.
                                                                                   - Benjamin Disraeli
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It is literally true that you can succeed best and quickest by
       helping others to succeed.     
                                                                                - Napoleon Hill
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A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and goes to bed at
    night and in between does what he wants to do.
                                                                                   - Bob Dylan
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It is more important to know where you are going than to get there
    quickly.
                                                                              - Mabel Newcomber  
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I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but it is my chief duty
    to accomplish small tasks as if they were great and noble.
                                                                              - Helen Keller  
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Your incredible brain can take you from rags to riches, from
    loneliness to popularity, and from depression to happiness
    and joy - if you use it properly.
                                                                                   - Brian Tracy
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When we set a goal, let's try to enjoy every moment of the trip
     along the way.

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I couldn't wait for success, so I went ahead without it.
                                                                             - Jonathon Winters

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The ability to discipline yourself to delay gratification in the
     short term in order to enjoy greater rewards in the long
     term is the indispensable pre-requisite for success.
                                                                                   - Brian Tracy
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You may be whatever you resolve to be - determine to be
    something in the world and you will be something. 
    " I cannot," never accomplished anything.  "I will try"
    has worked wonders.
                                                                                 - J. Hawes
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The winners in life think constantly in terms of "I can, I will,
    I am".   Losers, on the other hand, concentrate their waking
    thoughts on what they should have done or on what they
    don't do.
                                                                                   - Denis Waitley
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We must stop assuming that a thing which has never been
     done before probably cannot be done at all.
                                                                                 - Donald M. Nelson
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You're not a failure if you don't make it.  You're a success
    because you tried.
                                                                                   - Susan Jeffers
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There is only one success - to be able to live your life in your
     own way and not to give others absurd, maddening claims
     upon it.
                                                                                     - Christopher Morley
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There are acres of diamonds in the problem you have before
     you right now.
                                                                                        - Brian Tracy
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Be grateful for your problems, for they stimulate an "I-can-solve-it"
     attitude.
                                                                                        - Mark Victor Hansen
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Find a job you love and you'll add 5 days to every week.
                                                                                        - H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
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Welcome the challenges.   Look for the opportunities in every
      situation to learn and grow in wisdom.
                                                                                    -Brian Tracy
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    There are no such things as problems - only  temporary situations
      without a solution.

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We are not going to succeed in everything we attempt in life.
       That's a guarantee.  In fact, the more we do in life, the more
       chance there is not to succeed in some things.  But what
       a rich life we are having!   Win or lose, we just keep winning.
                                                                                           - Susan Jeffers
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Almost all really new ideas have a certain aspect of foolishness
       when they are first produced.
                                                                                  - Alfred N. Whitehead
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Our most profitable lessons are learned from failure, not success.
                                                                                      - Frank Davidson

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Each person's work is always a portrait of himself.
                                                                                             - Samuel Johnson
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Believe that problems do have answers, that they can be overcome,
      and that you can solve them.
                                                                                   - Norman Vincent Peale
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Act the way you'd like to be and soon you'll be the way you act.
                                                                                          - Dr. George Crane
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Getting things accomplished isn't nearly as important as taking
      time for love.
                                                                                             - Janette Oke
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The tendency to follow the path of least resistance guarantees
        failure in life.
                                                                                                  - Brian Tracy
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The most important single ingredient in the formula of success
        is knowing how to get along with people.
                                                                                      - Theodore Roosevelt
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Our goals can only be reached through a vehicle of a plan, which
        we must fervently believe in, and upon which we must vigorously
        act.  There is no other route to success.
                                                                                          - Stephen A. Brennan
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Instead of fighting your problems, picture your way out of them.
                                                                                        - Vernon Howard
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The truly creative individual stands ready to abandon old habits
        and to acknowledge that life, particularly his own unique life,
        is rich with possibilities.
                                                                                                 - Frank Baron
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Patience and fortitude conquer all things.
                                                                                                  - Emerson
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No one has success, until he has the abounding life.  This is
        made up of the many-fold qualities of energy, enthusiasm,
        and gladness.
                                                                                                - L. Whitney
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Make your best guess.  Take the step beyond.  Stand an idea
        on its head.  Work on one problem, but expect to discover
        something else.  This sums up my strategy as a scientist.
                                                                                                 - Melvin Clan
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Success in life consists of going from one mistake to the next
        without losing your enthusiasm.
                                                                                        - Winston Churchill
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Assume that whatever situation you are facing at the moment is
        exactly the right situation you need to ultimately be successful.
        This situation has been sent to help you become better, to
        help you expand and grow.
                                                                                                   - Brian Tracy

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Give this heart to everyone you don't want to lose in '09.
Try to collect 12, it's not easy! 

'Be kinder than necessary because everyone you meet is

fighting some kind of battle.'
A sharp tongue can cut your own throat.



If you want your dreams to come true, you mustn't oversleep.

Of all the things you wear, your expression is the most important.

The best vitamin for making friends..... B1.

The happiness of your life depends on the quality of your thoughts.

The heaviest thing you can carry is a! grudge..

One thing you can give and still keep...is your word.

You lie the loudest when you lie to yourself

If you lack the courage to start, you have already finished.

One thing you can't recycle is wasted time.


Ideas won't work unless 'you' do.


Your mind is like ! a parachute... it functions only when open.


The 10 commandments are not a multiple choice.

The pursuit of happiness is the chase of a lifetime!
It is never too late to become what you might have
 been.


Life is too short to wake up with regrets. So love
the people who treat you right. Forget about the
one's who don't. Believe everything happens for
a reason. If you get a second chance, grab it with!
 both hands. If it changes your life, let it. Nobody
said life would be easy, they just promised it
would be worth it.

Friends are like balloons; once you let them go,
 you might not get them back. Sometimes we
get so busy with our own lives and problems
 that we may not even notice that we've let
 them fly away. Sometimes we are so caught
up in who's right and who's wrong that we
forget what's right and wrong.Sometimes
we just don't realize what real friendship
means until it is too late. I don't want to
let that happen so I'm gonna tie you to
my heart so I never lose you.

Send this to all your friends including me
and see how many you get back. Even send
it to your balloons that you think have flown
 away forever. You may be surprised to see
it return. Send this heart to everybody you
 love and like and that have tou! ched your
life in a positive way.

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