Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul-Part 2

There was this another poem in this book which very much interested me. I just wanted to share it with my readers. so I'm blogging it. Hope you'll gain something out of it.

PLEASE  LISTEN!!!

When I ask you to listen to me
and you start giving me advice,
you have not done what I asked. When I ask you to listen to me
and you begin to tell me why
I shouldn't feel that way,
you are trampling on my feelings. When I ask you to listen to me
and you feel you have to do something
to solve my problem,
you have failed me, strange as that may seem. Listen! All I ask you is that you listen.
Don't talk or do - just hear me.
Advice is cheap; 20 cents will get
you both Dear Abby and Billy Graham
in the same newspaper. And I can do for myself; I am not helpless.
Maybe discouraged & faltering,
but not helpless.
When you do something for me that I can
and need to do for myself,
you contribute to my fear & inadequacy.
But when you accept as a simple fact
that I feel what I feel,
no matter how irrational,
then I can stop trying to convince
you and get about this business
of understanding what's behind
this irrational feeling.
And when that's clear, the answers are
obvious and I don't need advice.
Irrational feelings make sense when
we understand what's behind them.
Perhaps that's why prayer works, sometimes,
for some people - because God is mute,
and he doesn't give advice or try
to fix things.
God just listens and lets you work
it out for yourself.
So please listen, and just hear me.
And if you want to talk, wait a minute
for your turn - and I will listen to you.

Author Unknown

Ofcourse it takes a lot to speak up, but a lot of Patience to listen.
Remember ,
"A Good Listener is Always a Good Speaker"

Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul-Part 1

A  fantabulous  book  of  Experiences  for the Teenagers!!! It contains Stories on Life, Love & Learning. A great deal about relationships, Friendship, Guts, Shyness, Rising from the dead ( rather preventing Suicide), finally getting the kiddos 'Come out with Flying colours'! A must read book for the Teenagers :)

A poem on Friendship from the book!!!

#MY NEW BEST FRIEND#

Today I met a great new friend
Who knew me right away
It was funny how she understood
All I had to say

She listened to my problems                         
She listened to my Dreams
We talked about Love & Life
She'd been there, too , it seems

I never once felt Judged by her
She knew just how I felt
She seemed to just accept me
And all the problems that I'd been dealt

She didn't interupt me
Or need to have her say
She just listened very patiently
And didn't go away

I wanted her to understand
How much this meant to me
But as I went to hug her
Something startled me

I put my arms in front of me
And went to pull her nearer
And realized that my new Best Friend
Was nothing but a mirror

Retold by Kimberly Kirberger

No body accepts who u r completely, but we all try to love each other with our imperfections. That's where there is the Blossom of True Friendship :)

PIGS HAVe WINGS!!!

After  having  browsed  through  our  generation  writings,  it  was  a  great  change  going  through  one  of  the  Best  19th  century readers  P.G.Wodehouse!! He's got a fascinating writing style & it was great fun & I loved it$

CHARACTERS:

• Galahad Threepwood (Gally)                   


• Lady Constance (Connie)


• Penny Donaldson


• Jerry Vail


• Lord Emsworth


• Maudie (Mrs.Burnsnbury)


• Lord Vosper


• Gloria Salt


• Sebastian Beach the Butler


• Sir Gregory Parsloe


• Binstead


• George Cyril Wellbeloved


• The Empress (Lord Emsworth's Pig)


• Queen of Matchingham (Sir Gregory's Pig)

GIST :

This story is all about the Pig contests that used to be famous in the olden days. The story revolves around the 2 Families, The "Emsworth" family of  Blandings Castle & The "Parsloes" of  The Matchingham Hall. It goes about like this. The "Empress" has been the winner of the conquest for the past 2 years. But, Sir Gregory Parsloe who's been the runner now imports "The Queen of Matchingham" & Challenges Lord Emsworth about his assured Victory the present year.

So the story is all about how Galahad steals Gregory of his pig & how Gregory retaliates to it & finally everything ends well for the Emsworth Family. In between this pig story there is many a love stories that go on in the Blandings Castle between,

• 'Penny Donaldson'  of the Royal Family & 'Jerry Vail' an author who is yet to make his Fortunes.


• 'Gloria Salt' a tennis player & 'Lord Vosper' a tennis player & also engaged to Penny Donaldson.


• 'Maudie' a widower & X-Lover of Gregory  & 'Gregory Parsloe' who was engaged with Glorai Salt.

Thus, the story is all about how these 3 pairs confirm their soul-mates after going through a series of tests  & difficulties & finally find their Right Match.

• Lady Constance is a woman who expects things to be speck & clean. (Trying to Rule & Guide the Family)


• Galahad a person of Extra-ordinary temperament & an Extrovert readily solves all problems & finds loopholes to convince Connie.


• Lord Emsworth - a widower, fond of Pigs & thinks of nothing as life but winning the Contest year after year with "The Empress".


• Beach, Wellbeloved & Binstead - butler of the 2 Royal families who play a very great part in the stealing & replacement of the pigs (esp. the former 2) along with Galahad who's the plan-maker.

Thus, that makes an overall gist about the story of how finally the 'Made for Each other' gets 2gether inspite of all difficulties & how the Best Truimphs in the end. #A story when read is Enjoyable not because of the contents but of its way oof writing# But not an Excellent Finishing! Otherwise Worth a Read or 2!!!!

5 POINT SOMEONE!!!

This book has recently taken some of my time amidst my busy schedule!! "Five Point Someone" by Chetan Bhagat is a book on wat "Not to Do in IIT". It talks about the lives of 3 students who with great difficulties reach the doorsteps of  'The IIT' with great pride only to end up as "5 Pointers!!" The Bollywood movie "3 Idiots" is almost a Replica of this book, but the film has its own beauty  just as the book has it own admirable subtle details!

IIT- the Best Institution in India for B.E. & B.Tech courses also aims at doing  nothing but having BRAIN DRAIN as  consequences. This is how the author  starts his story by complaining about    the IIT credit system (probably      because he messed up with his      grades!!!) :P  The story  starts with 3  novice students getting introduced 2    each other in a really weird manner            & its all about the Friendship that  blossoms amongst them during their          4 yrs stay in the campus!! This story  deals more with the human feelings    than the usual $'IIT Mechanical            Mind System'$

 

'5 Point Someone'  is a mixture of

THE Baddies

• Bunking Classes


• Copy Assignments


• Date the Prof's daughter


• Steal the question papers to get an 'A'


• C2D (The author calls it 'Co-Operate 2 Dominate'), where the 6 subjects r split as 2 for each of the 3 (prob 2 get screwed in the other subj.)


• Attend vivas with vodka to boost u up

THE Goodies

• The Depth of Friendship


• Love over Lust


• Keeping up Responsibilties as a son/daughter


• Be a human than being a m/c


• Finally be 'A Master of ur Work, not a Slave'

Overall, this book comments on "Do the Don'ts in the IIT"  & the Pleasure & Pain that comes from it!! The '3 heroes' probably 'The 3 Idiots' of our story 'Hari, Alok & Ryan' do all 'Thillalangadi' probably setting an example on 'How not to live in the IIT'! Overall the book was a Pleasure to Read, let alone the little drawbacks that are suppressed once the climax is read# It is worth a Read!!!