An amazing Poem!

I came across this amazing autobiographic poem of John D. Rockefeller

"I was early taught to work as well as play,

My life has been one long, happy holiday;

Full of work and full of play-

I dropped the worry on the way-

And God was good to me everyday."

Rockefeller is often regarded as the richest person in history. For many of his competitors, Rockefeller had merely to show them his books so they could see what they were up against, then make them a decent offer. If they refused his offer, he told them he would run them into bankruptcy, then cheaply buy up their assets at auction.

Rockefeller spent the last 40 years of his life in retirement.His fortune was mainly used to create the modern systematic approach of targeted philanthropy with foundations that had a major effect on medicine, education, and scientific research.

I was suddenly reminded of Bill Gates, Warren Buffett and Andrew Carnegie.... all the richest people in the world have had one thing in common, they did everything to wash away competition, leveraged the monopoly and finally turned billion of dollars towards philanthropy. Did they do it to acquire the wealth from the riches and gave it away to poor?? or they feared being remembered as self centered monopolist, so they took shelter behind philanthropy....or they simply realize life is not about making money but about creating value for the fellow human beings
:)

How to make a critical profession choice!

Karl Mark in his writings has once described how a Young man should make his professional choice. This is a summary of “Reflections of a Young Man on The Choice of a Profession”. I recommend the original one. This one should give you some perspective in a glance.

Right Choice	Wrong Choice
Source of inspiration
Choice of position in the society Idea whose truth is thoroughly perceived Value for society / mankind Opportunity to get closer to Perfection in ones own sphere	Product of a moment which another moment can destroy Emotions, Imagination Self-deception and delusion Idea which might turn out to be false later
Perception & Judgement
Considered whole burden of profession Analysed responsibility & examined outcomes in cold blood Based on profound observation and experience	Fantasies & illusions Embellishment of profession Based of pure reason Chance dependent
Personal Attributes
Talents & bend of mind for the profession Possess capacity to do justice to the chosen position in society Physical constitution which is suited for the profession (Eg. Lifestyle, etc..)	Illusion about talents Based on personal feeling but haven’t demonstrated the capacity Physical constitution which is not supported by the profession (Eg. Comfort in life, etc.)
Society or Environment
Act independently in his own sphere of influence Approved by parents and experienced people	Mere servile tool in the entire value chain Profession that demands reprehensible acts as perceived by society

Is it media or is it population, wtf???

Hamare desh mein insaan ki value nahi hain ....... I have been using this line for quite sometime now. My mind boggles at the thought of what will happen if human beings continue to grow the way they are growing. I remember in one of osho's book he says "the will of human race to live is breaking and it is evident in the fact that we have weird things like AIDS, homoseuality, etc. etc. which didn't exist forever." When I read news these days I am always reminded of this line. Somehow this line makes more and more sense to me. Recently diseases such as SARS, Bird flu, and now swine flu ....etc, etc have led me to wonder whether world was always like this or this is a natures response to excessive human population on earth.

Some of the news headlines I came across today.....

67 YSR fans die of shock, son appeals for restraint
WTF???? 67 people die because of their leader's death???

12 killed in landslides triggered by heavy rains in Mumbai

Five more swine flu deaths take India's toll to 111

Trains late again, WR blames it on trespassing on tracks

TOI reports "Around 10 persons either get hurt or die in train accidents everyday on the Western line alone." Everyday???

that makes the total number approximately 20 because mumbai also has another central line.

Total 109 people people die ...of no particular logical reason!
Is it media or is it population, wtf???