A simple story

I never sat on a sofa with my father after my marriage, he had already left me. But I have edited and forward the following story, since it is almost mine:
"Many years ago, after I got married I was sitting on a couch on a hot, humid day, sipping frozen juice during a visit to my father.

As I talked about adult life, marriage, responsibilities, and obligations, my father thoughtfully stirred the ice cubes in his glass and cast a clear, sober look at me.

"Never forget your friends," he advised, "they will become more important as you get older."

"Regardless of how much you love your family and the children you happen to have, you will always need friends.

Remember to go out with them occasionally, do activities with them, call them ..."

"What strange advice!" I thought. "I just entered the married world, I am an adult and surely my wife and the family that we will start will be everything I need to make sense of my life."

Yet I obeyed him; kept in touch with my friends and annually increased their number. Over the years, I became aware that my father knew what he was talking about!

In as much as time and nature carry out their designs and mysteries on a man, friends are the bulwarks of his life.

After 50 years of life, here is what I learned:

Time passes.
Life goes on.
The distances increase
Children grow up & and become independent and although it breaks the parents heart ,but they are often separated from them.

Jobs come and go.

Illusions, desires, attractions, sex ... weaken.

People do not do what they should do.

The parents die.

Colleagues forget the favors.

The races are over.

But, true friends are always there, no matter how long or how many miles they are.

A friend is never more distant than the reach of a need, reaching out to you intervening in your favor, waiting for you with open arms or with blessings for your life.

When we started this adventure called LIFE, we did not know of the incredible joys or sorrows that were ahead.

We did not know how much we would need from one another.
Love your parents, take care of your children, but keep a group of good friends. Interact with them but do not impose your criteria.

                   “Life Is Like A Cup Of Coffee ”
A group of alumni, highly established in their careers, got together to visit their old university professor. Conversation soon turned into complaints about stress in work and life.

Offering his guests coffee, the professor went to the kitchen and returned with a large pot of coffee and an assortment of cups – porcelain, plastic, glass, crystal, some plain looking, some expensive, some exquisite – telling them to help themselves to the coffee.

When all the students had a cup of coffee in hand, the professor said: “If you noticed, all the nice looking expensive cups have been taken up, leaving behind the plain and cheap ones. While it is normal for you to want only the best for yourselves, that is the source of your problems and stress.

Be assured that the cup itself adds no quality to the coffee. In most cases it is just more expensive and in some cases even hides what we drink. What all of you really wanted was coffee, not the cup, but you consciously went for the best cups… And then you began eyeing each other’s cups.

Now consider this: Life is the coffee; the jobs, money and position in society are the cups. They are just tools to hold and contain Life, and the type of cup we have does not define, nor change the quality of life we live.

Sometimes, by concentrating only on the cup, we fail to enjoy the coffee. Savor the coffee, not the cups!

"Most people when they come to you for advice, come to have their own opinions strengthened, not corrected."

                 -Henry Wheeler Shaw

"Cataract is the third biggest cause of blindness. Religion and Politics remain the first two."

Woman: "Is there a problem, Officer?"
Officer: "Ma'am,you were speeding."
Woman: "Oh, I see."
Officer: "Can I see your license please?"
Woman: "I'd give it to you but but I don't have one."
Officer: "Don't have one?"
Woman: "Lost it, 4 years ago for drunk driving."
Officer: "I see.. Can I see your vehicle registration please."
Woman: "I can't do that."
Officer: "Why not?"
Woman: "I stole this car."
Officer: "Stole it?"
Woman: "Yes, and I killed and hacked up the owner."
Officer: "You what?"
Woman: "His body parts are in plastic bags in the trunk if you want to see."
The Officer looks at the woman and slowly backs away to his car and calls for back up.
Within minutes 5 police cars circle the car.
A senior officer slowly approaches the car, clasping his half drawn gun.
Officer 2: "Ma'am, could you step out of your vehicle please!"
The woman steps out of her vehicle.
Woman: "Is there a problem sir?"
Officer 2: "One of my officers told me that you have stolen this car and murdered the owner."
Woman: "Murdered the owner?"
Officer 2: "Yes, could you open the trunk of your car,please."
The woman opens the trunk, revealing nothing but an empty trunk.
Officer 2: "Is this your car,ma'am?"
Woman: "Yes, here are the registration papers."
The officer is quite stunned.
Officer 2: "One of my officers claims that you do not have a driving license."
The woman digs into her handbag and pulls out a clutch purse and hands it to the officer.
The officer examines the license. He looks quite puzzled.
Officer 2: "Thank you ma'am, one of my officers told me you didn't have a license, that you stole this car, and that you murdered and hacked up the owner."
Woman: "Bet the liar told you I was speeding, too.."

Moral of the story:
Don't mess with women!!!

A sales rep, an administration clerk and the manager are walking to lunch when they find an antique oil lamp. They rub it and a Genie comes out in a puff of smoke.  The Genie says, "I usually only grant three wishes,
so I'll give each of you one wish each."

"Me first! Me first!" says the admin clerk. "I want to be in the Bahamas, driving a speedboat, without a care in the world."
Poof! She's gone.

In astonishment, "Me next! Me next!" says the sales rep. "I want to be in Hawaii, relaxing on the beach with my personal masseuse, an endless supply of Pina Coladas and the love of my life."
Poof! He's gone.
 "OK, you're up," the Genie says to the manager.
The manager says, "I want those two back in the office after lunch."

Moral of the story:
Always let your boss have the first say.

A large group of ladies normally meet up every other evening at that park and talk non-stop for hours. However, one night they were unusually quiet. A guy who lives in the apartment complex across the park got so curious that he went down to check them out. Approaching the first lady he saw he asked why they seem not to be themselves tonight...did someone die?

The lady answered..
"Well, you see, tonight EVERYONE is present, so we don't know who to GOSSIP about.."

Four Juniors at a prestigious university had been getting an "A" so far for their Applied Mathematics class. These four friends were feeling so smug and confident that on the weekend before the Finals, they decided to join some other friends for a beer bong party that Saturday.

Sure enough, while they did have a great time at the party, the ended up getting so wasted that they slept all day that Sunday. Knowing they weren't prepared for the exam the next day, they decided to just skip it altogether then come up with some excuse to their Professor why they missed it. They told him that while they did visit some friends out-of-town that Sunday, they had a flat tire coming home. Since the spare tire was also out of air, they were up all night until they could get a tow truck the next day. As a result, they missed the Final exam.

The Professor agreed that they could take a make-up exam the next day. Relieved and excited, the guys studied all night for the test.

The next day the Professor placed them in separate rooms then gave them the test booklet. Each one easily aced the first problem, worth 10 points.

They were all thinking it was gonna be a breeze of an exam, until they turned the page.. worth 90 points, the second question was:

"WHICH TIRE GOT FLAT?"