The elephant and the rope 

While someone walking in the zoo, he stopped confused to realize that elephants retained only a thin rope tied to one of its front legs, without chains or cages. It was obvious that the elephants could break the rope that bound at any time but yet for some reason did not. A coach was approached for answers and was told: 

Well, when they are very young and much smaller we use the same size rope to tie them and, at that age, is more than enough to hold them. As we continued the coach-growing, still believe that they can not escape; believe that the rope still retains, so never try to break free. 

The person gasped. Elephants could be released from their bonds at any time but because they believed that they could not even try, and that was enough to keep them paralyzed. 

MORAL: Like the elephants, we usually strongly support the idea that we can not do something just because we have failed once or twice. 

haloween

cute costumes for our sons, nephews, brothers, cousins​​, grandchildren ......  and some history of haloween

every year on October 31st children (and some adults) dress up in costumes to celebrate Halloween. Houses are decorated with Jack-o-Lanterns, artificialspiders and cobwebs, pretend witches and ghosts and other frightening objects that symbolize this special day. On the evening of Halloween, in North America and many other countries around the world, groups of children can be seen walking the streets wearing costumes and visiting their neighbors´ houses to receive candy.
Typical festive Halloween activities include Trick-or-Treating (going house to house to receive sweets or food), attending costume parties, decorating, carvingpumpkins into jack-o’-lanterns, lighting bonfires,apple bobbing, visitinghaunted houses, telling scary stories, and watching horror films. But where does this holiday come from?
Halloween originally comes from the Celts that lived in Europe over 2000 years ago. The Celtic festival of Samhain, which comes from the Old Irish for “summer’s end” marked the end of the harvest season and the beginning of winter or the ‘darker half’ of the year. It was seen as a time when thespirits could more easily come into our world. The souls of the dead throughout history were both honored and warded-off. The custom of wearing costumes andmasks at Halloween goes back to Celtic traditions of attempting to copy the evilspirits or placate them. Bonfires, which were deemed to have protective and cleansing powers, were used in rituals and to scare off witches.
Throughout history Halloween has been an important tradition in Scotland and Ireland. In these countries, children and poor people would sing and say prayers for the dead in return for cakes which is where “trick or treating” began. The Celts would carry lanterns made with turnips. During the 19th Century when the Irish and Scottish immigrated massively to North America they brought the Halloween tradition with them. On US soil, the turnip lanterns changed to pumpkin lanterns which are called Jack-o-Lanterns. Trick or Treating was confined to the immigrant communities of North American during the 1800´s, but slowly it was gradually assimilated into mainstream society and by the early 1900´s it was being celebrated coast to coast by people of all social, racial and religious backgrounds.
Today, many countries still remember the dead on November 1st which is called All Saints Day. Another name for it is  “All Hallow’s Day”. The day before, October 31st, is called “All Hallow’s Eve”, or Halloween for short.

letter of a father 

This is a beautiful letter, a parent wrote to his daughter which is dedicated to all the women.

Was written byKelly M for his daughter cutie-pie and talks about her future husband

I hope is to your liking, and take it into account.

Dear Cutie-Pie

Recently, your mother and I were looking for something in Google. Halfway through writing the question, Google showed us a list of the most popular worldwide searches. The most popular in the era list search ' how to keep him interested '.

I was surprised. I checked several articles of the countless number that appeared about how being sexy and sensual, when bringing a beer instead of a sandwich and ways to make it feel more intelligent and superior.

I was furious.

Small, this is not, never has been and never will be your work-' keep it interested '.

Small, your only task is to know deep inside your soul - unbreakable there which is not transformed by the rejection, loss or ego - that you are worthy of interest. (If you can remember that all are also worthy of interest, you are to win the battle of your life. But that's another letter for another day.)

If you can be sure what worth in this sense, will be attractive in the most important way of the world: attract a boy that is worthy of your interest and you will also want to spend his life by investing all their interest in you.

Small, I want to tell you something about the man that does not need keep it interested,   it because he knows that you are interesting:

I don't mind  put elbows on the table - if he set his eyes on the way in which your nose puckered when you smile. And that then  may not  leave see.

I don't care if you can not play golf with me - when he can play with the children give him you give it and enjoy all the glorious and frustrating forms that resemble both you.

I don't mind that not pursue money - provided he pursues his heart and always take it back to you.

I don't care if it is strong - long as it give you space to exercise the power that is in your heart.

I couldn't care less if vote - provided you get up each morning and choose you a place of honor in your House and a place to worship you in your heart.

I don't care the color of your skin - provided he paints the canvas of their lives with touches of patience, sacrifice, vulnerability and tenderness.

I don't care if he was educated in this religion or another or none – provided you have been trained to assess the sacred and to know that every moment of life and every moment that passes with you is something deeply sacred.

Ultimately small, if you topas with a man like that and it seems that he and I have nothing in common, in fact we will have in common the most important:

You.

Because at the end, small, the only thing you need to do to ' keep it interested ' is to be yourself.

Your eternally interested man

you father " "

Chikungunya fever 

It is a viral disease transmitted to humans by mosquitoes. He descrubió first during an outbreak in southern Tanzania in 1952 It is an RNA virus of the Alphavirus genus, family Togaviridae. "Chikungunya" is a voice Kimakonde language meaning "folding", in reference to the stooped appearance of patients due to joint pain.

Signs and symptoms

Chikungunya fever is characterized by sudden onset of fever, usually accompanied by joint pain. Other common signs and symptoms include muscle aches, headaches, nausea, fatigue and rash. The joint pain can be very debilitating, but usually disappear within a few days.

Most patients recover completely, but in some cases the joint pain can last several months or even years. Occasional cases have been reported with ocular, neurological and cardiac complications, and gastrointestinal discomfort.

Serious complications are rare, but the disease in older people can contribute to death. Often patients have only mild symptoms and the infection may go unnoticed or misdiagnosed as dengue in areas where this is common.

transmission

The chikungunya fever has been detected in almost 40 countries in Asia, Africa, Europe and  America.

The virus is transmitted from one person to another by the bite of infected female mosquitoes. Generally mosquitoes involved are Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus two species can also transmit other viruses, including dengue. These mosquitoes usually bite during the daytime period, although its activity may be high early in the morning and late afternoon. Both species bite outdoors, but Ae. aegypti can also do it indoors.

The disease usually appears between 4 and 8 days after the bite of an infected mosquito, but the range can be between 2 and 12 days.

Prevention and control

The proximity of housing to the breeding sites of mosquitoes is an important risk factor for both chikungunya and for other relevant species for diseases. Prevention and control are based largely on the reduction of natural water reservoirs and artificial that can serve as mosquito breeding

For those who sleep during the day, especially young children, the sick and the elderly,nets  provide good protection. The mosquito coils and insecticide vaporizers may also reduce bites indoors.

The Ball of Letters

The first function was held in February 2004 at Hard Rock Cafe Bogota, and to date Andrés López still showing The Ball of Letters in different scenarios in Colombia and abroad. This work has been regarded as a socio-anthropological analysis of the last four generations in Colombia. More than 1500 functions were performed with a total of more than 2 million attendees and their versions differ according to the country or region in which  presents Andres Lopez.

The title of the work refers to a type of rubber ball that was used by the children of the decades of 1970-1980 and which relates the changes of different generations who understood during the second half of the twentieth century.

In La Pelota de Letras Andrés López divides the generations:

1.  Generation W: What is alluding to the artistic, literary and youth vanguards in Colombia between 19XX to 1968. of this are moms and dads for conviction not by accident.

2. Generation Guava: This generation is both the author (1969-1974) belongs and gives predominance to merengue music and the introduction of the first Japanese cartoons known as anime, and American series on TV Colombiana, in short .; Nuclear Man

3 Generation X: is the period from 1975 to 1980 and gives the development and experience of the first cultural exchanges and dissemination of other languages​​. Their motto is Confuse and conquer. "It is characterized by confusion of thought, word, deed and profession, perhaps because it is a generation of children of divorce, or what is the same, the dreamers hippies of the 60s are the ones who are doing post degree working in multinational

4 Generation Y: Comprised of 1981-1992, characterized by the exaltation of beauty and art "All are beautiful." Their motto We have a world apart, nobody knows it's .;

5 Generation Z: From 1993 to September 11, 2001 morning, characterized by globalization and diffuser predominance of European and American animation .; They want to dominate the world.

6. the last generation is the AA, which comes after the September 11, 2001 afternoon, which could be characterized, according to the author, for the atmosphere of terrorism and the spread of intensive video games. They want to press "Ctrl" + "Alt" + "Del" on the keyboard in the world.

The circle of hate

A major employer was angry and scolded the director of one of its businesses. The manager came to his house and shouted to his wife, accusing her that she was spending too much because there was a filling lunch on the table. The lady yelled at the clerk, who broke a plate she kicked him to the dog because he stumbles

The animal ran out and bit a woman who was passing by. When she went to the pharmacy to get a cure, she screamed the pharmacist because it hurt the application of the vaccine. This man came home and yelled at her mother because the food was not to his liking. The lady, source of love and forgiveness, stroked his head as he said: "Dear Son, I promise you that tomorrow will your favorite food.

You work hard, you're tired and accurate today a good night's sleep. I will change the sheets on your bed, by other well clean and scented  so you can rest in peace. Tomorrow you'll feel better. "Blessed him and left the room, leaving him alone with his thoughts. At that time the circle of hate stopped, colliding with tolerance, sweetness, forgiveness and love.

THE IMPERFECT HOUSE

A master of construction already entered in years was ready to retire and enjoy his pension. He told his boss about his plans to leave the job to lead a more leisurely life with his wife and family. I was going to miss his monthly salary, but he needed to retire; and they would manage somehow. 

The chief realized it was inevitable that his good employee left the company and asked him, as a personal favor, to make the last effort to build another house. The man agreed and began his work, but he saw clearly that he was not putting his heart in what he did. He used inferior materials, and his work, like that of his aides, was lacking. It was an unfortunate way to put an end to his career. 

When the mason finished the job, the boss came to inspect the house and handed him the keys to the front door. "This is your house, dear friend said. It is a gift for you. "

If Mason had known he was building his own house, probably would have made totally different

Now he had to live in the imperfect house he had built! 

We build our lives in a distracted way, reacting when we should act, and without putting in that performance the best of us. 

Many times, not even we do our best at work. Then suddenly we see the situation we have created and find that we are living in the house we have built. If we had known earlier, we would have done differently. 

The conclusion is that we must think as if we were building our house. Every day we nailed a nail, got a wall or a roof we build. Build wisely is the only rule that can strengthen our existence. Even if we live only for a day, that day deserves to be lived graciously and with dignity. Life is like a draft it  yourself. His life now is the result of your attitudes and choices in the past.

Your life tomorrow will be the result of your attitudes and choices today!

Another of my hobbies is the vallenato music


and this is one of my favorites I hope you enjoy

AS NATURAL

FELIPE PELÁEZ born on February 7, 1976, in Maracaibo, Venezuela; a thriving city, populated by entrepreneurial people, the economic center of western Venezuela. As a child yet, but full of talent and desire, began his musical career at the age of 14, encouraged by his older brother, Nelson, who also sang and played guitar then. 

He began playing instruments like piano and guitar in various activities related to student life and social groups. Later, this was spread to different regional and departmental sectors, which begins to generate acceptance and admiration of all who knew him. 

He was always on hand with the music field. From an early age, her talent for writing and expressing feelings was highlighted. His student life was benefited by this skill with which he excelled in the literary part. In his spare time he was the poet of the school, writing love letters on behalf of their friends, neighbors and anyone who is interested in their work. 

FELIPE PELÁEZ elapsed time realizes the magnitude of his talent and the positive response aroused in the people around her. So, at 17 years old decided to prepare and formalize what had started as a simple hobby. 

In 1993 FELIPE began studying social communication field complemented with music, motivated by the ease I had to express, either with a pen and paper, a guitar, a piano, or just with your voice. 

Surrounded by a supportive and strategic environment like the Bogota offers, FELIPE decides knocking on doors and reap the benefits of the capital to join the busy and difficult world of music. 

After a while achieves his desire to be a member of a musical group, and as it starts to become part of the staff of artists and repertoire of Sony Music, through its participation as a guitarist in the work of Rafael Ricardo Otto Serge and. 

Immediately FELIPE begins to stand, and interventions are known for large Colombian music as Joe Arroyo, Los Betos, Diomedes Diaz, Jorge Oñate, among others, who decide to seek the services of "PIPE" as a guitarist and advisor for their musical productions . 

Success is not everything kept coming and there. After dealing with large minstrels vallenato and establish itself as an excellent musician, FELIPE decides to test his talent as a composer and proposes different singers songs. 

Songs like "Who loves you", "Anytime I want", "on behalf of men," the voice of Ivan Villazon; "You're late," with Jorge Oñate; "She and You" with Joe Arroyo; "One Like You," Binomial Gold; "The love of the two", "it's time" and "Dad Loves" with Peter Manjarrés; "Half of my life," Beto Zabaleta; were just some of the successes FELIPE PELÁEZ consolidated as one of the most important composers of the country. 

Then, driven by inputs received from people who saw him sing in the sprees, decides to run as a singer, supported only by a few, but fed and eager talent that allowed him to be known as vallenato performer. 

Today the life of this composer, producer and musical director as proclaimed up one of their albums: A STEP SIGN !, project that earned him Gold and Platinum Disc for the million-selling, public recognition and the press, making it the most important revelation of vallenato music.

Perfect peace

A certain king promised a prize to the artist who could capture in a picture perfect peace.

Many tried.

The king looked at all the works, but there were only two he really liked them.

The first showed a perfect mirror quiet lake that reflected the surrounding mountains.

Above them was a blue sky with fluffy white clouds.

All who saw this painting believed that reflected perfect peace

The second had mountains, but these were rugged. Above was a dark sky,

Of which fell a mighty downpour with thunder and lightning.

Downhill seemed to resound a sparkling stream of water.

This image did not reveal anything peaceful. But when the king looked at the picture more closely,

He noticed that behind the waterfall, in a crack, grew a delicate shrub.

In it was a nest and there, amid the roar of water, a little bird.

What do you think was the winning painting? The king chose the second.

He explained -  The peace does not mean being in a quiet place, no problems, no pain.

It means that even in the midst of these circumstances, our hearts can remain calm.

                        

The scars of the nails

   

This is the story of a boy who had a bad temper. His father gave him a bag of nails and told him that every time he lost patience, one should nail behind the door.

The first day the boy drove 37 nails. During the days that followed, as he learned to control his temper, nailed less and less. He discovered it was easier mastering the bad temper  that nailing nails behind the door.

The day came when he could control his temper throughout the day. His father suggested he withdraw a nail for each day he managed to control himself.

Days passed, and announces his father  to  that there were no nails to withdraw. The man took him by the hand, led him to the door and said:

You've worked hard, my son, but look at those holes in the wood, will never be the same.

Each time you lose patience, leave scars As these.

You can insult someone and remove it said, but the scar will last forever.

a nice story of the book the fault is the cow

yours and mine

When the lady came to the station, he was informed that his train was delayed about an hour. A little annoyed,  buys a magazine, a packet of biscuits and a bottle of water .

 She found a bench in the central platform and sat down, prepared for the wait.

While leafing through the magazine, a young man sat down beside him and began to read a newspaper. Then, without saying a word, he reached out, took the packet of biscuits, opened it and began to eat. The lady got a little upset; not want to be rude but neither pretend that nothing had happened. So, with an exaggerated gesture, he took the package, took a cookie and ate staring at the young.

In response, the young man took another cookie and, looking at the lady's eyes, he lifted it to his mouth. Already angry, she grabbed another cookie and with overt signs of annoyance, she is ate

The dialog looks and smiles continued between biscuit and cookie. The lady was getting irritated, and he increasingly more smiling

Finally, she realized there was only one cookie, and thought, "may not be so cheeky", looking alternatively the young and the package. the Young  in calmly reached out, took the cookie and broke it in two. With a kind gesture, he offered half his cookie

Thank you! She said rudely taking the piece of cookie.

'is a pleasure 'said the young man smiling while eating his half.

Then the train announced his departure. The lady got up and went, From the window, I saw the boy still sitting on the platform and thought, "What insolent and rude!What will become of our world! "He suddenly felt dry mouth for the disgust. She opened her purse to take out the water bottle and was shocked when he found the package intact biscuits there.

Many times our prejudices and hasty decisions make us assess erroneously  others and make serious mistakes.

usually we worry for events that are not real and torment us with problems that will probably never happen.

I love this story , hope you like

THE TV

While praying before bedtime, a child asked with devotion:

"Lord, tonight I ask you something special: 

converts on  a TV. I would like to take his place. 

I would like to live  that lives TV in my house. 

Ie have a special room for me and bring all family members around me.

"To be taken seriously when I talk.

 Becoming the center of attention and be it that everyone wants to listen without interrupting or questioning. I would feel the special care that TV receives when something does not work.

"And have the company of my dad when he comes home, although you are tired of work.

And that my mom i look for when this lonely and bored, instead of ignoring me.

  And my brothers fight to be with me. And entertain all,

though sometimes I do not say anything It wanted to live through the sensation that they leave everything for spending a few moments to my side.

 “Gentleman, I do not ask you very much. Only to live what lives any tv

something to remember

the goals

nobody reaches the goal with a single attempt, Neither perfects the life with a single correction, Neither reaches the height  with one only flight, Nobody walks of life without stepping in false many times, Nobody collects vintage without trying many flavors or to bury  many seeds, Nobody looks at life without flinching many often or gets into the boat without fear the storm, Neither reaches port without paddling often.

Nobody feels love unproven their tears; neither collects roses without feeling their thorns, nobody does works without hammering on your building, neither cultivated friendship without giving himself, nobody reaches the other shore without  do bridges to spend,

No one can judge without first knowing their own weakness, Nobody get their ideal without have thought many often this chasing an impossible, Nobody knows the opportunity until this passes by your side ​​and lets her go, Nobody finds the pot of pleasure up to walk for the desert thirst.

but no one lets get, when you have the clarity of a gift, the will growth, the abundance of life, the power for be done and the boost of  if same. Nobody stops burning with fire inside without before knowing what is the warmth of friendship. No one lets to arrive when really it proposes.

if you put everything you have and you trust yourself, to strive, !because the you will achieve!

the trial

this is another good hisoria

THE TRIAL

An old legend says that in the middle ages a very virtuous man was unjustly accused of murder. The culprit was a very influential person in the kingdom, and so from the outset sought to find a scapegoat to cover it up.

The man was taken to trial and realized he would have little chance of escaping the gallows. The judge, though he was also in league, was careful to keep all the appearances of a fair trial. So he said to the defendant:

Knowing your fame of righteous man, I will leave your fate in the hands of God: I will write the words 'guilty' and 'innocent' in two separate roles. You choose, and will be Providence who decides your fate.

Of course, the perverse official had prepared two papers with the same legend: guilty. The victim, even without knowing the details, realized that the system was a trap. When the judge ordered him to take one of the roles, the man took a deep breath and remained silent for a few seconds with eyes closed. When the hall was beginning to get impatient, opened his eyes and, with a smile, took one of the papers, put it to his mouth and swallowed it quickly. Shocked and outraged, the present reproached.

But what has he done? Now how the hell can we know the verdict?

It's simple, replied the man. It's a matter of reading the paper remaining, and know what he said which I swallowed.

With Mumbles and a badly-disguised anger, they freed the accused

One of my personal interests is to read 

The intent is that each reader opens your mind and find a reason to reflect on the values ​​that guide their daily lives.

I really like the book the fault is of the cow, and I'll tell you one of the many stories of this great book.

give and lose life

Many years ago, while working as a volunteer at Stanford Hospital, I met a little girl named liz, who suffered from a rare disease.

Their only chance to recover  was a blood transfusion from her five year old brother, who had survived the same disease and had developed the antibodies needed to fight it.

The doctor explained the situation to the brother of the girl, and asked if he would be willing to give his blood. I saw him hesitate for a moment before taking a deep breath and say yes, I'll do it if it will save to liz.

while the transfusion was done, the he was lying on a bed next to his sister, very smiling, while  we  were attending and watched return the color back to the cheeks of the girl. Suddenly the little turned pale and his smile faded. I look at the doctor and asked with a trembling voice. What time will begin to die?

Had misunderstood the doctor thought I had to give all his blood to his sister and even so accepted.

¿you ever thought about the possibility that a part of your body serves to another when you die?

¿that would do for a loved one?