Life Skills

Who is packing your parachute? Air Commodore Vishal was a Jet Pilot. In a combat mission his fighter plane was destroyed by a missile. He however ejected himself and parachuted safely. He won acclaims and appreciations from many. After five years one day he was sitting with his wife in a restaurant. A man from another table came to him and said "You're Captain Vishal ! You flew jet fighters. You were shot down!" "How in the world did you know that?" asked Vishal. "I packed your parachute," the man smiled and replied. Vishal gasped in surprise and gratitude and thought if parachute hadn't worked, I wouldn’t be here today.  Vishal couldn't sleep that night, thinking about that man. He wondered how many times I might have seen him and not even said 'Good morning, how are you?' or anything because, he was a fighter pilot and that person was just a safety worker" So friends, who is packing your parachute?

Once a Crow, holding on to a piece of meat was flying to find a place to sit & eat.  However, an Eagle started chasing it. The crow was anxious and was flying higher and higher, yet the eagle was after the poor crow.  Just then "Garuda" saw the plight and  pain in the eyes of the crow. Coming closer to the crow, he asked: "What's wrong? You seem to be very "disturbed" and in  "stress"?". The crow cried "Look at this eagle!! It is after me to kill me". Garuda being the bird of wisdom spoke "Oh my friend!! That eagle is not after you to kill you!! It is after that piece of meat that you are holding in your beak. Just drop it and see what will happen”. The crow followed the advice of Garuda and dropped the piece of meat, and there you go, the eagle flew towards the falling meat. Garuda smiled and said "The Pain is only till you hold on to it. *Just Drop* it”. The crow bowed and said "I dropped this piece of meat, now