(Sent by Sabir Khan)

Picture of Peace

There once was a King who offered a prize to the artist who would paint the best picture of peace. Many artists tried. The King looked at all the pictures, but there were only two he really liked and he had to choose between them.
One picture was of a calm lake. The lake was a perfect mirror, for peaceful towering mountains were all around it. Overhead was a blue sky with fluffy white clouds. All who saw this picture thought that it was a perfect picture of peace.
The other picture had mountains, too. But these were rugged and bare. Above was an angry sky from which rain fell and in which lightning played. Down the side of the mountain tumbled a foaming waterfall. This did not look peaceful at all. But when the King looked, he saw behind the waterfall a tiny bush growing in a crack in the rock. In the bush a mother bird had built her nest. There, in the midst of the rush of angry water, sat the mother bird on her nest... perfect peace.
Which picture do you think won the prize?
The King chose the second picture. Do you know why?
"Because," explained the King, "peace does not mean to be in a place where there is no noise, trouble, or hard work. Peace means to be in the midst of all those things and still be calm in your heart. That is the real meaning of peace."

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SOME SWEET EXTREMES!
EXTREME OF ISOLATION:
Two persons sitting side by side using emails to communicate with each other.
EXTREME OF COWARDICE:
Two persons fighting through emails
EXTREME OF HELPLESSNESS:
Receiving no emails for a week
EXTREME OF FRUSTRATION:
The email server being down.
EXTREME OF CARELESSNESS:
Writing a love mail and doing a 'Send All.'
EXTREME OF ACHIEVEMENT:
A person sending email to a girl wanting to become friends and getting a reply
EXTREME OF TIMEPASS:
A person sending email to himself
EXTREME OF REPETITION:
Forwarding an email to someone and receiving the same email forwarded back to you by some one in the receiving chain.
EXTREME OF BROWSING:
You are swimming in the water tank and shout "F1 F1 F1?" instead of shouting "HELP" when u are unable to swim..
EXTREME OF MY FRIENDSHIP:
I always mail, u don't.
EXTREME OF HAVING NO WORK:
You are reading such mails.

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This is AMAZING!
Until now I never fully understood how to tell the difference between male and female birds. I always thought it had to be determined surgically... until now.
Below are two birds. Study them closely.........
See if you can spot which of the two is the female.
It can be done. Even by one with limited bird watching skills.