Acknowledge your blessings!

    I dreamt that I went to Heaven and an angel was showing me around. We walked side-by-side inside a large workroom filled with angels.

    My angel guide stopped in front of the first section and said, 'This is the Receiving Section. Here, all petitions to God said in prayer are received.' I looked around in this area, and it was terribly busy with so many angels sorting out petitions written on voluminous paper sheets and scraps from people all over the world.

    Then we moved on down a long corridor until we reached the second section. The angel then said to me, 'This is the Packaging and Delivery Section. Here, the graces and blessings the people asked for are processed and delivered to the living persons who asked for them'.

    I noticed again how busy it was there. There were many angels working hard at that station, since so many blessings had been requested and were being packaged for delivery.

    Finally at the farthest end of the long corridor we stopped at the Door of a very small station to my great surprise, only one angel was seated there, idly doing nothing. 'This is the Acknowledgment Section,' my angel friend quietly admitted to me. He seemed embarrassed 'How is it that there is no work going on here?' I asked.

    'So sad,’ the angel sighed. 'After people receive the blessings that they asked for, very few send back acknowledgments'.

    'How does one acknowledge the blessings?' I asked.

    'Simple,' the angel answered. Just say, 'O Lord! Let me be grateful to You for all Your blessings upon me’.

article courtesy : Shobha Misra Ma'm


Syed Yusuf. S

Top 20 Programming Lessons I've Learned!

1. Set a duration of how long you think it should take to solve a problem.

2. A language is a language is a language.

3. Don't over-"design pattern" applications.

4. Always backup your code.

5. You are not the best at programming. Live with it.

6. Learn to learn more.

7. Change is constant.

8. Support Junior.

9. Simplify the algorithm.

10. Document your code.

11. Test, Test, Test.

12. Celebrate every success.

13. Have Code Reviews Frequently - On projects and personally.

14. Reminisce about your code.

15. Humor is necessary.

16. Beware the know-it-all, possessive coder and the inexperienced coder.

17. No project is ever simple.

18. Never take anything for granted.

19. Software is never finished.

20. Patience is definitely a virtue.

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Syed Yusuf. S

Happy New Year 2011!

    Wishing you all a very happy and prosperous new year 2011. Let this new year bring all the good things to human beings.

    Last year was quite good for me. I had few small personal goals set for the year and I have achieved them as well. They are all small and quite achievable. I am satisfied with the year passed by.

    This year I am planning to read more and more books. In my humble opinion books of all genres opens the window of world to us. They are the guiding lights when the tides are against us.

    Once again wishing you all a very happy new year.

Syed Yusuf. S