Om Sree Sai Ram

24th SRI SATHYA SAI SANGEETHOLSAVAM 2014 NOVEMBER 18th to 23rd

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89TH JAYANTHI CELEBRATIONS OF BHAGAWAN SRI SATHYA SAI BABA

SRI SATHYA SAI SEVA SAMITHY Samithy Mandiram, Thekkenada, Vaikom, - 686 142 24th Sri Sathya Sai Sangeetholsavam, Vaikom 2

18.11.2014 TUESDAY 5.30 pm : Inaugural Session

Inauguration : Sangeetha Kalanidhi, Kalaimamani Dr. M. Chandrasekharan Felicitations : Vidushi Smt G. Bharathi Sri. Pallippuram Sunil Smt. Paris Lakshmi Sri. K.M.S. Mani Sri. P.K. Nandana Varma Vocal : Sri Baby M Marar Edakka & Sanghu : Sri Balussery Krishnadas

6.30 pm Violin Duet Violin : Sangeetha Kalanidhi, Kalaimamani Sri. Dr.M. Chandrasekharan & Smt. G. Bharathi : Sri. K.M.S. Mani : Sri. Thrikkakara Y.N. Santharam Ghatom : Sri. Mangad Pramod

19.11.2014 Wednesday

5.30 pm Music Concert Vocal : Kum. Kavya Varma Violin : Sri. Vaikom Manoj Mridangam : Sri. Vaikom Shine Kumar

6.30 pm Music Concert Vocal : Sri. Harippad K.P.N. Pillai Violin : Smt. Parvathy Venkatachalam Mridangam : Sri. Tripunithura Neelakantan Ghatom : Sri. Aluva R. Rajesh Mugharsanghu : Sri. Tripunithura K. Harikrishnan 3 24th Sri Sathya Sai Sangeetholsavam, Vaikom

18.11.2014 sNm∆mgvN sshIo´v 5.30\v : kam-cw-`-k`

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6.30 \v hb-en≥ Zzbw hb-en≥ : kwKoX Iem-\n[n, Isse-am-aWn {io. tUm. Fw. N{µ-ti-Jc≥ & {ioaXn Pn. `mcXn arZwKw : {io. sI.-Fw.-F-kv. aWn K©nd : {io. Xr°m-°c ssh.-F≥.-im-¥m-dmw. LSw : {io. aßmSv {]tamZv

19.11.2014 _p[-\mgvN sshIo´v 5.30 \v kwKo-X-k-Z v ]m´v : Ipam-cn. Imhymh¿a hb-en≥ : {io. ssh°w at\mPv arZwKw : {io. ssh°w ssj≥ Ipam¿

6.30 \v kwKo-X-k-Z v ]m´v : {io. l-cn-∏mSv sI.-]n.-F≥.-]n≈ hb-en≥ : {ioaXn. ]m¿hXn sh¶n-Sm-New arZwKw : {io. Xr∏q-Wn-Øpd \oe-I-WvT≥ LSw : {io. Beph B¿. cmtPjv apJ¿iwJv : {io. Xr∏q-Wn-Øpd sI. lcn-Ir-jvW≥ 24th Sri Sathya Sai Sangeetholsavam, Vaikom 4

20.11.2014 Thursday 5.00 pm Music Concert Vocal : Sri. Vellinezhi Subramoniam Violin : Smt. Vrinda Varma Mridangam : Sri. Kangazha Vasudevan Namboothiri Ghatom : Sri. Anchal Krishna Iyer

7.00 pm Music Concert Vocal : Kum Vaikom Vijayalakshmi Violin : Sri. Thirunalloor Ajith Kumar Mridangam : Sri. Aymanam Sajeev Kumar Ghatom : Sri. Kumarakam Ganesh Gopal

21.11.2014 Friday 5.00 pm Music Concert Vocal : Sri. Cherthala Baburaj Violin : Smt. Lekha Varma Mridangam : Sri. Cherthala Premdath

6.30 pm Music Concert Vocal : Smt. Mathangi Sathyamoorthy Violin : Smt. Bindu K. Shenoy Mridangam : Sri. Palakkad K. Jayakrishnan Ghatom : Sri. Kurichithanam Ananthakrishnan

22.11.2014 Saturday 6.00 am Sahasranama Japam : Sri. Sreekumar T.S.

6.45 am Namasamkeerthanam : Sri. Prasanan and Party

7.30 am Music Concert Vocal : Kum. Shanmukhapriya Violin : Sri. Vaikom Manoj Mridangam : Sri. Vaikom Mahesh 5 24th Sri Sathya Sai Sangeetholsavam, Vaikom 20.11.2014 hymgmgvN sshIo´v 5.00 \v kwKo-X-k-Z v ]m´v : {io. sh≈n-t\gn kp{_-“Wyw hb-en≥ : {ioaXn. hrµmh¿a arZwKw : {io. Ißg hmkp-tZ-h≥ \ºq-Xncn LSw : {io. A©¬ IrjvW Aø¿

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21.11.2014 sh≈n-bmgvN sshIo´v 5.00 \v kwKo-X-k-Z v ]m´v : {io. tN¿Øe _m_p-cmPv hb-en≥ : {ioaXn. teJmh¿a arZwKw : {io. tN¿Øe t{]wZØv

6.30 \v kwKo-X-k-Z v ]m´v : {ioaXn. amXwKn kXy-aq¿Øn hb-en≥ : {ioaXn. _nµp sI. tjWmbn arZwKw : {io. ]me-°mSv sI. Pb-Ir-jvW≥ LSw : {io. Ipdn-®n-Øm\w A\-¥-Ir-jvW≥

22.11.2014 i\n-bmgvN cmhnse 6.00 \v kl-{k-\m-a-P]w : {io. {ioIp-am¿ Sn.-F-kv.

6.45 \v \ma-k-¶o¿Ø\w : {io. {]k-∂\pw kw-Lhpw

7.30 \v kwKo-X-k-Z v ]m´v : Ipam-cn. j◊p-J-{]nb hb-en≥ : {io. ssh°w at\mPv arZwKw : {io. ssh°w atljv 24th Sri Sathya Sai Sangeetholsavam, Vaikom 6 8.30 am Violin Concert Violin : Kum. Arya Jayadev Mridangam : Sri. Aluva Gopakumar

9.30 am Music Concert Vocal : Kum. Anu Visweswaran Violin : Sri. Panavalli Anil Mridangam : Sri. Aymanam Chandrakumar

10.30 pm Music Concert Vocal : Smt. Kanthimathy & Party

11.00 pm Music Concert Vocal : Sri. Sreekant Sarma Violin : Kum. Vani Ramdas Mridangam : Sri. Aneesh Krishna

12.00 noon Music Concert Vocal : Kum. Parvathy Violin : Sri. Kailasapathy Mridangam : Sri. Palakkad Laxmanan

1.00 pm Music Concert Vocal : Sri. Santhosh Changamkary Violin : Sri. Vaikom Narendra Babu Mridangam : Sri. Narayanan

2.00 pm Music Concert Vocal : Smt. Suma Rajeev Violin : Sri. Satheesh Varma Mridangam : Sri. Vaikom Prasad

3.00 pm Music Concert Vocal : Sri. Vivek Attuvassery Violin : Kum. Vani Ramdas Mridangam : Sri. Aneesh Krishna Ghatom : Sri. Thiruvananthapuram R. Rajesh 7 24th Sri Sathya Sai Sangeetholsavam, Vaikom 8.30 \v hb-en≥ kwKo-X-k-Z v hb-en≥ : Ipam-cn. Bcy Pb-tZhv arZwKw : {io. Beph tKm]-Ip-am¿

9.30 \v kwKo-X-k-Z v ]m´v : Ipam-cn. A\p hntiz-iz-c≥ hb-en≥ : {io. ]mWm-h≈n A\n¬ arZwKw : {io. Abva\w N{µ-Ip-am¿

10.30 \v kwKo-X-k-Z v ]m´v : {ioaXn Im¥n-a-Xnbpw kwLhpw

11.00 \v kwKo-X-k-Z v ]m´v : {io. {ioIm¥v i¿a hb-en≥ : Ipam-cn. hmWn cmwZmkv arZwKw : {io. A\ojv IrjvW

D®bv°v 12.00 \v kwKo-X-k-Z v ]m´v : Ipam-cn. ]m¿hXn hb-en≥ : {io. ssIem-k-]Xn arZwKw : {io. ]me-°mSv e£vaW≥

1.00 \v kwKo-X-k-Z v ]m´v : {io. kt¥mjv NßwIcn hb-en≥ : {io. ssh°w \tc-{µ-_m_p arZwKw : {io. thWp \mcm-b-W≥

2.00 \v kwKo-X-k-Z v ]m´v : {ioaXn. kpa cmPohv hb-en≥ : {io. kXojv h¿a arZwKw : {io. ssh°w {]kmZv

3.00 \v kwKo-X-k-Z v ]m´v : {io. hnthIv B‰p-hm-t»cn hb-en≥ : Ipam-cn. hmWn cmwZmkv arZwKw : {io. A\ojv IrjvW LSw : {io. Xncp-h-\-¥-]pcw B¿. cmtPjv 24th Sri Sathya Sai Sangeetholsavam, Vaikom 8 4.00 pm Music Concert Vocal : Sri. Attuvassery Mohanan Pillai Violin : Sri. C.V. Krishna Subramaniam, Chennai Mridangam : Sri. Thiruvananthapuram Raveendran Ghatom : Sri. Anchal Krishna Iyer

5.30 pm Music Concert Vocal : Sri. Muthu Krishna M. Violin : Sri. N.C. Madhav Mridangam : Sri. Nanjil A.R. Arul Ghatom : Sri. Vazhappally R. Krishna Kumar

7.00 pm Music Concert Vocal : Sri. Kottakal Renjith Warrier Violin : Smt. Saraswathy Moorthy, Mridangam : Sri. Kottayam G. Santhosh Kumar Ghatom : Sri. Anchal Krishna Iyer

23.11.2014 SUNDAY

89th Jayanthi Day of SRI SATHYA SAI BABA

5.00 am Omkaram, Suprabhatam Nagarasamkeerthanam, Veda Japam 5.30 am Srimad Bhagavatha Parayanam Sri. Kaliyath Krishnankutty Nair

6.00 am Mangala Vadyam : Sri. Vaikom Sreejith P. Mridangam : Sri. Vaikom Vinod Kumar

6.30 am Divya Namasankeerthanam : Brahmasree Vittal Vinod Bhagavathar and Party 9 24th Sri Sathya Sai Sangeetholsavam, Vaikom sshIo´v 4.00\v kwKo-X-k-Z v ]m´v : {io. B‰p-hm-t»cn taml-\≥ ]n≈ hb-en≥ : {io. kn.-hn. IrjvWkp{_-“-Wyw, sNss∂ arZwKw : {io. Xncp-h-\-¥-]pcw cho-{µ≥ LSw : {io. A©¬ IrjvW Aø¿

5.30\v kwKo-X-k-Z v ]m´v : {io. apØp-IrjvW Fw. hb-en≥ : {io. F≥.-kn. am[hv arZwKw : {io. \m©n¬ F.-B¿. Acpƒ LSw : {io. hmg-∏≈n B¿. IrjvW-Ip-am¿

7.00\v kwKo-X-k-Z v ]m´v : {io. tIm´-°¬ cRvPnXv hmcy¿ hb-en≥ : {ioaXn. kc-kzXn aq¿Øn arZwKw : {io. tIm´bw Pn. kt¥mjv Ipam¿ LSw : {io. A©¬ IrjvW Aø¿

23.11.2014 Rmb-dmgvN {io kXy-kmbn _m_-bpsS 89˛mw Pb¥nZn\w cmhnse 5.00 \v Hm¶m-cw, kp{]-`mXw \K-c-k-¶o¿Ø-\w, thZ-P]w

5.30 \v {ioaZv `mK-h-X-]m-cm-bWw {io. Imfn-bØv IrjvW≥Ip´n \mb¿

6.00 \v awK-f-hmZyw hoW : {io. ssh°w {ioPnØv ]n. arZwKw : {io. ssh°w hnt\mZv Ipam¿

6.30 \v Znhy- \m-a-k-¶o¿Ø\w : {_“{io hnT¬ hnt\mZv `mK-h-Xcpw kwLhpw 24th Sri Sathya Sai Sangeetholsavam, Vaikom 10 7.30 am Music Concert Vocal : Sri. Deepak John Violin : Smt. Veena T.R. Mridangam : Sri. Gokul Krishna Moorthy

8.30 am Music Concert Vocal : Kum. N.J. Nandini Violin : Sri. Ambalapuzha Pradeep Mridangam : Sri. Palakkad Karthik Viswanathan Ghatom : Sri. Thiruvananthapuram R. Rajesh

9.30 am Flute Recital Flute : Brahmasree Kalaimamani Chittoor G. Venkatesan, Chennai Violin : Sri. C.V. Krishna Subramanian, Chennai Mridangam : Kalaimamani Sri. Vaikom R. Gopalakrishnan, Chennai Kanjira : Sri. Thrikkakkara Y.N. Santharam Khadom : Sri. Thiruvananthapuram R. Rajesh

10:30 AM Sri Thyagaraja Pancharathna Keerthana Alaapanam Vocal: S/Sri. N.P.Ramaswamy, Prof P.R.Kumarakerala Varma, Vaikom Vasudevan Namboodiri,Vaikom V N Rajan, Arakulam Devarajan, Prof Ponkunnam Ramachandran, Prof. Vinayachandran, Prof Mavelikara P Subramoniam, Thamarakad Govindan Namboothiri, Thamarakad Krishnan Namboodiri, K N Rajeev Kumar, Muthu Krishna S/ Kum/Smt. Vaikom Rajammal, Dr. Malini Hariharan, Mathangi Sathyamoorthy, Prof Ambalapuzha Thulasi, Dr. K. Jayalakshmi, Prof K.Kamakshi, Dr. G Bhuvaneswari, Girija Varma, N J Nandini, Laila Raveendranath, Vaikom Vijayalakshmy, Gayathri Subramanyam,Smt. Rajani Prasad, Smt Suma Rajeevkumar, Parvathy, Archana Rajesh Veena : Dr. Padma S. Thampuran , Smt. A.R. Devi, Sri. Sreejith Parameswaran Flute : Brahmasree Chittoor G. Venkatesan, Sri. Vivek R. Shenoy Sanghu & Idakka : Sri. Balussery Krishnadas 11 24th Sri Sathya Sai Sangeetholsavam, Vaikom 7.30 \v kwKo-X-k-Z v ]m´v : {io. Zo]Iv tPm¨ hb-en≥ : {ioaXn. hoW Sn.-B¿. arZwKw : {io. tKmIp¬ IrjvW-aq¿Øn

8.30 \v kwKo-X-k-Z v ]m´v : Ipamcn F≥.-sP. \µn\n hb-en≥ : {io. Aº-e-∏pg {]Zo]v arZwKw : {io. ]me-°mSv Im¿ØnIv hniz-\m-Y≥ LSw : {io. Xncp-h-\-¥-]pcw B¿. cmtPjv 9.30 \v ]p√m-¶p-g¬°-t®cn ]p√m-¶p-g¬ : {_“{io Isse-am-aWn Nn‰q¿ Pn.-sh-¶n-tS-i≥, sNss∂ hb-en≥ : {io. kn.-hn. IrjvWkp{_-“-Wyw, sNss∂ arZwKw : Isse-am-aWn {io. ssh°w B¿.-tKm-]m-e-Ir-jvW≥, sNss∂ K©nd : {io. Xr°m-°c ssh.-F≥.-im-¥mdmw LSw : {io. Xncp-h-\-¥-]pcw B¿. cmtPjv

10:30 \v {io XymK-cmP ]©-cXv\ Io¿Ø-\m-em-]\w ]m´v : k¿∆-{io. F≥.-]n. cma-kzm-an, s{]m^. ]n.-B¿. Ipam-c-tI-cf h¿a, ssh°w hmkp-tZ-h≥ \ºq-Xn-cn, ssh°w hn.-F≥. cmP≥, Ad-°pfw tZh-cm-P≥, s{]m^. s]m≥Ip∂w cma-N-{µ≥, s{]m^. hn\-b-N-{µ≥, s{]m^. amth-en-°c ]n. kp{_-“-Wyw, Xma-c-°mSv tKmhn-µ≥ \ºq-Xn-cn, Xma-c-°mSv IrjvW≥ \ºq-Xn- cn, sI.-F≥. cmPohv Ipam¿, apØp-IrjvW Fw. {ioa-Xn-am¿. ssh°w cmP-Ωmƒ, tUm. amen\n lcn-l-c≥, amXwKn kXy-aq¿Øn, s{]m^. Aº-e-∏pg Xpf-kn, tUm. sI. Pb-e£van, s{]m^. Imam-£n, tUm. Pn. `ph-t\-iz-cn, KncnP h¿a, F≥.-sP. \µn-\n, ssee cho-µ-\m-Yv, ssh°w hnP-b-e-£van, Kmb{Xn kp{_-“-Wyw, cP\n {]km-Zv, kpa cmPo-hvIp-am¿, ]m¿h-Xn, A¿®\ cmtP-jv. hoW : tUm. ]fl Fkv. Xºp-cm≥, {ioa-Xn. F.-B¿.- tZhn, {ioPnØv ]c-ta-iz-c≥ ]p√m-¶p-g¬ : {_“-{io. Nn‰q¿ Pn. sh¶n-tS-i≥, {io. hnthIv B¿. tj-Wmbv iwJv & -C-Sbv° : {io. _mep-t»cn IrjvW-Zmkv 24th Sri Sathya Sai Sangeetholsavam, Vaikom 12 Violin : S/Sri Prof. Dr. M N Moorthy, Sri. C V Krishna Subramaniam, Cherthala Sunil, Ampalapuzha Pradeep, G. Kailasapathy, Vaikom Manoj, Vaikom Narendrababu, Vaikom Dileep R Prabhu. S/Smt /Kum Saraswathy Moorthy, Parvathy Venkatachalam, Lekha Varma, Vani Ramdas, Veena T R. Mridangam : S/ Sri. Prof Parassala Ravi, Cherthala A K Ramachandran, Thiruvananthapuram M Balasubramoniom, Thiruvananthapuram Raveendran, Cherthala Sreekumara Varma, Kangazha Vasudevan Namboothiri, Palakkad Karthik Vishwanathan, Vaikom Prasad, Cherthala Premdath, Suresh K Pai, Vaikom Shine Kumar, : S/ Sri. Vaikom Gopalakrishnan (Chennai), Anchal Krishna Iyer, Thiruvananthapuram R Rajesh, Vaikom Vinod, Vaikom Anurag Kanjira : Sri. Thrikkakkara Y.N. Santharam, Sri Lakshmanan Tabala : Sri. Renjith Kumar, Kum. Ratnasree Iyer Harmonium : Sri. M.V. Omanakuttan

1.00 pm Music Concert Vocal : Kum. Gydha Nazar Violin : Kum. Vani Ramdas Mridangam : Sri. Vaikom Vinod Kumar Mugharsanghu : Sri. Vaikom Uthaman

2.00 pm Music concert Vocal : Dr. K. Jayalakshmi Violin : Sri. Satheesh Varma Mridangam : Sri Suresh K. Pai Ghatom : Vaikom Anurag

3.00 pm Music Concert Vocal : Dr. G. Bhuvaneswari Violin : Smt. Saraswathy Moorthy Mridangam : Sri. Thuravoor Susheel Kumar 13 24th Sri Sathya Sai Sangeetholsavam, Vaikom hb-en≥ : k¿h-{io. s{]m^. tUm. Fw.-F≥. aq¿Øn, kn.-hn. IrjvWkp{_-“-Wyw, tN¿Øe kp\n¬, Aº-e-∏pg {]Zo-]v, Pn. ssIem-k-]-Xn, ssh°w at\m-Pv, ssh°w \tc-{µ-_m_p, ssh°w Zneo]v B¿.-{]-`p. {ioa-Xn-am¿. kc-kzXn aq¿Øn, ]m¿hXn sh¶n-Sm-New teJm-h¿a, hmWn cmwZm-kv, hoW Sn.-B¿. arZwKw : k¿h-{io. s{]m^. ]md-ime chn, tN¿Øe F.-sI. cma-N-{µ≥, Xncp-h-\-¥-]pcw Fw. _me-kp-{_-“-Wyw, Xncp-h-\-¥-]pcw cho-{µ≥, tN¿Øe {ioIp-amch¿a, Ißg hmkp-tZ-h≥ \ºq-Xn-cn, ]me-°mSv Im¿ØnIv hniz-\m-Y≥, ssh°w {]km-Zv, tN¿Øe ]n.-B¿. t{]wZ-Øv, kptcjv sI. ss], ssh°w ssj≥Ip-am¿. LSw : k¿h-{io. ssh°w tKm]m-e-Ir-jvW≥, A©¬ IrjvW-A-ø¿, Xncp-h-\-¥-]pcw B¿. cmtP-jv, ssh°w A\p-cm-Kv, ssh°w hnt\mZv K©nd : -{io. Xr°m-°c ssh.-F≥.-im-¥m-dmw, {io. e£va-W≥. X_e : {io. cRvPnØv Ipam¿, Ipam-cn. cXv\{io Aø¿ lm¿tam-Wnbw : {io. Fw.-hn. Hma-\-°p-´≥.

D®bv°v 1.00 \v kwKo-X-k-Z v ]m´v : Ipamcn. ssKY \mk¿ hb-en≥ : Ipam-cn. hmWn cmwZmkv arZwKw : {io. ssh°w hnt\mZv Ipam¿ apJ¿iwJv : {io. ssh°w DØ-a≥

2.00 \v kwKo-X-k-Z v ]m´v : tUm. sI. Pb-e£van hb-en≥ : {io. kXojv h¿a arZwKw : {io. kptcjv sI. ss]. LSw : ssh°w A\p-cmKv

3.00 \v kwKo-X-k-Z v ]m´v : tUm. Pn. `p-h-t\-izcn hb-en≥ : {ioa-Xn. kc-kzXn aq¿Øn arZwKw : {io. Xpd-hq¿ kpio¬Ip-am¿ 24th Sri Sathya Sai Sangeetholsavam, Vaikom 14 4.00 pm Music Concert Vocal : Prof. P.R. Kumara Kerala Varma Violin : Prof. Dr. M.N. Moorthy Mridangam : Sri. Cherthala Sreekumara Varma

5.00 pm : JHOOLA ‘THE DIVINE SWING’ (A special musical offering Led by Sri. Vechoor Shankar)

MANGALA ARATHY SAMASTHA LOKA SUKHINO BHAVANTHU

Published by Sri. P.R. Prasad, Convenor, Sri Sathya Sai Seva Samithy, Vaikom, for private circulation only. Sri Sathya Sai Seva Samithy hold the right to make any amendments in the programme. If so required, Contacts : Anil : 94471 12735, Nadarajan : 94471 33352, P.R. Prasad : 98470 84480

The True Love At a fundraising dinner for a school that serves children with learning disabilities, the father of one of the students delivered a speech that would never be forgotten by all who attended. After extolling the school and its Dedicated staff, he offered a question: ‘When not interfered with by outside influences, everything nature does is done with perfection. Yet my son, Shay, cannot learn things as other children do. He cannot understand things as other children do. Where is the natural order of things in my son?’ The audience was stilled by the query. The father continued. ‘I believe that when a child like Shay, who was mentally and physically disabled comes into the world, an opportunity to realize true human nature presents itself, and it comes in the way other people treat that child.’ Then he told the following story: Shay and I had walked past a park where some boys Shay knew were playing baseball. Shay asked, ‘Do you think they’ll let me play?’ I knew that most of the boys would not want someone like Shay on their team, but as a father I also understood that if my son were allowed to play, it would give him a much-needed sense of belonging and some confidence to be accepted by others in spite of his handicaps. I approached one of the boys on the field and asked (not expecting much) if Shay could play. The boy looked around for guidance and said, ‘We’re losing by six runs and the game is in the eighth inning. I guess he can be on our team and we’ll try to put him in to bat in the ninth inning..’ Shay struggled over to the team’s bench and, with a broad smile, put on a team shirt.. I watched with a small tear in my eye and warmth in my heart. The boys saw Continue...... to Page 15 15 24th Sri Sathya Sai Sangeetholsavam, Vaikom 4.00 \v kwKo-X-k-Z v ]m´v : s{]m^. ]n.-B¿. Ipam-c-tI-c-f-h¿a hb-en≥ : s{]m^. tUm.-Fw.-F≥.-aq¿Øn arZwKw : {io. tN¿Øe {ioIp-am-c-h¿a sshIo´v 5.30 \v : Qqe (hntij Pb-¥n-Zn\ kwKoX Bcm-[\) t\XrXzw {io. sh®q¿ i¶¿ awKf BcXn kakvX temI: kpJnt\m `h¥p:

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Run to first!’ Never in his life had Shay ever run that far, but he made it to first base. He scampered down the baseline, wide-eyed and startled. Everyone yelled, ‘Run to second, run to second!’ Catching his breath, Shay awkwardly ran towards second, gleaming and struggling to make it to the base. By the time Shay rounded towards second base, the right fielder had the ball . The smallest guy on their team who now had his first chance to be the hero for his team. He could have thrown the ball to the second-baseman for the tag, but he understood the pitcher’s intentions so he, too, intentionally threw the ball high and far over the third-baseman’s head. Shay ran toward third base deliriously as the runners ahead of him circled the bases toward home. All were screaming, ‘Shay, Shay, Shay, all the Way Shay’ Shay reached third base because the opposing shortstop ran to help him by turning him in the direction of third base, and shouted, ‘Run to third! Shay, run to third!’ As Shay rounded third, the boys from both teams, and the spectators, were on their feet screaming, ‘Shay, run home! Run home!’ Shay ran to home, stepped on the plate, and was cheered as the hero who hit the grand slam and won the game for his team ‘That day’, said the father softly with tears now rolling down his face, ‘the boys from both teams helped bring a piece of true love and humanity into this world’. Shay didn’t make it to another summer. He died that winter, having never forgotten being the hero and making me so happy, and coming home and seeing his Mother tearfully embrace her little hero of the day!

LITTLE FOOT NOTE:

We all send thousands of jokes through the multimedia without a second thought, but when it comes to sending messages about life choices, people hesitate. The crude, vulgar, and often obscene pass freely through cyberspace, but public discussion about decency is too often suppressed in our schools and workplaces. If you’re thinking about forwarding this message, chances are that you’re probably sorting out the people in your address book who aren’t the ‘appropriate’ ones to receive this type of message Well, the person who sent you this believes that we all can make a difference. We all have thousands of opportunities every single day to help realize the ‘natural order of things.’ So many seemingly trivial interactions between two people present us with a choice: Do we pass along a little spark of love and humanity or do we pass up those opportunities and leave the world a little bit colder in the process? A wise man once said every society is judged by how it treats it’s least fortunate amongst them. Have a nice day. “LOVE ALL, SERVE ALL”.