Reasons to feel happy today

Everyday when you open the newspaper , there a millions of news articles which are depressing, diappointing or downright disgusting. From amongst this muck , I have decided to look at the pearls strewn in between(I know, being the hopeless optimist hat I am, what else did you expect)
And yes , I do not guarantee that I will continue doing this regularly, just whenever I think I need some signs in the external world to suggest that "ALl is really Well with thw world" or in other words the situation can still be salvaged. :)(The real reason if U know me is that I am downright lazy , not only on my bum but also on my fingers..typing everyday- u gotta be kidding!)
So here goes:
1.India Inc set to witness high level of attrition in 2010: Well they say that if the attrition levels go up the that means people are finding more jobs elsewhere and hopefully better jobs. And considering the fact that I too am on the lookout for something which will help me kill time and also pay for my n + 1 number of bills(books, clothes, accessories, parlor, cosmetics....the list is actually endless) , this piece of nesw makes me very happy :D
2.Orissa Govt to create self-employment opportunities for five lakh youths.
COnsidering that I hail from the stat and have mostly suppressed the little voice in the back of my head which tells me to do something for the place to which I owe my identity. But for the moment I console my mind with news clippings such as these telling it that someday I will make up for lost time. Till then hang on and have faith.
3.And finally the "No kiya" ad of Onida takng a dig at Nokia. Ohh high time these advertisers got htier act together and indulged in some high octane heads-on war. God I so miss the Ocla-Pepsi, ThumsUp -Pepsi , Sprite-7up wars of yesteryears. Someone has to realy fight for me to make merry and morever i believe its when you are out to get somebody that yo really let your best creative juices flow.
So that was the lsit for today.. so long.

Flush

The flush of love is always heady. Intoxicating, beyond reason. Leaves one helpless and feeling foolish. Its when the most resilient of minds gives way to the whims of the heart. Its when the heart's desires are limited to just one or two things, to see the object of affecton or be with the person. When cupid strikes it leaves one totally incapable of anything but desire and longing. Love is the one thing that has survuved centuries and is stil going strong. The one emotion which has been as basic and primitive as hunger, fear, anger ,joy and sorrow.
One of my all time favourites from Shakespeare :
Let me not to the marriage of true minds
Admit impediments. Love is not love
Which alters when it alteration finds,
Or bends with the remover to remove:
O no! it is an ever-fixed mark
That looks on tempests and is never shaken;
It is the star to every wandering bark,
Whose worth's unknown, although his height be taken.
Love's not Time's fool, though rosy lips and cheeks
Within his bending sickle's compass come:
Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks,
But bears it out even to the edge of doom.
If this be error and upon me proved,
I never writ, nor no man ever loved.