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True Wealth In Life

Discussion in 'Snippets of Life (Non-Fiction)' started by iyerviji, Nov 12, 2018.

  1. iyerviji

    iyerviji Finest Post Winner

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    True wealth is not a matter of bank accounts and assets. It's in the values we live and we share as well as the people we keep in touch with care

    My true wealth in life is my friends , whether it was in school, where I worked , now in Facebook and Indusla
    dies. I have less of my age friends but more of youngsters. Also all hifi friends who give meso much love more now because I am senior .

    When in school I had best friend who was very rich but a down to earth person. In office also had some close friends who are still on n touch.one friend since few years gift s me a saree for Birthday and Navrathri. Another friend used to drop me home whenever we went for office functions. Yesterday she had invited some friends, all are well educated, hifi , holding big position , I was also invited though I am not so educated like them, nor hifi .one colleague's friend's wife was saying ya I remember Viji because I have seen Vidya and Viji together

    In IL also I have met many friends who are very loving and give me so much respect.
     
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  2. Amulet

    Amulet IL Hall of Fame

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    You had likely earned, and surely deserve the friendships, respect, love etc.. from your friends. People only like what they like... don't they ?

    And by the way, should we spell Indusmaddies with one "d" or two ? That is a clever way to refer to people who are mad about this forum. :kissingheart:
     
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  3. iyerviji

    iyerviji Finest Post Winner

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    Thanks for your first feedback.;By mistake I typed indusmadies..you should spell indusladies with one d
     
  4. GeetaKashyap

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    Dear @iyerviji Vijima,
    Like the saying, 'Runanu bandhena pati pat sutalayaha', I totally believe that one has to be destined to get genuine friends. You are truly blessed to have so many good friends.Am I good enough to be your friend, dear Vijima?
     
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  5. iyerviji

    iyerviji Finest Post Winner

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    What question you are asking
    I am blessed to have you in my life as a daughter.youcall me vijima then ask this question. We have a relationship more than a friend. Thanks for always motivating me with your lovely feedback s. Ya I am blessed though I lead a simple life everyryone accepts me
     
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    :hello:A WELL thought out topic for IL'ites and sure would be received well with accolades pouring from your large followers for sure.
    2. Of course you are One Hundred % correct. True wealth is created when one enlarges his or her friends circle by constant networking and hobnobbing.
    3. Some of them will be with such a person even when his or her status diminished or richness vanished or in dire straits.
    5. Our growth depends on friends we have or had and we had come this far by constantly valuing such friendships.
    6. When I was going to Bombay for the first time to join my first office n 1970 . I carried with me just Rs 200 only which my mother could spare with great difficulty. I did not expect any one to turn up to receive me at Dadar but as luck would have it, I happen to meet my senior at the platform looking for me. He got information from another senior about my coming to him . He took me to his place and maintained me for almost two months and helped me escorting to join the new office. I did not get my salary for the first two months on account of some glitches .
    He was not close to me within college campus yet he lent a helping hand . For the past 48 years we remain family friends. He gave me the much needed thrust to begin my career and helped every now and then . Using his contacts he helped me and my family members in numerous ways. He was instrumental in pushing the negotiation for my daughter's wedding.
    I shed tears when I saw his only daughter about to be married succumbed to scooter accident when she went to help her cousin to get learner' s license in RTO 's office Thiruvanmiyur. It was the day when I used to wish my friend MANY HAPPY RETURNS OF THE DAY in the previous 23 years.
    Sad and glad strangely mixed.
    My friend with family now in senior home Beautiful Brindavan at Coimbatore . He is known as TSK. He is one among my six bosom friends who are l always considered as my sovereign wealth.
    Another interesting anecdote comes to mind about wealthy friendship from life history of mathematical late Ramajunam.
    Mathematician Ramanujam didn’t have any close friends and someone asked him the reason. He replied that although he wanted to have close friends but nobody was up to his expectations.

    When pressed how he expected his friend to be, he replied, "like numbers 220 and 284!"

    The person got confused and asked what is the connection between friendship and these numbers!

    Ramanujam asked him to find the divisors of each number!

    With much difficulty, the person derived and listed them as,

    220 → 1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 11, 20, 22, 44, 55, 110, 220

    284 →1, 2, 4, 71, 142, 284

    Ramanujam then asked the person to exclude the numbers 220 and 284 and asked the sum of the remaining divisors.

    The person was astonished to find,

    220 → 1+2+4+5+10+11+20+22+44+55+110=284

    284 →1+2+4+71+142=220

    Ramanujam explained that an ideal friendship should be like these numbers, to complement each other. Even when one is absent, the other should represent the friend!

    Hats off to this great mind and genius who is on the world’s top list of mathematicians!
    Thanks for your nice nostalgic post.
    Regards.
    GOD BLESS US all always .
     
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  7. iyerviji

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    Thanks for your thought provoking feedback and sharing your experience about your friends and about Ramanujam
     
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  8. Thyagarajan

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    :hello:@teenulahari
    Glad to note you tapped the option LIKE.

    I was concerned of your silence . I trust it is not something about ill - health
    I DID NOT GET ANY FB from you for my other posts including the latest under fiction category GETTI MELAM - Supraja- an apple of my eye. Thank you.
     
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    Dear Viji.
    We don't have to be high fliers to make friends. Our charecter, behavior and helping tendency will automatically bring forth friends. You have got plenty of these qualities. Hence there are lot of followers to you.
    PS
     
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    Thanks for your loving message Pushpa mami
     

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