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ICC’s 3 Idiots.

The big three.

An excellent letter published by the daily “Dawn”.

BY virtue of the constitution the ICC had the privilege of being the ‘world state’ of cricket. All confederating powers as full members, vesting their authorities with the ICC to ethically and equitably govern the affairs, promote cricket the world over.

Unfortunately, over the years the poor working prompted the mandating of Lord Harry Woolf, the former chief justice of England and Wales, to review the governance of the ICC. His recommendations disdainfully discarded so much meat for the mites.

The latest autocratic overreach of the Big Three, sponsored by the ICC, will deliver a severe blow to the body of the ICC. It prompted Lord Woolf to remark ” … if implemented, the ICC would cease to be a global governing body…”

It shall have abrogated its right to rule cricket. It shall die its death and the world will witness the birth of a divided order splitting cricket forever with disastrous consequences.

Fakir S. Aizazuddin

Karachi

Secret of happiness..!

Once a group of 50 people was attending a seminar.

Suddenly the speaker stopped and started giving each one a balloon. Each one was asked to write his/her name on it using a marker pen. Then all the balloons were collected and put in another room.

Now these delegates were let in that room and asked to find the balloon which had their name written, within 5 minutes. Everyone was frantically searching for their name, colliding with eachother, pushing around others and there was utter chaos.

At the end of 5 minutes no one could find their own balloon.

Now each one was asked to randomaly collect a balloon and give it to the the person whose name was written on it.

Within minutes everyone had their own balloon.

The speaker began— Exactly this is happening in our lives. Everyone is frantically looking for happiness all around, not knowing where it is.

Our happiness lies in the happiness of other people. Give them their happiness, you will get your own happiness.

And this is the purpose of human life.

Is this not what you are looking for?

Today, as my father, three brothers, and two sisters stood around my mother’s hospital bed, my mother uttered her last coherent words before she
died. She simply said, “I feel so loved right now. We should have gotten together like this more often.”

Today, I kissed my dad on the forehead as he passed away in a small hospital bed. About 5 seconds after he passed, I realized it was the first time I had given him a kiss since I was a little boy.

Today, in the cutest voice, my 8-year-old daughter asked me to start recycling. I chuckled and asked, “Why?” She replied, “So you can help me save the planet.” I chuckled again and asked, “And why do you want to save the planet?” “Because that’s where I keep all my stuff,” she said.

Today, when I witnessed a 27-year-old breast cancer patient laughing hysterically at her 2-year-old daughter’s antics, I suddenly realized that I need to stop complaining about my life and start celebrating it again.

Today, I was traveling in Kenya and I met a refugee from Zimbabwe.
He said he hadn’t eaten anything in over 3 days and looked extremely skinny
and unhealthy.
Then my friend offered him the rest of the sandwich he was eating.
The first thing the man said was, “We can share it.

I am blind by birth. When I was 8 years old, I wanted to play baseball. I asked my father- “Dad, can I play baseball?” He said “You’ll never know until you try.” When I was a teenager, I asked him, – “Dad Can I become a
surgeon?”. He replied “Son, you’ll never know until you try.” Today I am a Surgeon, just because I tried!

“Success is when you look back at your life and the memories make you smile.”

“Just go for it and give it a try! You don’t have to be a professional to build a successful product. Amateurs started Google and Apple. Professionals built the Titanic.