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Long ago, in China, the Jade Emperor decided there should be a way of measuring time. On his birthday he told the animals that there was to be a swimming race. The first twelve animals across the fast flowing river would be the winners and they would each have a year of the zodiac named after them.
All the animals lined up along the river bank. The rat and the cat, who were good friends, were worried because they were poor swimmers. Being clever they asked the strong ox if he would carry them across the river.
‘Of course’ said the kind ox. ‘Just climb on my back and I will take you across. The rat and the cat quickly jumped up and were very excited when the ox soon took the lead in the race. They had almost reached the other bank when the rat pushed the cat into the river leaving him to struggle in the water. Then just before the ox was about to win the race the rat leapt on his head and on to the bank to finish first.
‘Well done,’ said the Jade Emperor to the proud rat. ‘The first year of the zodiac will be named after you.’

The poor ox had been tricked into second place and the second year of the zodiac was named after him.

Shortly after the exhausted tiger clawed his way to the river bank to claim third place. Swimming across the river had been an enormous struggle for him against the strong currents. The Emperor was so delighted with his efforts that he named the third year after him.

Next to arrive was the rabbit, who hadn’t swum across at all. He hopped across on some stepping stones and then found a floating log which carried him to the shore. ‘I shall be very happy to call the fourth year after you,’ the surprised Jade Emperor explained.

Dragon Just then a kind dragon swooped down to take fifth place.
‘Why didn’t you win the race, as you can fly as well as swim?’ the Jade Emperor asked.
‘I was held up because some people and animals needed water to drink. I needed to make some rain,’ the dragon explained. ‘Then when I was nearly here I saw a poor little rabbit on a log in the water and I blew a puff of wind so that the log would float to the river bank.’
‘Well that was very kind of you and now you are here you will have the fifth year of the zodiac named after you.’

The next thing the Jade Emperor heard was the sound of the horse’s hooves. Just as he was thinking the horse would be the next animal to arrive, a sneaky snake wriggled out from around one of the horse’s hooves. The horse was so surprised that he jumped backwards giving the snake a chance to take the sixth place in the race. The poor horse had to be satisfied with seventh place.

Not long afterwards a raft arrived carrying the goat, the monkey and the rooster. They explained to the Emperor how they had shared the raft that the rooster had found. The goat and monkey had cleared weeds and pushed the raft to the shore. The Emperor was very pleased that the animals had worked together. He said the goat would be the eighth zodiac animal, the monkey the ninth and the rooster the tenth.

The next animal to finish was the dog.
‘Why are you so late when you are one of the best swimmers?’ asked the Jade Emperor.
‘The water in the river was so clean that I had to have a bath on the way,’ explained the dog.
His reward was to have the eleventh year named after him.

Now there was one place left in the zodiac and the Emperor wondered when the last winner would come. He had nearly given up when he heard a grunt from the boar.
‘You took a long time to cross the river,’ said the Emperor to the boar.
‘I was hungry and stopped to eat,’ explained the boar. ‘After the meal I felt so tired that I fell asleep.’ ‘You have still done well,’ said the Jade Emperor. ‘The last year of the zodiac will be named after you.’

The cat swimming to shore. As for the cat who had been pushed into the water by the rat, he finally crawled out of the water but was too late to have a year named after him. He felt very cross with the rat and since then cats have never been friends with rats.
From that day to this the Chinese Zodiac has followed this cycle of years named after these twelve animals.

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Sukses itu sederhana,
sukses tidak ada hubungan dengan menjadi kaya raya,
sukses itu tidak serumit algoritma matematika.

SUKSES adalah ANDA!
karena kesuksesan terbesar ada pada diri Anda sendiri…

Bagaimana Anda tercipta dari pertarungan jutaan sperma untuk membuahi 1 ovum, itu adalah sukses pertama Anda!

Bagaimana Anda bisa lahir dengan anggota tubuh sempurna tanpa cacat,
itulah kesuksesan Anda kedua…

Ketika Anda ke sekolah bahkan bisa
menikmati bangku sekolah, di saat tiap menit ada 10 siswa drop out karena tidak mampu bayar biaya sekolah, itulah sukses Anda ketiga…

Ketika Anda bisa bekerja di perusahaan, di saat yg sama 46 juta orang menjadi pengangguran, itulah kesuksesan Anda keempat…

Ketika Anda masih bisa makan tiga kali sehari, di saat ada 3 juta orang
mati kelaparan setiap bulannya, itulah kesuksesan Anda yang kelima…

Sukses terjadi setiap hari,
Namun Anda tidak pernah menyadarinya.

Sukses selalu dibiaskan oleh penulis buku laris supaya bukunya bisa terus2an jadi best seller, dengan membuat sukses menjadi hal yg rumit dan sukar didapatkan…

Sukses tidak melulu soal harta, rumah mewah, mobil sport, jam Rolex, pensiun muda, menjadi pengusaha,
punya kolam renang/helikopter,
punya istri cantik spt Donald Trump
& resort mewah di Karibia…

Sukses sejati adalah:
“Hidup dengan Penuh Syukur”
Selamat Tahun Baru

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You’ve colored my life,
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Let’s welcome upcoming year
With love, hope and faith
As yesterdays be our lessons
That it brings better tomorrows

Wish you a prosperous new year
Full of happiness, joy and laughter

Happy New Year

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