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How is my lost phone a blessing in disguise for all of us

Dear Friends and Family They say: Each misfortune is a blessing in disguise Well initially it was tough for me to digest the fact that loss of my cell phone was any blessing for me. Yesterday night, I was distraught when I realized I had forgotten my phone in auto-rickshaw. I searched whole house in vain, hoping phone would just "show up". I even messaged my cell phone using other number promising some prize money for the person who would return it. Why wouldn't I? It had many pics of me and my nephew exploring Mumbai during last weekend. Money can't be more important than memories...right? And obviously the phone was not cheap (it was iPhone 5S) Anyways, as today proceeded I began to accept the fact that I might never be able to see the face of my phone again. Then began the obvious steps of police complaint and what not. While I was going through all this I tried to understand what good can be hidden there in me losing the phone with all photos...

Facebook not working - worldwide commotion

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Hundreds of teenagers from around the world started committing suicide when Facebook got offline today. They were posting their selfies and status updates when Facebook went down. These teenagers and many in their 20s were not able to understand how it happened to them. They thought their facebook account has been suspended by the company because they sent too many friend request to unknown girls. They were unable to take this as the "social networking site" was their "social life". Many kids called 911 because they were unable to take the pressure of not being able to post their selfies and status updates showing how much fun they were sitting in class and not paying attention to teachers. Many of these teenagers even tried committing suicide as they couldn't imagine a life without social life, aka social networking site. Men and women in their 20s and early 30s were little better to handle the pressure. Most credit goes to their bosses who made them ...