Ability Forum

[srividyaa]

This was narrated by an IAF pilot at

a Seminar recently on Human Relations :



Venkatesh Balasubramaniam (who works for IIT) describes how his gesture of booking an air ticket for his father, his maiden

flight, brought forth a rush of emotions and made him (Venkatesh) realize that how much we all take for granted when it comes to our

parents.



My parents left for our native place on Thursday and we went to the airport to see them off. In fact, my father had never

traveled by air before, so I just took this opportunity to make him experience the same. In spite of being asked to book tickets by train, I got them tickets on Jet Airways. The moment I handed over the tickets

to him, he was surprised to see that I had booked them by air. The excitement was very apparent on his face, waiting for the time of

travel. Just like a school boy, he was  preparing himself on that day and we all went to the airport, right from using the trolley for his luggage, the baggage check-in and asking for a window seat and waiting

restlessly for the security check-in to happen. He was thoroughly enjoying himself and I, too, was overcome with joy watching him

experience all these things.



As they were about to go in for the security check-in, he walked up to me with tears in his eyes and thanked me. He became very emotional and it was not as if I had done something great but the fact that this meant a great deal to him. When he said thanks, I told him there was no need to thank me. But later, thinking about the entire incident, I looked back at my life. As a child, how many dreams our parents have made come true. Without understanding the financial situation, we ask for cricket bats, dresses, toys, outings, etc. Irrespective of their affordability, they have catered to all our needs. Did we ever think about the sacrifices they had to make to accommodate many of our wishes? Did we ever say thanks for all that they have done for us? Same way, today when it comes to our children, we always think that we should put them in a good school. Regardless of the amount of donation, we will ensure that we will have to give the child the best, theme parks, toys, etc. But we tend to forget that our parents have sacrificed a lot for our sake to see us happy, so it is our responsibility to ensure that their dreams are realized and what they failed to see when they were young. It is our responsibility to ensure that they experience all those and their life is complete.



Many times, when my parents had asked me some questions, I have actually answered back without patience. When my daughter asks me something, I have been very polite in answering. Now I realize how  they would have felt at those moments. Let us realize that old age is a second childhood and

just as we take care of our children, the same attention and same care needs to be given to our parents and elders. Rather than my dad saying thank you to me, I would want to say sorry for making him wait so long for this small dream. I do realize how much he has sacrificed for my sake and I will do my best to give the best possible attention to all their wishes.



Just because they are old does not mean that they will have to give up everything and keep sacrificing for their grandchildren also. They have wishes, too.







Take care of your parents. THEY ARE PRECIOUS.

This was narrated by an IAF pilot at

a Seminar recently on Human Relations :



Venkatesh Balasubramaniam (who works for IIT) describes how his gesture of booking an air ticket for his father, his maiden

flight, brought forth a rush of emotions and made him (Venkatesh) realize that how much we all take for granted when it comes to our

parents.



My parents left for our native place on Thursday and we went to the airport to see them off. In fact, my father had never

traveled by air before, so I just took this opportunity to make him experience the same. In spite of being asked to book tickets by train, I got them tickets on Jet Airways. The moment I handed over the tickets

to him, he was surprised to see that I had booked them by air. The excitement was very apparent on his face, waiting for the time of

travel. Just like a school boy, he was  preparing himself on that day and we all went to the airport, right from using the trolley for his luggage, the baggage check-in and asking for a window seat and waiting

restlessly for the security check-in to happen. He was thoroughly enjoying himself and I, too, was overcome with joy watching him

experience all these things.



As they were about to go in for the security check-in, he walked up to me with tears in his eyes and thanked me. He became very emotional and it was not as if I had done something great but the fact that this meant a great deal to him. When he said thanks, I told him there was no need to thank me. But later, thinking about the entire incident, I looked back at my life. As a child, how many dreams our parents have made come true. Without understanding the financial situation, we ask for cricket bats, dresses, toys, outings, etc. Irrespective of their affordability, they have catered to all our needs. Did we ever think about the sacrifices they had to make to accommodate many of our wishes? Did we ever say thanks for all that they have done for us? Same way, today when it comes to our children, we always think that we should put them in a good school. Regardless of the amount of donation, we will ensure that we will have to give the child the best, theme parks, toys, etc. But we tend to forget that our parents have sacrificed a lot for our sake to see us happy, so it is our responsibility to ensure that their dreams are realized and what they failed to see when they were young. It is our responsibility to ensure that they experience all those and their life is complete.



Many times, when my parents had asked me some questions, I have actually answered back without patience. When my daughter asks me something, I have been very polite in answering. Now I realize how  they would have felt at those moments. Let us realize that old age is a second childhood and

just as we take care of our children, the same attention and same care needs to be given to our parents and elders. Rather than my dad saying thank you to me, I would want to say sorry for making him wait so long for this small dream. I do realize how much he has sacrificed for my sake and I will do my best to give the best possible attention to all their wishes.



Just because they are old does not mean that they will have to give up everything and keep sacrificing for their grandchildren also. They have wishes, too.







Take care of your parents. THEY ARE PRECIOUS.

[Adverts]

[srividyaa]

Be A Lake

The old Master instructed the unhappy young man to put a handful of salt in a glass of water and then to drink it.
"How does it taste?" the Master asked.

"Awful," spat the apprentice.

The Master chuckled and then asked the young man to take another handful of salt and put it in the lake.
The two walked in silence to the nearby lake and when the apprentice swirled his handful of salt into the lake,

the old man said, "Now drink from the lake."

As the water dripped down the young man's chin, the Master asked, "How does it taste?"

"Good!" remarked the apprentice. "Do you taste the salt?" asked the Master. "No," said the young man.

The Master sat beside this troubled young man, took his hands, and said,

"The pain of life is pure salt; no more, no less.
The amount of pain in life remains the same, exactly the same. But the amount we taste the 'pain' depends on the container we put it into.

So when you are in pain, the only thing you can do is to enlarge your sense of things .....

Stop being a glass. Become a lake!"

Be A Lake

The old Master instructed the unhappy young man to put a handful of salt in a glass of water and then to drink it.
"How does it taste?" the Master asked.

"Awful," spat the apprentice.

The Master chuckled and then asked the young man to take another handful of salt and put it in the lake.
The two walked in silence to the nearby lake and when the apprentice swirled his handful of salt into the lake,

the old man said, "Now drink from the lake."

As the water dripped down the young man's chin, the Master asked, "How does it taste?"

"Good!" remarked the apprentice. "Do you taste the salt?" asked the Master. "No," said the young man.

The Master sat beside this troubled young man, took his hands, and said,

"The pain of life is pure salt; no more, no less.
The amount of pain in life remains the same, exactly the same. But the amount we taste the 'pain' depends on the container we put it into.

So when you are in pain, the only thing you can do is to enlarge your sense of things .....

Stop being a glass. Become a lake!"

[srividyaa]

A man found a cocoon of a butterfly. One day a small opening appeared. He sat and watched the butterfly for several hours as it struggled to force its body through that little hole. Then it seemed to stop making any progress. It appeared as if it had gotten as far as it could, and it could go no further.

So the man decided to help the butterfly. He took a pair of scissors and snipped off the remaining bit of the cocoon.

The butterfly then emerged easily. But it had a swollen body and small, shriveled wings.

The man continued to watch the butterfly because he expected that, at any moment, the wings would enlarge and expand to be able to support the body, which would contract in time.

Neither happened! In fact, the butterfly spent the rest of its life crawling around with a swollen body and shriveled wings. It never was able to fly.

What the man, in his kindness and haste, did not understand was that the restricting cocoon and the struggle required for the butterfly to get through the tiny opening were God's way of forcing fluid from the body of the butterfly into its wings so that it would be ready for flight once it achieved its freedom from the cocoon.

Sometimes struggles are exactly what we need in our lives. If God allowed us to go through our lives without any obstacles, it would cripple us.

We would not be as strong as what we could have been. We could never fly!

I asked for Strength.........

And God gave me Difficulties to make me strong.

I asked for Wisdom.........

And God gave me Problems to solve.

I asked for Prosperity.........

And God gave me Brain and Brawn to work.

I asked for Courage.........

And God gave me Danger to overcome.

I asked for Love.........

And God gave me Troubled people to help.

I asked for Favors.........

And God gave me Opportunities.

I received nothing I wanted ........

I received everything I needed!

Trust in God. Always !

A man found a cocoon of a butterfly. One day a small opening appeared. He sat and watched the butterfly for several hours as it struggled to force its body through that little hole. Then it seemed to stop making any progress. It appeared as if it had gotten as far as it could, and it could go no further.

So the man decided to help the butterfly. He took a pair of scissors and snipped off the remaining bit of the cocoon.

The butterfly then emerged easily. But it had a swollen body and small, shriveled wings.

The man continued to watch the butterfly because he expected that, at any moment, the wings would enlarge and expand to be able to support the body, which would contract in time.

Neither happened! In fact, the butterfly spent the rest of its life crawling around with a swollen body and shriveled wings. It never was able to fly.

What the man, in his kindness and haste, did not understand was that the restricting cocoon and the struggle required for the butterfly to get through the tiny opening were God's way of forcing fluid from the body of the butterfly into its wings so that it would be ready for flight once it achieved its freedom from the cocoon.

Sometimes struggles are exactly what we need in our lives. If God allowed us to go through our lives without any obstacles, it would cripple us.

We would not be as strong as what we could have been. We could never fly!

I asked for Strength.........

And God gave me Difficulties to make me strong.

I asked for Wisdom.........

And God gave me Problems to solve.

I asked for Prosperity.........

And God gave me Brain and Brawn to work.

I asked for Courage.........

And God gave me Danger to overcome.

I asked for Love.........

And God gave me Troubled people to help.

I asked for Favors.........

And God gave me Opportunities.

I received nothing I wanted ........

I received everything I needed!

Trust in God. Always !

[srividyaa]

Every day we encounter new obstacles designed by a superior being to teach, we hope new lessons about human nature and giving us the tools necessary to function in our society. As we learn these new skills from birth to adulthood, our attitudes become more expansive and our knowledge. This is what we choose to do with these attributes that allows individuals to be individuals.
     


An important attribute we learn from childhood is the act of forgiveness. Parents teach their children to say "sorry" for misconduct or for doing something wrong. We are taught to say "sorry" for making mistakes in our work. We are taught to be humble when we know we've done wrong. But are we excusing received in return? Does your employer you forgive when you arrive late at work for the fifth time this week? Will you be able to forgive your partner for breaking an heirloom that has been in your family for generations and how we learn to forgive?

Forgiveness is a learned behavior but that comes with great responsibility. Telling someone that you forgive them, means you're willing to spend the harmful act behind you and you spend your life. Simple acts of forgiveness for things such as excused a person bumping into you at the supermarket or milk toddler spills are easy to forget and forgive. But what about the whole situation? Is it easy to forgive more suffering and pain?

As a person moves into adulthood, learning to manage pain and pain becomes difficult. We tend to think about things in this fast-paced world in which we live, we also tend to remember more things, especially emotions. We tend to allow our anger to overtake us, leading to a heavier burden to bear.

Learning to forgive is difficult and does not fall within the framework of a manual with clear instructions. We can know the forgiveness of those who lived before us. By learning to forgive and to grievances in the past, will make a lighter load that we carry in our daily lives. In clinging past hurt no longer overwhelm us, weighing us therefore with profound sadness. By releasing the pain and anger and forgiving others, we feel the truth of our well-being. Knowing that you can forgive is a valuable asset and knowledge is power, allowing each of us to live a long and fruitful life.

Ultimately, we are all very similar. We all face these days life incidents today. We all have different moods, for example, good mood and happy, sad mood and bad mood. We will also have hurt someone, when you're in a bad mood. If we realize that the person who struck us have some bad mood or if we compare in the same situation, our anger on them will be reduced. So if we practice to forgive others, it will give a peaceful life for ourselves and also others. This will create a pleasant environment.

Sometimes you read "something and it can totally change your life. Do not spend one day more miserable. You can change your life forever. Do not be robbed of your peace, joy and happiness for a day longer.

Every day we encounter new obstacles designed by a superior being to teach, we hope new lessons about human nature and giving us the tools necessary to function in our society. As we learn these new skills from birth to adulthood, our attitudes become more expansive and our knowledge. This is what we choose to do with these attributes that allows individuals to be individuals.
     


An important attribute we learn from childhood is the act of forgiveness. Parents teach their children to say "sorry" for misconduct or for doing something wrong. We are taught to say "sorry" for making mistakes in our work. We are taught to be humble when we know we've done wrong. But are we excusing received in return? Does your employer you forgive when you arrive late at work for the fifth time this week? Will you be able to forgive your partner for breaking an heirloom that has been in your family for generations and how we learn to forgive?

Forgiveness is a learned behavior but that comes with great responsibility. Telling someone that you forgive them, means you're willing to spend the harmful act behind you and you spend your life. Simple acts of forgiveness for things such as excused a person bumping into you at the supermarket or milk toddler spills are easy to forget and forgive. But what about the whole situation? Is it easy to forgive more suffering and pain?

As a person moves into adulthood, learning to manage pain and pain becomes difficult. We tend to think about things in this fast-paced world in which we live, we also tend to remember more things, especially emotions. We tend to allow our anger to overtake us, leading to a heavier burden to bear.

Learning to forgive is difficult and does not fall within the framework of a manual with clear instructions. We can know the forgiveness of those who lived before us. By learning to forgive and to grievances in the past, will make a lighter load that we carry in our daily lives. In clinging past hurt no longer overwhelm us, weighing us therefore with profound sadness. By releasing the pain and anger and forgiving others, we feel the truth of our well-being. Knowing that you can forgive is a valuable asset and knowledge is power, allowing each of us to live a long and fruitful life.

Ultimately, we are all very similar. We all face these days life incidents today. We all have different moods, for example, good mood and happy, sad mood and bad mood. We will also have hurt someone, when you're in a bad mood. If we realize that the person who struck us have some bad mood or if we compare in the same situation, our anger on them will be reduced. So if we practice to forgive others, it will give a peaceful life for ourselves and also others. This will create a pleasant environment.

Sometimes you read "something and it can totally change your life. Do not spend one day more miserable. You can change your life forever. Do not be robbed of your peace, joy and happiness for a day longer.

[srividyaa]

Live for an ideal, and that one ideal alone. Let it be so great, so
strong, that there may be nothing else left in the mind; no place for
anything else, no time for anything else.

Look here--we shall die! Bear this in mind always, and then the spirit
within will wake up. Only then will meanness vanish from you,
practicality in work will come, you will get new vigor in mind and
body, and those who come in contact with you will also feel that they
have really got something uplifting from you.

Look upon every man, woman, and everyone as God. You cannot help
anyone, you can only serve: serve the children of the Lord, serve the
Lord Himself, if you have the privilege.

Meditation means the mind is turned back upon itself. The mind stops
all the thought-waves and the world stops. Your consciousness expands.
Every time you meditate you will keep your growth.

Nature, body, mind go to death, not we. We neither go nor come. The
man Vivekananda is in nature, is born and dies; but the Self we see as
Vivekananda is never born and never dies. It is the eternal and
unchangeable Reality.

Neither seek nor avoid; take what comes. It is liberty to be affected
by nothing. Do not merely endure; be unattached.

No one should be judged by their defects. The virtues a person has are
his especially; his errors are the common weaknesses of humanity and
should never be counted in estimating his character.

Our supreme duty is to advance toward freedom�physical, mental, and
spiritual�and help others to do so.

Out of purity and silence comes the word of power.

Pray all the time, read all the scriptures in the world, and worship
all the gods there are ...but unless you realize the Truth, there is
no freedom.

Realize your true nature. That is all there is to do. Know yourself as
you are�infinite spirit. That is practical religion. Everything else
is impractical, for everything else will perish.

Realize yourself. That is all there is to do. Know yourself as you
are�infinite spirit. That is practical religion. Everything else is
impractical, for everything else will vanish.

Live for an ideal, and that one ideal alone. Let it be so great, so
strong, that there may be nothing else left in the mind; no place for
anything else, no time for anything else.

Look here--we shall die! Bear this in mind always, and then the spirit
within will wake up. Only then will meanness vanish from you,
practicality in work will come, you will get new vigor in mind and
body, and those who come in contact with you will also feel that they
have really got something uplifting from you.

Look upon every man, woman, and everyone as God. You cannot help
anyone, you can only serve: serve the children of the Lord, serve the
Lord Himself, if you have the privilege.

Meditation means the mind is turned back upon itself. The mind stops
all the thought-waves and the world stops. Your consciousness expands.
Every time you meditate you will keep your growth.

Nature, body, mind go to death, not we. We neither go nor come. The
man Vivekananda is in nature, is born and dies; but the Self we see as
Vivekananda is never born and never dies. It is the eternal and
unchangeable Reality.

Neither seek nor avoid; take what comes. It is liberty to be affected
by nothing. Do not merely endure; be unattached.

No one should be judged by their defects. The virtues a person has are
his especially; his errors are the common weaknesses of humanity and
should never be counted in estimating his character.

Our supreme duty is to advance toward freedom�physical, mental, and
spiritual�and help others to do so.

Out of purity and silence comes the word of power.

Pray all the time, read all the scriptures in the world, and worship
all the gods there are ...but unless you realize the Truth, there is
no freedom.

Realize your true nature. That is all there is to do. Know yourself as
you are�infinite spirit. That is practical religion. Everything else
is impractical, for everything else will perish.

Realize yourself. That is all there is to do. Know yourself as you
are�infinite spirit. That is practical religion. Everything else is
impractical, for everything else will vanish.

[srividyaa]

Life is like an unsolved puzzle.
No one can define what life is because it is a very complex thing.
Life is something that makes you happy and proud at times and makes you feel so low at times that you say to yourself, "Why was I born?" But whatever it is, it is real fun.
In Life, in every moment, something new happens; something that you never expected, something that you were waiting from a long while to happen and something you were expecting to happen.
It is a combination of happiness, sorrow, joy, love, anger, enjoyment, loneliness, fear, excitement and many other emotions. The definition of the word life can't be completed without using the word emotions.
Some people work in emotions whereas others work with emotions. So it's very important to understand how people are using their emotions. If they are letting emotions get control over them, then they'll be dragged by others and situations all the time.

But, if he is controlling his emotions in a proper way, then no one will ever have control over him. The way a person uses his emotions is what we call attitude. Someone has correctly said, "Your attitude determines your altitude in life".
Attitude, as I already defined, is the way an individual uses his emotions and directly related to the psyche of a person.
Some people use their emotions in a positive way and some people do it in a negative sense. When people use emotions in a positive way we call it positive attitude and when they use it in a negative way we call it negative attitude. It's up to an individual to decide how he uses his emotions. Which way will you decide ?  
Be willing to learn, and a teacher will appear.
Be willing to work, and numerous opportunities
For making a valuable, positive difference
Will come your way.

Your willingness is a key that unlocks life's abundance.
Your willingness helps opens your eyes to,
And prepares you for whatever you are willing to be or to do.
Your willingness is not merely what you say it is.
True willingness resides in the deepest part of who you are.
Be willing, and you will gain access to
Whatever you need to get the job done.

Be willing, and you will find a way.
Many things seem out of reach only
Because you imagine them to be.
Have the courage to be sincerely willing,
And the impossible can become real.

Be willing to make a difference in each moment,
And your world will overflow with possibilities.
Be willing to experience a life of richness and fulfillment,
And that is precisely how it will unfold.

Life is like an unsolved puzzle.
No one can define what life is because it is a very complex thing.
Life is something that makes you happy and proud at times and makes you feel so low at times that you say to yourself, "Why was I born?" But whatever it is, it is real fun.
In Life, in every moment, something new happens; something that you never expected, something that you were waiting from a long while to happen and something you were expecting to happen.
It is a combination of happiness, sorrow, joy, love, anger, enjoyment, loneliness, fear, excitement and many other emotions. The definition of the word life can't be completed without using the word emotions.
Some people work in emotions whereas others work with emotions. So it's very important to understand how people are using their emotions. If they are letting emotions get control over them, then they'll be dragged by others and situations all the time.

But, if he is controlling his emotions in a proper way, then no one will ever have control over him. The way a person uses his emotions is what we call attitude. Someone has correctly said, "Your attitude determines your altitude in life".
Attitude, as I already defined, is the way an individual uses his emotions and directly related to the psyche of a person.
Some people use their emotions in a positive way and some people do it in a negative sense. When people use emotions in a positive way we call it positive attitude and when they use it in a negative way we call it negative attitude. It's up to an individual to decide how he uses his emotions. Which way will you decide ?  
Be willing to learn, and a teacher will appear.
Be willing to work, and numerous opportunities
For making a valuable, positive difference
Will come your way.

Your willingness is a key that unlocks life's abundance.
Your willingness helps opens your eyes to,
And prepares you for whatever you are willing to be or to do.
Your willingness is not merely what you say it is.
True willingness resides in the deepest part of who you are.
Be willing, and you will gain access to
Whatever you need to get the job done.

Be willing, and you will find a way.
Many things seem out of reach only
Because you imagine them to be.
Have the courage to be sincerely willing,
And the impossible can become real.

Be willing to make a difference in each moment,
And your world will overflow with possibilities.
Be willing to experience a life of richness and fulfillment,
And that is precisely how it will unfold.

[srividyaa]

A psychology professor at the University of Miami knew his students expected a terrifyingly long final exam.

To play with their minds a little (what do you expect from a psychology professor?) he only put ONE question on the final exam.

He watched the reactions of the students as they all opened the exams and saw the one question. Initially they all looked relieved, but as the difficulty of the question began to sink in, those relieved faces sagged to confusion and consternation.

All, that is, except for one student.

He read the question, tapped his pencil into his palm a few times, then jotted something down on the test paper.

He walked up to the professor, handed him the final, and walked out.
The professor blinked in surprise, looked at what the student wrote, and smiled.

The professor wrote "100%" on the top of that student's test.

*

*

*

*

*

*

The question: What is courage?
The student's answer: This is.

You will not get the better definition of the courage .



In the end .. think about this

We think that open and close are opposite 2 each other, but very few in the world know that the one with whom we are close is the one with whom we are very open.

A psychology professor at the University of Miami knew his students expected a terrifyingly long final exam.

To play with their minds a little (what do you expect from a psychology professor?) he only put ONE question on the final exam.

He watched the reactions of the students as they all opened the exams and saw the one question. Initially they all looked relieved, but as the difficulty of the question began to sink in, those relieved faces sagged to confusion and consternation.

All, that is, except for one student.

He read the question, tapped his pencil into his palm a few times, then jotted something down on the test paper.

He walked up to the professor, handed him the final, and walked out.
The professor blinked in surprise, looked at what the student wrote, and smiled.

The professor wrote "100%" on the top of that student's test.

*

*

*

*

*

*

The question: What is courage?
The student's answer: This is.

You will not get the better definition of the courage .



In the end .. think about this

We think that open and close are opposite 2 each other, but very few in the world know that the one with whom we are close is the one with whom we are very open.

[srividyaa]

Use... this... in... life

Talk-------- -------Softly

Walk-------- --------Humbly

Eat--------- --------- -Sensibly

Breathe----- --------- ------Deeply

Sleep------- --------- ------Sufficient ly

Dress------- --------- --------- --Smartly

Act--------- --------- --------- ----Fearlessly

Work-------- --------- --------- -------Patiently

Think------- --------- --------- --------- -Truthfully

Believe----- --------- --------- --------- ----Correctly

Behave------ --------- --------- --------- --------Decently

Learn------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --Practically

Plan-------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- Orderly

Earn-------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- -----Honestly

Save-------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- -----Regularly

Spend------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ------Intelligen tly

Love-------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- -----Passionatel y

ENJOY --- ------------ --------- --------- --------- ------COMPLETELY .

Use... this... in... life

Talk-------- -------Softly

Walk-------- --------Humbly

Eat--------- --------- -Sensibly

Breathe----- --------- ------Deeply

Sleep------- --------- ------Sufficient ly

Dress------- --------- --------- --Smartly

Act--------- --------- --------- ----Fearlessly

Work-------- --------- --------- -------Patiently

Think------- --------- --------- --------- -Truthfully

Believe----- --------- --------- --------- ----Correctly

Behave------ --------- --------- --------- --------Decently

Learn------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --Practically

Plan-------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- Orderly

Earn-------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- -----Honestly

Save-------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- -----Regularly

Spend------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ------Intelligen tly

Love-------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- -----Passionatel y

ENJOY --- ------------ --------- --------- --------- ------COMPLETELY .

[srividyaa]

Key to contentment :

Health enough to make work a pleasure

Wealth enough to support your needs

Strength enough to battle with difficulties and overcome them

Grace enough to confess your sins and forsake them  

Patience enough to toil until some good is accomplished

Patience enough to toil until some good is accomplished

Love enough to move you to be useful and helpful to others.

Faith enough to make real things of God

Hope enough to remove all anxious fears concerning the future

Key to contentment :

Health enough to make work a pleasure

Wealth enough to support your needs

Strength enough to battle with difficulties and overcome them

Grace enough to confess your sins and forsake them  

Patience enough to toil until some good is accomplished

Patience enough to toil until some good is accomplished

Love enough to move you to be useful and helpful to others.

Faith enough to make real things of God

Hope enough to remove all anxious fears concerning the future

[Chloe12]

"There are no classes in life for beginners: right away you are always asked to deal with what is most difficult." - Rainer Maria Rilke

"To live is like to love--all reason is against it, and all healthy instinct for it."  - Samuel Butler


Enjoy life to the fullest!




KPO Knowledge Process Outsourcing

"There are no classes in life for beginners: right away you are always asked to deal with what is most difficult." - Rainer Maria Rilke

"To live is like to love--all reason is against it, and all healthy instinct for it."  - Samuel Butler


Enjoy life to the fullest!




KPO Knowledge Process Outsourcing

[Unnimaxx]

A Psalm of Life

Tell me not in mournful numbers,
Life is but an empty dream!
For the soul is dead that slumbers,
And things are not what they seem.

Life is real! Life is earnest!
And the grave is not its goal;
Dust thou are, to dust thou returnest,
Was not spoken of the soul.

Not enjoyment, and not sorrow,
Is our destined end or way;
But to act, that each tomorrow
Find us farther than today.

Art is long, and Time is fleeting,
And our hearts, though stout and brave,
Still, like muffled drums, are beating
Funeral marches to the grave.

In the world's broad field of battle,
In the bivouac of Life,
Be not like dumb, driven cattle!
Be a hero in the strife!

Trust no Future, howe'er pleasant!
Let the dead Past bury its dead!
Act, - act in the living Present!
Heart within, and God o'erhead!

Lives of great men all remind us
We can make our lives sublime,
And, departing, leave behind us
Footprints on the sand of time;

Footprints, that perhaps another,
Sailing o'er life's solenm main,
A forlorn and shipwrecked brother,
Seeing, shall take heart again.

Let us then be up and doing,
With a heart for any fate;
Still achieving, still pursuing,
Learn to labor and to wait.

A Psalm of Life

Tell me not in mournful numbers,
Life is but an empty dream!
For the soul is dead that slumbers,
And things are not what they seem.

Life is real! Life is earnest!
And the grave is not its goal;
Dust thou are, to dust thou returnest,
Was not spoken of the soul.

Not enjoyment, and not sorrow,
Is our destined end or way;
But to act, that each tomorrow
Find us farther than today.

Art is long, and Time is fleeting,
And our hearts, though stout and brave,
Still, like muffled drums, are beating
Funeral marches to the grave.

In the world's broad field of battle,
In the bivouac of Life,
Be not like dumb, driven cattle!
Be a hero in the strife!

Trust no Future, howe'er pleasant!
Let the dead Past bury its dead!
Act, - act in the living Present!
Heart within, and God o'erhead!

Lives of great men all remind us
We can make our lives sublime,
And, departing, leave behind us
Footprints on the sand of time;

Footprints, that perhaps another,
Sailing o'er life's solenm main,
A forlorn and shipwrecked brother,
Seeing, shall take heart again.

Let us then be up and doing,
With a heart for any fate;
Still achieving, still pursuing,
Learn to labor and to wait.

[srividyaa]

It’s our ego that eggs us on to aspire. And our ego that stops us from
achieving what we want.

The word surrender is one of the most beautiful words in the English
language. But it is also one of the most difficult of deeds. I am not
talking about surrender of the military kind, but a kind of personal
surrender in which you simply let go. Such surrender gives rise to an
experience of beautiful serenity within, something that most of us
have felt at some time or the other, but can’t seem to sustain it
permanently.

If surrender brings so much peace, why is it so difficult? It’s
because of our ‘ego’. This tiny, three-letter word has a significant
impact on the quality of our lives. Our ego wants us to be in control
of everything in and around us—our relationships, our health, our
careers. The ego wants things its way and when that doesn’t happen, it
reacts by evoking all kinds of unhealthy emotions. I wouldn’t be off
the mark if I say that our ego is at the root of all our miseries.
Fear, anxiety, guilt, frustration, greed, jealousy and all other
emotions that don’t feel good, are always the result of the ego’s
villainous insistence on being in control.

Because of our ego, we give excessive importance to winning. Our
ego-driven society offers all the glory to winners, while losers are
severely criticised. What’s worse is that those who fail to win
actually believe that they’ve made a big blunder by losing. To the
ego, a loss is evidence of lack of total control—and the ego hates it.
So, many individuals simply don’t attempt anything because they fear
losing. In the process, they live ordinary lives filled with little,
if any, happiness in it.

The only antidote to problems that our ego creates is surrender. Your
rogue ego cannot do much when you let go of your need to be right, to
win, or to succeed at any cost. It may seem paradoxical, but when you
live constantly in a mindset of surrender, you start functioning more
efficiently because you now live minus the constant nagging of your
nasty ego to live only to win—or else suffer.

But surrender cannot be achieved using the mind. Surrendering is an
act of absolute trust. You trust existence and accept the unalterable
truth that life is made up of ups and downs. When you trust God, a
higher power, or existence, you will suddenly find yourself to be in
complete control of your own life. You will live fully, totally in the
moment without worrying about being ahead, being right, winning or
succeeding. It will improve your chances of success and you will find
that the quality of your life has enhanced.

It’s our ego that eggs us on to aspire. And our ego that stops us from
achieving what we want.

The word surrender is one of the most beautiful words in the English
language. But it is also one of the most difficult of deeds. I am not
talking about surrender of the military kind, but a kind of personal
surrender in which you simply let go. Such surrender gives rise to an
experience of beautiful serenity within, something that most of us
have felt at some time or the other, but can’t seem to sustain it
permanently.

If surrender brings so much peace, why is it so difficult? It’s
because of our ‘ego’. This tiny, three-letter word has a significant
impact on the quality of our lives. Our ego wants us to be in control
of everything in and around us—our relationships, our health, our
careers. The ego wants things its way and when that doesn’t happen, it
reacts by evoking all kinds of unhealthy emotions. I wouldn’t be off
the mark if I say that our ego is at the root of all our miseries.
Fear, anxiety, guilt, frustration, greed, jealousy and all other
emotions that don’t feel good, are always the result of the ego’s
villainous insistence on being in control.

Because of our ego, we give excessive importance to winning. Our
ego-driven society offers all the glory to winners, while losers are
severely criticised. What’s worse is that those who fail to win
actually believe that they’ve made a big blunder by losing. To the
ego, a loss is evidence of lack of total control—and the ego hates it.
So, many individuals simply don’t attempt anything because they fear
losing. In the process, they live ordinary lives filled with little,
if any, happiness in it.

The only antidote to problems that our ego creates is surrender. Your
rogue ego cannot do much when you let go of your need to be right, to
win, or to succeed at any cost. It may seem paradoxical, but when you
live constantly in a mindset of surrender, you start functioning more
efficiently because you now live minus the constant nagging of your
nasty ego to live only to win—or else suffer.

But surrender cannot be achieved using the mind. Surrendering is an
act of absolute trust. You trust existence and accept the unalterable
truth that life is made up of ups and downs. When you trust God, a
higher power, or existence, you will suddenly find yourself to be in
complete control of your own life. You will live fully, totally in the
moment without worrying about being ahead, being right, winning or
succeeding. It will improve your chances of success and you will find
that the quality of your life has enhanced.

[srividyaa]

Standing for what you believe in,
Regardless of the odds against you,
and the pressure that tears at your resistance,
... means courage.

Keeping a smile on your face,
When inside you feel like dying,
For the sake of supporting others,
... means strength.

Stopping at nothing,
And doing what's in your heart,
You know is right,
... means determination.

Doing more than is expected,
To make another's life a little more bearable,
Without uttering a single complaint,
... means compassion.

Helping a friend in need,
No matter the time or effort,
To the best of your ability,
... means loyalty.

Giving more than you have,
And expecting nothing,
But nothing in return,
... means selflessness.

Holding your head high,
And being the best you know you can be
When life seems to fall apart at your feet,
Facing each difficulty with the confidence

That time will bring you better tomorrows,
And never giving up,
... means confidence.

Standing for what you believe in,
Regardless of the odds against you,
and the pressure that tears at your resistance,
... means courage.

Keeping a smile on your face,
When inside you feel like dying,
For the sake of supporting others,
... means strength.

Stopping at nothing,
And doing what's in your heart,
You know is right,
... means determination.

Doing more than is expected,
To make another's life a little more bearable,
Without uttering a single complaint,
... means compassion.

Helping a friend in need,
No matter the time or effort,
To the best of your ability,
... means loyalty.

Giving more than you have,
And expecting nothing,
But nothing in return,
... means selflessness.

Holding your head high,
And being the best you know you can be
When life seems to fall apart at your feet,
Facing each difficulty with the confidence

That time will bring you better tomorrows,
And never giving up,
... means confidence.

[srividyaa]

Your words, your dreams, and your thoughts have the
power to create conditions in your life.
What you speak about, you can bring about.

If you keep saying you can't stand your job,
you might lose your job.

If you keep saying you can't stand your body,
your body can become sick.

If you keep saying you can't stand your car,
your car could be stolen or just stop operating.

If you keep saying you're always broke, guess what?
You'll always be broke.

If you keep saying you can't trust a man or trust a woman,
you will always find someone in your life to hurt and betray you.

If you keep saying you can't find a job,
you will remain unemployed.



Turn your thoughts and conversations around to be more positive
and power packed with faith, hope, love and action.

Don't be afraid to believe that you can
have what you want and deserve.

Watch your "Thoughts,"
they become words;

Watch your "Words,"
they become actions;

Watch your "Actions,"
they become habits;

Watch your "Habits,"
they become character;

Watch your "Character",
for it becomes your "Destiny"

So.......To prevent any obstacles.......

GET OUT OF YOUR OWN WAY!

Enjoy every minute you live!!
BEFORE YOU SPEAK... LISTEN
BEFORE YOU WRITE... THINK
BEFORE YOU SPEND... EARN
BEFORE YOU CRITICIZE...WAIT
BEFORE YOU PRAY...FORGIVE
BEFORE YOU QUIT...TRY

Your words, your dreams, and your thoughts have the
power to create conditions in your life.
What you speak about, you can bring about.

If you keep saying you can't stand your job,
you might lose your job.

If you keep saying you can't stand your body,
your body can become sick.

If you keep saying you can't stand your car,
your car could be stolen or just stop operating.

If you keep saying you're always broke, guess what?
You'll always be broke.

If you keep saying you can't trust a man or trust a woman,
you will always find someone in your life to hurt and betray you.

If you keep saying you can't find a job,
you will remain unemployed.



Turn your thoughts and conversations around to be more positive
and power packed with faith, hope, love and action.

Don't be afraid to believe that you can
have what you want and deserve.

Watch your "Thoughts,"
they become words;

Watch your "Words,"
they become actions;

Watch your "Actions,"
they become habits;

Watch your "Habits,"
they become character;

Watch your "Character",
for it becomes your "Destiny"

So.......To prevent any obstacles.......

GET OUT OF YOUR OWN WAY!

Enjoy every minute you live!!
BEFORE YOU SPEAK... LISTEN
BEFORE YOU WRITE... THINK
BEFORE YOU SPEND... EARN
BEFORE YOU CRITICIZE...WAIT
BEFORE YOU PRAY...FORGIVE
BEFORE YOU QUIT...TRY

[srividyaa]

As I walk along the sidewalk of East Main Rd. in Newport RI, I cannot help but notice the annuals starting to pop up through the ground, and think to myself how this flower is actually a metaphor for life in general.

Think about it for a second.

A seed of a flower can sit on a shelf in a hardware store or a local five and dime and lay in it's pouch for years... sitting in a package without any life in it, alone with many of his seed friends waiting for that right opportunity to show it's potential.

When that seed gets planted in the ground, a metamorphosis takes place. It starts to germinate and open... it starts to spread open and against all odds. This tiny little seed pushes through what seems like tons and tons of dirt to break through the ground to grow.

You see, once that seed gets in the right environment and in the right soil with water and sunlight, that seed will flourish and show it's potential that once lay dormant and grow into a beautiful flower.

It is the same thing with people... We can be like that seed in the store; always sitting around while our potential lays inside, lifeless, waiting to show our potential, but does not for some reason or another.

In order for our full potential to come out from within, we need to get ourselves into the right environment so that we can flourish and grow. Our soil needs to be perfect, so that we can germinate. We need to be near positive people, people with motivation and that want to succeed; people with goals and dreams that they are striving for on a daily basis and have an action plan to achieve them.

We need to reject passivity and aggressively attack negative thoughts with positive faith filled thoughts. We need to grow on a daily basis, just like that beautiful flower. We need to water ourselves with love and compassion for others and sun ourselves with finding good in everything.

Like that beautiful flower that continues to grow every year, we as people have that ability as well. It is our choice. You can plant yourself and grow to your potential, if provided you plant yourself in the right environment, or you can sit in the pouch with all the rest of your seed friends on a shelf in the store. It is your choice.

I choose to be planted and grow every day... To nourish myself with fresh thoughts about the day I am in, and look forward to improving myself daily. I will plant myself in humility, I will water myself with success, I will sun myself in gratitude.

--- Rich Barnes

As I walk along the sidewalk of East Main Rd. in Newport RI, I cannot help but notice the annuals starting to pop up through the ground, and think to myself how this flower is actually a metaphor for life in general.

Think about it for a second.

A seed of a flower can sit on a shelf in a hardware store or a local five and dime and lay in it's pouch for years... sitting in a package without any life in it, alone with many of his seed friends waiting for that right opportunity to show it's potential.

When that seed gets planted in the ground, a metamorphosis takes place. It starts to germinate and open... it starts to spread open and against all odds. This tiny little seed pushes through what seems like tons and tons of dirt to break through the ground to grow.

You see, once that seed gets in the right environment and in the right soil with water and sunlight, that seed will flourish and show it's potential that once lay dormant and grow into a beautiful flower.

It is the same thing with people... We can be like that seed in the store; always sitting around while our potential lays inside, lifeless, waiting to show our potential, but does not for some reason or another.

In order for our full potential to come out from within, we need to get ourselves into the right environment so that we can flourish and grow. Our soil needs to be perfect, so that we can germinate. We need to be near positive people, people with motivation and that want to succeed; people with goals and dreams that they are striving for on a daily basis and have an action plan to achieve them.

We need to reject passivity and aggressively attack negative thoughts with positive faith filled thoughts. We need to grow on a daily basis, just like that beautiful flower. We need to water ourselves with love and compassion for others and sun ourselves with finding good in everything.

Like that beautiful flower that continues to grow every year, we as people have that ability as well. It is our choice. You can plant yourself and grow to your potential, if provided you plant yourself in the right environment, or you can sit in the pouch with all the rest of your seed friends on a shelf in the store. It is your choice.

I choose to be planted and grow every day... To nourish myself with fresh thoughts about the day I am in, and look forward to improving myself daily. I will plant myself in humility, I will water myself with success, I will sun myself in gratitude.

--- Rich Barnes