Be your own judge and be happy...Tuesday, 21st August 2012.

I discovered, from my own little research, that most people give up waiting on God's promises or look for other alternative just at the exact time their much expected breakthrough was to emerge. My little advice: before you decide to quit waiting on God or throw in the towel, ask yourself this little question - what if my breakthrough is to come in the next minute? By so doing, a little strength will spring out of you and you'll see reasons why you ought to wait…

Friendship is a cozy shelter from life’s rainy days.

Unexpected results and problems are part of life. Never lose hope in any condition because Darkness of night always finishes with light.

Do not dwell in the past; do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment

Every problem is like a big door. Surely there is a solution like a small key which can open it easily. Fine the right key. Life is simple, live it.

Progress has little to do with Speed But much to do with Direction So always concentrate on ur direction and not on the speed

Pearl of the Day: Don't make your voice loud, to make others listen to you make your attitude so loud, that others beg to listen to you…

Be eager to light a candle, rather than trust darkness.

There are 3 Special People in our Life:

Ø  Someone We Love but Have To Hate…

Ø  Someone We Hate but Can’t Live Without… and

Ø  Someone We Can’t Live without But have to Let Go…

Even your best friends lie to you at some point.. Because sometimes you are more important than the Truth!!

Friendship means understanding, not agreement. It means forgiveness, not forgetting. It means the memories last, even if contact is lost.

If you enter this world knowing you are loved and you leave this world knowing the same, then everything that happens in between can be dealt with…

Those who are not looking for happiness are the most likely to find it, because those who are searching forget that the surest way to be happy is to seek happiness for others."

The aim of an argument or discussion should not be victory, but progress.

TEAM:

v  When we're working in a team, we need to make sure that we inform all the details to everyone involved in the task.

v  The task is easy to accomplish when those involved feel part of the team. So, make sure you communicate clearly, simply and openly.

v  This will naturally create a flow of contributions and enable the team to give their best to the task.

PS: Success is nothing like rain; it doesn't pour in easily. This is first the lesson for a committed dreamer.

No matter how hard life treats you as it should, no matter how dark the road ahead would seem as it would, always keep your head above the skies because that's where your dreams and aspirations lie…(Even though as life unfolds before you and there seems no hope ahead in the road of life, always take a step ahead with a leap of faith and belief and there will always be light to follow your dreams…)

Feeling trapped? Slow down!!

“If you're having difficulty coming up with new ideas, then slow down. For me, slowing down has been a tremendous source of creativity. It has allowed me to open up -- to know that there's life under the earth and that I have to let it come through me in a new way. Creativity exists in the present moment. You can't find it anywhere else.” -- Natalie Goldberg Feeling trapped in some way? Give yourself space. Space to do nothing but breathe. To intentionally relax those tight muscles. To just for a few precious minutes, let it all go. The world will keep turning if you tune out for a short while. And your world will begin to recover its balance. “It's important to be heroic, ambitious, productive, efficient, creative, and progressive, but these qualities don't necessarily nurture soul. The soul has different concerns, of equal value: downtime for reflection, conversation, and reverie; beauty that is captivating and pleasuring; relatedness to the environs and to people; and any animal’s rhythm of rest and activity.” -- Thomas Moore Progressively learn basic meditation methods to relax, concentrate, focus, reflect, contemplate and illuminate.

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Is your ego involved?

"There is no room for God in him who is full of himself." -- Hasidic saying On the spiritual path, we must be diligent to discriminate whether we are acting from ego or from soul. If ego is in charge, what we do is self-referencing. At the deepest levels, we are motivated by our own self-interest. We’re looking out for ourselves more than for others. Although soul works through individuals, its focus is on the needs of others and on service to humanity. “Do not feed your ego and your problems, with your attention. ...Slowly, surely, the ego will lose weight, until one fine day it will be nothing but a thin ghost of its former self. You will be able to see right through it, to the divine presence that shines in each of us.” -- Eknath Easwaran "Why aren't you happy? It's because ninety-nine percent of everything you do, and think, and say, is for yourself -- and there isn't one." -- Wu Wei Wu First 'know yourself' - your personality and direction in life. Then 'create a plan'. Next 'heal yourself and what holds you back. Then you can expand and 'grow yourself'.

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Time for stillness...

“We're so engaged in doing things to achieve purposes of outer value that we forget that the inner value, the rapture that is associated with being alive, is what it's all about.”

-- Joseph Campbell

The sages all say that the path to liberation is found in entering the stillness within. To experience that stillness, we need to be willing to regularly stop the activity for a while.

How do we do this in a busy life? We set our priorities. Perhaps it means giving up a TV program or using a coffee break to grab a few moments of solitude. Perhaps we have to ask our partner, relative or neighbour to give us 30 minutes of time away from the kids. If we really want something, we can make it happen.

"Learn to pause... or nothing worthwhile will catch up to you."

-- Doug King

Step by step, progressively learn basic meditation methods to relax, concentrate, focus, reflect, contemplate and illuminate...

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Smart questions to keep handy...

“Quality questions create a quality life. Successful people ask better questions, and as a result, they get better answers.” -- Anthony Robbins Last time, we talked about questions to avoid. Today, let’s consider some that are truly empowering: - Is there a message for me in this experience? - What’s the gift in this situation? - What can I learn from this? - What’s the most loving thing I could do now? - What’s the most important thing for me to focus on now? - What would I do if I knew I could not fail? - What would I do if there were nothing to fear? “A prudent question is one-half of wisdom.” -- Francis Bacon Access your own inner wisdom by tapping into your subconscious and intuition. Release stress, blocks and negative emotions, and spark imagination and greater vision. Go deeper… Reach higher...

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Questions that aren't helpful

“We accept many notions because they seem to be the logical answers to our questions. But have we asked the right questions?” -- Harold L. Klawans Sometimes we ask questions for which we really don’t want the answer! Nonetheless, when we ask a question, our subconscious minds will get to work to answer us. Here are some examples of questions we want to avoid: - What’s wrong with me? - How long could this take? - What could go wrong? - How much trouble could it be? - How hard could it be? Asking questions can be empowering – as long as they’re smart questions! "The uncreative mind can spot wrong answers, but it takes a very creative mind to spot wrong questions." -- Anthony Jay

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Change...

"I find it fascinating that most people plan their vacations with better care than they plan their lives. Perhaps that is because escape is easier than change." -- Jim Rohn "Slowness to change usually means fear of the new." -- Philip Crosby “Just as the tumultuous chaos of a thunderstorm brings a nurturing rain that allows life to flourish, so too in human affairs times of advancement are preceded by times of disorder. Success comes to those who can weather the storm.” -- I Ching No. 3 “If you want things to be different, perhaps the answer is to become different yourself.” -- Norman Vincent Peale

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