Friday 31 July 2015

#Appreciate

Sometimes we fail 2
appreciate the things that we already have
because we R trying 2 look hard on the
things that we dont have..

Life is beautiful... Stay happy
GM😊🎉

Thursday 30 July 2015

#Failure

Never confuse a single failure with a final defeat. Failure, loss and defeat are just mile markers on the road to success.

Wednesday 29 July 2015

#Relationships

In the ordinary world all of our relationships are money relationships.

All relationships are money relationships: some power trip, some money trip, domination, ego.

But if all your relationships are just money trips, trips of greed, then you don't know how to relate. And if you don't know how to relate you can never be fulfilled. Because it is in deep relationship that fulfillment arises.

There is a very ancient saying in Tibet: "Whenever God gives you something, He never gives to you, He gives through you."

I have meditated on that saying for long: it is really of tremendous significance.

When God gives something to you, He never gives to you, He gives through you. He gives to you, but His way is to give through you.

So if you are not sharing, you will start missing the gifts from God.

If you are sharing, if you are non-greedy, if you simply go on sharing whatsoever you have --like a flower shares its fragrance, you go on sharing; like the cloud shares its rainwater with the earth, you go on sharing; like the sun shares its rays with all the trees, and all the human beings, and all the animals, you go on sharing whatsoever happens to you -- you grow, more starts coming from you.

The more you give, the more you get --because God gives through you, He never gives to you. You simply function as a passage.

If you stop giving, your passage shrinks and closes. When your passage is closed nothing can enter into you.

It is almost like when you dig a well: if you go on drawing water out of it, fresh water goes on welling up in it.

If you stop drawing water, become greedy, start thinking in terms of miserliness: "If I go on taking water, one day the water may disappear and there may be no water in the well. Then what am I going to do?" So you cover your well, you stop taking water from it.

What will happen to your well? Do you know? No fresh water will ever come to it now --because for fresh water to come in, a space is needed.

And the old will become by and by stagnant, dead, and will start stinking. It will not then be possible for you to drink of it. It can become poisonous.

Stale water always becomes poisonous. It is better, if you are wise, that you will not only draw water for yourself, you will invite your neighbors to draw water from your well.

And you will feel thankful that they drew water from your well because the fresh will be coming more and more. The more you draw, the more fresh water is available.

And the same is true about your innermost world: you are a well, and your fountains are connected with the divine, with the center of existence.

Share... and more will come to you. If you can share totally, not holding anything, the total will come to you. The coming from God will be exactly in the same proportion as you have given to others.

The Jew has to disappear for the sannyasin to be.

Tuesday 28 July 2015

The #injured dog

THE INJURED DOG

When a dog is injured badly it often tries to bite the one who tries to reach out and help it.. not because it hates them but because it is in so much pain that it looks at everyone coming close to it as a threat!  Even it's owners who love him dearly are not sparred, because it is blinded with the pain and suffering. The same is true with people... the ones who constantly bark , snarl , snap and are ready to bite our heads off are generally people who are really suffering a lot from inside. They, like the dog look at everyone as a threat to them , more so with people who are closest to them... they so need the help and love but do not allow people to come close to them and scare them off with their snarls. ..but just as you would not bother or be afraid of your injured pet and understand and empathise with its pain, we need to understand these people too and understand that they are this way not because they hate or dislike "us"... but just that they are carrying a lot of pain which is sometimes not visible to others !

Monday 27 July 2015

#Resentments

Resentment is like drinking poison and expecting the other guy to die.

🌞Good Morning!🌞

Sunday 26 July 2015

#Tears

Sometimes God fills our eyes with tears.
Perhaps he likes to wash our eyes once in a while so that we can see life again with a better vision..............

🌺Good Morning.🌺
🍃🍂Have a nice day 🍂🍃

Saturday 25 July 2015

#Relationship

All beautiful relationships do not depend upon how well we understand someone,  but it Depends on  how well we manage the Misunderstanding.
Good morning.  ⭐💐⭐

Friday 24 July 2015

#What goes around comes around

Keep doing good things...it comes back in unusual ways

This is a true story that had happened in 1892 at  Stanford University.   It's moral is still relevant today.

A young, 18 year old student was struggling to pay his  fees. He
was an orphan, and not knowing where to turn for money, he  came up with a bright idea. A friend and he decided to host a  z,concert
on campus to raise money for their education.

They reached out to the great pianist Ignacy J. Paderewski. His manager demanded a guaranteed fee of $2,000 for the  piano
recital. A deal was struck. And the boys began to work to make the  concert a success.

The big day arrived. Paderewski performed at Stanford.

But unfortunately, they had not managed to sell enough  tickets. The total collection was only $1,600. Disappointed, they  went to Paderewski and explained their plight. They gave him  the entire $1,600, plus a cheque for the balance of $400. They  promised to honour the cheque soonest possible.

"No" said Paderewski. "This is not acceptable" He tore up  the cheque,
returned the $1,600 and told the boys "Here's the  $1,600.

Please deduct whatever expenses you have incurred. Keep  the money you need for your fees. And just give me whatever is  left" The boys were surprised, and thanked him profusely.

It was a small act of kindness. But it clearly marked out  Paderewski as a great human being. Why should he help two people  he did not even know? We all come across situations like these in  our lives.

And most of us only think "If I help them, what  would happen to
me?"

The truly great people think, "If I don't help  them, what will happen to them?" They don't do it expecting  something in return.

They do it because they feel it's the right thing  to do.

Paderewski later went on to become the Prime Minister of Poland. He was a great leader, but unfortunately when the World  War began, Poland was ravaged. There were over 1.5 million people starving in his country, and no money to feed them.

Paderewski did not know where to turn for help. He reached out to the US Food and Relief Administration for help.

The head was a man called Herbert Hoover - who later  went on to
become the US President. Hoover agreed to help and  quickly shipped tons of food grains to fee the starving Polish people.A calamity was averted.

Paderewski was relieved. He decided to
go across to meet Hoover and personally thank him. When Paderewski began to thank Hoover for his noble gesture, Hoover quickly interjected and said, "You  shouldn't
be thanking me, Mr. Prime Minister. You may not  remember this, but several years ago, you helped two young students go  through
college in the US. I was one of them."

The world is a wonderful place. What goes around usually  comes around.

Wednesday 22 July 2015

#Improving

Every interaction is an opportunity to learn, only if we are interested in
'Improving' rather than
'Proving'...!!! Gm

Tuesday 21 July 2015

#Victory

True victory isn't about winning against someone strong. It's about defending what's important to you!

Monday 20 July 2015

#APPLES

A lovely little girl was holding two apples with both hands.
Her mum came in and softly asked her little daughter with a smile: my sweetie, could you give your mum one of your two apples?
The girl looked up at her mum for some seconds, then she suddenly took a quick bite on one apple, and then quickly on the other.
The mum felt the smile on her face freeze. She tried hard not to reveal her disappointment.
Then the little girl handed one of her bitten apples to her mum,and said: mummy, here you are. This is the sweeter one.

No matter who you are, how experienced you are, and how knowledgeable you think you are, always delay judgement.  Give others the privilege to explain themselves.                         

What you see may not be the reality. Never conclude for others.
Which is why we should never only focus on the surface and judge others without understanding them first.

Those who like to pay the bill, do so not because they are loaded but because they value friendship above money.

Those who take the initiative at work, do so not because they are stupid but because they understand the concept of responsibility.

Those who apologizes first after a fight, do so not because they are wrong but because they value the people around them.

Those who are willing to help you, do so not because they owe you any thing but because they see you as a true friend.

Those who often text you, do so not because they have nothing better to do but because you are in their heart.
One day, all of us will get  separated  from each other; we will miss our conversations of everything & nothing; the dreams that we had. Days will pass by, months, years, until this contact becomes rare... One day our children will see our pictures and ask 'Who are these people?' And we will smile with invisible tears  because a heart is touched with a strong word and you will say: 'IT WAS THEM THAT I HAD THE BEST DAYS OF MY LIFE WITH'.

Sunday 19 July 2015

#Inner purification

🔆🔱. Few disciples went to the master and told the master that they are all going for a pilgrimage trip. The Master asked them the purpose of this trip and the disciples said it is for " Inner Purification". The master immediately took out a Karela ( Bitter gourd) and handed over this to them . The disciples asked the master what is that they are supposed to do with the Karela.  The master said carry this Karela with you , where ever you go and do Pooja , keep this Karela also in the pooja and do the pooja.  The disciples took the karela with them and where ever they went kept the Karela in the pooja and brought it back.  After returning back from the trip , they met the master and offered back the Karela to the master.  The master asked them to cook that karela and serve the same to him . They cooked the Karela and served the food the master .  Master tasted the food and the karela and said it is still bitter.  You took this to every temple and came back and it is still bitter. Disciples said it is the nature of the bitter gourd.
The Master smiled and the disciples understood the meaning.
The significance of this story to all of us is that basically if we have to change, our nature has to change . Simply going there , going here is not going to help. It is important that the bottle has to be cleaned from inside.  Outside everything can be adjusted or created. The inner nature has to change. The inner shift has to come and that is inner spiritualism and our Attitudes towards life, people , family, friends, community etc🙏

Saturday 18 July 2015

#Encouragement

Correction does much, but encouragement does more.

#Tarot

Eid-ul-fitr Mubaaraq everyone...On this Auspicious day...The Angels and Tarot guided me to do a quick reading for all of us in general. Here's what they have to say...
1. We must only take what is rightfully ours at all times..because the Divine is constantly watching our actions and thoughts
2. If at all there are drastic changes which may look disturbing..such as natural calamities or death of near and dear ones or loss of a job, etc. we must keep our faith in the Divine..because they will always give us what is best for us
3. Constantly stay connected with the Higher Consciousness...in good as well as trying phases. Meditate once in a while...by meditation they don't ask you to light a candle and sit with your eyes closed...meditation could also be just being in the moment and not thinking about anything else but the now...and this..we can do at any hour of the day wherever we are....
4. And yesss......they are going to bless us with great new opportunities if we let ourselves feel that we deserve better...

May all of us stay BLESSED and HAPPY!

If at all you would like a proper reading for yourself, your family or loved ones...do feel to call or message or inbox...The charges are 'Pay as you like' 😊💕
Eid-ul-fitr Mubaaraq everyone...On this Auspicious day...The Angels and Tarot guided me to do a quick reading for all of us in general. Here's what they have to say...
1. We must only take what is rightfully ours at all times..because the Divine is constantly watching our actions and thoughts
2. If at all there are drastic changes which may look disturbing..such as natural calamities or death of near and dear ones or loss of a job, etc. we must keep our faith in the Divine..because they will always give us what is best for us
3. Constantly stay connected with the Higher Consciousness...in good as well as trying phases. Meditate once in a while...by meditation they don't ask you to light a candle and sit with your eyes closed...meditation could also be just being in the moment and not thinking about anything else but the now...and this..we can do at any hour of the day wherever we are....
4. And yesss......they are going to bless us with great new opportunities if we let ourselves feel that we deserve better...

May all of us stay BLESSED and HAPPY!

If at all you would like a proper reading for yourself, your family or loved ones...do feel to call or message or inbox...The charges are 'Pay as you like' 😊💕

A #DOG'S PURPOSE

A Dog's Purpose?
(according to a 6-year-old).

Being a veterinarian, I had been called to examine a ten-year-old Irish Wolfhound named Belker. The dog's owners, Ron, his wife Lisa , and their little boy Shane, were all very attached to Belker, and they were hoping for a miracle.

I examined Belker and found he was dying of cancer. I told the family we couldn't do anything for Belker, and offered to perform the euthanasia procedure for the old dog in their home.

As we made arrangements, Ron and Lisa told me they thought it would be good for six-year-old Shane to observe the procedure. They felt as though Shane might learn something from the experience.

The next day, I felt the familiar catch in my throat as Belker 's family surrounded him. Shane seemed so calm, petting the old dog for the last time, that I wondered if he understood what was going on. Within a few minutes, Belker slipped peacefully away.

The little boy seemed to accept Belker's transition without any difficulty or confusion. We sat together for a while after Belker's Death, wondering aloud about the sad fact that animal lives are shorter than human lives.
Shane, who had been listening quietly, piped up, ''I know why.''

Startled, we all turned to him. What came out of his mouth next stunned me. I'd never heard a more comforting explanation. It has changed the way I try and live.

He said,''People are born so that they can learn how to live a good life -- like loving everybody all the time and being nice, right?'' The Six-year-old continued,

''Well, dogs already know how to do that, so they don't have to stay as long.''

Live simply.

Love generously.

Care deeply.

Speak kindly.

Remember, if a dog was the teacher you would learn things like:

When loved ones come home, always run to greet them.

Never pass up the opportunity to go for a joyride.

Allow the experience of fresh air and the wind in your face to be pure Ecstasy.

Take naps.

Stretch before rising.

Run, romp, and play daily.

Thrive on attention and let people touch you.

Avoid biting when a simple growl will do.

On warm days, stop to lie on your back on the grass.

On hot days, drink lots of water and lie under a shady tree.

When you're happy, dance around and wag your entire body.

Delight in the simple joy of a long walk.

Be loyal.

Never pretend to be something you're not.

If what you want lies buried, dig until you find it.

When someone is having a bad day, be silent, sit close by, and nuzzle them gently.

There comes a time in life, when you walk away from all the drama and people who create it. You surround yourself with people who make you laugh, forget the bad, and focus on the good. So, love the people who treat you right. Think good thoughts for the ones who don't. Life is too short to be anything but happy. Falling down is part of LIFE...Getting back up is LIVING...

Thursday 16 July 2015

#Reaction/Response

Reaction /  Response

Become less reactive and more responsive
In life, we have essentially two psychological modes that we are in most of the time: reactive and responsive. The reactive mode is the one that feels stressful. In it, we feel pressured and are quick to judge. We lose perspective and take things personally. We're annoyed, bothered, and frustrated.
Needless to say, our judgment and decision making capacity is severely impaired when we are in a reactive state of mind. We make quick decisions that we often regret. We annoy other people and tend to bring out the worst in them. When an opportunity knocks, we are usually too overwhelmed or frustrated to see it. If we do see it, we're usually overly critical and negative.
The responsive mode, on the other hand, is our most relaxed state of mind. Being responsive suggests that we have our bearings. We see the bigger picture and take things less personally. Rather than being rigid and stubborn, we are flexible and calm. In the responsive mode, we are at our best. We bring out the best in others and solve problems gracefully. When an opportunity comes our way, our mind is open. We are receptive to new ideas.
Once you are aware of these two drastically different modes of being. You will begin to notice which one you are in. You'll also notice the predictability of your behavior and feelings when you are in each mode. You'll observe yourself being irrational and negative in your reactive mode and calm and wise in your responsive state of mind.

Wednesday 15 July 2015

#BLIND

एक अंधा आदमी अपने मित्र के घर से रात के समय विदा होने लगा तो मित्र ने अपनी लालटेन उसके हाथ में थमा दी। अंधे ने कहा,'मैं लालटेन लेकर क्या करूं? अंधेरा और रोशनी दोनों मेरे लिए बराबर हैं।'मित्र ने कहा,'रास्ता खोजने के लिए तो आपको इसकी जरूरत नहीं है, लेकिन अंधेरे में कोई दूसरा आपसे न टकरा जाये इसके लिये यह लालटेन कृपा करके आप अपने साथ रखें।'
अंधा आदमी लालटेन लेकर जो थोड़ी ही दूर गया था कि एक राही उससे टकरा गया। अंधे ने क्रोध में आकर कहा, 'देखकर चला करो। यह लालटेन नहीं दिखाई पड़ती है क्या?' राही ने कहा, 'भाई तुम्हारी बत्ती ही बुझी हुई है।'

वास्तविक गुरु दीये नहीं देता, वास्तविक गुरु केवल आंख को खोलने की विधि देता है। वास्तविक गुरु केवल आंख का उपचार देता है, औषधि देता है। दीयों का क्या भरोसा! कितनी देर चलेंगे? इसलिए वास्तविक गुरु तुम्हें नियम, मर्यादाएं नहीं देता, क्योंकि सभी नियमों की सीमाएं हैं। जो नियम आज ठीक है, वह कल गलत हो सकता है। आज की स्थिति में जो बात मर्यादा थी, कल की स्थिति में अमर्यादा हो सकती है। जो एक परिस्थिति में औषधि है, दूसरी परिस्थिति में जहर हो सकती है। इसलिए वास्तविक गुरु तुम्हें नियम नहीं देता, और न जीवन का अनुशासन देता है। वास्तविक गुरु तुम्हें केवल आंख का उपचार देता है, ताकि हर परिस्थिति में तुम देख सको। दीया बुझ जाये तो तुम जानो, दीया जलता हो तो तुम जानो। रास्ता अंधेरा हो तो दिखाई पड़े, रास्ता प्रकाश से भरा हो तो दिखाई पड़े। कोई टकराए तो तुम पहचानो; तुम किसी से टकराओ तो तुम पहले से जान सको।

Tuesday 14 July 2015

#chitt chor Krishna

Chitt chor Krishna - LORD KRISHNA AND THE THIEF.                          

A Brahmin, whose profession was singing the glories of the Lord, was once reciting  Srimad Bhagavatham in the house of a patron. A thief broke into the house where the recital was going on and hid himself in the deep corner.

Perforce, he had to listen to Srimad Bhagavatham. The singer was now  describing the ornaments worn by  little Krishna which was adorned by Yashoda . He described the various ornaments Yasodha  decorated  on  little  Krishna before sending Him out with the cows. The thief  was  excited and thought that he should meet that lad  and rob all the ornaments at one stroke instead of struggling every day with petty stealing. He waited till the entire chapter of Srimadbhagavatam was recited and left the place. The thief wanted to know where this boy was. He, therefore, followed the Brahmin and waylaid him. The Brahmin was frightened and feared that he would lose even the small amount collected as dakshina and told the thief, "I do not have anything with me".

The thief  replied that he was not keen to have any of his belongings but wanted some  information about that lad he was claiming to have the best ornaments adorned  who used to go out for grazing the cows.  He checked him to take him to that place where the lad was grazing those cows . The Brahmin was in a fix now .  He replied  the thief, that all particulars of the the cute lad was in a book which is at his old house . He accompanied  the  the thief to his house, and looked in some book and told, "In Brindavana, on the banks of Yamuna, in a green meadow, two boys  come in the morning. One  is dark like the cloud with a flute, and the other fair clad in white silk. The dark one will have all the ornaments I had described." The thief believed the brahmin  and set out to Brindavana immediately. He located the beautiful  place , climbed up a tree and waited for the boys to arrive. The sun rose. Faint melody of the flute wafted along the morning breeze. The enchanting music could then be heard closer and the thief spotted two boys coming. He got down from the tree and went near them. The moment he saw the most beautiful appearance of the little Krishna , he forgot himself for a moment, folded his hands and shed tears of joy. The tears were from his heart and it was chilling . He wondered which wretched mother had sent these radiant boys,  chiseled to perfection, loaded with ornaments to the riverbank. He could not take his eyes off from the divinity .The transformation started .Tears were rolling  . Since the thief had carefully listened to the story of Krishna as told by the Brahmin, he noticed that Krishna was not wearing one particular piece of ornament described by the Brahmin.  His love to the little  lad was so engulfing that he even wanted to adorn Krishna with that missing ornament, which he  was prepared to steal from any jeweller  and enjoy the sight to his heart's content. Just as the clouds cover the bright sun, wicked thoughts developed in his mind again.

He approached the boys …..shouting, "Stop," he held Krishna's hand. The moment he touched  Lord Krishna all his previous karma was wiped  like  a cotton getting burnt in a fire …. and  with all humility  he inquired lovingly, "Who are you?"
Krishna  looks at him, innocently and tells  I am frightened by your looks.Please leave my hands .." The thief with remorse tells  Krishna, "It is my evil mind which is reflected in my face. If you are frightened I shall go away."  Please don't say  I must leave you …

The Natkat Krishna reminds the  thief,  the purpose  of his coming before he forgets .He cooly mocks at him ..Here, take my ornaments." Confused the thief  replies , "Will not your mother scold you, if you gift away all your ornaments to me?" Krishna with a smile  says , "Do not worry about that. I have plenty of them. I am a bigger thief than you. But there is a difference between you and me – however much I steal, the owners do not complain. I am lovingly called "Chitha Chora". Though you are not aware of it, you have a previous ornament in your possession, the "Chitha". I shall steal it now and take the same with Me." So saying both the boys vanished.

To  his surprise  the thief  found a bag full of ornaments on his shoulder. He brought it to the Brahmin's house and told him what had  all happened. The Brahmin was  now frightened and took the thief inside and opened the bag. To his utter amazement he saw all the ornaments described by him  as being worn by Krishna in the Bhagavatha, in the thief's bag. Shedding tears of joy, the Brahmin asked the thief to take him to the place where he saw the dark boy. The thief obliged and both of them waited in the same place where the thief accosted the boy the previous day. Suddenly the thief exclaimed, "Look, here they come!" However, the Brahmin could not see any one. Stricken with remorse, he said, "Swami, when You  decided to give darasinam to  a thief, why not me?

Lord Krishna out of abundant compassion reply was soothing … "You are reading  Srimad Bhagavatha just as another story whereas  the thief on the other hand, believed what you had told him. I manifest only for those who have full faith and surrender to Me."

Glories to the thief who saw LORD ….
Lets leave our chittha to Chittha chora .
Hare Krishnaa

Monday 13 July 2015

#Viewpoint

"When we see the sun, the person  living on the other side of the world cannot see it. They see the moon."

Action:
When someone is unable to see our point of view, remind our self that their life is a different world than ours.

Sunday 12 July 2015

#Listen

सुनने कि आदत डालो,
ताने मारने वालों की कमी नही है...

मुस्कराने की आदत डालो,
रुलाने वालों की कमी नही है...

उपर उठने की आदत डालो,
टाँग खिचनें वालो की कमी नही है...

प्रोत्साहित करने की आदत डालो,
हतोत्साहित करने वालो की कमी नही है...

गलत का विरोध करने की आदत डालो,
सत्य का साथ देने वालो की भी
कमी नही है ।

Saturday 11 July 2015

#Motivator

Daily Motivator

Here and now

It is never too late to be positive. It is never too late to let go of the anger, the fear, the worries and anxieties that have been draining you.

No matter how far back you may have fallen, you still can turn around. Your current direction is far more important than your current location.

Imagine how great it would feel to be moving forward. You are, this moment, just one step away.

Take that step forward, and then another. Put momentum on your side, and get time working in your favor.

Start giving to life, rather than fighting against it. Begin now to fill each moment with positive purpose, with meaning, with real fulfillment.

No matter where you are, or what you've already done, it is never too late. The time to move forward is here and now.

Friday 10 July 2015

#Behaviour

Behavior Is Sometimes Greater Than Knowledge.
B'coz,
There Are Many Situations,
Where Knowledge Fails,
But,
Behavior Can Handle Everything.
🙏Good Morning🙏

Thursday 9 July 2015

#Empowerment

How empowered we feel is grounded in how we see ourselves and life. Here is an exercise to give you a taste of how, by changing our perception, we can change how empowered we feel. Imagine a rack of 3-D glasses before you. One is labelled 'happy go lucky' and the other 'the complainer.' Then there is the optimist, pessimist, joker, drama queen and so on. Now take a situation, first put on 'the pessimist' pair of glasses. How does it look? How do you feel? Now swap those glasses for those of the optimist, complainer or any others you fancy. Just notice how different you feel in being able to, face and handle the situation, depending on the glasses you are wearing. Our point of empowerment lies in our inner world. It becomes a game of changing how we identify ourselves. The more aware we become, of how the way we are seeing influences how we feel, the more we can become designers of our own destinies.

Wednesday 8 July 2015

Perseverence

Pushing the river won't help it reach the sea faster, running inside a moving train does not make us reach the destination faster; nor does carrying luggage on our head inside a train make any sense.

Tuesday 7 July 2015

#Defeat

What is defeat in life? It is not merely making a mistake; defeat means giving up on yourself in the midst of difficulty. What is true success in life? True success means winning in the battle with yourself. Those who persist in the pursuit of their dreams, no matter what the hurdles, are winners in life, for they have won over their weaknesses.

Though one may seem to have attained success for the moment, one will start to regress the instant one becomes careless and ceases making effort, beginning a slide toward defeat. Those who are continually pressing ahead are genuinely successful.

The real struggle in life is with ourselves. The true secret of success is the refusal to give up, the refusal to fail; it lies in the struggle to win the battle against one's own weakness.

Knowing that to give up is to be defeated by oneself, continue single-mindedly to take small but significant steps in the shaping of your destiny.

Monday 6 July 2015

#Story

Jerry is a manager of a restaurant. He is always in a good mood. When someone would ask him how he was doing, he would always reply, "If I were any better, I would be twins!"
Many of the waiters at his restaurant used to quit their jobs when Jerry changed jobs, so that they could follow him around from restaurant to restaurant.

Why ?? Because Jerry was a natural motivator. If an employee was having a bad day, Jerry was always there, telling the employee how to look on the positive side of the situation.

Seeing this style really made me curious, so one day I went up to Jerry and asked him, "I don't get it! No one can be a positive person all the time. How do you do it?"

Jerry replied,
"Each morning I wake up and say to myself, I have two choices today. I can choose to be in a good mood or I can choose to be in a bad mood. I always choose to be in a good mood.
Each time something bad happens, I can choose to be victim or I can choose to learn from it. I always choose to learn from it.
Every time someone comes to me complaining, I can choose to accept their complaining or I can point out the positive side of life. I always choose the positive side of life."

"But it's not always that easy," I protested.

"Yes, it is." Jerry said.
"Life is all about choices.
When you cut away all the junk, every situation is a choice.
You choose how you react to situations.
You choose how people will affect your mood.
You choose to be in a good mood or a bad mood.
It's your choice how you live your life."
Several years later, I heard that Jerry did something that you are never expected to do in a restaurant business. He left the back door of his restaurant open. And then?
In the morning, he was robbed by three armed men. They forced Jerry to open the safe box. While Jerry was trying to open it, his hand, shaking from nervousness, slipped of the combination. The robbers panicked and shot him.
Luckily, Jerry was found quickly and rushed to the hospital.

After 18 hours of surgery and weeks of intensive care, Jerry was released from the hospital with fragments of the bullets still in his body!

I saw Jerry about six months after the accident.
When I asked him how he was, he replied, "If I were any better, I would be twins! Want to see my scars?"

I declined to see his wounds but did ask him what was going through his mind as the robbery took place.
"The first thing that went through my mind was that I should have locked the back door," Jerry replied.
"Then after they shot me, as I lay on the floor, I remembered that I had two choices: I could choose to live or I could choose to die. I chose to live."

"Weren't you scared?" I asked.

Jerry continued, "The paramedics were great. They kept telling me that I was going to be fine. But when they wheeled me into the emergency room and I saw the expressions on the faces of the doctors and nurses, I got really scared. In their eyes, I read 'He's a dead man.' And I knew I needed to take action."

"What did you do?" I asked.

"Well, there was a big nurse shouting questions at me," said Jerry. "She asked me if I was allergic to anything. 'Yes,' I replied. The doctors and nurses stopped working as they waited for my reply. I took a deep breath and yelled, 'Bullets!' Over their laughter, I told them, 'I'm choosing to live. Please operate on me as if I'm alive, and not dead'."

Jerry lived thanks to the skill of his doctors, but also because of his amazing attitude.
I learned from him that:
Everyday you have a choice to either enjoy your day or to hate it.
The only thing that is truly yours- that no one can control or take from you- is your attitude. So if you can take care of that, everything in life becomes much easier  😇

Sunday 5 July 2015

#Rude

By being rude, pushy & demanding you don't become a strong person. It takes much more...strength and courage to be kind especially during the moments when you are faced with an opposing force. Strong people don't put others down, they lift them up. Make it a routine to practice kindness even in moments of adversity for you never know how you would change the other persons life as well as yours! GM😊

#Fear

Don't be afraid to get back up – to try again, to love again, to live again, and to dream again. Don't let a hard lesson harden your heart. Life's best lessons are often learned at the worst times and from the worst mistakes. There will be times when it seems like everything that could possibly go wrong is going wrong. And you might feel like you will be stuck in this rut forever, but you won't. When you feel like quitting, remember that sometimes things have to go very wrong before they can be right. Sometimes you have to go through the worst, to arrive at your best...! 💟

Thursday 2 July 2015

#Competition

Quite Interesting

Nice message:

I was cycling and noticed a person in front of me, about 1/4 of Km. I could tell he was cycling a little slower than me and decided to try to catch him. I had about a km to go on the road before turning off.

So I started cycling faster and faster and every block, I was gaining on him just a little bit. After just a few minutes I was only about 100 yards behind him, so I really picked up the pace and pushed myself. You would have thought I was cycling in the last leg of London Olympic triathlon
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Finally,I caught up with him and passed him by. On the inside I felt so good. "I beat him" of course, but he didn't even know we were racing.

After I passed him, I realized that I had been so focused on competing against him that I had missed my turn, had gone nearly six blocks past it and had to turn around and go all back.

Isn't that what happens in life when we focus on competing with co-workers, neighbours, friends, family, trying to outdo them or trying to prove that we are more successful or more important? We spend our time and energy running after them and we miss out on our own paths to our destinies.

Moral :
The problem with unhealthy competition is that it's a never ending cycle. There will always be somebody ahead of you, someone with better job, nicer car, more money in the bank, more education, a prettier wife, a more handsome husband, better behaved children, etc.

Take what Life has given you, the height, weight & personality. Dress well & wear it proudly! You'll be blessed by it. Stay focused and live a healthy life. There's no competition in DESTINY.

Run your own RACE and wish others WELL!!!

Wherever You Go,
No Matter What The Weather,
Always Bring Your Own Sunshine...  😊

Wednesday 1 July 2015

#Victory

"Don't take rest after your first victory because if you fail in second, more lips are waiting to say that your first victory was just luck."