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Life is like a flowing river of opportunities Its up to you to stand with a bucket or with a spoon

When was the last time you meditated?? 1)Yesterday 2)Last week 3)In the last 3 months 4)More than 3 months ago 5)Never If your answer is 3,4 or 5   Th is article could be for u Some  regard meditation as an unpractical, useless and meaningless pursuit. They consider those who seek inner peace and silence as dreamers, visionaries and unpractical people, who are out of touch with reality. This is an erroneous assumption. There have always been very practical, pragmatic and active persons, who also engaged intensively in inner, spiritual quest, some of whom you may find difficult to associate with meditation and spirituality. This shows that practicality, common sense and spirituality can go hand in hand. Meditation is more than a method for relaxing the body . It is a way for gaining freedom from incessant, nagging thoughts and worries, quieting the chatter of the mind, and attaining inner peace and happiness . In order to obtain results it has to be practiced every da...

1.Gratitude: Thank you, God, for another day, and another chance to be my Highest Self. Thank you for this life and for the wonder of this moment. Thank you for everything that has ever happened to me, is happening now, and ever will happen. For all of it has produced the perfection of this next breath, and the glory of Who I Am now going to be. Amen, and amen. 2. Smile Smiling actually sends chemicals racing around your body and actually lifts your spirits. Try this today. Then, every day this week, smile five times a day for no good reason. Do it sitting in traffic. Do it standing in the shower. Do it walking down the street, or working at your desk. For no good reason, just break into a smile. Watch your mood change, even though nothing in your exterior has shifted. 3. Sing    It makes you feel great, happy and full of life 4. Write or read something sacred:        This is true especially in the morning.Spend first 10-...

Your confidence in yourself is spiraling downwards. You’re already 2 weeks into the business and there is no single client in sight. You’ve just gone through the 9th interview and till now, there is no job offers at all. Or perhaps a publisher has just rejected your appeal to showcase your book. Much as you’ve wanted to achieve goal success, your disappointing results is seriously casting doubt over your decision to quit your job, invest huge sums of money into that seemingly full-of-potential business or time to go night classes in preparing yourself for your ideal job. And it certainly doesn’t help that your family and friends are asking you to quit. “Maybe they’re right that I should go back to getting a stable job”. “Perhaps I should stop thinking about publishing a book”. As you start questioning if you should continue the pursuit of your dreams, your mind slowly manifests images of situations where things didn’t work out. The future looks bleak. Chaos ensues. You’re getting more ...

The speaker (Head  of Psychiatry at Stanford) said, among other things, that one of the best things  that a man could do for his health is to be married to a woman whereas for a  woman, one of the best things she could do for her health was to nurture her  relationships with her girlfriends.  At first everyone laughed, but he was  serious.  Women connect with each other differently and  provide support systems that help each other to deal with stress and difficult  life experiences. Physically this quality “girlfriend time" helps us to create  more serotonin - a neurotransmitter that helps combat depression and can create a general feeling of well being.   Women share feelings whereas men often form relationships around activities.  They rarely sit down with a buddy and talk about how they feel about certain things or how their personal lives are going. Jobs? Yes.  Spo...

An old man sat on a park bench with his faithful dog by his side. The dog, who was obviously in pain whined constantly Finally curiosity got the better of a passer-by. "Why is your dog whining?" he asked the old man. "Because he's sitting on a nail" came the reply. "Then why doesn't he move?" asked the stranger.  The old man looked up in disbelief: "Isn't it obvious?" he asked, "It doesn't hurt him enough to make him move!" It would be a rather silly little story if it weren't for the fact that most of us live our lives like that dog - Whining constantly about our jobs and our lives, but never taking any action to change our situation - Because it simply doesn't hurt enough! You can't just sit there and wait for people to give you that golden dream; you've got to get out there and make it happen for yourself.Get excited and enthusiastic about you own dream. This excitement is like a forest fire - yo...

The Vietnamese Buddhist monk and philosopher, Thich Nhat Hanh, writes about enjoying a good cup of tea. You must be completely awake in the present to enjoy the tea. Only in the awareness of the present can your hands feel the pleasant warmth of the cup.  Only in the present can you savor the aroma, taste the sweetness, appreciate the delicacy. If you are ruminating about the past or worrying about the future, you will completely miss the experience of enjoying the cup of tea. You will look down at the cup, and the tea will be gone. Life is like that. If you are not fully in the present, you will look around and it will be gone. You will have missed the feel, the aroma, the delicacy and beauty of life. It will seem to be speeding past you. The past is finished. Learn from it and let it go. The future is not even here yet. Plan for it, but do not waste your time worrying about it. Worrying is worthless. When you stop ruminating about what has already happened, when you st...

I set up the alarm at 6 am.Determined I get up from the bed..brush, freshen up and get set.I wear my track pants, a loose fitting tshirt, running shoes and tie my hair in a band.I take a pouch with a water bottle and a towel and tie it on my waist.I take my fully charged ipod  in my ears and play it.As i step out of my apartment,I breathe the first breath of fresh morning air. I walk towards the park and run towards the beach.The morning breeze seems to caress my face and play with my long hair.I start running faster and so does my heart. Up in the sky I see millions of birds ;flying,chirping,quacking.The colour of sky is blue and there are a very few white clouds.Now even the sun has come up and the horizon seems to  blissful with his presence.I rest a while and turn my music off.Now all I can hear is only sound of waves.Its already 6.45.I sit on the beach and feels the sand against my legs and feet.I take a couple of breaths,sip water as I proceed my way home. Hey..I jus...

It was a cold wintry day in Delhi in January 2011.91 year old Asha was sitting on a bench outside her home.All alone.She had tears in her eyes as she looked at a picture in hand.It was a old black and white picture of a young man say in his twenties.He looked handsome,smart and lively"I know I am never going to see him again.But so what?I have loved him all my life and his memories are enough for me to spend whatever years or months or days are left with me."She thought to herself and placed her wrinkled fingers on his face in the picture. In her minds thousand pictures just ran across.. It was1941.  She was doing her BA in English literature.Once while coming back from the market her younger brother was hit by a car.It was  a Sunday and no doctors wre seen.So she rushed him to the nearest hospital and his life was saved,thanks to Dr.Rajesh for his quick treatment.Dr Rajesh was a new doctor in the town.He had studied from London and had come down to India to serve his pe...

Sometimes you run behind certain things in life..You are very focussed..You don’t leave any stone unturned..you try your best…to work hard for it..you make every effort…hope for it..go out of the way..do somethingh new to get it..you don’t give up..you stay calm..focus on your goal..fight for it..work harder..pray..get obsessed.. But then..there comes a point when you think you have given your hundred percent..its like more than what you could have given ..the tipping point.. n then you let it go..just let it go..you change your course..change your thought.. Start something new..work harder..… And you relaise that the first thing you wanted has walked to you..perhaps now u r not rejoicing as your priorities are changed..but once upon a time it was your obsession..you accept it..go forward but now what you want is something different..so now You run behind it..You are very focussed..You don’t leave any stone unturned..you try your best…to work hard for it..you make ...

An Arrow Can Be Shot  Only By Pulling It Backward. So Whenever Life Pulls U Back,  Don't Worry.  It's Going 2 Lead U Forward To Victory.

If you feel,the grass is greener on the other side; May be that's because you are not taking good care of your grass

If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be.   Now put the foundations under them.     Henry David Thoreau

Envy, yes. jealousy, no. Envy is a natural emotion urging you to strive to be more. It is the two-year-old child yearning and urging herself to reach that doorknob which her big brother can reach. There is nothing wrong with that. There is nothing wrong with envy. It is a motivator. It is pure desire. It gives birth to greatness. Jealousy, on the other hand, is a fear-driven emotion making one willing for the other to have less. It is an emotion often based in bitterness. It proceeds from anger and leads to anger. And it kills. jealousy can kill. Anyone who’s been in a jealous triangle knows that. Jealousy kills, Envy gives birth Courtesy: Robin Sharma

Its almost 2 years and, I am still awstruck with this small simple place. In the midst of the ocean ,surrounded by forests and gifted by nature lies the island of Langkawi in Malysia.I had the priviledge of visiting this island city this July 2009 Technically forming part of Malaysia but very much near to Thailand ,this place is located in the Andaman sea.It consists of cluster of 99 Islands and has white sand beaches and a large variety of flora and fauna to treat ones eyes. There were so many things to do in Langkawi and we just had very little time to spend here.It was so difficult to decide on what to do and prioritize.We reached there in the afternoon and the sun was smiling beautifully on the hush hush green landscapes. .It took me some time to register I am in Langakawi,the place I wanted to vist for years.The beauty of this place was perfectly like a teenager,very naïve,rustic and natural. Surrounded by coconut palms,long green fields and tropical forests this island welc...

13th July 2011 was just another day. I got a little late in the morning ,so could not find my normal shoes. .I wore my old shoes to office It was raining cats an dogs and Mumbai roads were full of puddles.The old shoes were completely tattered and on the verge of breaking.And yes some time after I reached office my shoes broke, thanks to my colleague who made me walk till the cafeteria as he was hungry as well as crunched for time.So now ,my shoes broke badly.I tried mending them..not once not twice but thrice.But nothing helped.I was limping the whole day because of broken shoes.I was not sure why I wore those today.I blamed my foolishness for this and suffered discomfort embarrassment in office for the whole day I left from office around 6.20 in the evening.I took the office vehicle drop till dadar station from lower parel as everyday leisurely talking to a friend of mine .Normally I take a bus from Dadar or walk down from Dadar market buying stuff on the way home....

There was this mountain climber  who reached the summit of the peak he was scaling at midday.The challenge became getting down to a place of safety before the sun had set.As he descended he noticed the sun getting lower and lower.He quickened his pace but as the hours slipped away the light faded and the sun sank lower on the horizon.He began to grow frightened and many fears began to surface.He felt that if he did not get to the bottom of the mountain,he would be caught mid way and be placed in an extremely dangerous position,perhaps even falling to his death. Finally the sun set and the climber found himself in utter darkness.desperate he fumbled to find something he could hold onto,eventually clinging to a branch that grew from a crevice in the stone face of the mountain.The climber spent the night hanging on to that branch frozen with fear,believing that if he let go of it,he would fall to his death on the rocks below.The night was nightmare for him-pure terror ...

When you're at your lowest point, when all seems lost and all hope seems to be gone, have hope, because things can only get better from there on. You always see things at their worst just before things get better. Life is like a roller coaster, you're down one minute and up the next. Just stay strong because peaks always follow troughs.   The darkest hour of the night comes just before the dawn

And there I was..finally found him.I was searching for him for ever. I tried looking at all possible places..but everyone I saw lacked atleast 1 quality or may be more than one quality.I was comfortable with some one,but he didn’t look that good.Some one just looked good but lacked in height.Some one just had  a good height but the appearance was really dull,lifeless.Someone was outragoueos and not even dainty.Some one was just too fragile..yes fragile is the word.How could he possibly be with me? Some one was comfortable,decent appearance..but  lacked the smart look.Also,some were good enough,comfortable but left me hurt. My hunt was on.. All my aunts started telling me..”You won’t get all qualities together”. And “Don’t think of appearance. Its temporary.. The best looking will not be comfortable enough” But in my heart I knew..some one some where was just made for me.. They say you find what you want when you are least expecting…and so it happened. One fi...

It doesn't matter for how long the room has been dark; For a day, or a week, or a year, or for ten thousand years. The moment you bring in a candle; darkness vanishes like it was never there. Similarly, it doesn't matter for how long we are stuck in a sense of our limitations. The moment you decide to break free, nothing will stop you. Create the light of your life.

The Tao Te Ching says, When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be. When I let go of what I have, I receive what I need. Have you ever struggled to find work or love, only to find them after you have given up? This is the paradox of letting go. Let go, in order to achieve. Letting go is God's law.

That gratitude in advance is the most powerful creative force in the universe. Most people do not know this, yet it is true. Expressing thankfulness in advance is the way of all Masters. So do not wait for a thing to happen and then give thanks. Give thanks before it happens, and watch energies swirl! To thank God before something occurs is an act of extraordinary faith. And that, of course, is where the power comes from

Life is a game of snakes and ladders.. Just bcos a snake let u down doesnt mean you should stop playing.. So roll up the dice..start playing..there will be ladder..sooner or later..which will put you up to your goal

Above the dark horizon..soon the light rays will appear They signify to the world..that however dark your night may be..a fresh new day is here.. A fresh new day to let go of fears.. A fresh chance to make your dreams come true.. Have a beautiful day

Most of us are hesitant to start anything because we are afraid we might make a mistake or fail. Go ahead make mistakes! Don’t wait for more experience or to be good enough to start. You don’t have to be good to start, but you have to start to be good. Some may tease and laugh at you. They will warn you, and recite all the reasons why you shouldn’t take the risk. These will be the ones to wait around patiently hoping to say, “I told you so.” Brush them off. If you let these people influence you in any way, you will never, ever be ready to go ahead and start making your dream a reality. You will never have enough money, enough time, enough support, or experience to start. But once you muster up the courage to take that giant step forward and start, the rest will fall into place. But only YOU can make it happen! Start NOW with whatever you know, whatever you have, and wherever you are

Pay attention to your dreams - God's angels often speak directly to our hearts when we are asleep

Every woman should do something for herself as she is special in her own way.Every woman is beautiful and charming in a different way. Try out these  things for a better life ladies.. 12)Meet ,talk to your friends who encouarge you 11)Laugh Laugh and Laugh.Crack silly jokes with your buddies ,Watch comedy shows on TV show like FRIENDS ,How I met your Mother,Khichdi or stupid funny flicks like golmaal returns and laugh out 10)Buy flowers and keep them on your desk 9)Have atleast one friend at your workplace with whom you can have  a wonderful conversation..after all we spend most of the time at work 8)Meet your Gal pals and Gossip;bitch about every bitch u know:-)) 9)Tell your Boyfriend/Husband how much you love him.. 7) Hit the Gym or Go for Aerobics/Yoga/Swimming..sweat it out and drink loads of water for that glow Go for a jog early morning or in the evening to watch sunset/sunrise.Listen to some music on your ipod/phone...soothing to ears and heart 6)Drink Coffee...

I always like to discuss about this topic.What is love? Inspite of reading so many books ,watching so many films and listening to so many songs so many of us dont know what is love..May be even i dont know but I can give my point of view on what it is! Love exists everywhere,absolutely everywhere.What one needs is the right point of view to idenify it.It can happen just by opening doors of your heart and letting the fresh air of hope ,dreams and magic enter you to touch your soul and let it get at its naturally best When drops of rain fall on the plants,they dance with joy ,that is love When beautiful breeze blows across fields of wheat swaying them to and fro,that is love When sun god shines out ,putting smile on the face of the sunflowers,that is love. When flowers bloom in blossom,that is love When rainbow comes in sky and when sun rays meet the rain drops,that is love When dew drops settle on roses early in the morning ,that is love When the moon slowly hides behind the...

Whether you realize it or not, you bring everything to you through the power of your imagination You think in images even if you aren't aware that you do, and you use imagination or imaging every single day of your life. When you think about the past you are imagining. When you think about the future you are imagining. And as you imagine and concentrate on anything with feeling, you are bringing it to you. When you worry about something, you are using your immense power of imagination negatively. You are imagining the worst, and as you imagine the worst, you are bringing it to you. When you are excited about something, you are using your power of imagination positively. You are imagining the best, and as you imagine the best, you are bringing it to you. Using the power of your imagination is something that comes to you naturally, but I want you to understand something about your imagination that will change your life: Whatever you can imagine already exists! You simply can...

Its often the last key on the ring that opens the door!!

“ History shows us that the people who end up changing the world – the great political, social, scientific, technological, artistic, even sports revolutionaries –   are always nuts,   until they are right, and then they are Geniuses.”     So don't be afraid to be original

Just because you can’t see it doesn’t mean it isn’t there. You can’t see the future, yet you know it will come; you can’t see the air, yet you continue to breathe   The way to see by Faith is to shut the Eye of Reason

When you know what you want,and you want it badly enough, you'll find a way to get it .  

Eight Children were standing on the track to participate in the running event. * Ready! * Steady! * Bang !!! With the sound of Toy pistol , all eight girls started running. Hardly have they covered ten to fifteen steps , one of the smaller girl's slipped and fell down, due to bruises and pain she started crying. When other seven girls heard this sound, stopped running, stood for a while and turned back, they all ran back to the place where the girl fell down. One among them bent, picked and kissed the girl gently and enquired 'Now pain must have reduced'. All seven girls lifted the fallen girl, pacified her, two of them held the girl firmly and they all seven joined hands together and walked together and reached the winning post. Officials were shocked . Clapping of thousands of spectators filled the stadium. Many eyes were filled with tears and perhaps it had reached the GOD even! The sport was conducted by National Institute of Mental Health. All these spe...

The Cave You Fear To Enter Holds The Treasure You Seek Fear of the unknown is our greatest fear.Many of us would enter a tiger's lair before we would enter a dark cave. While caution is a useful instinct, we lose many opportunities and much of the adventure of life if we fail to support the curious explorer within us. Have a very lovely day!!!