Personality:
1. Don't compare your life to others'. You have no idea what their journey is all about.
2. Don't have negative thoughts or things you cannot control. Instead invest your energy in the positive present moment.
3. Don't overdo. Keep your limits.
4. Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does.
5. Don't waste your precious energy on gossip.
6. Dream more while you are awake.
7. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.
8. Forget issues of the past. Don't remind your partner with his/her mistakes of the past. That will ruin your present happiness.
9. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone. Don't hate others.
10. Make peace with your past so it won't spoil the present.
11. No one is in charge of your happiness except you.
12. Realize that life is a school and you are here to learn.
13. Problems are simply part of the curriculum that appear and fade away like algebra class but the lessons you learn will last a lifetime.
14. Smile and laugh more.
15. You don't have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.
Society:
1. Call your family often.
2. Each day give something good to others.
3. Forgive everyone for everything.
4. Spend time with people over the age of 70 & under the age of 6.
5. Try to make at least three people smile each day.
6. What other people think of you is none of your business.
7. Your job won't take care of you when you are sick. Your friends will. Stay in touch.
Life:
1. Do the right thing!
2. Get rid of anything that isn't useful, beautiful or joyful.
3. GOD heals everything.
4. However good or bad a situation is, it will change.
5. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.
6. The best is yet to come.
7. When you awake alive in the morning, thank GOD for it.
8. Your Inner most is always happy. So, be happy.
Health:
1. Drink plenty of water.
2. Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a beggar.
3. Eat more foods that grow on trees and plants and eat less food that is manufactured in plants.
4. Live with the 3 E's -- Energy, Enthusiasm, and Empathy.
5. Make time to practice meditation, yoga, and prayer.
6. Play more games.
7. Sit in silence for at least 10 minutes each day.
8. Sleep for 7 hours.
9. Take a 10-30 minutes’ walk every day. And while you walk, smile.
Friday, October 30, 2009
Coffee, Eggs and Carrots
A carrot, an egg, and a cup of coffee...
A young woman went to her mother and told her about her life and how things were so hard for her. She did not know how she was going to make it and wanted to give up, She was tired of fighting and struggling.. It seemed as one problem was solved, a new one arose.
Her mother took her to the kitchen. She filled three pots with water and placed each on a high fire. Soon the pots came to boil. In the first she placed carrots, in the second she placed eggs, and in the last she placed ground coffee beans. She let them sit and boil; without saying a word.
In about twenty minutes she turned off the burners. She fished the carrots out and placed them in a bowl. She pulled the eggs out and placed them in a bowl. Then she ladled the coffee out and placed it in a bowl. Turning to her daughter, she asked, ' Tell me what you see.'
'Carrots, eggs, and coffee,' she replied.
Her mother brought her closer and asked her to feel the carrots. She did and noted that they were soft. The mother then asked the daughter to take an egg and break it. After pulling off the shell, she observed the hard boiled egg.
Finally, the mother asked the daughter to sip the coffee. The daughter smiled as she tasted its rich aroma. The daughter then asked,'What does it mean, mother?'
Her mother explained that each of these objects had faced the same adversity: boiling water. Each reacted differently. The carrot went in strong, hard, and unrelenting. However, after being subjected to the boiling water, it softened and became weak. The egg had been fragile. Its thin outer shell had protected its liquid interior, but after sitting through the boiling water, its inside became hardened. The ground coffee beans were unique, however. After they were in the boiling water, they had changed the water.
'Which are you?' she asked her daughter. 'When adversity knocks on your door, how do you respond? Are you a carrot, an egg or a coffee bean?
Think of this: Which am I? Am I the carrot that seems strong, but with pain and adversity do I wilt and become soft and lose my strength?
Am I the egg that starts with a malleable heart, but changes with the heat? Did I have a fluid spirit, but after a death, a breakup, a financial hardship or some other trial, have I become hardened and stiff? Does my shell look the same, but on the inside am I bitter and tough with a stiff spirit and hardened heart?
Or am I like the coffee bean? The bean actually changes the hot water, the very circumstance that brings the pain. When the water gets hot, it releases the fragrance and flavor. If you are like the bean, when things are at their worst, you get better and change the situation around you. When the hour is the darkest and trials are their greatest do you elevate yourself to another level? How do you handle adversity? Are you a carrot, an egg or a coffee bean?
May you have enough happiness to make you sweet, enough trials to make you strong, enough sorrow to keep you human and enough hope to make you happy.
The happiest of people don't necessarily have the best of everything; they just make the most of everything that comes along their way. The brightest future will always be based on a forgotten past; you can't go forward in life until you let go of your past failures and heartaches.
A young woman went to her mother and told her about her life and how things were so hard for her. She did not know how she was going to make it and wanted to give up, She was tired of fighting and struggling.. It seemed as one problem was solved, a new one arose.
Her mother took her to the kitchen. She filled three pots with water and placed each on a high fire. Soon the pots came to boil. In the first she placed carrots, in the second she placed eggs, and in the last she placed ground coffee beans. She let them sit and boil; without saying a word.
In about twenty minutes she turned off the burners. She fished the carrots out and placed them in a bowl. She pulled the eggs out and placed them in a bowl. Then she ladled the coffee out and placed it in a bowl. Turning to her daughter, she asked, ' Tell me what you see.'
'Carrots, eggs, and coffee,' she replied.
Her mother brought her closer and asked her to feel the carrots. She did and noted that they were soft. The mother then asked the daughter to take an egg and break it. After pulling off the shell, she observed the hard boiled egg.
Finally, the mother asked the daughter to sip the coffee. The daughter smiled as she tasted its rich aroma. The daughter then asked,'What does it mean, mother?'
Her mother explained that each of these objects had faced the same adversity: boiling water. Each reacted differently. The carrot went in strong, hard, and unrelenting. However, after being subjected to the boiling water, it softened and became weak. The egg had been fragile. Its thin outer shell had protected its liquid interior, but after sitting through the boiling water, its inside became hardened. The ground coffee beans were unique, however. After they were in the boiling water, they had changed the water.
'Which are you?' she asked her daughter. 'When adversity knocks on your door, how do you respond? Are you a carrot, an egg or a coffee bean?
Think of this: Which am I? Am I the carrot that seems strong, but with pain and adversity do I wilt and become soft and lose my strength?
Am I the egg that starts with a malleable heart, but changes with the heat? Did I have a fluid spirit, but after a death, a breakup, a financial hardship or some other trial, have I become hardened and stiff? Does my shell look the same, but on the inside am I bitter and tough with a stiff spirit and hardened heart?
Or am I like the coffee bean? The bean actually changes the hot water, the very circumstance that brings the pain. When the water gets hot, it releases the fragrance and flavor. If you are like the bean, when things are at their worst, you get better and change the situation around you. When the hour is the darkest and trials are their greatest do you elevate yourself to another level? How do you handle adversity? Are you a carrot, an egg or a coffee bean?
May you have enough happiness to make you sweet, enough trials to make you strong, enough sorrow to keep you human and enough hope to make you happy.
The happiest of people don't necessarily have the best of everything; they just make the most of everything that comes along their way. The brightest future will always be based on a forgotten past; you can't go forward in life until you let go of your past failures and heartaches.
20 Facts
Listed below are 20 facts that we didn't even think of as facts until now.
1) Whenever I find the key to success, someone changes the lock.
2) To Err is human, to forgive is not a COMPANY policy, hence you get fired.
3) The road to success??.. Is always under construction.
4)Alcohol doesn't solve any problems, but if you think again, neither does Milk.
5) In order to get a Loan, you first need to prove that you don't need it.
6) All the desirable things in life are either illegal, expensive or fattening.
7) Since Light travels faster than Sound, people appear brighter before you hear them speak..
8) Everyone has a scheme of getting rich.. Which never works.
9) If at first you don't succeed.. Destroy all evidence that you ever tried that way you succeed the very first time.
10) You can never determine which side of the bread to butter. If it falls down, it will always land on the buttered side.
11) Anything dropped on the floor will roll over to the most inaccessible corner.
12) 42.7% of all statistics are made on the spot.
13) If you have paper, you don't have a pen??. If you have a pen, you don't have paper?? if you have both, no one calls.
14) If you have bunked the class, the professor has taken attendance.
15) You will pick up maximum wrong numbers when on roaming.
16) After a long wait for bus no.20, two 20 number buses will always pull in together and the bus which you get in will be crowded than the other.
17) The last person to be fired or quit is responsible for all the errors until another person is fired or quits.
18) Irrespective of the direction of the wind, the smoke from the cigarette will always tend to go to the nonsmoker
19) You can never be in office on time because...
if you come to office early your colleagues curse you,
if you leave office early your bosses curse you,
if you come to office late your bosses curse you,
if you leave office late your colleagues curse you.
20) No matter how much you achieve and reach your targets, your targets will be changed and you will always be told you could have done better.
1) Whenever I find the key to success, someone changes the lock.
2) To Err is human, to forgive is not a COMPANY policy, hence you get fired.
3) The road to success??.. Is always under construction.
4)Alcohol doesn't solve any problems, but if you think again, neither does Milk.
5) In order to get a Loan, you first need to prove that you don't need it.
6) All the desirable things in life are either illegal, expensive or fattening.
7) Since Light travels faster than Sound, people appear brighter before you hear them speak..
8) Everyone has a scheme of getting rich.. Which never works.
9) If at first you don't succeed.. Destroy all evidence that you ever tried that way you succeed the very first time.
10) You can never determine which side of the bread to butter. If it falls down, it will always land on the buttered side.
11) Anything dropped on the floor will roll over to the most inaccessible corner.
12) 42.7% of all statistics are made on the spot.
13) If you have paper, you don't have a pen??. If you have a pen, you don't have paper?? if you have both, no one calls.
14) If you have bunked the class, the professor has taken attendance.
15) You will pick up maximum wrong numbers when on roaming.
16) After a long wait for bus no.20, two 20 number buses will always pull in together and the bus which you get in will be crowded than the other.
17) The last person to be fired or quit is responsible for all the errors until another person is fired or quits.
18) Irrespective of the direction of the wind, the smoke from the cigarette will always tend to go to the nonsmoker
19) You can never be in office on time because...
if you come to office early your colleagues curse you,
if you leave office early your bosses curse you,
if you come to office late your bosses curse you,
if you leave office late your colleagues curse you.
20) No matter how much you achieve and reach your targets, your targets will be changed and you will always be told you could have done better.
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