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Showing posts with label I Me Myself. Show all posts
Showing posts with label I Me Myself. Show all posts

Tuesday, 29 September 2015

Muskan, a girl who once struggled to just live, is now an inspiration to thousands of kids and adults. http://www.thebetterindia.com/33208/muskan-inspirational-kid-disability-hemiplegia/

Muskan was born with a hole in her heart, under-developed lungs, partial paralysis, and several other disorders. Doctors said she wouldn’t live for more than 100 hours. Muskan is now 16 years old and an inspiration to thousands. She has authored two books, is a motivational speaker, a radio show host, and much more. This is the story of her indomitable spirit.

http://www.thebetterindia.com/33208/muskan-inspirational-kid-disability-hemiplegia/

Wednesday, 23 September 2015

Dislike you,but Like you!!

One of the most powerful art pieces at Burning Man this year: the sculpture of two adults after a disagreement with their back to each other. Yet the inner child in both of them simply wants to connect and love the other. Age has taught us much, but what we all can live without is Ego, Pride, Vanity and Grudges that prevent us from forgiving and moving ahead. The free spirit exhibited by children IS OUR TRUE NATURE.

Tuesday, 22 September 2015

Kite's string-is it hampering the kite??

From Whatsapp: Father is flying a kite. His son is watching him carefully. After some time son says "Dad. Because of the string the kite is not able to go any further higher." Hearing this, the father smiles and breaks the string. The kite goes higher after breaking of the thread and then shortly after that it comes and falls on the ground. The child is very dejected and sad. The father sits next to him and calmly explains: "Son, in life we reach a certain level of prosperity and then we feel that there are certain things in our life that are not letting us grow any further like Home, Family, Culture, Friendship etc. We feel we want to be free from those strings which we believe are stopping us from going higher." "But, remember son. Going higher is easier than staying at the higher level." "And friends, family and culture etc are the things that will help us stay stable at the high heights that we have achieved. If we try to break away from those strings our condition will be similar to the kite." Moral "Never go away from culture, family, friends and relationships as they help keep us stable while you are flying high." Life is Beautiful  Stay connected.

Saturday, 19 September 2015

How our ego & wrong attitudes, handicaps us!! 8 boys were standing on a track for racing....

8 boys were standing  on a track for racing.

Ready !

Steady !

Bang !

With sound of Pistol all boys started running.

Hardly  had they covered 10 to 15 steps,
1 boy slipped & fell.

 He started crying due to pain.

When other 7 Boys heard him, all of them STOPPED running..

STOOD for a while,

turned BACK & RAN
towards him.

All the 7 Boys LIFTED the Boy,
pacified him,
joined hands together,
walked together &
reached WINNING Post.

Officials were shocked.

Many Eyes were
filled with tears.

It happened at Pune.

Race was conducted by
National Institute of
Mental Health...

All participants were
Mentally RETARDED.

What did they teach ?
  • Teamwork,
  • Humanity,
  • Sportsman spirit,
  • Love,
  • Care &
  • Equality..

We Surely can NEVER Do this,

because...

We have Brains....
We have Ego...
We have Attitude

A RUPEE NOTE - What it can teach u? Two lessons from 2 short stories

A RUPEE NOTE - What it can teach u? Two lessons from 2 short stories

Prakash Iyer, MD, Kimberly-Clark Lever and Executive Coach from Pune shares two important management lessons he learnt from a 500-rupee note. Read on.

1. It happened some years ago but I can recall the evening like it happened just last week.
I was in an audience listening to a motivational guru.
The speaker whipped out his wallet and pulled out a five hundred-rupee note.
Holding it up, he asked, "Who wants this five hundred rupee note?"
Lots of hands went up. Including mine.
A slow chorus began to build as people began to shout "Me!" "Me!"
I began to wonder who the lucky one would be who the speaker would choose.
And I also secretly wondered -- and I am sure others did too -- why he would simply give away five hundred rupees.
Even as the shouts of "I want it" grew louder, I noticed a young woman running down the aisle.
She ran up onto the stage, went up to the speaker, and grabbed the five hundred-rupee note from his hand. "Well done, young lady," said the speaker into the microphone.
"Most of us just wait for good things to happen. That's of no use. You've got to make things happen."
The speaker's words have stayed with me ever since.

'Simply thinking about doing something is of no use'

Our lives are like that. We all see opportunities around us. We all want the good things.
But the problem is we don't take action.
We all want the five hundred rupee notes on offer. But we don't make the move. We look at it longingly.Get up, and do something about it. Don't worry about what other people might think. Take action.

2. Several years later, it was another day, another time.
And another motivational guru.
As I watched him pull out a five hundred rupee note and hold it up for all to see, I thought I knew what he was going to do next. But he just asked a simple question. "How much is this worth?"
"Five Hundred rupees!" the crowd yelled in unison.
"Right," said the speaker. He then took the note and crumpled it into a ball and asked "How much is it worth now?"
"Five Hundred rupees!" screamed the audience.
He then threw the note on the ground, stamped all over it and picked up the note and asked one more time: "And how much is it worth now?"
"Five Hundred rupees!" was the response.
"I want you to remember this," said the speaker.
"Just because someone crumples it, or stamps on it, the value of the note does not diminish.
We should all be like the five hundred rupee note..
In our lives, there will be times when we feel crushed, stamped over, beaten. But never let your self-worth diminish. Just because someone chooses to crush you -- that doesn't change your worth one bit!
Don't allow your self-worth to diminish because someone says something nasty -- or does something dirty -- to you."

'Never let your self-worth diminish

Next time someone needs you, just be there! & just stay! Dont lose opprtunity to be there for someone in need

From Whatsapp forward...

The on-duty nurse took the anxious young Major to the bedside.
“Your son is here,” she said softly, to the old man lying there.
She had to repeat the words several times before the patient’s eyes opened.
Heavily sedated because of the pain of his heart attack, he dimly saw the young uniformed Major standing outside the oxygen tent.
He reached out his hand.
The Major wrapped his toughened fingers around the old man’s limp ones, squeezing a message of love and encouragement.
The nurse, observing the touching moments, brought a chair so that the Major could sit beside the bed.
“Thank you Ma’am!” a polite acknowledgement followed.
All through the night the young Major sat there in the poorly lit ward, holding the old man’s hand and offering him words of love and strength. Occasionally, the nurse suggested that the officer move away and rest awhile.
He graciously refused.
Whenever the nurse came into the ward, he was oblivious of her and of the night noises of the hospital – the clanking of the oxygen tank, the laughter of the night staff members exchanging greetings, the cries and moans of the other patients.
Now and then she heard him say a few gentle words. The dying man said nothing, only held tightly to his son all through the night.
Along towards dawn, the old man died. The Major released the now lifeless hand he had been holding and went to tell the nurse.
While she did what she had to do, he waited,

Finally, she returned,- & started to offer words of sympathy, but the Major interrupted her.
“Who was that man?” he asked.

The nurse was startled,
“He was your father,” she answered.
“No, he wasn’t,” the Major replied.
“I never saw him before in my life.”
“Then why didn’t you say something when I took you to him?”
“I knew right away there had been a mistake, but I also knew he needed his son, and his son just wasn’t here!”
The nurse listened on, confused.
“When I realized that he was too sick to tell whether or not I was his son, knowing how much he needed me, I stayed.”
“So then what was the purpose of your visit here, at the hospital, good sir?”, the nurse queried of him.
“I came here tonight to find a Mr. Vikram Salaria.
His son was Killed in J&K last night, and I was sent to inform him.”
‘But the man whose hand you kept holding whole night was Mr Vikram Salaria!’
They stood in complete silence. There couldn’t be anything more assuring for a dying man than his son’s hand!
The next time someone needs you, just be there!
&
Just stay!

We Are Not Human Beings Going Through A Temporary Spiritual Experience; We Are Spiritual Beings Going Through A Temporary Human Experience

Women is reintroduced to herself by Dr.JsB - Women's life cycle,Women's problems, Pitfalls, Emotional Turmoils, Approach required, Care required, Roles as Daughter,Daughter-in-law/Mother-in-law etc etc

Women is reintroduced to herself by Dr.JayanthaShri Balakrishnan  Shares so many insights about Women's life cycle,Women's problems, Pitfalls, Emotional Turmoils, Approach required, Care required, Roles as Daughter,Daughter-in-law/Mother-in-law etc etc

Part 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmRmwaflzgw (Birth to 15 and 15 to 25 age)  
Part 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7ACoflMcNQ (25  to 35 ; 35 to 45 age ; 45 to 55 age)
For full series https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCioXFjn-j1S_XNoMYOoaVmQ/feed

Lucky if you know Tamizh,Get benefited !!

For more topics see http://peace2047.blogspot.in/

Women: Dont Wory, Be happy! Rest of us change your attitidue ! 5 tips from him to Women - Chetan Bhagat in 2011

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/edit-page/Dont-worry-Be-happy/articleshow/9237496.cms


Don't worry, Be happy




Alright, this is not cool at all. A recent survey by Nielsen has revealed that Indian women are the most stressed out in the world: 87% of our women feel stressed out most of the time. This statistic alone has caused me to stress out. Even in workaholic America, only 53% women feel stressed.

What are we doing to our women? I'm biased, but Indian women are the most beautiful in the world. As mothers, sisters, daughters, colleagues, wives and girlfriends - we love them. Can you imagine life without the ladies?

It would be a universe full of messy, aggressive and egomaniacal males running the world, trying to outdo each other for no particular reason. There would be body odour, socks on the floor and nothing in the fridge to eat. The entertainment industry would die. Who wants to watch movies without actresses?

Kids would be neglected and turn into drug addicts or psychopaths by age 10. Soon, all-male world leaders would lose their tempers at the slightest provocation, and bomb the guts out of each other's countries. In short, without women and their sanity, the world would perish.

Yet, look at how we Indians, a land of spiritual people, treat them. At an extreme, we abort girls before they are born, neglect them in their upbringing, torture them, molest them, sell them, rape them and honour-kill them. Of course, these criminal acts are performed by a tiny minority.

However, a majority of us are involved in lesser crimes. We judge, expect too much, don't give space and suffocate our women's individuality. Imagine if you did this to men - won't they be stressed out?

At a broader level, this isn't just about our women. We Indians have a habit of exploiting anyone without power. As a flip side, we are suckers for anyone with power.

We look up to corrupt politicians, keep voting them back, and feel they have an entitlement to loot us silly, because they are in power. In fact, we love power so much that when power comes to a woman, we automatically begin to regard her well too. Goddesses, female politicians, senior mothers in a household with a firm grip on family power - they all get our respect. Anyone else doesn't.

This kind of society, which values power above equality and justice, doesn't achieve too much. These societies remain like backward tribes, because they do not allow people without power to come up, even though they may have many talents. When we don't allow our women to come up, or create stress for them if they do, we are not allowing half of India to come up. When we abuse our power, we kill the exploited person's will to contribute to society. When we believe powerful people are always right, and the less powerful should be crushed, we resemble a jungle of animals. And animals don't progress, humans do.

These regressive attitudes will take a while to change. For now, i want to give Indian women five suggestions to reduce their stress levels. One, don't ever think you are without power. Give it back to that mother-in-law. Be who you are, not someone she wished you would be. She doesn't like you? That's her problem.

Two, if you are doing a good job at work and your boss doesn't value you - tell him that, or quit. Talented, hard-working people are much in demand.
Three, educate yourself, learn skills, network - figure out ways to be economically independent. So next time your husband tells you that you are not a good enough wife, mother or daughter-in-law, you can tell him to take a hike.

Four, do not ever feel stressed about having a dual responsibility of family and work. It is difficult, but not impossible. The trick is not to expect an A+ in every aspect of your life. You are not taking an exam, and you frankly can't score cent per cent (unless you are in SRCC, of course). It is okay if you don't make four dishes for lunch, one can fill their stomach with one. It is okay if you don't work until midnight and don't get a promotion. Nobody remembers their job designation on their dying day.

Five, most important, don't get competitive with other women. Someone will make a better scrapbook for her school project than you. Another will lose more weight with a better diet. Your neighbour may make a six-dabba tiffin for her husband, you don't - big deal. Do your best, but don't keep looking out for the report card, and definitely don't expect to top the class. There is no ideal woman in this world, and if you strive to become one, there will be only one thing you will achieve for certain - stress.

So breathe, chill, relax. Tell yourself you are beautiful, do your best and deserve a peaceful life. Anybody trying to take that away from you is making a mistake, not you. Your purpose of coming to this earth is not to please everyone. Your purpose is to offer what you have to the world, and have a good life in return. The next time this survey comes, i don't want to see Indian women on top of the list. I want them to be the happiest women in the world. Now smile, before your mother-in-law shouts at you for wasting your time reading the newspaper.

The writer is a best-selling novelist.

Friday, 18 September 2015

Appa or Papa - Thank you :)

A real-life example to emulate for all fathers and children. There is parents’ sacrifice behind your success, may that be just passing your exam or becoming a star. We talk about mothers love but often miss to talk about father’s toil. Here Zakir Khan tells about a bond between father-and son, how it evolves with time, how a father becomes a shield for his kids. And we often forget that with time that shield gets old and weak which needs our support.

Lucky if you know Hindi !!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=545&v=dYsrdh15XY8

http://thelogicalindian.com/story-feed/get-inspired/watch-you-may-not-have-your-fathers-qualities-but-you-will-never-have-his-weaknesses/

Freedom: What is that we got in 1947?

Freedom: What is that we got in 1947? What is freedom?Did we got it by a overnight skirmish? What we paid for it?  Tiranga-dyed in Courage,Peace and Earth!!It is us ‘the people’ that constitute the Tiranga!What is Free Will? A state of awareness..  In truth there is Valour!! Never giving up! So rise...BEAUTIFUL DANCE VIDEO DOC on our Tiranga/Freedom!! A video which gives me hope that we will get our real freedom...watch it @ http://tinyurl.com/owy2wzs or


Thursday, 17 September 2015

Jayakanthan on Aram(Virtue/Justice/Righteousness) by Dr. Jayanthasri Balakrishnan (07/08/2015)

Jayakanthan on Aram(Virtue/Justice/Righteousness) by Dr. Jayanthasri Balakrishnan

1. How Tamil Novelist Writer Jayakanthan has introduced/taught/researched on Virtue/sense of Justice/Righteousness/Humaneness in his short stories.
2. How can we upbring children in this danger filled world using Jayakanthan's stories.
3. About nature of women/wife/husband/children/neighbors/society.....who is a perfect husband .....level of trust needed in a relationship....what should be their behavior/attitude etc in a elegant beautiful and thought provoking way
4. She also talks about Bengals greatest director trio of Satyajit Ray,Shyam Benegal, Mrinal Sen...quotes about Mirnal Sen's 1979 movie Ek Din Pratidin to explain about the way the society looks at women.
5.Definition of Beauty!!
6. Agnipravesam's Ganga - On violence against women...boldness and perspective of her mother
7. On how Jayakanthan treats women in a decent/respectful way throughout his stories...a lesson for today's writers/directors/TV ad directors...
8.Warns us to be righteous using Thiruvalluvars "Marandhum Piranketu Soozharka Soozhin
Aranjoozham Soozhndhavan Ketu" (பிறனுக்கு கேட்டைத் தரும் தீய செயல்களை ஒருவன் மறந்தும் கூட எண்ணக்கூடாது, எண்ணினால் எண்ணியவனுக்கு கேடு விளையுமாறு அறம் எண்ணும் - http://thirukuralmeaning.blogspot.in/2015/05/204.html) Never even think of harming others, virtue will plot to harm you in return!!!

Her speech is thought provoking and attitude shatering one. The captive audience of Erode Book Fair lecture series - 2015 sums up her depth of understanding, love and care for all.

Thanks to Makkal Sinthnai Peravai (https://www.facebook.com/ErodeMSP) for the event.

Lucky if you know Tamizh,Get benefited !!


Faliures and Enemies are our best teachers and friends!!! - Dr.Jayanthasri Balakrishnan,PSG College of Arts, Coimbatore


Speech by Dr.Jayanthasri Balakrishnan - PSG College of Arts, Coimbatore on various good attitudes - failure, enemies(Tamil)

Full Video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PN-EQj0iujs

Other Speeches : https://www.youtube.com/user/jayanthasribala

Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/jayanthasri.balakrishnan

Blog: http://jayanthasribala.blogspot.in/

Email : jayanthasri@gmail.com

Good attitudes for happier life :)

Read this carefully and relate these 10 Commandments  with your life and enjoy it ............

1) Heavy rains remind us of challenges in life. Never ask for a lighter rain. Just pray for a better umbrella. That is attitude.

2) When flood comes, fish eat ants & when flood recedes, ants eat fish.Only time matters. Just hold on, Nature gives opportunity to everyone!

3) Life is not about finding the right person, but creating the right relationship, it's not how we care in the beginning, but how much we care till ending.

4) Some people always throw stones in your path. It depends on you what you make with them, Wall or Bridge?  Remember you are the architect of your life.

5) Every problem has (n+1) solutions, where n is the number of solutions that you have tried and 1 is that you have not tried. That’s life.

6) It is not important to hold all the good cards in life. But it’s important how well you play with the cards which you hold.

7) Often when we lose all hope & think this is the end, Nature smiles and says, `Relax dear it’s just a bend. Not the end'. Have Faith and have a successful life.

8) When you  are sad, try to cheer up just go to the mirror and say, `Damn I am really so cute` and you will overcome your sadness.

9) One of the basic differences between Nature and human is, Nature gives, gives and forgives. But human gets, gets, gets and forgets. Be thankful in life!

10) Only two types of persons are happy in this world. First is Mad and second is Child. Be Mad to achieve what you desire and be a Child to enjoy what you have achieved.

Wonderful thoughts, thanks to the one who listed it!!!

WHY IMMERSE GANESHJI ?!?!

WHY IMMERSE GANESHJI ?!?!

Ganeshji is described as Ajam Nirvikalpam Niraakaaramekam. This means that Ganeshji is never born. He is Ajam (unborn), he is Niraakaar (formless) and he is Nirvikalpa (attributeless). Those who can't experience of the formless, over a period of sustained experience of manifested form reach the formless Brahman. So in reality, Ganeshji is formless; yet there is a form to which Adi Shankara prayed and that form carries the message of the formlesness of Ganeshji. The ritual of immersing (visaran) the idols after few days of worship reinforces the understanding that God is not in the idol, it's inside us.

For full article by Ravishankar see rediff http://m.rediff.com/news/2008/sep/05guest2.htm

With experiments in Large Hadron Collider( As of 2013, scientists are virtually certain that they have confirmed the Higgs boson exists, and therefore that the concept of some type of Higgs field throughout space is proven. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Higgs_boson ) we will be able to fully comprehend our ancient wisdom!

Read with patience the simple explanation about how the universe and we came into being and what is purpose in life....

Aathi enum param porul mei ezhuchi petru
Anuvendra uyiragi anukkal koodi
Mothi inaithu iyangukindra nilamaikerpa
Moolakangal palavagi avai yinathu
Pethita anda kodigalai mattrum
Pirapu irapu idai unarthal iyakamagi
Needhi neri unar mantharagi vazhum
Nilai unarthu thodu aatri inbam kanbom

Vethathiri

[Rough translation: The empty space, the source of everything manifests as sub atomic particles, combines to form elements and numerous compounds by collision and combinations, emerges as present day universe, becomes the consciousness between birth and death, justice and righteousness knowing humans evolve, understand this stage and find happiness through serving others]

Ganesh chaturthi and all other festivities like that were devised with a hope that some day we will realise the meaning of them with improvement in awareness level. Happy learning on Ganesh chathurthi

Murugaram Jayabharathi

Friday, 1 January 2010

When you are inspired by some great purpose..

“When you are inspired by some great purpose, some extraordinary project, all your thoughts break their bonds: Your mind transcends limitations, your consciousness expands in every direction, and you find yourself in a new, great, and wonderful world. Dormant forces, faculties and talents become alive, and your discover yourself to be a greater person by far than you ever dreamed yourself to be.” ~ Maharishi Patanjali

Saturday, 19 December 2009

My 'do it all' attitude is becoming costly!!

I have this attitude of 'doing it all by myself'. I do not nuture the feeling of ownership of works. The belief that I will 'do it all' makes others feel that they need not pitch in hard.

A leaders main task is to make other participant realize that the task at hand is for their own benefit. Once this sense of ownership builds up, there will not be any dearth of motivation. If this happens more mind and hands will participate. The team will be in autopilot mode, I can concentrate on bigger tasks.

This insight I have to consciously follow in my future tasks.

Thursday, 17 December 2009

Getting the Job done...

I am pursuing many goals. Be it my health, family, civil services exam, social service or spiritual clarity. But these all are must do's. May be at a time one takes precedence over the other. But at end of day I have to accomplish all of these. Every thing is clearly interrelated.

For the past 50 days i did not use my planner(Excel sheet). I was making moves in an ad hoc manner. I have not written my daily diary regularly. I have not kept my accounts properly. So at end of day I feel I am lossing control over many vital things.

Only during my daily evening walks, which I started again a week back, I have started thinking about it all again.

Now it is time that I make amends.

Many times earlier, I have got the job done from myself. It is time that I pull up my socks once again and get all my jobs done. STARTING NOW..