belong to
last year's language
and
next year's words
await another voice.
And
to make an end is
to make a beginning.
- T. S. Eliot
Old and New
Then sing,
young hearts that are full of cheer,
With never a thought of sorrow;
The old goes out,
but the glad young year
Comes merrily in tomorrow
- Emily Miller
Year end...
What we think,
or what we know,
or what we believe,
is in the end,
of little consequence.
The only thing of consequence
is
what we do.
-John Ruskin, author, art critic, and social reformer (1819-1900)
A Thought for Today
If the sight of the blue skies fills you with joy,
if a blade of grass springing up in the fields has power to move you,
if the simple things in nature have a message you understand,
Rejoice, for your soul is alive.
- Eleanora Duse
if a blade of grass springing up in the fields has power to move you,
if the simple things in nature have a message you understand,
Rejoice, for your soul is alive.
- Eleanora Duse
Thought for Today
Whenever you find yourself sad, spend time alone with nature. Go to the ocean. Go to the woods. Go to a garden. Go to a park. Breathe in the outdoors. Breathe in the peace. Breathe in the clean air that is without fears, without needs, without expectations.
TF Monday
If you are attentive, you will see it.
Think young...
You will become young.
A Thought for Today
The Bible says, 'If you wish to find, you must search.'
I believe that is true, rarely does a good idea interrupt you.
- Jim Rohn
Thought for Today
I am very happy, because I have conquered myself & not the world. I am very happy, because I have loved the world & not myself.
-Sri Chinmoy
Thought for Today
Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it.
-Samuel Johnson, lexicographer (1709-1784)
Merry Christmas
May you have the gladness of Christmas which is hope;
The spirit of Christmas which is peace;
The heart of Christmas which is love.
~Ada V. Hendricks
A Thought for Today
"I am very happy, because I have conquered myself and not the world. I am very happy, because I have loved the world and not myself."
- Sri Chinmoy
Thought for Today
It ought to be plain
how little you gain
by getting excited
and vexed.
You'll always be late
for the previous train,
and always in time
for the next.
-Piet Hein, poet and scientist (1905-1996)
TFD
The average man, who does not know what to do with his life, wants another one which will last forever.
-Anatole France, novelist, essayist, Nobel laureate (1844-1924)
Thought for Today
"Teach this triple truth to all: A generous heart, kind speech, and a life of service and compassion are the things which renew humanity."
– Siddhartha Gautama Buddha
A Thought for Today
No fathers or mothers think their own children ugly; and this self-deceit is yet stronger with respect to the offspring of the mind.
-Miguel de Cervantes, novelist (1547-1616)
Thought for the day
We can throw stones, complain about them, stumble on them, climb over
them, or build with them. Bricks for battle? Use them constructively.
them, or build with them. Bricks for battle? Use them constructively.
A Thought for Today
Remember, a real decision is measured by the fact that you've taken new action.
If there's no action, you haven't truly decided. -Anthony Robbins
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY
"It has been my observation that most people get ahead during the time that others waste."
-Henry Ford
Thought for Today
Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile,
but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.
sMile and increase the face value!
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY
You can't shame or humiliate modern celebrities.
What used to be called shame and humiliation is now called publicity.
-P.J. O'Rourke, writer (b. 1947)
Thought for Today
Christmas gift suggestions:
To enemy: forgiveness.
To opponent: tolerance.
To friend: your heart.
To customer: service.
To every child: a good example.
To yourself: respect.
~Oren Arnold
Live With...
Live with intention.
Walk to the edge.
Listen hard.
Practice wellness.
Play with abandon.
Laugh.
Choose with no regret.
Appreciate your friends.
Continue to learn.
Do what you love.
Live as if this is all there is.
- Mary Anne Radmacher
TF Monday
"We could never learn to be brave and patient, if there were only joy in the world." -Helen Keller
Say which words you associate with me
Dear Friends,
I came across a Johari window - self analysis, interactive tool.
It is an interactive one; follow the link and say which words you associate with me.
You can do this by clicking at the following URL:
Thought for Today
I have known a vast quantity of nonsense talked about bad men not looking you in the face. Don't trust that conventional idea. Dishonesty will stare honesty out of countenance, any day in the week, if there is anything to be got by it.
-Charles Dickens, novelist (1812-1870)
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY
We are all faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as impossible situations. ~ Charles R. Swindoll
Thought for Today
"Our plans miscarry because they have no aim. When you don't know what harbor you're aiming for, no wind is the right wind." -Seneca
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY
"We could never learn to be brave and patient, if there were only joy in the world."-Helen Keller
Would the boy you were be proud of the man you are?-Laurence J. Peter, educator and author (1919-1990)
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY
It is easy in the world to live after the world's opinion, it is easy in solitude to live after your own; but the great man is he who, in the midst of the world, keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson, writer and philosopher (1803-1882)
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY
A teacher is one who makes himself progressively unnecessary.
-Thomas Carruthers
Patience
Prayer cannot supplant patience.
Patience shows faith that this will happen.
Impatience shows lack of faith.
- From the Book "Heart to Heart"
Thought for Today
The ultimate measure of a person is not where they stand in moments of comfort and convenience, but where they stand in times of challenge and controversy.
~Martin Luther King, Jr
We Meet
We Meet
Those of you who have studied the laws of sound, wavelength and stuff like that – you know the idea of wavelength – we can have small curves meeting very often and we have the grand curves meeting once, maybe once in an eternity, twice in an eternity, ten times in an eternity. But meet, we must.Taken from the book "The Fruit of the Tree",
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY
I was reading the dictionary. I thought it was a poem about everything.
-Steven Wright, comedian (b. 1955)
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY
We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done.
-Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, poet (1807-1882)
Gratitude
"Gratitude makes sense of our past,brings peace for today,and creates a vision for tomorrow."-Melody Beattie
Happy Thanksgiving
Happy Thanksgiving
For each new morning with its light,
For rest and shelter of the night,
For health and food, for love and friends,
For everything Thy goodness sends.
~Ralph Waldo Emerson
Thanks Giving
Gratitude can transform common days into thanksgivings, turn routine jobs into joy, and change ordinary opportunities into blessings.
Thought for Today
No matter what side of the argument you are on, you always find people on your side that you wish were on the other.
-Jascha Heifetz, violinist (1901-1987)
Life
'Things' in Life
Success is in the Big things.
Happiness is in the Small things.
Meditation is in Nothing.
God is in Everything.
That's Life.
Success is in the Big things.
Happiness is in the Small things.
Meditation is in Nothing.
God is in Everything.
That's Life.
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY
Gratitude is a quality similar to electricity; it must be produced and discharged and used up in order to exist at all.
Story Time - The Seed
Story Time - Plant Honesty & Reap Trust
An emperor in the Far East was growing old and knew it was time to choose his successor. Instead of choosing one of his assistants or his children, he decided something different. He called young people in the kingdom together one day. He said, "It is time for me to step down and choose the next emperor. I have decided to choose one of you."
The kids were shocked! But the emperor continued. "I am going to give each one of you a seed today. One very special seed. I want you to plant the seed, water it and come back here after one year from today with what you have grown from this one seed. I will then judge the plants that you bring, and the one I choose will be the next emperor!"
One boy named Ling was there that day and he, like the others, received a seed. He went home and excitedly told his mother the story. She helped him get a pot and planting soil, and he planted the seed and watered it carefully. Every day he would water it and watch to see if it had grown. After about three weeks, some of the other youths began to talk about their seeds and the plants that were beginning to grow. Ling kept checking his seed, but nothing ever grew. 3 weeks, 4 weeks, 5 weeks went by. Still nothing. By now, others were talking about their plants but Ling didn't have a plant, and he felt like a failure.
Six months went by, still nothing in Ling's pot. He just knew he had killed his seed. Everyone else had trees and tall plants, but he had nothing. Ling didn't say anything to his friends, however. He just kept waiting for his seed to grow.
A year finally went by and all the youths of the kingdom brought their plants to the emperor for inspection. Ling told his mother that he wasn't going to take an empty pot. But honest about what happened, Ling felt sick to his stomach, but he knew his mother was right. He took his empty pot to the palace. When Ling arrived, he was amazed at the variety of plants grown by the other youths. They were beautiful in all shapes and sizes. Ling put his empty pot on the floor and many of the other kinds laughed at him. A few felt sorry for him and just said, "Hey nice try."
When the emperor arrived, he surveyed the room and greeted the young people. Ling just tried to hide in the back. "What great plants, trees and flowers you have grown," said the emperor. "Today, one of you will be appointed the next emperor!" All of a sudden, the emperor spotted Ling at the back of the room with his empty pot. He ordered his guards to bring him to the front. Ling was terrified. "The emperor knows I'm a failure! Maybe he will have me killed!"
When Ling got to the front, the Emperor asked his name. "My name is Ling," he replied. All the kids were laughing and making fun of him. The emperor asked everyone to quiet down. He looked at Ling, and then announced to the crowd, "Behold your new emperor! His name is Ling!" Ling couldn't believe it. Ling couldn't even grow his seed. How could he be the new emperor?
Then the emperor said, "One year ago today, I gave everyone here a seed. I told you to take the seed, plant it, water it, and bring it back to me today. But I gave you all boiled seeds, which would not grow. All of you, except Ling, have brought me trees and plants and flowers. When you found that the seed would not grow, you substituted another seed for the one I gave you. Ling was the only one with the courage and honesty to bring me a pot with my seed in it. Therefore, he is the one who will be the new emperor!"
If you plant honesty, you will reap trust.
If you plant goodness, you will reap friends.
If you plant humility, you will reap greatness.
If you plant perseverance, you will reap victory.
If you plant consideration, you will reap harmony.
If you plant hard work, you will reap success.
If you plant forgiveness, you will reap reconciliation.
If you plant openness, you will reap intimacy.
If you plant patience, you will reap improvements.
If you plant faith, you will reap miracles.
But
If you plant dishonesty, you will reap distrust.
If you plant selfishness, you will reap loneliness.
If you plant pride, you will reap destruction.
If you plant envy, you will reap trouble.
If you plant laziness, you will reap stagnation.
If you plant bitterness, you will reap isolation.
If you plant greed, you will reap loss.
If you plant gossip, you will reap enemies.
If you plant worries, you will reap wrinkles.
If you plant sin, you will reap guilt.
So be careful what you plant now, it will determine what you will reap tomorrow, the seeds you now scatter, Will make life worse or better, your life or the ones who will come after. Yes, someday, you will enjoy the fruits, or you will pay for the choices you plant today.
An emperor in the Far East was growing old and knew it was time to choose his successor. Instead of choosing one of his assistants or his children, he decided something different. He called young people in the kingdom together one day. He said, "It is time for me to step down and choose the next emperor. I have decided to choose one of you."
The kids were shocked! But the emperor continued. "I am going to give each one of you a seed today. One very special seed. I want you to plant the seed, water it and come back here after one year from today with what you have grown from this one seed. I will then judge the plants that you bring, and the one I choose will be the next emperor!"
One boy named Ling was there that day and he, like the others, received a seed. He went home and excitedly told his mother the story. She helped him get a pot and planting soil, and he planted the seed and watered it carefully. Every day he would water it and watch to see if it had grown. After about three weeks, some of the other youths began to talk about their seeds and the plants that were beginning to grow. Ling kept checking his seed, but nothing ever grew. 3 weeks, 4 weeks, 5 weeks went by. Still nothing. By now, others were talking about their plants but Ling didn't have a plant, and he felt like a failure.
Six months went by, still nothing in Ling's pot. He just knew he had killed his seed. Everyone else had trees and tall plants, but he had nothing. Ling didn't say anything to his friends, however. He just kept waiting for his seed to grow.
A year finally went by and all the youths of the kingdom brought their plants to the emperor for inspection. Ling told his mother that he wasn't going to take an empty pot. But honest about what happened, Ling felt sick to his stomach, but he knew his mother was right. He took his empty pot to the palace. When Ling arrived, he was amazed at the variety of plants grown by the other youths. They were beautiful in all shapes and sizes. Ling put his empty pot on the floor and many of the other kinds laughed at him. A few felt sorry for him and just said, "Hey nice try."
When the emperor arrived, he surveyed the room and greeted the young people. Ling just tried to hide in the back. "What great plants, trees and flowers you have grown," said the emperor. "Today, one of you will be appointed the next emperor!" All of a sudden, the emperor spotted Ling at the back of the room with his empty pot. He ordered his guards to bring him to the front. Ling was terrified. "The emperor knows I'm a failure! Maybe he will have me killed!"
When Ling got to the front, the Emperor asked his name. "My name is Ling," he replied. All the kids were laughing and making fun of him. The emperor asked everyone to quiet down. He looked at Ling, and then announced to the crowd, "Behold your new emperor! His name is Ling!" Ling couldn't believe it. Ling couldn't even grow his seed. How could he be the new emperor?
Then the emperor said, "One year ago today, I gave everyone here a seed. I told you to take the seed, plant it, water it, and bring it back to me today. But I gave you all boiled seeds, which would not grow. All of you, except Ling, have brought me trees and plants and flowers. When you found that the seed would not grow, you substituted another seed for the one I gave you. Ling was the only one with the courage and honesty to bring me a pot with my seed in it. Therefore, he is the one who will be the new emperor!"
If you plant honesty, you will reap trust.
If you plant goodness, you will reap friends.
If you plant humility, you will reap greatness.
If you plant perseverance, you will reap victory.
If you plant consideration, you will reap harmony.
If you plant hard work, you will reap success.
If you plant forgiveness, you will reap reconciliation.
If you plant openness, you will reap intimacy.
If you plant patience, you will reap improvements.
If you plant faith, you will reap miracles.
But
If you plant dishonesty, you will reap distrust.
If you plant selfishness, you will reap loneliness.
If you plant pride, you will reap destruction.
If you plant envy, you will reap trouble.
If you plant laziness, you will reap stagnation.
If you plant bitterness, you will reap isolation.
If you plant greed, you will reap loss.
If you plant gossip, you will reap enemies.
If you plant worries, you will reap wrinkles.
If you plant sin, you will reap guilt.
So be careful what you plant now, it will determine what you will reap tomorrow, the seeds you now scatter, Will make life worse or better, your life or the ones who will come after. Yes, someday, you will enjoy the fruits, or you will pay for the choices you plant today.
Thought for Today
Words differently arranged have different meanings, and meanings differently arranged have a different effect.
-Blaise Pascal, philosopher and mathematician (1623-1662)
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY
-Anton Chekhov, short-story writer and dramatist (1860-1904)
Thought for Today
We"re not the same persons this year as last; nor are those we love. It is a happy chance if we, change, continue to love a changed person.
-William Somerset Maugham, writer (1874-1965)
Thought for Today
Several excuses are always less convincing than one.
-Aldous Huxley, novelist (1894-1963)
Thought for Today
You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose. ~Oh The Places You'll Go
Thought for Today
Most of our obstacles would melt away if, instead of cowering before them, we should make up our minds to walk boldly through them. ~Orison Swett Marden
Thought for Today
Don't wait for the Last Judgement. It takes place every day.
-Albert Camus, writer and philosopher (1913-1960)
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY
Do not worry about not being able to keep your life perfectly balanced. Juggling everything is too difficult; Catch it before it hits floor.
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY
In the case of good books, the point is not how many of them you can get through, but rather how many can get through to you.
-Mortimer J. Adler, philosopher, educator and author (1902-2001)
Thought for Today
Because we don't understand the brain very well we're constantly tempted to use the latest technology as a model for trying to understand it. In my childhood we were always assured that the brain was a telephone switchboard. (What else could it be?) And I was amused to see that Sherrington, the great British neuroscientist, thought that the brain worked like a telegraph system. Freud often compared the brain to hydraulic and electromagnetic systems. Leibniz compared it to a mill, and now, obviously, the metaphor is the digital computer.
-John R. Searle, philosophy professor (b. 1932)
Deepavali Wishes
This occasion gives YOU:
D - Dhan
I - Ishwarkrupa
P - Prassidhi
A - Arogya
V - Vaibhav
A - Aishwarya
L - Lavanya
I - Ishwarsiddhi
Shubh Diwali
Happy Diwali
Help ever. Hurt never.
Love ever. Hate never.
Give ever. Except never.
Smile ever.
Wishing you a prosperous year ahead!
** Happy Diwali **
Thought for Today
One ship sails East, And another West, By the self-same winds that blow, the set of the sails & not the gales, That tells the way we go. Focus on the destination and set sails.
Thought for Today
One of the most wonderful thing about having a positive attitude is the number of people it touches, many times in ways you will never know.
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY
Creative activity could be described as a type of learning process where teacher and pupil are located in the same individual.
-Arthur Koestler, novelist and journalist (1905-1983)
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY
Our expression and our words never coincide, which is why the animals don't understand us.
-Malcolm De Chazal, writer and painter (1902-1981)
Thought for Today
Miraculous Attitude of a Deaf Child: "For you I am deaf; but for me all of you are Dumb." Similarly for buyers; always Sellers must explain.
Anger - Moral of the story
Why do we shout in anger?
A saint asked his disciples, "Why do we shout in anger? Why do people shout at each other when they are upset?"
Disciples thought for a while, one of them said, "Because we lose our calm, we shout for that."
"But, why to shout when the other person is just next to you?" asked the saint. "Isn't it possible to speak to him or her with a soft voice? Why do you shout at a person when you're angry?"
Disciples thought for a while, one of them said, "Because we lose our calm, we shout for that."
"But, why to shout when the other person is just next to you?" asked the saint. "Isn't it possible to speak to him or her with a soft voice? Why do you shout at a person when you're angry?"
Disciples gave some other answers but none satisfied the saint.
Finally he explained,"When two people are angry at each other, their hearts distances a lot.. To cover that distance they must shout to be able to hear each other. The angrier they are, the stronger they will have to shout to hear each other through that great distance."
Then the saint asked, "What happens when two people fall in love? They don't shout at each other but talk softly, why? Because their hearts are very close. The distance between them is very small..."
The saint continued, "When they love each other even more, what happens? They do not speak, only whisper and they get even closer to each other in their love. Finally they even need not whisper, they only look at each other and that's all. That is how close two people are when they love each other."
MORAL: When you argue do not let your hearts get distant, do not say words that further increases the distance between each other.
You can post your moral/insight/management point of view
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY
The time will come when men such as I will look upon the murder of animals as they now look on the murder of men.
- Leonardo da Vinci, painter, engineer, musician, and scientist (1452-1519)
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY
You can preach a better sermon with your life than with your lips.
-Oliver Goldsmith, writer and physician (1730-1774)
Live Life Without Limits!
Reasons for sleeping and waking up early.
Evening at 9 - 11pm: is the time for eliminating unnecessary/toxic chemicals (detoxification) from the antibody system (lymph nodes). This time duration should be spent by relaxing or listening to music. If during this time a housewife is still in an unrelaxed state such as washing the dishes or monitoring children doing their homework, this will have a negative impact on health.
Evening at 11pm - 1am: is the detoxification process in the liver, and ideally should be done in a deep sleep state.
Early morning 1 - 3am: detoxification process in the gall, also ideally done in a deep sleep state.
Early morning 3 - 5am: detoxification in the lungs. Therefore there will sometimes be a severe cough for cough sufferers during this time. Since the detoxification process had reached the respiratory tract, there is no need to take cough medicine so as not to interfere with toxin removal process.
Morning 5 - 7am: detoxification in the colon, you should empty your bowel.
Morning 7 - 9am: absorption of nutrients in the small intestine, you should be having breakfast at this time. Breakfast should be earlier, before 6:30am, for those who are sick. Breakfast before 7:30am is very beneficial to those wanting to stay fit. Those who always skip breakfast, they should change their habits, and it is still better to eat breakfast late until 9 - 10am rather than no meal at all.
Sleeping so late and waking up too late will disrupt the process of removing unnecessary chemicals. Aside from that, midnight to 4:00 am is the time when the bone marrow produces blood. Therefore, have a good sleep and don't sleep late.
TAKE CARE ABOUT YOUR HEALTH
Live Life Without Limits!
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