There is Always a Another Way !!

WISHING ALL OUR READERS A VERY HAPPY & PROSPEROUS DIWALI !!!

Ever since I was a child, I always had a fear of some one under my bed at night.

So I went to psychiatrist and told him :

'I've got problems. Every time I go to bed I think there's somebody under it. I'm scared.

I think I'm going crazy.'

'Just put yourself in my hands for one year,' said the psychiatrist.

'Come talk to me three times a week and we should be able to get rid of those fears.'

'How much do you charge?'

'Eighty dollars per visit,' replied the doctor.

'I'll sleep on it and if needed I will come back to you,' I said.

Six months later the Psychiatrist met me on the street.

'Why didn't you come to see me about those fears you were having?' he asked.

'Well, Eighty bucks a visit three times a week for a year is an awful lot of money!

A bartender cured me for $10. I was so happy to have saved all that money

that I went and bought me a new SUV.

'Is that so!' With a bit of an attitude he said, 'and how, may I ask, did a bartender cure you?'

'He told me to cut the legs off the bed - ain't nobody under there now!

MORAL OF THE STORY : There is always another way to solve a problem !!

Motivational Morning Feelings !

It's true that we don't know What we've got until it's gone,

But it's also true that we don't know
What we've been missing until it arrives..




You can win more friends with your ears than you can with your mouth !




When God allows a burden to be put upon you,
He will put his arms underneath you to help you carry it.




Say what you mean, mean what you say, but don't say it mean.




Worry is like a rocking chair--it gives you something to do but it doesn't get you anywhere.




In prayer you communicate with God, in meditation God communicates with you.




A weird thing about humans is we work till we're sick to get a fortune,
then pay a fortune to get well again.




God always gives His best to those who leave the choice with Him.

Wake Up To The Festival of Lights !!!

Note : Today begins the FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS - DIWALI in India with the first day known as "DHANTERAS". In the word Dhanteras, "Dhan" stands for wealth. On Dhanteras, Goddess Laxmi is worshiped to provide prosperity and well being. Hence Dhan Teras holds a lot more significance for the business community.


We come into this world crying while all around us are smiling.

May we so live that we go out of this world smiling

while everybody around us is weeping.

~ Persian proverb

The supreme excellence is not to

win a hundred victories in a hundred battles.

The supreme excellence is to subdue the armies

of your enemies without even having to fight them.

~ Lao-Tzu - Chinese Philosopher

In prayer it is better to have a heart without words

then words without a heart

~ Mahatma Gandhi

Life is 10 percent what you make it and

90 percent how you take it.

~ Irving Berlin

Man is so made that whenever anything fires his soul,

impossibilities vanish.

~ Jean de la Fontaine

WISHING A HAPPY "DHANTERAS" TO ALL OUR READERS ACROSS THE WORLD !!!

Magical Morning Poem !!

A lovely rose with petals soft

A scent so sweet and light

So beautiful a flower

With colors shining bright.

But something not so savory

About the fragrant rose -

The thorns, so sharp upon the stem,

That sharpen as it grows.

Yet still lovely is the flower

Despite the thorns that prick

Just as life and love are sweet

They too have thorns that stick.

But do not fear to live or love,

Life's not exempt from pain -

So pick a rose, you may get hurt,

But you will also gain!

Have a Great Day!!

Enjoy A Fresh Morning !

Open your eyes so the sun can rise
Flowers can blossom
Birds can sing
Because all are waiting to

see your beautiful smile.

Difficulties are of amazing nature.

For some these are speed breakers and

for others they are an opportunity to jump.

Intelligent & Respectful people always have
Attitude of Fact Finding, Not Fault Finding.

Dont accept other's definition of life
Its your life, so define it yourself, the way you love it to be.
Be Yourself because none knows about you better than YOU.

If your mind is positive,

you would like all the people in the world.
If your tongue is positive,

all the people in the world will like you.

Story of a Tea Cup - Enjoy The Beautiful Morning !!

"There was a time when I was just a dumb lump of red clay. Then one day my master came. He took me, brought me home, rolled and pounded me on a wooden table. Again and again, he poked his fingers into me until finally I yelled out: 'Don't do that! Leave me alone!' But he only smiled and gently said: "Not yet!"

Then, whoommmm! I was placed on a spinning wheel and suddenly spun around and around and around until I lost all my sense of direction: 'Stop it; don't you see that I'm getting sick? Quickly, take me from the spinning wheel!' But the master only nodded in understanding and quietly said:

"Not yet!"

Then he placed me carefully into an oven. I never felt such heat. I yelled and knocked and pounded at the door: 'It is hotter than hell - I'm burning to ashes. Please get me out of here before it is too late.' I could only read his lips as he shook his head from side to side and silently pronounced, "Not yet!"

After I had cooled down he carefully picked me up, looked at me and brushed some dust away. Then he brought the colors! The fumes were horrible! 'Please... You have no mercy! Please, Stop it!' But he only shook his head and said: "Not yet!"

An hour or later he came back and placed a mirror before me and said: "Look at yourself!" And I did.What I saw amazed me. 'That's not me!' I said. 'It is too beautiful...' With a very compassionate voice he spoke: "This is what you are meant to be," and then he explained: "I know it hurt you when I rolled and kneaded you on the table. But if I had not gotten the air out of you, you would have broken. I knew you must have lost all your sense of orientation when I was spinning you. But without this you would never have come into this form. I know the fumes of the colors were intolerable when I painted you all over. But if I had not done that, you would not have had any color in your life."

God is the potter and we are the clay. He will mold us and will expose us to just enough pressures of just the right kinds that we will become a perfect piece of His liking.

Source : K.N.RAJAN

Live Life !!

You wake up in the morning,

Do you know what you're going to do?

Do you have any appointments

That are waiting for you?

How will you spend your day?

Don't waste it at all you see,

You only live it once

Make it the very best that it can be.

Moving on is simple,

what you leave behind,

that makes it so difficult.

It takes a minute to like some one,

an hour to love some one,

but to forget some one

it takes a life time.

Two thoughts that decide the progress in your life

The way you interact when you have nothing in hand and

the way you manage when you have everything in hand

GOOOOD MORNING !!!!

Great Morning Thoughts !!

Make it a practice to judge persons and things
in the most favorable light at all times
and under all circumstances.


~ Saint Vincent de Paul






Remember that everyone you meet is afraid of something,
loves something and has lost something.


~ H. Jackson Brown, Jr.






Be thoughtful of others and you will not be shy,
for they are incompatible addictions.


~ Robert Brault






The best way to knock the chip off your neighbor's shoulder
is to pat him on the back.


~ Author Unknown






Open your heart - open it wide;
someone is standing outside.


~ Quoted in Believe : A Christmas Treasury by Mary Engelbreit






Life is short but there is always time for courtesy.


~ Ralph Waldo Emerson






GOOD MORNING !!!

Inspirational Morning Poem !!

Whatever you give away today,

or think or say or do

will multiply about tenfold

and then return to you.

It may not come immediately,

nor from the obvious source

but the law applies unfailingly,

through some invisible force.

Whatever you feel about another,

be it love or hate or passion

will surely bounce right back to you

in some clear (or secret) fashion

If you speak about some person,

a word of praise or two,

soon, tens of other people

will speak kind words of you.

Our thoughts are broadcasts of the soul,

not secrets of the brain.

Kind ones bring us happiness;

petty ones, untold pain.

Giving works as surely

as reflections in a mirror.

If hate you send, hate you'll get back,

but loving brings love nearer.

Remember,as you start this day

and duty crowds your mind,

that kindness comes so quickly back

to those who first are kind.

Let that thought and this one

direct us through each day.

The only things we ever keep

are the things we give away.

~Author Unknown~

 

Beautiful I've Learned Series - 6/6

I've learned....

that life is tough, but I'm tougher.

I've learned....

that opportunities are never lost;

someone will take the ones you miss.

 

I've learned....

that when you harbor bitterness,

happiness will dock elsewhere.

I've learned....

that I wish I could have told my Mom that I love her,

one more time, before she passed away.

I've learned....

that one should keep his words both soft and tender,

because tomorrow he may have to eat them.

 

 

 

HAVE A BLESSED MORNING !!! 

Sweet Morning Story - Self Appraisal

SELF APPRAISAL

 

A little boy went to a Telephone booth which was at the cash counter of a store & dialed a number.

The store-Owner observed and listened to the Conversation:

 

Boy: "Lady, Can you give me the job of cutting your lawn?

Woman: (at the other end of the phone line) "I already have someone to cut my lawn."

Boy: "Lady, I will cut your lawn for half the price than the person who cuts your lawn now."

Woman: I'm very satisfied with the person who is presently cutting my lawn.

Boy: (with more perseverance) "Lady, I'll even sweep the floor & the stairs of your house for free.

Woman: No, thank you.

With a smile on his face, the little boy end call with thank you.

The Store-owner, who was listening to all this, walked over to the boy.

Store Owner: "Son...I like your attitude; I like that positive spirit & would like to offer you a job."

Boy: "No thanks,

Store Owner: But you were really pleading for one.

Boy: No Sir, I was just checking my performance at the job I already have. I am the one who is working for that lady I was talking to!"

 

 

ENJOY YOUR DAY & THE WEEKEND !!!

Inspirational Morning Thoughts !!

Life is a journey...not a destination. Enjoy the trip!



The biggest lie on the planet When I get what I want I will be happy.



The best way to escape your problem is to solve it.



I've learned that ultimately , 'takers' lose and 'givers' win.



Life's precious moments don't have value, unless they are shared.



If you don't start, it's certain you won't arrive.


 
We often fear the thing we want the most.
 
 
 
WOW .. A WONDERFUL MORNING !!!
 

Lovely Morning Thoughts !

The kindest word in all the world is the unkind word, unsaid.

~   Author Unknown

We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak.

~   Epictetus

One can pay back the loan of gold,

but one dies forever in debt to those who are kind.

~   Malayan Proverb

Being considerate of others will take your children further in life than any college degree.

~   Marian Wright Edelman

Too often we underestimate the power of a touch,

a smile, a kind word, a listening ear,

an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring,

all of which have the potential to turn a life around.

~   Leo Buscaglia

A bit of fragrance always clings to the hand that gives roses.

~   Chinese Proverb

 

 
MAKE IT YOUR DAY !!!
 

Enjoy Your Life Today !!

There are two days in every week

about which we should not worry,

two days which should be kept free

from fear and apprehension.

One of these days is YESTERDAY

with all its mistakes and cares,

its faults and blunders,

its aches and pains.

YESTERDAY has passed forever

beyond our control.

All the money in the world

cannot bring back YESTERDAY.

We cannot undo a single act we performed;

we cannot erase a single word we said.

YESTERDAY is gone forever.

 

The other day we should not

worry about is TOMORROW

with all its possible adversities, burdens,

its large promise and its poor performance;

TOMORROW is also beyond our immediate control.

TOMORROW'S sun will rise,

either in splendor or behind a mask of clouds, but it will rise.

Until it does, we have no stake in TOMORROW,

for it is yet to be born.

This leaves only one day, TODAY.

Any person can fight the battle of just one day.

It is when you and I add the burdens

of those two awful eternities

 YESTERDAY and TOMORROW that we break down.

It is not the experience of TODAY

that drives a person mad...

It is the remorse or bitterness of something

which happened YESTERDAY and the dread of what

TOMORROW may bring.

Let us, therefore,

Live but One Day at a Time.

Beautiful I've Learned Series - 5/6

I've learned....



that love, not time, heals all wounds.










I've learned....


that the easiest way for me to grow as a person


is to surround myself with people smarter than I am.














I've learned....


that everyone you meet deserves


to be greeted with a smile.










I've learned....


that there's nothing sweeter than sleeping with your babies

and feeling their breath on your cheeks.

 







I've learned....


that no one is perfect


until you fall in love with them.
 
 
 
ENJOY THE BEAUTIFUL MORNING ... !!
 
 
Image Courtesy : Words4ever

Being Innovative - A Nice Short Story !

 

A blind boy sat on the steps of a building with a hat by his feet. He held up a sign which said: "I am blind, please help." There were only a few coins in the hat.

A man was walking by. He took a few coins from his pocket and dropped them into the hat. He then took the sign, turned it around, and wrote some words. He put the sign back so that everyone who walked by would see the new words.

Soon the hat began to fill up. A lot more people were giving money to the blind boy. That afternoon the man who had changed the sign came to see how things were. The boy recognized his footsteps and asked, "Were u the one who changed my sign this morning? What did u write?"

The man said, "I only wrote the truth. I said what u said but in a different way."

What he had written was: "Today is a beautiful day & I cannot see it."

Do u think the first sign & the second sign were saying the same thing? Of course both signs told people the boy was blind. But the first sign simply said the boy was blind. The second sign told people they were so lucky that they were not blind. Should we be surprised that the

second sign was more effective?

Moral of the Story :

Be thankful for what you have.

Be creative. Be innovative. Think differently and positively.

 

Thoughtful Morning Messages !

Compromise : The art of dividing a cake in such a way that

everybody believes he got the biggest piece.

When you get right down to the root of the meaning of the word "succeed,"

you find that it simply means to follow through.

I'm not happy, I'm cheerful. There's a difference.

A happy woman has no cares at all.

A cheerful woman has cares but has learned how to deal with them.

You may live in an imperfect world

but the frontiers are not closed and the doors are not all shut.

Happiness is good health and a bad memory.

Defer no time, delays have dangerous ends.

GOOD MORNING !!!!