Weekend Morning Story - God is at work in our lives !

The only survivor of a shipwreck was washed up on a small, uninhabited island. He prayed feverishly for God to rescue him, and every day he scanned the horizon for help, but none seemed forthcoming.

Exhausted, he eventually managed to build a little hut out of driftwood to protect himself from the elements, and to store his few possessions. But then one day, after scavenging for food, he arrived home to find his little hut in flames, the smoke rolling up to the sky.

The worst had happened - everything was lost. He was stunned with grief and anger.

"God, how could you do this to me?" he cried.

Early the next day, however, he was awakened by the sound of a ship that was approaching the island. It had come to rescue him.

"How did you know I was here?" asked the weary man of his rescuers.

"We saw your smoke signal", they replied.

It's easy to get discouraged sometimes when things appear to be going badly. But we shouldn't lose heart, because God is at work in our lives, even in the midst of pain and suffering. 

Source : K.N.RAJAN

Beautiful Morning Thoughts !

Do not complain about others. 

Change yourself if you want peace. 

It is easier to protect our feet with shoes than to carpet the earth.

Slow down and enjoy life. 

It is not only the scenery you miss by going fast 

but you also miss the sense of where you are going and why.

Luck is not in your hands. 

But work is in your hands. 

Your works can make your luck 

but luck can not make your works. 

So always trust yourself.

Everything in life has a beautiful ending. 

And if it is not beautiful, then be sure, it is not the ending.

The truth may walk around naked, but the lie has to be clothed.

Popular Morning Messages !

"To get joy we must give it and to keep joy, we must scatter it."

~   Unknown

"You were born to win, but to be a winner, 

you must plan to win, prepare to win, and expect to win."

~   Zig Ziglar

Resistance creates suffering.

Stress happens when your mind resists what is...

The only problem in your life is 

your mind's resistance to life as it unfolds.

~   Dan Millman

Do not attempt to conquer the world with force,

for force only causes resistance.

~   Lao Tzu

Don't worry or waste energy in attempting to resist the inevitable. 

Take action only when it is likely to be productive. 

In all other situations, practice gracious acceptance.

~   Unknown

Affirmation : Today, I choose the higher road

- the path of charity, acceptance, love, selflessness, kindness.

~   Unknown

Refreshing Morning Poem !

Decide to be happy today, 

to live with whatis yours - 

your family, your business, your job.

If you can't have what you like, 

maybe you can like what you have.

Just for today, be kind, cheerful, agreeable, 

responsive, caring, and understanding. 

be your best, dress your best, talk softly, look 

for the bright side of things.

Praise people for what they do and 

don't criticize them for what they cannot do.

If someone does something stupid, forgive and forget.

After all, it's just for one day.

Who knows, it might turn out to be a good day! 

Start Your Week With Inspiring Thoughts !

There is no sensual pleasure in the world comparable to
the delight and satisfaction that a good man takes in doing good.


~   Tillotson


Humor is an affirmation of dignity,
a declaration of man's superiority to all that befalls him.


~   Romain Gary (1914-1980) French Writer




Right actions for the future are the best apologies
for wrong ones in the past.


~   Tyron Edwards



Don't wait for your "ship to come in,"
and feel angry and cheated when it doesn't.
Get going with something small.


~   Irene Kassorla

 Those who love deeply never grow old;
they may die of old age, but they die young.


~   A.W. Pinero



Learn to enjoy every minute of your life. Be happy now.
Don't wait for something outside of yourself to make you happy in the future.
Think how really precious is the time you have to spend,
whether it's at work or with your family.
Every minute should be enjoyed and savored.


~   Earl Nightingale

Sweet Morning Story - Be Willing To Take Advice!

Be willing to take advice !

Once upon a time, there were three people who went to watch drama together. One of them was far-sighted, another one had a hearing problem, and the other had a twisted head.

After the show, they were judging the drama.

“Today’s show had great singers, but the costume design was poor,” said the person who had farsightedness.

“The costume was perfect, but the sound was too low,” said the person who had hearing problem.

“The sound was loud and the costume was fine. Everything was great, but the performance stage was lopsided,” said the person who had twisted head.

From the story above, most people do not admit their shortcomings. It’s because the person, who had farsightedness, cannot see things in clarity, but complains about the costume; the one, who had hearing problem, cannot hear things clearly, but complains about the music; the one, who doesn’t admit his twisted head, but complains about the performance stage.

   

According to statistics, the vocabulary most often used in our daily communication is either “I” or “me”. Aren't conflicts among human and disputes among nations, the results of over-emphasizing one's opinion?

Accept sincere advice and the reality of truth given by others. One who is willing to take advice and relinquish one’s ego can work well with others.

Cute Morning Poem !!

Shadow of yesterday

Have faded away,

Sun has reappeared

It's a brand new day

Birds singing their song

Loud and clear,

Announcing to the world

A new day is here,

Sun appears in the east

Has begun a new quest,

In the middle at noon

And then sets in the west,

Life isn't your enemy, but your thinking can be !!

At times, it can seem like life is our enemy, as if things never quite pan out the way we would like them to, as if there’s a secret conspiracy against us. However, it’s critical to remember that, in reality, life isn’t our enemy. There is no conspiracy. Life is just life. It is what it is. The factor that can make life seem like our enemy, however, is our thinking. 

    

As obvious as this insight may seem, the implications are enormous. The truth is, life isn’t going to accommodate any of us by giving us fewer demands, less traffic, people who are easier to get along with, or a smoother path toward success. If we want a different experience of life, a more peaceful outlook, we are the ones who must change.

    

If you’re angry, you’re the one having angry thoughts. If you’re stressed, you’re the one having stressful thoughts. If you’re feeling sorry for yourself, again, you’re the one having thoughts of self-pity. The good news, of course, is that while you can’t alter life very often to suit your needs, you do have a fair measure of control over your own thinking. You can change the way you think, and you can change your reactions to life. It’s entirely up to you. You can go on hating the many inconvenient aspects of life or you can relax and commit to changing your reactions to them.

    

It’s very helpful to remind yourself (daily) that your life isn’t your enemy. While you’re at it, remind yourself of the tremendous power of your own thinking that your world is shaped by those thoughts you choose to focus on the most.

Source : K.N.RAJAN

Great Morning Thoughts !!

If you're still hanging onto a dead dream of yesterday, 

laying flowers on its grave by the hour, 

you cannot be planting the seeds for a new dream to grow today.

~   Joyce Chapman

I am always doing things I can't do, that's how I get to do them.

~   Pablo Picasso

Victory is sweetest when you've known defeat.

~   Malcolm Forbes

Hard work without talent is a shame, 

but talent without hard work is a tragedy.

~   Robert Half

Better keep yourself clean and bright; 

you are the window through which you must see the world.

~   George Bernard Shaw

Thoughtful Morning Quotes !

90% of the problems, are due to the tone of voice.

It is not what you say, 

but how you say, that creates the problem.

Marriage is like a flute..

It may have several holes and emptiness.

The same holes and emptiness gives beautiful and melodious tunes, if you know how!

End is not the end. 

In fact E.N.D. is "Effort Never Dies" and if you get NO  in answer,

remember N.O. is "Next Opportunity". 

So always be positive in life !!!

The caliber of a person is not how well he prepares for everything to go right,

But, How he stands up and moves on after everything has gone wrong.

Prayer is not a "spare wheel" that you pull out when in trouble, 

but it is a "steering wheel" that directs the right path throughout. 

Enriching Morning poem !!

Never get hurt when god takes something off your hands, 

it's sure that he leaving you empty handed 

to received something better.... 

Now the New Day has Juzzz started 

Let it be The Best One Yet 

Full of Hope, Success and Gladness 

Leave Nothing to Regret 

When you start caring about yourself, you start loving somebody.. 

But when you start caring about others somebody will start loving you.. 

The fragrance of the flower spreads only in the direction of the wind, 

But the goodness of a person spreads in all direction.   

Have a Blessed Day!!!

Wonderful Morning Thoughts !

"There will be times in life when impossibility is felt, 

but then there are dreams - and dreams allow us possibility."

~   Jeffrey David Lang

"There are in nature neither rewards nor punishments, there are consequences."

~   Robert Ingersoll

"The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched

 - they must be felt with the heart."

~   Hellen Keller

"From the withered tree, a flower blooms."

~   Zen Saying

"Use what talents you possess: 

the woods would be very silent if no birds sang there 

except those that sang best."

~   Henry Van Dyke

Important Morning Statements !

Be resolute in your goals, but flexible in your tactics.

~   jlh

If you know what to do to reach your goal, it's not a big enough goal.

~   Bob Proctor

Resistance creates suffering.

Stress happens when your mind resists what is.

The only problem in your life

is your mind's resistance to life as it unfolds.

~   Dan Millman

I can't change the direction of the wind, 

but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.

~   Jimmy Dean

Catch on fire with enthusiasm 

and people will come for miles to watch you burn.

~   John Wesley

Valuable Morning Messages !

Every test in our life makes us bitter or better,

Every problem comes to make us or break us,

Choice is our whether we become victim or victor..!!

Truth is like oil in water. 

No matter how much water you add.. 

Oil always floats on the top.

Never talk about the faults of others, no matter how bad they may be. 

Nothing is ever gained by that. 

You never help one by telling about his faults, 

you do him an injury, and injure yourself as well.

The pain is not on the day of missing our dear ones.

The pain is really when u live without them & with their presence in your mind.

It is important to first search deep within,

then to look for remaining things in outer world

Beautiful Morning Story ...... Honesty in Life !

A beautiful message - about honesty in life !

A successful business man was growing old and knew it was time to choose a successor to take over the business. Instead of choosing one of his Directors or his children, he decided to do something different. He called all the young executives in his company together.

He said, "It is time for me to step down and choose the next CEO. I have decided to choose one of you. "The young executives were Shocked, but the boss 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 one year from today with what you have grown from the seed I have just given you. I will then judge the plants that you bring, and the one I choose will be the next CEO."

One man, named Jim, was there that day and he, like the others, received a seed. He went home and excitedly, told his wife the story. She helped him get a pot, soil and compost and he planted the seed. Everyday, he would water it and watch to see if it had grown. After about three weeks, some of the other executives began to talk about their seeds and the plants that were beginning to grow. 

Jim kept checking his seed, but nothing ever grew. Three weeks, four weeks, five weeks went by, still nothing. By now, others were talking about their plants, but Jim still didn't have anything growing and he felt like a failure.

Six months went by -- still nothing in Jim's pot. He just knew he had killed his seed. Everyone else had trees and tall plants, but he had nothing. Jim didn't say anything to his colleagues, however, he just kept watering and fertilizing the soil - He so wanted the seed to grow.

A year finally went by and all the young executives of the company brought their plants to the CEO for inspection. Jim told his wife that he wasn't going to take an empty pot. But she asked him to be honest about what happened. Jim felt sick to his stomach. It was going to be the most embarrassing moment of his life, but he knew his wife was right. He took his empty pot to the board room. When Jim arrived, he was amazed at the variety of plants grown by the other executives. They were beautiful -- in all shapes and sizes. Jim put his empty pot on the floor and many of his colleagues laughed, but a few felt sorry for him!

When the CEO arrived, he surveyed the room and greeted his young executives.

Jim just tried to hide in the back. "My, what great plants, trees and flowers you have grown," said the CEO. "Today one of you will be appointed the next CEO!"

All of a sudden, the CEO spotted Jim at the back of the room with his empty pot. He ordered the Financial Director to bring him to the front. Jim was terrified. He thought, "The CEO knows I'm a failure! Maybe he will have me fired!" 

When Jim got to the front, the CEO asked him what had happened to his seed - Jim told him the story. 

The CEO asked everyone to sit down except Jim. He looked at Jim, and then announced to the young executives, "Behold your next Chief Executive Officer! 

His name is Jim!" Jim couldn't believe it. He couldn't even grow his seed?

"How could he be the new CEO?" the others said.

Then the CEO said, "One year ago today, I gave everyone in this room 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; they were dead - it was not possible for them to grow.

All of you, except Jim, 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. Jim 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 Chief Executive Officer!" 

* 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 contentment

* If you plant consideration, you will reap perspective

* If you plant hard work, you will reap success

* If you plant forgiveness, you will reap reconciliation

So, be careful what you plant now; it will determine what you will reap later. 

Beautiful Morning Philosophy !!

Smartness of a person can be judged by the way a person answers unexpected questions

~   Proverb.

The power of one is the power to do something.

~   English Proverb.

The greater the risk, the greater the rewards.

~   Unknown

A person must not swallow more belief, than he can digest.

~   Haxelock Hills

Every man is the architect of his own future.

~   Keluzy

Never trust the advice of man in difficulties.

~   Aesop

Lovely Morning Poem !!

The world would like to change you;

There are pressures all around,

You must decide just who you are,

Then firmly hold your ground.

You have an image of yourself,

An ideal sense of you;

And to this vision you must always

Struggle to be true.

You know what you are good at,

And you know where talents lie;

But if you're ruled by others,

Your uniqueness could pass by.

Remember, there is much to learn,

All new things aren't good,

Wisdom lies in what you've learned

And what you have withstood.

So be yourself and don't allow

The world to take control,

Preserving your identity

Is life's most precious goal.

~~Bruce B. Wilmer

Beautiful Morning Words !!

Start the work in the name of God... 

Do the work with the help of God... 

Finish the work with thanks to God... 

because he decides, gives, and makes everything possible.

Past is experience, Present is experiment. Future is expectation!!! 

Use ur experience in your experiments to get your expectations. 

Wish u a happy life.

Life is only traveled Once, 

Today's Moment becomes Tomorrow's memory.

Enjoy every moment, good or bad, 

because the Gift of Life is Life itself...

Love yourself, 

Flirt with your understanding, 

Romance with dreams, 

Get engaged with simplicity, 

Marry genuineness, 

Divorce the egos... 

That's Good Life...

In the end, only 3 things matter the most: 

How fully you lived, 

how deeply you loved & 

how well you learned to let go of things not meant for you!