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We all need some sort of inspiration and motivation to tune our days positively and live each day to the fullest.
Humorous lesson for the day - Special dedication to those who have young inquisitive kids under their care
A curious child asked his mother: “Mommy, why are some of your hairs turning grey?”
The mother tried to use this occasion to teach her child: “It is because of you, dear. Every bad action of yours will turn one of my hairs grey!”
The child replied innocently: “Now I know why grandmother has only grey hairs on her head.”
Moral of the story: Watch out what metaphors you use to teach your young ones about difficult topics, it could either backfire or worse could leave you with more riddles to explain.
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A Note for the Day
Dear Me,
"Should you want to contain something,
you must first let it expand.
Should you want to weaken something,
you must first let it grow strong.
Should you want to take something,
you must first allow it to be given.
The lesson here is called
the wisdom of obscurity.
The gentle outlasts the strong.
The obscure outlasts the obvious.
The soft overcomes the hard.
The slow overcomes the fast.
Let your workings remain a mystery.
Just allow people to see the results." Verse 36,Tao Te Ching Lao Tzu
As Dr. Wayne W. Dyer colorfully puts it try to be a little more obscure, a little less interfering, a little less notice me and a little less 'I know it all' person. You are already connected to everything you want or need. It will come to you at the exact perfect time as rivers and streams come to the ocean at the perfect time and place. You got to trust it will come to you, you don't have to chase after it. Just become a little less obsessed with your ego and your self importance, who you are and what you have done. Be grounded, be humble and be obscure.
A gratifyingly blessed day to us all!
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Nails In The Fence
Author Unknown
There once was a little boy who had a bad temper. His father gave him a bag of nails and told him that every time he lost his temper, he must hammer a nail into the back of the fence.
The first day the boy had driven 37 nails into the fence. Over the next few weeks, as he learned to control his anger, the number of nails hammered daily gradually dwindled down. He discovered it was easier to hold his temper than to drive those nails into the fence.
Finally the day came when the boy didn't lose his temper at all. He told his father about it and the father suggested that the boy now pull out one nail for each day that he was able to hold his temper. The days passed and the young boy was finally able to tell his father that all the nails were gone.
The father took his son by the hand and led him to the fence. He said, "You have done well, my son, but look at the holes in the fence. The fence will never be the same. When you say things in anger, they leave a scar just like this one. You can put a knife in a man and draw it out. It won't matter how many times you say I'm sorry, the wound is still there."
The little boy then understood how powerful his words were. He looked up at his father and said "I hope you can forgive me father for the holes I put in you."
"Of course I can," said the father.
May you have a beautiful Monday and a week filled with gratifying experiences. Let your words and actions bring healing, comfort and joy. And may you be a source of enlightenment and inspiration to all around you.
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A Note to the Egoistic Self
Dear me,
The worst form of addiction in life is the obsession we have to our ego and self importance, to who we are and what we have done. We are so much engrossed in ‘I know it all’, ‘I am always right’ and ‘Mine is always the best way’ kind of mentality. We worry by far more whether others have conformed to our ways or have endorsed our ideologies. We are so enslaved to our ego and the good opinions of others that we spend majority of our time making sure people notice us and accept us. If you check how we act on social Medias such as this it would show you much clearly. We spend much time checking who liked, commented on or shared the status updates we post, the picture we have shared or the opinions and causes we advocate. It is more of ‘I’, ‘Me’ and ‘Mine’ kind of mentality than what is out there I could learn from others.
So, dear me, please do always be reminded of the wise words of Lao Tzu on The Toa Te Ching that stated on Verse 36, “The gentle outlasts the strong, the obscure out powers the obvious.” On your everyday try to become a little more obscure, a little less interfering and a little less ‘Notice me’ kind of person. It is wise to be free from the bad opinions of others but the truest wisdom is to be free from the good opinions of others and to be free from the egoistic mentality that seeks the approval of others of you and your actions.
May you have a day filled with humbling experiences.
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A Note for the Inner-Self
Dear me,
"An easy way to immediately expand your personal 'reference experience library' is by exploring the wealth of literature, stories, myths, poetry and music available all around you. READ BOOKS, WATCH MOVIES AND VIDEOTAPES, ATTEND PLAYS, GO TO SEMINARS, TALK WITH STRANGERS. All references have power, and you never know which one could change your entire life." Giant Steps: Small Changes to Make Big Difference by Anthony Robbins
May you commit your everyday to build you positive REFERENCE EXPERIENCE LIBRARY.
Live an enlightened and inspired life!
May you have a gratifyingly blessed day to you.
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The Ten Rules For Being Human
Rule One - You will receive a body.
You may love it or hate it, but it will be yours for the duration of your life on Earth.
Rule Two - You will be presented with lessons.
You are enrolled in a full-time informal school called "life". Each day in this school you will have the opportunity to learn lessons. You may like the lessons or hate them, but you have designed them as part of your curriculum.
Rule Three - There are no mistakes, only lessons.
Growth is a process of experimentation, a series of trials, errors and occasional victories. The failed experiments are as much as a part of the process as the experiments that work.
Rule Four - The lesson is repeated until learned.
Lessons will be repeated to you in various forms until you have learned them. When you have learned them, you can go on to the next lesson.
Rule Five - Learning does not end.
There is no part of life that does not contain lessons. If you are alive, there are lessons to be learned.
Rule Six - "There" is no better than "here".
When your "there" has become "here" you will simply obtain another "there" that will look better to you than your present "here".
Rule Seven - Others are only mirrors of you.
You cannot love or hate something about another person unless it reflects something you love or hate about yourself.
Rule Eight - What you make of your life is up to you.
You have all the tools and resources you need. What you do with them is up to you.
Rule Nine - Your answers lie inside of you.
All you need to do is look, listen, and trust.
Rule Ten - You will forget all this at birth.
You can remember it if you want by unraveling the double helix of inner-knowing.
(From the book If Life Is a Game, These Are the Rules by Dr. Chérie Carter-Scott.)
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A Note for the Inner-self
Dear me,
"To forgive is the highest, most beautiful form of love. In return, you will receive untold peace and happiness." Robert Muller
Take the weekend to forgive not only those whom you are holding grudges on for doing wrong on you or soaring your life, but do also take the time for the many flaws you did to your self and others. As David Ridge said it best "True forgiveness is not an action after the fact, it is an attitude with which you enter each moment." Live your present with an attitude of gratitude for having them in your life and for being alive and surviving the many turmoils of your life.
Stay blessed, stay happy, love living life and live an inspired life!
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A note for the Impatient Me
Dear me,
T. D. Jakes always says 'It takes faith to try again after failing.' Never lose hope and never give up as every new day presents you with yet another opportunity to start anew and afresh. Let the start of each brand new day a reset point for your attitude towards failing. As Dr. Wayne W. Dyer puts it in his book Excuses Begone may you start your day with positive affirmation:
"I can accomplish anything I put my mind to because I know i am never alone."
"I have access to unlimited assistance. My strength comes from my connection to my source." and
"The right circumstances and the right people are already here and will show up in time."
May you have a gratifyingly enlightening day!
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When you wake up in the morning, do you choose your attitude? Or do you let your environment choose it for you?
You can’t control what happens to you, but trust me you can control how you react to it.
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Small daily actions lead to big changes!
"If you want to change the world, start off your day by making your bed. That one tasks leads to the next task, and the next, and the next." - Admiral William H. McRaven
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Clay Balls - Author Unknown
A man was exploring caves by the seashore. In one of the caves he found a canvas bag with a bunch of hardened clay balls. It was like someone had rolled clay balls and left them out in the sun to bake. They didn't look like much, but they intrigued the man so he took the bag out of the cave with him.
As he strolled along the beach, he would throw the clay balls one at a time out into the ocean as far as he could. He thought little about it until he dropped one of the balls and it cracked open on a rock. Inside was a beautiful, precious stone.
Excited the man started breaking open the remaining clay balls. Each contained a similar treasure.
He found thousands of dollars worth of jewels in the 20 or so clay balls he had left. Then it struck him. He had been on the beach a long time. He had thrown maybe 50 or 60 of the clay balls with their hidden treasure into the ocean waves. Instead of thousands of dollars in treasure, he could have taken home tens of thousands, but he just threw it away.
It's like that with people. We look at someone, maybe even ourselves, and we see the external clay vessel. It doesn't look like much from the outside. It isn't always beautiful or sparkling so we discount it. We see that person as less important than someone more beautiful or stylish or well known or wealthy. But we have not taken the time to find the treasure hidden inside that person by God.
There is a treasure in each and every one of us. If we take the time to get to know that person, and if we ask God to show us that person the way He sees them, then the clay begins to peel away and the brilliant gem begins to shine forth.
May we not come to the end of our lives and find out that we have thrown away a fortune in friendships because the gems were hidden in bits of clay.
May we see the people in our world as God sees them.
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An Everyday Prayer
The Prayer of St. Francis of Assisi
Lord, make me an instrument of your peace,
Where there is hatred, let me sow love;
Where there is injury, pardon;
Where there is doubt, faith;
Where there is dispair, hope;
Where there is darkness, light;
Where there is sadness, joy;
O Divine Master,
Grant that I may not so much seek
To be consoled as to console;
To be understood as to understand;
To be loved as to love.
For it is in giving that we receive;
It is in pardoning that we are pardoned;
And it is in dying that we are born to eternal life."
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A Note for the Day
Dear me,
"If you are looking for leadership you don't have to always look up at the front to find it. Great leadership doesn't start out on the stage. It doesn't start out being as governors, mayors, presidents, CEOs or managers. Great leadership starts out in the back. The truth of the matter is, the great leaders come from the ordinary places. " Bishop T.D. Jakes
May you always be reminded that in what seems a small job, you can do great things; by being more at the background you can be more visible; by doing what many consider as a small insignificant task you can achieve more; and by being of service to many you can accomplish great deals. And at all times as Dr. Wayne W. Dyer always puts it die to your ego and live to the greatness with in you and free your soul from being a hostage to your ego and start being a host to God: humility, kindness and hope.
Have a gratifying day!
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The Day’s Reminder
Dear Me,
“What a caterpillar calls the end of the world, the master calls it a butterfly.” Richard Bach
Don’t always believe what you think and don’t give in to your own self talks too often. You are more than what you think you are and you can achieve more than what you say to yourself that you can. Have faith and patience, the best is yet to come and you never know, you might be just a step away you’re your higher success. And the same goes to the people around you. You never know how much the comforting shoulder you offer, the hand you extend, the smile you bring to their face, the tears you wipe from their face or the serenity you bring to their soul mean to them. What you might have thought is an inch; it could be the mile they needed.
May you have a week filled with extraordinary events and encounters to make your life inspiringly sensational!
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A Note to the Inner-self
Dear me,
"The rung of a ladder was never meant to rest upon, but only to hold a man's foot long enough to enable him to put the other somewhat higher." Thomas Henry Huxley
All the experiences you have passed through thus far are like the rung of a ladder that have been helping you to move up in life to your 'PRESENT'. All the encounters, all the people you have been graced with by their presence in your life and all the work experiences you have gained, have helped you to grow a better YOU in you.
keep every new day as a marveling journey that brings you more opportunities to better yourself on your EVERYDAY. With all your 'YESTERDAYs' being the rungs of your life's ladder in bettering your TODAYs, be always grateful for all the blessings in your life.
On your every morning affirm to yourself that 'TODAY is my gift and I always have, in the 'NOW', the opportunity to better my best and reach MY OWN HEIGHTS in life. I shall seek the better of me, the goodness in the people i encounter and the events I live by.'
"Life is not about discovering our talents; it is about pushing our talents to the limit and discovering our genius." Robert Brault
May you have a blessed day.
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My life has been a road with many thorns, but I made friends with those thorns and my life became beautiful. And i could give beauty to so many other people's lives." Sindhutai Sakpal
The most inspiring story I have ever watched, a story that is told in a beautifully humbling way. So moving so powerful.
Indeed, an ideal example of influence without affluence.
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A philosophy professor stood before his class with some items on the table in front of him. When the class began, wordlessly he picked up a very large and empty mayonnaise jar and proceeded to fill it with rocks, about 2 inches in diameter.
He then asked the students if the jar was full. They agreed that it was.
So the professor then picked up a box of pebbles and poured them into the jar. He shook the jar lightly. The pebbles, of course, rolled into the open areas between the rocks.
He then asked the students again if the jar was full. They agreed it was.
The professor picked up a box of sand and poured it into the jar. Of course, the sand filled up the remaining open areas of the jar.
He then asked once more if the jar was full. The students responded with a unanimous “Yes.”
“Now,” said the professor, “I want you to recognize that this jar represents your life. The rocks are the important things – your family, your partner, your health, your children – things that if everything else was lost and only they remained, your life would still be full. The pebbles are the other things that matter – like your job, your house, your car. The sand is everything else, the small stuff.”
“If you put the sand into the jar first,” he continued, “there is no room for the pebbles or the rocks. The same goes for your life. If you spend all your time and energy on the small stuff, you will never have room for the things that are important to you. Pay attention to the things that are critical to your happiness. Play with your children. Take your partner out dancing. There will always be time to go to work, clean the house, give a dinner party, or fix the disposal.”
“Take care of the rocks first – the things that really matter. Set your priorities. The rest is just sand.”
Author Unknown
#LoveNeverending #Priorities
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“Listen to your intuitive inner voice and find what passion stirs your soul. When you do this, you’re also tapping into another face of intention: love. If you’re doing what you love and loving what you do—whatever it is—you make a living at it!” ~Dr. Wayne Dyer, “Seven Secrets of a Joyful Life” by Glenn Paskin, Family Circle June 2015
"You came here with music to play, so when you begin to harmonize with what only you hear playing in your mind, . . . be willing to take the first step in the direction of those synchronistic callings. This is your highest self calling! This is your reemergence with your Source of being." ~Dr. Wayne Dyer, I Can See Clearly Now
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“Creat a habit of giving today, take a look at your life, your world, your family, your day, do what works for you. Donate, volunteer, help a neighbor, be kind to a stranger. This is how we’re going to go from anxiety and depression to happy.
Together we can all start small and we can make the world a better world, a happier world, one give one day at a time.” Jacqueline Way
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I am definitely sure you have either smiled or laughed along with this.
Laughter or smile is one of the most contagious emotions people experience. If you have to be a source of any emotion for other through out your day, let it be emotions of joy, happiness and gratitude.
A blessed Monday and a joyful New Week for you.
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A Note to the Inner-self
Dear me,
Whenever you find yourself silent and being indifferent to injustice, discrimination and inhumane treatment just because it didn't happen to you, here is a powerful lesson from Niemöller that speaks volumes about your ignorance.
"First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a socialist.
Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out— because I was not a trade unionist.
Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—because I was not a Jew.
Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me." Niemöller
Be a voice to the voiceless, a shoulder to those who needed support and a channel hope and inspiration for everyone around you.
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I have seen and read a lot of inspiring stories, but this is the one that has touched me the most. When you know your gaps, the right words always make an impact.
If I could have one tenth of the humility and one hundredth of the impact on my students as he has on his, I would say that is a well lived carrier.
As Dr. Wayne W. Dyer always says when you have the choice to be right and be kind, choose alway being kind. Because kindness leads to to achieve you the right deeds. Don't be a hostage to your ego rather be a host to being good and kind.
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Two Ways to See The World
Everyone has ideas, but why is it that only some of us are able to bring those ideas to life?
Like a camera, we can choose where want to put our focus. Some people focus on the thing they want and work to find ways to manifest it. Others focus on all the things standing in their way, and can’t see beyond those obstacles.
#SimonSinek
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A Note to the Inner-self
Dear me,
Being happy doesn't mean everything is perfect and you are living a glitch free life. Rather, its to be able to see beyond the imperfection and the many flaws there may be with a heart of gratitude and humility; its to be able to see the goodness and the positive in everything you live by and everyone you encounter in your walk of life; Its to be able to forgive others and specially yourself for the many wrongs you lived through and not to burden your heart with hatred and anger; And its to be able to let go and let God.
Live each day as if its your very first day and as if its your very last. Count your blessing, not your worries!
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A note to the Inner-self
Dear me,
Never ever take life and the people you have for granted. Life is the journey and the people you encounter in it are the the landmarks, the blessings and the lessons that make the ride interesting. Never put off what you wanted to do or say for sometime later. Because very often that 'later' might be too late. And that, my dear, will break you and sore your life.
So be wise with life; treasure the people you have, celebrate the occasions shared and cherish the wisdoms and lessons you have learnt in the process. However busy, however tight and however packed your day may seem, do make time for life and the many beautiful colors, friends and loved ones, it presents you. That will give you the power and the strength to celebrate them and their life than mourn and broken when they are gone.
Make time for life!
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A Note for the Inner-self
Dear me,
It's a new day, a beautiful one. Be in charge of your decisions and actions. Don't be clouded by the small glitches that happen here and there. Look beyond and witness the endless opportunities that are yet to unfold for you. Remember, problems are part of life. But guess what, they are not life.
You owe yourself to be the best you could be and have most from this life.
May you have a gratifying and inspiring day.
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The Mouse Story…
This is yet another inspiring story that has taught he a great deal in dealing with challenging moments in life and to stand for what I believe and the truth. Hope you would find it as a worthy lesson to note. Enjoy it!
A mouse looked through the crack in the wall to see the farmer and his wife opens a package. “What food might this contain?” The mouse wondered – he was devastated to discover it was a mousetrap.
Retreating to the farmyard, the mouse proclaimed the warning. “There is a mousetrap in the house! There is a mousetrap in the house!”
The chicken clucked and scratched, raised her head and said, “Mr. Mouse, I can tell this is a grave concern to you but it is of no consequence to me. I cannot be bothered by it.”
The mouse turned to the pig and told him, “There is a mousetrap in the house! There is a mousetrap in the house!” The pig sympathized, but said, “I am so very sorry, Mr. Mouse, but there is nothing I can do about it but pray. Be assured you are in my prayers.”
The mouse turned to the cow and said, “There is a mousetrap in the house! There is a mousetrap in the house!” The cow said, “Wow, Mr. Mouse. I’m sorry for you, but it’s no skin off my nose.”
So, the mouse returned to the house, head down and dejected, to face the farmer’s mousetrap– alone.
That very night a sound was heard throughout the house — like the sound of a mousetrap catching its prey. The farmer’s wife rushed to see what was caught. In the darkness, she did not see it was a venomous snake whose tail the trap had caught.
The snake bit the farmer’s wife. The farmer rushed her to the hospital and she returned home with a fever. Everyone knows you treat a fever with fresh chicken soup, so the farmer took his hatchet to the farmyard for the soup’s main ingredient. But his wife’s sickness continued, so friends and neighbors came to sit with her around the clock. To feed them, the farmer butchered the pig. The farmer’s wife did not get well; she died. So many people came for her funeral; the farmer had the cow slaughtered to provide enough meat for all of them. The mouse looked upon it all from his crack in the wall with great sadness.
So, the next time you hear someone is facing a problem and think it doesn’t concern you, remember –when one of us is threatened, we are all at risk. We are all involved in this journey called life. We must keep an eye out for one another and make an extra effort to encourage one another.
REMEMBER: EACH OF US IS A VITAL THREAD IN ANOTHER PERSON’S TAPESTRY; OUR LIVES ARE WOVEN TOGETHER FOR A REASON.
Source: Unknown
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Your attitude is the measure of your altitude!
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The true meaning of happiness is to achieve and live your dream, to sing and dance with your own music of life.
See yourself as part of the solution in the wonders of life- the hand that you extend, the shoulder that you lend, the listening ear that you offer or the simplest smile that you give out has a power to lift one's spirit up, mend a broken heart and brighten their life.
Be the change you want to see in others.
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