I just received this poem in my mail, i liked it and wanted to share it here. Enjoy
THE KNOTS PRAYER.
Dear God :
Please untie the knots that are in my mind ,
my heart my life.
Remove the have nots ,
the can nots and the do nots
that I have in my mind
Erase all the will nots ,
might nots
that may find a home in my heart .
Read more…
Today I will delete from my diary
two days: yesterday and tomorrow
Yesterday was to learn
and tomorrow will be the consequence
of what I can do today.
Words said and Words written have an effect on people. Here is a Story i read and wanted to share with you all.
A speaker was speaking about the power of positive thinking
and the power of words.
Positive Thinking brings strength, energy and initiative
Thinking positively and acting on good constructive thoughts opens the path to our WELLNESS, which at best can be described as a state of mind.
Our thoughts shape and govern our actions. Human brain is a complex but most effective computer, which even the best and fastest chips cannot match. The chief differentiator is its ability to THINK.
While our thought process is shaped by many inputs, which continuously stream into our conscious and unconscious brain segments, one simple thing to be understood is that our total personality, actions and the state of being is resultant of our thoughts.
Our THINKING is shaped by the multiple inputs stored in our brain since childhood and the on-going experiences we have on a daily basis. Some experiences and events however leave a profound long-term impact on us.
All these experiences and inputs are a combination of whatever we term for ourselves as happy, sad and indifferent ones.
It is a universal truth that life will present all possible combinations in everyone’s life. No one can aspire to have only ONE kind of CHOSEN experiences.
It is however in OUR OWN HANDS to view and interpret these inputs:
The Power of Positive Thinking is immense. We can change our whole personality and the day-to-day state-of-being through Positive Thinking.
A whole body of writings is available on this subject and almost 4,000 books have been written on Happy Psychology and related subjects last year (The Times of India-Magazine Section, Sunday 1st Feb’09).
While there has been tremendous material progress the world over in the last decades and new opportunities are available for hitherto unheard of careers, new services are available, choices for the consumer have increased multifold, we have to recognize that in today’s globalized world, this automatically leads to higher competition and greater emphasis on performance.
Evolution is a natural process and the shape of things is continuously undergoing transformation.
We have to learn to live and enjoy in this wonderful world full of opportunities while being conscious of the challenges the pace of development poses.
There is an on-going debate between materialism and spiritualism and many ‘Gurus’ ascribe higher stress and depression faced by mankind today to the RACE towards materialism.
It is definitely POSSIBLE. We only have to imbibe POSITIVE THINKING and the RIGHT ATTITUDE towards things, events and happenings.
This will also help to achieve the necessary BALANCE.
According to Lord Krishna in Gita, the mantra is of ‘Karma’ and of ‘Detached Attachment’. It is a bit difficult but can be achieved to a reasonable degree if we think positively and strive to achieve it through continuous conscious efforts.
CONCLUSION
We can engage in the Worldly Pursuits and also follow the Path of Spirituality simultaneously by following the ‘GOLDEN MEAN’, the path of moderation. We have to keep defining boundary limits for ourselves and should never go overboard.
Positive Thinking helps us to view things differently and enables us to develop a healthy perspective.
We must give positive inputs to our mind to stimulate positive thoughts and filter out the negative ones.
· Feeling grateful can actually change our lives.
· Let us be grateful to the ‘God of Our Understanding’ for his /her blessings. Remember that God is always benevolent and is our best ‘Friend’. We have to do our deed and leave the rest to God, rather than constantly trying to force the results.
· The change in our perspective will enable us to view our whole life differently.
· It will enable us to become joyful, more determined and enthusiastic.
· Feeling grateful can actually make us healthier and shall lead us towards a ‘Higher Quality of Life’.
· We shall not feel depressed or anxious.
· We should be grateful to our parents, life partner, children co-workers and friends, as they are partners in our progress.
· Gratitude when expressed to others always comes back.
· We must record our ‘Thanks’. Normally we forget to thank others for the ‘Several Small Good Things’, which make life happy and joyous for us. Example-Thank the spouse for a good hot meal, thank your boss for his guidance and appreciation, thank your juniors for their support and good work etc.
(Many ideas have been taken from an article by Deborah Norville in The Readers Digest-Feb.’09 issue)
The thrill is actually in the ‘Journey’ and not so much on reaching the ‘Destination’.
· The anticipation, planning, joys of small achievements and heartaches due to failures are all parts of a landscape we witness from a moving train-sometimes green and rosy, at other times barren and rocky.
· One always gives way to the other and we should therefore enjoy both.
· We shall enjoy the sweet smell of success only after the struggle. (sometimes even failures)
· Mahatma Gandhi laid greater stress on the ‘Means’ rather than the ‘End’ and rightly so.
· Let us not aim at achieving success through bluff and unfair means. If we want to move through life with our head held high, then let us take the straight but sometimes longer path. This will make the Journey immensely rich and amazing.
CONCLUSION
Positive thinking will enable us to ‘Enjoy the Process’, the Journey of life, with all its ups and downs.
For Positive Thinking to change our lives, it must become our predominant mind-set.
ARUN VEDHERA
You cannot control what happens to you, but you can control your ATTITUDE toward what happens to you, and in that, you will be mastering change rather than allowing it to master you.
Brian Tracy
Our ATTITUDE toward life determines lifes’ ATTITUDE towards us
Earl Nightingale
The greatest discovery of my generation is that human beings can alter their lives by altering their ATTITUDES of mind.
William James
There is little difference in people but that little difference makes a big difference. That little difference is ATTITUDE. The big difference is whether it’s positive or negative.
W. Clement Stone
A positive ATTITUDE may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.
Herm Albright
If you don’t think every day is a good day, just try missing one.
Cavett Robert
How we think shows through in how we act. ATTITUDEs are mirrors of the mind. They reflect thinking.
David J. Schwartz
ATTITUDES are more important than facts
Karl A Menniger
Develop an ATTITUDE of gratitude, and give thanks for everything that happens to you, knowing that every step forward is a step toward achieving something bigger and better than your current situation.
Brian Tracy
ATTITUDE is a little thing that makes a big difference.
Winston Churchill
Happiness is an ATTITUDE. We either make ourselves miserable, or happy and strong. The amount of work is the same.
Winston Churchill
You are as young as your faith, as old as your doubt, as young as your self-confidence, as old as your fear, as young as your hope, as old as your despair.
Paul H. Duhn
It is so often true that whether a person carries with him an atmosphere of gloom and depression or one of confidence and courage depends on his individual outlook.
James Keller
The only disability in life is a bad ATTITUDE.
Scott Hamilton
There are no menial jobs, only menial ATTITUDE.
William J. Bennett
Being a sex symbol has to do with an ATTITUDE, not looks. Most men think it’s looks, most women know otherwise.
Kathleen Turner
A happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances, but rather a person with a certain set of ATTITUDES.
Hugh Downs
Ability is what you’re capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. ATTITUDE determines how well you do it.
Lou Holtz
Success or failure depends more upon ATTITUDE than upon capacity. Successful people act as though they have accomplished or are enjoying something. Soon it becomes a reality. Act, look, feel successful, conduct yourself accordingly and you will be amazed at the positive result.
Dupree Jordan
Life is a mirror: if you frown at it, it frowns back; if you smile, it returns the greeting.
Anonymous
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
Eleanor Roosevelt
All the technology in the world will never replace a positive ATTITUDE.
Harvey MacKay
We awaken in others the same ATTITUDE of mind we hold toward them.
Elbert Hubbard
Look at everything as though you were seeing it either for the first or last time.
Betty Smith
