Forwarded by Bhagyalakshmi Sundaran
Wednesday, 14 July 2010 1:35 PM
Difficult financial times often inspire people to become more extraordinary. Challenge and adversity can push people toward their own greatness. It can launch you on a deeper personal journey toward happiness, fulfillment, and a life of meaning. As you explore ways to gather strength and improve self-esteem, remember, it is not so much about what you have but who you are. May these tips inspire you. May you go from strength to strength and be a source of strength to others.
Broke is not Broken:
Being broke is not the same as being broken, losing money is not the same as being lost, and finding your balance is not something you can do on a balance sheet.
Having Less Does not Mean You are Less:
Do not confuse having less with being less, having more with being more, or what you have with who you are.
Savor Life and Slow Down:
When you are in a hurry, go slowly. The faster you go in life the sooner it is a blur.
Prayer Creates a New Path:
Prayer creates a path where there is none and turns your stumbling blocks into building blocks.
Courage is not the Absence of Fear:
Put your faith in charge and not your fears. Courage is not the absence of fears but how you wrestle with them.
Embrace the Future:
If you are busy hugging the past, you cannot embrace the future. Do not let the past kidnap your future.
Change is the Only Constant:
This too shall pass. Change is the only constant. In order to take a breath, you must release your breath.
Make a Difference:
Do what you can but never forget that letting go is very different from giving up. Of all the things you can make in life, remember that you make all the differences.
Embrace Happiness:
Tough times do not require you to be tough on yourself. Find the courage to embrace happiness.
You Are Great:
Things do not have to be good for you to be great.
Saturday, July 27, 2013
Friday, July 26, 2013
The Pencil
Forwarded by Ashraf
Saturday, 8 August 2009 7:18 AM
A boy was watching his grandmother write a letter.
At one point he asked, "Are you writing a story about what we've done? Is it a story about me?"
His grandmother stopped writing her letter and said to her grandson, "I am writing about you, actually, but more important than the words is the pencil I’m using. I hope you will be like this pencil when you grow up."
Intrigued, the boy looked at the pencil.
It didn’t seem very special.
"But it’s just like any other pencil I’ve ever seen!," said the boy.
The grandmother answered, "That depends on how you look at things. The pencil has five qualities which, if you manage to hang on them, it will make you a person who is always at peace with the world.
First quality: you are capable of great things, but you must never forget that there is a hand guiding your steps. We call that hand God, and He always guides us according to His will.
Second quality: now and then, I have to stop writing and use a sharpener. That makes the pencil suffer a little, but after wards, he’s much sharper. So you, too, must learn to bear certain pains and sorrows, because they will make you a better person.
Third quality: the pencil always allows us to use an eraser to rub out any mistakes. This means that correcting something we did is not necessarily a bad thing; it helps to keep us on the road to justice.
Fourth quality: what really matters in a pencil is not its wooden exterior, but the graphite inside. So always pay attention to what is happening inside you.
Finally, the pencil’s Fifth quality: it always leaves a mark. in just the same way, you should know that everything you do in life will leave a mark, so try to be conscious of that in your every action."
Saturday, 8 August 2009 7:18 AM
At one point he asked, "Are you writing a story about what we've done? Is it a story about me?"
His grandmother stopped writing her letter and said to her grandson, "I am writing about you, actually, but more important than the words is the pencil I’m using. I hope you will be like this pencil when you grow up."
Intrigued, the boy looked at the pencil.
It didn’t seem very special.
"But it’s just like any other pencil I’ve ever seen!," said the boy.
The grandmother answered, "That depends on how you look at things. The pencil has five qualities which, if you manage to hang on them, it will make you a person who is always at peace with the world.
First quality: you are capable of great things, but you must never forget that there is a hand guiding your steps. We call that hand God, and He always guides us according to His will.
Second quality: now and then, I have to stop writing and use a sharpener. That makes the pencil suffer a little, but after wards, he’s much sharper. So you, too, must learn to bear certain pains and sorrows, because they will make you a better person.
Third quality: the pencil always allows us to use an eraser to rub out any mistakes. This means that correcting something we did is not necessarily a bad thing; it helps to keep us on the road to justice.
Fourth quality: what really matters in a pencil is not its wooden exterior, but the graphite inside. So always pay attention to what is happening inside you.
Finally, the pencil’s Fifth quality: it always leaves a mark. in just the same way, you should know that everything you do in life will leave a mark, so try to be conscious of that in your every action."
Monday, July 22, 2013
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