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Beet roots (Uses)

2011-05-20T23:42:00.000-07:00

Beet roots (Uses)
As a vegetable
The usually deep-red roots of beetroot are eaten boiled as a cooked vegetable, or cold as a salad after cooking and adding oil and vinegar, or raw and shredded, either alone or combined with any salad vegetable. A large proportion of the commercial production is processed into boiled and sterilized beets or into pickles. In Eastern Europe beet soup, such as borscht, is a popular dish. Yellow colored beetroots are grown on a very small scale for home consumption.

Health benefits
Beetroots are a rich source of potent antioxidants and nutrients, including magnesium, sodium, potassium and vitamin C, and betaine, which is important for cardiovascular health. It functions by acting with other nutrients to reduce the concentration of homocysteine, a homologue of the naturally occurring amino acid cysteine, which can be harmful to blood vessels and thus contribute to the development of heart disease, stroke, and pheripheral vascular disease.

Additionally, several preliminary studies have shown betaine may protect against liver disease, particularly the build-up of fatty deposits in the liver caused by alcohol abuse, protein deficiency, or diabetes among other causes.
Beetroot juice has been shown to lower blood pressure and thus help prevent cardiovascular problems.

LEMON

2010-03-25T06:17:00.000-07:00

Benefits of LEMON

Lemon is one of those super foods with a myriad health and cosmetic benefits. There are a few persons for whom it is an allergen, so make sure you are not allergic to this natural product, before you start enjoying the many benefits.

1. Lemon being a citrus fruit , fights against infection. It helps in production of WBC's and antibodies in blood which attacks the invading microorganism and prevents infection.
2. Lemon is an antioxidant which deactivates the free radicals preventing many dangerous diseases like stroke, cardiovascular diseases and cancers.

3. Lemon lowers blood pressure and increases the levels of HDL (good cholesterol) .

4. Lemon is found to be anti-carcinogenic which lower the rates of colon, prostate, and breast cancer. They prevent faulty metabolism in the cell, which can predispose a cell to becoming carcinogenic. Also blocks the formation of nitrosamines in the gut.

5. Lemon juice is said to give a glow to the skin.

6. A few drops of lemon juice in hot water are believed to clear the digestive system and purify liver as well.

7. The skin of lemon dried under the sun and then ground to make powder can be applied to the hair for a few minutes before bath which relieves head ache and cools the body.

8. Applying lemon juice to acne dries the existing ones and prevents from getting more.

9. Lemon juice acts as a natural hair lightner and skin bleach which reduces the pigment melanin and prevents the risk of chemical allergic reactions which is common with hair dyes and bleaches.

10. Lemon juice is given to relieve gingivitis, stomatitis, and inflammation of the tongue.

11. Lemon juice is given to prevent common cold.

12. Lemon juice is given to prevent or treat urinary tract infection and gonorrhea.

13. Lemon juice is applied to the sites of bites and stings of certain insects to relieve its poison and pain.

14. Lemon juice relieves colic pain and gastric problems .

15. Lemon juice soothes the dry skin when applied with little glycerin .

16. Lemon juice used for marinating seafood or meat kills bacteria and other organisms present in them, thereby prevents many gastro-intestinal tract infections.

17. Lemon juice with a pinch of salt (warm) every morning lowers cholesterol levels and brings down your weight.

18. Lemon juice is the best drink to prevent dehydration and shock in case of diarrhea.

19. Lemon juice can also be used as a mouthwash. It removes plaque, whitens the teeth and strengthens the enamel.

20. A table spoon on thick lemon syrup everyday relieves asthma.

21. Lemon juice relieves chilblains and itchy skin.

22. Gargling lemon juice relieves throat infection and also used as a treatment for diphtheria .

23. Lemon juice is an excellent treatment for dandruff and greasy hair .

24. Lemon applied over the face removes wrinkles and keeps you young.

25. Lemon juice helps to prevent and cure osteoarthritis.

BANANA!!!

2010-03-23T05:57:00.000-07:00

After Reading THIS, you'll NEVER look at a banana in the same way again!

Bananas Containing three natural sugars - sucrose, fructose and glucose combined with fiber, a banana gives an instant, sustained and substantial boost of energy. Research has proven that just two bananas provide enough energy for a strenuous 90-minute workout. No wonder the banana is the number one fruit with the world's leading athletes. But energy isn't the only way a banana can help us keep fit. It can also help overcome or prevent a substantial number of illnesses and conditions, making it a must to add to our daily diet.

Depression:

According to a recent survey undertaken by MIND amongst people suffering from depression, many felt much better after eating a banana. This is because bananas contain tryptophan, a type of protein that the body converts into serotonin, known to make you relax, improve your mood and generally make you feel happier.

PMS:

Forget the pills -- eat a banana. The vitamin B6 it contains regulates blood glucose levels, which can affect your mood.

Anemia:

High in iron, bananas can stimulate the production of hemoglobin in the blood and so helps in cases of anemia.

Blood Pressure:

This unique tropical fruit is extremely high in potassium yet low in salt, making it the perfect way to beat blood pressure. So much so, the US Food and Drug Administration has just allowed the banana industry to make official claims for the fruit's ability to reduce the risk of blood pressure and stroke.

Brain Power:

200 students at a Twickenham school were helped through their exams this year by eating bananas at breakfast, break, and lunch in a bid to boost their brain power. Research has shown that the potassium-packed fruit can assist learning by making pupils more alert.

Constipation:

High in fiber, including bananas in the diet can help restore normal bowel action, helping to overcome the problem without resorting to laxatives.

Hangovers:

One of the quickest ways of curing a hangover is to make a banana milkshake, sweetened with honey. The banana calms the stomach and, with the help of the honey, builds up depleted blood sugar levels, while the milk soothes and re-hydrates your system.

Heartburn:

Bananas have a natural antacid effect in the body, so if you suffer from heartburn, try eating a banana for soothing relief.

Morning Sickness:

Snacking on bananas between meals helps to keep blood sugar levels up and avoid morning sickness.

Mosquito bites:

Before reaching for the insect bite cream, try rubbing the affected area with the inside of a banana skin. Many people find it amazingly successful at reducing swelling and irritation.

Nerves:

Bananas are high in B vitamins that help calm the nervous system.

Overweight and at work?

Studies at the Institute of Psychology in Austria found pressure at work leads to gorging on comfort food like chocolate and chips. Looking at 5,000 hospital patients, researchers found the most obese were more likely to be in high-pressure jobs. The report concluded that, to avoid panic-induced food cravings, we need to control our blood sugar levels by snacking on high carbohydrate foods every two hours to keep levels steady.

Ulcers:

The banana is used as the dietary food against intestinal disorders because of its soft texture and smoothness. It is the only raw fruit that can be eaten without distress in over-chronicler cases. It also neutralizes over-acidity and reduces irritation by coating the lining of the stomach.

Temperature control:

Many other cultures see bananas as a "cooling" fruit that can lower both the physical and emotional temperature of expectant mothers. In Thailand , for example, pregnant women eat bananas to ensure their baby is born with a cool temperature.

Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD):

Bananas can help SAD sufferers because they contain the natural mood enhancer tryptophan.

Smoking:

Bananas can also help people trying to give up smoking. The B6, B12 they contain, as well as the potassium and magnesium found in them, help the body recover from the effects of nicotine withdrawal.

Stress:

Potassium is a vital mineral, which helps normalize the heartbeat, sends oxygen to the brain and regulates your body's water balance. When we are stressed, our metabolic rate rises, thereby reducing our potassium levels. These can be rebalanced with the help of a high-potassium banana snack.

Strokes:

According to research in "The New England Journal of Medicine," eating bananas as part of a regular diet can cut the risk of death by strokes by as much as 40%!

So, a banana really is a natural remedy for many ills. When you compare it to an apple, it has four times the protein, twice the carbohydrates, three times the phosphorus, five times the vitamin A and iron, and twice the other vitamins and minerals. It is also rich in potassium and is one of the best value foods around. So maybe its time to change that well-known phrase so that we say, "A banana a day keeps the doctor away!"

Correct Way of Eating Fruits

2010-02-21T03:46:00.000-08:00

Mistake of mine . . .

2010-02-18T23:09:00.000-08:00

Mistake of mine . . .

I had you once
I lost you too
but now you are gone
and my heart left with you..

It was all my fault
I didn't mean to hurt you
but now you are gone
and there is nothing I can do..

I still love you
but you love someone else
he is better than me
and you deserve it as well..

I wish we could go back
to the way things used to be
but it is too late now
and you have left me..

I'm so sorry Angel
I regret that I ever hurt you
but as long as you're happy
I'll try to live without you . . .

U & Me

2009-12-02T09:15:00.000-08:00

U Gave me!

2009-12-02T09:08:00.000-08:00

U r my Friend

2009-11-22T23:19:00.000-08:00

Helping Hand

2009-11-19T19:54:00.000-08:00

Here I sit, thinking only of you

Wondering what is to become of us

Understanding all you have been through

Hoping to slowly gain your trust

My heart aches for you,

and also I yearn I want to understand you

In hopes that I will learn

Your unique and special qualities amaze me

Your smile

Your mind

Your voice

and its beautiful sound

Your eyes

Your hair

Your ability to cheer me up

When you see that I am down

My feelings for you go beyond that of words

And at first it didn't seem real

But that just taught me a lesson

In doubting what I feel

It seems I dreamed you into life

And the reason for my stare

The bluest sky

The deepest sea

Don't even compare

Becky, you're so very special in every single way

And thoughts of you

Run through my head

Every hour of the day

I hope that you will understand

Just how I feel about you

I want to be your guiding hand

For all that you go through . .

Always....

2009-11-09T00:18:00.000-08:00

Broken Heart

2009-11-07T22:18:00.000-08:00

Nobody Knows its empty
This smile tht I wear,
The real 1 is left in the past
Bcoz U have left me there.

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Nobody knows Im crying
They wont even see my tears,
When they think that Im laughing
I still wishing U were here.

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Nobody knows its painful
They think that Im strong,
They say that this wont kill me
But I wonder if they were wrong.

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Nobody knows Im praying
That U will change my mind,
They think that I had let U go
When U left me behind.

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Nobody knows I miss U
They think I feel set free,
But I feel like Im bound with chains
Trapped in the mystery.

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Nobody knows I need U
They say I can do it on my own,
But they don’t know Im crying
When I m all alone.

Hello Friend

2009-11-06T22:29:00.000-08:00

How to Succeed

2009-11-04T01:46:00.000-08:00

Don't talk negatively about people behind their backs.
If you gossip, people won't confide in you.
Mind your own business.

Try to work for someone who'll challenge your powers.
You'll learn more in a year than 4 years of college.

Successful bosses have good communication skills.
They learn from people, including their employees.

Work in such a way that makes your boss look good.
It's not flattery.

On downsizing, the first to go are those with few friends.
Bosses prefer competent people whom they respect.

Dress for the job you want, not the one you have.
Let your dress reflect professionalism.

Personal integrity is crucial.
Tell nothing but the truth.
Bosses can forgive mistakes but if you lie, you're gone.

Be on time.
Try to arrive few minutes early.
It saves you from stress.
You'll be much relaxed & work better

Workout to get in good physical shape.
Unless exceptionally skilled, the unhealthy are at a comparative disadvantage.

Strive your best to keep a deadline.
If you cannot meet it, then apologize & ask for an extension

Don't take things personally.

If some people are unhappy with you, it's their problem.
But always strive to give your best.

If you must correct someone,don't get personal about it.
Do it never in front of others.

Spend some time alone everyday. What's the mission of my life? What do I want to be?And how to go about it.

As you move along Plan A of your career,maintain a Plan B as well —an alternative course to rely

Always remember that the secret of success is passion. Always think big. Spread love & joy. You'll have blissful years ahead

Its your own world

2009-09-12T14:29:00.000-07:00

Don't compare yourself with any one in this world.

If you compare, you are insulting yourself.

No one will manufacture a lock without a key

Similarly God won't give problems without solutions.

Life laughs at you when you are unhappy...

Life smiles at you when
you are happy...Life salutes you when
you make others happy...

Every successful person has a painful story.Every painful story has a successful ending.

Accept the pain and get ready for success.

Easy is to judge the mistakes of others.Difficult is to recognize our own mistakes.

It is easier to protect your feet with slippers than to cover the earth with carpet.

No one can go back and change a bad beginning;

But anyone can start now and create a successful ending.

If a problem can be solved, no need to worry about it.

If a problem cannot be solved what is the use of worrying?

If you miss an opportunity don't fill the eyes with tears.

It will hide another better opportunity in front of you

"Changing the Face" can change nothing.But "Facing the Change" can change everything.

Don't complain about others;Change yourself if you want peace.

Mistakes are painful when they happen.

But year's later collection of mistakes is called experience, which leads to success.

Be bold when you looseand be calm when you win.

Heated gold becomes ornament. Beaten copper becomes wires. Depleted stone becomes statue. So the more pain you get in life you become more valuable.

Indian finds Saudi father after 27 years

2009-07-17T22:37:00.000-07:00

DREAM COME TRUE:

ALKHOBAR: Twenty-eight-year-old Indian national Ahmed Fahhad Mohammad Al-Hajri's story is stranger than fiction. It is a story that film directors in India would die for. It is straight out of Bollywood.

Born to a Saudi father and an Indian mother in Mumbai in 1981, Ahmed Al-Hajri has spent most of his life trying to track down his father. His father, Fahhad Mohammad Faleh Al-Hajri, was suffering from acute spinal pain in the early 1980s when he headed to Mumbai for an operation. One of his friends accompanied him to India. The treatment was to be long and hard. The two Saudis decided to marry in India.

They went about it in a legal and Islamic way. Thirty-eight-year-old Fahhad married Salma Khan. The marriage took place in 1980 with the consent of Salma's father, Khair Mohammad Khan, who originally hailed from Swat Valley before the partition of India in 1947.
The marriage was solemnized by Qazi Abdul Jabbar Khan of Bhendi Bazar and it was duly registered. Al-Hajri stayed in Mumbai for some months and then left for Saudi Arabia never to return.

A few months later, Salma was blessed with a baby boy. She awaited her husband's return. Days turned to months and months to years. There was no way to contact Fahhad. To make matters worse for Salma, the address that Fahhad mentioned in the marriage contract was sketchy at best.

Angered by the helplessness and desperate situation of his dear daughter, Salma's father approached the Saudi Consulate and filed a written complaint against Fahhad.

"If he is not going to come back, fine; he should at least give her a divorce so that they could close the chapter," he wrote in his complaint addressed to the Saudi consul general. Nothing came of it.

There was no word from and no trace of Fahhad. Salma kept hoping against hope that he would turn up one day to surprise her and their son. That never happened. In between, Fahhad's friend, who had accompanied him to Mumbai on the first trip and who had also married another Indian woman at the time, visited India and learned about Fahhad's Indian wife giving birth to a "handsome" baby boy. He also was told by acquaintances that Salma had named Fahhad's son Ahmed. The friend did inform Fahhad about the birth of a son.

In any case, Fahhad never returned to India. He told Arab News that he did however try to locate Salma through his employees who visited India every year. He said they never succeeded because Salma had married another man and was no longer at the location Fahhad knew.
When Salma's father realized the futility of waiting endlessly for Fahhad to return, he went to Qazi Abdul Jabbar Khan. In accordance with the Islamic principles, the marriage was annulled. The husband was reported as missing. Salma's father arranged a marriage for her to another man with whom she now leads a comfortable and happy life in Mumbai. She has had more children, and she has basically turned a new leaf in her life after the turbulent 1980s.

Things weren't that easy for the son, however. He would constantly badger his mother with questions about his father. "Who is he? Where is he? Why did he leave us?" he would ask her day and night. His mother would narrate the whole story to him, night after night. "What does he look like?" Ahmed continued to ask, and eventually his mother produced a grainy black-and-white photograph of his parents, which was taken the day after their marriage.

"It is a picture of happiness, and in those impressionistic days it was my lifeline. It held the key to my existence. In that photograph, my father is on the right, and he is looking at my mother, who is smiling. There is just a side view of my father. That photograph was the only tangible thing I had that linked me to my Saudi father," Ahmed told Arab News on the phone from Bisha on Wednesday. "That photograph would eventually help me to connect the missing link in my life."

Ahmed's mother ensured he got a good education. "I did my schooling in Mumbai, and then mother sent me to Lucknow for graduate studies," Ahmed said, "but more than education my heart and mind were set on only one thing - to locate my father. I promised myself to go to any corner of the globe to find him. However, since my mother wanted me to complete my education I did it, and the day I graduated I came back to Mumbai, applied for a passport and started knocking the doors of various travel agents who would recruit people for various jobs in Saudi Arabia."

As luck would have it, it did not take long for Ahmed to get a job offer. "The travel agent said there was a Saudi employer looking for educated Indians for his companies in Saudi Arabia. That was how I was introduced to my sponsor, Khaled Al-Mutairi. 'What can you do?' he asked me at the travel agent's office in Mumbai. 'Anything,' I told him, and immediately explained the real reason for my desperate interest in coming to Saudi Arabia. He was moved by my story."
Al-Mutairi sent a visa for Ahmed as soon as he got back to Saudi Arabia.

"I landed in Dammam in 2003 for a monthly salary of SR500. I was armed with that black-and-white photograph and the marriage certificate and the copy of the complaint that my maternal grandfather had lodged against my father at the Saudi Consulate in Mumbai," said Ahmed. "I thought it would be very easy to locate him. It dawned on me very late that there were hundreds if not thousands of Al-Hajris in Saudi Arabia and that they are spread across the length and breadth of this vast Kingdom."

Ahmed worked in one of Al-Mutairi's hotels. Coincidentally, the firm that supplied ice to the hotel was named Al-Hajri Ice Factory.

"I was delighted and thought the ice-factory owner might turn out to be my father, and if not he would certainly have some clue to my father's whereabouts. I promptly produced the photograph for the ice-factory owner. He didn't recognize anybody in it. It was not he."

After a few more attempts, it dawned upon him the task was not easy. Four years passed, and he was soon losing hope when a friend of his suggested that he take recourse to putting an advertisement in Arabic newspapers. "I did just that," he said. "Not a soul responded."

A little later, Ahmed befriended a Passport Department official who would frequent their hotel. "Once again, it rekindled my hope. In the complaint that my maternal grandfather lodged with the Saudi Consulate in Mumbai, there was a mention of my father's passport number. Surely that should reveal all the contact details of my father," thought Ahmed. A few days later his friend came back without good news. "He said there were no records for that number. It seems Saudis get a new passport number every five years. Those were not the days of the computer when everything would be centralized and all data available at the click of a mouse. The old records were not there, or maybe they were there - but not in the Dammam passport office."

In a last-ditch effort, a Keralite friend suggested that he report the story in a local newspaper read by Keralites. "I never thought it would succeed, but my Keralite friend said since Keralites have a huge network spread far and wide across the Kingdom they would certainly know the Al-Hajri he was looking for. My report was published in a local Malayalam newspaper. One of the Keralites in Riyadh read it and held his head in his hands after reading it. 'Mushkila, mushkila,' he muttered. 'What mushkila?' asked his sponsor. He narrated the whole story to his sponsor and showed the picture that accompanied the article. One look and the Saudi sponsor said, 'Oh this is Fahhad Al-Hajri from Bisha.' He immediately called my father and explained everything. My father was in Riyadh at the time. He promptly sent my brother to find out all my details. When my stepbrother turned up that night at the hotel in Dammam, my heart was pounding. It was a bittersweet feeling. I was the happiest man on earth. I was about to fulfill my lifelong quest. The dots that could never be connected were about to be connected. My life was about to be complete."

Ahmed's voice chokes as he narrates the details of that night. "My father basically asked me three questions. What is your name? What is your mother's name? And what was your grandfather's name? I told him everything - the name of the person who had solemnized the marriage and the area in Mumbai where the marriage took place. My father asked me to pass on the cell phone to my stepbrother and told him, 'Yes, this is my son. He is your brother; bring him home.'"

Ahmed said he relaxed. "My job was done. Now, I was curious to see how my father looked. I thought of pestering him with many, many questions that were swirling in my mind. 'Why did he abandon us? What were the reasons? What made him do so?' There were a million things on my mind. The next morning, my brother approached my sponsor, Al-Mutairi. He readily agreed to release me. He was happy for me. 'Mabrook,' he told me. 'Anta Saudi; maafi Hindi,' he said as he bid me an emotional adieu. I then met my father. That was the most beautiful moment in my life." It was what Ahmed Fahhad Mohammad Al-Hajri so long had hoped for.

"One look at him, and all my anger dissipated in one second," he said. "I no longer had any questions. One hug from him, and it was like Paradise. He apologized for his mistake and said there were things that were beyond him. He insisted that he did try to locate Ahmed and his mother through common friends but didn't succeed. That night my father threw a grand party in Riyadh for his near and dear ones."

Ahmed then accompanied his father and brother to Bisha. "There my father threw another party. There was a big celebration. In the meantime, I informed my anxious mother about my father's discovery. She was very happy for me. My father apologized to her, as well. And as they say 'all's well that ends well.' My father now proudly introduces me to all his friends as his long-lost son from India."

Having realized his fondest dream, Ahmed is now with his father in Bisha. He still has an Indian passport. The Al-Hajris have approached the Ministry of the Interior to process Ahmed's Saudi citizenship papers. "It will take some time ... there are too many bureaucratic procedures to be completed," Ahmed says.

In the meantime, his stepbrothers, stepmother and stepsisters treat him like a prince. "They pamper me a lot," the soon-to-be Saudi said. "My father is 68 years old now and is retired, but his stepbrothers are well settled running their own businesses. I have picked up a smattering of Arabic. Conversation is no longer a problem. Acceptance in the family was the most important thing, and that happened very smoothly." The only thing that Ahmed misses other than his mother is the spicy Indian food. "Arabic food is bland; I need spicy Indian stuff," Ahmed said. "I am getting used to the Saudi food now."

Ahmed Al-Hajri in Saudi

Arab News
The Middle East's Leading English Daily News

This will never happen in your life again

2009-07-14T04:55:00.000-07:00

On August 7 , 2009

At 12hr 34 minutes and 56 seconds

On the 7th of August this year,

the time and date will be

12:34:56 07/08/09

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Why people fail to accomplish their goals?

2009-07-13T05:05:00.000-07:00

Well, the first reason I would like to share with you that makes our goals fail is that we don’t have a clear enough plan of what we really want in life or to where we want to go. Without the plan, how can we possibly know when we get there? By having a clear plan we can have more conviction about where we are at present. Always remember that a well written plan is must for any success in our life.

The second reason is that, we fail to take action in order to get somewhere. Many of us wonder why our life doesn’t go the way we want it. The thing is that we often don’t know what action to take and we are not being honest with ourselves. The best idea in the universe will not take us anywhere without our action.

The final reason is most of us give up just before we are about to accomplish our goals. We let discouragement and obstacles become barriers, rather than using them as launching pads for the next approach. What if our last discouragement is the key to getting what we want? How important is this goal to us? If it is a “must” we can’t give it up. That doesn’t mean us beat our head against the wall doing the same thing over and over again but it also means us find another approach.

No one wants to fail in life. we all would like strive to be the best we can be. So you know now, why is it that some people seemingly fail over and over again. Let’s avoid the pain of failure and plan goal first, take action and never give up…

I wish you good luck to lead yourself to the road to success.

Thank you for reading.

Secret To Your Success!

2009-07-10T22:23:00.000-07:00

Good Day!

I would like to share an awesome video from my favorite incredible coach Bob Proctor, it could help you to achieve massive success... no matter what you do, where you live, your current financial condition, what your education level is, or who you want to become!

I wish you good Luck!

Let's make the world a better place

2009-07-05T03:59:00.000-07:00

"You make the world a better place by making yourself a better person."

Scott Sorrell

Make someone feel good.

2009-07-04T01:40:00.000-07:00

Doing for others make us feel good. It may also be good for our physical health. A recent study found that people who give support and assistance to others live healthier and longer.

• keep smiling on your face. We can be happier at work if we smile more, even if we have to fake it. Putting on a happy face has positive benefits both for you and the people around you. Smile makes everyone feel good. Try it right now and notice how it makes you feel more relaxed.

• Help a friend, relative, or neighbor with errands, transportation, shopping, or other tasks.

• Get involved in a volunteer organization.

• Teach your child how good it feels to give to others by volunteering together as like helping out an elderly neighbor.

• Pick up trash when you see it in a park or on the beach.

• Let someone else take the good parking space or go ahead of you in line.

I wish you good luck to make someone feels good.

Thank you for reading

Why? Why? Why?

2009-06-29T22:27:00.000-07:00

"As long as one keeps searching, the answers come." =Joan Baez=

Asking ourselves 'why?' helps us delve deeply into our main motives -- why we do what we do. This process helps us go deeper into our reasoning, habits and unconscious beliefs. Once we become aware of our underlying motives, we can choose to change them, if we wish.

Regularly ask yourself, 'Why am I...?' Listen closely for the answer that surfaces in your mind, and write it down. Now look at your answer and ask why again. Continue with this process to reach the true source of your motivation.

Higher Awareness

An old Father and his Son

2009-06-28T04:38:00.000-07:00

An 80 year old man was sitting on the sofa in his house along with his 45 years old highly educated son.

Suddenly a crow perched on their window.

The Father asked his Son, "What is it?"

The Son replied "It is a crow".

After a few minutes, the Father asked his Son the 2nd time, "What is it?"

The Son said "Father, I have just now told you "It's a crow".

After a little while, the old Father again asked his Son the 3rd time, what is it?"

At this time some ex-pression of irritation was felt in the Son's tone when he said to his Father with a rebuff.

"It's a crow, a crow".

A little after, the Father again asked his Son the 4th time, "What is it?"

This time the Son shouted at his Father, "Why do you keep asking me the same question again and again, although I have told you so many times 'IT IS A CROW'. Are you not able to understand this?"

A little later the Father went to his room and came back with an old tattered diary, which he had maintained since his Son was born. On opening a page, he asked his Son to read that page. When the son read it, the following words were written in the diary :-

"Today my little son aged three was sitting with me on the sofa, when a crow was sitting on the window. My Son asked me 23 times what it was, and I replied to him all 23 times that it was a Crow. I hugged him lovingly each time h e asked me the same question again and again for 23 times. I did not at all feel irritated I rather felt affection for my innocent child".

While the little child asked him 23 times "What is It", the Father had felt no irritation in replying to the same question all 23 times and when today the Father asked his Son the same question just 4 times, the Son felt irritated and annoyed.

So..,

If your parents attain old age, do not repulse them or look at them as a burden, but speak to them a gracious word, be cool, obedient, humble and kind to them. Be considerate to your parents. From today say this aloud, "I want to see my parents happy forever. They have cared for me ever since I was a little child. They have always showered their selfless love on me. They crossed all mountains and valleys without seeing the storm and heat to make me a person presentable in the society today".

Say a prayer to God, "I will serve my old parents in the BEST way. I will say all good and kind words to my dear parents, no matter how they behave.

Thanks you for reading...

Author: Unknown

Can I Borrow 25$?

2009-06-09T04:14:00.000-07:00

A woman came home from work late, tired and irritated, to find her 5-year old son waiting for her at the door.

SON: 'Mummy, may I ask you a question?'

MUM: 'Yeah sure, what it is?' replied the woman.

SON: 'Mummy, how much do you make an hour?'

MUM: 'That's none of your business. Why do you ask such a thing?' the woman said angrily.

SON: 'I just want to know. Please tell me, how much do you make an hour?'

MUM: 'If you must know, I make 50$ an hour..'

SON: 'Oh,' the little boy replied, with his head down.

SON: 'Mummy, may I please borrow 25$?'

The mother was furious, 'If the only reason you asked that is so you can borrow some money to buy a silly toy or some other nonsense, then you march yourself straight to your room and go to bed. Think about why you are being so selfish.. I don't work hard everyday for such childish frivolities.'

The little boy quietly went to his room and shut the door..

The woman sat down and started to get even angrier about the little boy's questions. How dare he ask such questions only to get some money?

After about an hour or so, the woman had calmed down , and started to think:

Maybe there was something he really needed to buy with that 25$ and she really didn't ask for money very often.The woman went to the door of the little boy's room and opened the door...

'Are you asleep, son?' She asked.

'No Mummy, I'm awake,' replied the boy.

'I've been thinking, maybe I was too hard on you earlier' said the woman. 'It's been a long day and I took out my aggravation on you. Here's the 25$ you asked for.'

The little boy sat straight up, smiling. 'Oh, thank you Mummy!' he yelled. Then, reaching under his pillow he pulled out some crumpled up bills.

The woman saw that the boy already had money, started to get angry again.

The little boy slowly counted out his money, and then looked up at his mother.

'Why do you want more money if you already have some?' the mother grumbled.

'Because I didn't have enough, but now I do,' the little boy replied.

'Mummy, I have 50$ now. Can I buy an hour of your time? Please come home early tomorrow. I would like to have dinner with you.'

The mother was crushed. She put his arms around her little son, and she begged for his forgiveness.

It's just a short reminder to all of you working so hard in life. We should not let time slip through our fingers without having spent some time with those who really matter to us, those close to our hearts. Do remember to share that 50$ worth of your time with someone you love.

If we die tomorrow, the company that we are working for could easily replace us in a matter of hours. But the family & friends we leave behind will feel the loss for the rest of their lives.

I wish you to find lots of time and enjoy it with your family

.
Thank you for reading

"Be Thankful For Every Day You Have To Spend With Those You Love"

2009-06-06T21:47:00.001-07:00

Hey there my good friends!

It's Tracy, to tell you 2 things.

Why am I telling you to be thankful? Well, because 3 days ago, my husband was involved in a severe auto accident that completely totaled my little Toyota.

He was hit head on by a drunk driver on his way to the grocery store...He's sort of a night owl and likes to go shopping late at night when there isn't heavy grocery traffic ;-)

A van pulled out in front of him and came straight for him in the wrong lane!! Then BANG! My car was hit, skidded about 20 feet from the road, and luckily there were other motorists behind him that called the police immediately.

I was taken by police escort to the hospital at around 2:35 am, which was scary seeing police at this time. That's when you KNOW something is very, very wrong. They were very professional and polite letting me know that my husband was all right, but he was injured, and that the accident wasn't his fault :-D Lovely police ;-)

The story gets even scarier though.

My husband told me the day after the accident that he was planning on taking our 10 year old daughter with him that night, but something in the back of his mind said "No, Don't".

If she would have been in that car, she would have surely been sitting in the front passenger side, and that is where a majority of the damage occurred, she would have been killed almost instantly.

Now, THAT is truly a wake up call of the highest order!!

So, be thankful that you have your loved ones around you because someone careless could take them from you in an instant.

Hug your children and tell them you love them every single day.

Give up the remote to your husband or wife. Kiss them. Hug them. Tell them you love them because you never know what tomorrow will bring. Or if there will even be one.

I hope that you are happy and healthy, wherever you are in the World.

All My Best,

Tracy Yates
B2E Ezine Owner
Columbus

BELIEVE IN

2009-05-11T23:59:00.000-07:00

1.Forgive others and yourself:
Life is too short to hold on to regrets, grudges or disappointments.
Free yourself by forgiving others and yourself and letting go
of any negative energy.

2. Practice gratitude and appreciation:
Focus on everything good in your life and you will feel grateful.
Also, appreciate the wonderful people around you.

3. Live each day as though it were your last:
In that way, you will be living in a state of purpose with non-attachment to people or things and in one of love.

4. Meditate or pray:
You open up a direct link between yourself and spirituality when you meditate or pray. You come closer to your creator energy and experience peace, clarity and joy. You will reach a balanced state between your mental, physical, emotional and spiritual realms.

5. Suspend judgement:
Judgement energy is dense, dark and heavy.
Let go of judging and criticising others and yourself.
Everyone is on a different path and some appear to be farther ahead on theirs than others. No path is better or worse than another.
Learn to accept.

6. View every experience as a gift:
If you look back at occurrences in your life, you can easily see how even the worst situations ended up teaching you valuable lessons. This resulted in putting you in the perfect place for your continuing development.

7. Stay consciously aware of all your thoughts and feelings:
It is easy to fall into bad patterns of complaining and feeling like a victim of society and your life. When you catch yourself in the negative zone, switch to one of gratitude and positive thinking.

8. Treat your physical body as your temple:
Your body is the only vehicle you've been given for this ride called life.
The better you care for your body by eating a healthy, balanced diet, by following a regular exercise routine and by giving your body the rest it requires, the more you will feel increased vitality.

9. View the world through the eyes of a child:
Children are happy observing and feeling the wonder and beauty in every single thing. They can't get enough. Look at everything and each human being as a child would and you'll be in a constant position of surprise and enliightenment.

10. Give lots of love from your heart:
It's all about love. Love is the highest vibration.
Allow yourself to receive love unconditionally from others.
And, offer love from your heart in the same way to others and yourself and you will attain the highest state of awareness and bliss possible.

Smile - Serve - Sacrifice - Satisfy
A BIRD SITTING ON THE BRANCH OF TREE ISN'T AFRAID OF BRANCH BREAKING BECAUSE THE BIRD TRUSTS NOT THE BRANCHES, BUT IT'S OWN WINGS.
"Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value. Success will follow you."
"The Road to Success is always under construction"

How to plan for achieve success

2009-04-28T04:49:00.001-07:00

Most of my friends tell that they are not happy with their lives but they never want to try anything to change their lives. They just live their life day by day with no direction and go wherever life takes them. When you don’t plan to be successful, you will not recognize opportunities. It’s easy to blame your circumstances but you should look for ways and plan to become a successful person.

The very first thing is that you need to know what it is that you want out of your life. Go somewhere alone that is quite, spend sometimes and ask yourself that what do you really want in your life? You will need to write your answers down in detail. When you have a list of things that you want to accomplish prioritize your list and then give it a dead line of your list that you would like to accomplish. You will have some obstacles in your way to succeed but don’t allow yourself to give it up.

People who succeed at anything in life have usually planned for it first. Plan for your success first then believe that you will be successful and then visualize yourself being successful, act like you are successful. They say “Fake it until you make it” it will help you to shape your own future which would be full of successes.

All you have to do is believe, be ready to receive, open your mind and heart, and start thinking as though you were already successful that would condition your mind to find more opportunities and increase more successes.

Thank you for reading and I wish you good luck with your plan

A unique relationship

2009-03-29T01:02:00.000-07:00

Did you know that?
There is a relationship between

your two eyes?

They blink together,
They move together,
They cry together,
They see things together,
And they sleep together,
But they never see each other…

A real friendship would just be like that.

Life is like a hell without friends.

3 Kays of how to live (Which one is bigger?)

2009-03-25T00:49:00.000-07:00

Good Day,

That’s really cool, you’ve got to see it to believe it, learn the 3 keys of how to live abundantly in your finances, health and relationship.

There’s this one part with the card trick that really blew my mind. You’ll see what I mean.

Click on bellow link and enjoy it…

http://www.LawToSuccess.net/blog/?name=Arina&cbid=karinakro&tid=

I wish you a beautiful Wednesday…

Be in Joy now and everything will change

2009-03-23T21:17:00.000-07:00

In the moment that I discovered The Secret I realized that I had been living my entire life backwards. If things were good in my life, I was happy. If things were difficult in my life and everything was going wrong, I was stressed and miserable. In my ignorance, I had been misusing the law of attraction all of my life. But all of that changed when I had the knowledge of The Secret.

To live in accordance with The Secret and the most powerful law in the Universe, we must be in Joy first - and then everything will change. To live our lives by emotionally reacting to what is happening outside of us is misusing the law! As we react with negative emotion to any difficulties, we attract more negativity into our lives. We cannot defy the law of attraction, which operates on the most microscopic levels of vibration, and with absolute exactitude.

You must be in Joy first. And then your life will change into Joy.

Difficult times are the greatest opportunities in disguise. When we face difficult times we have to put in determined work to get ourselves into Joy. But let me tell you, when you can get yourself into Joy despite what is happening around you, your life must change - it's the law!

In addition, as you become Joy in difficult times you are becoming the master of your emotions, the master of your life, and the master of the law of attraction. Difficult times are your greatest opportunity to practice yourself into Joy.

Of course if your life is going along swimmingly then it is very easy to be in Joy. During those times your Joy is most likely a reaction to the good times. But the magnificence and the power that you really have within you will be seen when you can be in Joy during difficult times. It is then that you will see the true power that you have within you, because as you hold to Joy, you will shift all the energies of the Universe, and your life and your world will change.

The cause of everything is within you, and the effect is what you experience in your life. You have the power within you to change everything by putting yourself in Joy. You can change everything so easily by becoming Joy first! And nothing can change until you get yourself in Joy, because that is the law of attraction. Like attracts like! The energy of Joy attracts energy of Joy!

Do whatever it takes to find your Joy, and then keep yourself in it no matter what. Keep ramping up your level of Joy every day. There is no limit to the levels of Joy you can reach. You will see change to the degree of Joy that you can attain and maintain. The higher the Joy you can create within you, the more spectacular the change, and the higher the Joy, the faster the change. Once you get yourself in Joy it is easy to maintain it, because your emanation of Joy attracts more Joy. The law of attraction will continually send you more feelings of Joy.

You cannot criticize or blame or complain when you are in Joy. You cannot be afraid when you are in Joy. You cannot speak negatively when you are in Joy. You cannot harm another when you are in Joy. Negativity cannot reach you when you are in Joy.

When you are in Joy you are compassionate. When you are in Joy you are considerate and caring. When you are in Joy you love others. When you are in Joy you appreciate everything. When you are in Joy you are in love with the world, and the Universe is in love with you.

Be in Joy. Seek it with all of your heart, and you will find it.

May the Joy be with you,

Rhonda Byrne
Creator of The Secret

Nothing is impossible

2009-03-23T05:00:00.000-07:00

When someone tells you that you can't do something...

Look around...

Consider all options...

Then GO for it!

Use all the things God gave you!

Be creative!

In the end, you will succeed and prove them wrong!

Always remember

"Nothing is impossible, if your heart is willing"
Get rid of the word impossible from your dictionary and you will succeed.

Health Tips

2009-03-18T01:42:00.000-07:00

Can I Borrow £10?

2009-02-28T00:35:00.000-08:00

A man came home from work late, tired and irritated, to find his 5-year old son waiting for him at the door.
SON: ' Daddy, may I ask you a question? '
DAD: ' Yeah sure, what it is? ' replied the man.
SON: ' Daddy, how much do you make an hour? '
DAD: ' That ' s none of your business. Why do you ask such a thing? ' the man said angrily.
SON: ' I just want to know. Please tell me, how much do you make an hour? '
DAD: ' If you must know, I make £25 an hour. '
SON: ' Oh, ' the little boy replied, with his head down.
SON: ' Daddy, may I please borrow £10? '
The father was furious, '
If the only reason you asked that is so you can borrow some money to buy a silly toy or some other nonsense, then you march yourself straight to your room and go to bed. Think about why you are being so selfish. I don ' t work hard everyday for such childish frivolities. '
The little boy quietly went to his room and shut the door. The man sat down and started to get even angrier about the little boy ' s questions. How dare he ask such questions only to get some money?
After about an hour or so, the man had calmed down , and started to think: Maybe there was something he really needed to buy with that £10.00 and he really didn ' t ask for money very often The man went to the door of the little boy ' s room and opened the door. ' Are you asleep, son? '
He asked. ' No daddy, I ' m awake, ' replied the boy. ' I ' ve been thinking, maybe I was too hard on you earlier ' said the man. ' It ' s been a long day and I took out my aggravation on you. Here ' s the £10.00 you asked for. ' The little boy sat straight up, smiling. ' Oh, thank you daddy! ' he yelled.
Then, reaching under his pillow he pulled out some crumpled up notes. The man saw that the boy already had money, started to get angry again. The little boy slowly counted out his money, and then looked up at his father. ' Why do you want more money if you already have some? ' the father grumbled. ' Because I didn ' t have enough, but now I do, ' the little boy replied. ' Daddy, I have £25 now. Can I buy an hour of your time? Please come home early tomorrow. I would like to have dinner with you. ' The father was crushed. He put his arms around his little son, and he begged for his forgiveness.

It ' s just a short reminder to all of you working so hard in life. We should not let time slip through our fingers without having spent some time with those who really matter to us, those close to our hearts. Do remember to share that £25 worth of your time with someone you love. If we die tomorrow, the company that we are working for could easily replace us in a matter of hours. But the family & friends we leave behind will feel the loss for the rest of their lives.

Life

2009-02-24T21:25:00.000-08:00

With the demise of a loved one,

with the loss of the most important relationship,

with a shut down from the only source that put food on your table,

with those words of criticism that cut through our skin,

with those sleepless nights drenched in the heavy falls of your heart,

believe and trust that the tears of today don't last forever.

Anything and everything is passéd

Life waits for none.

Take your time to start running your race again,

but don't fail to run.

The sun does not cease to rise,

the waves don't stop lapping,

the stars don't fail to twinkle,

and the animals refuse to stop running for their survival.

Then why should we stop?

the ugly and the beautiful truth of life remains................

it just goes on!!

Father & Son

2009-02-21T06:07:00.000-08:00

An 80 year old man was sitting on the sofa in his house along with his45 Years old highly educated son. Suddenly a crow perched on their window.

The Father asked his Son, "What is this?"
The Son replied "It is a crow".
After a few minutes, the Father asked his Son the 2nd time, "What is this?"
The Son said "Father, I have just now told you "It's a crow".

After a little while, the old Father again asked his Son the 3rd time,"What is this?" At this time some expression of irritation was felt in the Son's tone when he said to his Father with a rebuff. "It's a crow, a crow".

A little after, the Father again asked his Son t he 4th time, "What is this?"

This time the Son shouted at his Father, "Why do you keep asking me the same question again and again, although I have told you so many times'ITIS A CROW'. Are you not able to understand this?"A little later the Father went to his room and came back with an old tattered diary, which he had maintained since his Son was born. On opening a page, he asked his Son to read that page. When the son read it, the following words were written in the diary:- "Today my little son aged three was sitting with me on the sofa, when a crow was sitting on the window. My Son asked me 23 times what it was, and I replied to him all 23 times that it was a Crow. I hugged him lovingly each time h e asked me the same question again and again for 23 times. I did not at all feel irritated I rather felt affection for my innocent child".

While the little child asked him 23 times "What is this", the Father had felt no irritation in replying to the same question all 23 times and when today the Father asked his Son the same question just 4 times, the Son felt irritated and annoyed.

So..If your parents attain old age, do not repulse them or look at them as a burden, but speak to them a gracious word, be cool, obedient, humble and kind to them. Be considerate to your parents. From today say this aloud "I want to see my parents happy forever. They have cared for me even since I was a little child. They have always showered their selfless love on me.They crossed all mountains and valleys without seeing the storm and heat to make me a person presentable in the society today".Say a prayer to God, "I will serve my old parents in the BEST way. I will say all good and kind words to my dear parents, no matter how they behave.

2009-02-17T21:55:00.000-08:00

A story tells that two friends
Were walking through the desert

During some point of the

Journey they had an

Argument,

and one friend

Slapped the other one In the face.

The one who got slapped was hurt,

but without saying anything,

wrote in the sand:

TODAY MY BEST FRIEND SLAPPED ME IN THE FACE .

They kept on walking until they found an oasis,

where they decided to take a bath.

The one who had been slapped got stuck in the mire and started drowning,

but the friend saved him.

After he recovered from the near drowning,

he wrote on a stone:

TODAY MY BEST FRIEND SAVED MY LIFE.

The friend who

had slapped and saved his best friend asked him,

"After I hurt you, you wrote in the sand and now, you write on a stone, why?"

The other friend replied

"When someone hurts us we should write it down in sand

where winds of forgiveness can erase it away.

But, when someone does something good for us,

we must engrave it in stone where no wind can ever erase it.

" LEARN TO WRITE YOUR HURTS IN THE SAND

AND

TO CARVE YOUR BENEFITS IN STONE!!!

They say it takes a minute to find a special person,

an hour to appreciate them,

a day to love them,

but then an entire life to forget them.

Exercise your brain.

2009-02-13T09:48:00.000-08:00

Not only is exercise smart for your heart and weight, but it can make you smarter and better at what you do.

By: Jean Lawrence.

No matter what your age or shape, you should train and exercise your brain regularly. Not only is exercise smart for your heart and weight, but also it can make you smarter, perform better at what you do, It affects mood, vitality, alertness, feelings of well being, you can think more clearly, and you can function at a higher level.

According to medical studies,

Challenge your brain by doing old routines in new ways
Brush your teeth with your other hand
Do crossword puzzles
Learn a new language
Learn a new computer program

A Brain exercise you can do right now…

This is an exercise that can strengthen neural connections and even create new ones.

Switch the hand you are using to control the computer mouse. Use the hand you normally do NOT use.

What do you notice?

Is it harder to be precise and accurate with your motions?

Do you feel like you did when you were first learning to tie your shoelaces?

If you are feeling uncomfortable and awkward don’t worry, your brain is learning a new skill.

Try other neural building and strengthening exercises with everyday movements. Use your opposite hand to brush your teeth, dial the phone or operate the TV remote.

I wish you good luck with your Brain Exercise

Thank you for reading and have a nice day.

Regular Exercise can make you feel better

2009-02-09T00:18:00.000-08:00

We all know regular exercise is a must for good health, to stay fit and healthy at least we need to get 30 minutes of exercise regularly. Research suggests that maintaining an active lifestyle is the key to good health. regular physical activity decreases the risk of death from heart disease, lowers the risk of developing diabetes, and is associated with a decreased risk of colon cancer. It also helps prevent high blood pressure and helps you lose weight and keep it off.

Think of yourself as an active person

Make physical activity a part of your everyday routine

Get 30 minutes of activity that makes you breathe harder

Increasing the amount of everyday exercise in your life can make a big difference

I wish you good luck with your health

Thank you for reading

The only way to lose is to quit.

2009-02-05T20:24:00.000-08:00

As long as you continue to make the effort,
you have not lost. Everyone experiences setbacks.

However, winners experience the most setbacks
because winners persist as long as it takes to win.
Does it ever seem that you are
blocked in every direction?

That's the time to get creative, become
more flexible, and open yourself to the
possibilities that are most certainly there.
Sometimes when you get stuck in a rut,
the rut can suddenly and unexpectedly run out.

And what a great opportunity that can be
for you to climb out of that rut, look around,
and see all the valuable things you've been missing.
Never quit. Use each setback, each
disappointment as a cue to push on ahead
with more determination than ever before.

If you Don't want to be Ill

2009-02-01T22:11:00.000-08:00

Good Day!

If you don’t want to be ill Trust,

what is Trust? is acceptance of something as true or reliable without being able to verify it.

Who does not trust, does not communicate, is not opened, is not related, does not create deep and stable relations, and does not know to do true friendships. Without confidence, there is not relationship. Distrust is a lack of faith in you and in faith itself.

When trust is betrayed, it hurts deep. It could be something as simple as relying on someone to be a friend who turns out not to be.

In life, we spend a lot of time confiding ourselves to someone else’s “responsible care”. Often that confidence is betrayed because the other person has to serve their own needs. Unfortunately, it’s usually at your expense. It’s hard to swallow that kind of pain, depending on the circumstances.

We all have different levels of trust in life; it comes from some of our experiences. The dramas and heartaches of our lives that have us out in this world playing emotional mental games with one another,

“When you put your trust in someone it means that you expect them to do what they say they will do, which is usually something that you should be doing for yourself. Trusting in someone usually means that there is something they have that you believe you need, or something you have that you believe they can take away to cause you harm. You place your reliance on words or “promised” action”.

When the truth reveals itself, it always does. You become disillusioned. Trust is a precious emotion. There are so many games being played with people’s trust.

Perhaps if we learn how to trust ourselves, we will be in a better position to trust others and rid out of lots of Illness.

I wish you good luck with your Trust

Thank you for reading and have a nice day!

Don't Miss 4 things

2009-02-01T06:01:00.001-08:00

Just to say Hi :)))

2009-01-27T23:50:00.000-08:00

(: Have a great day :)

Think...........

2009-01-26T23:31:00.000-08:00

Life —

it's what we do between the time we get here and
when we go.

Only get one, and despite what other folks
might suppose, it's ours to

Determine what to do with it.

We don't measure life in hours and minutes.
We measure life in

Memories and moments.

The Top 10 Ways to Start Living Your Life

By: Liz Strauss
Life either happens to us, or we take hold of life and live it.
Here

Are 10 Ways to get a life and start living it.

1. Give yourself permission to claim your life.

That's right —Permission. You're the only one who can decide you are in charge ofYour life. Even though it feels like you're not supposed to do so,

Turn off the internal editors, the old tape recordings, the "should's,Have to's, and musts", and the rules that didn't come from you.

2. Define what living means to you. It's not as hard as it sounds.Just picture yourself at the end of your life looking back. What words Would you want to describe how you lived your life and who you are as

a person?

3. Stop living in the future. Every time you think "someday" or "when

I have time I will," stop.
Ask yourself, "Why not now?"
Think aboutThis sentence, "I always wanted to, but never did."
Start doing the things you always planned to do.
Choose your life every morning.
Plan one thing you will do that day to feel alive.

4. Surround yourself with people who enjoy living. They've obviously discovered how to have a life and live it.

Why not hang with the pros?

5. Lay down your pain and your anger. Carrying them around makes living harder and less fun.

It doesn't bring anything, and it steals a lot.

6. Let the losers win. Don't argue about things that you don't careAbout. Unless there's some real threat, let the folks who haveSomething to prove, prove what they need to. Why waste your livingTime trying to fix what's wrong with them?

7. Create energy. Jump to forgiveness and love, then figure things out.

Most conclusions we jump to are not only wrong, they're negative.Negative conclusions lead us to prepare a defense. Being on the defensive isn't living. It's hiding from life.

8. Learn the physical symptoms of when your head and heart become disconnected. We know when we're having a knee jerk reaction, when we're feeling sorry for ourselves, and when we're being blind to people's feelings.

We can remember how it felt physically while we were behaving badly.
Get to know those symptoms, and you can stop the behavior.
Living life will feel a whole lot safer because you won't be in danger of shooting yourself in the foot.

9. Take small risks that push your boundaries in every way. The joy ofLife is packed in learning that matches our skill set. When we stretch just a bit intellectually, physically, emotionally, we grow.

Living is Growing. Even your cells know that.

10. Value and protect the people and the places you care about. A job isn't a life. It's just a part of one. Let the people you care about come first, and let everyone know that you do.

We come into life with whatever we've got. It's ours to do with. It took me a while to figure that out — that my life isn't just what happens to me, that I could take hold of it.

Friendship VS Love

2009-01-26T10:00:00.000-08:00

LIFE IS A MIRROR

2009-01-26T09:20:00.000-08:00

When you feel the urge to be critical of someone else,

look

First within yourself.

The weaknesses and shortcomings

you

Perceive in another may very well be pointing to

Improvements you can make in your own life.

Instead of depending on others to change,

or attempting toForce them to do so,

look for positive changes that you canMake.

You'll always have much more success controlling your

Own life than you will have controlling others.

If you wish to live in a positive world,

be a positive

Person.

If you desire peace, then be completely at peace

With yourself.

Life is a mirror that reflects your most authentic self backTo you.

It flows from the inside out.

The values and priorities that you live by will greatly

Influence the world that you live in.

The thoughts and

Feelings you hold most consistently on the inside will

Determine how life unfolds for you on the outside.

Allow peace, love, joy and fulfillment to flow from theInside out.

Make your world the best it can be.

Brain Tumour

2009-01-25T06:00:00.000-08:00

Brain tumour

Why brain tumours cause symptoms?

Brain tumours cause symptoms for two reasons. Firstly, because they take up space inside the skull as they grow. Secondly, because of where they are in the brain. There is more information below on the symptoms related to the space brain tumours take up and symptoms related to the position of the tumour in the brain.

The most common symptoms

The most common symptoms of brain tumour people have when they first go to the doctor are headaches and fits. But do remember, brain tumours are rare causes of both headaches and fits. There are much more common reasons for both these symptoms. So if you have either of these, do go to the doctor as soon as possible, but try not to panic or worry too much until you find out more.
Increased pressure in the headAs the skull is made of bone, there is a fixed amount of space for the brain to take up. The growing tumour increases the pressure inside this fixed space. You may hear this called 'raised intracranial pressure' or raised ICP. The increase in pressure causes
Headache
Sickness
Drowsiness

You should go to your doctor if
You are getting very bad headaches
You have started getting headaches, but do not usually do so
You are getting them more and more often
You are getting headaches and sickness togetherAbout 1 in 3 people with a brain tumour first go to their doctor with headaches. A headache caused by a brain tumour tends to be quite bad. But in some people, they can be mild enough to be controlled with paracetamol.

Headaches may last for a long time.

They may be worse first thing in the morning and get better during the day. Anything that increases the pressure in your head can make the headache worse again, such as bending over, coughing and sneezing, exercising or even shouting.With a brain tumour, feeling sick may also be worse in the morning. You may actually be sick.

You may also have hiccoughs (hiccups).

Drowsiness is usually a later symptom of a brain tumour. As the tumour grows and the pressure inside the head increases, you may sleep more than usual. Or find yourself dropping off during the day. If this is not treated, you could eventually become more difficult to wake and then become unconscious.Raised intracranial pressure can also cause
Problems with your eyes
About 1 in 4 people with a brain tumour have fits when they first go to their doctor.

A fit can just be jerking or twitching of a hand, arm or leg. Or they may affect the whole body. Some fits just cause a moment of unconsciousness.

Fits can often be controlled with drugs called anti-epileptics. And if your brain tumour is successfully treated, they may stop completely. In some cases, fits continue even after successful treatment because of scar tissue left in the brain. They may then be easier to control with anti-fit medication (anti-epileptic drugs).Having a fit is very frightening. There are many different causes of fits and it is important to go to your doctor if you have one.

As a brain tumour grows, it will press on the brain tissue around it. So it will affect the part of the body, or the body process, that is controlled by that part of the brain.Here are symptoms that can be caused by tumours in different parts of the brain and the spinal cord:

Frontal lobe
Changes in personality
Swearing or behaving in a way that you normally wouldn't (loss of inhibitions)
Losing interest in life (apathy)
Difficulty with planning and organising
Being irritable or aggressive
Weakness in part of the face, or on one side of the body
Difficulty walking
Loss of sense of smell
Problems with your sight or speech

Temporal lobe
Forgetting words
Short term memory loss
Fits associated with strange feelings, smells or déjà vu (a feeling you have been somewhere or done something before)

Parietal lobe
Difficulty speaking or understanding what is said to you
Problems with reading or writing
Loss of feeling in part of the body

Occipital lobe
Sight problems or loss of vision on one side

Hindbrain (cerebellum)
Poor co-ordination
Uncontrolled movement of the eyes
Sickness
Neck stiffness
Dizziness

Brain stem
Poor co-ordination
Drooping eyelid or mouth on one side
Difficulty swallowing
Difficulty speaking
Seeing double

Spinal cord
Pain
Numbness in part of the body
Weakness in the legs or arms
Loss of control of the bladder or bowel

Pituitary gland
Irregular or infrequent periods
Infertility in men and women
Lack of energy
Weight gain
Mood swings
High blood pressure
Diabetes
Enlarged hands and feet
Nerves controlling sight
Failing sight
Hearing nerves
Failing hearing

Meninges
Headache
Sickness
Sight problems
Problems with movement

Remember - any of these symptoms could be caused by another illness. If you are worried, you should go to your doctor. They will send you to a specialist if there is any cause for concern.Sometimes tumours in the frontal or temporal lobes of the forebrain can grow to quite a size with very few symptoms. In elderly people, vague symptoms of memory loss, personality changes and difficulty walking can be put down to getting older. If several symptoms like these develop over less than 6 months, it is worth checking with your doctor

A smile gives much...

2008-12-13T23:05:00.000-08:00

A smile costs nothing, but gives much. It takes a moment to smile but sometimes the memory lasts forever. It enriches those who receive, without making poorer those who give. A simile creates happiness in the home, at work and is the countersign of friendship.

You can be happier if you smile more, according to an article in the Harvard University Gazette. Putting on a happy face has positive benefits both for you and the people around you. That’s true in personal and work relationships. Smiling makes everyone feel good.

Yet it cannot be bought, begged, borrowed, or stolen, for it is something that is of no value to anyone until it is given away.

Some people are too tired to give you a SMAILE, give them one of yours.

Try it right now!

Smile and notice how it makes you feel more relaxed and cheerful.

I wish you lots of smiles whole over your face today…and everyday of your life….

Thank you for reading…

Start your morning off right

2008-11-30T22:59:00.000-08:00

Breakfast is the most important meal of the day like fuel is needed for a vehicle to move, breakfast is needed by the body to get energy and perform well. This leads to a better start of the day and leads to improved performance. kids, youngsters, adults or old people, everyone needs breakfast to start the day on a healthy way. Breakfast boosts our memory, improves our moods, and can help control our weight. A number of research studies have found that People who eat breakfast are generally thinner. Start your day with a healthy breakfast like high-fiber cereal and a glass of juice.

Maybe you never tried having breakfast before. Start with some milk and cereals and watch your productivity increase like never before!

Thank you for reading and Good Luck with your Health.

THE GOLDEN RULES OF SLEEP

2008-11-18T05:11:00.000-08:00

When we don't get proper sleep, you experience increased stress, feelings of lethargy, weight gain, reduced immunity and lowered productivity and memory. How do you know if you are getting proper sleep?

Answer the following questions:

* Do you need an alarm clock to wake up at the right time?
* Do you often fall asleep in meetings, after heavy meals or when watching TV?
* Do you feel tired during the day?

If you answered yes to any of these questions, it's likely you need more sleep.

THE GOLDEN RULES OF SLEEP

1. Get proper sleep: Identify the amount of sleep you need to be fully alert all day and get that amount every night. For most adults, it's eight hours. For teenagers, it's nine.

2. Establish a regular sleep schedule: Go to bed at the same time every night, and wake up at the same time every morning - including weekends.

3. Get continuous sleep: you should get your required amount of sleep in one continuous block. Any nicotine or caffeine after 2pm or alcohol within three hours of bedtime will disrupt your sleep.

4. Make up for lost sleep: For every two hours awake, you add one hour of debt to your sleep debt account. It takes eight hours of sleep to restore 16 hours of waking activity. You cannot make up for large sleep losses during the week by sleeping in at the weekend. Try taking a 20-minute power nap at midday.

SLEEP STRATEGIES

1. Keep your bedroom quiet, dark and cool

Sleep on a mattress with individual pocketed coils that reduce motion transfer, or a foam mattress designed to support your back properly.

2. Reduce stress

Even if you are sleep-deprived, anxiety can delay sleep onset. Try relaxation exercises. Write down your concerns before you go to bed - your worries then won't interfere with your sleep. Don't watch TV within two hours of bedtime. Take a warm bath before bed. Reading for pleasure before turning off the lights will ease you into sleep.

BY JAMES B MAAS

I wish you Good Luck with your sleep

Bright up your day

2008-11-12T03:30:00.000-08:00

Believe while others are doubting.
Plan while others are playing.
Study while others are sleeping.
Decide while others are delaying.
Prepare while others are daydreaming.
Begin while others are procrastinating.
Work while others are wishing.
Save while others are wasting.
Listen while others are talking.
Smile while others are frowning.
Commend while others are criticizing.
Persist while others are quitting.

Have a nice day!

Friendship...

2008-10-13T11:10:00.000-07:00

A friend is one
To whom one may pour out all
The contents of one's heart...
Chaff and grain, together,
Knowing that the gentlest of hands
Will take and sift it,
Keep what's worth keeping
And blow the rest away.

Are you a smoker?

2008-10-13T10:45:00.000-07:00

Dr Gavin Petrie, consultant chest physician

You can eat five portions of fruit and veg a day and exercise regularly, but healthy behaviour means little if you continue to smoke. The message that 'smoking is bad for you' is an old one, so not everyone gives it their full attention. Below we list the health risks of smoking. Why quit smoking?

Most people know that smoking can cause lung cancer, but it can also cause many other cancers and illnesses.

Smoking kills around 114,000 people in the UK each year. Of these deaths, about 42,800 are from smoking-related cancers, 30,600 from cardiovascular disease and 29,100 die slowly from emphysema and other chronic lung diseases.

How do cigarettes damage health?Cigarettes contain more than 4000 chemical compounds and at least 400 toxic substances. When you inhale, a cigarette burns at 700°C at the tip and around 60°C in the core. This heat breaks down the tobacco to produce various toxins. As a cigarette burns, the residues are concentrated towards the butt.

The products that are most damaging are:

tar, a carcinogen (substance that causes cancer)
nicotine is addictive and increases cholesterol levels in your body
carbon monoxide reduces oxygen in the body
components of the gas and particulate phases cause chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder (COPD).

The damage caused by smoking is influenced by:
the number of cigarettes smoked
whether the cigarette has a filter
how the tobacco has been prepared. Smoking affects how long you live Research has shown that smoking reduces life expectancy by seven to eight years.
Did you know?
On average, each cigarette shortens a smoker's life by around 11 minutes.
Of the 300 people who die every day in the UK as a result of smoking, many are comparatively young smokers. The number of people under the age of 70 who die from smoking-related diseases exceeds the total figure for deaths caused by breast cancer, AIDS, traffic accidents and drug addiction. Non-smokers and ex-smokers can also look forward to a healthier old age than smokers.

Major diseases caused by smoking
Cardiovascular diseaseCardiovascular disease is the main cause of death due to smoking. Hardening of the arteries is a process that develops over years, when cholesterol and other fats deposit in the arteries, leaving them narrow, blocked or rigid. When the arteries narrow (atherosclerosis), blood clots are likely to form.

Smoking accelerates the hardening and narrowing process in your arteries: it starts earlier and blood clots are two to four times more likely. Cardiovasular disease can take many forms depending on which blood vessels are involved, and all of them are more common in people who smoke.

A fatal disease
Blood clots in the heart and brain are the most common causes of sudden death.
Coronary thrombosis: a blood clot in the arteries supplying the heart, which can lead to a heart attack. Around 30 per cent are caused by smoking.
Cerebral thrombosis: the vessels to the brain can become blocked, which can lead to collapse, stroke and paralysis.

If the kidney arteries are affected, then high blood pressure or kidney failure results.
Blockage to the vascular supply to the legs may lead to gangrene and amputation. Smokers tend to develop coronary thrombosis 10 years earlier than non-smokers, and make up 9 out of 10 heart bypass patients.

Cancer Smokers are more likely to get cancer than non-smokers. This is particularly true of lung cancer, throat cancer and mouth cancer, which hardly ever affect non-smokers.The link between smoking and lung cancer is clear.
Ninety percent of lung cancer cases are due to smoking.
If no-one smoked, lung cancer would be a rare diagnosis - only 0.5 per cent of people who've never touched a cigarette develop lung cancer.
One in ten moderate smokers and almost one in five heavy smokers (more than 15 cigarettes a day) will die of lung cancer.

The more cigarettes you smoke in a day, and the longer you've smoked, the higher your risk of lung cancer.

Similarly, the risk rises the deeper you inhale and the earlier in life you started smoking.For ex-smokers, it takes approximately 15 years before the risk of lung cancer drops to the same as that of a non-smoker.

If you smoke, the risk of contracting mouth cancer is four times higher than for a non-smoker. Cancer can start in many areas of the mouth, with the most common being on or underneath the tongue, or on the lips.Other types of cancer that are more common in smokers are:
bladder cancer
cancer of the oesophagus
cancer of the kidneys
cancer of the pancreas
cervical cancer
COPD Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a collective term for a group of conditions that block airflow and make breathing more difficult, such as:
Term watch
Chronic means long term, not severe.
emphysema - breathlessness caused by damage to the air sacs (alveoli)
chronic bronchitis - coughing with a lot of mucus that continues for at least three months.Smoking is the most common cause of COPD and is responsible for 80 per cent of cases.It's estimated that 94 per cent of 20-a-day smokers have some emphysema when the lungs are examined after death, while more than 90 per cent of non-smokers have little or none.COPD typically starts between the ages of 35 and 45 when lung function starts to decline anyway.
Quitting can help
Lung damage from COPD is permanent, but giving up smoking at any stage reduces the rate of decline in lung capacity.
In smokers, the rate of decline in lung function can be three times the usual rate. As lung function declines, breathlessness begins. As the condition progresses, severe breathing problems can require hospital care. The final stage is death from slow and progressive breathlessness.Other risks caused by smoking
Did you know?
A single cigarette can reduce the blood supply to your skin for over an hour.
Smoking raises blood pressure, which can cause hypertension (high blood pressure) - a risk factor for heart attacks and stroke.
Couples who smoke are more likely to have fertility problems than couples who are non-smokers.
Smoking worsens asthma and counteracts asthma medication by worsening the inflammation of the airways that the medicine tries to ease.
The blood vessels in the eye are sensitive and can be easily damaged by smoke, causing a bloodshot appearance and itchiness.
Heavy smokers are twice as likely to get macular degeneration, resulting in the gradual loss of eyesight.
Smokers run an increased risk of cataracts.
Smokers take 25 per cent more sick days year than non-smokers.
Smoking stains your teeth and gums.
Smoking increases your risk of periodontal disease, which causes swollen gums, bad breath and teeth to fall out.

Smoking causes an acid taste in the mouth and contributes to the development of ulcers.
Smoking also affects your looks: smokers have paler skin and more wrinkles. This is because smoking reduces the blood supply to the skin and lowers levels of vitamin A.Smoking and impotenceFor men in their 30s and 40s, smoking increases the risk of erectile dysfunction (ED) by about 50 per cent.

Did you know?
The British Medical Association estimates that up to 120,000 men have ED because of smoking.
Erection can't occur unless blood can flow freely into the penis, so these blood vessels have to be in good condition.Smoking can damage the blood vessels and cause them to degenerate: nicotine narrows the arteries that lead to the penis, reducing blood flow and the pressure of blood in the penis.This narrowing effect increases over time, so if you haven't got problems now, things could change later.Erection problems in smokers may be an early warning signal that cigarettes are already damaging other areas of the body - such as the blood vessels that supply the heart.Smoking and others There are many health-related reasons to give up cigarettes - not just for smokers, but to protect those around you.

Babies born to mothers who smoke during pregnancy are twice as likely to be born prematurely and with a low birth weight.
Passive smokingThe 'side-stream' smoke that comes off a cigarette between puffs carries a higher risk than directly inhaled smoke.Children who grow up in a home where one or both of their parents smoke have twice the risk of getting asthma and asthmatic bronchitis. They also have a higher risk of developing allergies.

Infants under two years old are more prone to severe respiratory infections and cot death. For adults, passive smoking seems to increase the risk of lung cancer, but the evidence for an increased risk of heart disease is not yet conclusive.Thinking about quitting?As well as reducing your risk of getting a smoking-related illness, there are other benefits to quitting smoking.
General health improves - tiredness and headaches can be linked to smoking.
Your sense of taste and smell improve.
Your heart will be less strained and work more efficiently.Stopping smoking is the single biggest thing you can do to improve your health, but it's a difficult task.Smokers who are trying to kick their habit may be disappointed to find there's no single quit method that guarantees success.

The weight of evidence suggests that smokers should set a date to stop, and do their best to quit completely from this point. On average it takes four to five attempts to give up, and there are a number of things that can help willpower:

nicotine replacement treatment (NRT) in the form of gum, skin patches or nasal spray
Zyban (bupropion) is a medicine that's licensed to help smoking cessation
behaviour modification programmes
alternative therapies such as acupuncture and hypnosis.

NEXT TIME WHEN YOU FEEL LIKE SMOKING JUST THINK OF THE PERSON WHO LOVES YOU THE MOST........

Top 5 ways to reduce risk of Cancer

2008-10-12T01:00:00.000-07:00

Here's a list you'll want to check twice: Five ways to slash your risk of cancer.

Doing just one of the anticancer steps is better than nothing. But do all of them and you're cancer risk could drop by as much as 30 percent.1. Don't smoke.2. Limit red meat, alcohol, fat, and salt.3. Eat fruit, veggies, and whole grains -- lots of them!4. Exercise regularly.5. Watch your weight.

I wish you good luck with your health

Thank you for reading

Practice Compassion For Everlasting Happiness

2008-10-11T01:00:00.000-07:00

Compassion is a profound human emotion, a feeling of deep sympathy and sorrow for another who is stricken by misfortune, empathy is something we all should practice regularly on daily basis. According to a new study on cultivating compassion that just by a small act of compassion not only brings you the inner power to change things better but also generates a great sense of inner peace.

I am proud to share with you that I was a Boy Scout at my school. Scouts were designed to build character, physical fitness, practical skills and services. Boy scouts learns and strive to live by the Scout Law. A scout is trustworthy, loyal, helpful, friendly, courteous, kind, obedient, cheerful, thrifty, brave, clean, and reverent. Compassion, cooperation, courage, honesty, positive attitudes are the main core values that we practiced. Practicing compassion in our daily life is not something we do for others, we do it for our own happiness. Dalai Lama said, “If you want to be happy, practice compassion and if you want others to be happy, practice compassion” Empathy can not improve the world, it’s only when we cultivate it within us and bring it into action that can become a force for a change.

Some scientific studies suggest that there are physical benefits to practicing compassion. People who practice it produce 100 percent more DHEA, The main benefit is that it helps you to be happier and thus make others happier. Compassionate people are also more positive. That’s why we all should practice compassion every day of our life.

The practice of compassion increases our capacity to care. It reinforces charity, and empathy. It is very good exercise for our heart muscle. Compassion allows physical body to heal from stress and tension, gives inner power and peace to change things better. My family members’ glad that I look after them, my friends are glad to know that I am really listening to them, my co-workers glad to know that I am working with collaboration in mind. This gives me a genuine feeling of happiness.

I believe practicing compassion is something that will bring us true everlasting happiness.

Let’s practice compassion until it becomes one of our habits

Thank you for reading and for your precious time

Salam & Eid-Mubarak

2008-09-29T03:51:00.001-07:00

Wishing you and your family on this happy occasion of Eid by the grace of almighty God!

I would like to wish you a happy Eid-Mubarak today…I wish you and your family a very happy and peaceful Eid holidays. May Almighty God accept your good deeds, forgive your transgressions and ease the suffering of all around the world. Amen!

May Almighty God bless you on this auspicious day of Eid, and may the blessings of almighty fill your life with peace, happiness, good health and open all the doors of success. Amen!

Have a Wonderful Eid

Benefits of Watermelon

2008-09-22T01:00:00.000-07:00

Dietary guidelines state that, watermelon is not only delicious, but extremely healthy. It can make our skin pretty, watermelon is loaded with a key compound credited with helping skin’s healing and regenerative processes. Also may help control blood pressure, regulate heart beat, reduce the risk of developing kidney stones, and a smart way to satisfy a sweet tooth.

Thank you for reading

A simpler way to sharpen your memory

2008-09-17T00:39:00.000-07:00

A recent study says that we don’t lose our memory as we age, we just temporarily lose access to some part of it. Here’s a fun way I would like to share to hone your mind. Staying in touch with friends and loved ones could slow the pace at which your memory dwindles with age.

In a study of 16,638 older adults, people who were married, active in volunteer groups, and in regular contact with friends, family, and neighbors had slower declines in memory than their less social counterparts.

I wish you good luck and thank you for reading

Do you know how friendship breaks?

2008-09-15T06:26:00.000-07:00

GOOD DAY!
Well, in the friendship, the first thing both friends will think the other is busy and they will not contact each other, by thinking that it may be disturbing.

And then as time passes, both will think let the other person contact me. After that each will think why I should contact and why I should contact him or her first?

Do you know what is going to happen next?

Here their love will be converted to hate each other… so sad isn’t it?

Well finally without contact the memory becomes weak and then they forget each other. And their friendship breaks up.

So please keep in touch with all of your friends and feel free to share this with everyone you love.

I wish you good luck with your friendship

Giving the gift of life helps you to live longer and healthier

2008-09-15T01:00:00.000-07:00

You could be the first person to give someone a second chance at life. Blood has been called the river of life because it carries oxygen and nutrients throughout our body. Blood is essential to life, a precious gift that we can share as a volunteer donor. Your blood will help save someone's life and there is no greater way to give of ourselves than to donate blood. Blood isn't everyone's favorite topic. In fact, I would like to share my own experience about a simple act that can literally saves lives.

Did you know that donating blood helps us to live longer and healthier? Scientists found striking evidence that people with more iron in their bodies are at greater risk of heart attacks and the men who donate blood are far less likely to have a heart attack than those who are not blood donors. I was extremely surprised myself to find such a strong relationship between blood donation and protection against heart disease. Giving blood to help others may be prolonging our own lives.

People have many questions about donation. Perhaps you want to be a donor but you're worried about what this involves. Well, I was nervous at my first time, but the medical staff answered all my questions. Donating blood is not painful and is completely safe for us. A small percentage of first time donors may psychologically feel a little dizzy but only for a few minutes. I assure you the procedure is simple, my first blood donation was a happy experience and a feeling of joy and satisfaction. It made me a regular blood donor. Only 350 to 450 ml blood is taken which gets replaced in our body within 24 hours, it is done by skilled specially trained technicians and the whole procedure take just 10 to 15 minutes. They check my blood pressure, pulse rate, body temperature and iron levels. We can do it up to three times a year. In fact there are many people who have donated more than 100 times in their life time.

Blood is indeed something special for us, It can't be manufactured, something money can't buy, only something one person can give to another. It isn't every day you can do something to save someone's life. But it can be a common experience, if you give blood to survive illness or injury. Every day, thousands of people need donations to live. You may give a newborn, a child, a mother, a father, a brother, or a sister another chance at life. In fact, you may help save up to three lives with just one donation.

If you're like most people, you have a precious gift that you can keep on giving. Since you can spare it, why not share it…regularly. Your body doesn't mind one way or the other. If you donate, the order goes out to replace what was taken. I would encourage you to encourage your family and friends. After all, you will never know when you or someone you love could use it.

Let’s make a difference in our community by helping others, do something amazing, donate blood and save a life.

I wish you to live longer and healthier

Thank you very much for your precious time and reading.

Smiles are the language of love

2008-09-10T04:29:00.000-07:00

A smile is the light in your window that tells others that there is a caring, sharing person inside.

Life is short but a smile takes barely a second.

Every tear has a smile behind it.

A smile is a curve that sets everything straight.

A good neighbor is a fellow who smiles at you over the back fence, but doesn't climb over it.

If you see a friend without a smile; give him one of yours.

A smile starts on the lips, A grin spreads to the eyes, A chuckle comes from the belly; But a good laugh bursts forth from the soul, Overflows, and bubbles all around Because of your smile, you make life more beautiful.

Too often we underestimate the power of a smile, which have the potential to turn a life around.

Smiles are the language of love.

The real man smiles in trouble, gathers strength from distress, and grows brave by reflection.

A smile is an inexpensive way to change your looks

All people smile in the same language.

A warm smile is the universal language of kindness.

Smile becoz God gave Human this beautiful gift - A Smile....I sometimes wonder do animals have this beautiful gift of smiling???

So Smileeeeeee please :-)) ...... Hmmm... Good, looks very good, infact suits you the best :-)

Have A Great Day

2008-09-08T06:24:00.000-07:00

Every day should be a good day and you should live it like it's your last. Some people live a life of anger, frustration, pain, jealousy, and/or dishonesty, but all of these things will come to pass when your time here is over. Just take a moment to think, we will not be on this earth forever. One day, we will not have to worry about going to work or how we will make our car payment. We will not have to worry where our next meal will come from, or how we can buy that P1,000,000.00 house. At anytime, Allah could take us off of this earth, so you should appreciate today and not worry about tomorrow, for nobody knows what tomorrow will bring.

When you wake up each morning, thank the Allah for waking you up. When you lie down to sleep at night, thank the Allah for another day. If you have a job, thank the Allah for your place of employment. Ask that he May bless you in everything that you do. Ask him to give you the Knowledge and the wisdom to do your job. If you don't have a job, thank him anyway. Ask him to direct you to the job that is right for you. When you are eating breakfast, lunch or dinner, say a prayer. Thank the Lord for providing food and nourishment to your body. If you are healthy, thank the Allah for the health and strength in your body. If you aren't, thank him anyway for life, and ask him to heal your body.

So the next time that you get mad, think twice. The next time you complain about something at your job, think twice. The next time you say you wish you had steak instead of chicken, think twice. Be thankful for what you have, and the life that Allah has given you. Pray and ask the Lord for guidance. Be sincere, as Allah knows whether or not we mean it from the heart. Help those in need as a gift from your heart, and not so you can get a pat on the back. Put forth the extra effort in everything that you do. Go after what you want in life, and do whatever it takes to achieve your goals. No matter how perfect you think you are, there are always room for improvement, and an opportunity for you to do better. If you are depressed, don't cry just hold your head up and the Lord will help you through. Pray and ask the Lord to deliver you from your state of depression. Whatever it is that you are depressed about, God will take that pain from you heart. It may not be at that moment, or that Next hour, or maybe not even the next day, but he WILL do it if you just believe in him. Allah may not show up when YOU want him to, but he's ALWAYS right in time. Allah will not give us more than we can bear. Sometimes He will present us with issues that will test our faith, but you have to be strong enough to believe that Allah will do exactly what he says. The message for today is to praise the Allah, have faith in the Allah, give thanks to the Lord, and live every day like it is your last.

Theoretically speaking, if the Lord never does anything else for us, other than wake us up each day, put food in our mouths and clothes on our backs, we should thank him anyway. He died so that we could have life on this earth. Always Say “Alhamthulillah”

Practice forgiveness

2008-09-08T01:00:00.000-07:00

Forgiveness is something we all should practice regularly on daily basis. Most of the world religions teaching on forgiveness and the most profound human example Mohammed (PBUH) as an example of someone who forgives others for their ignorance, even those who considered themselves to be his enemies.

Forgiveness is a gift for all Mankind, it is a peace of mind and a way of releasing ourselves from the pain we have experienced from others. Most of us have reflection of our past experiences so many negative and fearful emotions that make us feel powerless. Holding onto grievances only causes us pain, suffering and conflict. We refuse to expend a lot of energy thinking about how others have wronged us. Instead we can use our energy to focus on what we need to do most important things in life. We can't go along in life for too long before we have an opportunity to forgive someone. We may not verbally lash out, but we can get upset with people in our thoughts, without even realizing we need to forgive them. Release yourself. Let it go and know that the person who forgives is always strongest person.

Did you know that? Practicing forgiveness is not something we do for other people, We do it for our own sake to get well and move on. It does not change our past. Instead, it changes our feelings about the past. People who are willing and able to forgive tend to be more satisfied with their life. Let your friends, enemies or a person someone who hurts you know that you have forgiven.

However, forgiveness is taking positive action reconnecting us with our own power. I would encourage you to understand and allow yourself to exercise in forgiveness with your hand on your heart, take a deep breath and let it go. Let’s feel less stress, less anger, and more forgiveness

Let’s practice forgiveness until it becomes one of our habits

Thank you for your precious time

The sun has gone down?

2008-09-07T15:27:00.000-07:00

The sun has begun to go down.
The street is suddenly all alive with the air of breaking fast.
It was just another evening of Ramadhan.
Children carrying ‘kanji’ buckets were coming from the mosque.
The aroma of finely fried cutlets and patties start teasing my taste buds.
I looked at the clock in the front hall.
Still almost one hour before the calling of azan for Mahrib.
‘patties…. rolls’
A weak but energetic voice was heard.
There stood two little boys , each carrying a box on their head.
They were so thin and small in size.I saw a whole world of innocence in their large eyes.
My mother started to count the patties needed for the evening.
They start to scratch the heads.My mother asked them why they were doing so.
‘Head is burning’one boy replied.The hot shorteats must be just taken out from the sizzling oil in the vok.
I gazed at their young faces…
‘What is your name, thambi ’
I am Muhammed….
This is ahmed’ the older boy pointed his finger to the smaller one.
‘Are you schooling..I was curious.
Muhammed nodded his head.He is in grade 5 and his brother is in grade 3.
I learnt later from my mother that the boys were from the outskirt ofMawanela.Their father is a blind man and their mother had passed away.The boys’ Aunt is taking care of them and she is the one who make patties. ]
Just think a minute! Don't these kids deserve a chance to live like other kids with all the good things in life?
Just think about the amount of burden in their shoulder.
The long uncertain road spread infront of them…
Today when you sit on your dinning table just look around the food stuff…the varieties
Just open your wardrobe and see how many rich suits you own.
Imagine how much you spend for a week on Cosmetics …to beautify yourself.
Think for a second about the poor and orphan children around you.
If you have a heart….
your life will never going to be the same again.

Ramalan Wishes

2008-09-04T11:37:00.001-07:00

Be Proud of yourself

2008-09-01T01:00:00.000-07:00

It doesn’t matter where you are and what you do. Don’t be afraid to be proud for who you are and tell others the feeling of being your best. You know what? If you are reading this article, you are a person who is interested in making more of yourself and you really want to develop your ability. If that is who you are, I would like to share that how every one of us can be proud of ourselves?

Make a positive list of all the things that you can be proud of for an example, you may be proud of your education, your work, your friends, your family, your neighborhood, your country, your government, your culture, your religion, your healthy body, your personal grooming, and your manners.

Don’t be hesitate or ashamed of anything, be proud of what you have done and put your name on it. Let others know it was you. Don’t hide yourself and wish that you had done something. Be confident stand up when someone says your name. Don’t worry about what anyone else has to say about you. Just know that, it is very important for each of us to learn to love ourselves and to be proud of our accomplishments. Even when it seems like you are failing at life, you should still remember to be proud of yourself for trying. You should be thankful when you wake up every morning that you have another day of trying ahead of you. Each day brings more opportunities for you. Be proud of the chance you get to tackle each of these opportunities. Some may bring you more success than others, but the efforts are always worth more than you realize. If you can look at every thing in life with a positive attitude, you will be creating the path to true happiness. We should be proud of ourselves no matter what.

Thank you for reading and I wish you to be always proud of yourself.

Build Few Habits for Loving Your Life

2008-08-25T01:00:00.000-07:00

The very first habit is to love yourself and take care of you. It doesn’t matter what you do, if you do something for others without look after yourself. Eat well, take a good care of your good health, take sometimes out, keep yourself away from toxic people and situation(Stay away from people and places where you don't feel wanted), don’t forget to relax and it doesn’t matter what you do, love what you do and learn to enjoy it. Always remember to feel good to do well.

The second habit is getting some help from others. Don’t do everything alone. I guess it’s overwhelming and it’s really impossible to do alone. Why don’t you ask others for some help? Go find some support. You know what? If you are overworked, you will be not good for anybody.

The third habit is learn to say “No” we can never say this enough and saying “No” to anything is immoral or unethical and also we all know that saying “No” to anything doesn’t make us feel good. For an example: “No.” I don’t feel like working this hard. Or “No” I don’t want to go out because I feel tired.” I don’t know why saying “No” is so hard for many of us. But saying “No can often support the greater good of “Yes” do you know what? Saying “No” to other people’s requests helps us achieve our more important goals. Specifically taking care of ourselves, believe me. It's okay. You will still be loved when you say "No" because you simply can't do it all.

The last one habit I would like to share with you is to talk less, listen more and learn. This is a really hard one but talking is exhausting. It’s easier to listen, you don’t have to work hard and then you learn things. You know what? When you listen you can see what others have to offer and what others don’t. So why don’t you listen up? Show respect by appreciating ideas and what he or she gives you.

I promise you, if you do so, your rewards will be enormous in more ways then you have ever imagined.

Take care of yourself and be in the habit of loving your life.

Thank you for reading and I wish you good luck with good habits

Give some minutes to your heart.........

2008-08-21T09:23:00.000-07:00

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
Kindness is always fashionable. - America E. Barr,

British American writer
No act of kindness, no matter how small is ever wasted. - Aesop, Greek fabulist

A part of kindness consists in loving people more than they deserve. - Joseph Joubert, French philosopher

Never lose a chance of saying a kind word. - William Makepeace Thackeray, British Writer

A kind speech and forgiveness is better than alms followed by injury-Muhammed (Sal)

Kindness is tenderness. Kindness is love, but perhaps greater than love...Kindness is good will. Kindness says, "I want you to be happy. - Randolph Ray

What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness? - Jean Jacques Rousseau

Kindness is an inner desire that makes us want to do good things even if we do not get anything in return. It is the joy of our life to do them. When we do good things from this inner desire, there is kindness in everything we think, say, want and do. - Emmanuel Swedenborg

Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for kindness. - Seneca
Kindness is more important than wisdom, and the recognition of this is the beginning of wisdom. - Theodore Isaac Rubin
It is never too late to be what we might have been - George Eliot
Before we can forgive one another, we must understand one another - Emma Goldman

How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving and tolerant of the weak and the strong. Because someday in life you will have been all of these. - George Washington Carver

Kindness is a language which the dumb can speak, the deaf can understand. - C.N. Bovee
Be the change you want to see in the world - Ghandi
Do not wait for leaders-do it alone, person to person. - Mother Teresa

Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, ‘What are you doing for others?’ - Martin Luther King.
Never wait or hesitate to show your kindness to the people who deserve...never putoff it until tomorrow....

who knows ...this may be your last chance to say'I love you' to your mother.

Everything good has good reason

2008-08-17T01:00:00.000-07:00

The story is told of an old time king and his adviser.

The adviser was known for his wisdom and strikingly positive attitude. No mater what happened, the adviser would say, “May something good come from it!”

One day, the kind returned to his castle with a bleeding hand; he had lost a finger while hunting in the forest. In pain, he showed his hand to his adviser, who simply said, “May something good come from it!” Angry at his adviser’s comment, the king shouted, “What good can come from losing my finger? Jail him!” to which the adviser simply said, “May something good come from it!”

The king appointed a new adviser, who became the second most important person in the kingdom. Later, the king’s armies were defeated by a neighboring kingdom. The tradition was that the winner would offer the most important person in the defeated kingdom as a sacrifice to the gods. However, the king was missing a finger and the triumphant enemy king declared, “I will not offer any incomplete sacrifice to the gods. Find the adviser, he will do!” And so the lives of the king and his former adviser were saved- due to events that seemed terrible when they happened.

How many of us have laid perfect plans only to see them altered or ruined by some unexpected, unwelcomed event? And how many of us change our minds and become grateful when the results of such events prove favorable?

Just because we can’t see the future, a positive outcome for an inexplicable event doesn’t make the gift to enjoy or a lesson to learn. Or as the saying goes, “May something good come from it!”

By:

Naima Bouhraoua
The Arabian Sun News

Dhahran, Saudi Aramco

Secrets to feel everlasting happiness

2008-08-11T01:00:00.000-07:00

Making yourself feel happy doesn’t have to cost you money, how do we find happiness? Being happy is much easier than you might think it is…how do you feel when you just think back to a happy moment of your past? Of course it was joyful. You were smiling, laughing, and relaxed.

Did you know that? Happy people have a different way of thinking and doing things, they maintain a positive attitude about people, things and life in general. Happy people generally have few secrets and here are few secrets I would like to share with you to feel happy without spending a thing.

Love Yourself
Be your own best friend. It sounds simple but learning to truly love yourself can be a challenge. It's absolutely the most essential step in being a happy person. You need to learn to enjoy your own company and to embrace everything about yourself. Like who you are on the inside.

Take a good care of Yourself
As a part of loving yourself, you will take care of your body and health. Eat healthy and work out. Get plenty of rest. Drink lots of water. Exercise your body and mind by continually energizing it with interesting and exciting challenges. When you're not feeling well - either physically or emotionally, it's hard to be happy.

Love Others
Love is what makes the world go around. Follow the saying "Do unto others, as you would have them do unto you". This is simply saying treat everyone with kindness, compassion and respect. Love is the basis for ALL happiness. If we love being with someone - we're happy. If we love what we are doing - we're happy.

Hang out with Friends
Hang out with the people you love. What three steps can you take which will allow you to spend time with people who you love? If this means cancelling all the appointments you have with the people who drain you, waste your time and energy - so be it. Basking in negative energy will get you more of the same so hang out with the people who want nothing more than to love you.

Learn to Enjoy what you do
Some statistics show that 80% of people dislike their jobs! No wonder there's so many unhappy people running around. We spend a great deal of our life working. Choose a career that you enjoy - the extra money of a job you detest isn't worth it. Make time to enjoy your hobbies and pursue special interests. Doing things you enjoy makes you happier and more productive.

So the next time you notice that you’re not feeling so good, think of just one of the above and practice it, you’ll be feeling great in no time and loving life.

I wish you every Happiness in your life and Thank you for reading.

Nothing is impossible

2008-08-04T01:00:00.000-07:00

Have you ever thought about why are some people failing although they wish success often?

Do remember that all our thoughts become things, what we think most of our time is what we become. Anything is possible in our life, if we just believe it. Every one of us at some point of life has dreamed of being someone special. Who doesn’t dreams of being rich, successful, or happy life? We often dream big and have great aspirations. Unfortunately our dreams remain just that-dream.

We think about thousands of things each and every minute and day. We pay little attention to them every day and most of them are not positive, we do not even try to control our negative thoughts. Eventually we end up believing that our thoughts do not turn into reality. If we predominate our thoughts on doubt or fear then those thoughts become true. Thus, we meet with failure and poverty.

This is a sad turn of events in our life, instead of experiencing exciting adventures. let us allow only those thoughts that suite the thing we want and constantly filter our thoughts. Then we will have perfect control on our thoughts. If someone fears that you will retain weight easily by eating, you will entertain fearful images of yourself each time you eat and the mental image becomes the reality very soon.

You know what? Life could be so much better, if only we learned to aim higher. If we intensely desire to have super health, youth, and happiness, our brain will eventually guide us to seek ways to control food intake, eat more fruits and vegetables to do exercises often. You will find that anything you desired will be yours.

I wish you to live your dream life and thank you for reading

Let’s practice delayed Gratification and Discipline

2008-07-31T01:00:00.000-07:00

Our natural tendency is to spend everything we earn plus a little bit more. Our mind set of doing what is fun, and enjoyable is the primary cause of personal failure in our life. We are to spend everything we earn and many of us say that changing our career would do better for a while but did you know? that one of the secrets of successful people is the ability to see things from a long term perspective. So let’s get rid of extra expenses that are holding us back because it may be important for us to surround ourselves with a team of experts such as a reliable accountant, motivation coach, and a financial planner. Just know that, successful people often make themselves do things that others don’t want to do. On the other hand, disciplining ourselves to do what we know is important, although difficult is the personal satisfaction.

Every sacrifice that we make today will be rewarded with compound interest in the future.

I wish you good luck and thanks for your precious time

Experience the true happiness

2008-07-26T21:38:00.001-07:00

Are you looking for happiness? Well, the reality is if you are looking for happiness out there you will never find it because happiness doesn’t come without, it's here within you. If you ask anyone to describe the feeling as happiness, I believe he or she will says that is a feeling of pleasure. There is a connection between these kinds of feelings. Pleasure is more dependent on the five senses while happiness is independent of them.

Pleasure is a good feeling that comes from eating good food, enjoying a party etc. Pleasure has to do with enjoyment though the five senses. For an example, a person may smokes cigarettes because it gives him pleasure, yet, this doesn’t make him happier, especially if he acknowledges the fact that it is not good for his health.

Every one of us has our own definition of ‘happiness’. Happiness for a beggar may mean a lot of money. Happiness for a business man may mean success. So, how do we become happy? Well, you don’t have to have the best things in this world to just to be happy. It’s all about doing and making the best out of every single thing. When you find yourself smiling at your own mistake, tell yourself that, Oh, I will do better next time. You possess a willingness to stand up again and try- that will make you feel a happy person.

Life does not have to be perfect for you to be a happy and the key to happiness is already within yourself. You don’t need to wait for happiness to come, if you can convince yourself to stay relaxed and calm in every situation, and activities such as learning to concentrate and control the mind, developing your self discipline, and residing spiritual literature, you will experience the true happiness in your life because those are the gate.

Now, it is up to you to decide and it is your own decision to choose to be happy.

I wish you good luck with your happiness and thank you for reading

A Successful Relationship . . .

2008-07-22T00:53:00.001-07:00

A boy was born to a couple after eleven years of marriage. They were a loving couple and the boy was the apple of their eyes. When the boy was around two years old, one morning the husband saw a medicine bottle open. He was late for work so he asked his wife to cap the bottle and keep it in the cupboard. His wife, preoccupied in the kitchen totally forgot the matter. The boy saw the bottle and playfully went to the bottle and fascinated by its color, drank it all. It happened to be a poisonous medicine meant for adults in small dosages. When the child collapsed the mother hurried him to the hospital, where he died. The mother was stunned. She was terrified how to face her husband. When the distraught father came to the hospital and saw the dead child, he looked at his wife and uttered just four words..

QUESTIONS:

1. What were the four words?

2. What is the implication of this story?

read..
ANSWER:

The husband just said "I Love You Darling" The husband's totally unexpected reaction is proactive behavior. The child is dead. He can never be brought back to life. There is no point in findingfault with the mother. Besides, if only he had taken time to keep the bottle away, this would not happen.

No one to be blamed. She had lost her only child. What she needed at that moment was consolation and sympathy from the husband. That is what he gave her. If everyone can look at life with this kind of perspective, there would be much fewer problems in the world. Take off all your envies, jealousies, unforgiving attitude, selfishness, and fears. And you will find things are actually not as difficult as you think.

"A successful relationship requires falling in love many times with the same person . . . "

Positive Thinking

2008-07-19T22:04:00.001-07:00

Positive thinking is a mental attitude that admits into our mind and thoughts. All of our feelings and beliefs are based on our internal thoughts that both our conscious mind and subconscious mind. It is a mental attitude that expects good results. We are in control, whether we know it or not. A positive mind anticipates happiness, health and a successful outcome of every situation and action. You become what you think of most of your time and whatever your mind expects, it finds.

It is quite common when we find someone who feels down, we say “think Positive” and most people don’t take these words seriously, as they don’t know what they really mean. Positive thinking brings us inner peace, better health, and happiness with satisfaction. It also helps the daily affairs of life move more smoothly and makes our life brighter.

People around you pick your mental moods and are affected accordingly. Think about happiness, good health and success life. Then you will cause people to like you and desire to help you, because they enjoy the vibrations that your positive mind emits.

In order to make positive thinking yield results, you need to develop a positive attitude toward life, expect a successful outcome of whatever you do, but also take any necessary actions to ensure your success.

Telling yourself that everything is going to be all right. It has to be your predominant mental attitude. It is not enough to think positively for a few moments, and then letting fears and lack of belief enter your mind.

Think positive and expect only favorable results and situations, even if your current circumstances are not as you wish them to be. In time, your mental attitude will affect your life and circumstances and change them accordingly.

Are you willing to change the way you think?

Here are a few actions and tips to help you develop the power of positive thinking

Always use only positive words while thinking and while talking. Use words such as, 'I can', 'I am able', 'it is possible', 'it can be done', etc.
Before starting with any plan or action, visualize clearly in your mind its successful outcome. If you visualize with concentration and faith, you will be amazed at the results.
Read at least one page of inspiring book every day.
Associate yourself with people who think positively.

Prove to yourself the reality the power of positive thinking.

I thank you for your time and wish you Good Luck

Be Confident

2008-07-15T05:03:00.001-07:00

Have you ever thought about to be confident? Well, I read a proverb somewhere says that, “For a man of confidence all roads lead to success” first of all it’s very good to make a list of special talents that you have for an example: Focusing on your attributes helps distract you from those parts of yourself that you think are flawed. It doesn't have to be a specific skill or activity either; it can be an approach or an attitude that you champion through out your life.

The next thing is that we have to take action. Taking a simple step of action can be very powerful that will bring such a surprise. It could be something as simple as tackling a task that you have been procrastinating, such as writing a letter to your friend that has been out of control for the last several months. Whether large or small, action brings with it exhilaration, enthusiasm, and the confidence.

Finally, you have to take care of yourself that eat a healthy diet and make sure that you get enough exercise. Don’t overload your body and don’t deny any of the things that your body needs. At the same time, you know what? Buying all the moisturizers and creems will never bring you closer to who really want to be, those are only make up. Confidence comes from within. Take the time to reflect on your life and do some emotional maintenance. In order to be confident, you must value yourself and understand that your well-being is important.

I wish you good luck with your self confidence

Thank you for your precious time.

Love what you do

2008-07-13T06:11:00.000-07:00

It doesn’t matter what you do, if you love what you do, you will never feel like working, it energizes you. to do something well, you have to like it. That idea is not exactly novel. We have got it down to four words: “Do What You Love" Whether you want to earn a degree program or start a business. You must start with a burning desire. There will be roadblocks along the way. Without feeling of purpose, it’s easy to become overwhelmed, lose focus and give up entirely.

Often people are close to finding their dream, they simply need to “fine tune” it. And then channel your passion.

Good Luck

Why never have any spire times?

2008-07-11T22:54:00.000-07:00

The question is often asked why we never have any spare time in the modern life.

Well it is our poor choice management that much has been written about proper time management, but sometimes the advice focuses merely on making more efficient use of time. Get up earlier, delegate everything. Such advice does not really effectively address the problem of too many tasks. In fact, too much emphasis on time management makes one obsessive, always watching the clock and thinking about what task is scheduled next. So perhaps the nervousness over time management should give way to a more thoughtful care about choice management. Manage your life, not your time. Modern society suffers from an unwillingness to say, "No." Faced with too many options and too much pressure, we respond with too many YESES. We are afraid to deny to others or to ourselves the many opportunities, the many options, we face daily. But everything we choose requires Use Time.

There is an old proverb somewhere that says, "To accomplish more, do less." Success doesn’t require hard work, success requests smart work. Plan your day and enjoy accomplishing them.

Good Luck and Thank you for reading

How to realize your Potential?

2008-07-08T03:51:00.000-07:00

Every one of us has our own incredible capacity to accomplish our wildest dreams! Did you know? That, within you is the power to accomplish anything you want in your life but it will never happen if you are not tuned into your true desires.

For an example if you want to be succeeding in business, you may not be another mega-millionaire, but you will succeed in your endeavors. Set goals that you can achieve. Divide them into little tidbits that you can accomplish every day, every month, or every year. Set your goals for success.

Start immediately to accomplish the goals you have set. In fact, give yourself a task that you can finish by tomorrow. Think of yourself as a success in your endeavors. Live and breathe them until you have them.

Can you see yourself a year from now, having achieved a few goals?

Can you make the decision and commitment to become successful in your desires?

If you answer yes then you have the potential to accomplish anything you want.

People fail because they immediately fasten their attention to the negative. Change your thinking and work the part of your plan you can, do everything you can! Always appreciate everything, even if you feel like something could be negative. Understand that there is no right or wrong way to do something. Be thankful for your mistakes, and let them go!

Because, there are no mistakes only opportunities to learn

Enjoy the moment, live your moment and forget the future or your past…

Thank you for your precious time

The Nice One....

2008-07-06T20:53:00.000-07:00

A story tells that two friends were walking through the desert During some point of the Journey they had an Argument, and one friend Slapped the other one In the face.

The one who got slapped was hurt, but without saying anything, wrote in the sand:

''TODAY MY BEST FRIEND SLAPPED ME IN THE FACE"

They kept on walking until they found an oasis, where they decided to take a bath.
The one who had been slapped got stuck in the mire and started drowning, but the friend saved him. After he recovered from the near drowning, he wrote on a stone:
"TODAY MY BEST FRIEND SAVED MY LIFE"

The friend who had slapped and saved his best friend asked him, "After I hurt you, you wrote in the sand and now, you write on a stone, why?"

The other friend replied "When someone hurts us we should write it down in sand where winds of forgiveness can erase it away. But, when someone does something good for us, we must engrave it in stone where no wind can ever erase it."
LEARN TO WRITE YOUR HURTS IN THE SAND AND TO CARVE YOUR BENEFITS IN STONE.

They say it takes a minute to find a special person, an hour to appreciate them, a day to love them, but then an entire life to forget them.

Do not value the THINGS you have in your life. But value WHO you have in your life! Life's short. If you don't look around once in a while ,you might miss it.

What do you want in life?

2008-07-06T03:42:00.000-07:00

Wouldn't it be great to have a real life that made all our wishes come true? Well, forget it. That's not going to happen in this lifetime. Opportunity must be created - not wished for. If you wait around for things to happen, don’t wait for life to happen. Get out there and be what happens to life!

If you have no plan for your life, you have planned to fail. In other words, by doing nothing, we get nothing. We are the architect of our life. An easily established plan of action we can refer to that will help us get what we want in life.

So what is your plan?

What do you really want out of your life?

And what steps will you take to achieve them?

Now, get a pen and a blank sheet of paper, write something you want in life, and write five steps you will take to accomplish your desires. Keep the list with you and concentrate on it every day. Visualize yourself already having these goals. Devote time to working on your list, accomplishing your wants and they will happen for you. But you must participate in the effort to get them and not just wait around for them to happen. Keep a smaller version of your list with you at all times and refer to it as often as you can.
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So, working with your goal list every day, whatever it takes, what else can you do? Keep your goals and desires in the forefront of your mind and do whatever it takes to make them become realities.
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I wish you good luck with all your desires in life

The key to success

2008-07-04T12:33:00.000-07:00

The key to success is preparation. Do you know what does it mean to be prepared?

Preparation extended beyond having a pencil and paper, but meant that you must have a plan and more importantly be committed to that plan. But most of us do not have a plan. Unfortunately, more value is placed in the everyday written grocery list, than a personal success action plan.

Preparation means that you must also have the necessary attitudes supported by those underlying beliefs if you truly wish to master success. Do you think something like: "Oh, no, I need to sit down and work on this or that?" If you thought positively about the planning time such as "Great, I can see how I can get this done faster and better than the last time," would the outcome be different?

If we could get everything we needed out of a book? It seems that books have become the magic pill for success. Read this and master success. Oh, if life was only that easy. Yet supporting most of these success strategies is something related to preparation. Whether it is goal setting, time management, decision making or any of those other self leadership skills, preparation is one of the most essential keys to success.

So, if you want to unlock the door to success, using the preparation as the key to success, then take the time to determine the following:

· Do you have a written plan for life success?
· Do you have the right attitudes?
· Do you have the right professional development and training?
· Do you have the clarity of purpose and vision?

If you desire success, that means you must answer “Yes” to all of those questions.

Thank you for reading and I wish you every success in life.

Apologizing .....

2008-07-03T13:21:00.000-07:00

Apologizing doesn't mean that you are wrong & the other is right..

It means that you value the relationship more than your ego…

Why we can’t have what we want in life?

2008-07-03T09:13:00.000-07:00

Why is it some people who seem to be less deserving than we have it all? Abundance, friends, and relationships keep coming their way while we keep struggling to make ends meet. You know we deserve their abundance, but it seems unattainable. We're smart, educated, deserving, and we work hard-what is it they know that we do not?

As simple and unrealistic as it may seem-the one and only reason they have it is because they know they can. And they know they can have more anytime they wish. It is this thought separating them from us. Whether they were born into it, or worked for it-they all have the same knowingness-they can have it and more. This knowingness is why only five percent of the population controls 95% of the world's riches. Although the only difference in having and not having is within the knowledge we can have it-there are good reasons we will be able to come up with that will support our belief

1. We don't know what we really want in life.

2. Its too difficult to focus on our desire

3. We want to control the process.

4. We believe we do not have the power to change our circumstances.

5. We just cannot have anything we want in life.

Our parents and others were telling us, we were taught these destructive beliefs. The first step to making it happen is in accepting we can do it-and it's all we really have to do. In all you can imagine or dream of, simply know we already have it, even if we have to lie to ourselves for a period of time. What should picture it, focus on what it is we wish to experience and we will bring it into our experience-we will have it as our own. We will always get what we truly desire-desire is the key word. we can never have what we want, but we always get what we desire.

I wish you good luck...

Thank you for reading

2008-07-03T07:43:00.000-07:00

On Friendship

2008-07-02T11:03:00.000-07:00

Kahlil Gibran

Your friend is your needs answered.

He is your field which you sow with love and reap with thanksgiving.

And he is your board and your fireside.

For you come to him with your hunger, and you seek him for peace.

When your friend speaks his mind you fear not the "no" in your own mind, nor do you withhold the "yes."

And when he is silent your heart ceases not to listen to his heart;For without words, in friendship, all thoughts, all desires, all expectations are born and shared,

with joy that is unacclaimed.

When you part from your friend, you grieve not;

For that which you love most in him may be clearer in his absence,

as the mountain to the climber is clearer from the plain.

And let there be no purpose in friendship save the deepening of the spirit.

For love that seeks aught but the disclosure of its own mystery

is not love but a net cast forth:

and only the unprofitable is caught.

And let your best be for your friend.

If he must know the ebb of your tide,

let him know its flood also.

For what is your friend that you should seek him with hours to kill?

Seek him always with hours to live.

For it is his to fill your need, but not your emptiness.

And in the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, and sharing of pleasures.For in the dew of little things the heart finds its morning and is refreshed.

Dream...

2008-07-02T09:11:00.000-07:00

Better to have spent a life

reaching for a dream that never came true,

than to have slept through a life that never had a dream

It's not easy ...

2008-07-02T07:47:00.000-07:00

" Sometimes it's not easy to apologize,

to begin over,

to admit error,

to take advice,

to be unselfish,

to keep on trying,

to be honest,

to profit by mistakes,

to forgive and forget,

to think and then to act,

to shoulder a deserved blame -

but it always pays

ThOuGhT FoR tHE dAy

2008-07-02T00:40:00.000-07:00

When you have to put up with mean people

,Think of them as sandpaper।

They may scratch you,

Rub you the wrong way

But eventually…

YOU end up smooth &polished

And the sandpaper…?

It’ll be worn out & ugly!

Makes you think, doesn’t it?Never lose sight of who You Are,

You Are the Best thing God ever Created,

Embrace the gift”

Let’s Overcome Procrastination.

2008-07-01T06:50:00.000-07:00

It’s my first time I would like to post an article here, one of my friends call Saboor was invited me to post my articles last night, I just thought to do it tomorrow if I procrastinate it tomorrow then It will never happen so that I chosen to write a little about procrastinate.

Research shows it’s usually the “harder” tasks that we don’t want to do that are imperative in helping us achieve our goals. You know why we procrastinate? Before we can solve our problem of procrastination we must understand why we do it. there are a few basic reasons I hope we all must know.

Feeling overwhelmed with a situation.
Afraid of failing.
Too “Busy” to get the really important things done.
Can’t make a decision.
Overworked, tired.
Want to avoid work you don’t like.

Each of these can be reduced down to the pleasure/pain principle which says that we do things to gain pleasure and to avoid pain.

What follows is a method to overcome procrastination on the things that matter for us.

01. Get help making decisions. Decisions are tough for me. I like to use the pro/con method and assign points. I also recommend getting help from a friend that you know is good with making decisions. Once you’ve made your decision then break it down into tasks and schedule into your calendar.

02. Get clear about what you want in life. Procrastinators, you’ll love this! Take 20-30 minutes to do this quick goal planning exercise. Write down. Once you have your list, and then do this by asking yourself, “Can I live without this?” Let your less important goals lie dormant on a “maybe” list that you can check on again in a few months.

03. Plan your day each day. This is not a big task. It should only take about 10-15 minutes of quiet time. Do the most difficult and most important things first and work your way down to the easier stuff in the afternoon. You’ll feel really good if you do this.

04. Plan your week just enough to loosely schedule in some of the big things you know you want to get done. Sometimes procrastination happens simply because a task is not scheduled.

05. Just do it, but don’t over do it. We often put pressure on ourselves to do certain tasks more often than we really need to, so give yourself a break and set a schedule for these things that is not overwhelming. Do thing on a “Need to do” basis.

Recap:

Know your most important goals and values.
Only do tasks that contribute to those goals and values.
Plan your day & week.
Do, but don’t overdo. Rest when needed.
Break down big tasks.
Get help making decisions.
Believe in yourself

Thank you for your precious time

Good luck with all of your goals

Mohammed AI.

Each of us is special

2008-04-10T15:29:00.001-07:00

"While walking in a toy store, the other day

I felt a box of crayons has lots of things to say...
"I don't like red" said yellow, and green said "nor do I"

And no one here likes orange, but no one knows just why…
Still I bought that box of crayons and took it home with me,
And drew with all the colors, so that all crayons could see…
Each of us is special and everyone's unique…
But it's only when we get together that the picture is complete."

"Strength Is Life, Weakness Is Death"

2008-04-10T14:40:00.000-07:00

Dream...

And as you dream,

Remember...

That only you can make

Your dreams come true.

Reach...

And as you reach,

Remember that...

Success takes time,

Devotion,

And sometimes a little

Disappointment.

Believe...

And as you believe,

You will find

Reaching gets easier,

Setbacks get

More manageable,

Life becomes

More meaningful.

There's a wonderful dream

Waiting just for you...

I know you can make it come true.

"Never let yesterday's disappointments overshadow tomorrow's dreams"

2008-04-08T00:01:00.000-07:00

A well-known speaker started off his seminar by holding up a 500 rupee note. In the room of 200, he asked, "Who would like to ave this 500 rupee note?"
Hands started going up. He said, "I am going to give this 500 rupee note to one of you but first let me do this."
He proceeded to crumple the rupee note up. He then asked, "Who still wants it?" Still the hands were up in the air.

"Well," he replied, "What if I do this?"

And he dropped it on the ground and started to grind it into the floor
withhis shoe.

He picked it up, now all crumpled and dirty. "Now who still wants it?"

Still the hands went into the air.

"My friends, you have all learned a very valuable lesson.

No matter what I did to the money, you still wanted it because it did not decrease in value.

It was still worth Rs 500.

Many times in our lives, we are dropped, crumpled, and ground into the dirt by the decisions we make and the circumstances that come our way. We feel as though we are worthless. But no matter what has happened or what will happen, you will never lose your value.

You are special - Don't ever forget it!

"Never let yesterday's disappointments overshadow tomorrow's dreams"

"LOVE YOUR JOB BUT NEVER FALL IN LOVE WITH YOUR COMPANY

2008-04-07T21:56:00.000-07:00

This is interesting. A MUST READ for people doing work late hours out there. An interesting speech delivered by a CEO of a premier IT company of India during an employee session with another IT company in India. He is incidentally, one of the top 50 Influential people of Asia according the latest Asiaweek publication and also the new IT Advisor to the Thailand Prime Minister.

Extract of Mr. Narayana Murthy's Speech during Mentor Session:
LOVE YOUR JOB, BUT NEVER FALL IN LOVE WITH YOUR COMPANY BCOZ U NEVER KNOW WHEN COMPANY STOPS LOVING YOU - Narayana Murthy

I know people who work 12 hours a day, six days a week, or more. Some people do so because of a work emergency where the long hours are only temporary. Other people I know have put in these hours for years. I don't know if they are working all these hours, but I do know they are in the office this long. Others put in long office hours because they are addicted to the workplace. Whatever the reason for putting in overtime, working long hours over the long term is harmful to the person and to the organization.

There are things managers can do to change this for everyone's benefit. Being in the office long hours, over long periods of time, makes way for potential errors. My colleagues who are in the office long hours frequently make mistakes caused by fatigue. Correcting these mistakes requires their time as well as the time and energy of others. I have seen people work Tuesday through Friday to correct mistakes made after 5 PM on Monday.

Another problem is that people who are in the office long hours are not pleasant company. They often complain about other people (who aren't working as hard); they are irritable, or cranky, or even angry. Other people avoid them. Such behavior poses problems, where work goes much better when people work together instead of avoiding one another. As Managers, there are things we can do to help people leave the office.

First and foremost is to set the example and go home ourselves. I work with a manager who chides people for working long hours. His words quickly lose their meaning when he sends these chiding group e-mails with a time-stamp of 2 AM, Sunday. Second is to encourage people to put some balance in their lives.

For instance, here is a guideline I find helpful:

1) Wake up, eat a good breakfast, and go to work.

2) Work hard and smart for eight or nine hours.

3) Go home.

4) Read the books/comics, watch a funny movie, dig in the dirt, play with your kids, etc.

5) Eat well and sleep well.

This is called recreating. Doing steps 1, 3, 4, and 5 enable step 2.

Working regular hours and recreating daily are simple concepts. They are hard for some of us because that requires 'personal change'. They are possible since we all have the power to choose to do them.

In considering the issue of overtime, I am reminded of my oldest son. When he was a toddler, if people were visiting the apartment, he would not fall asleep no matter how long the visit, and no matter what time of day it was. He would fight off sleep until the visitors left. It was as if he was afraid that he would miss something. Once our visitors' left, he would go to sleep. By this time, however, he was over tired and would scream through half the night with nightmares. He, my wife, and I, all paid the price for his fear of missing out.

Perhaps some people put in such long hours because they don't want to miss anything when they leave the office. The trouble with this is that events will never stop happening. That is life !! Things happen 24 hours a day.

Allowing for little rest is not ultimately practical. So, take a nap.
Things will happen while you're asleep, but you will have the energy to catch up when you wake.
Hence "LOVE YOUR JOB BUT NEVER FALL IN LOVE WITH YOUR COMPANY".
Have a great day ahead !!!

ABORTION

2008-04-07T05:14:00.000-07:00

Dear Mommy,
I am in Heaven now, very near to GOD

He loves me .

I so wanted to be your little girl. I don't quite understand what has happened.
I was so excited when I began realizing my existence.
I was in a dark, yet comfortable place. I saw I had fingers and toes.
I was pretty far along in my developing, yet not near ready to leave my surroundings.
I spent most of my time thinking or sleeping.
Even from my earliest days, I felt a special bonding between you and me.
Sometimes I heard you crying and I cried with you.

Sometimes you would yell or scream, then cry.
I heard Daddy yelling back.
I was sad, and hoped you would be better soon.
I wondered why you cried so much. One day you cried almost all of the day.
I hurt for you. I couldn't imagine why you were so unhappy.
That same day, the most horrible thing happened.
A very mean monster came into that warm, comfortable place I was in.
I was so scared, I began screaming, but you never once tried to help me.
Maybe you never heard me.
The monster got closer and closer as I was screaming and screaming,
"Mommy, Mommy, help me please; Mommy, help me."
Complete terror is all I felt.
I screamed and screamed until I thought I couldn't anymore.
Then the monster started ripping my arms off.
It hurt so bad; the pain I can never explain.
It didn't stop. Oh, how I begged it to stop.
I screamed in horror as it ripped my leg off.
Though I was in such complete pain, I was dying.
I knew I would never see your face or hear you say how much you love me.
I wanted to make all your tears go away.
I had so many plans to make you happy.
Now I couldn't; all my dreams were shattered.
Though I was in utter pain and horror, I felt the pain of my heart breaking, above all.
I wanted more than anything to be your daughter.
No use now, for I was dying a painful death.
I could only imagine the terrible things that they had done to you.
I wanted to tell you that I love you before I was gone, but I didn't know the words you could understand.
And soon, I no longer had the breath to say them; I was dead.
I felt myself rising. I was being carried by a huge angel into a big beautiful place.
I was still crying, but the physical pain was gone.
The angel took me to GOD and set me there
He said He loved me, and He was my Creator. Then I was happy.

I asked Him what the thing was that killed me. He answered, "ABORTION”.
I am sorry, for I know how it feels."
I don't know what abortion is;
I guess that's the name of the monster.
I'm writing to say that I love you and to tell you how much I wanted to be your little girl.
I tried very hard to live.
I wanted to live. I had the will, but I couldn't; the monster was too powerful.
It sucked my arms and legs off and finally got all of me. It was impossible to live.
I just wanted you to know I tried to stay with you.
I didn't want to die.
Also, Mommy, please watch out for that abortion monster.
Mommy, I love you and I would hate for you to go through the kind of pain I did.
Please be careful.

Love,

Your Baby Girl

Don't drive fast . .

2008-04-07T04:59:00.000-07:00

I went to a party Mom,

I remembered what you said.

You told me not to drink, Mom,

So I drank soda instead.

I really felt proud inside, Mom,

The way you said I would.

I didn't drink and drive fast, Mom,

Even though the others said I should.

I know I did the right thing, Mom,

I know you are always right.

Now the party is finally ending, Mom,

As everyone is driving out of sight.

As I got into my car, Mom,

I knew I'd get home in one piece.

Because of the way you raised me,

So responsible and sweet.

I started to drive away, Mom,

But as I pulled out into the road,

The other car didn't see me, Mom,

And hit me like a load.

As I lay there on the pavement, Mom,

I hear the policeman say,

"The other guy is drunk and too fast," Mom,

And now I'm the one who will pay.

I'm lying here dying, Mom....

I wish you'd get here soon.

How could this happen to me, Mom?

My life just burst like a balloon.

There is blood all around me, Mom,

And most of it is mine.

I hear the medic say, Mom,

I'll die in a short time.

I just wanted to tell you, Mom,

I swear I didn't drink and drive fast.

It was the others, Mom.

The others didn't think.

He was probably at the same party as I.

The only difference is, he drank and drove fast,

And I will die.

Why do people drink and drive fast, Mom?

It can ruin your whole life.

I'm feeling sharp pains now.

Pains just like a knife.

The guy who hit me is walking, Mom,

And I don't think it's fair.

I'm lying here dying

And all he can do is stare.

Tell my brother not to cry, Mom.

Tell Daddy to be brave.

Someone should have told him, Mom,

Not to drink and drive fast.

If only they had told him, Mom,

I would still be alive.

My breath is getting shorter, Mom.

I'm becoming very scared.

Please don't cry for me, Mom.

When I needed you, you were always there.

I have one last question, Mom.

Before I say good bye.

I didn't drink and drive fast,

So why am I the one to die . . . ?

May This Encourage You, Always...

2008-03-19T00:18:00.000-07:00

Don't spend major time with minor people. If there are people in your life who continually disappoint you, break promises, stomp on your dreams, are too judgmental, have different values and don't have your back during difficult times...that is not friendship.

To have a friend, be a friend. Sometimes in life as you grow, your friends will either grow or go. Surround yourself with people who reflect values, goals interests and lifestyles.

When I think of any of my successes, I am thankful to God from whom all blessings flow, and to my family and friends who enrich my life.

Over the years my phone book has changed because I changed, for the better. At first, you think you're going to be alone, but after awhile, new people show up in your life that make it so much sweeter and easier to endure.

Remember what your elders used to say, "Birds of a feather flock together. If you're an eagle, don't hang around chickens: Chickens can't fly!"

So, my dear friends what you expect from who are around you. You should be as well same to others.

Trusting in God

2008-03-19T00:07:00.001-07:00

Trusting in God won't make the mountain smaller,But will make climbing easier.Do not ask God for a lighter load
But ask Him for a stronger back...

A Friend is.....!

2008-03-18T05:25:00.000-07:00

KEEP CONFIDENCE…!! TRUST OTHERS…..!! NEVER LOSE HOPE……!!

2008-03-18T05:04:00.000-07:00

CONFIDENCE:

Once all village people decided to pray for rain. On the day of prayer all people gathered and only one boy came with an umbrella....

TRUST:

Trust should be like the feeling of a one year old baby when you throw him in the air; he laughs.....because he knows you will catch him....

HOPE:

Every night we go to bed, we have no assurance to get up alive in the next morning but still we have plans for the coming day....

TO MY CHILD

2008-03-18T04:24:00.000-07:00

This is a beautiful poem. There is an appeal from a Zimbabwean couple at the bottom of message, not asking for anything more than that you hand the poem on. The husband wrote the poem.

TO MY CHILD

Just for this morning, I am going to

smile when I see your face and laugh when I feel like crying.

Just for this morning, I will let you

choose what you want to wear,

and smile and say how perfect it is.

Just for this morning, I am going to step

over the laundry and pick you up and take you to the park to play.

Just for this morning,

I will leave the dishes in the sink,

and let you teach me how to put that puzzle of yours together.

Just for this afternoon,

I will unplug the telephone and keep the computer off,

and sit with you in the backyard and blow bubbles.

Just for this afternoon,

I will not yell once,

not even a tiny grumble when you scream

and whine for the ice cream truck,

and I will buy you one if he comes by.

Just for this afternoon,

I won't worry about what you are going to be when you grow up,

or second guess every decision

I have made where you are concern ed.

Just for this afternoon,

I will let you help me bake cookies,

and I won't stand over you trying to fix them.

Just for this afternoon,

I will take us to McDonald's

and buy us both a Happy Meal so you can have both toys.

Just for this evening,

I will hold you in my arms

and tell you a story about how you were born and how much I love you.

Just for this evening,

I will let you splash in the tub and not get angry.

Just for this evening,

I will let you stay up late

while we sit on the porch and count all the stars.

Just for this evening,

I will snuggle beside you for hours,

and miss my favourite TV shows.

Just for this evening

when I run my finger through your hair as you pray,

I will simply be grateful that God has given me the greatest gift ever given.

I will think about the mothers and fathers

who are searching for their missing children,

the mothers and fathers

who are visiting their children's graves instead of their bedrooms.

The mothers and fathers who are in hospital rooms

watching their children suffer senselessly

and screaming inside that little body

And when I kiss you goodnight

I will hold you a little tighter, a little longer.

It is then, bthat I will thank God for you,

and ask him for nothing, except one more day.............