Courage...

Late in the evening I was walking in the park. Suddenly I heard scream coming from behind bushes. I stopped to listen and understood that a woman was being attacked, I heard sounds of fighting and muttering. For several moments I was hesitating, should I get involved? I panicked, I was frightened for my own safety. Maybe it is better to call the police? Then I realized that a woman‘s voice becomes weaker, so I knew I have to act quickly. Can I run away from this? Finally I decided that I have to help this unknown woman even if I am risking my own life. I felt some strange transformation inside, the moral and physical strength, so I ran behind the bushes. I pulled the attacker off the girl, we felt to the ground and grappled for several minutes. Then the assailant jumped up and ran away.  Breathing hard I slowly came up to the girl, who was cowering behind a tree. It was dark, so I could not see her face clearly. I felt, that she is very frightened, so I talked to her from a distance: „You are safe now, it‘s ok, the man had run away.“ After a few moments I heard her words with a great amazement in her voice: „Dad, is that you?“. And then I realized, that the girl was my youngest daughter.

Never Give Up..

Never Never give up....Till you are alive

Have you ever observed the behaviour of birds in the face of adversity?
For days and days they make their nest, sometimes gathering materials brought from far away.

And when they have completed the nest and are ready to lay eggs, the weather or the work of humans, or some animal, destroys it, and it falls to the ground, all that they have done with so much effort.

Do they stop?
Bewildered, and leave their work?
No Way!!
They start over building the nest again and again until they have eggs in the nest again.

Sometimes, and very often before the chicks are hatched, an animal, a child, or a storm destryos the nest once again, but this time with its valuable contents.

It hurts to go back and begin again.....
Even so, the birds do not stop, they continue to sing and build, and keep singing and building.

Do you sometimes get the feeling that your life, your work, your family is not what you had dreamed. Do you sometimes want to say 'ENOUGH', the effort is not worthwhile? It is all too much for me!

Are you tired of it all? Do you feel that the daily struggle is a waste of time, your trust has been betrayed, your goals not reached just as you were about to get them?

Life strikes you down sometimes, but keep moving, say a prayer, put your faith in hope, not darkness? Do not worry Gather yourself together and rebuild your life, so that it runs well again.

No matter what happens......Never give up till you are alive

Helping Others

Once there was a small boy named Shankar. He belonged to a poor family.  One day, he was crossing through the forest carrying some woods. He saw an old man who was very hungry.  Shankar wanted to give him some food, but he did not have food for his own.  So he continued on his way.  On his way he saw a deer who was very thirsty.  He wanted to give him some water, but he did not have water for himself.  So he went on his way ahead.  Then he saw a man who wanted to make a camp but he did not have woods.  Shankar asked his problem and gave some woods to him.  In return, he gave him some food and water.  Now he went back to the old man and gave him some food and gave some water to the deer. The old man and the deer were very happy.  Shankar than happily went on his way.

However, one day Shankar fell down the hill.  He was in pain but he couldn’t move and no one was there to help him.  But, the old man who he had helped before saw him, he quickly came and pulled him up the hill.  He had many wounds on his legs.  The deer whom Shankar had gave water saw his wounds and quickly went to forest and brought some herbs.  After sometime his wounds were covered.  All were very happy that they were able to help each other.

Moral: If you help others, then they will also help you.  

How Can We Be Happy?

Once a group of 50 people was attending a seminar.

Suddenly the speaker stopped and decided to do a group activity. He started giving each one a balloon. Each one was asked to write his/her name on it using a marker pen. Then all the balloons were collected and put in another room.

Now these delegates were let in that room and asked to find the balloon which had their name written, within 5 minutes. Everyone was frantically searching for their name, colliding with each other, pushing around others and there was utter chaos.

At the end of 5 minutes no one could find their own balloon.

Now each one was asked to randomly collect a balloon and give it to the person whose name was written on it.

Within minutes everyone had their own balloon.

The speaker began— exactly this is happening in our lives. Everyone is frantically looking for happiness all around, not knowing where it is.

Our happiness lies in the happiness of other people. Give them their happiness; you will get your own happiness.

And this is the purpose of human life.

Look For the Gold...

Andrew Caregie came to America form Scotland as a young boy. He started out by doing odd jobs and ended up as a one of the largest steel manufactures in United States. At one time, he had 43 millionaires working for him. A million dollars is a lot of money today, but in the 1920s it was worth much more.

Someone once asked Mr. Carneige how he dealt with the people. Andrew Carneige replied,” Dealing with people is a lot like digging for gold: When you go digging for an ounce of gold you have to move tons of dirt. But when you go digging, you don’t go looking for the dirt, you go looking for the gold.”

Andrew Carneige’s reply has very important message. Though sometimes it may not be apparent there is something positive in every person and every situation. We have to dig deep to look for the positive.  

Always look for the positive in every moment your life that keeps you happy forever. 

Value Of Your Life...

A well-known speaker started off his seminar by holding up a $20 bill. In the room of 200, he asked, "Who would like this $20 bill? “Hands started going up. He said, "I am going to give this $20 to one of you but first, let me do this." He proceeded to crumple the dollar bill 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 with his 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 $20. 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. The worth of our lives comes not in what we do or who we know, but in WHO WE ARE. You are special - Don’t EVER forget it. "Count your blessings, not your problems. And remember: amateurs built the ark. Professionals built the Titanic. If God brings you to it - He will bring you through it. 

         NEVER FORGET WHO YOU ARE.........NEVER FORGET HOW TO DREAM 

STRUGGLE

History has thought that the great winners usually encountered heart-breaking obstacles before they achieved. They won because they refused to become discouraged by their defeats.

Trials in life can be tragedies or triumphs, depending on how we handle them. Triumph don’t come without effort.

A biology teacher was teaching his students how a caterpillar turns into a butterfly. He told the students that in the next couple of hours, the butterfly would struggle to come out of the cocoon, but no one should help the butterfly. Then he left.

The students were waiting and it happened. The butterfly struggled to get out of the cocoon and against the advice of the teacher, one of the students took pity on it and decided to help the butterfly so it didn’t have to struggle anymore. But, shortly afterwards, the butterfly died.

When the teacher returned, he was told what had happened. He explained to the student that it is a law of nature that the struggle to come out cocoon actually helps develop and strengthen the butterfly’s wings. By helping the butterfly, the boy had deprived the butterfly of its struggle the butterfly died.

So nothing worthwhile in life comes without a struggle. So don't take much care on your loved one thus preventing them to struggle to gain strength.

I Believe...

I believe- 

That we don't have to change friends if we understand that friends change.

I believe- 

That no matter how good a friend is, they're going to hurt you every once in a while and, you must forgive them for that.

I believe-

That true friendship continues to grow, even over the longest distance. Same goes for true love.

I believe- 

That you can do something in an instant that will give you heartache for life.

I believe- 

That it's taking me a long time to become the person I want to be.

I believe- 

That you should always leave loved ones with loving words. It may be the last time you see them 

I believe- 

That you can keep going long after you can't.

I believe- 

That we are responsible for what we do, no matter how we feel.

I believe- 

That either you control your attitude or it controls you.

I believe-

That regardless of how hot and steamy a relationship is at first, the passion fades and there had better be something else to take its place.

I believe- 

That heroes are the people who do what has to be done when it needs to be done, regardless of the consequences.

I believe- 

That money is a lousy way of keeping score.

I believe- 

That my best friend and I can do anything or nothing and have the best time! 

I believe- 

That sometimes the people you expect to kick you when you're down, will be the ones to help you get back up.

I believe- 

That sometimes when I'm angry I have the right to be angry, but that doesn't give me the right to be cruel.

I believe- 

That just because someone doesn't love you the way you want them to do mean they don't love you with all they have.

I believe- 

That maturity has more to do with what types of experiences you've had and what you've learned from them and less to do with how many birthdays you've celebrated.

I believe- 

That it isn't always enough to be forgiven by others. Sometimes you have to learn to forgive yourself.

I believe- 

That no matter how bad your heart is broken the world doesn't stop for your grief.

I believe- 

That our background and circumstances may have influenced  who we are, but we are responsible for who we become.

I believe- 

That just because two people argue, it doesn't mean they don't love each other, and just because they don't argue, it doesn't mean they do.

I believe- 

That you shouldn't be so eager to find out a secret. It could change your life forever.

I believe- 

That two people can look at the exact same thing and see something totally different.

I believe- 

That your life can be changed in a matter of hours by people who don't even know you.

I believe- 

That even when you think you have no more to give, when a friend cries out to you - you will find the strength to help.

I believe- 

That credentials on the wall do not make you a decent human being.

I believe- 

That the people you care about most in life are the essence of life. Tell them today how much you love them and what they mean to you.