Happy Thoughts

Inspirational Gems

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It is the letting go of all the should’s, the must’s, the have-to’s, the have-nots, the cannots, the doubts and the guilt.<br />It is allowing your thoughts to come forth — without judgement.<br />It is allowing yourself to feel — without judgement. It is allowing yourself to do what you want — without judgement.<br />It is allowing yourself to be who you are — without judgement.<br />When you allow yourself to be, you find peace, freedom, love and joy within you.</div>
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The common question that gets asked in business is, ‘why?’ That’s a good question, but an equally valid question is, ‘why not?’<br /><div style="text-align: right;">
<b>— Jeff Bezos, founder and CEO of Amazon.com  </b></div>
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Difficult times disrupt your conventional ways of thinking and push you to forge better habits of thought, performance and being.<br /><div style="text-align: right;">
<b>— Robin S. Sharma, Bestselling Author </b></div>
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I think it’s great to be flawed. I am hugely flawed, and I like it this way. That’s the fun of life. You fall, get up, make mistakes, learn from them, be human and be you.<br /><div style="text-align: right;">
<b>— Priyanka Chopra, Actress </b></div>
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All that matter is honesty, integrity, and courage to face your conviction.<br /><div style="text-align: right;">
<b>— Usha Uthup, Playback singer</b> </div>
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None can destroy Iron but its own rust can! Likewise, none can destroy a person, but his own mindset can.<br /><div style="text-align: right;">
<b>— Ratan Tata, Businessman</b></div>
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Inspirational Gems

BEING It is the letting go of all the should’s, the must’s, the have-to’s, the have-nots, the cannots, the doubts and the guilt. It is...

HONESTY

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During a traffic-safety drive in a city, a policeman stopped a driver who had been exceeding the speed limit. “Going quite fast, weren’t you?” he asked.</div>
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<br />“Yes, I suppose,” replied the driver. Then, so as to avoid the fine, he added, “I am the chief of traffic-department, off duty at the moment.”</div>
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<br />The policeman, who had began to write a ticket, looked at the identity card of the chief, and continued to fill the form.</div>
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<br />“Look here, you young man,” said the chief with some irritation, “someday you may come as my subordinate.”</div>
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<br />With a smile the policeman handed the officer the ticket. “Well, Sir, when I get there, remember that you have an honest man working with you.”</div>
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<b><br />Ingratitude</b></div>
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<br />There is a story of a grandmother who was walking with her young grandson along a seashore. All of a sudden a huge wave appeared and swept away the child out to the sea. The horrified woman fell to her knees, raised her eyes to heaven, and begged God to return her beloved grandson. And lo, another wave reared up and deposited the stunned child on the sand right in front of her.</div>
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<br />The grandmother looked the boy over carefully. He was fine. But then she stared up towards the heavens, and said angrily, “When we came, he had a hat.”</div>
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HONESTY

During a traffic-safety drive in a city, a policeman stopped a driver who had been exceeding the speed limit. “Going quite fast, weren’t...

RECAST

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<b>R = </b>Rediscover yourself all over again to wake up and realize what a talented person you are. Rediscover people and situation around you so that you become aware and come alive to realities that surround you all the while.</div>
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<br /><b>E = </b>Exert to learn and develop. Learning is a never-ending process. It really stops only at death. Continuous learning gives us an opportunity to grow and develop.</div>
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<br /><b>C = </b>Compete only with yourself. While we blame our parents for comparing us with others, we also compare ourselves with others who have fared better than us and then invite depression by thinking. We try to be better today than what we were yesterday.</div>
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<b><br />A = </b>Appreciate others for all the good things that happen to you. It can be a word of thanks to the bus conductor after getting the ticket, the lift-man when we got off the lift, the watchman for opening the gate and many other simple and ordinary people for the little services that they render.</div>
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<br /><b>S =</b> Stop complaining. There are enough people in this world who are ready to complain, grumble and fight at the slightest inconvenience. Instead of complaining, let us look for some simple but effective solutions.</div>
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<br /><b>T = </b>Take time to organize. Organizing our time is an irritating task but, in the long run, it disciplines us and makes us both reliable and self-reliant.</div>
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RECAST

R = Rediscover yourself all over again to wake up and realize what a talented person you are. Rediscover people and situation around you...

THE MASTER’S WISDOM

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“Master,” the disciple asked, “Who am I? Who am I?” “Ah!” exclaimed the Master. “That’s a question you alone must answer.”<br />“Help me, Master” the disciple pleaded. “You were born a noble knight,” the Master replied. “You could either strive for the unreachable star or live and die the ignoble death of a despicable toad in some stagnant wayside pond.”<br />Not satisfied, the restless disciple anguished, “Master, who am I ? Who am I ?”<br />The Master relented. “You were created in the image and likeness of God,” said the Master. “In all humility, awaken to your true self-image and live up to your dignity and purpose.”</div>
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<br />Disturbed by the injustices in the world, a man asked the Master, “Why is it that the wicked in our midst thrive while the honest and the upright suffer?”<br />“Recall the words of wisdom of the Buddha,” the Master said, “If a man speaks or acts with evil thoughts, pain surely follows him e’en as the wheel follows the ox that drags the cart along.”<br />“Be ever mindful of your thoughts, words and actions,” the Master cautioned. “It is the law of life: The good you do blesses you a hundredfold and more already in this life. The evil you do stays with you to haunt you, morning, noon and night every moment of your life.”</div>
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THE MASTER’S WISDOM

“Master,” the disciple asked, “Who am I? Who am I?” “Ah!” exclaimed the Master. “That’s a question you alone must answer.” “Help me, Mas...

SHARPEN YOUR MIND

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<b>1. </b>There are 12 one rupee stamps in a dozen. How many 50 paise stamps are there in a dozen?<br /><b>2. </b>From the words given below can you find the odd one out? Give reasons for your answer.<br />Define<br />Abcess<br />Hijack<br />Study<br />North.<br /><b>3. </b>From the numbers 1 to 100 how many times does the numeral 3 appear?<br /><b>4.</b> Daniel is exactly one fifth of my age. In 21 years’ time, I will be exactly twice of his age. My wife is exactly seven times older than my daughter, Jessica. In 8 years’ time, my wife will be three times older then Jessica. How old are Daniel and Jessica now?<br /><b>5.</b> Tom has a tank filled with petrol that weighs 10kg.  He then puts something into it and now the barrel weighs less than 10kg. What does Tom put in the barrel?<br /><b>6. </b>Who is silent in the parliament?<br />
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<b><br />1.</b> 12 stamps.<br /><b>2. </b>North — all the other words start with three consecutive letters of the alphabet.<br /><b>3. </b>Twenty times.<br /><b>4.</b> Daniel is 7 years old and Jessica is 4 years old.<br /><b>5.</b> A hole.<br /><b>6. </b>The Letter ‘A’.<br />
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FACTS ABOUT LAUGHING

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Laughter is believed to have its origins in rough and tumble play, evolving from the panting behaviour of our primate ancestors.</div>
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<br />We laugh up to 30 times more when we are in the company of others than when we are by ourselves.</div>
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<br />Frequent and whole-hearted laughter actually helps your body to fight off harmful diseases.</div>
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<br />Only 10-15 per cent of laughter is the result of someone making a joke. It’s mostly about social responses.</div>
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<br />Laughter increases the body’s ability to produce and release a bacteria- and virus-fighter known as salivary immunoglobin A (S-IgA).</div>
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<br />Women tend to laugh slightly more than their male counterparts.</div>
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<br />Laughter tends to occur in short bursts of vowel-like sounds such as “ha-ha,” “ho-ho,” or “he-he,” which are repeated every fifth of a second.</div>
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<br />Most people can’t laugh on command. Laughter is not something we produce consciously.</div>
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<br />There really is a science to laughing. In fact, the science of laughing and its effects on the body is referred to as Gelotology. </div>
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<br />Humans are not the only beings that laugh. Although less obvious to detect, many animals also experience something similar to laughter. </div>
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FACTS ABOUT LAUGHING

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SPIRITUAL NOURISHMENT

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<b>Top Ten New Year’s Resolutions</b></div>
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Intend more love.</div>
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Think more love.</div>
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Feel more love.</div>
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Share more love.</div>
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Express more love.</div>
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Give more love.</div>
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Receive more love.</div>
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Create more love.</div>
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Celebrate more love.</div>
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Be more love.</div>
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May you have enough… </div>
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Enough happiness to keep you sweet, </div>
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Enough trials to keep you strong, </div>
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Enough sorrow to keep you human, </div>
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Enough failure to keep you humble, </div>
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Enough success to keep you eager, </div>
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Enough friends to give you comfort, </div>
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Enough wealth to meet your needs, </div>
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Enough enthusiasm to look forward, </div>
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Enough faith to banish depression, </div>
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Enough determination to make each day </div>
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<b>HAPPY NEW YEAR! </b></div>
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SPIRITUAL NOURISHMENT

Top Ten New Year’s Resolutions Intend more love. Think more love. Feel more love. Share more love. Express more love. Give...

The Art of Making Possible

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We also know that to be educated, the goal of it must be human liberation, a liberation enabling each of us to fulfil our capacity so as to be free to create within and around ourselves. To be educated to freedom must be evidenced in action, and here again is where we ask ourselves, as we have asked our parents and our teachers, questions about integrity, trust and respect.</div>
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<b>Integrity.</b> The courage to be whole, to try to mould an entire person in this particular context, living in relation to one another in the full poetry of existence.</div>
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<b>Trust. </b>What can you say about a feeling that permeates a generation and that perhaps is not even understood by those who are distrusted? All they can do is keep trying again and again and again.</div>
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<b>Respect.</b> There is that mutuality of respect between people where you don’t see people as percentage points, where you don’t manipulate people, where you are not interested in social engineering for people. </div>
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We have no need of false revolutions in a world where categories tend to tyrannize our minds. And hang our wills up on narrow pegs. It is well at every given moment to seek the limits in our lives. And once those limits are understood, understand that limitations no longer exist. Earth could be fair. And you and I must be free. Not to save the world in a glorious crusade. Not to kill ourselves with a nameless gnawing pain. But to practise with all the skill of our being. The art of making possible!</div>
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<b><i>—— Excerpts from Hillary Rodham Clinton’s commencement speech at Wellesley College in May 31, 1969</i></b></div>
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The Art of Making Possible

We also know that to be educated, the goal of it must be human liberation, a liberation enabling each of us to fulfil our capacity so as...

Fable of the Porcupine

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After a while, they decided to distance themselves one from the other. But they began to die, alone and frozen.  So they had to make a choice: either accept the quills of their companions, or disappear from the earth. Wisely, they decided to go back to being together. They learned to live with the little wounds caused by the close relationship with their companions in order to receive the heat that came from the others. This way they were able to survive.</div>
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  The best relationship is not the one that brings together perfect people “that doesn’t” exist! But when each individual learns to live with the imperfections of others, can admire the other person’s good qualities... that is what forms the lasting relationships! </div>
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It matters not how strait the gate, how charged with punishment the scroll. I am the master of my fate. I am the captain of my soul. </div>
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Fable of the Porcupine

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POINTS TO PONDER

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You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing which you think you cannot do.</div>
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We have a responsibility in our time, as others have had in theirs, not to be prisoners of history but to shape history, a responsibility to fill the role of path-finder, and to build with others a global network of purpose and law. </div>
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That first peak is the best place to pause and look back, to see if you took the easiest route, to learn the lessons from the first climb. And it is the best place to examine the terrain ahead, to change your plans and goals, to take a deep breath and begin climbing again. </div>
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In truth, the only difference between those who have failed and those who have succeeded lies in the difference of their habits. Good habits are the key to all success. Bad habits are the unlocked door to failure. Thus, the first law I will obey, which precedes all others is — I will form good habits and become their slave.</div>
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POINTS TO PONDER

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ENRICH YOUR LIFE

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Criteria of Being Successful</h4>
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He has achieved success who has lived well, laughed often, and loved much; Who has enjoyed the trust of pure women, the respect of intelligent men and the love of little children; Who has filled his niche and accomplished his task; Who has never lacked appreciation of Earth’s beauty or failed to express it; Who has left the world better than he found it, Whether an improved poppy, a perfect poem, or a rescued soul; Who has always looked for the best in others and given them the best he had; Whose life was an inspiration; Whose memory a benediction.</div>
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Five Lovely Gems of Wisdom</h4>
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1. There is a thorn in every alluring rose. </div>
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2. Under great pressure and extreme temperature, a coal is transformed into a dazzling diamond. </div>
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4. From an ugly caterpillar, a beautiful butterfly is born. </div>
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5. After a storm, you can behold the radiance of a shimmering rainbow.</div>
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ENRICH YOUR LIFE

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During a rehearsal of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony the members of the orchestra were so overwhelmingly moved by the conducting of Arturo Toscanini that they rose as one man and applauded him. When the spontaneous cheering had subsided Toscanini turned to his men, tears glistening in his eyes. “Please…please! Don’t do this!” he said in a pathetic voice. “You see, gentlemen, it isn’t me you should applaud. It’s Beethoven!”</div>
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When Napoleon Bonaparte was sentenced to exile on the island of Saint Helena, an English newspaper reported that this military genius would sooner kill himself than be exiled. Napoleon heard the report and said, “I believe suicide is the most abominable of all crimes, and I cannot find any reason for its justification. It’d be a coward’s crime. </div>
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How can a man call himself brave if he cannot bear life’s vicissitudes? True heroism consists in facing adverse fortune, however great it might be, and being able to meet that challenge.”</div>
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Metternich, the great Austrian statesman, had a leisurely, confident approach to solving problems. Once he had just returned from a wearisome night journey when he was met by a courier with an important dispatch. </div>
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The courier asked what the answer was to be. Metternich replied, “I really do not know yet. Let me finish the novel in my travel bag. Perhaps the answer will come.”</div>
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ANECDOTES OF THE GREAT

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I believe that life is given us so we may grow in love, and I believe that God is in me as the sun is in the colour and fragrance of a flower - the Light in my darkness, the Voice in my silence. </div>
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I believe that love will finally establish the Kingdom of God on earth, and the cornerstones of that Kingdom will be Liberty, Truth, Brotherhood and Service. </div>
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I believe that no good shall be lost, and that all man has willed or hoped or dreamed of good shall exist forever. </div>
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I believe in the immortality of the soul because I have within me immoral longings. I believe that the state we enter after death is wrought of our own motives, thoughts and deeds. I believe that in the life to come I shall have the senses I have not had here, and that my home there will be beautiful with colour, music and speech, of flowers and faces I love. </div>
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Without this faith there would be little meaning in my life. I should be a mere pillar of darkness in the dark. Observers in the full enjoyment of their bodily senses pity me, but it is because they do not see the golden chamber in my life where I dwell delighted; for, dark as my path may seem to them, I carry a magic light in my heart. </div>
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Faith, the spiritual strong searchlight, illumines the way, and although sinister doubts lurk in the shadow, I walk unafraid towards the Enchanted Wood where the foliage is always green, where joy abides, where nightingales nest and sing, and where life and death are one in the presence of the Lord.</div>
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INSPIRING PERSONAL CREED

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Keep Knocking

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Dr Carl Rogers, the American psychologist, compares an average human being to a person who has fallen into a deep, dry well. He describes the feeling of desperation that the trapped person experiences and the agony of frustration that he cannot climb out of the well. </div>
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This person keeps on knocking at the walls of the well with bruised and bleeding fists. Knock…Knock…Knock. After a while, it all seems futile.</div>
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The only alternative is to die and be discovered one day as a set of blanched bones at the bottom of the well. Then, there is a responding knock from the outer side of the well. There is an immediate explosion of joy and an enormous sense of relief in the poor prisoner of the well. He says, “Thank God, at last someone knows that I am here.” </div>
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In our lives too, when we feel the same futility and loneliness and go through anxious moments of desolation and rejection, we often stutter and fumble and give in easily without even really putting up a struggle.</div>
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Keep knocking until someone turns his/her attention! </div>
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What you send out comes back. </div>
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What you sow you reap. </div>
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What you give you get. </div>
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What you see in others exists in you. </div>
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Keep Knocking

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DISCOVER YOUR REALSELF

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“I’m sorry, sir,” said the conductor, “but you’re on the wrong train.” You will have to change trains at the next station.” </div>
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He collected several more tickets and found that these passengers, too, were carrying the wrong tickets. It seemed strange that so many should have made the same mistake. Then he discovered the truth. He, the conductor, was on the wrong train! </div>
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One day, a beggar was begging. He knocked at the door. A lady came from the house. Seeing the beggar, she began to abuse him saying, “You look strong enough to work. It is a bad omen to see beggars in the early hours of the day. I have no patience with such dirty fellows. Get out of my sight immediately. If not, I will call my husband.” </div>
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“Your husband is not in the house”, said the beggar. </div>
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“If he were to be in the house, he should be sick or a coward. A healthy, courageous and normal man would not stay with you for your nagging nature,” said the beggar as he walked away</div>
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DISCOVER YOUR REALSELF

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MAKE A LIVING

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In 1923, nine of the wealthiest people in the world met at Chicago's Edgewater Beach Hotel. Their combined wealth, it is estimated, exceeded the wealth of the Government of the United States at that time.</div>
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Without water, a ship cannot move. It needs water but if the water gets into the ship, it will face existential problem. </div>
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What was a “means of living” becomes a“means of destruction”.</div>
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Similarly we live in time where earning is a necessity but let not the earning enter our hearts, for what was once a means of living will surely become a means of destruction for us as well !</div>
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· Work for a cause, not for applause. </div>
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<li>The heart of the wise man lies quiet like limpid water.</li>
<li>By crawling a child learns to stand.</li>
<li>If you close your eyes to facts, you will learn through accidents.</li>
<li>Wealth, if you use it, comes to an end; learning, if you use it, increases.</li>
<li>By trying often, the monkey learns to jump from the tree.</li>
<li>You do not teach the paths of the forest to an old gorilla.</li>
<li>Instruction in youth is like engraving in stone.</li>
<li>Peace is costly but it is worth the expense.</li>
<li>When a king has good counsellors, his reign is peaceful.</li>
<li>Milk and honey have different colours, but they share the same house peacefully.</li>
<li>Without a leader, black ants are confused.</li>
<li>Sticks in a bundle are unbreakable.</li>
<li>Where there are many, nothing goes wrong.</li>
<li>Two ants do not fail to pull one grasshopper.</li>
<li>Brothers love each other when they are equally rich.</li>
<li>Dine with a stranger but save your love for your family.</li>
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WISDOM EVERGREEN

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DON’T JUDGE ANYONE

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  The doctor smiled and said: “I am sorry, I wasn’t in the hospital and I came as fast as I could after receiving the call. And now, I wish you’d calm down so that I can do my work.” </div>
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  “Calm down? What if your son was in this room right now, would you calm down? If your own son dies now what will you do?” said the father angrily. The doctor smiled again and replied, “Doctors cannot prolong lives. Go and intercede for your son, we will do our best by God’s grace.” </div>
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  “Giving advice when we’re not concerned is so easy,” murmured the father. </div>
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  The surgery took some hours after which the doctor went out happy, “Thank God, your son is saved! If you have any question, ask the nurse!” And without waiting for the father’s reply he carried on his way running. </div>
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  “Why is he so arrogant? He couldn’t wait some minutes so that I could ask about my son’s state,” commented the father when seeing the nurse minutes after the doctor left. </div>
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  The nurse answered, tears coming down her face: “His son died yesterday in a road accident; he was in the burial when we called him for your son’s surgery. And now that he saved your son’s life, he left running to finish his son’s burial.” </div>
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DON’T JUDGE ANYONE

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WITH A LIGHT HEART

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As he lay on his deathbed, the man confided to his wife: “I cannot die without telling you the truth. I cheated on you throughout our whole marriage. All those nights when I told you I was working late, I was with other women. And not just one woman either, but I’ve slept with dozens of them.”</div>
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His wife looked at him calmly and said, “Why do you think I gave you the poison?” </div>
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New Salesman: “Only one. Two men ordered me to put up my hands while they took all the money.” </div>
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WITH A LIGHT HEART

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THE VETERAN CRICKETER OF INDIA

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A skilful medium pace bowler, a hard hitting middle order batsman, a brilliant versatile fielder and an intuitive captain who led by example, Kapil Dev is one of the greatest cricketers India has ever produced. </div>
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Coming from a small town in Haryana where nobody was keen on cricket and also from a family with no cricketing background, it took Kapil a lot of hard work to motivate himself to play the game at the highest level. </div>
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Kapil was a truly dynamic cricketer who shaped many Indian triumphs during his long and arduous career, which stretched from 1978 to 1994. His dedication and passion for the game and his eagerness to face challenges were his strongest characteristics. The most trying times have almost always brought out the best in him. </div>
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It was Kapil who led the country to the first World Cup victory in 1983. He was known as a man of few words who spoke only when it was necessary. But on the day of the Final he spoke a few words that really changed the face of the Indian Cricket. </div>
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India had made only 183 runs in the Prudential World Cup Finals against the West Indies. At that time West Indies was the best team in the world and India had little hope of defending this score of 183 runs. But the Indian captain had different ideas for the team and the country. “We have made 183. They also will have to make 183. Let us make them ‘earn’ every run,” he spoke with passion and determination. Those few words made all the difference. </div>
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THE VETERAN CRICKETER OF INDIA

A skilful medium pace bowler, a hard hitting middle order batsman, a brilliant versatile fielder and an intuitive captain who led by exa...

GOD’S DOING

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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">Now to draw the worker’s attention, the supervisor picked a small stone and threw it on his head. The stone hit the worker’s head. This time the worker looked up and the supervisor communicated with the worker. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">Then God gives us amounts (gifts) and we are the same. Just keep the gifts without seeing from where they came and without thanking God. We just say we are lucky. Then when we are hit with a small stone, which we call problems, then we look up and we communicate with God. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">So every time we get gifts, we should thank God immediately, and not wait till we are hit by a small stone, and then communicate with God.</span></span></div>
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GOD’S DOING

One day a construction supervisor from 6th floor of the building was calling a worker working on the ground floor. Because of the constr...

I am the New Year

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I am an unspoiled page in your book of time.<br />
I am your next chance at the art of living.<br />
I am your opportunity to practise<br />
what you have learned about life<br />
during the last twelve months.<br />
All that you sought<br />
and didn’t find is hidden in me,<br />
waiting for you to search it out<br />
with more determination.<br />
All the good that you tried for<br />
and didn’t achieve is mine to grant<br />
when you have fewer conflicting desires.<br />
All that you dreamed but didn’t dare to do,<br />
all that you hoped but did not will,<br />
all the faith that you claimed but did not have —<br />
these slumber lightly,<br />
waiting to be awakened by the touch of a strong purpose.<br />
I am your opportunity to make all things new.<br />
I am the New Year!<br />
<b>— Author Unknown</b></div>
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I celebrate myself, and sing myself,<br />
And what I assume you shall assume,<br />
For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you.<b> </b></div>
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I am the New Year

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LESSONS FROM WARREN BUFFETT

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<br /><b>2. Work for a better future</b><br />“Someone’s sitting under the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.”</div>
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<br /><b>3. Bring value</b><br />“Price is what you pay. Value is what you get.”</div>
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<br /><b>4. Be around better company</b><br />“It’s better to hang out with people better than you. Pick out associates whose behavior is better than yours and you’ll drift in that direction.”</div>
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<br /><b>5. Patience is the key</b><br />“No matter how great the talents or efforts, some things just take time. You can’t produce a baby in one month by getting nine women pregnant.”</div>
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<br /><b>7. Honesty is a rare policy</b><br />“Honesty is a very expensive gift; don’t expect it from cheap people.”</div>
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<br /><b>8. One step at a time</b><br />“I don’t look to jump over 7-foot bars: I look around for 1-foot bars that I can step over.” </div>
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BELIEVE IN YOURSELF

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The professor stood before his class of 30 senior molecular biology students, about to pass out the final exam. “I have been privileged to be your instructor this semester, and I know how hard you have all worked to prepare for this test. I also know most of you are off to medical school or grad school next fall,” he said to them.</div>
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<br />“I am well aware of how much pressure you are under to keep your GPAs up, and because I know you are all capable of understanding this material, I am prepared to offer an automatic ‘B’ to anyone who would prefer not to take the final.”</div>
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<br />The relief was audible as a number of students jumped up to thank the professor and departed from class. The professor looked at the handful of students who remained, and offered again, “Any other takers? This is your last opportunity.” One more student decided to go.</div>
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<br />There were two sentences typed on the paper: “Congratulations, you have just received an ‘A’ in this class. Keep believing in yourself.”</div>
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IT MATTERS IN LIFE

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—Success will never lower its standards to accommodate someone. One has to raise one’s standard to achieve it.</div>
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<br />— There is always a hope and an end. It depends on us how we deal with them: we can look at it as a hopeless end or an endless hope.</div>
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<br />— The first to apologize is the bravest. The first to forgive is the strongest. The first to forget is the happiest.<br />— There is no future in any job. The future lies in the person who holds the job.</div>
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<br />— Forgiving people who have hurt you is your gift to them. Forgetting people who have hurt you is your gift to you.</div>
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<br />— Don’t look for someone who will solve all your problems. Look for someone who won’t let you to face them alone.</div>
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<br />— Courage does not always roar; sometimes courage is the quite voice at the end of the day saying, ‘I will try again tomorrow.’</div>
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<br />— Sometimes some problems can only be solved if you are willing to shut your mouth and learn to open your ears, heart and head.</div>
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<br />— The past is where you learned the lesson; the future is where you apply the lesson. Don’t give up in the middle. </div>
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IT MATTERS IN LIFE

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Do less thinking,<br />And pay more attention to your heart<br />Do less acquiring,<br />And pay more attention to what you already have<br />Do less complaining,<br />And pay more attention to giving<br />Do less controlling,<br />And pay more attention to letting go<br />Do less criticizing,<br />And pay more attention to complimenting<br />Do less arguing,<br />And pay more attention to forgiveness<br />Do less running around,<br />And pay more attention to stillness<br />Do less talking,<br />And pay more attention to silence.</div>
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Success is a product of LUCK, VISION and COMMITMENT.</div>
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<br />LUCK is the consistent ability to capitalize on events over which you have no control. </div>
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<br />VISION is talented people thinking the unthinkable and attempting the impossible. </div>
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<br />COMMITMENT is the willingness to pay the price necessary to cause luck and vision to happen.<br /><br /><b>— Unknown    </b></div>
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MAKING CHANGES

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Carousels go around and around, always ending up where they started. We used to love them, but after a while we got sick of the monotony and wanted to get off. As with many things, the ride is fun for a while, until we realize that no progress is being made.</div>
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So, if this year looks a lot like last year (and the year before)… get off the carousel.</div>
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If you keep using the same excuses for not making progress towards your goals… get off the carousel.<br />
If you have been in the same dead-end job, doing nothing meaningful with your unique skills… get off the carousel.</div>
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If you keep repeating the same mistakes… get off the carousel.</div>
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If you keep finding yourself in the same negative situations… get off the carousel.</div>
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If you feel as though life is boring and mundane… get off the carousel.</div>
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If it seems as though you are getting left behind in this ever-changing world in which we live… get off the carousel. Don’t complain about the carousel, make a change.</div>
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Take the risk and take action. Build momentum. Read, learn, and grow, because you can’t make progress on a carousel.<br />
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MAKING CHANGES

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Ring the changes with the New Year!

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Every New Year holds the promise of change. If you are unhappy with what you are doing and where you are headed, the year 2015 bids you make a change. “If you focus on results, you will never change. If you focus on change, you will get results,” reminds Jack Dixon.</div>
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<br />Making New Year resolutions has become passé. Yet, it remains a simple and effective way of bringing about change in at least some aspects of your life, be it at the personal level or whatever. The goal of our change-oriented New Year resolutions isn’t to just appear to be making progress; rather the goal is to improve. If there is no improvement, it is meaningless to change for the sake of change.</div>
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<br />Though your New Year resolutions are always paved with good intentions, sooner or later down the road, you could find yourself off the track. You can overcome this daunting experience if, at first, you set small and attainable goals for the year instead of gigantic ones. Secondly, you focus constantly on what you will do, not on what you will not do. Thirdly, you ought to maintain an ongoing accountability, no matter what!</div>
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<br />As IQ completes 40 years of its uninterrupted publication, we at IQ salute each of YOU dear readers for your continued support and faith in us. It is you who have kept our journey on the success track. As I thank each one of you, I also place on record my gratitude to all the editorial and supportive staff of the magazine who have been working tirelessly to keep it going so well these many years!</div>
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<br />As we move into a new calendar year, we would love to have your feedback and suggestions on what you would like to see more of (or even less of!) in IQ. After all readers, this is your monthly! Let’s together make the New Year ahead a truly happy one of enjoyable reading, prosperity paving your path all through the year 2015!</div>
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Ring the changes with the New Year!

Every New Year holds the promise of change. If you are unhappy with what you are doing and where you are headed, the year 2015 bids you ...