Happy Thoughts: May

Discover Your Real Self

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A woman tourist in Florida was admiring an Indian’s necklace. “What are those things?” she asked. “Alligator teeth, ma’am,” replied the Indian.</div>
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“Oh, I see. I suppose they have the same value for your people that pearls have for us.”</div>
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“Not quite,” he answered gravely. “Anyone can open an oyster.”<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #0b5394;">Wrong Interpretation</span></b></h3>
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A scientist was examining the nature of grasshoppers. He set about with his experiments with a grasshopper and a measuring scale. He made a grasshopper jump and it jumped six inches. He plucked out one leg and it jumped five. One more leg plucked and it jumped only four inches. As each leg came out, it jumped lesser and lesser. Once all its six legs had been plucked out, it would not jump at all.</div>
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The scientist’s aid noted down all the conclusions one by one. Finally, he noted the results of the study: ‘As each leg of a grasshopper is detached, it gets deafer and deafer. And once you pluck out the last leg, it becomes stone deaf because despite repeated instructions in a loud voice, it fails to jump.’</div>
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Discover Your Real Self

Difference A woman tourist in Florida was admiring an Indian’s necklace. “What are those things?” she asked. “Alligator teeth, ma’am,”...

Two Seas in Palestine (By John Marsabella)

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There are two seas in Palestine. They are both very different.</div>
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One is called the Sea of Galilee. It is large lake with clean fresh water from which you can drink. Fish and people swim in it. It is surrounded by green fields and gardens. Many people have built their homes near to it. Jesus sailed across it many times.</div>
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The other big body of water is called the Dead Sea, and it really lives up to its name. Everything about it is dead. The water is so salty that you would get sick from trying to drink it. It has no fish. Nothing grows along its banks. No one wants to live anywhere near its unpleasant smell.</div>
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The interesting thing about both these bodies of water is that the same river flows into both of them. So what makes the difference? Just this: one receives and gives; the other receives and keeps.</div>
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The Jordan river flows into the top of the Sea of Galilee and out the bottom. The lake uses the water and then passes it on for others to use. The Jordan then flows into the Dead Sea and never gets out again. The Dead Sea selfishly keeps it only for itself. This makes it dead. It gets and never gives.</div>
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Two Seas in Palestine (By John Marsabella)

There are two seas in Palestine. They are both very different. One is called the Sea of Galilee. It is large lake with clean fresh w...

Five Ways to Cultivate Patience (By Laura Harley)

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<b>1. Manage expectations</b></div>
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Often when we feel impatient it is because we were expecting things to go differently than they are going. It can be helpful to ask ourselves if our expectations are realistic and/or helpful.</div>
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<b>2. Apply compassion to yourself and others</b></div>
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Instead of judging ourselves for our impatient episodes, we can acknowledge that we want to approach things differently next time and acknowledge that we are struggling.</div>
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<b>3. Call on your creative powers</b></div>
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Many people find that having a creative outlet such as playing music, painting, or writing is an excellent way to release emotions and take care of themselves.</div>
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<b> 4. Ask for help</b></div>
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Talking with supportive friends or family can be a great way to release emotions, gain perspective, and come up with new solutions to our challenges.</div>
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<b>5. Gain perspective</b></div>
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Sometimes life feels overwhelming and we lose perspective. In those times, take a deep breath and remind yourself of the many times you’ve faced challenges and overcome them. Talk with or read about other people who’ve had similar struggles and learn how they got through them.</div>
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Five Ways to Cultivate Patience (By Laura Harley)

1. Manage expectations Often when we feel impatient it is because we were expecting things to go differently than they are going. It c...

Master's Wisdom

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The Master always insisted that we must learn by ourselves — teach ourselves — rather than depend on other people’s authority. This had its limits, of course, as when a bright young fellow was convinced he ought to try drugs as a means to mysticism — and “take the risk, for one can only learn by trial and error.”</div>
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That moved the Master to tell the old story of the nail and the screw: “Here is one way to find out whether what you need in a plank is a nail or a screw: Drive the nail in. If it splits the plank, you know you needed the screw.” </div>
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“I wish to learn. Will you teach me?”</div>
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“I do not think that you know how to learn,” said the Master.</div>
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“Can you teach me how to learn?”</div>
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“Can you learn how to let me teach?”</div>
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To his bewildered disciples the Master later said: “Teaching only takes place when learning does. Learning only takes place when you teach something to yourself.” </div>
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One disciple said: “I have no idea of what tomorrow will bring, so I wish to prepare for it.”</div>
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The master answered: “You fear tomorrow — not realizing that yesterday is just as dangerous.” </div>
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Master's Wisdom

The Master always insisted that we must learn by ourselves — teach ourselves — rather than depend on other people’s authority. This had ...

Gems From Sacred Scriptures

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<b>Buddhism: </b>Even three times a day to offer Three hundred cooking pots of food Does not match a portion of the merit Acquired in one instant of love.<i> (Nagarjuna, Precious Garland 283).</i></div>
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<b>Christianity:</b> Love is always patient and kind; love is never jealous; love is not boastful or conceited, it is never rude and never seeks its own advantage, it does not take offence or store up grievances. Love does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but finds its joy in the truth. It is always ready to make allowances, to trust, to hope and to endure whatever comes <i>(Corinthians 13:1-7).</i></div>
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<b>Hinduism: </b>In the beginning love arose, this was the primal germ cell of the mind <i>(Rig Veda 10:29).</i></div>
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<b>Islam: </b>You will not attain piety until you expend of what you love; and whatever thing you expend, God, the knower of it <i>(Qur’an 3, 92).</i></div>
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<b>Jainism:</b> Rendering help to others is the function of all human beings <i>(Tattvarthasutra 5:21).</i></div>
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<b>Sikhism:</b> Life devoid of love is a flower blooming in the wilderness, with nobody to enjoy its fragrance <i>(Kabirji, Gauri Rag).</i></div>
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Gems From Sacred Scriptures

Love Buddhism: Even three times a day to offer Three hundred cooking pots of food Does not match a portion of the merit Acquired in on...

Kissing Facts

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<li>Lips are 100 times more sensitive than the tips of the fingers. Not even genitals have as much sensitivity as lips.</li>
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<li>Approximately two-thirds of people tip their head to the right when they kiss.</li>
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<li>The term “French kiss” came into the English language around 1923 as a slur on the French culture which was thought to be overly concerned with sex. French kissing involves all 34 muscles in the face.</li>
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<li>Kissing may have originated when mothers orally passed chewed solid food to their infants. Another theory suggests kissing evolved from prospective mates sniffing each other’s pheromones for biological compatibility.</li>
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Kissing Facts

The science of kissing is called philematology. Lips are 100 times more sensitive than the tips of the fingers. Not even genital...

What God Does

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       He is the most sufficient.</div>
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       He is most able.</div>
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       He is absolutely dependable.</div>
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       He is the most able. </div>
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       He is intimately present.</div>
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       He is the greatest!</div>
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       He is preparing you.</div>
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       He is the only Light you need.</div>
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       He is your Rock and Fortress.</div>
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       He is most gracious.</div>
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What God Does

When you are the neediest, He is the most sufficient. When you are completely helpless, He is most able. When yo...

Questions That Matter (By B. Von Haller Gilmer)

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Following are the ten questions that parents should answer correctly if they want their children to have confidence in them:<br />
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<b>3.</b> Are you giving out more disapproval than praise?<br />
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<b>4. </b>Are you pushing the child beyond his abilities rather than realizing his limitations?<br />
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<b>5. </b>Are you aloof rather than friendly with the child?<br />
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Questions That Matter (By B. Von Haller Gilmer)

Following are the ten questions that parents should answer correctly if they want their children to have confidence in them: 1. Are yo...

A Call to Move On

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Today I want to tell you that we are on the move and no wave of racism can stop us. The burning of our churches will not deter us. The bombing of our homes will not dissuade us. The beating and killing of our clergymen and young people will not divert us. Like an idea whose time has come, not even the marching of mighty armies can halt us. We are moving to the land of freedom.</div>
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The battle is in our hands. And we can answer with creative nonviolence the call to higher ground to which the new directions of our struggle summon us. The road ahead is not altogether a smooth one. But we must keep going.</div>
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The only normalcy that we will settle for is the normalcy that recognizes the dignity and the worth of all of God’s children. The only normalcy that we will settle for is the normalcy that allows judgement to run down like waters, and righteousness like a mighty stream. The only normalcy that we will settle for is the normalcy of brotherhood, the normalcy of true peace, the normalcy of justice.</div>
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Our aim must never be to defeat or humiliate the white man, but to win his friendship and understanding. We must come to see that the end we seek is a society at peace with itself, a society that can live with its conscience.</div>
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I know you are asking today, “How long will it take?” I come to say to you, however difficult the moment, however frustrating the hour, it will not be long, because truth crushed to earth will rise again.</div>
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<b><i>— Excerpts from Martin Luther King Jr.’s speech at Montgomery in 1965.</i></b></div>
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A Call to Move On

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Forgiveness

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A young man secretly misappropriated several hundred dollars from the business where he was employed. When the shortage was discovered, the senior partner called the young man to his office.</div>
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His employer asked the worried man if he was guilty. He replied that he was. Then the executive surprised him.</div>
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“If I keep you in your present capacity, can I trust you in the future?” he asked.</div>
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“Yes, sir, you surely can. I’ve learned my lesson,” replied the astonished employee.</div>
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His boss must have detected the repentant man’s sincerity. “I’m not going to press charges and you can continue in your present responsibility,” he said. Then he added, “I think you ought to know, however, that you are the second man in this firm who succumbed to temptation but was shown leniency. I was the first. What you have done, I did. The mercy you are receiving, I received.”</div>
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Forgiveness

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Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the grey twilight that knows not victory nor defeat.</div>
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Someday, after we have mastered the winds, the waves, the tides and the gravity, we shall harness for God the energies of love. Then, for the second time in the history of the world, man will have discovered fire.</div>
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Work is love made visible. And if you cannot work with love but only with distaste, it is better that you should leave your work and sit at the gate of the temple and take alms of those who work with joy. n</div>
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You have to decide what your highest priorities are and have the courage — pleasantly, smilingly, non-apologetically — to say ‘no’ to other things. And the way to do that is by having a bigger ‘yes’ burning inside.</div>
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Y It is the greatest of all mistakes to do nothing because you can only do little — do what you can.</div>
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“You say you love me, but sometimes you don’t show it. In the beginning you couldn’t do enough for me.  Now you seem to take me for granted.  Some days I even wonder if I mean anything at all to you. Maybe when I’m gone you’ll appreciate me and all the things I do for you.  I’m responsible for getting food on your table, for your clean shirt, for the welfare of your children… a thousand and one things you want and need.  Why, if it weren’t for me, you wouldn’t even have a car.  I’ve kept quiet and waited to see how long it would take for you to realize how much you really need me. Cherish me, take care of me and I’ll continue to take good care of you.  Who am I?  I am your job.”<br />
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The sign ‘Silence!’ in a hospital shields the quiet mysterious knitting up of bodies and nerves. ‘Silence!’ in a radio station safeguards a delicately tuned traffic with infinite space. In a library, ‘Silence!’ whispers of the deep communion of mind with mind, the calm flowering of thought. Thus does silence speak of healing, of messages from space, and of the distilling of wisdom.</div>

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After his first audition, Sidney Poitier was told by the casting director, “Why don’t you stop wasting people’s time and go out and become a dishwasher or something?” Poitier vowed to show him that he could make it, going on to win an Oscar and become one of the well-regarded actors in the business.</div>
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On one occasion, Francis of Assisi was going through the fields. A peasant ran to him and asked if he were Brother Francis. When the man of God humbly replied that he was the man he was asking about, the peasant said, “Try to be as good as you are said to be by all men, for many put their trust in you. Therefore I request you, never to be other than you are expected to be.”</div>
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<b>1. “I have a choice.”</b></div>
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It is not your talents or abilities, but your choices that ultimately decide your fate. You are your choices. Until you can look at yourself in the mirror and honestly say, “I have a choice.  I am here now because of the choices I’ve made in the past,” you will never be able to say, “I choose differently.”</div>
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A goal is far more than a mental exercise.  In fact, without the intent of action a goal is nothing more than a lie.  Make your decisions real and present in your life; give them the time and attention they deserve. In the end it doesn’t matter what you’re thinking, it matters what you’re doing.  Whatever you want to accomplish, it’s time to get started.   </div>
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<b>3. “I have what it takes.”</b></div>
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The worst enemy of today is your self-doubt.  The moment you doubt whether you can do something is the moment it becomes impossible for you. You have to believe in yourself.  You have to trust yourself. You might be nervous, but don’t you ever let any source of negativity in the world convince you that you don’t have what it takes.</div>
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<b>4. “Hello, how can I help you?”</b></div>
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In life, you get what you put in. Happiness is always attained by giving it away without expectation.  Those who help others are eventually helped.  You have two hands, one to help yourself and the other to help those around you.  If you can lie down at night knowing in your heart that you made someone’s day just a little brighter, you have something to smile about.</div>
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<b>5. “Look how far I’ve come.”</b></div>
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The way you move a mountain is by moving one stone at a time.  Every stone you move, no matter how small, is progress. Sometimes it may be hard to see your progress.  Sometimes it will be frustrating when the results you seek don’t appear as quickly as you had hoped.  Still, you are advancing. </div>
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The happiest of people aren’t the luckiest, and they usually don’t have the best of everything either.  They simply make the most of everything they do have. The reason so many people are unhappy is because they tend to look at what’s missing in their life, instead of what’s present.</div>
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That blank space denoted by “… “ is no mistake.  That space represents silence. Silence is soothing.  Silence is peace.  Silence is divine. The more silent you are, the more you can hear yourself think. Leave enough space in your day to enjoy the space between the commotions.  Say nothing, think quietly, just be and breathe.</div>
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Seven Positive Things You Should Say Today (By Marc Chernof)

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Wisdom Evergreen

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Husband: “I also wish that so that I can change you every day like that newspaper.”</div>
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A travelling salesman was held up in the island by a rainstorm and flood. He sent an SMS to his boss: “Delayed by storm. Send instructions!” His boss replied: “Start vacation immediately!” </div>
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Interviewer: “Imagine, in a closed room, how can you escape if it caught fire?”  Job Applicant: “Simple, stop imagining!”</div>
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Husband is reading the news paper and wife comes in and says: “Honey, I love you so much. I wish I would be a newspaper so that you al...

Joy and Peace (Mrs Alice K. Jose, Bangalore)

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Where is the peace-loving world</div>
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Dreamt by Mahatma Gandhi?</div>
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Shells and bombs shatter our hopes</div>
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With looming war, no peace.</div>
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     Shedding sweat and tears and blood</div>
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     To no avail, soldiers fight.</div>
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     Strife and sorrow everywhere</div>
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     Darkness surrounds, where’s true light?</div>
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‘Handsome is that handsome does’</div>
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But who cares? Selfish all are</div>
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Turning this earth beautiful</div>
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A vast graveyard! All they mar.</div>
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     We do need more Mahatmas</div>
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     Mandelas, Teresas, Kings</div>
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     Let them lead and guide the world</div>
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     Arrives serene life on wings!</div>
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Youth of the earth, ‘dream a dream’</div>
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So inspires Kalam, the great.</div>
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Fear of war, we shall overcome</div>
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Joy and peace will rule, ere late.</div>
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If you want to know what your thoughts were like in the past, look at your body. If you want to know what your body will be like in the future, look at your thoughts today.</div>
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Joy and Peace (Mrs Alice K. Jose, Bangalore)

Where is the peace-loving world Dreamt by Mahatma Gandhi? Shells and bombs shatter our hopes With looming war, no peace. Sh...

The Melody Queen of India (Sajith Cyriac)

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No name is as synonymous with the power and the magic of Hindi film music as Lata Mangeshkar whose mesmeric reign continues to amaze critics and fans alike even today. She is in fact a rare artiste who has realized her search for excellence.</div>
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Lata, known as ‘the nightingale of India’, was born in Indore in a lower middle class family. When her father fell terribly ill, Lata had to shoulder the entire responsibility of running the household as she was the eldest child. She was the sole bread winner and had to take care of all her siblings.</div>
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After the death of her father, Lata was forced to act in movies to make her ends meet. When Lata tried to make a foray into the Hindi Film Industry she was rejected outright. Her early film career was characterized by numerous changes in direction, false starts, and a general unsteadiness. Her thin voice was very different from the heavier voice quality that was in vogue. She received numerous rejections. However, she struggled for years to gain a strong foothold in the music industry until she finally succeeded.</div>
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Lata has sung in virtually all Indian languages with equal success. The Guinness Book of Records listed her as the most recorded artiste in the world with not less than 30,000 solo, duet and chorus-backed songs recorded in 20 Indian languages between 1948 and 1987. Today the number has crossed 40,000! The Government of India has conferred on her the title Padma Shri.</div>
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The Melody Queen of India (Sajith Cyriac)

No name is as synonymous with the power and the magic of Hindi film music as Lata Mangeshkar whose mesmeric reign continues to amaze cri...

Follow Your Bliss (By Steve Goodier)

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I have heard of a bus driver in Chicago who does just that. He sings while he drives. That’s right… sings! And I don’t mean he sings softly to himself, either. He sings so that the whole bus can hear! All day long he drives and sings.</div>
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He was once interviewed on Chicago television. He said that he was not actually a bus driver. “I’m a professional singer,” he asserted. “I only drive the bus to get a captive audience every single day. His ‘bliss’ is not driving a bus, though that may be a source of enjoyment for some people. His ‘bliss’ is singing. And the supervisors at the Chicago Transit Authority are perfectly happy about the whole arrangement. You see, people line up to ride his bus. They even let other buses pass by so that they can ride with the ‘singing bus driver’. They love it!</div>
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Here is a man who believes he knows why he was put there on earth. For him, it is to make people happy. And the more he sings, the more people he makes happy! He has found a way to align his purpose in living with his occupation. By following his bliss, he is actually living the kind of life he believes he was meant to live.</div>
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Follow Your Bliss (By Steve Goodier)

I have heard of a bus driver in Chicago who does just that. He sings while he drives. That’s right… sings! And I don’t mean he sings s...

The Mirror of Life (By Catherine Pulsifer)

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Life is but a mirror,</div>
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Looking back at us.</div>
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Everything we do each day,</div>
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Should lead us to impress.</div>
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       And sometimes when we need,</div>
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       To see life differently.</div>
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       We have that mirror to help us,</div>
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       Change our view gently.</div>
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The eyes of everyone,</div>
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Also reflect back.</div>
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Mirrors come in different ways,</div>
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To show us what we lack.</div>
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       But most importantly,</div>
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       Don’t forget to always look.</div>
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       Be your best </div>
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       And life will look after the rest.</div>
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What we see and what we do </div>
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Are reflections of what is true</div>
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Don’t let your mirror reflect the things</div>
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That you do not want to come true.</div>
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       Instead each day set your goals</div>
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       Strive to complete, it is good for your soul.</div>
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       Give life all you’ve got.</div>
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The Mirror of Life (By Catherine Pulsifer)

Life is but a mirror, Looking back at us. Everything we do each day, Should lead us to impress. And sometimes when we nee...