THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WALLThere was a young woman who took great pride in the growth and care of the flowers in her flower garden. One day while looking through a flower catalogue she often ordered from, a picture of a plant …
IT MATTERS IN LIFE1. What is the difference between ‘like’ and ‘love’? If you like a flower you’ll pick it; but if you love a flower, you’ll water it every day. 2. Sometimes you have to shut up, swallow your pride and…
TREASURE IMPERISHABLEThe Wheel of Life in BuddhismFrom right understanding proceeds right thought;From right thought proceeds right speech;From right speech proceeds right action;From right action proceeds right liveliho…
YOUR LIFE YOUR CHOICEIf You Plant…If you plant honesty, you will reap trustIf you plant goodness, you will reap friendsIf you plant humility, you will reap greatnessIf you plant perseverance, you will reap contentmentIf …
10 LIFE LAWS1: You either get it or you don’t.Strategy: Become one of those who get it.2: You create your own experience.Strategy: Acknowledge and accept accountability for your life. Understand your role in cre…
LIFE IS A ROLLERCOASTER RIDEHave you been on a rollercoaster? Once the ride begins, you start climbing up to the top, and the next moment you plunge down to the very bottom, only to be hoisted right up again! There are some wil…
THE DIVINE SARAHSarah Bernhardt was perhaps the most acclaimed actress of the 19th century. She was known for her charismatic, sensual and highly melodramatic performances in classical plays. Sarah was the illegitim…
Don’t Cut CornersA woman making funeral arrangements for her husband requested that her husband be buried in a dark blue suit. Wouldn’t it be easier to just bury him in the black suit that he’s already wearing the fu…
POETIC INSPIRATIONSermons We SeeI’d rather see a sermon than hear one any day;I’d rather one should walk with me than merely tell the way.The eye’s a better pupil and more willing than the ear,Fine counsel is…
JIM ROHN’S FIVE LESSONS FOR SUCCESS1: Communication “In order to be effective, your communication should be on purpose. Yes, occasionally you may say something off the top of your head and that can hold weight with others, but this i…
CROAKING FROGSA farmer came into town and asked the owner of a restaurant if he could use a million frog legs. The restaurant owner was shocked and asked the man where he could get so many frog legs! The farmer re…
IT MATTERS IN LIFE...It isn’t what you have, or who you are, or where you are, or what you are doing, or what you are going to do, that makes you happy or unhappy. It’s what you think about. Respect yourself enough to wa…
TREASURE IMPERISHABLEWhen I am happy, I see the happiness in others.When I am depressed, I notice that people’s eyes look sad.When I am weary, I see the world as boring and unattractive.— Steve Chandler _________________…
YOUR LIFE, YOUR CHOICEThe Only WayWhen You…When you think and act with confidenceAdded confidence is created.When you think and act with courageGreater courage is built up.When you think and act with energyAdditional ener…
LIFE IS A BIG UNCERTAINTYLife is a big uncertainty. Life’s ambiguity has always kept us in the dark. Groping and guessing is our fate. But to know what you will become will not make life any easier. It won’t make any differe…
WELL BEGUN, HALF DONE!There is always a beginning for anything and everything that you plan to do. A good start of anything that you decide to do or make is very important for the successful completion of the same. “Well …
How many minutes is it until six o’clock if fifty minutes ago it was four times as many minutes past three o’clock? There is a number which is very peculiar. This number is three times the sum of its…
FACTS ABOUT TWINS There are actually 7 different types of twins. They are: identical, fraternal, half-identical, mirror image twins, mixed chromosome twins, superfecundation, and superfetation. Those other than identi…
THANK YOU GOD!Even though, I clutch my blanket and growl when the alarm rings. Thank you God, that I can hear. There are many who are deaf. Even though, I keep my eyes closed against the morning light as long as p…
THE GRAMMAR OF RIGHT LIVINGThree Qualities I have three precious things which I hold fast and prize. The first is gentleness; the second is frugality, the third is humility, which keeps me from putting myself before others. Be…
Imagination Pays The beginning of Banaras Hindu University has a story still interesting and inspiring. The acclaimed Baneras Hindu University is the brainchild of Madanmohan Malavia. When he began working out the po…
POINTS TO PONDERThat 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 ch…
Hannibal Barca was one of the best known Carthaginian commanders. His most illustrious accomplishment was at the eruption of the Second Punic War, when he marched an army, which included war elephant…
FROM HENRY DAVID THOREAUI went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I h…
WAYS TO DO YOUR BEST WORK1. Do your best work by challenging the way you did things yesterday. 2. Do your best work by allowing your passion to see the light of day. 3. Do your best work by becoming part of the solution vers…
TATTOO ON MINDIn his book Power of The Plus Factor, Norman Vincent Peale tells how he came across a tattoo studio in Kowloon in Hong Kong. In the window, among samples of words, one could have tattooed on one’s bo…
TYPES OF LOVE RELATIONSHIPSRobert Sternberg, a well-known psychologist believes that love in an interpersonal relationship has three basic components, namely, intimacy, passion and commitment, which are then combined together …
CHOCOLATEIn 1519, when Hernan Cortes of Spain went to Aztec, Mexico, he was offered a sweet scented drink in a golden goblet. This special drink was offered to honoured guests only. The natives called it choc…
WISDOM EVERGREENKnowledge without wisdom is a load of books on fool’s back. The jelly fish never dances with the shrimp. Time spent laughing is time spent with the gods. Count the skins of badgers which haven’t been…
TAMINGFollowing excerpts are from the story ‘The Little Prince’ by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. “Good morning,” said the fox. “Good morning,” the little prince responded politely, although when he turned arou…
WITH A LIGHT HEARTTom: “I love you Rose!” Rose: “Hmmm…” Tom: “I’ll even die for you.” Rose: “Hmmm…” Tom: “I can’t live without you.” Rose: “Hmmm…” Tom: “I even bought a diamond ring for you.” Girl: “Really?” Tom: “Hmm…
IF YOU THINK...If you think that life is lostDeath is the only way that’s worthThink of a woman in laborTaking such pains to bring life on earth.If you think you are the most lonelyLosing a friend dear to youThink …
THE EPITOME OF INDOMITABLE WILLThe world famous Brooklyn Bridge that connects Manhattan and Brooklyn in New York is simply spectacular and an enchanting engineering wonder. John Roebling had harboured a novel idea of a bridge of t…
QUALITIES OF A PENCILA boy was watching his grandmother write a letter. At one point he asked, “Are you writing a story about me?” His grandmother stopped writing her letter and said to him, “I am writing about you, actu…
EVERYONE NEEDS SOMEONE People need people and friends need friends And we all need love for a full life depends Not on vast riches or great acclaim, Not on success or on worldly fame, But just in knowing that someone care…
SEVEN SUCCESS LESSONS FROM HENRY FORDHenry Ford was a remarkable man who founded the Ford Motor Company; he was also the creator of the assembly line. In October of 1908 Ford introduced the “Model T” automobile and single-handedly revo…
ASKING FORGIVENESSThe 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 ha…
IT MATTERS IN LIFE1.No matter how great the talent or efforts, some things just take time. You can’t produce a baby in one month by making nine women pregnant. 2.The mind is a powerful force. It can plunge us into the…
TREASURE IMPERISHABLEJust Move ForwardWeep not for what you have lost,Fight for what you have.Weep not for what is dead,Fight for what was born in you.Weep not for the one who abandoned you,Fight for who is with you.Weep…
YOUR LIFE YOUR CHOICEThe Only Way The only way that we can live, is if we grow.The only way that we can grow is if we change.The only way that we can change is if we learn.The only way we can learn is if we are exposed.A…
YOU ONLY LIVE ONCEYou Only Live Once “You only live once; but if you do it right, once is enough,” says Mae West. This is very true in so many ways. Life is not a matter of accomplishing everything, rather, it is a ma…
Gratitude – An Attitude of the HeartIs ‘complaining’ one of the favorite pastimes you may find yourself indulging in? Your justification behind most of your complaints could be about not having something. And yet, in reality, you could…
Inspirational GemsBEING 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 allowing your thoughts to come forth — without judgement.It is al…
