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THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WALL

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There was a young woman who took great pride in the growth and care of the flowers in her flower garden.</div>
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One day while looking through a flower catalogue she often ordered from, a picture of a plant immediately caught her eye. She had never seen blooms on a flower like that before, and she immediately ordered it.</div>
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When it arrived, she already had a place prepared to plant it. She planted it at the base of a stone wall at the back of her yard. It grew vigorously, with beautiful green leaves all over it, but there were no blooms. Day after day she continued to cultivate it, water it and feed it. But, it was to no avail.<br />
One morning weeks later, as she stood before the vine, she contemplated how disappointed she was that her plant had not bloomed. She was giving considerable thought to cutting it down and planting something else in its place.</div>
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It was at this point that her invalid neighbour, whose lot joined hers, called over to her. “Thank you so much! You can’t imagine how much I have enjoyed the blooms of that vine you planted.” The young woman walked through the gate into her neighbour’s yard, and sure enough, she saw that on the other side of the wall the vine was filled with blooms.</div>
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There were indeed the most beautiful blooms she had ever seen. The vine had crept through the crevices and it had not flowered on her side of the fence, it had flowered luxuriantly on the other side.<br />
Just because you cannot see the good result of your labour does not mean that it bore no fruit. </div>
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THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WALL

There 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 LIFE

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<b>1. </b>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.</div>
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<b>2. </b>Sometimes you have to shut up, swallow your pride and accept that you are wrong. It is not giving up. It is called growing up.</div>
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<b>3. </b>Just because you miss someone doesn’t mean you need them back in your life. Missing is just a part of moving on.</div>
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<b>4. </b>Never say, “That won’t happen to me.” Life has a funny way of proving us wrong.<br />
No matter how bad you think your life is, wake up each day and be thankful for what you have. Someone somewhere is fighting just to survive. </div>
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<b>5. </b>While you’re busy looking for the perfect person, you’ll probably miss the imperfect person who could make you perfectly happy. Someone will always be prettier. Someone will always be smarter. Someone will always be younger. But they will never be you.</div>
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<b>6. </b>When you make a commitment you build hope. When you keep it you build trust. So don’t just say it, show it. Don’t just promise it, prove it.</div>
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<b>7. </b>If you expect the world to be fair with you because you are fair, you’re fooling yourself. That’s like expecting the lion not to eat you because you didn’t eat him. </div>
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IT MATTERS IN LIFE

1. 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 IMPERISHABLE

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The Wheel of Life in Buddhism<br />From right understanding proceeds right thought;<br />From right thought proceeds right speech;<br />From right speech proceeds right action;<br />From right action proceeds right livelihood;<br />From right livelihood proceeds right effort;<br />From right effort proceeds right awareness;<br />From right awareness proceeds right concentration;<br />From right concentration proceeds right wisdom;<br />From right wisdom proceeds right liberation.</div>
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________________________________<br />Best Day of Your Life<br />The best day of your life is the one on which you decide your life is your own.<br />No apologies or excuses.<br />No one to lean on, rely on, or blame.<br />The gift is yours — it is an amazing journey — and you alone are responsible for the quality of it.<br />This is the day your life really begins.<br /><div>
<b>— Bob Moawad</b></div>
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As long as we have friendship, today is beautiful.<br />As long as we have memories, yesterday remains.<br />As long as we have hope, tomorrow awaits.</div>
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The 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 CHOICE

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If You Plant…<br />If you plant honesty, you will reap trust<br />If you plant goodness, you will reap friends<br />If you plant humility, you will reap greatness<br />If you plant perseverance, you will reap contentment<br />If you plant consideration, you will reap perspective<br />If you plant hard work, you will reap success<br />If you plant forgiveness, you will reap reconciliation<br />So, be careful what you plant now; it will determine what you will reap later.</div>
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_______________________________<br />One of the hardest lessons in life is letting go.<br />Whether it is guilt, anger, love, loss or betrayal.<br />Change is never easy.<br />We fight to hold on, and we fight to let go.<br /><b>— Unknow</b></div>
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________________________________<br />As Much As You Think<br />You can do as much as you think you can,<br />But you’ll never accomplish more;<br />If you’re afraid of yourself, young man,<br />There’s little for you in store.<br />For failure comes from the inside first,<br />It’s there, if we only knew it;<br />And you can win, though you face the worst,<br />If you feel that you’re going to do it!<br /><b>— Edgar Guest </b></div>
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YOUR LIFE YOUR CHOICE

If 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 LAWS

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<b>1:</b> <b>You either get it or you don’t.</b><br />Strategy: Become one of those who get it.<br /><b>2: You create your own experience.</b><br />Strategy: Acknowledge and accept accountability for your life. Understand your role in creating results.<br /><b>3:</b> <b>People do what works.</b><br />Strategy: Identify the payoffs that drive your behavior and that of others.<br /><b>4: You cannot change what you do not acknowledge.</b><br />Strategy: Get real with yourself and others about life.<br /><b>5:</b> <b>Life rewards action.</b><br />Strategy: Make careful decisions and then pull the trigger.<br /><b>6:</b> <b>There is no reality, only perception.</b><br />Strategy: Identify the filters through which you view the world.<br /><b>7:</b> <b>Life is managed; it is not cured.</b><br />Strategy: Learn to take charge of your life and hold on. This is a long ride, and you are the driver every single day.<br /><b>8:</b> <b>We teach people how to treat us.</b><br />Strategy: Learn to renegotiate your relationships to have what you want.<br /><b>9: There is power in forgiveness.</b><br />Strategy: Open your eyes to what anger and resentment are doing to you.<br /><b>10:</b> <b>You have to name it before you can claim it.</b><br />Strategy: Get clear about what you want and take your turn.</div>
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10 LIFE LAWS

1: 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 RIDE

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Have 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 wild corners, absurd turns and twists, and you even get turned completely upside down a few times. While a few enjoy the ride, the majority experience fear and apprehension and wait for the ride to be over!</div>
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<br />Life is like a rollercoaster ride. It has its ups and downs, sharp turns and unexpected moments. In life, there are things that are stable and uneven, comforting and disturbing, and you will never know what life has in store for you the next moment. But the moment you let yourself be engulfed in your fears, you are letting fear block your potential journey to success.</div>
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<br />When you fight life’s uncertainties, life seems to get harder. The things that you hate seem to worsen and remain with you, and you can’t seem to get the things you want. When you fight the rollercoaster of your life, continually complaining about things going wrong, you are bound to have a nightmarish ride, sadly missing out on the greatest of life’s promises and rewards.</div>
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<br />The rollercoaster will not change for you; it will keep on going up and down until you get off from it. It is up to you to decide how you are going to manoeuvre it. You can’t change everything that happens to you; but you can definitely change your attitude towards it all. When you DECIDE to enjoy the ride of life, despite how scary it sometimes get, you attract those circumstances that will give you ever-increasing reason to be happy and successful.</div>
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<br />A rollercoaster ride is short, so too life per se. All you can do is enjoy every moment of the ride called life, leaving no regrets behind!</div>
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THE DIVINE SARAH

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Sarah 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.</div>
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<br />Sarah was the illegitimate daughter of a Dutch courtesan (the identity of her father is uncertain). As with many illegitimate girls she was raised in boarding schools and convents. When she was 16, she entered a government-sponsored school of acting. She was not considered a particularly promising student at all. However she proved what she could become — a notable actress of the time.</div>
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<br />Sarah was crippled by a knee injury in 1905. The injury continued to trouble her and in 1915 her leg was amputated. She continued to perform from a chair until her death from kidney failure in 1923. That was the spirit of this daring woman for whom acting was her first love. Her heroic effort was greatly appreciated by her fans.</div>
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<br />Known as the Divine Sarah, Bernhardt was much more than a stage personality. She was also a painter, sculptor and writer, as well as a savvy businesswoman who ran her own theatres and produced her own plays.</div>
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<br />Sarah reminds, “To be a good actor, it is necessary to resume each minute the laborious task that has barely just been finished.” In other words, quitters never succeed</div>
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THE DIVINE SARAH

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Don’t Cut Corners

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A woman making funeral arrangements for her husband requested that her husband be buried in a dark blue suit.</div>
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<br />Wouldn’t it be easier to just bury him in the black suit that he’s already wearing the funeral director asked. But the woman insisted that it must be a blue suit, and gave the funeral director a blank cheque to buy one.</div>
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<br />When she returned for the wake, she saw her husband in the coffin wearing a beautiful blue suit. She complimented the funeral director on his choice of outfit, and asked how much it cost. He said, “Actually, it didn’t cost anything. As soon as you left, another corpse was brought in and he was wearing a blue suit. I noticed that they were about the same size, so I asked the other widow if she would mind if her husband were buried in a black suit. She said that was fine with her. So I switched the heads.”</div>
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<br />Besides supreme insensitivity, this funeral director shows us how shortcuts are in bad taste. To do our jobs properly, we must do them completely. We must learn to take pride in a job well done. If we stick to shortcuts we can never progress.</div>
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<br />What’s the problem with cutting corners? Take a piece of paper. Look at its four corners. Now cut one corner and notice what happens. You’ve cut away a corner but you also wind up with an extra corner to deal with. The more corners you cut, the more work piles up. Taking shortcuts and cutting corners is not good for your character, either. You become impatient to reach the top, and are arrogant beyond reproof. This greedy rush towards success can only result in an eventual crash and burn. </div>
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A 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 INSPIRATION

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Sermons We See<br />I’d rather see a sermon<br />    <br />than hear one any day;<br />I’d rather one should walk with me<br />    <br />than merely tell the way.<br />The eye’s a better pupil<br />    <br />and more willing than the ear,<br />Fine counsel is confusing,<br />    <br />but example’s always clear;<br />And the best of all preachers<br />    <br />are the men who live their creeds,<br />For to see good put in action<br />   <br />  is what everybody needs.<br />I soon can learn to do it<br />   <br />  if you’ll let me see it done;<br />I can watch your hands in action,<br />    <br />but your tongue too fast may run.<br />And the lecture you deliver<br />   <br />  may be very wise and true,<br />But I’d rather get my lessons<br />   <br />  by observing what you do;<br />For I might misunderstand you<br />    <br />and the high advice you give,<br />But there’s no misunderstanding<br />    <br />how you act and how you live. </div>
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Sermons 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 SUCCESS

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<b>1: Communication</b>  <br />“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 is the exception and not the rule. Know what you want to communicate, when you want to communicate and how you want to communicate.”<br />     <b><br /><br />2: Personal Development  </b><br />“The quest for personal development is the solving of problems. Success is simply solving problems. Sure, some things are complicated, but if you take it one piece at a time you can’t believe the enterprise you could build.”<br />     <br /><b>3: Goal Setting</b>  <br />“A life best lived is a life by design. Not by accident, and not by just walking through the day careening from wall to wall and managing to survive. That’s okay. But if you can start giving your life dimensions and design and colour and objectives and purpose, the results can be staggering.”  <br /><br /><br /><b>4: Leadership  </b><br />“Be strong but not rude. Be kind but not weak. Be bold but not a bully. Be humble but not timid. Be thoughtful but not lazy. Be proud but not arrogant. Have humour without folly.”<br />     <br /><br /><b>5: Time Management  </b><br />“When you work, work. When you play, play. Don’t mix the two.” </div>
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JIM ROHN’S FIVE LESSONS FOR SUCCESS

1: 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 FROGS

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A 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 replied, “There is a pond near my house that is full of frogs – millions of them. They all croak all night long and they are about to make me crazy!”</div>
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<br />So the restaurant owner and the farmer made an agreement that the farmer would deliver frogs to the restaurant, five hundred at a time for the next several weeks.</div>
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<br />The first week, the farmer returned to the restaurant looking rather sheepish, with two scrawny little frogs. The restaurant owner said, “Well, where are all the frogs?”</div>
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<br />The farmer said, “I was mistaken. There were only these two frogs in the pond. But they sure were making a lot of noise!”</div>
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<br />Next time you hear somebody criticizing or making fun of you, remember, it’s probably just a couple of noisy frogs. Also remember that problems always seem bigger in the dark.</div>
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<br />Have you ever laid in your bed at night worrying about things which seem almost overwhelming like a million frogs croaking? Chances are pretty good that when the morning comes, and you take a closer look, you’ll wonder what all the fuss was about. </div>
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CROAKING FROGS

A 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...

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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.</div>
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<br />Respect yourself enough to walk away from anything that no longer serves you, grows you, or makes you happy! Sometimes people ask us the wrong questions so we cannot give them the right answers but the worst part is when we become those people and we ask ourselves the wrong questions because we are terrified of hearing the right answers.</div>
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<br />If words come out of the heart, they will enter the heart, but if they came from the tongue, they will not pass beyond the ears. Standing alone doesn’t mean you are alone. It means you are strong enough to handle things all by yourself.</div>
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<br />When you come to the edge of all the light you know, and are about to step off into the darkness of unknown; have faith in yourself. Faith is knowing one of two things will happen; There will be something solid to stand on or you will be taught how to fly.</div>
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<br />There are moments that mark your life, moments when you realize nothing will ever be the same. And time is divided into two parts, before this and after this. </div>
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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 IMPERISHABLE

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When I am happy, I see the happiness in others.<br />When I am depressed, I notice that people’s eyes look sad.<br />When I am weary, I see the world as boring and unattractive.<br /><br /><b>— Steve Chandler</b></div>
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__________________________<br />Just Move Forward<br />Lessons from Nature<br />I learnt from the sun <br />That light has to be spread.<br />The breeze taught me<br />How to be cool all the time.<br />The trees inspired me to be colossal in giving.<br />As I discovered serenity from water <br />And the vacuum made me understand<br />How to live with nothing around.<br />The earth taught me how to nurture<br />The very people who trampled it.<br />Fire made me realize the importance<br />Of being pure and yet involving.<br />I learnt from space the virtue of <br />Being BIG and yet unassuming. <br />For nature had all virtues a man needs to learn<br />In all its elements.<br /><br /><b>— Mahesh Jambunathan</b></div>
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__________________________<br />Three things I’d ever say to a team to help hold them together:<br />If anything goes bad, “I did it.”<br />If anything goes semi-good, then “We did it.”<br />If anything goes real good, then “You did it.”<br /><br /><b>— Paul ‘Bear’ Bryant </b></div>
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TREASURE IMPERISHABLE

When 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 CHOICE

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<b>The Only Way</b><br />When You…<br />When you think and act with confidence<br />Added confidence is created.<br />When you think and act with courage<br />Greater courage is built up.<br />When you think and act with energy<br />Additional energy is generated.<br />When you think and be optimistic<br />You become more joyful.<br /><br />— Ben Abbot</div>
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<br /><b>Never Give Up</b><br />Never give up<br />On what you really want to do.<br />The person with big dreams<br />Is more powerful<br />Than one with the facts.<br /><br />— Albert Einstein</div>
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<br /><b>Success Takes No Excuses</b><br />If it is important enough, you will make time for it.<br />If you don’t know where to start, start anywhere.<br />If you feel struck, ask someone to help you out.<br />If you are tired, take a timed break.<br />If you don’t know how to do it, try doing what you can.<br />If you believe that you can do it, you will.</div>
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YOUR LIFE, YOUR CHOICE

The 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 UNCERTAINTY

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Life 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 difference at all. What matters is what you do in the present. The knowledge of seeing your own future doesn’t guarantee its fulfillment unless you do something about it.</div>
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<br />Imagine this, suppose you are certain that you will be a successful doctor someday. Will you just sit around and wait for it to happen? It doesn’t work that way. Your decisions, your choices and the process that you’ll work to attain it will still stand. And since you are certain that you will become a successful doctor, there will be constant pressure and anxiety and unbearable conscious effort to become one. And the more it will be harder to be one.</div>
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<br />Trudging in the depths of life, to an unknown future is not a big deterrent to one’s success. It’s what makes life an adventure. It’s what keeps us on track. It provides us the big challenge. It is what inspires us to do greater work.</div>
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<br />The best way to deal about the vagueness of life is not to waste time predicting the future, but to, rather, dream about it. Make yourself an ambition. Set it as a goal no matter how high and fulfil it in your own terms. Aspire it. Work your way around it. Because there’s no other greater fulfillment than the reward of achieving the dream you have worked for. </div>
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LIFE IS A BIG UNCERTAINTY

Life 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!

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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 begun is half done! An error at the beginning, even though quite small, bears the same ratio to the errors in the other parts,” said Aristotle, one of the greatest philosophers of all time.</div>
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<br />A good beginning gives you confidence and thus an edge, keeping you on track, whereas a bad start will impede progress, causing much discouragement and apathy. In addition, you risk wasting a lot of time, energy and money. Thus it is wise to be always careful in making a good start in whatever you attempt, be it small or big.</div>
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<br />A good start is like laying a strong foundation. A solid and strong structure can’t be constructed on a weak or faulty foundation. If the foundation is strong, then what is built on it will bear good result. When you do your homework well before attempting something, and put your hand to it in the right manner and at the right time, it definitely will make things much easier on the go. Even if it takes considerable time, make sure to start well, so that, with half the job already done, the remaining would be a cakewalk! </div>
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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 …

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