Motivational

 

            Attitude of gratitude

There was a bird that lived in a desert, very sick, no feathers, nothing to eat and drink, and no shelter to live in.

One day a dove was passing by, so the sick unhappy bird stopped the dove and inquired, "Where are you going?"

It replied “I am going to heaven".

So the sick bird said "Please find out for me, when my suffering will come to an end"

The dove said, "Sure, I will."

And bid a good bye to the sick bird.

The dove reached heaven and shared the message of the sick bird with the angel in charge at the entrance gate.

 The angel said, "For the next seven years of its life the bird has to suffer like this, no happiness till then."

The dove said, "When the sick bird hears this he will get disheartened. Could you suggest any solution for this?"

The Angel replied, "Tell him to recite this verse "Thank you God for everything."

The dove on meeting the sick bird again, delivered the message of the angel to it .

After seven days the dove was again passing by and saw that bird was very happy, feathers grew on his body, a small plant grew up in the desert area, a small pond of water was also there, the bird was singing and dancing cheerfully. The dove was astonished.

The Angel had said that there would be no happiness for the bird for the next seven years.

With this question in mind the dove went to visit the angel at heaven's gate.

The dove put forth his query to the Angel. The Angel replied, "Yes it is true there was no happiness for the bird for seven years but because the bird was reciting the verse "THANK YOU GOD FOR EVERYTHING"  in every situation, his life changed.

When the bird fell down on the hot sand it said "THANK YOU GOD FOR EVERYTHING"

When it could not fly it said, "THANK YOU GOD FOR EVERYTHING"

When it was thirsty and there was no water around, it said, "THANK YOU GOD FOR EVERYTHING"

Whatever the situation, the bird kept on repeating, "THANK YOU GOD FOR EVERYTHING" and therefore the seven years got dissolved in seven days.

 

When I heard this story, I felt a tremendous shift in my way of feeling, thinking, accepting and viewing life.

I adopted this verse in my life. WHATEVER the situation I faced I started reciting this verse "THANK YOU GOD FOR EVERYTHING".

It helped me to shift my view from what I did not have to what I have in my life.

For instance; if my head pains I THANK GOD that the rest of my body is completely fine and healthy and I notice that the headache does not bother me at all.

In the same manner I started using this verse in my relationships (whether family, friends, neighbours, colleagues) finances, social life, business and everything with which I can relate.

I shared this story with everyone I came in touch with and it brought a great shift in their behaviour too.

This simple verse really had a deep impact on my life, I started feeling how blessed I am, how happy I am, how good life is.

The purpose of sharing this message is to make all of us aware of how powerful the “ATTITUDE OF GRATITUDE” is.

It can reshape our lives...!!!

Let’s recite this verse continuously to experience the shift in our life.

So be grateful, and see the change in your attitude.

 

Be humble, and you will never stumble.

- REMEMBER! "THANK YOU GOD FOR EVERYTHING..."

Rulers of India

 Rani Durgavati

Durgavati was the daughter of the Rajput chief, Raja Shalivahan of Mahoba (in modern Madhya Pradesh). She was married to Dalpat, the ruler of Darha Katanga in Gondwana. After her husband’s untimely death in 1548 A.D., Durgavati became the regent, as her son, Bir Narayan, was a minor.

Rani Durgavati was a fine horsewoman and an excellent shot. She always had the people’s welfare uppermost in her mind and this quality endeared her to her subjects.

Bir Narayan grew into a strapping lad, as adept as his mother in hunting and warfare. The Rani personally supervised his training in arms.

News of Garha’s supremacy reached Emperor Akbar’s ears and he sent Governor, Asaf Khan I, to invade Gondwana in 1564.

When the Mughal army came in sight, the gallant queen mounted her favourite elephant, Sarman and with burnished lance in hand, inspired her vastly outnumbered troops to repel the invaders.

Eventually, the Mughal army overwhelmed Durgavati’s forces. Bir Narayan was wounded in the course of the battle and had to be carried away from the field. At this, most of Durgavati’s soldiers lost heart and deserted. She was left with only 300 men.

Her officers advised her to retreat or surrender, but she was reluctant to adopt either course. Two arrows struck her. One lodged in her neck and the other pierced her temple. She pulled out the arrows and though bleeding profusely, continued to fight. But now the Mughals were closing in on her and capture seemed imminent. She ordered her manhout to stab her. When he refused, she threw herself on her dagger. Her last words were:

“I am overcome in battle… God forbid that I also be overcome in name and honour.”

Her tomb was erected at the place she fell, in the hills between Garha and Mandala (in Jabalpur district) and can still be seen there.

Bunsen burner

 Who is the Bunsen burner named after?

A Bunsen burner is a gas burner used in chemical laboratories to heat substances for various experiments and in microbiology laboratories to sterilize pieces of equipment and for heating and boiling.

Basically, it is a small gas burner with an adjustable flame, manipulated at the base by controlling the amount of gas and air admitted.

It is named after German chemist Robert Wilhelm Bunsen (1811–1899), who developed the present device by modifying the designs of burners invented by his contemporaries- Michael Faraday and R Weisner.

The Bunsen burner consists of a metal tube fixed over a stand and connected to the gas supply by a rubber tube.

There are two adjustable openings at the base to control the flow of air and gas.

The gas (which can be methane or LPG) mixes with air at the bottom of the tube and then rises to the top of the burner, where it can be lit with a match or lighter.

When the air hole is open, a hot blue roaring flame, with a blue cone in the middle, is produced.

The hottest point is just above this cone.

BE HAPPY WHERE YOU ARE PLANTED

 Be happy where you are planted

 A little girl was walking in her garden when she noticed a particular flower.

The child admired its beauty and enjoyed its fragrance. “How lovely!” she exclaimed.

As she gazed on it, her eyes followed the stem down to the soil in which it grew.

“What a shame!” she cried, “This flower is too pretty to be planted in such dirt!”

So she pulled out the plant by its roots and ran to the water faucet (a tap) to wash away the clinging soil.

                                

It wasn’t long until the flower wilted and the plant began to die.

The gardener saw what she had done and scolded her. “You have destroyed my finest plant.”

“But I didn’t like it in that dirt” whimpered the child.

The gardener replied: “I chose that spot and mixed the soil well since I knew that there it would come to maturity and bloom better.”

 

The voyage of discovering lies not in finding new landscapes, but in having new eyes.

We must accept the unchangeable and change the unacceptable.

We often murmur against the circumstances God has placed us in, but rarely seek His will.

Birthday of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru

 Children’s Day

Hope all of you have heard about Chacha Nehru.

His name was PanditJawaharlal Nehru; but children loved to call him Chacha Nehru.

He was India’s first prime minister.

Jawaharlal was born on 14 November, 1889, as the son of Motilal Nehru, who was a leader of the freedom movement.

Jawaharlal went to England to study law and became a lawyer. However, when he came back to India and met Gandhiji, he gave up his profession, and joined the freedom movement.

He was close to Mahatma Gandhi, and spent nine years in jail as part of the freedom struggle.

As India gained independence, Gandhiji felt Nehru was the best person to lead the country.

So, he became the first Prime Minister of India.

Jawaharlal was also a great scholar who wrote several books including “The Discovery of India” and “Glimpses of World History”. He wrote a book for children too, named Letters from a Father to His Daughter.

This book is a collection of letters he had written to his ten-year-old daughter Indira Gandhi.

It tells the story of our civilisation and natural history, in general.

As a tribute to his love for children, Jawaharlal’s birthday has been celebrated as ‘Children’s Day’ in India since 1954.

The day is usually celebrated in schools, by organising debates, elocution, quiz and other competitions.

Nehru once said: “The children of today will make the India of tomorrow. The way we bring them up will determine the future of our country.”

We must take a pledge on this November 14, to become proud Indians, who will make a better India.

Motivational

 

Cooking rice

 If you were to cook 3 cups of rice, would you add 3 cups of salt to it?

Certainly not!

So, in every preparation of rice, the rice always outnumbers the salt, yet a little salt makes a huge difference or impact in the overall outcome.

In the room in which you currently are, look up at the ceiling... 

What is the size of the bulb compared to the size of the room? It is probably a ratio of 1:5000.

Yet, darkness flees the entire space once the small bulb is flipped on.

If I am the salt of the earth, and the light of the world, then "little me" has the ability to make big things happen..

Sometimes, because we feel outnumbered or overwhelmed at the sheer magnitude of evil or wrong-doers, we then choose powerlessness, and decide to go with the flow, not standing up for what we believe is right.

Little doesn't mean insignificant.

You are significant. Your presence should make a BIG difference. Stop waiting to be on the side of the majority. They may be the majority, but they are the trivial majority and you are the impactful minority.

They are the rice of the world, and you are the salt of the world.

They are the room and you are the light.

Make your influence felt!

 Remember:

You are the world's seasoning, to make it beautiful...

Words worth reading

 

It matters in life

 Treat everyone with politeness, even those who are rude to you; not because they are not nice, but you are nicer.

Whatever you give to life, it gives you back. Love others and love will come back to you.

 Don’t go the way life takes you. Take life the way you go!

What you are today is the result of your past actions. Decide how you have to act now.

 An arrow goes forward only after pulling it backward. A bullet goes forward only after pulling it backward. Every human being will be happy only after facing the difficulties on their life path.

 The most difficult phase of life is not when no one understands you; it is when you don’t understand yourself. 

Never search for happiness in others, which will make you feel alone; rather search for it in yourself. You will feel happy even if you are left alone.