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Smile Is Mightier Than a Grin

The most bankrupt person in the world is one who has lost joy.

Every great and commanding movement in the history of the world incorporated enthusiasm.

Nothing great was or will be achieved without it.

So decide to become the most positive and enthusiastic person you know.

A smile is the shortest distance between two people.

Greet the unseen with cheer, not fear.

Follow the advice of Norman Cousins, “Laughter is a form of internal jogging. It moves your internal organs around. It also enhances respiration.”

Happiness is always an inside job. Our first choice should be to rejoice. For every minute that you are angry, you lose sixty seconds of happiness.

Two things contribute to happiness: what we can do without and what we can do with.

People are about as happy as they have made up their minds to be. Happiness can never be found, because it was never lost!

One seldom meets a person who fails at doing what he or she likes to do.

Don’t worry about the job you don’t like. Someone will soon have it. There is only one way to improve one’s work - love it.

Be like the steam kettle, though up to its neck in hot water, it continues to sing.

- Excerpt from the writings of John Mason’s book‘ You are Born an Original Don’t Die a Copy’.

Sanskrit Story

 Satyanishtata

Motivational

 Focus on what you can control

Tom met with his older mentor Dwyer, for his weekly chat.

“You seem troubled,” observed Dwyer.

“You know that project that I’ve been working on? It just didn’t work and I couldn’t get the result that I was after. In fact, I worked so hard on it, that I certainly deserved a better outcome,” responded Tom with frustration.

The mentor took Tom outside and pointing to a plant, said, “See this dead tomato plant. I did everything right when I planted it. I watered it, fertilized it and made sure that there were no weeds around it, but it still died. No matter how much you want to control the final outcome, you can’t. All that you can do is control the controllable, take responsibility for doing all that you can and leave the ultimate outcome up to God.”

“So what do I do? If I can’t be guaranteed success, should I just give up?” asked Tom, preparing to leave.

Giving him a basket full of large, juicy, bright red tomatoes, Dwyer said, “Of course not every tomato plant died. If you consistently do the right thing, you will significantly increase your chances of delivering successful outcomes. But if you give up due to one or two negative results, you’ll never reap a reward.”

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.