What's the Life Purpose ?

"I don't know what your destiny will be, but one thing I know: the only ones among you who will be truly happy are those who have sought and found how to serve." —Albert Schweitzer

"If you want to know the past, to know what has caused you, look at yourself in the PRESENT, for that is the past's effect. If you want to know your future, then look at yourself in the PRESENT, for that is the cause of the future." —Majjhima Nikaya

"When you were born, you cried and the world rejoiced. Live your life so that when you die, the world cries and you rejoice." —Cherokee Expression

"Circumstance does not make the man. Circumstance reveals man to himself." —Emerson

"Time is too slow for those who wait, too swift for those who fear, too long for those who grieve, too short for those who rejoice, but for those who love, time is eternity." —Henry Van Dyke

"Truly loving another means letting go of all expectations. It means full acceptance, even celebration of another's personhood." —Karen Casey

"It is not how much we do, but how much love we put in the doing. It is not how much we give, but how much love we put in the giving." —Mother Teresa

"There is a vitality, a life force, an energy that is translated through you; and because there is only one of you in all of time, this expression is unique." —Martha Graham

"Your vision will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams, who looks inside awakes." —Carl Gustav Jung

"If you don't design your own life plan, chances are you'll fall into someone else's plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much." —Jim Rohn

"Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved." —William Jennings Bryan

"The meaning of life is to give life meaning." —Ken Hudgins

"Everyone has a purpose in life... a unique gift or special talent to give to others. And when we blend this unique talent with service to others, we experience the ecstasy and exultation of our own spirit, which is the ultimate goal of all goals." —Deepak Chopra

"Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending." —Carl Bard

"It's never too late to be what you might have been." —George Elliot

"Life's like a movie; write your own ending, keep believing, keep pretending..." —Jim Henson

"Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved." —Jeremy Kitson

"There is no security in this life. There is only opportunity." —Douglas MacArthur

"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbour. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." —Mark Twain

"The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it." —Michaelangelo

"Don't ask yourself what the world needs; ask yourself what makes you come alive. And then go and do that. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive." —Harold Whitman

"The only limits to the possibilities in your life tomorrow are the buts you use today." —Les Brown

"Strange is our situation here upon earth. Each of us comes for a short visit, not knowing why, yet sometimes seeming to divine a purpose. From the standpoint of daily life, however, there is one thing we do know - that man is here for the sake of other men." —Albert Einstein

"Man is not a being who stands still, he is a being in the process of becoming. The more he enables himself to become, the more he fulfills his true mission." —Rudolph Steiner

"The person without a purpose is like a ship without a rudder." —Thomas Carlyle

"Your vision will become clear only when you look into your heart. Who looks outside, dreams. Who looks inside, awakens." —Carl Jung

"I think the purpose of life is to be useful, to be responsible, to be honorable, to be compassionate. It is, after all, to matter: to count, to stand for something, to have made some difference that you lived at all." —Leo C. Rosten

"He who waits to do a great deal of good at once, will never do anything." —Samuel Johnson

"You must be the change you wish to see in the world." —Mahatma Ghandi

"A man is ethical only when life, as such, is sacred to him, that of plants and animals as that of his fellow men, and when he devotes himself helpfully to all life that is in need of help." —George Orwell

"It is never too late to become what you might have been." —George Elliot

"I had found a kind of serenity, a new maturity... I didn't feel better or stronger than anyone else but it seemed no longer important whether everyone loved me or not — more important now was for me to love them. Feeling that way turns your whole life around; living becomes the act of giving." —Beverly Sills

"Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself." —George Bernard Shaw

"A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving." —Lao Tzu

"He who dares nothing need hope for nothing."

"Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs - even though checkered by failure - than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in a gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat." —Theodore Roosevelt

Anger or Love ?

Anger or Love : Which one you choose ?

While a man was washing his new car, his 4 yr old son picked a stone & scratched lines on the side of the car.

In anger, the man took the child's hand & hit it many times, not realizing he was using a wrench.

At the hospital, the child lost all his fingers due to multiple fractures. When the child saw his father, with painful eyes he asked 'Dad when will my fingers grow back?'

Man was so hurt and speechless. He went back to car and kicked it a lot of times. Devastated by his own actions, sitting in front of that car he looked at the scratches, child had written 'LOVE YOU DAD'. The next day that man tried to committ suicide.

Anger and Love have no limits; choose the later to have a beautiful & lovely life.

Things are to be used and people are to be loved, but the problem in today’s world is that People are used and things are loved.
Let's spread Love in this materialistic world.

Have you seen obstacles ?

OBSTACLES :

I used to get upset with the obstacles, with the time, relized that... Obstacles are necessary for success... as in all careers of importance, victory comes only after many struggles and countless defeats.

Yet each struggle, each defeat, sharpens our skills and strengths, our courage and our endurance, our ability and our confidence and thus each obstacle is a comrade-in-arms forcing us to become better... or quit. And when obstacles arise, the best thing is to change the direction...not to change the decision to get there, remember water...wonderful.

Each rebuff is an opportunity to move forward; turn away from them, avoid them, and you throw away your future...learnt other aspect of 'avoid avoiding', interesting indeed...

Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish.

Do you talk to yourself ?

We talk to many people.... but we rarely talk to ourselves. We shall do that as well. I have tried and it helps a lot.

Devote Yourself.
If you look around, you will find many people walking around with a meaningless life. They seem half-sleep, even when they’re busy doing things they think are important.This is because they’re chasing the wrong things.
The way you get meaning into your life is to devote yourself to loving others, devote yourself to your community around you, and devote yourselt to creating something that gives you purpose and meaning.

Life Is About Choices.
Life is all about choices. Good or Bad; Right or Wrong; Your destiny will unfold according to the choices you make. Its in our control what we choose.

What You Did.
The world will provide you with stones everyday.
What you build out of it, is your choice…Wall, Road or a Bridge…You may even choose to do nothing. At the end, world will know you by what you did with it. Lets do something constructive everyday..

Why Kindness Matters !

Would like..to share with you an interesting story about kindness...

One day, a poor boy who was selling goods from door to door to pay his way through school, found he had only one thin dime left, and he was hungry. He decided he would ask for a meal at the next house. However, he lost his nerve when a lovely young woman opened the door.

Instead of a meal he asked for a drink of water! She thought he looked hungry so brought him a large glass of milk. He drank it so slowly, and then asked, How much do I owe you?'

You don't owe me anything,' she replied. 'Mother has taught us never to accept pay for a kindness.' He said ... 'Then I thank you from my heart.'

As boy named..Howard Kelly left that house, he not only felt stronger physically, but his faith in God and humanbeing was strong also. He had been ready to give up and quit.

Many year's later that same young woman became critically ill. The local doctors were baffled. They finally sent her to the big city, where they called in specialists to study her rare disease. Dr. Howard Kelly was called in for the consultation. When he heard the name of the town she came from, a strange light filled his eyes.

Immediately he rose and went down the hall of the hospital to her room. Dressed in his doctor's gown he went in to see her. He recognized her at once. He went back to the consultation room determined to do his best to save her life. From that day he gave special attention to her case. After a long struggle, the battle was won.

Dr. Kelly requested the business office to pass the final bill to him for approval. He looked at it, and then wrote something on the edge and the bill was sent to her room. She feared to open it, for she was sure it would take the rest of her life to pay for it all. Finally she looked, and something caught her attention on the side of the bill. She read these words...

'Paid in full with one glass of milk' (Signed) Dr. Howard Kelly.

Tears of joy flooded her eyes as her happy heart prayed: 'Thank You, God, that your love has spread broad through human hearts and hands.'

There's a saying, which goes something like this:
Bread cast on the waters comes back to you. The good deed you do today may benefit you or someone you love at the least expected time. If you never see the deed again at least you will have made the world a better place - And, after all, isn't that what life is all about ?

Are we emotionally Intelligent too ?

Most of us think that a person’s intelligence (IQ or Intelligence Quotient) determines how people succeeded in the life. Is this really true ?

May be yes may be no..but in the last decade another determinant of person’s success in life has surfaced, which is known as Emotional Intelligence (EQ or Emotional Quotient).

The EQ concept argues that IQ, or conventional intelligence, is too narrow; that there are wider areas of emotional intelligence that dictate and enable how successful we are. Success requires more than IQ, which has tended to be the traditional measure of intelligence, ignoring essential behavioral and character elements. We've all met people who are academically brilliant and yet are socially and inter-personally inept. And we know that despite possessing a high IQ rating, success does not automatically follow.

Hey..what is this EQ....let me try to explain a bit.....Emotional Intelligence is all about knowing yourself, managing your feelings about somebody or something, handling relationships and understanding another person’s feeling or difficulties. These attributes are important for all of us to live a happy, contended and successful life in all aspects, as very commonly it has been seen that most of us put ourselves in difficult situations making ourselves angry, tensed & unhealthy relationship because of our inability of handling the emotions.

Emotional Intelligence comprises four broad areas of ability:

1. Self Awareness: Knowing how your emotions are affecting your performance; being able to make decisions based on your feelings; knowing your strengths and weaknesses and, as a result, having high level of self-confidence.

2. Self Regulation: Managing disruptive feelings, emotions, and impulses so that you can: focus on the jobs in hand; be flexible in handling change; be open to new ideas; be ready to act on opportunities.

3. Social Awareness: Being able to put your own emotional preoccupations on hold in order to be aware of other people feelings, needs, perspectives, and concerns. This forms the basis of a number of competencies, enables you to help others to develop, and increases the ability to read undercurrents.

4. Social Skills: Being aware and friendly and thus able to persuade, build bonds and collaborate. It is the ability to carry on a conversation and deal with others emotions. It is being socially competent.

Intelligence Quotient (IQ) & Emotional Intelligence (EQ), both types of intelligence are important but in different ways, expert says that the IQ contributes about 20% to the factors that determine life accomplishments and that leave about 80% for everything else. Research shows that for jobs of all kinds, emotional intelligence is twice as important as IQ plus technical skills. Emotional intelligence is more than 85% of what sets star performers from the average in any working condition and handling of relationships. Unlike IQ, which is something you are born with and can not alter, the good news is that EQ skills can be developed if you are really interested to excel in whatever you want to achieve.

Emotional Intelligence increases when people commit themselves to building practical competencies in the context of every day situations. Nothing can be more powerful than developing empathy skills during everyday interactions on the job or your area of activity. The best method to foster high levels of EQ is one-to-one coaching or help from other people. Sometime people that you dislike intensely will be your greatest helpers. Open discussion tailors the transformation process to each person’s goals, needs and circumstances.

Let’s evaluate ourselves to know what our EQ level is and how intelligent we are emotionally; we can certainly find our ways to improve upon our shortcomings if any.

All the best…Happy Life !

What is your why ?

A man may do the deeds of the people of Paradise, as it appears to others, but [in fact] he is among the people of Hell. "Acts are judged by their ends".

The words "as it appears to others" indicate that inwardly he was other than that, and that his bad end was because of an inward evil quality of which no one else was aware.

Or he may do bad deeds of the people of Hell, but inwardly there was a good characteristics which overtook him at the end of his life, so he had a good end.[Jaami'al-'uloom wa'l-Hikam]

Lets find out what is our why ?. Its important to have the good end.