దాన బ్రహ్మ

దాన బ్రహ్మ

గాలీ నేలా నీరూ నిప్పూ ఆకాశాలమయమీ విశ్వం. ఇక్కడ ఈ భూతలాన అనంతకోటి ప్రాణుల్లోని మనిషొక అద్భుతమైతే, ఆ మనసు ఓ పరమాద్భుత సృష్టి. గరికపాటి కవికి కనిపించినట్టు'సృష్టి జడమ్ము, పూర్ణమగు చేతన నుండి సముద్భవించె, ఈ/ సృష్టి పునర్విలీనమగు చేతనలో, పరిణామశీలమై/ వ్యష్టిగ రూపుదాల్చునొక వైద్యుత పుంజము మేలుకొల్పెనీ సృష్టిని'. పర్యవసానంగానే మనిషీ మనసూ ఈ ప్రపంచమంతా. సమస్త సృష్టి పరిణామక్రమంలోనూ ఒక్క మానవప్రాణికి మాత్రమే అనుబంధాలు, అనుభూతులు, బలాలు, బలహీనతలు. 'నిన్న నిన్నే, నేడు నేడే, రేపు రేపే' అన్నట్టు సాగే గమనంలో ఎప్పటికప్పుడే ఎక్కడికక్కడే లెక్కలేనన్ని మార్పులు, చేర్పులు, కూర్పులు, నేర్పులు! మెలమెల్లని పిల్లగాలులే కాదు, ప్రళయ ఝంఝా ప్రభంజనాలూ వీస్తాయిక్కడ. నవ జీవనానంద మందిరాలకు పునాదులతో పాటు, నింగికీ నేలకూ మధ్య అడ్డుగోడలూ లేస్తాయిక్కడ. సెలయేటి గలగలలతో పాటే, మహోగ్ర రూపమెత్తి ఒక్కసారిగా ముంచెత్తే జలఘోషలూ ఇక్కడ వినిపిస్తాయి. కొండంత వెలుగునిచ్చే గోరంతదీపాలే కాక,దాశరథి భావనలా 'కొండలు కొండలే అడవికోనల భగ్గున మండిపోవ/గుండెలు గుండెలే అరుణగోళములై ప్రళయాగ్నిమాలలై పోవ' అగ్నిధారలు కూడా ఇక్కడే కనిపిస్తాయి. తళుకులూ మెరుపులే కాదు- ఎరుపులు, ఉరుములు సైతం దడదడలాడిస్తాయి ఆకాశాన్ని. అంతలా ఆశనిరాశలు, సుఖదుఃఖాలు వెంబడిస్తుంటే ఆధునిక కవిహృదయంలా 'జననం సుప్రభాతం, మరణం సాయం సంధ్యారాగం, ఆ రెండింటి నడుమ ఉన్నదే జీవితం' అని ప్రతి ఒక్కరికీ అనిపించక మానదు.

 
లోకంలో అన్నింటికంటే సముదాత్తం, ఉత్తమోత్తమం మానవ జీవితమే. దాన దయాగుణాల కారణంగానే దానికి సార్థకత, ధన్యత. 'ఫలములనిచ్చును వృక్షము/ సలిలములిచ్చును నదులును చక్కగ నెపుడున్/ ఫలితము కోరక జనులకు/ కలకాలము మేలొనర్తురు గద సాధుజనుల్' అన్న సంప్రదాయ కవి మనోగతమూ అదే. తోటివారికి సూర్యచంద్రుల్లా కళాకాంతీ ప్రసాదించే మనిషే మనిషని రుగ్వేదమంటే, దానమే సకల గుణసంపన్నమన్నాయి ఉపనిషత్తులు. అభయదానం ఆదర్శప్రాయమని భగవద్గీత బోధిస్తే, దానం చేయాలన్న సద్బుద్ధే అన్నివిధాలా వృద్ధిదాయకమంది మహాభారతం. తాళ్లపాక తిమ్మక్క చెప్పినట్టు 'ధర్మమేదియు ప్రాణదానముతోను తులతూగదు'. కవి తిమ్మయ చాటినట్టు 'ప్రాణదానము సేయ బహు పుణ్యమిచ్చు'. మహా ఫలప్రదానంగా తిక్కన, సర్వ ప్రీతికరంగా నన్నయ ప్రస్తుతించిన దానశక్తికి ప్రతీకలుగా ఎందరు లేరు? అన్న, ధన, విద్య, వస్త్ర, భూదానాదులు అనేకమున్నా- పరహితమే పరమార్థ సాధనకు పునాది అని భావించి చేసే అవయవ దానాలే అమృత గుళికలు. ప్రతి మనిషీ తన కోసమేకాక ఇతరుల మేలు కోసమూ తపిస్తే, తానున్నా లేకున్నా తన పేరు మిగలాలన్న ఆర్తికి క్రియారూపమిస్తే, సినారె అన్నట్టు- 'అవధి లేని అనుభూతి' అది. కళ్లు, గుండె భాగాలు, మూత్రపిండాలు, వూపిరితిత్తులు, కాలేయం... శరీరంలోని ఏ భాగాన్నయినా తన మరణానంతరం ఇతర అవసరార్థులకు ఇవ్వాలన్న సంకల్పమే మనిషి జన్మకు అమరత్వ సిద్ధినిస్తుంది. మృతశరీర అవయవాల మార్పిడి అంటే మరొకరికి ప్రాణంపోయడం. మనిషే అద్భుత సృష్టి అనుకుంటే, ప్రతిసృష్టికీ ఆ వ్యక్తే మూలం కావడం ఎంత ఘనాఘనం! లయానంతరం ఆ ప్రాణి మరో ప్రాణికి ప్రాణమివ్వడం ఎంతెంత పరమాద్భుత దానం! శిబి, బలి, దధీచి, కర్ణుడు, రంతిదేవుడు వంటి ధర్మనిరతులు, దానశీలురు, యశోధనులు పుట్టిన భరతసీమ మనది. సాటిలేని ఆ సత్యసంధత తరతరాలకీ చెదరనిది, దీటురాని ఆ భారతీయత సకల మానవాళికీ పరంపరానుగత వరసిద్ధి. కవి స్వరం పలికినట్టు 'నిరంతర సౌరభాలొలికే గులాబీపువ్వు' దాత జీవనం. 'రమణీయ ఫాలసీమ భాసిల్లే లేతనవ్వు' ఆ భావనం.

ఎంత నిండుగా పారే ఏరైనా, తన నీటిని తానే తాగదు.ముందు వెనకా చుట్టుపక్కలా ఉన్న అన్నింటినీ చూసే కన్ను, తన ఉనికిని తాను చూడదు.ఆ తీరులోనే, ఇతరులు హాయిగా బతకాలన్న ఆర్ద్రత కలిగిన మనిషి 'నేనూ- నాదీ' అన్న స్వార్థధోరణితో ముడుచుకుపోయి బతకలేడు. లోకానఎవరికైనా జననం, మరణం, గమనం, గమ్యం ఒకటే. ఆకులు రాలిన చోట కొత్తచిగురును కోరే మది మాత్రమే నరసింహకవివాక్కులా 'ఉన్న వనరులన్ని ఉపయోగముననున్న/ చిత్తశుద్ధి పనులు చేయుచున్న/వెనుకనున్న ఘనత కునుకు తీయకయున్న/ ప్రగతి కురియు హర్షవర్షమట్లు'స్థితిని సొంతం చేసుకుంటుంది. ఆపద్బంధువులా ఆదుకునేందుకు ముందుకొచ్చిన మంచి మనసును చూసి చెమ్మగిల్లని కళ్లుంటాయా? ప్రార్థించే పెదవులకన్నా సేవచేసే చేతులు ఎంత మిన్నో గ్రహించిన ఆ కృతజ్ఞతకు నోట మాటలంటూ వస్తాయా? 
అవయవాల దానం మరికొన్ని జీవితాల్ని వెలుగులమయం చేసిన సందర్భాలకు ఈమధ్య భాగ్యనగరమే వేదికగా భాసించింది. వైద్యశాలలో మృత్యుముఖాన ఉన్న ఒక వ్యక్తినుంచి అవయవాల్ని జీవనదానమిచ్చేందుకు ముందుకొచ్చారా కుటుంబీకులు. ఫలితంగా అతడి మరణం తదుపరి, ఏడుగురికి ప్రాణప్రదానం సంభవమైంది. మరో వ్యక్తీ అదే స్థితిలో మరణించి, తన అనంతరం ఐదుగురికి జీవితాన్ని పంచారు.అదంతా 'స్వస్థ సమాజ' సాధన దిశగా మానవత సగర్వంగా ఎగరేసిన నవ పతాక. మానవుల పరిపూర్ణ వికాసానికి కీలకం ఆరోగ్యమంది చరక సంహిత. అన్ని సంపదలకీ తలమానికం ఆరోగ్యభాగ్యమేనని చాటిచెప్పింది బుద్ధచరిత. ఆ వైభవమంతటినీలేనివారికి పంచిపెట్టే 'దానబ్రహ్మ' మనిషే కావడం అనంత మాననీయం, అత్యంత మహనీయం.

Focus on the three ‘H’s

 

(The statue of Swami Vivekananda silhouetted 

against setting sun at Unakal lake in Hubli.) 

.......Swami Vivekananda redefined the word `atheist’when he declared that as per the new religion, an atheist is one who does not believe in himself, not necessarily the one who does not believe in God.
 

....On another occasion he said that if he could get one hundred ‘believing’ young men he would revolutionise the entire world.

One of his writings asks the youth to focus on the three `H’s- ‘Heart’ to feel for the poor and the marginalised, ‘Head’ to think and `Hands,’ which would convert thoughts into deeds.

He urged the youth to have a pure purpose, stick to truth,banish fear and doubt and surge ahead in life with the intensity of a forest fire. 

He wants our youths to emulate an oyster. It is believed that an oyster waits for the rain that falls when the star Swati is on the ascent. When that happens it comes to the surface, receives a drop of rain and recedes to the depths to develop a pearl.

Live for others:

‘They alone live, who live for others, the rest are more dead than alive,’ he observed. “It is better to wear out than rust out,” he said advising the younger generation to work, work and work till the goal is reached. Swamiji was one among the early visionaries who saw an invisible bridge between Indian and Western cultures. He interpreted Hindu scriptures and philosophy to the Western people in an idiom they could easily comprehend. Thus they were at ease with science and technology on the one hand and humanism on the other and there was no quarrel between the two.

Perhaps the best tribute to the life and mission of Swami Vivekananda in one line was paid by Rabindranath Tagore. Talking to another Nobel laureate, Romain Rolland, Tagore said, “If you want to know India, study Vivekananda.” 

7 ways to inspire your self

Thinking is great.  But action makes things happen.  One of the biggest differences with people that successfully grow, expand themselves, and reach their goals, is that they consistently take action.Action takes energy though, so where does that energy come from?  It comes from within.  Inspiration is a powerful force, and inspired action is one of the most powerful ways to motivate yourself.  It beats “carrots and sticks.”   Carrots and sticks are usually external forms of motivation.  Instead, if you inspire yourself, you light your fire from the inside out.

Here are seven ways to light the fire and inspire yourself to take action:

1. Be decisive. Decide.  Make a decision and “go.”  If you waffle back and forth on things, or can’t make up your mind, you spend a lot of energy in analysis paralysis.  Instead, decide on something you want, and test it.  Take action and test your results.  The act of making a decision and taking action will build momentum, and fuel your fire and fan your flames.  Rather than trying to figure everything out up front, start taking action, test your path, and learn and adapt along the way.

2. Act like you mean it. Maybe you want to get in great shape, but are you acting like you mean it?  How many hours are you putting in each week?  What routines are you trying?  Maybe you want to be a rockstar at work.  Who are your mentors and models?  What bold actions are you taking that walk the talk?  If you act like you mean it, you’ll make better choices, show more confidence, and build energy that helps you spiral up.

3. Draw from inspirational words of wisdom. Quotes are your friend.  Whenever you need to summon your inner-strength, it helps if you have little one-liner reminders that keep you going.  One of my favorites is by Winston Churchill, “If you’re going through hell, keep going.”

4. Stand on the “shoulders of giants.” Find some role models and heroes to use to lift your spirits and paint a canvas of possibility.  Just having some examples under your belt can inspire you to new levels.  For example, for me, I always look to the amazing physical and philosophical accomplishments of Bruce Lee.  Chances are, no matter what problem or challenge you’re up against, somebody’s been there and done that.  If not exactly, then at least you can draw from similar experiences.

5. Play the favorite scenes in your mind. We all have favorite scenes from movies over the years.  It’s those scenes of triumph, or courage, or an incredible move that inspires us.  Have these at your mental fingertips and draw from them.  Continue to fill and expand your collection by paying attention to the scenes that move you.  You can also draw from scenes in real life.  We all have our shining moments.  Keep those close, and think of them as flash cards to whip out when you need it most.  Simply see the scene in your mind, remember the feeling, and use that to fire you up.

6. Shift to the future. Dwelling on the past is a quick way to bring yourself down.  To lift yourself up, switch to the future and envision the possibilities.  See what’s possible.  This is where hope springs from.  By having a compelling vision, you have something to shoot for.  Now instead of having to “push” yourself to something, you will literally be “pulled” by it.  Like a magnet.  The more compelling the vision, the stronger the “pull” will be.  A few simple ways to shift to the future are … “How can I solve this?” … or “What would good look like?” … or “What’s the end in mind?”  Questions are a powerful way to shift gears.

7. Connect to your values. You can connect everything you do to your values.  This is a powerful way to inspire yourself with skill.  For example, let’s say you value “continuous learning” or “growth”.  Whenever you take on a task, ask yourself, “What can I learn from this?” or “How can I improve this?”  Simply by connecting to your values, you tap into your inner source of power.  Your values fuel you and get you jazzed.  For example, one of my values is, “adventure”, so at work, I turn every project into an “epic adventure” and make it about the journey.  There’s always a big villain or challenge to conquer, and an epic win to shoot for.  And plenty of “growth” along the way.

These are proven practices for inspiring yourself with skill.  Now the question of course is, what are you going to do with all your inspiration?

How to learn about life.

If you wanted to learn a subject in the university, there is a structured way to do that. For example, to learn economics you might start with Economics 101 in which you have to read book A, do assignment B, and so on. If you followed the path, you are more or less guaranteed to have a good understanding of the subject.

But how can we learn about life? How can we learn about the best ways to live our lives?

This may be the most important subject to learn, yet there is no curriculum on it (even if there is one, I doubt it’s good enough).

So what should we do?

I believe that one of the best ways to learn about life is to study the lives of exceptional people. Find those who live great lives and learn how they do it. And the way to do that? Read their biographies. That’s why I have increasing interest in reading biographies. For me, biographies are among the best books to read.

Why You Should Read Biographies

There are many benefits you will get from reading biographies. Here are four:

1. It teaches you about the pitfalls to avoid

There are pitfalls on the way success. Instead of learning about them the hard way, why don’t you learn from those before you? Biographies can teach you about what make people fail in the past so that you can avoid them in the first place. Of course, it’s impossible to avoid failure altogether (I’ll talk about it in the next point), but at least you can save yourself a lot of time.

2. It teaches you about how to respond to failure

No matter how good you try, you will still fail. It’s simply inevitable (if you have never failed, maybe you aim too low). So, even more important than learning about the pitfalls is learning about how to respond to failure.

Great people can teach you a lot about it. Why? Because one important reason for their greatness is the way they respond to failure. It’s not that they never fail; it’s that they have the right response to failure. Reading their biographies will help you form the right mindset about failure so that you, too, can respond correctly.

3. It opens your mind about what is possible

This is one of the most important things about reading biographies. Often we limit ourselves and think too small. We might think that we will never do anything big in our lives.

But the truth is, every big thing in this world has a small beginning.  Wal-Mart, for example, started as a single shop in a small town. Who would have guessed that years later they will become one of the biggest businesses in the world? Reading the story of how something with a humble beginning grows big and changes the world is really inspiring.

You might be doing something that looks small today. Perhaps you have never dreamed that it will become big someday. But reading the biographies of these people will open your mind about what is possible. It will inspire you to dream big.

4. It teaches you about the great principles to live by

Behind extraordinary people are extraordinary principles. They live by them and that’s why they become extraordinary. The principles set them apart and make them stand out in the crowd.

Reading their biographies can teach you about these extraordinary principles. Sometimes they are not explicitly stated, but by studying their lives you can discover the unstated principles that drive them.

True, lasting success comes from the inside out, not the other way around. That’s why these principles are treasures. Make finding them your focus when reading biographies and strive to apply them in your life. Then your life, too, will become extraordinary, starting from the inside.

5 Winning Habits Of Successful People – Do You Have Them All?

Successful people and winners fascinate me. I always wonder what makes them so different from others. Therefore, I read books about successful people and try to observe what are the winning habits that they have. Here are the five of them that I had discovered.

1. They have an end in mind

You feel lost when you do not have a destination to move towards. People who achieved great success have an end in mind. They know what they want and they commit themselves to achieve it.

When you have a goal, you have something to focus on. If you do not have a goal, you will be wandering around feeling lost. Having an end in mind can help guide you towards your destination.

2. Have a reason

Having an end in mind is only one part of the story. Winners have a reason behind their goals. They know their purpose behind achieving their goals.

The journey towards your goals is full of obstacles. Most people gave up half way because they lack reasons behind their goals. However, those who have strong reasons behind their goals have higher chances to move past those obstacles.

The likelihood of giving up is drastically higher if you do not have reasons behind your goals. If you have a goal to lose 20 lbs but lack reasons behind it, you will find it hard to achieve this goal. However, if you have a strong reason such as you want to lose 20 lbs in 3 months time because you want to look your best during your wedding ceremony, the likelihood of losing weight is much higher.

When you have a compelling reason to support your goals, you drastically increase the possibility of achieving it.

3. Have a support group

It is easy to give up when you are alone on this journey. Form a support or mastermind group to help you along the way.

To form your own support group, find like-minded people who want to achieve similar goals. Keep your group small with only two to six people. You need to choose your members carefully. Choose members who are positive, goal oriented and are pursuing similar goals to yours.

If you do not know where you can find your own support group, try out MeetUp.com or related forums to what you are doing (fitness forums, personal development forums etc).

4. They are particular about how they spend their time

If you do not know how you spend your time, you will waste most of your time away. Time is one of our most precious resources. You can waste your money and still manage to earn it back but there isn’t any way for you to get back your time if you waste it away.

You have to be aware of how you spent your time. If you want to achieve your goals but you are spending 70 percent of your time watching TV and hanging out with friends, most likely you will not reach your goals.

Keep a time log. There are many mobile and web-based applications that can help you track where you are spending your time. Rescue Time is a great web-based app that can help you track what you are doing on the computer and how much time you spent on each different site.

Use your preferred time log to get a clear picture of how you are spending your time and make the necessary adjustments. If you are serious about changing your life and achieving your goals, spend more time on the essential tasks instead of time wasters.

5. Try fast, fail fast, keep trying and never give up

It is hard to hit the target with your first try. This is why winners try fast, fail fast, keep trying and never give up. There are many things that you don’t know how to do it and trial and error is one of the ways to help you pick up new stuff.

You can learn faster by trying faster and failing more times in a shorter period. You learn at a slower pace when you are too slow to take action. When you take action to try fast, you will learn at a faster rate and know what things work and what don’t.

You can make the necessary adjustments along the way to make things right and move closer to your goals. If you are slow to take action, you jeopardize the whole process and slow down your progress.

You may face many frustrations during your learning process. However, don’t give up. Keep on trying out new ideas that you had picked up. Keep doing those that work and kick away ideas that don’t work.

There is a short cut to this process. Get yourself a mentor or a coach. Whether you want to lose weight or start your own online business, a mentor who has been there can help you move faster towards your goal.

Since they had already reached where you want to be, they will know about the challenges that you will face and what will work for you. Borrow their knowledge and you will achieve your goals in a much shorter amount of time.

If you decide to make a difference to your life, I challenge you to take action now. Start planning for your goals. Make this year your best year ever. Will you take up the challenge?

5 Motivational Mistakes That Sound Like Good Ideas

To achieve great things – to achieve anything – you need to understand how motivation works.the thing is, our minds don’t work the way we often think they do. (It’s the Inigo Montoya effect: “You keep using that mind. I don’t think it works like you think it works.”)

Therefore, there are some very popular motivational techniques that sound plausible, but are actually counterproductive if you don’t know exactly how to use them. Here are five of these techniques. For each of them, I’ve given an alternative that does work to produce more motivation and more goal achievement.

1. Affirmations

Affirmations do work – but only if you’re affirming something you actually believe to be true.

If you keep telling yourself what you know to be lies about yourself, all it does is create dissonance and disillusionment. If you don’t believe you’re beautiful, standing in front of the mirror saying “I am beautiful” is an exercise in futility. Rather than improving your self-image, it will make it worse.

Your alternative: Find phrasings that reflect reality, that talk about progression rather than achievement, until you have achievements to point to. “I am taking steps towards my goal of…” is a better phrasing than “I am achieving my goal” if you actually aren’t achieving it yet.

2. Visualisation

According to a very popular teaching which rhymes with “Flaw of Distraction”, visualising your end goal is pretty much all you need to do in order to achieve it.

In fact, this is an excellent way to ensure that you never achieve your goal, no matter how many seminars you attend or products you buy in an attempt to find out why you haven’t “made it” yet.

Why you haven’t “made it” is that you’re not taking action. And one of the reasons you’re not taking action is that you’re spending your action-taking time convincing your mind that you already have what you want.

Your alternative: Visualising the process of reaching your goal, rather than the outcome, increases the likelihood that you’ll achieve it. This is because you’re practicing the steps that you will have to take in order to reach the goal. It lowers the barrier to taking those steps in reality, because they already feel familiar and achievable. What’s more, you’ll perform them with more skill, just from having mentally rehearsed.

3. Willpower

Willpower works to motivate you – up to a point. That’s the point at which you run out of willpower, because like energy or strength, it’s a finite resource.

Whenever you motivate yourself to do something that you don’t, emotionally, want to do, there are measurable changes in your body and brain. You use up blood sugar, for example. It’s an effort, just the same as running round the block is an effort. And just as you can’t run round the block forever, so you can’t keep making yourself do things that you feel negative about doing forever, however important they are to your long-term happiness.

Your alternative: You actually have several alternatives to willpower. One, of course, is finding ways to achieve your goals that you actually enjoy. Another is finding new goals. Yet a third is reducing other drains on your willpower so that you will have more to devote to your most important goal.

But if none of those are options, work on finding the enjoyment and worth in the process of working towards your goal – so that you don’t have to exert willpower all the time in order to keep doing the essential steps. At the very least, find ways to reduce your resistance.

4. Rewards

Rewards can be motivational – but only if they relate to what you’re actually doing.

Whether it’s bribing children with candy to get them to draw pictures or offering workers more money instead of more fulfilling work and more autonomy, “extrinsic” motivators tend to backfire and produce less motivation, not more.

Your alternative: “Intrinsic” motivation – rewards directly connected to doing the activity you are trying to motivate – is the way to go here. Again, it’s about making the process itself worthwhile, rewarding and enjoyable, and about celebrating milestones towards your goal, not putting off all the happiness for when you eventually achieve it.

5. Punishment

Punishing or scolding yourself (or someone else) may be one of the most commonly practiced forms of motivation. It’s true that negative consequences are motivational, but only if you use them in a particular way. Otherwise, they just produce resentment and backfire – not only because the emotional associations with the goal become negative, but also because the punishments, like the rewards, that are offered are often extrinsic to the goal itself.

Your alternative: First review the positive consequences of the behaviour you want to motivate. Then review the negative consequences of the behaviour you have at the moment. It’s very important to look at them in that order. For some reason, the mind is more compelled by a negative consequence preceded by a positive than the other way around, or by either consequence alone.

Notice that these are the intrinsic consequences, the consequences that arise directly out of the behaviour itself. It’s not an external carrot and stick.

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You’ll notice that there’s a common theme in what works. It’s the process – the very thing we don’t want to think about, don’t want to go through – that holds the key to success. By paying attention to your process, you give yourself a motivational advantage and you’re much more likely to achieve your goals successfully.

Just Five More Minutes (Attitude)

While at the park one day, a woman sat down next to a man on a bench 

near a playground.

“That”s my son over there,” she said, pointing to a little boy in a red 

sweater who was gliding down the slide.

“He”s a fine looking boy” the man said. “That”s my daughter on the bike in 

the white dress.”

Then, looking at his watch, he called to his daughter. “What do you say we 

go, Melissa?”

Melissa pleaded, “Just five more minutes, Dad. Please? Just five more 

minutes.”

The man nodded and Melissa continued to ride her bike to her heart”s 

content. Minutes passed and the father stood and called again to his 

daughter. “Time to go now?”

Again Melissa pleaded, “Five more minutes, Dad. Just five more minutes.”

The man smiled and said, “OK.”

“My, you certainly are a patient father,” the woman responded.

The man smiled and then said, “Her older brother Tommy was killed by a 

drunk driver last year while he was riding his bike near here. I never spent 

much time with Tommy and now I”d give anything for just five more 

minutes with him. I”ve vowed not to make the same mistake with Melissa.

She thinks she has five more minutes to ride her bike. The truth is, I get 

Five more minutes to watch her play.”

Life is all about making priorities, what are your priorities? Give someone 

you love 5 more minutes of your time today!

VALUE OF THANKS

WHENEVER U TURN THE PAGES OF LIFE.

THERE U CAN SEE MANY PEOPLE HELPED U TO MOVE 
EVERY STEP.

WHEN U ACHIEVE SOME THING.

PLEASE CLOSE UR EYES AND REMEMBER THOSE FACES FOR 
AT LEAST A SECOND.

WE CANT FIND ALL OF THEM TO GIVE OUR THANKS BUT 
THAT SECOND THEY CAN FEEL OUR THANKS FROM THERE
HEART AND MIND.

This is attitude

This is attitude IF AN EGG IS BROKEN BY AN OUTSIDE FORCE..A LIFE ENDS. IF AN EGG BREAKS FROM WITHIN…… .LIFE BEGINS. GREAT THINGS ALWAYS BEGIN FROM WITHIN .

This is attitude IT’S BETTER TO LOSE YOUR EGO TO THE ONE YOU LOVE. THAN TO LOSE THE ONE YOU LOVE ……. BECAUSE OF EGO

This is attitude WHY WE HAVE SO MANY TEMPLES, IF GOD IS EVERYWHERE ? A WISE MAN SAID : AIR IS EVERYWHERE, BUT WE STILL NEED A FAN TO FEEL IT .

This is attitude WHEN YOU TRUST SOMEONE TRUST HIM COMPLETELY WITHOUT ANY DOUBT……. AT THE END YOU WOULD GET ONE OF THE TWO : EITHER A LESSON FOR YOUR LIFE OR A VERY GOOD PERSON(Hillary and Tensing in picture)

This is attitude LIFE IS NOT ABOUT THE PEOPLE WHO ACT TRUE TO YOUR FACE …….. IT’S ABOUT THE PEOPLE WHO REMAIN TRUE BEHIND YOUR BACK

This is attitude SOLDIER : SIR WE ARE SURROUNDED FROM ALL SIDES BY ENEMIES , MAJOR : EXCELLENT ! WE CAN ATTACK IN ANY DIRECTION.

This is attitude THE WORST IN LIFE IS “ATTACHMENT ” IT HURTS WHEN YOU LOSE IT. THE BEST THING IN LIFE IS ” LONELINESS “ BECAUSE IT TEACHES YOU EVERYTHING AND, WHEN YOU LOSE IT, YOU GET EVERYTHING.

This is attitude “You never conquer a mountain. You stand on the summit a few moments; then the wind blows your footprints away.” -Arlene Blum

This is attitude “I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.” Chinese proverb

This is attitude “The greatest waste in the world is the difference between what we are and what we could become.” Ben Herbste