Abrahamster back with a new quote for you..!

Hi Friends, I am back after a long time.. Hope you all must be doing great and staying postive..

I wanted to share something with you today..

I read this quote of George Bernard Shaw..

"Some people see things as they are and say 'Why?'. I dream things that never were and say 'Why not?'.

I believe in this and do you?... Meet you again... till than have a great time and stay motivated.

Positive thought from the epic Ramayan

In the Ramayana we read a beautiful advice from Ravana to Rama. The epic says that after a fierce battle Rama succeeded in shooting that arrow which will end Ravana’s life. The arrow hit its target and Ravana was about to die. Suddenly it dawned on Rama that the time had come when he had to return to Ayodhya. At Ayodhya, as a king, he had to run the administration. Now, the problem was, Rama knew that he had never run an administration. He also knew that Ravana was a veteran administrator. So Rama approached Ravana with a request to advise him briefly on how to run an administration.

Ravana advised cryptically ‘shuvasya shighram, ashuvasya kàlaharanam’. Ravana also pointed out that, as he himself had not followed this dictum, he was about to meet his tragic end. As an example Ravana described that the execution of one of his good thoughts, namely to construct a staircase linking the earth and the heaven, he had not even started, while, one of his bad thoughts, namely the abduction of Sita, he executed very fast. So what we learn from this story is that not only we should have positive thoughts, but also we should be up and doing in giving shape to those positive thoughts.

- a message came as a forward for a positive friend

Enjoy reading "Outliers"

After a long break I got to post something interesting today.

I am reading the book Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell. It will surely change your view about your life and make you positive. The author has done exclusive research and explains about exceptionally successful people and their success stories..

Shelfari's description about this book as follows :

In this stunning new book, Malcolm Gladwell takes us on an intellectual journey through the world of "outliers"--the best and the brightest, the most famous and the most successful. He asks the question: what makes high-achievers different? His answer is that we pay too much attention to what successful people are like, and too little attention to where they are from: that is, their culture, their family, their generation, and the idiosyncratic experiences of their upbringing. Along the way he explains the secrets of software billionaires, what it takes to be a great soccer player, why Asians are good at math, and what made the Beatles the greatest rock band. Brilliant and entertaining, OUTLIERS is a landmark work that will simultaneously delight and illuminate.

Quotes

Expecting the world to treat u fairly

coz u r a good person is like

expecting the lion not to attack

u coz u r a vegetarian.

Think about it.

Beauty isn't measured by outer appearance

and what clothes we wear,

but what we are inside..

Book Review....after a long time

Book Lust: Recommended Reading for Every Mood, Moment, and Reason by Nancy Pearl

Editorial Review

What to read next is every book lover's greatest dilemma. Nancy Pearl comes to the rescue with this wide-ranging and fun guide to the best reading new and old. Pearl, who inspired legions of litterateurs with "What If All (name the city) Read the Same Book," has devised 170 thematic reading lists that cater to every mood, occasion, and personality. These annotated lists cover such topics as mother-daughter relationships, science for nonscientists, mysteries of all stripes, African-American fiction from a female point of view, must-reads for kids, books on bicycling, "chick-lit," and many more. Pearl's enthusiasm and taste shine throughout in this lively and informative illustrated guide.

Extracted from Shelfari

Don't give up in negative situations...

Never respond when you are not calm. If you are not sure that you are calm, don’t respond. Take time to calm yourself down first.
Take a deep breath as a first step to calm yourself down.
Speak in gentle tone to reduce the tension of the situation.
Realize that you can find opportunities in negative situations. Albert Einstein said: “In the middle of every difficulty lies opportunity.”
Look at the content of what people say to you for something positive that you can act upon to improve yourself. Don’t just reject the whole messages.
For the rest of the messages which is negative, simply ignore it.
Maintain positive view of the people. Maybe you don’t like their messages or behavior, but that doesn’t mean that you can hate them personally.
Realize that having negative feelings will just hurt you, not them. So there is no reason for you to have any negative feeling.
If you make mistakes, be open to admit it.
If you make mistakes, remember this quote by George Bernard Shaw: “A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.”
If you can, listen to motivational audio program to feed positive thoughts into your mind.
Talk to a positive friend who can encourage you.
Remember your favorite quotes to give you inspiration and motivation. This is one reason why you should have quote of the day.
Look at the negative situations as your training sessions for real life. The higher you climb in life, the worse the negative situations would be, so you’d better be prepared for them.
Realize that you can’t please everyone. In fact, nobody can. Sometimes you need to just let some people go. Realizing this will relieve you from a lot of unnecessary burden so that you can focus on the people that you can positively interact with.

20 ways to overcome negative thoughts... web extract

1. Realize that you only hurt yourself with negative thoughts. Don’t let them trick you.
2. Decide that you will live your day with happiness and not let negative thoughts steal it.
3. Look at yourself in the mirror and say, “I’m a positive person. I won’t let negative thoughts control me. I’m a winner in life.”
4. Read positive quotes.
5. Never say negative words in your conversation.
6. Change the tone of your thoughts from negative to positive. For example, instead of thinking “This problem is too difficult” think “This problem is cool and challenging”.
7. If you think negatively about someone, remember positive things about that person. Shift your attention to the positive side.
8. Smile. It’s more difficult to think negatively when you are smiling.
9. Walk and act confidently. Good body language helps you have good thoughts.
10. Pray or meditate. Spiritual peace and calmness is among the most effective ways to overcome negative thoughts.
11. Gather with positive people. Be careful not to choose the wrong people or the situation will only get worse.
12. Take a nap so that you will wake up with a fresh mind.
13. Read an inspiring book. Spiritual books often do well.
14. Go out and appreciate the beauty of the world around you.
15. Sing a cheerful song.
16. Make yourself comfortable with failure. Failure is the stepping stone to success, so don’t be afraid to fail.
17. Have realistic expectation. Accept the fact that people could make mistakes since nobody is perfect.
18. If you think negatively about a situation, decide that you won’t give up even if the worst happens. Prove yourself to be a tough opponent. You are a winner.
19. Accept yourself and be comfortable in who you are. You can’t be perfect but neither can anyone else.
20. Help someone. Shift the focus away from yourself and do good to others.

Quotes...!

The great use of Life is to spend it

for something that will outlast it....

Personal Leadership is the process of keeping

your vision and values before you and aligning

your life to be congruent with them...

Quote of the day!

Never blame a day in your life.

Good Days Give u happiness.

Bad days give u Experience.

Both are essential in life!

Book Review

Peaks and Valleys: Making Good And Bad Times Work For You--At Work And In Life
by Spencer Johnson

Editorial Review
Making Good And Bad Times Work For You -- At Work And In Life
Peaks and Valleys is a story of a young man who lives unhappily in a valley until he meets an old man who lives on a peak, and it changes his work and life forever.
Initially, the young man does not realize he is talking with one of the most peaceful and successful people in the world. However, through a series of conversations and experiences that occur up on peaks and down in valleys, the young man comes to make some startling discoveries.
Eventually, he comes to understand how he can use the old man's remarkable principles and practical tools in good and bad times and becomes more calm and successful himself.
Now you can take a similar journey through the story and use what you find to your advantage in your own work and life.

FROG...

I was told a story about a lady in the hospital who was near death when an area chaplain came to visit her. This chaplain was a very young female with long blond hair. She listened to the lady who was ill and left her a small gift for comfort. It was a tiny ceramic frog.

The next day one of the people from the ladies church came to visit. The lady told her friend about the beautiful young chaplain who had come to visit her.

The friend was so impressed with the way the lady had improved and felt the need to talk to the young chaplain. In her search to find the young gal, she was repeatedly reassured that the chaplains are never very young and that there was never a gal that fit the description given.

Upon returning to the lady in the hospital, a visiting nurse entered the room and noticed the ceramic frog. The nurse made the comment "I see you have a guardian angel with you," as she held the little frog.

We asked why she made the comment and we were informed that the frog stood for:

F = Fully

R = Rely

O = On

G = God

To the world you might be one person; but to one person you might be the world.

Faith vs. Doubt

Doubt sees the obstacles. Faith sees the way.
Doubt sees the darkest night. Faith sees the day.
Doubt dreads to take a step. Faith soars on high.
Doubt questions "Who believes"?Faith answers "I".
--- Author Unknown

Today's quote

Watch your thoughts; they become words.
Watch your words; they become actions.
Watch your actions, they become habits.
Watch your habits; they become character.
Watch your character; it becomes your destiny.
- Frank Outlaw

Sayings of Mother Teresa

If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other.

Peace begins with a smile.

Let us more and more insist on raising funds of love, of kindness, of understanding, of peace. Money will come if we seek first the Kingdom of God - the rest will be given.

I was once asked why I don't participate in anti-war demonstrations. I said that I will never do that, but as soon as you have a pro-peace rally, I'll be there.

All works of love are works of peace.

Everybody today seems to be in such a terrible rush, anxious for greater developments and greater riches and so on, so that children have very little time for their parents. Parents have very little time for each other, and in the home begins the disruption of peace of the world.

Please choose the way of peace.. In the short term there may be winners and losers in this war that we all dread. But that never can, nor never will justify the suffering, pain and loss of life your weapons will cause.

A sacrifice to be real must cost, must hurt, must empty ourselves. The fruit of silence is prayer, the fruit of prayer is faith, the fruit of faith is love, the fruit of love is service, the fruit of service is peace.

Make us worthy, Lord, to serve those people throughout the world who live and die in poverty and hunger. Give them through our hands, this day, their daily bread, and by our understanding love, give them peace and joy.

If you want to make peace, you don't talk to your friends, you talk to your enemies.

What can you do to promote world peace? Go home and love your family.

Story time again

My grandfather took me to the fish pond on the farm when I was about seven, and he told me to throw a stone into the water. He told me to watch the circles created by the stone. Then he asked me to think of myself as that stone person.

"You may create lots of splashes in your life but the waves that come from those splashes will disturb the peace of all your fellow creatures," he said.

"Remember that you are responsible for what you put in your circle and that circle will also touch many other circles. You will need to live in a way that allows the good that comes from your circle to send the peace of that goodness to others. The splash that comes from anger or jealousy will send those feelings to other circles. You are responsible for both."

That was the first time I realized each person creates the inner peace or discord that flows out into the world. We cannot create world peace if we are riddled with inner conflict, hatred, doubt, or anger. We radiate the feelings and thoughts that we hold inside, whether we speak them or not. Whatever is splashing around inside of us is spilling out into the world, creating beauty or discord with all other circles of life.

Remember the eternal wisdom:WHATEVER YOU FOCUS ON EXPANDS...

Picture Quote

Be glad of life, because it gives you the chance

to live and to work and to play

and to look up at the stars. - Henry Van Dyke

Book Review

Napoleon Hill's Keys to Success: The 17 Principles of Personal Achievement
by Napoleon Hill

Editorial Review
Achieve success in anything you do-this program shows you how to do it!World-renowned motivational author Napoleon Hill summed up his philosophy of success in Think and Grow Rich®, one of the bestselling inspirational business books of all time. In Napoleon Hill's Keys to Success, Hill's seventeen essential principles of personal achievement are expanded on in detail, with concrete advice on their use and implementation.

In these richly rewarding, full context tapes, you will learn the secrets of:

- filling your life with purpose and direction

- perfecting your personality

- fanning your creative spark

- building self

-discipline

- profiting from the Golden Rule

- budgeting time and money

- discovering and preserving the source of all wealth

In this invaluable audiobook, anyone seeking personal and financial improvement will find a wealth of straightforward advice, powerful encouragement, mental exercises, and self-analysis techniques that produce results. In addition to Hill's many personal true-life stories of the seventeen principles in action, dynamos like Bill Gates, Peter Lynch , and Donna Karan serve as contemporary examples of what can be achieved.Napoleon Hill's Keys to Success is an inspiring motivational audiobook that tells people how to fulfill their ambitions and achieve success.

Which frog U R ?

One day, two frogs were enjoying the day in the barn when they accidently fell into the farmer's bucket of cream, and they couldn't get out. The two frogs kept swimming around to keep from drowning, and every once in a while they would try to climb out, but this was becoming very tiring.

One frog kept saying, "This is useless, we should just give up." But the other frog just ignored the comment and kept swimming.

Finally, the pessimistic frog gave up and drowned. The other frog was sad at the loss of his friend, but he wasn't going to give up. He kept swimming and swimming, and, finally, the cream turned into butter and the frog simply climbed out.

This story shows that even if we stumble and others try to pull us down, we've got to keep on swimming because, eventually, the cream will turn into butter and we'll make it out of the pail.

10 Most Important Things...Author Unknown - extract from web

LOVE: The Special Feeling That Makes You FeelAll Warm And Wonderful.
RESPECT: Treating Others As Well As You Would Like To Be Treated.
APPRECIATION: To Be Grateful For All The Good Things Life Has To Offer.
HAPPINESS: The Full Enjoyment Of Each Moment. A Smiling Face.
FORGIVENESS: The Ability To Let Things Be Without Anger.
SHARING: The Joy Of Giving Without Thought Of Receiving.
HONESTY: The Quality Of Always Telling The Truth.
INTEGRITY: The Purity Of Doing What's Right, No Matter What.
COMPASSION: The Essence Of Feeling Another's Pain, While Easing Their Hurt.
PEACE: The Reward For Living The 10 Most Important Things.

Inspirational Quotes

SUCCESS IS THE ABILITY TO GO FROM ONE FAILURE TO ANOTHER WITH NO LOSS OF ENTHUSIASM.
WINNERS DON'T DO DIFFERENT THINGS,THEY DO THINGS DIFFERENTLY.
KNOWLEDGE IS A TREASURE THAT FOLLOWS ITS OWNER EVERYWHERE.
THE FUTURE BELONGS TO THOSE WHO BELIEVE IN THE BEAUTY OF THEIR DREAMS. LUCK FAVOURS THOSE WHO ARE PREPARED.
THERE IS NEVER A WRONG TIME TO DO RIGHT THINGS.
FOR ONE MINUTE OF ANGER YOU LOSE ONE HOUR OF JOY.
BETTER TO FAIL WITH HONOR THAN SUCCEED BY FRAUD.
NO LEGACY IS SO RICH AS HONESTY.
THE FLOWER THAT BLOOMS IN ADVERSITY IS THE MOST RARE AND BEAUTIFUL OF ALL.