The world cares very little about what a man or woman knows;
it is what the man or woman is able to do that counts.
River of Thoughts....
River of Thoughts...
If you're coasting, you're either losing momentum or else you're headed downhill.
River of Thoughts...
Obstacles in life are like logs in your path.
You can step over it or move it out of the way.
You could cut it up and make firewood.
FORGETTING THE BASICS...
It was one week before Christmas in 2001. My son Benjamin was five years old at the time. He seemed healthy, but he had large lumps on the side of his neck; the doctor had been running blood and ultrasound tests on them, trying to determine a diagnosis. I was on a morning commuter train heading downtown for a rather important meeting about a company merger that had just been announced. My wife Toni called on my cell. I could tell immediately something was wrong. The doctor, not the doctor's office, had called. He needed to see both of us immediately. He would not tell Toni why. We both started thinking the worst.
As soon as I was off the train I arranged for a rental car and headed straight back home. Toni and I met at the doctor's office within an hour of the phone call. He informed us that
Dad and Linda had been making arrangements to purchase our family a membership at a private alpine ski club as a Christmas present. The first thing I thought of was the need to call them and tell them not to. We wouldn't be available to go skiing this year due to the news about Ben. I called and Linda answered the phone.
I remember sitting in this unknown car and the emotion of the moment hitting me like a brick wall. I told Linda the news and told her to cancel the ski membership plans. Shortly after I hung up with Linda, Dad phoned me back. He was compassionate but firm. He told me they were going ahead with the membership and for me to get my thinking straight. He said Ben is fine and not to give energy to any thought but that. He had been teaching me that my whole life, but it can be so easy to forget in the moment. He was even more emphatic that we not show any emotional weakness in front of Ben. The last thing we should do was to make him fearful.
We arrived at the
I realized that day the importance of positive thinking. Whether or not it made a difference in my son's diagnosis I will never truly know. However, I know it made a difference for my son. Being strong for Ben allowed me to properly address my concerns for his well being. My first thought had been one of emotion and worry. Imagine the damaging impression I would have made on Ben, had I expressed my fear and worry in front of him. Those emotions really would not have been about his well being, but my own. If I had taken a moment to reflect, I would have realized that positive thoughts and attitude are the only things that would express my concern for his well being. I appreciate the fact that dad called back that day to remind me what I needed to do: Think positive.
Five days later we had the most grateful Christmas we had ever had and started skiing as a family the next week. We ski as a family today.
Ray Proctor
Excerpt from Inspired: The Secret of Bob Proctor
By POST A RESUME (www.postaresume.co.in)
River of Thoughts...
Hope is like a road in the country; there wasn't ever a road, but when many people walk on it, the road comes into existence.
When you face your fear, most of the time you will discover that it was not really such a big threat after all. We all need some form of deeply rooted, powerful motivation - it empowers us to overcome obstacles so we can live our dreams.
River of Thoughts...
Every decision you make - every decision - is not a decision about what to do. It's a decision about Who You Are. When you see this, when you understand it, everything changes. You begin to see life in a new way. All events, occurrences, and situations turn into opportunities to do what you came here to do.
Niagara Falls...
The
Niagara Falls were formed when glaciers receded at the end of the Wisconsin glaciation (the last ice age), and water from the newly-formed Great Lakes carved a path through the Niagara Escarpment en route to the Atlantic Ocean. While not exceptionally high, the
The
Believe while others...
Believe while others are doubting.
Plan while others are playing.
Study while others are sleeping.
Decide while others are delaying.
Prepare while others are daydreaming.
Begin while others are procrastinating.
Work while others are wishing.
Save while others are wasting.
Listen while others are talking.
Smile while others are frowning.
Commend while others are criticizing.
Persist while others are quitting
- By William Arthur Ward
BE WORTHY OF TRUST.
Unless one can have confidence in the reliability of those about one, he himself is at risk. When those he counts upon let him down, his own life can become disordered and even his own survival can be put at risk.
Mutual trust is the firmest building block in human relationships. Without it, the whole structure comes down.
Trust worthiness is a highly esteemed commodity. When one has it, one is considered valuable. When one has lost it, one may be considered worthless.
One should get others around one to demonstrate it and earn it. They will become much more valuable to themselves and others thereby.
14-1. Keep your word once given.
When one gives an assurance or promise or makes a sworn intention, one must make it come true. If one says he is going to do something, he should do it. If he says he is not going to do something, he should not do it.
One's regard for another is based, in no small degree, on whether or not the person keeps his or her word. Even parents, for instance, would be surprised at the extent they drop in the opinion of their children when a promise is not kept.
People who keep their word are trusted and admired. People who do not are regarded like garbage.
Those who break their word often never get another chance.
A person who does not keep his word can soon find himself entangled and trapped in all manner of “guarantees” and “restrictions” and can even find himself shut off from normal relations with others. There is no more thorough self-exile from one's fellows than to fail to keep one's promises once made.
One should never permit another to give his or her word lightly. And one should insist that when a promise is made, it must be kept. One's own life can become very disordered in trying to associate with people who do not keep their promises. It is not a casual matter.
The way to happiness is much, much easier to travel with people one can trust.
River of Thoughts.
The only thing that stands between a man and what he wants from life is often merely the will to try it and the faith to believe that it is possible...
River of Thoughts.
There are four ways, and only four ways, in which we have contact with the world. We are evaluated and classified by these four contacts: what we do, how we look, what we say, and how we say it.
Morning Prayer.
Karaagre Vasate Lakshmi,
Karamuule Saraswati.
Karamadhye Tu Govinda,
Prabhaate Kara Darshanam.
The front part of the hands (the fingertips) are ascribed to Goddess Lakshmi, the Goddess of Wealth, the middle part (the palm proper) to Goddess Saraswati, the Goddess of Learning, and the root (the part of hand near the wrist) to Govinda (God).
Therefore, every morning, one should have a respectful look at one’s hand, which symbolizes honest labor.
Who am I....???
"આમ તો હું શુન્યમાં રહેલ વિસ્તાર છું
શબ્દ નહી પણ શબ્દમાં રહેલ ભાર છું
સમજવા છતાંએ એટલું જ સમજ્યો તમારી વાતમાં
કે સદા તમારી સમજની બહાર છું....
"મને ના પુછસો કે કોણ છુ હું
બસ ઍટલુ કહુ કે માણસ છુ હુ.
મને કેટલા તો એવામલ્યા હતા
કે આખી જિંદગી મને નિહળ્યો હતો
છતા મને રહના બતવી શક્યા
કેમ કહુ હુ કેટલો નાદાન હતો.
હું શાયર દુનિયામાં પ્રેમને શોધવા આવ્યો છું,
નથી ખબર મને શું છે પ્રેમ ફક્ત તેનો અણસાર લઈને આવ્યો છું,
પ્રેમ થકી લાગણી ઘણી છે મને પણ
બેવફાઓના નામ શોધવા આવ્યો છું, પ્યાર કોનો પૂરો થયો છે ? તેનો જવાબ લેવા આવ્યો છું,
પ્યારનો પહેલો અક્ષર જ અધૂરો કેમ છે
એ ‘અઘરો સવાલ’ લઈને આવ્યો છું,
શું છે જિંદગી ? એની મને ખબર નથી
પણ મોતની ખબર જાણવા આવ્યો છું,
નસીબદારોને પ્રેમ મળે છે
હું એ ‘ખુશનસીબ’ને શોધવા આવ્યો છું..
ગઝલમાં સૌ વિચારો મારા દર્શાવી નથી શકતો;
ઘણું સમજું છું એવું જે હું સમજાવી નથી શકતો.
ન સ્પર્શી કોઈ અવગણના કદી પણ મારા ગૌરવને,
કે હું ઉપકાર છું એવો જે યાદ આવી નથી શકતો.
ગયો ને જાય છે દુ:ખનો સમય એક જ દિલાસા પર,
કે વીતેલો સમય પાછો કદી આવી નથી શકતો.
તમે આવ્યાં હતાં પાછા જવાને તો ભલે જાઓ,
તમે મારું જીવન છો તમને થોભાવી નથી શકતો.
તમે કાલે હતાં કેવાં અને આજે થયાં કેવાં,
તમારી સાથ પણ હું તમને સરખાવી નથી શક્તો.
બહાનું કેમ શોધું હું એના મિલન કાજે,
નિખાલસ છું હું તેથી વાત ઊપજાવી નથી શકતો.
કોઇની પણ વાતમાં પડતો નથી,
એટલે હું કોઇને નડતો નથી.
જે ઘડીએ જે મળ્યું મંજૂર છે,
ભાગ્ય સાથે હું કદી લડતો નથી.
કોણે છલકાવ્યા નજરના જામને,
આમ તો હું જામને અડતો નથી.
હામ હૈયામાં છે મારા એટલે,
ઠોકરો ખાઉં છું પણ પડતો નથી....!
શબ્દ નહી પણ શબ્દમાં રહેલ ભાર છું
સમજવા છતાંએ એટલું જ સમજ્યો તમારી વાતમાં
કે સદા તમારી સમજની બહાર છું....
"મને ના પુછસો કે કોણ છુ હું
બસ ઍટલુ કહુ કે માણસ છુ હુ.
મને કેટલા તો એવામલ્યા હતા
કે આખી જિંદગી મને નિહળ્યો હતો
છતા મને રહના બતવી શક્યા
કેમ કહુ હુ કેટલો નાદાન હતો.
હું શાયર દુનિયામાં પ્રેમને શોધવા આવ્યો છું,
નથી ખબર મને શું છે પ્રેમ ફક્ત તેનો અણસાર લઈને આવ્યો છું,
પ્રેમ થકી લાગણી ઘણી છે મને પણ
બેવફાઓના નામ શોધવા આવ્યો છું, પ્યાર કોનો પૂરો થયો છે ? તેનો જવાબ લેવા આવ્યો છું,
પ્યારનો પહેલો અક્ષર જ અધૂરો કેમ છે
એ ‘અઘરો સવાલ’ લઈને આવ્યો છું,
શું છે જિંદગી ? એની મને ખબર નથી
પણ મોતની ખબર જાણવા આવ્યો છું,
નસીબદારોને પ્રેમ મળે છે
હું એ ‘ખુશનસીબ’ને શોધવા આવ્યો છું..
ગઝલમાં સૌ વિચારો મારા દર્શાવી નથી શકતો;
ઘણું સમજું છું એવું જે હું સમજાવી નથી શકતો.
ન સ્પર્શી કોઈ અવગણના કદી પણ મારા ગૌરવને,
કે હું ઉપકાર છું એવો જે યાદ આવી નથી શકતો.
ગયો ને જાય છે દુ:ખનો સમય એક જ દિલાસા પર,
કે વીતેલો સમય પાછો કદી આવી નથી શકતો.
તમે આવ્યાં હતાં પાછા જવાને તો ભલે જાઓ,
તમે મારું જીવન છો તમને થોભાવી નથી શકતો.
તમે કાલે હતાં કેવાં અને આજે થયાં કેવાં,
તમારી સાથ પણ હું તમને સરખાવી નથી શક્તો.
બહાનું કેમ શોધું હું એના મિલન કાજે,
નિખાલસ છું હું તેથી વાત ઊપજાવી નથી શકતો.
કોઇની પણ વાતમાં પડતો નથી,
એટલે હું કોઇને નડતો નથી.
જે ઘડીએ જે મળ્યું મંજૂર છે,
ભાગ્ય સાથે હું કદી લડતો નથી.
કોણે છલકાવ્યા નજરના જામને,
આમ તો હું જામને અડતો નથી.
હામ હૈયામાં છે મારા એટલે,
ઠોકરો ખાઉં છું પણ પડતો નથી....!
River of Thoughts
Today, let your heart dance. You will find no shortage of dance partners, as your feet join in. And your eyes. And your smile. And every part of your body and your feelings. Let your heart dance all day long.
Unknown
Look at the Other Side...
A Father was reading a magazine and his little daughter every now and then distracted him. To keep her busy,he tore one page on which was printed the map of the world. He tore it into pieces and asked her to go to her room and put them together to make the map again.
He was sure she would take the whole day to get it done. But the little one came back within minutes with perfect map... When he asked how she could do it so quickly,she said,"Oh... Dad,there is a man's face on the other side of the paper... I made the face perfect to get the map right." she ran outside to play leaving the father surprised.
Moral of the Story:
Friends,There is always the other side to whatever you experience in this world. Whenever we come across a challenge or a puzzling situation,look at the other side... You will be surprised to see an easy way to tackle the problem..
A simple business that's resilient to slowdown
This would have been a definite multi-bagger stock, only if it were listed! We are talking about the largest food brand in
From a humble start in 1946 to now being the largest dairy co-operative in
This performance also comes at a time when the international dairy markets are facing slump in demand. A very simple business model and focus on domestic market has insulated Amul from the turbulence in global dairy trade. Over the years, not only has it grown its business several fold, it has also been able to shield its members – the farmers – from all the turbulence in global dairy trade. The co-operative has helped to appropriately diversify the rural economy, thereby protecting rural
Following its core philosophy (provide products at an affordable price), it continues to enhance the product mix through introduction of higher value products. At the same time, it has maintained the desired growth in existing products. The company has targeted revenues of Rs 270 bn by the year 2020. And given the pace it has been growing over the years, this seems quite achievable.
But the fact is that, you need to contend yourself by consuming the quality products that the company has to offer. Amul is not listed on the stock exchanges. But if it were, it would have definitely been among our top picks for all kind of market situations.
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