give away

Things you can give away:

1. Thanks
2. Time
3. Information
4. Undivided Attention
5. Love
6. Money
7. Hope

I am sure you can add more to your list. Amazingly other than money, everything else on this list cost nothing

Failure is part of the process

“Either you succeed or you LEARN”. Failure is not the problem in most cases. What you do about the failure is. How quickly do you recover from a failure and start marching again. In other words, it’s not the falling down but getting up quickly every time you fall down that’s important.

If you don't believe, no one else will

Sometimes we look to others to convince us of what we want to
believe. “I can do it, can’t I?” we ask.

Ironically, others base their true judgments, not just on what
they think we can do, but on what they think we think we can do.
In other words, the people around you will most likely mirror your
feelings—showing you fear when you show fear and confidence
when you demonstrate confidence.

You can’t rely on others to convince you because they will rely
on you to convince them.

Encourage

You never know how far the circles will go when you throw a pebble in the lake or ocean, just like you never know what an encouragement would do for someone in need of it.

Never look down on anyone, unless you are helping to pull them up!

Something to think about and regularly practice. Wishing you all better day than good!

Move with the cheese

Some of the key lessons learned from the book "Who Moved My Cheese?"

1. Change Happens
• They keep moving the cheese
2. Anticipate Change
• Get ready for cheese to be moved
3. Monitor Change
• Smell the cheese often so you know when it is getting old
4. Adapt to Change Quickly
• The Quicker you let go of old cheese, the sooner you will enjoy the new cheese
5. Change
• Move with the cheese, change is the only constant thing
6. Enjoy Change
• Savor the adventure and enjoy the taste of new cheese
7. Be Ready to Change Quickly Again & Again
• They keep moving the cheese

Cheese being used as a metaphor for whatever you want in life; job, relationship, money, own house etc. These are some amazing insights that can be applied towards life and lead a fulfilling life. They are simple, yet profound knowledge that is easily lost in the midst of crisis. Remember in this information age CHANGE is the only thing constant and we might start preparing our self by applying some of techniques

An Open Invitation ! Lets Give

Yazi here, along with iGive.com,
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Giving is very important and in such a way as iGive does it will not even effect your pocket. If you are shopping online than why not go through something like iGive where they will donate portion of your spending towards your supporting causes. The donation can be from 2% to 7%. How is it free, they earn commission for you going through their site & pay from that to the choice of your charity. If you are shopping online then why not, it doesn't cost you.

I am ordering the stuff for my office, my boss tells me to order something from Staples.com I use iGive to go to Staples site & purchase stuff. It does not cost me anything, not a penny to my boss, but does help someone somewhere. Pretty easy, huh..

Remember whatever you give multiplies and come back to you!

if you decided to give iGive a try, use my link up why because my supported organization gets $5 and yours get $5. A win win for us!

wishing you better day than good...../ yazi~/

You are born with

13th century poet might inspire you that you all have destiny..

You were born with potential
You were born with goodness and trust
Your were born with ideals and dreams
You were born with greatness
You were born with wings
You are not meant for crawling, so don't
You have wings
Learn to use them and fly!

~Rumi

I totally inspire and agree with the wisdom here, we are all born with an inner Einstein in us waiting to come out. The fact is that all of us are born creative, talented but some where in early part of life we are thought to stay within lines, go with the flow, come up to expectations, seek approval & we loose our creativity. The great thing about this creativity is that it never dies, its always their in our subconscious mind waiting to come out. When we clear our prospective, set our vision, goal, it comes out aiding us in whatever we are trying to accomplish.

i m having a cold weekend down here, hope you all have a great one..

Don't take yourself so damn serious

LOL @ my header, yeah that's something I have started to practice.

In The Fire from Within, Carlos Castaneda hear these words from his teacher "self-importance is man's greatest enemy, it requires that one spend most of one's life offended by something or someone." It is important for us to have strong self-concept, feeling good about our self, but the problems arises when we start misidentifying on basis of what we have or don't have, achievements, accomplishments etc. Cutting down on some of these ego driven needs can make our life a lot easier..

• being offended ~ that what offends you weakens you
• need to win ~ you are not your winnings or victories. Loss is not a loss if you learn from it
• need to be right ~ do you want to be right or happy?
• need to be superior ~ nobility isn't being better than others, its being better than what you use to be
• need to have more ~ no matter how much you get, you will always want more
• Identifying on bases of achievements ~ if these are what defines you, then what happens if you don't have em
• Reputation ~ It lies in the eyes of others (what you think of me is non of my business)

hope you are having great time, its gorgeous out here about 80 degrees sunny. I am going to head out & enjoy ;-)

Finding Balance

I came across some ways small steps towards starting to balancing life in mist of fast pace life. I think balance is very important for healthy, happier & prosperous life.

• Build small breaks into your day taking time in the morning & evening to reflect & refocus on big picture
• Be willing to ask for help before reaching state of overwhelmed, acknowledge you can use additional help
• Using Vacation Days embrace the rejuvenating power of consecutive time off, when you will go back to work you will be more resilient and clear minded
• Seek Time-Stretching options like telecommunication or avoiding rush hours
• Practice saying No without feeling guilty

Go ahead and add some of yours, thanks. Have a wonderful weekend!

Past is just that, Past!

In a quick review of times, the people, things & circumstances that showed up in life are as characters in this play called life. The good times, the struggles, the tears, the abuse all the people coming in to life and then leaving. All the tears will not and cannot wash out one word of it. They were all there to teach a lesson, the fact of the matter is that we went through whatever that was necessary for us to be here where we are today.

Giving up my personal history has been the biggest challenge of recent times. I think finally I have I have come to understand that past is a trail that is left behind, whats making my life going forward is present day. Viewing my life as a play in which everyone entrances and exits were scripted by the higher up have helped me let go of some of the low energies like guilt, regret & even revenge.

hope u are having good week! (:

The best thing to give

your enemy is forgiveness
to an opponent, tolerance
to a friend, your heart
to your child, a good example
to your father, a deference
to your mother, conduct that will make her proud of you
to your self, self respect
to all other men, charity

Making giving part of our regular life is vital, and the beauty about all things in that poem is it don't cost anything. Personally I think giving should be conditioned to become part of our nature. If someone ever asked sun, Who do you give us so much light and warmth? I believe the sun will answer, It's my nature to do so. The more you give of yourself, no matter how little or how much, the more you open door for life to pour back in.

Ever felt when you do something for somebody how much touched they are. They sense a way of their responsibility to pay you back with same kind. If someone ever comes to you with their problems the least you can give them is hope.

wishing everyone better day than good, have a wonderful weekend!

Higher up in charge

Good morning,
This is God.
I will be handling
All of your
Problems today.
I will not need
Your help, so have
A miraculous day.

No! God did not send me this. While back I came across this little but powerful piece. Some times when under the stress of work, full time job & all other commitments to life I loose my focus. I look at this peace, offer a little prayer & remind myself that everything is as planned. I might be lost, but he up there knows what he's doing...

what are some of your ways to get back on track? seems like every third day i loose my focus, the higher purpose in life that I aspire.

hav better day than good. signing off ~/