You Are A Masterpiece - Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

"A plum once said, 'just because a banana lover came by, I converted
myself into a banana.

Unfortunately, his taste changed after a few months and so I became an orange.

When he said I was bitter I became an apple, but he went in search of grapes.

Yielding to the opinions of so many people, I have changed so many
times that I no more know who I am.

How I wish I had remained a plum and waited for a plum lover.'

Just because a group of people do not accept you as you are, there is
no necessity for you to strip yourself of your originality.

You need to think Good of yourself, for the world takes you at your
own estimate.

Never stoop down in order to gain recognition.

Never let go of your true self to win a relationship.

In the long run, you will regret that you traded your greatest Glory -
your uniqueness, for momentary validation.

Even Gandhi was not accepted by many people.

The group that does not accept you as YOU is not Your world.

There is a world for each one of you, where you shall reign as king /queen

by just being yourself.

Find that world... In fact, that world will find You.

What water can do, gasoline cannot and what copper can, gold cannot.

The fragility of the ant enables it to move and the rigidity of the tree enables

it to stay rooted.

Everything and everybody has been designed with a Proportion of
uniqueness to serve a purpose that we can fulfill only by being our
unique self.

You as you alone can serve your purpose and I as I Alone can serve my
purpose. You are here to be you... Just YOU.

There was a time in this world when a Krishna was required and he was sent;

A time when a Christ was required and he was sent; a time when a
Mahatma was Required and he was sent; a time when a J.R.D.Tata was
required and he was Sent.

There came a time when you were required on this planet and hence you were sent.

Let us be the best we can be.

In the history of the universe, there has been nobody like you and to
the infinity of time to come, there will be no one like you.

Existence should have loved you so much that it broke the mould after
making you, so that another of your kind will never get repeated.

You are original. You are rare. You are unique. You are a wonder. You
are a masterpiece. .. Your Master's piece. Celebrate your Uniqueness.

I Love You Ma !!!

I Love You Ma !!!

It was Mother's Day. He was driving his new royal blue Mercedes Benz and enjoying the bounties of nature. The road was smooth and the traffic was less. The trees on both sides danced with the wind and protected the street from the hot rays of the sun like a guardian. He was at peace listening to the birds warbling early in the morning.

The colorful flower shop adjacent to the road attracted his attention. He stopped his car, got out and took a closer look at some of the flowers displayed. There were bouquets of red, pink and yellow roses arranged neatly on the shelves. Every bouquet had a beautiful 'Mother's Day' greeting card attached to it.

He thought about his loving mother who lived two hundred miles away. He chose a nice bouquet of pink roses, signed the greeting card and requested the shopkeeper to courier it to his mother the same day.

Just before he got into his car, he noticed a small, cute girl standing next to the shop. She was counting the currencies in her hand. She seemed a little upset.

He went up to her and asked, "Can I help you?"

She replied in a choked voice, "I want to buy some red roses for my mother. But I have only eighty rupees whereas the bouquet costs one hundred rupees."

He smiled and asked her to accompany him to the shop. He bought a big bouquet of red roses for the little one. She thanked him profusely. He patted her and bid her goodbye.

While leaving the shop, he offered her a ride. She was elated and said, "Yes, please take me to my mother." He was thrilled as he could see her eyes sparkling with happiness.

She showed him the way, which finally led to a cemetery. She disembarked from his car, gave him a hug and said, "Thank you Uncle". Then she ran to her mother's grave, knelt down and placed the bouquet on the freshly dug grave.

The man was speechless for a minute. He immediately made a U turn and drove back to the same flower shop. He took the bouquet of pink roses from the vendor and drove down two hundred miles, at one stretch, to meet his beloved mother.

He handed over the bouquet to his mother, gave her a tight hug and said, "I love you, Ma."

She kissed him on his forehead and asked, "Why did you drive down all the way? You could have simply couriered the bouquet to me and wished me over the phone."

He said to himself, "This is a Mother's Love. At any point in time, mothers think only about our comforts and well being."

--- Written in 2010 by Chithambaran T.S. --- India
A mother is one of the greatest gifts of GOD. She is an embodiment of sacrifice and love. Love your parents. Give them time. Give your company. Give them a hug. They will be very happy. Their blessings will bring prosperity in your life.

 

The P Language of Success.

Do you know about the "P" language? It's a game children play in school where they use the letter 'p' in between all the letters of the word. It's very difficult at the start but once you get the hang of it, it becomes easy and is a lot of fun to play with.

Success has a 'p' language of its own? Do you know it? Add the 'P' to each letter of the word and have fun!

'S' – Plan. Only when you know where you want to go can you go there and reach it. So first things first, set your goal. Understand the direction you want to start treading. Be specific. Your goal can't be I want to be happy in life. It has to be concrete like, want to positively touch lives of a million people through my profession and blog and that would make me happy.

'U' – Passion. Love what you do because only then can you do it well. If your heart is not there your head can't support you for too long. Intellectually we can only achieve moderate success but when our heart and soul is in what we do, sky is also not the limit…. the universe probably is!

'C' – Patience. "Patience is a virtue." They teach us that in school and we forget all about it the moment we are out of school! We are forever in a hurry to do. Do whatever comes our way as long as we 'do'! Relax, wait, watch… things will go your way.

'C' – Persistence. In the rat race to achieve we forget that the tortoise won the race (remember the fable about the hare and the tortoise). Most of us try to become the hare, have a burnout and sleep. The successful are slow and steady (steady being the key word) Things will not always go as per plan but keep at it. Persistence pays in more ways than one.

'E' – Praise. Appreciate your efforts every single small or big step of the way. Most of us only focus at how far we still are from our goal rather than how close we've come to it. Imagine if you had to climb a ladder looking only at the top. Chances are you'll miss a step and fall backwards. Watch your step, focus only on the next step and once you've climbed it, smile and tell yourself "good job done".  Before you know it, you'll be right on top!

'S' – Positivity. Keep your mind positive. Read positive literature, hear positive music, watch positive movies, write positive stuff. There is plenty of positive around, find it within and outside of you and use it. When you fill yourself with positivity your environment will automatically begin to become positive and together positive growth will happen.

'S' – Pray. Whether you are an atheist or you believe in God, trust the fact that there is an energy unknown to us which supports us. Believe in it and keep the faith. Your trust in yourself and the energy will give you the strength to plan, be passionate, patient, persistent, praise worthy and positive.

So go ahead and bring your childhood back. Play the game of SpUpCpCpEpSpSp. You'll come out a winner for sure!

A Question?

Here is a question posed to Dalai Lama

"What thing about humanity surprises you the most?"
His answer was as follows:

"Man"
Because he sacrifices his health in order to make money
Then he sacrifices his money to recuperate his health
And then he is so anxious about the future that he doesn't enjoy the present,
And as a result he doesn't live in the present or the future
And he lives as if he's never going to die, and then he dies having never really lived.