tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16366887538156176972024-03-13T10:51:10.293-07:00Sacred space - The inner revolution"There is only one difference between dream and aim. Dream requires effortless sleep, whereas aim requires sleepless efforts".Shanthi Krishnakumarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06582441349117334600noreply@blogger.comBlogger59125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636688753815617697.post-55444222609322689322014-06-25T22:12:00.000-07:002014-06-25T22:14:00.141-07:00SWAN AND THE MOSQUITO<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Indian poets say a swan can separate the water and milk in a mixture of both and drink only the milk leaving the water behind. Let us not discuss if it is researched or proved. But we have to learn from the swan to take only the good and leave behind the unwanted. In a mixture of milk and water, milk represents the "good" and water which is used to adulterate the milk is the "unwanted”.<br /><br />Coming to the mosquitoes…<br /> A mosquito flies near the full udder of a cow. Milk is flowing from its udder. Mosquito looks at it, flies around and as it is interested in the taste of the blood, it bites the cow and sucks the blood from the overflowing udder. Even near the udder filled with rich milk, mosquito likes only the blood. A mosquito will never get milk from the udder of a cow, but only blood. The cow is not to be blamed for that.<br /><br /> Be like a swan which takes only the good and leaves the unwanted and do not be like the mosquitoes which rejects the good and goes after undesirable things which causes suffering to others.</span>Shanthi Krishnakumarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06582441349117334600noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636688753815617697.post-55124748174648613882014-03-01T08:10:00.000-08:002014-03-01T08:10:35.624-08:00INTERPRETATIONS & JUDGEMENTS<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">THOUGHT FOR THE DAY : INTERPRETATIONS & JUDGEMENTS<br /><br />It's about the judgements and interpretations we usually give to the facts. It is not the first time that I bring on a story which emphasizes that things are not necessarily as we see them. <br /><br />In the days when an ice cream sundae cost much less, a 10-years-old boy entered a hotel coffee shop and sat at a table. A waitress put a glass of water in front of him.<br />“How much is an ice cream sundae?” he asked.<br />“Fifty cents,” replied the waitress.<br /><br />The little boy pulled his hand out of his pocket and studied a number coins in it.<br />“How much is a dish of plain ice cream?” he inquired.<br />Some people were now waiting for a table so the waitress was a bit impatient. “35 cents,” she said brusquely.<br /><br />The little boy again counted the coins. “I’ll have the plain ice cream,” he said.<br />The waitress brought the ice cream, put the bill on the table and walked away.<br />The boy finished the ice cream, paid the cashier and departed.<br /><br />When the waitress came back she picked up the empty plate and then swallowed hard at what she saw. There, neatly beside the empty dish, were two nickels and five pennies – her tip.<br /><br />The simple understanding that the boy did have enough money for the ice cream sundae but that he still chose a cheaper ice cream just in order to leave a tip for her, stayed with her for a while…<br />(From “A lifetime of Success” by Pat Williams)</span>Shanthi Krishnakumarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06582441349117334600noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636688753815617697.post-76369467011482930622014-02-21T21:05:00.002-08:002014-02-23T05:00:42.958-08:00பழைய நினைவுகள் - பழைய காலத்து விளையாட்டுக்கள் <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: blue;">பாண்டி(ரைட்டா ரைட்டு), தாயக்கட்டை(வெட்டு படாமல் மலைக்கு ஏறணும்), பல்லாங்குழி.. இதில் சோழியைத் தொலைத்துவிட்டால் புளியங்கொட்டை தான். பெண்கள் ஆண்கள் அனைவரும் ஆடலாம். (கணித முறை விளையாட்டு,காசி தட்டிட்டேன், வழிச்சு எடுத்து ), கோலிக்குண்டு(குட்டினா எட்டு, குழி பூந்தா ஒம்பது), பம்பரம்(அபீட்), நாலுமூலை, நொண்டி, குலைகுலையாய் முந்திரிக்காய், கண்ணாமூச்சி, பச்சகுதிரை(உயரம் கூடும். இது, ஆணும் பெண்ணும் சேர்ந்து விளையாட அனுமதி இல்லை), டிரேட்(ஜூஹூ, சௌபாதி), கௌண்டிங் போர்டு(100 விழுந்தா பெருமை, இதுவும் </span><span style="color: blue;">கணித முறை விளையாட்டு</span><span style="color: blue;">), கிட்டிப்புள்(கில்லி தாண்டல்), சடுகுடு (தோற்றவர்கள் ஜெயித்தவர்களை உப்பு மூட்டைதூக்க வேண்டும்), "ஒரு கொடம் தண்ணி ஊத்தி ஒரு பூ பூத்ததாம், ரெண்டு கொடம் தண்ணி ஊத்தி ரெண்டு பூ பூத்ததாம்" என்று ஒரு விளையாட்டு, </span><br />
<span style="color: blue;">அஞ்சு</span> <span style="color: blue;">கல்</span><span style="color: blue;"> </span><span style="color: blue;">விளையாட்டு(பெஸ்ட் அக்குபிரஷர்), </span><span style="color: blue;">பரமபதம் (ஏணியும் பாம்பும்) , நாலு சோழி (நாப்பது, மொக்கை), கோபீமிஸ், கோலாட்டம் , கும்மி, ஊதுகாய் (சிறந்த பிராணாயாமம். நிறைய புளியங்கொட்டை குவித்து வைத்து , ஊதி விட்டு, மற்ற காய் மேல கைபடாமல் எடுக்கணும்), சைக்கிள் ரவுண்ட் (சைக்கிள் கடைல ஒரு மணிநேரத்துக்கு 50 பைசா அல்லது 1 ரூபாய் என்று நினைக்கிறேன். சைக்கிள் வாடகைக்கு வாங்கி ஓட்டுவோம். சைட் ஸ்டாண்ட்,பெல், ப்ரேக் எதுவும் இருக்காது. 4 பேராக சேர்ந்து க்ரவுண்ட்க்கு போவோம். எத்தனை தடவை விழுந்தாலும் வலி என்று சொல்ல மாட்டோம். எப்படியாவது கற்றுக்கொள்ளவேண்டும் ஒரு வைராக்கியம். </span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">தெருவிளையாட்டில் கிடைத்த சுறுசுறுப்பும் ஆரோக்கியமும் இப்போது தொலைத்துவிட்டோம் என்றே தோன்றுகிறது.</span>Shanthi Krishnakumarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06582441349117334600noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636688753815617697.post-3660761203874937992014-02-17T07:18:00.000-08:002014-02-17T20:21:09.265-08:00சைக்கிளாயணம்<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: blue;">என்னோட "சைக்கிளாயணம்" நடந்த இடம் கோவைதான். நன்னா ஞாபகம் இருக்கு. அதுவும் gents சைக்கிள்ள. பாவாடை கட்டிண்டு, gents சைக்கிள் ஓட்டும் கஷ்டம் எனக்குத்தான் தெரியும். பின்னாலே பிடிச்சுக்க ராஜு, தூரத்து உறவுப் பையன். ஒரே நாள்தான். கைய விட்டுட்டான். ஒரு கருவேல முள் புதரில் சைக்கிள் சாய, இவன் ஓடி விட்டான். நான் சைக்கிளைப் போட்டுக்கொண்டு விழுந்தேன். கை கால்களில் முள் குத்தி சிராய்ப்பு, ரத்தக் காயம். சைக்கிளை உருட்டிக்கொண்டு, அழுது கொண்டு வீட்டுக்கு வந்தேன். மனதில் ஒரு தீர்மானம். கூட யாரும் வேண்டாம், நாமே கத்துக்கலாம்ன்னு. கற்றுக்கொண்டு விட்டேன். வெற்றிதான். ஆனால் வீட்டில் இருந்தது gents சைக்கிள். ஹிந்தி கிளாஸ், டைப் கிளாஸ் எல்லாம் அதுலதான். அதுக்கும் ஒரு "வில்லன்". ஒரு நாள் குறுக்கே ஒரு கோழி. நான் புத்திசாலித்தனமாய், அது கடந்ததும், அந்த வழியில் சைக்கிளை ஒட்டினேன். இந்த கோழி இருக்கே , அதுக்கு என்றுமே குழப்பம்தான். பாதி வழி போயிட்டு, எதையோ மறந்த மாதிரி, திரும்பி வந்தது. அது மேல இடிக்காம இருக்க, நான் சைக்கிளை நிறுத்த முயல, gents சைக்கிள். பாவாடை. ரோடில் செல்பவர்கள் என் காலைப் பார்த்துவிடக்கூடாதே. (அவர்களுக்கு வேற வேலை இல்ல பாருங்க) .. வேறு என்ன, கீழே விழுந்தேன். அதிலிருந்து, எனக்கு கோழின்னாலே ஒரு phobia. அந்த phobia ஒரு வழியாய் நான் moped ஓட்டரச்சே "போயிந்தே,போயே போச்சு, இட்ஸ் கான்". ஆனா இன்னிக்கும் கோழியைப் பார்த்தால் அந்த "பாதியிலே எதையோ மறந்து போய்த் திரும்பி வந்த கோழி"தான் நினைவுக்கு வரும். </span>Shanthi Krishnakumarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06582441349117334600noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636688753815617697.post-22673416079993913462014-01-24T19:42:00.003-08:002014-01-24T19:42:31.174-08:00MIND<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">ABOUT OUR MIND</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">Adi Sankara was walking through the market place with his disciples.</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">They saw a man dragging a cow by a rope.</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">Sankara told the man to wait and asked his disciples to surround them.</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">“I am going to teach you something” and continued...</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">“Tell me who is bound to whom? Is the cow bound to this man or the man is bound to the cow?</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">The disciples said without hesitation “Of course the cow is bound to the man!. The</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">man is the master. He is holding the rope. The cow has to follow him wherever he goes. The man is the master and the cow is the slave.”</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">“Now watch this”, said Sankara and took a pair of scissors from his bag and cut the rope.</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">The cow ran away from the master and the man ran after his cow. “Look, what is</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">happening”, said Sankara</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">“Do you see who the Master is? The cow is not at all interested in this man. The cow in fact, is trying to escape from this man.” This is the case with our MIND. </span><br style="background-color: white;" /><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">Like the cow, all the non-sense that we carry inside is not interested in us. WE ARE INTERESTED IN IT, we are keeping it together somehow or the other. We are going crazy trying to keep it all together under our control.</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">The moment we lose interest in all the garbage filled in our head, and the moment we understand the futility of it, it will start to disappear. Like the cow, it will escape and disappear.” We can allow disappearing of all the unwanted things from our mind and feel relaxed.</span></span>Shanthi Krishnakumarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06582441349117334600noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636688753815617697.post-15079846353606973522013-11-15T19:43:00.003-08:002013-11-15T19:43:34.325-08:00PRINCIPLES AND MOTIVATIONS FROM AN EAGLE<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b style="background-color: white;">7 PRINCIPLES OF EAGLES </b><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">Trusting God won't make the mountain smaller but it will make climbing easier. Hope you will be able to climb all your mountains always.</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><br style="background-color: white;" /><b style="background-color: white;"><br />PRINCIPLE 1</b><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">Eagles fly alone at high altitude and not with sparrows or other small birds. No other bird can get to the height of the eagle. Stay away from sparrows and ravens.</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">Eagles fly with Eagles</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><b style="background-color: white;"><br />PRINCIPLE 2</b><br style="background-color: white;" /><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">Eagles have strong vision. They have the ability to focus on something up to five kilometers away. When an eagle sites his prey, he narrows his focus on it and set out to get it. No matter the obstacles, the eagle will not move his focus from the prey until he grabs it.</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">Have a vision and remain focused no matter what the obstacle and you will succeed.</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><br style="background-color: white;" /><b style="background-color: white;">PRINCIPLE 3</b><br style="background-color: white;" /><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">Eagles do not eat dead things. They feed only on fresh prey. Vultures eat dead animals, but eagles will not.</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">Be careful with what you feed your eyes and ears with, especially in movies and on TV. Steer clear of outdated and old information. Always do your research well.</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><br style="background-color: white;" /><b style="background-color: white;">PRINCIPLE 4</b><br style="background-color: white;" /><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">Eagles love the storm. When clouds gather, the eagles get excited. The eagle uses the storm’s wind to lift it higher. Once it finds the wind of the storm, the eagles uses the raging storm to lift him above the clouds. This gives the eagle an opportunity to glide and rest its wings. In the meantime, all the other birds hide in the leaves and branches of the trees.</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">We can use the storms of life to rise to greater heights. Achievers relish challenges and use them profitably.</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><br style="background-color: white;" /><br style="background-color: white;" /><b style="background-color: white;">PRINCIPLE 5</b><br style="background-color: white;" /><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">The Eagle tests before it trusts. When a female eagle meets a male and they want to mate, she flies down to earth with the male pursuing her and she picks a twig. She flies back into the air with the male pursuing her.</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">Once she has reached a height high enough for her, she lets the twig fall to the ground and watches it as it falls. The male chases after the twig. The faster it falls, the faster he chases it. He has to catch it before it falls to the ground. He then brings it back to the female eagle.</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">The female eagle grabs the twig and flies to a higher altitude and then drops the twig for the male to chase. This goes on for hours, with the height increasing until the female eagle is assured that the male eagle has mastered the art of catching the twig which shows commitment. Then and only then, will she allow him to mate with her.</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">Whether in private life or in business, one should test commitment of people intended for partnership.</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><br style="background-color: white;" /><b style="background-color: white;">PRINCIPLE 6</b><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">When ready to lay eggs, the female and male eagle identify a place very high on a cliff where no predators can reach. The male flies to earth and picks thorns and lays them on the crevice of the cliff, then flies to earth again to collect twigs which he lays in the intended nest. He flies back to earth and picks thorns laying them on top of the twigs. He flies back to earth and picks soft grass to cover the thorns. When this first layering is complete the male eagle runs back to earth and picks more thorns, lays them on the nest; runs back to get grass it on top of the thorns, then plucks his feathers to complete the nest. The thorns on the outside of the nest protect it from possible intruders. Both male and female eagles participate in raising the eagle family. She lays the eggs and protects them; he builds the nest and hunts. During the time of training the young ones to fly, the mother eagle throws the eaglets out of the nest. Because they are scared, they jump into the nest again.</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">Next, she throws them out and then takes off the soft layers of the nest, leaving the thorns bare When the scared eaglets again jump into the nest, they are pricked by thorns. Shrieking and bleeding they jump out again this time wondering why the mother and father who love them so much are torturing them. Next, mother eagle pushes them off the cliff into the air. As they shriek in fear, father eagle flies out and catches them up on his back before they fall and brings them back to the cliff. This goes on for sometime until they start flapping their wings. They get excited at this new found knowledge that they can fly.</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">The preparation of the nest teaches us to prepare for changes; The preparation for the family teaches us that active participation of both partners leads to success; The being pricked by the thorns tells us that sometimes being too comfortable where we are may result into our not experiencing life, not progressing and not learning at all. The thorns of life come to teach us that we need to grow, get out of the nest and live on. We may not know it but the seemingly comfortable and safe haven may have thorns.</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">The people who love us do not let us languish in sloth but push us hard to grow and prosper. Even in their seemingly bad actions they have good intentions for us.</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><br style="background-color: white;" /><b style="background-color: white;">PRINCIPLE 7</b><br style="background-color: white;" /><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">When an Eagle grows old, his feathers become weak and cannot take him as fast as he should. When he feels weak and about to die, he retires to a place far away in the rocks. While there, he plucks out every feather on his body until he is completely bare. He stays in this hiding place until he has grown new feathers, then he can come out.</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">We occasionally need to shed off old habits items that burden us without adding to our lives.</span></span>Shanthi Krishnakumarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06582441349117334600noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636688753815617697.post-41112212722363494392013-08-14T03:12:00.000-07:002013-08-14T03:16:23.605-07:00கா...கா காக்கா <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: blue;">சின்ன வயசுல இருந்தே எனக்கு ரொம்ப கஷ்டமான விஷயம் என்றால் இதுதாங்க. பள்ளிக்கூடத்துல டீச்சர், மாஸ்டர் கிட்ட எல்லாரும் பிச்சு வெளாசுவாங்க, ஆனா எனக்கு இது வராது. வீட்லயும்,எனக்கு இது பழக்கமில்ல. சரி அதுக்கும் ஒரு திறமை வேணுமில்ல? வளர்ந்த பின்னாலயாவது பழகிக்கலாம்ன்னு பாத்தா, காலேஜுல, ஆபீசுல எங்கயும் எனக்கு பழகல. கடைசியா, "ஐந்தில் வராதது ஐம்பதில்" கிடைத்தது. தில்லைவிளாகம் ராமர் கோயிலில் இது அழகாக எனக்காகவே "போஸ்" கொடுக்க ஒரு வழியா எனக்கு கிடைத்த அவப்பெயரைத் துடைத்துப் பறந்து சென்றது. அட! இதத்தான் "காக்கா பிடிக்கறது"ன்னு சொல்வாங்களா? ;) :P</span>Shanthi Krishnakumarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06582441349117334600noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636688753815617697.post-812662895807964982013-07-11T00:48:00.002-07:002013-07-11T00:52:32.065-07:00THE IMPORTANT THREE VALUES FOR LIFE<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There once was a farmer who discovered that he had lost his watch in the barn. It was no ordinary watch because it had sentimental value for him. After searching high and low among the hay for a long while; he gave up and enlisted the help of a group of children playing outside the barn. He promised them that the person who found it would be rewarded. <br /><br />Hearing this, the children hurried inside the barn, went through and around the entire stack of hay but still could not find the watch. <br /><br />Just when the farmer was about to give up looking for his watch, a little boy went up to him and asked to be given another chance. The farmer looked at him and thought, "Why not? After all, this kid looks sincere enough. So the farmer sent the little boy back in the barn. <br /><br />After a while the little boy came out with the watch in his hand! The farmer was both happy and surprised and so he asked the boy how he succeeded where the rest had failed. <br /><br />The boy replied, "I did nothing but sit on the ground and listen. In the silence, I heard the ticking of the watch and just looked for it in that direction. <br /><br />MORAL: <br /><br />A peaceful mind can think better than a worked up mind. Allow a few minutes of silence to your mind every day, and see, how sharply it helps you to set your life the way you expect it to be...!</span>Shanthi Krishnakumarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06582441349117334600noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636688753815617697.post-72693934305200041172013-03-28T23:42:00.000-07:002013-03-28T23:42:07.181-07:00WINNOW AND SIEVE (VALUES FOR LIFE)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br /><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">15 Things You Should Give Up To Be Happy--by Dana Saviuc<br /><br />This is indeed a brilliant article and needs to be read again and again ...<br /></span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here is a list of 15 things, which, if you give up on them, will make your life a lot easier and you'll feel much, much happier. We hold on to so many things that cause us a great deal of pain, stress and suffering and instead of letting them all go and allowing ourselves to be stress-free and happy, we cling on to them.<br /><br />Well, not anymore. Starting today, we will give up on all those things that no longer serve us, and we will embrace change. Ready? Here we go!<br /><br />1. Give up your need to always be right.<br />There are so many of us who can't stand the idea of being wrong wanting to always be right even at the risk of ending great relationships or causing a great deal of stress and pain for us and for others. It's just not worth it. Whenever you feel the 'urgent' need to jump into a fight over who is right and who is wrong, ask yourself this question from Dr. Wayne Dyer: 'Would I rather be right, or would I rather be kind?' What difference will that make? Is your ego really that big?<br /><br />2. Give up your need for control.<br />Be willing to give up your need to always control everything that happens to you and around you situations, events, people, etc. Whether they are loved ones, co-workers, or just strangers you meet on the street just allow them to be. Allow everything and everyone to be just as they are and you will see how much better will that make you feel.<br /><br />'By letting it go, it all gets done. The world is won by those who let it go. But when you try and try. The world is beyond winning.' Lao Tzu<br /><br />3. Give up on blame.<br />Give up on your need to blame others for what you have or don't have, for what you feel or don't feel. Stop giving your powers away and start taking responsibility for your life.<br /><br />4. Give up your self-defeating self-talk.<br />Oh my. How many people are hurting themselves because of their negative, polluted and repetitive self-defeating mindset? Don't believe everything that your mind is telling you especially if it's negative and self-defeating. You are better than that.</span><div>
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />'The mind is a superb instrument if used rightly. Used wrongly, however, it becomes very destructive.' Eckhart Tolle<br /><br />5. Give up your limiting beliefs about what you can or cannot do, about what is possible or impossible.<br />From now on, you are no longer going to allow your limiting beliefs to keep you stuck in the wrong place. Spread your wings and fly!<br /><br />'A belief is not an idea held by the mind, it is an idea that holds the mind.' Elly Roselle<br /></span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">6. Give up complaining.</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />Give up your constant need to complain about those many, many, maaany things people, situations and events that make you unhappy, sad and depressed. Nobody can make you unhappy, no situation can make you sad or miserable unless you allow it to. It's not the situation that triggers those feelings in you, but how you choose to look at it. Never underestimate the power of positive thinking.<br /><br />7. Give up the luxury of criticism.<br />Give up your need to criticize things, events or people that are different than you. We are all different, yet we are all the same. We all want to be happy, we all want to love and be loved and we all want to be understood. We all want something, and something is wished by us all.<br /><br />8. Give up your need to impress others.<br />Stop trying so hard to be something that you're not just to make others like you. It doesn't work this way. The moment you stop trying so hard to be something that you're not, the moment you take of all your masks, the moment you accept and embrace the real you, you will find people will be drawn to you, effortlessly.<br /><br />9. Give up your resistance to change.<br />Change is good. Change will help you move from A to B. Change will help you make improvements in your life and also the lives of those around you. Follow your bliss, embrace change don't resist it.<br /><br />'Follow your bliss and the universe will open doors for you where there were only walls.' Joseph Campbell<br /><br />10. Give up labels.<br />Stop labeling the things, people or events that you don't understand as being weird or different and try opening your mind, little by little. Minds only work when open.The highest form of ignorance is when you reject something you don't know anything about.'<br /><br />11. Give up on your fears.<br />Fear is just an illusion, it doesn't exist you created it. It's all in your mind. Correct the inside and the outside will fall into place.<br /><br />'The only thing we have to fear, is fear itself.' Franklin D. Roosevelt<br /><br />12. Give up your excuses.<br />A lot of times we limit ourselves because of the many excuses we use. Instead of growing and working on improving ourselves and our lives, we get stuck and lie to ourselves, using all kind of excuses excuses that 99.9% of the time, are not even real.<br /><br />13. Give up the past.<br />I know, I know. This one's hard. Especially when the past looks so much better than the present and the future looks so frightening. But, you have to take into consideration the fact that the present moment is all you have and all you will ever have. The past you are now longing for the past that you are now dreaming about was ignored by you when it was present. Stop deluding yourself. Be present in everything you do and enjoy life. After all, life is a journey not a destination. Have a clear vision for the future, prepare yourself, but always be present in the now.<br /><br />14. Give up attachment.<br />This is a concept that, for most of us, is so hard to grasp and I have to tell you that it was for me too (it still is), but it's not impossible. You get better and better at it with time and practice. The moment you detach yourself from all things (and that doesn't mean you give up your love for them because love and attachment have nothing to do with one another. Attachment comes from a place of fear, while love well, real love is pure, kind, and selfless; where there is love there can't be fear, and because of that, attachment and love cannot co-exist) you become so peaceful, so tolerant, so kind, and so serene. You will get to a place where you will be able to understand all things without even trying. A state beyond words.<br /><br />15. Give up living your life to other people's expectations.<br />Way too many people are living a life that is not theirs to live. They live their lives according to what others think is best for them; they live their lives according to what their parents think is best for them; to what their friends, their enemies and their teachers, their government and the media think is best for them. They ignore their inner voice, that inner calling. They are so busy with pleasing everybody, with living up to other people's expectations, that they lose control over their lives. They forget what makes them happy, what they want, what they need and eventually, they forget about themselves. You have one life this one right now you must live it, own it, and especially don't let other people's opinions distract you from your path.<br /><br />Source: Unknown</span></div>
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வாங்கிய விவசாயி அடுத்த நாள் கிணற்றிலிருந்து தண்ணீர் எடுக்க ஆவலுடன் கிணற்றுக்கு வந்தான்.<br />
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அப்போது விற்றவன் அங்கே நின்று கொண்டிருந்தான். விவசாயியை தண்ணீர் எடுக்க விடாமல் தடுத்தான்.<br />
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விவசாயிக்குக் கோபம் வந்தது. “எனக்குக் கிணற்றை விற்று விட்டு அதிலிருந்து தண்ணீர் எடுக்க விடாமல் செய்கிறாயே?” என்று விற்றவனை கோபத்துடன் கேட்டான்.<br />
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விற்றவன் “ஐயா! உமக்கு நான் கிணற்றை மட்டும்தான் விற்றேன். அதிலிருக்கும் தண்ணீரை அல்லவே!!” என்று தர்க்கம் செய்தான்.<br />
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விவசாயி குழப்பத்துடனும் கோபத்துடனும் காஜியிடம் (நீதிபதியிடம்) சென்று முறையிட்டான்.<br />
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நீதிபதி இருவரையும் அழைத்து இருவர் பக்கத்து நியாயத்தையும் விசாரித்தார். பின்னர் கிணற்றை விற்றவனிடம் “நீ கிணற்றை விற்றுவிட்ட படியால் அது உன்னுடையதல்ல. அதில் உனது தண்ணீரை இன்னமும் வைத்திருப்பது தவறு. உனக்கு அதில்தான் தண்ணீரை சேமித்து வைக்க வேண்டுமென்றால் விவசாயிக்கு அதற்கான வாடகையை தினமும் கொடுத்து விடு. இல்லையென்றால் கிணற்றிலிருந்து உனது தண்ணீரை எடுத்துக் கொண்டு உடனே வெளியேறு” என்று தீர்ப்புக் கூறினார்.<br />
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விற்றவன் தலையைக் குனிந்து கொண்டே, தனது தவற்றுக்கு மன்னிப்புக் கோரி விட்டு, விவசாயியை கிணற்றின் முழுப் பலனையும் அனுபவிக்கச் சொல்லிவிட்டு, அங்கிருந்து சென்று விட்டான்.</span>Shanthi Krishnakumarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06582441349117334600noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636688753815617697.post-54500222683734076632012-04-09T04:55:00.000-07:002012-04-09T04:55:04.563-07:00ATTITUDE<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 28px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">The Carpenter's House </span> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://wallace-id.com/BealeHouse_gt.gif" width="287" /></div><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">An elderly carpenter was ready to retire. He told his employer-contractor of his plans to leave the house building business and live a more leisurely life with his wife enjoying his extended family.</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> He would miss the paycheck, but he needed to retire. They could get by. The contractor was sorry to see his good worker go and asked if he could build just one more house as a personal favor. The carpenter said yes, but in time it was easy to see that his heart was not in his work. He resorted to shoddy workmanship and used inferior materials. It was an unfortunate way to end his career.</span><br />
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When the carpenter finished his work and the builder came to inspect the house, the contractor handed the front-door key to the carpenter. "This is your house," he said, "my gift to you."<br />
What a shock! What a shame! If he had only known he was building his own house, he would have done it all so differently. Now he had to live in the home he had built none too well.</span><br />
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So it is with us. We build our lives in a distracted way, reacting rather than acting, willing to put up less than the best. At important points we do not give the job our best effort. Then with a shock we look at the situation we have created and find that we are now living in the house we have built. If we had realized that we would have done it differently.</span><br />
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Think of yourself as the carpenter. Think about your house. Each day you hammer a nail, place a board, or erect a wall. Build wisely. It is the only life you will ever build. Even if you live it for only one day more, that day deserves to be lived graciously and with dignity. The plaque on the wall says, "Life is a do-it-yourself project." Your life tomorrow will be the result of your attitudes and the choices you make today.<br />
~Author Unknown~</span>Shanthi Krishnakumarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06582441349117334600noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636688753815617697.post-44104477382407864162011-11-29T20:59:00.000-08:002011-11-29T20:59:34.222-08:00MOTIVATION<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">ABOUT MOTIVATION </span><span style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;">BY BRAHMAKUMARI BK SHIVANI </span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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Motivation is an inner positive energy, a combination of enthusiasm and clear perception (understanding) that enables us to accomplish (complete) a task.<br />
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Motivation keeps us determined and on course, otherwise it is so easy to be distracted by problems and laziness. What does motivation do? It moves us from one reality to another, from where I am to where I wish to be.<br />
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When we want to reactivate our motivation we need to examine the following:<br />
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* What do I want?<br />
* What do I wish for?<br />
* What do I value?<br />
* What do I need?<br />
* What do I enjoy?<br />
* What do I understand? and, especially,<br />
* What do I love?<br />
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When we sit down and think about the answers to these questions, they become the basis for activating new insights and tasks and for reactivating those insights and tasks, which I have forgotten to pay proper attention to and have not developed properly.</span>Shanthi Krishnakumarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06582441349117334600noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636688753815617697.post-38092573586468339892011-11-29T01:35:00.000-08:002011-11-29T01:35:43.677-08:00SELF MANAGEMENT<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>SELF MANAGEMENT BY BRAHMAKUMARI BK SHIVANI </b></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><br />
</b>It is only in our relationships that we can truly know ourselves. We are a mirror for each other. What we give to others at the level of our thoughts, feelings and attitudes is what we give to ourselves, and will finally come back from others. Our relationships are the real workshop, classroom, learning laboratory of our life. Relationship is not simply getting along with others, it is about understanding, building, nourishing and caring. Every interaction carries a lesson. Take one relationship, look at it, explore it and ask yourself what does it tell you about yourself and your life so far. Let your relationships reveal you to yourself. As you do you will naturally learn what makes relationships work, or not work, as the case may be! And the more you get to know yourself in the mirror of your relationships the more easily you will be able to understand others.</span></div>Shanthi Krishnakumarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06582441349117334600noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636688753815617697.post-12367140601777518652011-09-16T03:04:00.000-07:002011-09-16T05:40:46.941-07:00THE STORY OF THE PENCIL<img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 292px; height: 300px;" src="http://www.school-clipart.com/school_clipart_images/a_smiling_pencil_writing_and_waving_0521-1004-3015-2942_SMU.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-family:arial;" >This is an article which was written by Paulo Coelho in his book "Like the Flowing River".</span><br /><p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-family: arial;">A boy was watching his grandmother write a letter. At one point he asked:</p> <p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-family: arial;">‘Are you writing a story about what we’ve done? Is it a story about me?’</p><p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-family: arial;">His grandmother stopped writing her letter and said to her grandson:<br />I am writing about you, actually, but more important than the words is the pencil I’m using. I hope you will be like this pencil when you grow up.’</p> <p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-family: arial;">Intrigued, the boy looked at the pencil. It didn’t seem very special.<br />‘But it’s just like any other pencil I’ve ever seen!’</p> <p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-family: arial;">‘That depends on how you look at things. It has five qualities which, if you manage to hang on them, it will make you a person who is always at peace with the world.’</p> <p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-family: arial;">‘First quality: You are capable of great things, but you must never forget that there is a hand guiding your steps. We call that hand God, and He always guides us according to His will.’</p><p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-family: arial;">‘Second quality: Now and then, I have to stop writing and use a sharpner. That makes the pencil suffer a little, but afterwards, he’s much sharper. So you, too, must learn to bear certain pains and sorrows, because they will make you a better person.</p><p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-family: arial;">‘Third quality: The pencil always allows us to use an eraser to rub out any mistakes. This means that correcting something we did is not necessarily a bad thing; it helps to keep us on the road to justice.’</p><p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-family: arial;">‘Fourth quality: What really matters in a pencil is not its wooden exterior, but the graphite inside. So always pay attention to what is happening inside you.’</p><p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-family: arial;">‘Finally, the pencil’s fifth quality: It always leaves a mark. in just the same way, you should know that everything you do in life will leave a mark, so try to be conscious of that in your every action’.</p><p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-family: arial;" align="justify">Now replacing the place of the pencil with you. Always remember them and never forget, and you will become the best person you can be.<br /><br />One: You will be able to do many great things, but only if you allow yourself to be held in God's hand. And allow other human beings to access you for the many gifts you possess.<br /><br />Two: You will experience a painful sharpening from time to time, by going through various problems in life, but you'll need it to become a stronger person.<br /><br />Three: You will be able to correct any mistakes you might make.<br /><br />Four: The most important part of you will always be what's on the inside &<br /><br />Five: On every surface you walk through, you must leave your mark. No matter what the situation, you must continue to do your duties.<br /><br />Allow this parable on the pencil to encourage you to know that you are a special person and only you can fulfill the purpose to which you were born to accomplish.<br /><br />Never allow yourself to get discouraged and think that your life is insignificant and cannot make a change.<br /></p><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-family:arial;" >Great truths lie in simple things… I want to be a pencil… do you?</span><span class="fplc"><p><span style="color:#000080;"></span></p></span>Shanthi Krishnakumarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06582441349117334600noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636688753815617697.post-35513394366758550982011-09-06T00:43:00.000-07:002011-09-06T03:26:24.699-07:00THINK ABOUT IT<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://suddh.com/drupaltest/sites/default/files/images/BG.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 479px; height: 380px;" src="http://suddh.com/drupaltest/sites/default/files/images/BG.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 255);font-family:arial;" >A scholar approached Kanchi Paramacharya and boasted that he was an expert on the Gita. The seer asked him if he could spare some time to hold a 10-day discourse at the local temple. The scholar assented. On the first day 50 people were came to hear him and the attendance dwindled on subsequent days. The scholar said to Paramacharya and said: “What sort of a town is this? No one seems to be interested in the Gita. On first day there was a crowd of 50, second day 25 and on the third day there were only two persons to listen to me!’</span><br /><span style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 255);font-family:arial;" > </span><br /><span style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 255);font-family:arial;" > With a twinkle in his eye the seer remarked: “Why fret? When Krishna spoke the Gita there was only one person to listen to him!” </span><br /><br /><span style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 255);font-family:arial;" >SOURCE:</span><br /><a rel="nofollow" href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Life/Spirituality/Speaking-Tree/Life-a-laughing-matter/articleshow/6062456.cms" target="_blank">Life, a laughing matter - Speaking Tree - Spirituality - Life & Style - The Times of India</a>Shanthi Krishnakumarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06582441349117334600noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636688753815617697.post-86346939627786817272011-07-30T08:49:00.000-07:002011-07-30T08:59:58.182-07:00EXCELLENCE<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.inspirationfalls.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/1293173_11605294-300x115.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 115px;" src="http://www.inspirationfalls.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/1293173_11605294-300x115.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style=" border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-family:-webkit-sans-serif;" ></span></span></div><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">A German once visited a temple under construction where he saw a sculptor making an idol of God.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Suddenly he noticed a similar idol lying nearby. Surprised, he asked the sculptor, "Do you need two statues of the same idol?" "No," said the sculptor without looking up, "We need only one, but the first one got damaged at the last stage." The gentleman examined the idol and found no apparent damage.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">"Where is the damage?" he asked. "There is a scratch on the nose of the idol." said the sculptor, still busy with his work. "Where are you going to install the idol?"</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">The sculptor replied that it would be installed on a pillar twenty feet high. "If the idol is that far, who is going to know that there is a scratch on the nose?" the gentleman asked. The sculptor stopped work, looked up at the gentleman, smiled and said, "I will know it."</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">The desire to excel is exclusive of the fact whether someone else appreciates it or not. "Excellence" is a drive from inside, not outside. Excellence is not for someone else to notice but for your own satisfaction and efficiency...</span>Shanthi Krishnakumarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06582441349117334600noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636688753815617697.post-57349890775051360542011-05-11T08:20:00.000-07:002011-05-11T09:23:48.768-07:004 LITTLE LESSONS IN LIFE<img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 208px; height: 311px;" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/_tQ-YR5eXQJc/Tcqsj9syKQI/AAAAAAAARZU/O3bOTHnVE9I/mgbgtuk-umbrellaboy.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">1. Once, all villagers decided to pray for rain. On the day of prayer all the people gathered but only one boy came with an umbrella... THAT'S FAITH.</span><br /><br /><a href="http://photos2.fotosearch.com/bthumb/IMZ/IMZ259/rco0038.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 268px;" src="http://photos2.fotosearch.com/bthumb/IMZ/IMZ259/rco0038.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">2. When you throw a baby in the air, he laughs because he knows you will catch him... THAT'S TRUST.</span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.say-it-in-english.com/EverydayEnglish/AlarmClock.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 203px; height: 224px;" src="http://www.say-it-in-english.com/EverydayEnglish/AlarmClock.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">3. We go to bed every night, without any assurance of being alive the next morning, but still we set the alarms in our watch to wake up... THAT'S HOPE.</span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.mojolondon.co.uk/a/i/products/800/18%20month%20red%20large%20Moleskine%20diary%20open.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 183px;" src="http://www.mojolondon.co.uk/a/i/products/800/18%20month%20red%20large%20Moleskine%20diary%20open.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">4. We plan big things for tomorrow in spite of zero knowledge of the future or having any certainty of uncertainties. .. THAT'S CONFIDENCE.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Image courtesy: Google images</span></span><br /><p><strong></strong></p>Shanthi Krishnakumarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06582441349117334600noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636688753815617697.post-5204753674754143652011-01-09T23:19:00.000-08:002011-01-09T23:26:01.438-08:00A - Z OF STRESS MANAGEMENT<img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 350px; height: 312px;" src="http://www.twolia.com/blogs/daily-beauty-break/files/2009/04/stress.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Always take time for yourself, at least 30 minutes per day.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Be aware of your own stress meter: Know when to step back and cool down.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Concentrate on controlling your own situation, without controlling everybody else.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Daily exercise will burn off the stress chemicals.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Eat lots of fresh fruit, veggies, bread and water, give your body the best for it to perform at its best.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Forgive others, don't hold grudges and be tolerant -- not everyone is as capable as you..</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Gain perspective on things, how important is the issue?</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Hugs, kisses and laughter: Have fun and don't be afraid to share your feelings with others.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Identify stressors and plan to deal with them better next time..</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Judge your own performance realistically; don't set goals out of your own reach.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Keep a positive attitude, your outlook will influence outcomes and the way others treat you.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Limit alcohol, drugs and other stimulants, they affect your perception and behaviour...</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Manage money well, seek advice and save at least 10 per cent of what you earn.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">No is a word you need to learn to use without feeling guilty.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Outdoor activities by yourself, or with friends and family, can be a great way to relax....</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Play your favourite music rather than watching television.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Quit smoking: It is stressing your body daily, not to mention killing you too.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Relationships: Nurture and enjoy them, learn to listen more and talk less.....</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Sleep well, with a firm mattress and a supportive pillow; don't overheat yourself and allow plenty of ventilation.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Treat yourself once a week with a massage, dinner out, the movies: Moderation is the key.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Understand things from the other person's point of view......</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Verify information from the source before exploding.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Worry less, it really does not get things completed better or quicker.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Xpress: Make a regular retreat to your favourite space, make holidays part of your yearly plan and budget.......</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Yearly goal setting: Plan what you want to achieve based on your priorities in your career, relationships, etc.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Zest for life: Each day is a gift, smile and be thankful that you are a part of the bigger picture.</span>Shanthi Krishnakumarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06582441349117334600noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636688753815617697.post-85435062128993113692010-12-17T05:13:00.000-08:002010-12-17T05:55:39.464-08:00Pramadavanam veendum - Malayalam - His Highness AbdullahK.J.Yesudas's song from His highness Abdullah "Pramadhavanam" is my alltime favourite.What a lovely voice he has! Nobody can match his voice and nuances in his voice is really mesmerising.<br /><br /><iframe width="425" height="344" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/QCmsZbarARE?fs=1" frameborder="0"></iframe>Shanthi Krishnakumarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06582441349117334600noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636688753815617697.post-71865685754511313202010-12-17T04:06:00.000-08:002010-12-17T05:48:55.028-08:00Naalai Indha Velai - Uyarntha Manithan.aviWhat a melodious voice!!!! I luv this song and hats off to Smt. P.Susheela who has sung this. Whenever I hear this song, a drop of tear comes out from my eyes.... and the humming in "kavignan aahinaan" is very touching.<br /><br /><iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/iW19JBjKWjA?fs=1" width="425" frameborder="0" height="344"></iframe>Shanthi Krishnakumarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06582441349117334600noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636688753815617697.post-86193760368276412942010-09-15T01:08:00.000-07:002010-10-29T05:11:39.582-07:00SECRET OF SUCCESS<a href="http://www.glitx.com/"><img src="http://www.htmate.com/glitter/styles/style10/style10_files/s.gif" alt="click to generate your own text" border="0" /></a><a href="http://www.glitx.com/"><img src="http://www.htmate.com/glitter/styles/style10/style10_files/u.gif" alt="click to generate your own text" border="0" /></a><a href="http://www.glitx.com/"><img src="http://www.htmate.com/glitter/styles/style10/style10_files/c.gif" alt="click to generate your own text" border="0" /></a><a href="http://www.glitx.com/"><img src="http://www.htmate.com/glitter/styles/style10/style10_files/c.gif" alt="click to generate your own text" border="0" /></a><a href="http://www.glitx.com/"><img src="http://www.htmate.com/glitter/styles/style10/style10_files/e.gif" alt="click to generate your own text" border="0" /></a><a href="http://www.glitx.com/"><img src="http://www.htmate.com/glitter/styles/style10/style10_files/s.gif" alt="click to generate your own text" border="0" /></a><a href="http://www.glitx.com/"><img src="http://www.htmate.com/glitter/styles/style10/style10_files/s.gif" alt="click to generate your own text" border="0" /></a><br />A young man asked Socrates the secret to success. Socrates told the young man to meet him near the river the next morning. They met. Socrates asked the young man to walk with him towards the river. When the water got up to their neck, Socrates took the young man by surprise and ducked him into the water. The boy struggled to get out but Socrates was strong and kept him there until the boy started turning blue. Socrates pulled his head out of the water and the first thing the young man did was to gasp and take a deep breath of air. Socrates asked, 'What did you want the most when you were there?" The boy replied, "Air." Socrates said, "That is the secret to success. When you want success as badly as you wanted the air, then you will get it." There is no other secret.<br /><br />A burning desire is the starting point of all accomplishment. Just like a small fire cannot give much heat, a weak desire cannot produce great results.Shanthi Krishnakumarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06582441349117334600noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636688753815617697.post-4680151864778933142010-08-05T02:56:00.000-07:002010-08-05T22:19:58.489-07:00இனிய தமிழ்<span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">“யாமறிந்த மொழிகளிலே தமிழ் மொழிபோல் இனிதாவது எங்கும் காணோம்” </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">எ</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">ன்று பாரதியார் பாடினார். எவ்வளவு உண்மை?!!!. வலையில் (web) வலை வீசித்தேடியதில் கிடைத்தது இவ்வளவுதான். யாருக்காவது இதற்குமேல் தெரிந்திருந்தால் தயங்காமல் சொல்லவும். தெரியாததைத்தெரிந்து கொள்வது என்றும் நல்லதுதானே?<br /><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">1 = ONDRU - ஒன்று - one </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">10 = PATHU - பத்து - ten </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">100 = NOORU - நூறு - hundred </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">1,000 = AAYIRAM - ஆயிரம் - thousand </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">10,000 = PATHTHAYIRAM - பத்தாயிரம் - ten thousand </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">100,000 = LATCHAM - நூறாயிரம் - hundred thousand </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">1,000,000 = PATHU LATCHAM - பத்து நூறாயிரம் - one million </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">10,000,000 = KODI - கோடி - ten million </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">100,000,000 = ARPUTHAM - அற்புதம் - hundred million </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">1,000,000,000 = NIGARPUTHAM - நிகற்புதம் - one billion </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">10,000,000,000 = KUMBAM - கும்பம் - ten billion </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">100,000,000,000 = KANAM - கணம் - hundred billion </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">1,000,000,000,000 = KARPAM - கற்பம் - one trillion </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">10,000,000,000,000 = NIKARPAM - நிகற்பம் - ten trillion </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">100,000,000,000,000 = PATHUMAM - பதுமம் - hundred trillion </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">1,000,000,000,000,000 = SANGGAM - சங்கம் - one zillion </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">10,000,000,000,000,000 = VELLAM - வெள்ளம் - ten zillion </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">100,000,000,000,000,000 = ANNIYAM - அந்நியம் - hundred zillion 1,000,000,000,000,000,000 = ARTTAM - அர்ட்டம் - ??? </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">10,000,000,000,000,000,000 = PARARTTAM - பரர்ட்டம் - ??? 100,000,000,000,000,000,000 = POORIYAM- பூறியம் - ??? 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 = MUKKODI - முக்கோடி - ???</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"> 10,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 = MAHAYUGAM - மகாயுகம் - ???<br /><br /></span></span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><a href="http://pavisramblings.blogspot.com/">பவித்ரா ராமஸ்வாமி</a> இது பற்றி</span> <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">சில தகவல்கள் கொடுத்துள்ளார். <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Names_of_large_numbers">மேலும் அறிய இங்கே சொடுக்கவும்.</a> நன்றி பவித்ரா. ஹஹ்ஹா!! இப்போது தமிழ் எண்கள் பற்றித்தெரிந்தவர்கள் சொல்லுங்களேன்!! ப்ளீஸ்!!</span>Shanthi Krishnakumarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06582441349117334600noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636688753815617697.post-63247055840114507432010-06-16T21:41:00.000-07:002010-08-05T03:26:46.602-07:00TEN COMMANDMENTS FOR THOSE OVER FORTIES<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_tQ-YR5eXQJc/TBnA5rnPj1I/AAAAAAAAO8E/f4-DXEC7iZ4/581619956_4730d8280b_o.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 401px; height: 267px;" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_tQ-YR5eXQJc/TBnA5rnPj1I/AAAAAAAAO8E/f4-DXEC7iZ4/581619956_4730d8280b_o.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:times new roman;">THE TEN COMMANDMENTS FOR THOSE OVER FORTY YEARS OLD !!!!<br /><br /></span></span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:times new roman;">A friend of mine sent me this message as a mail- forward. It was really excellent and I thought, it will be useful for everyone when they reach forty. ENJOY LIFE AS IT IS AND PEACE OUT !!!!</span></span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><br />1. Focus on enjoying people, not on indulging in or accumulating material things.</span> <span style="font-family:times new roman;"><br /><br />2. Plan to spend whatever you have saved. You deserve to enjoy it and the few healthy years you have left. Travel if you can afford it. Don't leave anything for your children or loved ones to quarrel about. By leaving anything, you may even cause more trouble when you are gone.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">3. Live in the here and now, not in the yesterdays and tomorrows. It is only today that you can handle. Yesterday is gone, tomorrow may not even happen.</span> <span style="font-family:times new roman;"><br /><br />4. Enjoy your grandchildren (if you are blessed with any) but don't be their full time baby sitter. You have no moral obligation to take care of them. Don't have any guilt about refusing to baby sit anyone's kids, including your own grandkids. Your parental obligation is to your children. After you have raised them into responsible adults, your duties of child-rearing and babysitting are finished. Let your children raise their own offspring.</span> <span style="font-family:times new roman;"><br /><br />5. Accept physical weakness, sickness and other physical pains. It is a part of the aging process. Enjoy whatever your health can allow.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">6. Enjoy what you are and what you have right now. Stop working hard for what you do not have. If you do not have them, it's probably too late.</span> <span style="font-family:times new roman;"><br /><br />7. Just enjoy your life with your spouse, children, grandchildren and friends. People, who truly love you, love you for yourself, not for what you have. Anyone who loves you for what you have will just give you misery.</span> <span style="font-family:times new roman;"><br /><br />8. Forgive and accept forgiveness. Forgive yourself and others.. Enjoy peace of mind and peace of soul.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:times new roman;">9. </span></span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Don't be afraid of death. </span></span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:times new roman;">It's a natural part of the life cycle. So, prepare yourself not for death but for a new life with the Almighty.</span> <span style="font-family:times new roman;"><br /><br />10. Be at peace with your Creator.. For... He is all you have after you leave this life.</span></span>Shanthi Krishnakumarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06582441349117334600noreply@blogger.com10