Transformation...................

Yesterday, I was talking to one of my friends and something of this type came out:
"Sometimes later in our life we realize we did a mistake in past and went through suffering/problems which could have been avoided very easily(ok, it was related to take transfers from one place to another, since we both went through this experience)". Then I told her, ok, we should thank Him since atleast we got it inspite of the problems. and she said

"Ok, we lost a lot in past, but future is still there"

and guess, what I immediately said(my new philosophy of life learnt from my new companion, The Power of Now)............


"Ok, we lost a lot in past, but Present is still there"

We laughed together and bade goodbye.......................

Eccentricity.......................

Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric.
-Bertrand Russell, philosopher, mathematician, author, Nobel laureate (1872-1970)

A balanced LIfe..................

Sometimes life throws you into those precarious situations when you are forced to understand and appreciate the importance of a balanced life. We all read about it in text books and listen from discourses of saints and there are N number of similar resources...............
I never used to appreciate it before may be because we have different energy levels at different stages of life. and I used to believe that I'm ready for any challenge. It is true, we can achieve whatever we can dream with a combination of hard work and will power, but see there are some basic requirements which are important for any endeavor. These are financial, emotional securities along with a dependable physical health. We need to see how we can ensure that these needs will be fulfilled no matter what may come in our way.......and as I feel these should be the most important goals one can set for him/herself initially. We just can't make only money or only health or only career or..............the only focus of our life anytime. However hard we may try, if our bare minimum needs are ignored, be sure you are going to miss the target (I believe it strongly, today............I may change, only God knows...........I'm too unpredictable ;))
and these need differ from individual to individual......................to be contd...........

To fill up my motivation tank................

No great man ever complains of want of opportunities......Ralph Waldo Emerson

Happy are those who dream dreams and are ready to pay the price to make them come true........Leon J. Suenes

The power of imagination makes us infinite..............John Muir

Winners compare their achievements with their goals, while losers compare their achievements with those of other people......Nido Qubein

Nothing splendid has ever been achieved except by those who dared believe that something inside of them was superior to circumstances.........Bruce Barton

A constant struggle, a ceaseless battle to bring success from inhospitable surroundings, is the price of all great achievements... Orison Swett Marden

Dreams..........

It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting.
Before a dream is realized,
the Soul of the World tests everything that was learned along the way.
It does this not because it is evil,
but so that we can,
in addition to realizing our dreams master the lessons
we have learned as we have moved toward that dream.
That's the point at which most people give up.
Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself.
And that no heart has ever suffered
when it goes in search of its dreams,
because every second of search is a second's encounter with God and with eternity. - Paulo Coelho