IT IS NEVER TOO LATE TO WIN IN LIFE

I am posting an inspiring story, as received, which I hope shall help those who are disappointed about their failures in life:

I watched a local football match in a school playing ground.

As I sat down, I asked one of the boys what the score was.

With a smile, he replied; they are leading us 3-0.

And I said, “Really! I have to say you don't look discouraged.”

"Discouraged," the boy asked me with a puzzled look.

“Why should I be discouraged when the referee has not blown the final whistle? I have confidence in the team and the managers; we shall definitely overcome.”

Truly, the match ended 5-4 in favor of the boy's team!

He waved at me gently, with a beautiful smile as he left; I was amazed, mouth wide open; such confidence; such beautiful faith.

As I got back home that night, his question kept coming back to me!

Why should I be discouraged when the referee has not blown the final whistle?

Life is like a game....

Why be discouraged, when there is still life.

Why be discouraged when your final whistle has not sounded.

The truth is that many people blow the final whistle themselves....

But as long as there is life, nothing is impossible and it is never too late for you.

Half time is not full time.....

Don't blow the whistle yourself....

Have a powerful positive life. 

LOOK AT YOUR ROOM & LEARN HOW TO HANDLE LIFE!

I asked God, “How can I handle life?” 

God replied, “You check your room and you will get the answer.”

I checked and my room indeed gave me the answer to my question!

 The roof told, “Your aim should be as high as I”

 The fan said, “Always be cool and make others cool.”

When I saw the clock it spoke, “Time is very precious”

The calendar on the wall told me, “Your days should be treated as very valuable”

 The precious said to me, “Save for the future.”

The mirror told, “You see yourself have a grasp of you.”

The light said, “Spread light to others.” 

The wall whispered, “Be willing to hold the weight of others”

The windows told me, “Enlarge your vision.”

The floor said, “Be humble enough and love the earth.”

The steps also had a message “Mind your steps. Be careful when you go up and down in life”

 After hearing all these, I told God, “Thank you dear Lord for showing me how to handle life!”

HAPPINESS DEPENDS NOT ON ANYONE OR ANYTHING, BUT YOU

During a class at Fresno Pacific University, a speaker asked one of the spouses in the audience:

"Does your husband make you happy?"

At this moment, the husband sat up straighter, showing complete confidence. He knew his wife would say yes, because she had never complained about anything during their marriage.

However, his wife answered the question with a resounding "No." "No, my husband does not make me happy."

The husband was baffled, but his wife continued:

"My husband never made me happy, and he does not make me happy. I am happy."

"Whether I am happy or not is dependent not on him, but on me. I am the only person on whom my happiness depends.

“I choose to be happy in every situation and every moment of my life, for if my happiness depended on another person, thing or circumstance, I would be in serious trouble.”

She continued, “Everything that exists in this life constantly changes: the human being, the riches, my body, the climate, my boss, the pleasures, the friends, and my physical and mental health. I could quote an endless list.

I need to decide to be happy regardless of anything else that happens. Whether I own a lot or a little, I am happy! Whether I'm going out or staying home alone, ​​I'm happy! Whether I am rich or poor, I am happy!

I am married, but I was already happy when I was single.
I'm happy for myself.

I love my life not because my life is easier than anyone else's, but because I have decided to be happy as an individual. I am responsible for my happiness.

When I take this obligation from my husband and anyone else, I free them from the burden of carrying me on their shoulders. It makes everyone's life much lighter.

And that's how I've had a successful marriage for so many years."

Never give anyone else the responsibility to control your happiness. Be happy, even if it's hot, even if you're sick, even if you do not have money, even if someone has hurt you, even if someone does not love you and even if you do not value yourself.

Be Happy. Happiness should never depend on anyone or anything; it should depend only on you.

EVERYTHING THAT YOU LOVE WILL EVENTUALLY LOSE, BUT…

I post here a thoughtful story:

Kafka and the Doll: the Pervasiveness of Loss

Franz Kafka, the story goes, encountered a little girl in the park where he went walking daily. She was crying. She had lost her doll and was desolate.

Kafka offered to help her look for the doll and arranged to meet her the next day at the same spot.

Unable to find the doll he composed a letter from the doll and read it to her when they met.

“Please do not mourn me, I have gone on a trip to see the world. I will write you of my adventures.”

This was the beginning of many letters. When he and the little girl met, he read her from these carefully composed letters the imagined adventures of the beloved doll. The little girl was comforted.

When the meetings came to an end Kafka presented her with a doll. She obviously looked different from the original doll. An attached letter explained 'My travels have changed me.'

Many years later, the now grown girl found a letter stuffed into an unnoticed crevice in the cherished replacement doll.

In summary it said:

“Everything that you love, you will eventually lose, but in the end, love will return in a different form.”

A.S.A.P.

Lisa Engelhardt gives a new definition to ASAP, a common phrase used in the social media by the new gen. youths.

“ASAP”: Ever wonder about the abbreviation A.S.A.P.?

Generally we think of it in terms of even more hurry and stress in our lives. Maybe if we think of this abbreviation in a different manner, we will begin to find a new way to deal with those rough days along the way.

"There's work to do, deadlines to meet;

You've got no time to spare,

But as you hurry and scurry

ASAP - ALWAYS SAY A PRAYER

In the midst of family chaos,

"Quality time" is rare.

 Do your best; let God do the rest

ASAP - ALWAYS SAY A PRAYER

It may seem like our worries

Are more than you can bear?

Slow down and take a breather

ASAP - ALWAYS SAY A PRAYER

God knows how stressful life is;

He wants to ease our cares,

And He'll respond

ASAP - ALWAYS SAY A PRAYER”

PLACE OF FORGIVENESS IN FAMILIES

I share here a thought provoking message by Pope Francis on the place of forgiveness in families:

Family is a place of forgiveness…

There is no perfect family. We do not have perfect parents, we are not perfect, we do not marry a perfect person nor have perfect children.

We have complaints from each other. We disappoint each other. So there is no healthy marriage or healthy family without the exercise of forgiveness.

Forgiveness is vital to our emotional health and spiritual survival. Without forgiveness the family becomes an arena of conflict and a stronghold of hurt.

Without forgiveness, the family becomes ill. Forgiveness is a sepsis of the soul, the cleansing of the mind and the liberation of the heart.

Whoever does not forgive does not have peace in the soul nor communion with God. Hurt is poison that intoxicates and kills. Keeping heartache in the heart is a self-destructive gesture. It's autophagy.

Those who do not forgive are physically, emotionally and spiritually ill.

That is why the family must be

·       a place of life, not of death;

·       a territory of cure and not of illness;

·       a stage of forgiveness and not guilt.

Forgiveness brings joy where sorrow has produced sadness; healing where sorrow has caused disease.

KEEP THE VISION OF YOUR GOAL AND NEVER GIVE UP

 "Real difficulties can be overcome; it is only the imaginary ones that are unconquerable."

The Catalina Island is twenty-one miles away from the coast of California, and many people have taken the challenge to swim across it.

On July 4th 1952, Florence Chadwick stepped into the water off Catalina Island to swim across to the California coast. She started well and on course, but later fatigue set in, and the weather became cold.

She persisted, but fifteen hours later, numb and cold, she asked to be taken out of the water.

After she recovered, she was told that she had been pulled out only half a mile away from the coast. She commented that she could have made it, if the fog had not affected her vision and she would have just seen the land.

She promised that this would be the only time that she would ever quit.

She went back to her rigorous training. And two months later she swam that same channel. The same thing happened. The fatigue set in, and the fog obscured her view, but this time she swam with faith and vision of the land in her mind. She knew that somewhere behind the fog was land.

She succeeded and became the first woman to swim the Catalina Channel. She even broke the men’s record by two hours.

Always be persistent when you set your goal. Keep pressing on even when you are tired, physically and mentally, and even when there are many challenges ahead.

Keep the vision of your goal crystal clear before you and never give up! Be committed to it, and you will surely see your goal realized.

ENJOY THE TRIP CALLED ‘LIFE’

Nice lines from Ratan Tata's Lecture in London for us to think of LIFE.

Don't educate your children to be rich. Educate them to be Happy. So when they grow up they will know the value of things not the price.

Eat your food as your medicines. Otherwise you have to eat medicines as your food.

The One who loves you will never leave you because even if there are 100 reasons to give up he/she will find one reason to hold on.

There is a lot of difference between human being and being human. A Few understand it.

You are loved when you are born.  You will be loved when you die. In between you have to manage...!

If you want to Walk Fast, Walk Alone..! But if you want to Walk Far, Walk Together.

Six Best Doctors in the World:

1.Sunlight

2.Rest

3.Exercise

4.Diet

5.Self Confidence

6.Friends

Maintain them in all stages of Life and enjoy healthy life

If you see the moon, you see the beauty of God; if you see the Sun, you see the power of God.  And, if you see the mirror, you see the best creation of GOD. So Believe in YOURSELF!

We all are tourists & God is our travel agent who has already fixed all our Routes Reservations & Destinations.

So Trust him & Enjoy the "Trip" called LIFE!!!

WHO IS A BETTER BELIEVER: A BROTHEL OWNER OR THE CHURCH?

In a small town, a person decided to open up a brothel, which was right opposite to a church. The church and its congregation started a campaign to block the brothel from opening with petitions and prayed daily against his business.

Work progressed. However, when it was almost complete and was about to open a few days later, a strong lightning struck the brothel and it was burnt to the ground.

The church folks were rather happy and said God interfered and removed the 'bad influence' from their neighbourbood. The happiness was temporary because, the brothel owner sued the church authorities on the grounds that the church through its congregation and prayers was ultimately responsible for the destruction of his brothel, either through direct or indirect actions or means.

In its reply to the court, the church vehemently denied all responsibility or any connection that their prayers were reasons for the act of God. As the case made its way into court, the judge looked over the paperwork at the hearing and commented:

"I don't know how I'm going to decide this case, but it appears from the paperwork, "we have a brothel owner who believes in the power of prayer and we have an entire church that doesn't."