In my outlook on life, this means starting life afresh. I know this sounds very difficult for many who are reading this article, and their instant reaction would be, "Easier said than done!" How very true! But I feel we cannot keep our life stagnant due to something that is beyond one's expectatations. Right? The anguish is certainly very disastrous. It takes courage and a strong mind to get rid of those that have been tormenting and hurting a person's life, those memories that have sharp edges that can cut into one's memories repeatedly and create a void in one's thinking and thus hamper the routine in their daily life.
Yes, there are times when we have so many thoughts on our minds that are often conflicting, with so many questions for which answers cannot be provided and our thinking is just not straight. I've learned that no matter the consequences, those who are honest with themselves, get further in life. I feel that Prayer is the best soothing balm whenever one is given the opportunity. Prayer calms you down, alleviates the stress and helps you to see things more clearly.
I believe in making a committment to really work hard for things to happen in the right positive way. It is good to adapt the quality of having a Grand vision. When one chooses a vision that can enhance one's life, there is a feeling of fulfillment along the journey as one takes his steps towards that vision.
This is another Bill of Rights that each individual is gifted with and I feel confident just putting it into practical use:
1. You have the right to be you-the way you are. The way you want to be.
2. You have the right to grow, to change, to become, to strive, to reach for any goal, to be limited only by your degree of talent and amount of effort.
3. You have the right to privacy-in marriage, family, or any relationship or group-the right to keep a part your life secret, no matter how trivial or important, merely because you want it to be that way. You have the right to be alone part of each day, each week and each year to spend time with and on yourself.
4. You have the right to be loved and to love, to be accepted, cared for, and adored, and you have the right to fulfill that right.
5. You have the right to ask questions of anyone at anytime in any matter that effects your life, so long as it is your business to do so; and to be listened to and taken seriously.
6. You have the right to self-respect and to do everything you need to do to increase your self-esteem, so long as you hurt no one in doing so.
7. You have the right to be happy, to find something in the world that is meaningful and rewarding to you and that gives you a sense of completeness.
8. You have the right to be trusted and to trust and to be taken at your word. If you are wrong, you have the right to be given a chance to make a good if possible.
9. You have the right to change your mind.
10. You have the right to be free as long as you act responsibly and are mindful of the rights of others and of those obligations that you entered into freely.
11. You have the right to win, to succeed, to compete, to make plans, to see those plans fulfilled. To become the best you can possibly become.
12. You have a right to boundaries and limit, a right to be intentional, a right to choice.
I have very often considered the following facts and then sat down to count my blessings in solitude:
If you have food in the refrigerator, clothes on your back, a roof overhead and a place to sleep ... you are richer than 75% of people in this world.
If you have money in the bank, in your wallet, and spare change in a dish someplace ... you are among the top 8% of the world's wealthy.
If you woke up this morning with more health than illness ... you are more blessed than the million who will not survive this week.
If you have never experienced the danger of battle, the loneliness of imprisonment, the agony of torture, or the pangs of starvation...you are ahead of 500 million people in the world.
If you can attend a church or other places of worship without fear of harassment, arrest, torture, or death ... you are more blessed than three billion people in the world.
If your parents are still alive and still married ...you are very rare (and your parents too!).
If you hold up your head with a smile on your face and are truly thankful ... you are blessed because the majority can, but most do not.
If you can hold someone's hand, hug them or even touch them on the shoulder ... you are blessed because you can offer healing touch.
If you can read this message, you are more blessed than over two billion people in the world that cannot read at all.
No soul is so desolate as long as there is a human being for whom it can feel trust and reverence. One ought to make the best use of the circumstances. No one has everything, and Every one has something of sorrow intermingled with gladness of life. The only trick is to make the laughter outweigh the sad tears.
Why should anyone think that somehow they should be protected from misfortune that befalls other people? Disputes and conundrums arise when we let our neighbours and friends set our standards. Why cannot we be ourselves? In reality we are borrowing troubles into our lives. It is high time people realized that they stop holding post mortems. They spend their precious time brooding over sorrows or mistakes that are passed and end up as being people who never get over things. I believe that we should keep ourselves busy at all times over something, which can help us in having no time to be unhappy. There is a plethora of people all around us who are less fortunate than us, shouldn't we do something to help them?
As Thomas Edison quoted," Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up." I am sure most of you do agree with the fact that, " what you do is God's gift to you. What you do with yourself is your gift to God."
I thank the Lord daily for several things. Even though the daily routine of my job is often very monotonous, yet I thank the Almighty for giving me the beautiful opportunity to work, when I know deep in my heart that there are many who have no job. Yes, my life is very hectic and there are times when things do not fall into place, tempers are short, my food gets over-cooked and my neighbours are real loud. It is then that I stop to think and thank God that at least I have a beautiful family, when out there in the world there are many who are orphans and very lonely.
Yes, there are times when we have so many thoughts on our minds that are often conflicting, with so many questions for which answers cannot be provided and our thinking is just not straight. I've learned that no matter the consequences, those who are honest with themselves, get further in life. I feel that Prayer is the best soothing balm whenever one is given the opportunity. Prayer calms you down, alleviates the stress and helps you to see things more clearly.
I believe in making a committment to really work hard for things to happen in the right positive way. It is good to adapt the quality of having a Grand vision. When one chooses a vision that can enhance one's life, there is a feeling of fulfillment along the journey as one takes his steps towards that vision.
This is another Bill of Rights that each individual is gifted with and I feel confident just putting it into practical use:
1. You have the right to be you-the way you are. The way you want to be.
2. You have the right to grow, to change, to become, to strive, to reach for any goal, to be limited only by your degree of talent and amount of effort.
3. You have the right to privacy-in marriage, family, or any relationship or group-the right to keep a part your life secret, no matter how trivial or important, merely because you want it to be that way. You have the right to be alone part of each day, each week and each year to spend time with and on yourself.
4. You have the right to be loved and to love, to be accepted, cared for, and adored, and you have the right to fulfill that right.
5. You have the right to ask questions of anyone at anytime in any matter that effects your life, so long as it is your business to do so; and to be listened to and taken seriously.
6. You have the right to self-respect and to do everything you need to do to increase your self-esteem, so long as you hurt no one in doing so.
7. You have the right to be happy, to find something in the world that is meaningful and rewarding to you and that gives you a sense of completeness.
8. You have the right to be trusted and to trust and to be taken at your word. If you are wrong, you have the right to be given a chance to make a good if possible.
9. You have the right to change your mind.
10. You have the right to be free as long as you act responsibly and are mindful of the rights of others and of those obligations that you entered into freely.
11. You have the right to win, to succeed, to compete, to make plans, to see those plans fulfilled. To become the best you can possibly become.
12. You have a right to boundaries and limit, a right to be intentional, a right to choice.
I have very often considered the following facts and then sat down to count my blessings in solitude:
If you have food in the refrigerator, clothes on your back, a roof overhead and a place to sleep ... you are richer than 75% of people in this world.
If you have money in the bank, in your wallet, and spare change in a dish someplace ... you are among the top 8% of the world's wealthy.
If you woke up this morning with more health than illness ... you are more blessed than the million who will not survive this week.
If you have never experienced the danger of battle, the loneliness of imprisonment, the agony of torture, or the pangs of starvation...you are ahead of 500 million people in the world.
If you can attend a church or other places of worship without fear of harassment, arrest, torture, or death ... you are more blessed than three billion people in the world.
If your parents are still alive and still married ...you are very rare (and your parents too!).
If you hold up your head with a smile on your face and are truly thankful ... you are blessed because the majority can, but most do not.
If you can hold someone's hand, hug them or even touch them on the shoulder ... you are blessed because you can offer healing touch.
If you can read this message, you are more blessed than over two billion people in the world that cannot read at all.
No soul is so desolate as long as there is a human being for whom it can feel trust and reverence. One ought to make the best use of the circumstances. No one has everything, and Every one has something of sorrow intermingled with gladness of life. The only trick is to make the laughter outweigh the sad tears.
Why should anyone think that somehow they should be protected from misfortune that befalls other people? Disputes and conundrums arise when we let our neighbours and friends set our standards. Why cannot we be ourselves? In reality we are borrowing troubles into our lives. It is high time people realized that they stop holding post mortems. They spend their precious time brooding over sorrows or mistakes that are passed and end up as being people who never get over things. I believe that we should keep ourselves busy at all times over something, which can help us in having no time to be unhappy. There is a plethora of people all around us who are less fortunate than us, shouldn't we do something to help them?
As Thomas Edison quoted," Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up." I am sure most of you do agree with the fact that, " what you do is God's gift to you. What you do with yourself is your gift to God."
I thank the Lord daily for several things. Even though the daily routine of my job is often very monotonous, yet I thank the Almighty for giving me the beautiful opportunity to work, when I know deep in my heart that there are many who have no job. Yes, my life is very hectic and there are times when things do not fall into place, tempers are short, my food gets over-cooked and my neighbours are real loud. It is then that I stop to think and thank God that at least I have a beautiful family, when out there in the world there are many who are orphans and very lonely.
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