40 Tips for an Exceptional, Superb & Powerful Life !



These are really very powerful. Implement whatever you can.



1. Take a 10-30 minute walk every day. And while you walk, smile. It is the ultimate anti-depressant.



2. Sit in silence for at least 10 minutes each day. Buy a lock if you have to.



3. Buy a PVR tape your late night shows and get more sleep.



4. When you wake up in the morning complete the following statement, "My purpose is to__________ _ today."



5. Live with the 3 E's -- Energy, Enthusiasm, Empathy.



6. Watch more movies, play more games and read more books than you did in 2006.



7. Make time to practice meditation, yoga, tai chi, and prayer. They provide us with daily fuel for our busy lives.



8. Spend more time with people over the age of 70 and under the age of 6.



9. Dream more while you are awake.



10. Eat more foods that grow on trees and plants and eat less food that is manufactured in plants.



11. Drink green tea and plenty of water. Eat blueberries, wild Alaskan salmon, broccoli, almonds & walnuts.



12. Try to make at least three people smile each day.



13. Clear your clutter from your house, your car, your desk and let new and flowing energy into your life.



14. Don't waste your precious energy on gossip, energy vampires, issues of the past, negative thoughts or things you cannot control. Instead invest your energy in the positive present moment.



15. Realize that life is a school and you are here to learn.

Problems are simply part of the curriculum that appear and fade away like algebra class but the lessons you learn will last a lifetime.



16. Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a college kid with a maxed out charge card.



17. Smile and laugh more. It will keep the energy vampires away.



18. Life isn't fair, but it's still good.



19. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone.



20. Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does.



21. You don't have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.



22. Make peace with your past so it won't screw up the present.



23. Don't compare your life to others'. You have no idea what their journey is all about.



24. Burn the candles, use the nice sheets, and wear the fancy lingerie (not you guys.) Don't save it for a special occasion. Today is special.



25. No one is in charge of your happiness except you.



26. Frame every so-called disaster with these words: "In five years, wills this matter?"



27. Forgive everyone for everything.



28. What other people think of you is none of your business.



29. Time heals almost everything. Give time, time.



30. However good or bad a situation is, it will change.



31. Your job won't take care of you when you are sick. Your friends will. Stay in touch.



32. Get rid of anything that isn't useful, beautiful or joyful.



33. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.



34. The best is yet to come.



35. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.



36. Do the right thing!



37. Call your family often.



38. Each night before you go to bed complete the following statements: "I am thankful for __________." Today I accomplished _________.



39. Remember that you are too blessed to be stressed.



40. Enjoy the ride. Remember that this is not Disney World and you certainly don't want a fast pass. You only have one ride through life so make the most of it and enjoy the ride.



May your troubles be less, May your blessings be more. And may nothing but happiness come through your door!



Destiny vs Free will

PEOPLE spend more time arguing about whether they are driven by destiny or acting out of freewill than doing what they should do. They forget that they waste their time of their own accord, their own sweet free will!

There is no such thing as future. Future does not exist till you create it in your present moment, here and now. We all waste our time regretting or savouring what happened in the past and speculating about what would like in the future. Neither is of any productive value. There is nothing we can do about the past, it is gone; it is history. There is nothing that you can do thinking about the future; you have to act now to make your future. Your future is in your hands, and your hands only. Trying to fashion your future based on past experiences is like driving car looking at the rear view mirror. All you will meet is disaster!

We are comfortable being told that we are destined to do certain things. We are relieved when we learn that our sins and problems are because of our past karma, because then we can disown responsibility.

Be very clear, there is no such thing as karma, the way you understand it. Your unfulfilled desires shape your actions and this is karma. As of now your future is driven by your fantasies, your unfulfilled desires, and what you do not have. When the product arrives, you ask, who ordered this, not I!

Start being comfortable with what you have. Enjoy what you have acquired instead of hankering after what you do not have. Spirituality is not about renouncing in the sense of what you understand. There is nothing that you have now that you need to renounce. Nothing at all. Just renounce what you do not have, your fantasies. You will see your life change in front of your eyes.

When you focus on enjoying what you have now, you will have to focus on the present instead of wasting time speculating and regretting. Your entire mindset will be on action. Because this action is not tinged with regret and speculation, you will automatically fall into what Krishna refers to in the Bhagwad Gita as the action without expectation.
When you learn to stay in the present, your freewill destines you to be a true Yogi, one who is truly uniting material and spiritual life. You will be in eternal bliss.
• PARAMAHAMSA SRI NITHYANANDA

A true inspiration!!

It was a sports stadium.

Eight Children were standing on the track to participate in the

running event.

* Ready!

* Steady!

* Bang!!!

With the sound of Toy pistol, all eight girls started running.

Hardly have they covered ten to fifteen steps, one of the smaller
girls slipped and fell down, due to bruises and pain she started crying.
When other seven girls heard this sound, stopped running, stood for a
while and turned back, they all ran back to the place where the girl
fell down.One among them bent, picked and kissed the girl gently and enquired
'Now pain must have reduced'.
All seven girls lifted the fallen girl, pacified her, two of them
Held the girl firmly and they all seven joined hands together and
walked together and reached the winning post.

Officials were shocked.
Clapping of thousands of spectators filled the stadium.
Many eyes were filled with tears and perhaps it had reached the GOD
even!
YES. This happened in Hyderabad, recently !
The sport was conducted by National Institute of Mental Health. All
these special girls had come to participate in this event and they
are spastic children.
Yes, they were mentally retarded.What did they teach this world?
Teamwork?
Humanity?
Equality among all? . . . . . . . . ????

Successful people help others who are slow in learning so that they are not felt far behind

Well, these are normal people living in an abnormal world!!!!

Value

A well-known speaker started off his seminar by holding up a Rupee 500
note.

In the room of 200, he asked, "Who would like this Rupee 500 note?"

Hands started going up. He said, "I am going to give this note to one of
you

but first let me do this." He proceeded to crumple the note up.

He then asked, "Who still wants it?"

Still the hands were up in the air.

"Well," he replied, "What if I do this?" And he dropped it on the ground
and
started to grind it into the floor with his shoe. He picked it up, now all

crumpled and dirty. "Now who still wants it?"
Still the hands went into the air.

"My friends, you have all learned a very valuable lesson.
No matter what I did to the money, you still wanted it because it did not
decrease in value. It was still worth Rupee 500/-.

Many times in our lives, we are dropped, crumpled, and ground into the
dirt
by the decisions we make and the circumstances that come our way. We feel
as
though we are worthless.
But no matter what has happened or what will happen, you will never lose
your value.

You are special. Don't ever forget it! Never let yesterday's
disappointments overshadow tomorrow's dreams.

" VALUE HAS A VALUE ONLY IF ITS VALUE IS VALUED "



Every moment, every situation, every issue and every concern has a positive side……. Find it and bring it to life.

A must read story

My wife called, 'How long will you be with that newspaper? Will you come here and make your darling daughter eat her food?' I tossed the paper away and rushed to the scene. My only daughter Sindu looked frightened.

Tears were welling up in her eyes. In front of her was a bowl filled to its brim with Curd Rice. Sindu is a nice child, quite intelligent for her age. She has just turned eight. She particularly detested Curd Rice. My mother and my wife are orthodox, and believe firmly in the 'cooling effects' of Curd Rice! I cleared my throat, and picked up the bowl. 'Sindu, darling, why don't you take a few mouthful of this Curd Rice? Just for ! Dad's sake, dear.

Sindu softened a bit, and wiped her tears with the back of her hands. 'OK, Dad. I will eat - not just a few mouthfuls, but the whole lot of this. But, you should...' Sindu hesitated. 'Dad, if I eat this entire curd Rice, will you give me whatever I ask for?'...........Oh sure,darling'....'Promise?'................. 'Promise'. I covered the pink soft hand extended by my daughter with mine, and clinched the deal.

'Ask Mom also to give a similar promise', my daughter insisted. My wife put her hand on Sindu's, muttering 'Promise'. Now I became a bit anxious. 'Sindu dear, you shouldn't insist on getting
a computer or any such expensive items. Dad does not have that kind of money right now. OK?'

'No, Dad I do not want anything expensive'. Slowly and painfully, she finished eating the whole quantity.

I was silently angry with my wife and my mother for forcing my child eat something that she detested. After the ordeal was through, Sindu came to me with her eyes wide with expectation. All our attention was on her.............'Dad, I want to have my head shaved off, this Sunday!'
was her demand.

'Atrocious!' shouted my wife, 'A girl child having her head shaved off? Impossible!' 'Never in our family!' my mother rasped.' She has been watching too much of television. Our culture is getting totally spoiled with these TV programs!'

Sindu darling, why don't you ask for something else? We will be sad seeing you with a clean-shaven head.'

'No, Dad I do not want anything else', Sindu said with finality.

'Please, Sindu, why don't you try to understand our feelings?' I tried to plead with her.

'Dad, you saw how difficult it was for me to eat that Curd Rice'. Sindu was in tears. 'And you promised to grant me whatever I ask for. Now, you are going back on your words. Was it not you who told me the story of King Harishchandra and its moral that we should honor our promises no matter what?'

It was time for me to call the shots. 'Our promise must be kept.'

'Are you out of your mind?' chorused my mother and wife.

'No. If we go back on our promises, she will never learn to honor her own. Sindu, your wish will be fulfilled.' With her head clean-shaven, Sindu had a round-face, and her eyes looked big and beautiful.

On Monday morning, I dropped her at her school. It was a sight to watch my hairless Sindu walking towards her classroom. She turned around and waved.
I waved back with a smile. Just then, a boy alighted from a car, and shouted, 'Sinduja, please wait for me!'

What struck me was the hairless head of that boy. 'May be, that is the in-stuff', I thought.

'Sir, your daughter Sinduja is great indeed!' Without introducing herself, a lady got out of the car, and continued,' That boy who is walking along with your daughter is my son Harish. He is suffering from... ... leukemia.'
She paused to muffle her sobs. Harish could not attend the school for the whole of the last month. He lost all his hair due to the side effects of the chemotherapy. He refused to come back to school fearing the unintentional but cruel teasing of the schoolmates.' Sinduja visited him last week, and promised him that she will take care of the teasing issue.
But, I never imagined she would sacrifice her lovely hair for the sake of my son! Sir, you and your wife are blessed to have such a noble soul as your daughter.'

I stood transfixed. And then, I wept. 'My little Angel, you are teaching me how self-less real love is!'

*The happiest people on this planet are not those who live on their own terms but are those who change their terms for the ones! whom they love..*

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"Life is short, the vanities of world are transient but they alone live who live for others; the rest are more dead than alive."
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