Nov 26 2020

Act of Giving

I got on to the bus. Seeing the crowd inside, I was upset. There was no place to sit. Just then, a person vacated his seat.The man standing next to the vacant seat could have sat there, but instead he offered the seat to me.

At the next stop, the same thing happened again. He gave his seat to another. This happened 4 times during the entire journey. The man looked like a normal worker, returning home after a long day at work…

At the last stop when all of us got off, I spoke to him.

“Why were you giving your seat to another person every time you got a vacant seat?”
His answer took me by surprise.
“I haven’t studied much in my life nor do I know many things. I don’t have much money either. So I don’t have anything much to give to anyone. That’s why I do this everyday. It is something I can do easily.

“After working all day I can stand for a little longer. I gave my seat to you and you said thank you. It gave me satisfaction that I did something for someone.
I do this daily & feel I am contributing in some way.
I go back home refreshed & happy every day that I gave something to someone.”

I was speechless!

Wanting to do something for someone on a daily basis is the ultimate gift.

This stranger taught me a lot –
How easy it is to be rich from within!

Beautiful clothes, lots of money in the bank account, expensive gadgets, accessories & luxuries or even educational degrees – may or may not make you rich and happy; but a small act of giving is enough to make you feel rich & Happy everyday

Nov 25 2020

Be Kind !!

A eleven years old girl went to her mother to complain. “I can’t manage to have friends. They all stay away from me because I’m so jealous.”

Her mother was taking care of newly-born chickens, and the girl held up one of them, which immediately tried to escape. The more the girl squeezed it in her hands, the more the chicken struggled.

Her mother said: “try holding it gently.”

She obeyed her. She opened her hands and the chicken stopped struggling. She began to stroke it and the chicken cuddled up between her fingers.

“Human beings are like that too,” said her mother. “If you want to hold onto them by any means, they escape. But if you are kind to them, they will remain for ever by your side.”

Nov 23 2020

Truth is a weapon

When everyone lies, telling the truth isn’t just rebellion. It’s an act of revolution. So think carefully when you speak it, because the truth is a weapon.

Nov 13 2020

Count Your Experiences, You All Are Millionaires !

Anything that you learn becomes your wealth, a wealth that cannot be taken away from you; whether you learn it in a school or thru bad or good experiences of life. To learn something new is a timeless pleasure and a valuable treasure.

The wealth of a soul is measured by how much it can feel. Grateful souls focus on the happiness and abundance present in their lives and this in turn attracts more abundance and joy towards them.

Nov 12 2020

For One More Day

More about Mitch : https://www.mitchalbom.com/

Book Review by my good friend Varun Mehta
Tweet The story of a mother and a son, and a relationship that covers a lifetime and beyond …Story of a man who gets the chance to spend one more day….Story of man who gets the chance to spend one more day to correct his mistakes ..Story of redemption and making peace with one’s past.It is a story of love, family, mistakes, and forgiveness.When the main character Chick tries to commit suicide, he gets to spend the titular “one more day” with his deceased mother. During the visit, he re-learns about his life.. growing up in a broken home, the mistakes he made, and how we would do it differently if he could. There are many in this world who would do anything to get just that one chance to make amends for their past misgivings. Yet very few get this golden opportunity while the majority is saddled with that nostalgic remorse and regret.After learning all about Chick, his life and relationships, one can’t help but be reminded of one’s own existence, about missed opportunities, the successes and the failures.this book makes you ask a question to yourself “Who would I want the chance to see again, talk to again and reconcile with?”

Nov 11 2020

Life and Game

Life may not have dealt you a great set of cards… but who says the one with better cards will win?”

Nov 10 2020

Born Fighters

The thing about learning how to fight is that— some of us are not born with that desire. They say some are born fighters; but they don’t usually point out that others just aren’t. Some of us are forced by life to take up arms and fight. Many of us are. The art lies in knowing when to wield those arms and when to put them down.

I don’t think it’s a matter of pretending to be ideally unharmed by life and untouched by darkness; because that is hypocrisy. Rather, I think it is a matter of being true to your truth and learning when to fight and learning when to be soft. Hopefully, our soft moments in life will largely outweigh, outrank, and outrun our fighting.

C. JoyBell C. has authored books of poetry and literature that delve mainly into the mysterious, the philosophical and the esoteric.

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Nov 7 2020

Travel like Captain Cook

The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be loved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never get bored or say ordinary thing. But travel, travel, travel like famous CAPTAIN JAMES COOK (1728-1779), who discovered more of the earth’s surface than any other man and excelled as a scientist, cartographer and surveyor. He was bad-tempered – but He circumnavigated the globe twice, visited all seven continents and crossed the Arctic and Antarctic circles.

Nov 7 2020

Oblivion

Those who travel to mountain-tops are half in love with themselves, and half in love with oblivion. And if these mountains had eyes, they would wake to find two strangers in their fences.