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Posted Mar 29, 2008 | General | 966 Views   

To My Friends Who Are....

To My Friends Who Are........... SINGLE Love is like a butterfly. The more you chase it, the more it eludes you. But if you just let it fly, it will come to you when you least expect it. Love can make you happy but often it hurts, but l... To My Friends Who Are........... SINGLE Love is like a butterfly. The more you chase it, the more it eludes you. But if you just let it fly, it will come to you when you least expect it. Love can make you happy but often it hurts, but love's only special when you give it to someone who is really worth it. So take your time and choose the best. To My Friends Who Are............ NOT SO SINGLE Love isn't about becoming somebody else's" perfect person." It's about finding someone who helps you become the best person you can be. To My Friends Who Are............ PLAYBOY/GIRL TYPE Never say "I love you" if you don't care. Never talk about feelings if they aren't there. Never touch a life if you mean to break a heart. Never look in the eye when all you do is lie. The cruellest thing a guy can do to a girl is to let her fall in love when he doesn't intend to catch her fall and it works both ways... To My Friends Who Are............ MARRIED Love is not about "it's your fault", but "I'm sorry" not "where are you', but "I'm right here" not "how could you", but "I understand" not "I wish you were", but "I'm thankful you are." To My Friends Who Are............ ENGAGED The true measure of compatibility is not the years spent together but how good you are for each other. To My Friends Who Are............ HEARTBROKEN Heartbreaks last as long as you want and cut as deep as you allow them to go. The challenge is not how to survive heartbreaks but to learn from them. To My Friends Who Are............ NAIVE How to be in love: Fall but don't stumble, be consistent but not too persistent, share and never be unfair, understand and try not to demand, and get hurt but never keep the pain. To My Friends Who Are............ POSSESSIVE It breaks your heart to see the one you love happy with someone else but it's more painful to know that the one you love is unhappy with you. To My Friends Who Are............ AFRAID TO CONFESS Love hurts when you break up with someone. It hurts even more when someone breaks up with you. But love hurts the most when the person you love has no idea how you feel. To My Friends Who Are............ STILL HOLDING ON A sad thing about life is when you meet someone and fall in love only to find out in the end that it was never meant to be and that you have wasted years on someone who wasn't worth it. If he isn't worth it now he's not going to be worth it a year or 10 years from now. Let go..... (from Afterhours Inspirational Stories) Read More
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Posted Mar 28, 2008 | General | 772 Views   (Updated Mar 28, 2008 12:15 PM)

Duck or Chicken ???

There's this couple who decided to take a walk in the park after a nice dinner. As they are walking, they heard the sound that goes, "Quak, Quak, Quak". The lady goes, " That must be a chicken!". The guy knowing that its not, goes," No, tha... There's this couple who decided to take a walk in the park after a nice dinner. As they are walking, they heard the sound that goes, "Quak, Quak, Quak". The lady goes, " That must be a chicken!". The guy knowing that its not, goes," No, that's a duck!". The lady goes, "NO!!! That's a chicken!". The guy patiently says to his lady, "No, darling. That's a duck. A duck goes quak quak, but a chicken goeschickadoo!!!". The debate goes for a few rounds, and the guy finally says,"Yes, darling. I think you're right. It must be a chicken!". So, the lady was finally satisfied that her guy agrees with her finally and they continue to have a nice walk in the park. What's the moral of the story? Hehhehehe...I told a sweet lovely long-time guy friend of mine this story yesterday and he said the moral of the story is, "Never fight with a woman!" or "Don't fight with a woman cos u'll never win!" ehehhehe... We've got a good laugh, cos it sure looks like that!!! But no... what the story is telling us is there are many times that a couple or even two people start to argue for something which is not important at all! Does it matter whether its a chicken or its a duck? What's more important in this scenario is this couple spending good quality time together. Can you imagine if one party never gives in, it may just lead to arguments and quarrels, as most of us know, that sometimes it just only takes a spark of something to start a "fire"! Then, they start to feel angry and when they do, they try to dig out other unrelated matters and the whole thing just blows! I would say the guy is smart in this scenario... he knows he's getting nowhere with his girl and he just gave in and they did have a good time that day. What if you argue and you did win or managed to convince? Does it make you any happier, going home wearing a black face and spoiling the evening? Think about it? Many times, people get into arguments because they think they are always right and never wrong. Does it always mean so? Perhaps, its neither a duck or chicken who goes "Quak, Quak" here! It may just be someone imitating the "Quak Quak"! And who knows, perhaps a chicken can really go "Quak Quak" knowing the advances of science these days! Never assume that you're always right, give others the benefit of the doubt that maybe they are right this time round. Its not always wanting to find out who's right or who wins, what's more important is to be happy. A person who knows how to make the best out of a situation is the smart and happy soul! It takes a lot of trust, giving and taking to have a good fulfilling loving relationship, may it be a love relationship, friendship or kinship. Respect each other as who we are, it starts here and believe me, it can go a long way! So, start practising now!!! "Roses are red... violets are blue... I will not forget, the time I knew you... " (from Afterhours Inspirational Stories) Read More
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Posted Mar 27, 2008 | General | 943 Views   

~ Try Something Different ~

When we first read the following story, we had just begun teaching a course called "The Million Dollar Forum," a course designed to teach people to accelerate their income up to levels of a million dollars a year or more. Early on we discovered p... When we first read the following story, we had just begun teaching a course called "The Million Dollar Forum," a course designed to teach people to accelerate their income up to levels of a million dollars a year or more. Early on we discovered people get locked into a rut of tryirg harder without trying smarter. Trying harder doesn't always work. Sometimes we need to do something radically different to achieve greater levels of success. We need to break out of our paradigm prisons, our habit patterns and our comfort zones. ------------- I'm sitting in a quiet room at the Milcroft Inn, a peaceful little place hidden back among the pine trees about an hour out of Toronto. It's just past noon, late July, and I'm listenirg to the desperate sounds of a life-or-death struggle going on a few feet away. There's a small fly burning out the last of its short life's energies in a futile attempt to fly through the glass of the windowpane. The whining wings tell the poignant story of the fly's strategy: Try harder. But it's not working. The frenzied effort offers no hope for survival. Ironically, the struggle is part of the trap. It is impossible for the fly to try hard enough to succeed at breaking through the glass. Nevertheless, this little insect has staked its life on reaching its goal through raw effort and determination. This fly is doomed. It will die there on the windowsill. Across the room, ten steps away, the door is open. Ten seconds of flying time and this small creature could reach the outside world it seeks. With only a fraction of the effort now being wasted, it could be free of this self-imposed trap. The breakthrough possibility is there. It would be so easy. Why doesn't the fly try another approach, something dramatically different? How did it get so locked in on the idea that this particular route and determined effort offer the most promise for success? What logic is there in continuing until death to seek a breakthrough with more of the same? No doubt this approach makes sense to the fly. Regrettably, it's an idea that will kill. Trying harder isn't necessarily the solution to achieving more. It may not offer any real promise for getting what you want out of life. Sometimes, in fact, it's a big part of the problem. If you stake your hopes for a breakthrough on trying harder than ever, you may kill your chances for success. Price Pritchett Read More
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Posted Mar 26, 2008 | General | 1404 Views   

Are You Strong Enough To Handle Critics?

It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and... It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes short again and again because there is no effort without error and shortcomings, who knows the great devotion, who spends himself in a worthy cause, who at best knows in the end the high achievement of triumph and who at worst, if he fails while daring greatly, knows his place shall never be with those timid and cold souls who know neither victory nor defeat. Theodore Roosevelt Read More
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Posted Mar 25, 2008 | General | 902 Views   

Everyone Has A Dream

Some years ago I took on an assignment in a southern county to work with people on public welfare. What I wanted to do was show that everybody has the capacity to be self-sufficient and all we have to do is to activate them. I asked the county to... Some years ago I took on an assignment in a southern county to work with people on public welfare. What I wanted to do was show that everybody has the capacity to be self-sufficient and all we have to do is to activate them. I asked the county to pick a group of people who were on public welfare, people from different racial groups and different family constellations. I would then see them as a group for three hours every Friday. I also asked for a little petty cash to work with as I needed it. The first thing I said after I shook hands with everybody was, "I would like to know what your dreams are." Everyone looked at me as if I were kind of wacky. "Dreams? We don't have dreams." I said, "Well, when you were a kid what happened? Wasn't there something you wanted to do?" One woman said to me, "I don't know what you can do with dreams. The rats are eating up my kids." "Oh," I said. "That's terrible. No, of course, you are very much involved with the rats and your kids. How can that be helped?" "Well, I could use a new screen door because there are holes in my screen door." I asked, "Is there anybody around here who knows how to fix a screen door?" There was a man in the group, and he said, "A long time ago I used to do things like that but now I have a terribly bad back, but I'll try." I told him I had some money if he would go to the store and buy some screening and go and fix the lady's screen door. "Do you think you can do that?" "Yes, I'll try." The next week, when the group was seated, I said to the woman, "Well, is your screen door fixed?" "Oh, yes," she said. "Then we can start dreaming, can't we?" She sort of smiled at me. I said to the man who did the work, "How do you feel?" He said, "Well, you know, it's a very funny thing. I'm beginning to feel a lot better." That helped the group to begin to dream. These seemingly small successes allowed the group to see that dreams were not insane. These small steps began to get people to see and feel that something really could happen. I began to ask other people about their dreams. One woman shared that she always wanted to be a secretary. I said, "Well, what stands in your way?" (That's always my next question.) She said, "I have six kids, and I don't have anyone to take care of them while I'm away." "Let's find out," I said. "Is there anybody in this group who would take care of six kids for a day or two a week while this woman gets some training here at the community college?" One woman said "I got kids, too, but I could do that." "Let's do it," I said. So a plan was created and the woman went to school. Everyone found something. The man who put in the screen door became a handyman. The woman who took in the children became a licensed foster care person. In 12 weeks I had all these people off public welfare. I've not only done that once, I've done it many times. Virginia Satir Read More
Posted Mar 24, 2008 | General | 1375 Views   (Updated Mar 24, 2008 11:13 AM)

~ Rick Little's Quest - II ~

contd.... Proposal after proposal was sent out and rejected. Finally, after the 155th grant proposal had been turned down, all of Rick's support began to crumble. Rick's parents were begging him to go back to college and Ken Greene... contd.... Proposal after proposal was sent out and rejected. Finally, after the 155th grant proposal had been turned down, all of Rick's support began to crumble. Rick's parents were begging him to go back to college and Ken Greene, an educator who had left his job to help Rick write proposals, said "Rick, I have no money left and I have a wife and kids to support. I'll wait for one more proposal. But if it's a turndown, I'll have to go back to Toledo and to teaching." Rick had one last chance. Activated by desperation and conviction, he managed to talk himself past several secretaries and he secured a lunch date with Dr. Russ Mawby, President of the Kellogg Foundation. On their way to lunch they passed an ice cream stand. "Would you like one?" Mawby asked. Rick nodded. But his anxiety got the better of him. He crushed the cone in his hand and, with chocolate ice cream running between his fingers, he made a surreptitious but frantic effort to shake it loose before Dr. Mawby could note what had happened. But Mawby did see it, and bursting into laughter, he went back to the vendor and brought Rick a bunch of paper napkins. The young man climbed into the car, red-faced and miserable. How could he request funding for a new educational program when he couldn't even handle an ice cream cone? Two weeks later Mawby phoned. "You asked for $55,000. We're sorry, but the trustees voted against it." Rick felt tears pressing behind his eyes. For two years he had been working for a dream; which would now go down the drain. "However," said Mawby, "the trustees did vote unanimously to give you $130,000." The tears came then. Rick could hardly even stammer out a thank you. Since that time Rick Little has raised over $100,000,000 to fund his dream. The Quest Skills Programs are currently taught in over 30,000 schools in all 50 states and 32 countries. Three million kids per year are being taught important life skills because one 19-year-old refused to take "no" for an answer. In 1989, because of the incredible success of Quest, Rick Little expanded his dream and was granted $65,000,000, the second largest grant ever given in U.S. history, to create The International Youth Foundation. The purpose of this foundation is to identify and expand successful youth programs all over the world. Rick Little's life is a testament to the power of commitment to a high vision, coupled with a willingness to keep on asking until one manifests the dream. Adapted from Peggy Mann Read More
Posted Mar 24, 2008 | General | 1196 Views   (Updated Mar 24, 2008 11:08 AM)

~ Rick Little's Quest ~

At 5 am, Rick Little fell asleep at the wheel of his car, hurtled over a ten-foot embankment and crashed into a tree. He spent the next six months in traction with a broken back. Rick found himself with a lot of time to think deeply about his lif... At 5 am, Rick Little fell asleep at the wheel of his car, hurtled over a ten-foot embankment and crashed into a tree. He spent the next six months in traction with a broken back. Rick found himself with a lot of time to think deeply about his life—something for which the thirteen years of his education had not prepared him. Only two weeks after he was dismissed from the hospital, he returned home one afternoon to find his mother lying semiconscious on the floor from an overdose of sleeping pills. Rick confronted once again the inadequacy of his formal education in preparing him to deal with the social and emotional issues of his life. During the following months Rick began to formulate an idea—the development of a course that would equip students with high self-esteem, relationship skills and conflict management skills. As Rick began to research what such a course should contain, he ran across a study by the National Institute of Education in which 1,000 30-year-olds had been asked if they felt their high school education had equipped them with the skills they needed for the real world. Over 80 percent responded, "Absolutely not." These 30-year-olds were also asked what skills they now wish they had been taught. The top answers were relationship skills: How to get along better with the people you live with. How to find and keep a job. How to handle conflict. How to be a good parent. How to understand the normal development of a child. How to handle financial management. And how to intuit the meaning of life. Inspired by his vision of creating a class that might teach these things, Rick dropped out of college and set across the country to interview high school students. In his quest for information on what should be included in the course, he asked over 2,000 students in 120 high schools the same two questions: 1. If you were to develop a program for your high school to help you cope with what you're meeting now and what you think you'll be meeting in the future, what would that program include? 2. List the top ten problems in your life that you wish were dealt with better at home and in school. Whether the students were from wealthy private schools or inner city ghettos, rural or suburban, the answers were surprisingly the same. Loneliness and not liking themselves topped the list of problems. In addition, they had the same list of skills they wished they were taught as the ones compiled by the 30-year-olds. Rick slept in his car for two months, living on a total of $60.00. Most days he ate peanut butter on crackers. Some days he didn't eat at all. Rick had few resources but he was committed to his dream. His next step was to make a list of the nation's top educators and leaders in counseling and psychology. He set out to visit everyone on his list to ask for their expertise and support. While they were impressed with his approach—asking students directly what they wanted to learn —they offered little help. "You're too young. Go back to college. Get your degree. Go to graduate school, then you can pursue this." They were less than encouraging. Yet Rick persisted. By the time he turned 20, he had sold his car, his clothes, had borrowed from friends and was $32,000 in debt. Someone suggested he go to a foundation and ask for money. His first appointment at a local foundation was a huge disappointment. As he walked into the office, Rick was literally shaking with fear. The vice president of the foundation was a huge dark-haired man with a cold stern face. For a half hour he sat without uttering a word while Rick poured his heart out about his mother, the two thousand kids and plans for a new kind of course for high school kids. When he was through, the vice-president pushed up a stack of folders. "Son," he said, "I've been here nearly 20 years. We've funded all these education programs. And they all failed. Yours will, too. The reasons? They're obvious. You're 20 years old, you have no experience, no money, no college degree. Nothing!" As he left the foundation office, Rick vowed to prove this man wrong. Rick began a study of which foundations were interested in funding projects for teenagers. He then spent months writing grant proposals—working from early morning until late at night. Rick worked for over a year laboriously writing grant proposals, each one carefully tailored to the interests and requirements of the individual foundations. Each one went out with high hopes and each one came back—rejected. contd.... Read More
Posted Mar 23, 2008 | General | 827 Views   

The Master's Touch

Wishing to encourage her young son's progress on the piano, a mother took her boy to a Paderewski concert. After they were seated, the mother spotted a friend in the audience and walked down the aisle to greet her. Seizing the opportunity to e... Wishing to encourage her young son's progress on the piano, a mother took her boy to a Paderewski concert. After they were seated, the mother spotted a friend in the audience and walked down the aisle to greet her. Seizing the opportunity to explore the wonders of the concert hall, the little boy rose and eventually explored his way through a door marked, "NO ADMITTANCE." When the house light dimmed and the concert was about to begin, the mother returned to her seat and discovered that the child was missing. Suddenly, the curtains parted and spotlights focused on the impressive piano on stage. In horror, the mother saw her little boy sitting at the keyboard, innocently picking out "Twinkle,Twinkle, Little Star." At that moment, the great piano master made his entrance, quickly moved to the piano, and whispered in the boy's ear, "Don't quit. Keep playing." Then, leaning over, Paderewski reached down with his left hand and began filling in a bass part. Soon his right arm reached around to the other side of the child and he added a running obbligato. Together, the old master and the young novice transformed a frightening situation into a wonderfully creative experience. The audience was mesmerized. That's the way it is in life. What we can accomplish on our own is hardly noteworthy. We try our best, but the results aren't exactly graceful flowing music. But when we trust in the hands of a Greater Power, our life's work truly can be beautiful. Next time you set out to accomplish great feats, listen carefully. You can hear the voice of the master, whispering in your ear, "Don't quit. Keep playing." Life Positive(April 2007) Read More
Posted Mar 22, 2008 | General | 468 Views   

~ This Cafe Cares ~

What’s on the menu? Warmth, kindness and joy. Seva Café is a unique restaurant in Ahmedabad where you go not just to satiate your palate but also your spirit. Seva Café works on a contribute-as-you-wish model. This means that at the end of a whol... What’s on the menu? Warmth, kindness and joy. Seva Café is a unique restaurant in Ahmedabad where you go not just to satiate your palate but also your spirit. Seva Café works on a contribute-as-you-wish model. This means that at the end of a wholesome meal, cooked and served lovingly, you decide how much you want to pay. Interestingly, you need not even pay back in money – you could remove a bit of your time and come help the volunteers chop vegetables or serve – that’s payment enough! Seva Café believes that there is a unique joy in selfless giving and it is this idea that has kept the café running and even making profits! The profits, by the way, go for empowering the poor. In fact, whether the café makes money or not, each month some amount is donated for the welfare of others. Seva Café is a classic model for economic interdependency. Most people who come here end up giving more than they would at another restaurant because of the deeply enriching experience. In fact, a young boy called Devang from Ahmedabad, shares his experience by saying that his decision to volunteer at Seva changed his outlook towards life. Earlier, he celebrated his birthday with great pomp and show, but after enjoying the beauty of selfless serving, this birthday he decided to buy bananas and pavbhaji for all the beggars, ragpickers and sweepers he could find. Devang’s father called him to inquire why he wasn’t at home on his birthday. Devang responded, “Papa, today I am feeding those who don’t get to eat.” Indeed, a café with a difference…to make a difference. Life Positive(April 2007) Read More
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Posted Mar 21, 2008 | General | 382 Views   (Updated Mar 21, 2008 02:20 PM)

You Dont Ask, You Dont Get. But If You Do, You Do

My wife Linda and I live in Miami, Florida. When we had just started our self-esteem training program called Little Acorns to teach children how to say no to drugs, sexual promiscuity and other self-destructive behavior, we received a brochure fo... My wife Linda and I live in Miami, Florida. When we had just started our self-esteem training program called Little Acorns to teach children how to say no to drugs, sexual promiscuity and other self-destructive behavior, we received a brochure for an educational conference in San Diego. As we read the brochure and realized that everybody who is anybody was going to be there, we realized we had to go. But we didn't see how. We were just getting started, we were working out of our home and had just about exhausted our personal savings with the early stages of the work. There was no way we could afford the airline tickets or any of the other expenses. But we knew we had to be there, so we started asking. The first thing I did was to call the conference coordinators in San Diego, explain why we just had to be there and ask them if they would give us two complimentary admissions to the conference. When I explained our situation, what we were doing and why we had to be there, they said yes. So now we had the tickets. I told Linda we had the tickets and we could get into the conference. She said, "Great! But we're in Miami and the conference is in San Diego. What do we do next?" So I said, "We've got to get transportation." I called an airline I knew was doing well at the time, Northeast Airlines. The woman who answered happened to be the secretary to the president so I told her what I needed. She put me directly through to the president, Steve Quinto. I explained to him that I had just talked to the conference people in San Diego, they had given us free tickets to the conference but we were stuck on how to get there and would he please donate two roundtrip tickets from Miami to San Diego. He said, "Of course I will," just like that. It was that fast and the next thing he said really floored me. He said, "Thank you for asking." I said, "Pardon me?" He said "I don't often have the opportunity to do the best thing that I can for the world unless someone asks me to. The best thing I can ever do is to give of myself and you've asked me to do that. That's a nice opportunity and I want to thank you for that opportunity." I was blown away, but I thanked him and hung up the phone. I looked at my wife and said, "Honey, we got the plane tickets." She said, "Great! Where do we stay?" Next I called the Holiday Inn Downtown Miami and asked, "Where is your headquarters?" They told me it was in Memphis, Tennessee, so I called Tennessee and they patched me through to the person I needed to talk to. It was a guy in San Francisco. He controlled all of the Holiday Inns in California. I then explained to him that we had obtained our plane tickets through the airlines and asked if there were some way he could help us with the lodging for the three days. He asked if it would be okay if he put us up in their new hotel in downtown San Diego as his guest. I said, "Yes, that would be fine." He then said, "Wait a minute. I need to caution you that the hotel is about a 35-mile drive from the campus where the conference is being held and you'll have to find out how to get there." I said, 'I'll figure it out if I need to buy a horse." I thanked him and I said to Linda, "Well, honey, we've got the admission, we've got the plane tickets and we've got a place to stay. What we need now is a way to get back and forth from the hotel to the campus twice a day." Next I called National Car Rental, told them the story and asked if they could help me out. They said, "Would a new Olds 88 be okay?" I said it would be. In one day we had put the whole thing together. We did wind up buying our own meals for part of the time but before the conference was over, I stood up, told this story at one of the general assemblies and said, "Anyone who wants to volunteer to take us to lunch now and again would be graciously thanked." About fifty people jumped up and volunteered so we wound up having some of the meals thrown in as well. We had a marvelous time, learned a lot and connected with people like Jack Canfield who is still on our advisory board. When we returned, we launched the program and it's been growing about 100 percent a year. This last June we graduated our 2,250th family from the Little Acorn training. We've also held two major conferences for educators called Making The World Safe For Children, to which we've invited people from all over the world. Thousands of educators have come to get ideas on how to do self-esteem training in their classrooms while they're still teaching the three Rs. contd.... Read More
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