HAPPY BIRTHDAY, HAPPY BEGINNING.

Today, I reflect upon the day of my Birth and the Journey thus far in my earthly mission; the purpose of my birth and the essence of my existence in this beautiful World with its seeming hurdles and conquests. I come to realise that indeed, LIFE IS FULL OF BEGININIGS.  They are presented every day and every hour to every person. Most beginnings are small and appear trivial and insignificant, but in reality they are the most important things in Life. 

In the material Word, see how everything proceeds from small beginnings. The mightiest river is at first a rivulet over which the grasshoppers could leap; the great flood commences with a few drops of rain; the sturdy oak, that hat has endured the storms of a thousand winters, was once an acorn.

In the Spiritual World, consider how the greatest things proceed from smallest beginnings. A simple Word from God brought forth light to a dark and void world; He created heaven and earth; man and all creatures of the world; from one man, came generations born and yet to be born. Indeed, a word from God brought forth me, a being full of Life and inherent potentials. You are definitely not left out; you a product of a wonderful beginning, created in the Image and likeness of God.

 A light fancy may be the inception of a wonderful invention or an immortal work of art; a spoken sentence may turn the tide of history; a pure though entertained may lead to the exercise of a world-wide regenerative power. 

Have you yet discovered the vast importance of beginnings? Do you really know what is involved in a beginning? Do you know the number of beginnings you are continuously making and do you realise their full importance?

A beginning is a cause, and as such it must be followed by an effect or a train of effects and the effect will be of the same nature as the cause. A beginning also presupposes an ending, a consummation, achievement, or goal. A gate leads to a path, and a path to some destination; so a beginning leads to results, and results lead to completion. Indeed, there are right beginnings and wrong beginnings followed by effects of a like nature.

If your beginnings were right, pray for the Grace to keep it up and to persevere till the end. However, do not dwell upon the sins and mistakes of yesterday so exclusively as to have no energy and mind left for living rightly today, and do not think that the sins of yesterday can prevent you from living aright today. Begin today right with the world, and aided by the accumulated experiences of all your past days, live it better than your previous days; but you cannot possibly live it better unless you begin it better. 

Seek the Grace of God in all that you do; be inspired by a word from God and let the beginning of all your endeavors for the rest of your life be a right beginning that leads to a fulfilling and happy end irrespective of the obstacles, challenges and hurdles that may present itself. 

You are Blessed beyond your imaginations and expectations… 

 You are God’s Own!

   

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, HAPPY BEGINNING.

REMINISCENCE: Our Deepest Fear.

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate.

Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.

It is our Light not our darkness that most frighten us.

  

We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented and fabulous?

Actually, who are you not to be?

 You are a Child of GOD.

Your playing small does not serve the World.

There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you.

  

We were born to manifest the Glory of God that is within us.  

It’s not just in some of us;  it’s in everyone.

            

And as we let our own Light Shine,                                

We unconsciously give other people permission to do the same.

As we are liberated from our own fear,  

 our presence automatically liberates others.

Remember, you are who you say you are! 

 Remain Blessed.

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PROBLEMS AND PAIN !

Life is Difficult! -   As absurd as it sounds, this tends to be a great truth, one of the greatest truths.

It is a great truth because when we truly see this truth, we transcend it. Once we truly know that life is difficult- once we truly understand and accept it – then life is no longer difficult. Because once it is accepted, the fact that life is difficult no longer matters.

Those things that hurt, Instruct.

Most do not fully see this truth that life is difficult. Instead they moan more or less incessantly, noisily or subtly, about the enormity of their problems, their burdens, and their difficulties as if life were generally easy, as if life should be easy. They voice their belief, noisily or subtly, that their difficulties represent a unique kind of affliction that should not be and that has somehow been especially visited upon them, or else upon their families, their tribe, their class, their nation, their race or even their species and not upon others. 

Life is a series of problems. Do we want to moan about them or solve them? Do we want to teach our children to solve them? What makes life difficult is that the process of confronting and solving them is a painful one.  Problems depending upon their nature, evoke in us frustration or grief of sadness or loneliness or guilt or regret or anger or fear or anxiety or anguish or despair. These are uncomfortable feelings, often very uncomfortable and as painful as any kind of physical pain. Indeed, it is because of the pain that events or conflicts engender in us all that we call them problems. And since life poses an endless series of problems, life is always difficult and is full of pain as well as Joy.

Yet it is in this whole process of meeting and solving problems that life has its meaning. 

 Problems are cutting edge that distinguishes between success and failure. Problems call forth our courage and our wisdom; indeed, they create our Courage and our Wisdom. It is only because of problems that we grow mentally and spiritually. When we desire to encourage the growth of the human spirit, we challenge and encourage the human capacity to solve problems, just as in school, problems are deliberately set for children to solve. It is through the pain of confronting and resolving problems that we learn. As Benjamin Franklyn said, “Those things that hurt, instruct”. It is for this reason that wise people learn not to dread but actually welcome problems and actually to welcome the pain of problems.

Most of us are not so wise. Fearing the pain involved, almost all of us to a greater or lesser degree, attempt to avoid problems. We procrastinate, hoping that they will go away. We ignore them, forget them, pretend they do not exist. We even take drugs to assist us in ignoring them, so that by deadening our self to the pain we can forget the problems that cause the pain. We attempt to get out of them rather than suffer through them. This tendency to avoid problems and the emotional suffering inherent in them is the primary basis of all human mental illness. In any case, when we avoid legitimate suffering that result from dealing with problems, we avoid the growth that problems demand from us. It is for this reason that in chronic mental illness we stop growing, we become stuck. And without healing, the human spirit begins to shrivel.

Therefore let us inculcate in ourselves and in our children the means of achieving mental and spiritual health. By this I mean let us teach ourselves and those we love the necessity for suffering and the value thereof, the need to face problems directly and to experience the pain involved.

 

Now the Question: How do we deal with problems and the pain associated with problems? Are there any tool(s) required to solve life’s problems and suffering?

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JUST ONE STEP !

Someone was always saying these words to himself: I have a plan, I have a dream, I will one day become a fulfilled personality in my field of study, I'll get rich, I'll build a house, I'll get married to a loving spouse and have nice kids etc.

All this he said over and over without ever making any move for his aspirations.

Permit me to say that foolish people with all their other thoughts, have this one too: They are always getting ready to live, but never living.

Your success will start when you begin to pursue it. To reach your goal or to attain success, you don't need to know all of the answers in advance. You just need to have a clear idea of what your goal is.

Don't procrastinate when faced with difficult problems. Break your problems into parts, and handle one part at a time.

Develop tendencies toward taking action. You can make something happen right now. Divide your big plan into small steps and take that first step right away.

Everyone who ever got where they are had to begin where they were. Your big opportunity is where you are right now.

A Journey of a thousand miles begins with one step. Take it ... REMAIN BLESSED
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WHEN WE FACE REJECTION.

Have you Ever Felt Rejected or neglected by Somebody before; 

Be it by Friends, Family, Community or Group? 

I Want you to know that:--

Though we often face in life
Rejections of every kind
We need to know it’s not the end
And to leave it all behind

And carry on with faith in God
That He will see us through
To fulfill what He has called us for
The work we need to do

And sometimes these rejections
Is a turning point in life
That leads to other avenues
To bring our dreams alive

If we can only see this as
A chance to expand our wings
And see there’s opportunity
To fulfill our godly dreams

For God knows what’s best for us
And He will show the way
We only need to trust in Him
And be on our knees each day

For He will bring it all to pass
Releasing hope inside
As we keep walking with the Lord
And in His love abide.

Finally, Remember This: EVEN THOUGH THE WORLD REJECTS YOU, THERE IS ONE PERSON YOU CAN ALWAYS TURN TO AND HE'LL ALWAYS BE THERE & READY TO ACCEPT YOU:- JESUS CHRIST, OUR LORD AND SAVIOUR..... REMAIN BLESSED.

THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS

The pursuit of happiness is a matter of choice; It is a positive attitude we consciously choose to express.
It is not a gift that gets delivered to our doorstep each morning, nor does it come through the window.

And I am certain that our circumstances are just a small part of what makes us joyful.

If we wait for them to get just right, we will never find lasting joy.
The pursuit of happiness is an inward journey.
Our minds are like programs, awaiting the code that will determine behaviors; like bank vaults awaiting our deposits.

If we regularly deposit positive, encouraging, and uplifting thoughts, if we continue to bite our lips just before we begin to grumble and complain, if we shoot down that seemingly harmless negative thought as it germinates, we will find that there is much to rejoice about.

THERE IS ALWAYS A REASON TO BE HAPPY ESPECIALLY WHEN WE FOCUS LESS ON THE NEGATIVITY THAT COMES OUR WAY AND RATHER USE THEM AS A STEPPING STONE TO HIGHER GROUNDS