Hell versus Paradise

"Unfortunately if you had asked me where hell was, I would have had many more immediate answers. Paradise has a more religious undertone to it than hell. Even if they have the same aspect, there are more people living in "hell" than looking for paradise. It's internal peace one needs. If you have that, then you have paradise everywhere you go." - REZA of Natgeo

Mental Strength

If you happen to go thru one too many ups and downs in life lately (which is NORMAL to ALL), please bear in mind that whatever happens, we need to move forward in life and face it heads on.


There is absolutely nothing wrong if we feel depressed and emotional about it with your current unpleasant situation but move on immediately! Things happen and it is, most of the time, not our fault as we have done our best. 


We need to be ALWAYS mentally strong and understand the situation we are facing fully, develop plan(s) to move forward to the best of our knowledge at this point of time, and manage the plan and change it if necessary!


One's mental strength is utmost important to move on with life, there is nothing in life that we could not resolve as Spring has never failed to come after harsh cold Winter... things would definitely get better the next morning.....! 


Stay calm and focused on your plan(s)n to move forward! 


Remember, we are always become stronger every time we have had gone thru a storm!

Enjoy our lives.....!

Success

Right ON:

"You do not have to be great to start BUT you do have to START to be great!" - Joe Sabah

When you Disagree

When you disagree with someone,
the way out of that disagreement
is not to strengthen it
by holding firmly to your own side.

The most valuable
and productive way out
is to resolve the situation
by finding common ground. 

That does not mean giving in.
It does not mean forcing
the other person to give in to you.
Instead, it means being as open,
honest and direct as possible. 

It means acting with a genuine desire
to arrive at the best solution
for everyone involved. 

To every extent possible,
forget about the disagreement itself
and look for what the situation
is trying to tell you.

Imagine yourself
in the place of the other person,
and look at things from that perspective.

Nothing of value is produced by arguing.
Look instead for ways to cooperate,
to understand and to make yourself
more clearly understood. 

When you're concerned
only with what works for you,
and only with what affects you,
then you're never going
to receive any cooperation. 

Yet when you concern yourself
with what's best for all involved,
that's when you start to get somewhere.

~~Unknown~~

Wisdom

No one can go back and make a brand new start. Anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending.

God didn't promise days without pain, laughter, without sorrow, sun, without rain, but He did promise strength for the day, comfort for the tears, and light for the way.

Disappointments are like road bumps, they slow you down a bit but you enjoy the smooth road afterwards. Don't stay on the bumps too long. Move on!

When you feel down because you didn't get what you want, just sit tight and be happy, because God has thought of something better to give you.

When something happens to you, good or bad, consider what it means.

There's a purpose to life's events, to teach you how to laugh more or not to cry too hard.

Emotion or EQ?

How do we react to a given daily situation would have huge impact 

to our life journey, emotion and subsequent fortune. 

It indirectly dictates the way we live our lives next..... 

be it happy, sad, depressed, joy, in ecstasy, in love, over-the-moon, in cloud nine, feeling unfair, lost, outcast, isolated, not-wanted, ....etc, which eventually will affect and develop into one's subsequent characters and personality!

Whatever turn of events, understand the real situation and root-causes, then manage them faced-on one issue at a time, and move on and take charge of our lives! 

Don't look back, start blaming or cursing, and cry over spilled milk 

as it would NOT help at all but affects people around you including those you love most! 

We are fully responsible for our own past actions, live with them!

Life is wonderful out there beyond where you are now, and

you are not alone facing with many life's challenges! 

This is normal and it happens to all one way or another in their lives!

"WE HAD ALWAYS COMPLAINED ABOUT OUR SHOES 

UNTIL WE MET PEOPLE WITHOUT ANY FEET!"

Life is in our hands and life is great!!!

"Malaysian lah!"

Love these cartoon images depicting Malaysian's way of life!

(Extracted from The Star @ August 31, 2010)

Cranky Old Man?

(Stumbled across this recently:)

When an old man died in the geriatric ward of a nursing home in country N.S.W, it was believed that he had nothing left of any value.

Later, when the nurses were going through his meagre possessions, they found this poem. Its quality and content so impressed the staff that copies were made and distributed to every nurse in the hospital.

One nurse took her copy to Melbourne . The old man's sole bequest to posterity has since appeared in the Christmas editions of magazines around the country and appearing in mags for Mental Health. A slide presentation has also been made based on his simple, but eloquent, poem.

And this old man, with nothing left to give to the world, is now the author of this 'anonymous' poem winging across the Internet.

Cranky Old Man
What do you see nurses? . .. . . .What do you see?
What are you thinking ..... . . . ... when you're looking at me?
A cranky old man, . . ... .. . .not very wise,
Uncertain of habit .. . . . . . . . with faraway eyes?

Who dribbles his food ... .. . . . . and makes no reply.
When you say in a loud voice . . . . .. 'I do wish you'd try!'
Who seems not to notice . . . . .the things that you do.
And forever is losing . . .. . . . . . . . A sock or shoe?

Who, resisting or not .. . . . . . . .. . . . lets you do as you will,
With bathing and feeding . . . .. .. .The long day to fill?
Is that what you're thinking? . .. . . .... . Is that what you see?
Then open your eyes, nurse . ..... .. . . . you're not looking at me.

I'll tell you who I am . . ..... . .. .. . As I sit here so still,
As I do at your bidding, . . . ... ... . as I eat at your will.
I'm a small child of Ten . . . ... . .. . with a father and mother,
Brothers and sisters .. . . . . .... . . who love one another

A young boy of Sixteen . . . . . with wings on his feet
Dreaming that soon now . . . . .. ... . a lover he'll meet.
A groom soon at Twenty . . . . ... . . my heart gives a leap.
Remembering, the vows .. . . . . . that I promised to keep.

At Twenty-Five, now . . . . . ... . . . . I have young of my own.
Who need me to guide . . . . And a secure happy home.
A man of Thirty . . . . .. . . .. .. My young now grown fast,
Bound to each other . . . . . . . With ties that should last.

At Forty, my young sons .. . .. . . have grown and are gone,
But my woman is beside me . . . . . . . to see I don't mourn..
At Fifty, once more, . . ... . . .... ....Babies play 'round my knee,
Again, we know children . . .... . . . . My loved one and me.

Dark days are upon me . . .... . . . ... . My wife is now dead.
I look at the future ... . . . . . . . .... . . . . .. I shudder with dread.
For my young are all rearing . . . . . . young of their own.
And I think of the years . . ...... .. . . . And the love that I've known.

I'm now an old man . .. .... .. . . . . . and nature is cruel.
It's jest to make old age .. .... .. . . . . look like a fool.
The body, it crumbles .. . . .... ..... . . . . . grace and vigor, depart.
There is now a stone .. . .... . .. .. . where I once had a heart.

But inside this old carcass.. .. . .. a young man still dwells,
And now and again . . ... . . . my battered heart swells
I remember the joys . .. . . .. . . . . .. . I remember the pain.
And I'm loving and living . . . .. .. . . . . . . . . life over again.

I think of the years . all too few . . . . . . gone too fast.
And accept the stark fact . .. . . . . . . that nothing can last.
So open your eyes, people . . . . . . . . open and see.
Not a cranky old man. Look closer . . . . see . . . . . .... . ME!!

PLEASE SHARE THIS POEM:

The best and most beautiful things of this world can't be seen or touched.....they must be felt by the heart. 

Mahatma Ghandi said:

"Happiness is when

what you think

what you say, and

what you do

are in harmony!"

- Mahatma Ghandi

"Papa knows BEST?"

Read something interesting recently:

"At the age of 5, daddy knows everything.

At age 10, daddy knows a lot.

At age 15, daddy knows nothing.

At age 25, daddy knows a little bit.

At age 35, daddy knows a lot.

At age 45, I wish I could ASK my dad. He knew everything!"

Let's share this wisdom with all our children, all teenagers, and us as parents!

Happiness

"He who is not contented with what he has would not be contended 
with what he would like to have!" 
- Socrates, Philosopher

Great Thoughts:

VALUE  has a value if it is valued as VALUE!

Managing Life Challenges

"A bend is not the end of the road unless we fail to make a turn...!"l 

- A great wisdom to share with all

"Balance sheet of LIFE!"

For those who are up-and-coming young people.... this actually sums up what life is all about?

(A wisdom shared by a wise-man!)

Our Birth is our Opening Balance!

Our Death is our Closing Balance!

Our Prejudiced Views are our Liabilities

Our Creative Ideas are our Assets

Heart is our Current Asset

Soul is our Fixed Asset

Brain is our Fixed Deposit

Thinking is our Current Account

Achievements are our Capital

Character & Morals, our Stock-in-Trade

Friends are our General Reserves

Values & Behaviour are our Goodwill

Patience is our Interest Earned

Love is our Dividend

Children are our Bonus Issues

Education is Brands / Patents

Knowledge is our Investment

Experience is our Premium Account

The Aim is to Tally the

Balance Sheet Accurately.

The Goal is to get the

"Best Presented Accounts Award"