Determination

Monday, December 01, 2008
How Determined Are You
Life is not all smooth sailing. There are times when we run into rough weather and find ourselves having to cope with difficult people and situations.
Determination enables us to do this successfully. It keeps us trying and brings us through the ups and downs of life.
Try this test and see how determined you are. Answer Yes or No to eh questions before turning to the key.
1. Do you get so busy that you forget the time or the fact that you are tired?
2. Are you so occupied that you do not bother about other people and what they think?
3. Is it extremely difficult for anybody to discourage you once you get along?
4. Would you stick to something if others gave up?
5. Would you stick to it if you knew people disapproved it?
6. Can you say ‘no’ and stick to it in the face of criticism?
7. Would you stand by your decision and not allow other people, including those closets to you, to change it?
8. Do you make a habit of finishing jobs even when they turn out to be difficult and tedious?
9. Do you like competing with people at game and sports?
10. Is it automatic to try again even when you have a failure?
11. Are difficulties, problems and setbacks a challenge spurring you to further effort?
12. Do you hate being defeated by anyone or anything?
13. Have you a very clear and definite Idea of what you want to do with you life?
14. Are you prepared to sacrifice part of your leisure to achieve it?
15. Would you move to a strange town and work among strangers to achieve it?
16. If you think it would help to meet and talk to somebody important would you come forward to do it?
17. Would you do all in your power to avoid disappointing people?

Key
Count five marks for every Yes A score of 70 and over is good. 60-70 is satisfactory. 50 to 60 may be counted fair but under 50 is not satisfactory.

Walk in the Rhythm of life;
You limbs will not tire
Sing with the rhythm of life
You voice will gain sweetness.
Dance in the rhythm of life;
You feet will not touch the ground.
Breathe in rhythm.
Think in rhythm.
Walk in rhythm.
Sing in rhythm.
Dance in rhythm. Let rhythmic be your life.
We are not troubled by things , but by the opinion which we have of things.
Reason often make mistakes , but conscience never does.
Mature is he/she who knows life is too short to be wasted in prejudice, intolerance, hatred and revenge.
God cannot please everybody!
The teacher asked his students, “Is there anything which God cannot do?”
Perplexed the students racked their brains but could not find a reply until little Prem said. “Yes Sir, God cannot please every body.”
What proof is there that God exists?
There is a mathematical order in the physical plane of the universe a psychological order in the mental plane, and an underlying intelligence behind all phenomena. It is therefore clear that the world is sustained by the infinite energy wisdom, and glory of God; more over sages and saints have proclaimed the existence. Deep within the human heart there is a perception of the sacramental presence of God. This perception assumes the form of faith, belief religious devotion, and reliance on Divine Will. When the mind is purified, this dim perception shines bright like the midday sun in a clear sky.
-Swami Jotir Maya Nanda
One Soul In All
The saints cannot bear to see another is hurt; it is of pain to themselves, they feel that the soul in all creature is the same. -Tukaram
Observation is the best teacher.

Samrat is a 26 yr old HR professional. On a regular day he 10 am and logs in, going into various online communities and chat-rooms. He leaves office around 6:30pm and logs in as soon as he reaches home. He is online almost as long as he is awake. Samrat is only one of the numerous people who live more in the virtual world than in the real one around them Samrat knows that.” Life is hectic anit’s very difficult for me to visit and call up my friends on a regular basis. It is far easier to keep in touch with them on line, since most them are on line too. But it is true that the virtual world is becoming very real for us. We are moving away from the world around us.” he says
I drive joy
There was a doctor in Benaras who spent 5 minutes in the morning and evening for mediation on God. Knowing this, his colleagues and friends laughed at him. One day they argued that he was wasting ten precious minutes on something, which he had been misled into believing. The doctor replied, “Well, if God does not exist, I agree that I am wasting ten minutes a day. But, if He exists? I am afraid you are wasting your entire lifetime. I prefer to waste ten minutes rather than a lifetime. Why should you grudge me the ten minutes joy that I derive from? I am not robbing you of your joy; why should you rob me of mine. He asked. The critics were silenced. –Baba- Chinna Katha

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