Fuel for thought!

Hope is not the closing of our eyes

to difficulty, risk or failure.
It is trust that if we fail now,
We shall not fail forever.
And if we are hurt,
We shall be healed.
It is a trust that life is good
and love is powerful.
(Author Unknown)

I have a purpose – growing;

I have a goal – glowing.
I have a hobby – giving;
I have a song – living.
I have a mission – reaching;
I have a love – teaching.
I have a calling – caring;
I have a joy – sharing.
(William Arthur Ward)

Bless those who challenge us to grow,

to stretch, to move beyond the knowable,
to come back home to our essential nature.
Bless those who challenge us
for they remind us of doors we have closed
and doors we have yet to open.
(Native American Prayer)

Sometimes people are beautiful.

Not in looks. Not in what they say.
Just in what they are.
(Markus Zusak_Australian Author)

If you always think what you've always thought,

You will always do what you've always done.
If you always do what you've always done,
You will always get what you've always got.
If you always get what you've always got,
You will always think what you've always thought.
(Author Unknown)

For money you can have everything it is said. No, that is not true. You can buy food, but not appetite; medicine, but not health; soft beds, but not sleep; knowledge but not intelligence; glitter, but not comfort; fun, but not pleasure; acquaintances, but not friendship; servants, but not faithfulness; grey hair, but not honor; quiet days, but not peace. The shell of all things you can get for money. But not the kernel. That cannot be had for money.

(Arne Garborg, 1851-1924
Norwegian Author and Journalist)

Ae Des Se Aanay walay bata..

Beautiful poetry written by Ahmad Faraz in the mesmerizing voice of Abida Parveen. The poetry reflects feelings of the poet who is far from homeland and his desperation to know about his friends and fellows. He inquires from a visitor from his beloved homeland in these beautiful and touching words!



Oh Des se aanay walay bata
kis haal mein hain yaran-e-watan,
Woh bagh-e-watan firdos-e-watan
Kia ab bhi wahan ke baaghon mein mastana hawaien aati hain?
Kia ab bhi wahan ke parbat per ghanghor ghataein chaati hain?
Kia ab bhi wahan ki barkha'ein waisay hi dilon ko bhaati hain?
Oh des se aanay walay bata
Woh sheher jo hum se choota hai,
Woh shehr hamara kaisa hai?
Sub log hamein pyaray hain magar,
Woh jaan se pyara kaisa hai?
Oh des se aanay walay bata
kia ab bhi watan mein waisay hi sarmast nazaaray hotay hain?
kia ab bhi sohani raaton mein woh chand sitaray hotay hain ?
Hum khail jo khaila kertay thay ab bhi woh saray hotay hain?
Oh des se aanay walay bta
Shab bazm-e-hareefaan sajti hain?
Ya sham dhalay so jatay hain?
Yaaron ki basar auqaat hain kia?
Her anjuman aara kaisa hai?
kia ab bhi mehektay mandir se naqus ki awaz aati hai?
kia abhi muqaddas majid per mastana azan tharraati hai?
kia ab bhi wahan ke panghat per
panhariyaan pani bharti hain?
Angrai ka naksha ban ban ker,
sub mathay per gaagar dharti hain?
or apne gharon ko jatay huay,
Hansti hui chohrein kerti hain?
Oh des se aanay walay bata
Mehran lahoo ki dhaar hua?
Bolab bhi kia gulnar hua?
kis rang ka hai darye-e-attock?
Ravi ka kinara kaisa hai?
Ae des se aanay walay magar,
Tum ne to na itna bhi poocha,
Woh qavi jisay banvas mila,
woh dard ka maara kaisa hai?
Oh des se anay walay bata
kia ab bhi kisi ke seenay mein,
baaki hai hamari chah bata?
kia yaad hamein bhi kerta hai,
ab yaaron mein koi aah! bata!
Oh des se aanay walay bata
lillah bata lillah bata!

Fuel for thought!

If you wish the world to become loving and compassionate, become loving and compassionate yourself. If you wish to diminish fear in the world, diminish your own. These are the gifts that you can give.
(Gary Zukav)

know that the answer to what we need to do next is in our own hearts. All we have to do is listen, then take that one step further and trust what we hear. We will be taught what we need to learn.

(Melody Beattie)

Laugh at yourself, but don’t ever aim your doubt at yourself. Be bold. When you embark for strange places, don’t leave any of yourself safely on shore. Have the nerve to go into unexplored territory.

(Alan Alda)


Your present circumstances don't determine where you can go; they merely determine where you start.
(Nido Qubein)

Optimism is a strategy for making a better future. Because unless you believe that the future can be better, you are unlikely to step up and take responsibility for making it so.

(Noam Chomsky)

Laughing with somebody till the tears run down your cheeks. Waking up to the first snow. Whether you thank God for such a moment or thank your lucky stars, it is a moment that is trying to open up your whole life. If you turn your back on such a moment and hurry along to business as usual, it may lose you the ball game. If you throw your arms around such a moment and hug it like crazy, it may just save your soul.

(Frederick Buechner)

Never forget, no matter how overwhelming life's challenges and problems seem to be, that one person can make a difference in the world. In fact, it is always because of one person that all the changes in the world come about. So be that person.

(Buckminster Fuller)

Yaad-e-Mazi mein jo aankhon ko saza di jaye!

Yaad-e-Maazi mein jo aankhon ko saza di jaye,

Is se behtar hai ke her baat bhula di jaye.

Jis se thori si bhi umeed ziyada ho kabhi,

Aisi her shama Sar-e-Sham bujha di jaye.

Meinay apnon ke rawaiye se ye mehsoos kiya,

Dil ke aangan mein bhi deewaar utha di jaye.

Meinay yaaron ke bicharnay se yeh seekha "Mohsin",

Apne dushman ko bhi jeenay ki dua di jaye!

Mein Dil se Baatain kerta tha!

Main dil se baatain karta tha,

Dil mujhe se baatain karta tha,

Main uski sunta rehta tha,

Woh meri sunta rehta tha,

Hum dono apni baatain bus Ik doojay hi se kehtay thay,

Or ik doojay ki baaton per hum ghanton hanstay rehtay thay,

Main dil ka dost hi acha tha,

Dil mera dost hi acha tha,

Woh meray dard samajhta tha,

Mein us ka dard samajhta tha,

Phir dil ne mujh se chaal chali,

Woh teri raah pe chal nikla,

Ab mein bhi tanha rehta hoon,

Or dil bhi tanha rehta hai!

"A child called it" by Dave Pelzer

About

David J. Pelzer's mother, Catherine Roerva, was, he writes in this ghastly,
fascinating memoir, a devoted den mother to the Cub Scouts in her care, and
somewhat nurturant to her children--but not to David, whom she referred to
as "an It." This book is a brief, horrifying account of the bizarre tortures she
inflicted on him, told from the point of view of the author as a young boy
being starved, stabbed, smashed face-first into mirrors, forced to eat the
contents of his sibling's diapers and a spoonful of ammonia, and burned
over a gas stove by a maniacal, alcoholic mom. Sometimes she claimed he
had violated some rule--no walking on the grass at school!--but mostly it
was pure sadism. Inexplicably, his father didn't protect him; only an alert
schoolteacher saved David.

Quotes

"One day before he left for work, I received a dreadful shock.
After he said goodbye to Ron and Stan, he knelt down, held my
shoulders tightly and told me to be a “good boy”. Mother stood
behind him with her arms folded across her chest, and a grim
smile on her face. I looked into my father’s eyes and knew right
then that I was a “bad boy”."

"Even in its darkest passages, the heart is
unconquerable. It is important that the body survives, but it is
more meaningful that the human spirit prevails."

"I believe it is important for people to know that no matter
what lies in their past, they can overcome the dark side and press
on to a brighter world. It is perhaps a paradox that without the abuse of my past, I might not be what I am today. Because of
the darkness in my childhood, I have a deep appreciation for
life. I was fortunate enough to turn tragedy into triumph. This is
my story."

Ve Sooratein ilahi.. in the mesmerizing voice of Abida Parveen

Anger Management

Lessons of Life

Video lecture by Professor Moiz Hussain_ Pioneer of Mind sciences.

Watch live streaming video from drmoizhussain at livestream.com

Quotes that motivate and inspire!

“If you can keep your wits about you while others are losing theirs and blaming you, the world will be yours.” –Rudyard Kipling

“Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.” –Attributed to Confucius

If there is one lesson that I have learned during my life as an analyst, it is the lesson that what my patients tell me is likely to be true – that many times when I believed that I was right and my patients were wrong, it turned out, though often only after a prolonged search, that my rightness was superficial, whereas their rightness was profound. –Heinz Kohut

“You cannot solve a problem from the same consciousness that created it. You must learn to see the world anew.” –Albert Einstein

“People that judge don’t matter. People that matter don’t judge.” –Author Unknown

“The only time a man should be looking down at another man is if the other man is on the ground and the man looking down at him and extending his hand to him so that he can help him up.” –Author Unknown


“Creativity exists in the spaces between ideas”. –David Wescott

“Resentment is like drinking poison and waiting for the other person to die.” –Carrie Fisher


“Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming — WOW — What a ride!” – Anonymous

“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 frightens 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. –Marianne Williamson


“The beauty of balance is that I can do it all and not feel bad about my choices, because every moment is an opportunity to start all over again” –Jorge Perez

“Life is a kaleidoscope. Turn your head a different angle and see it a whole new way.”
–Anonymous

(via http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2011/03/04/15-quotes-that-motivate-and-inspire/

Love

Love is what springs up
when you're looking
in the other direction;
what rushes in
when your definitions drop away.
...When you absolutely
don't know anything
whatsoever anymore,
there It is--
painting Itself madly across your life
with sudden strokes
and unexpectedly rash ink.

Today, be the flower

Today, be the flower
that grows from a rock.

Be the silk breeze
that soothes heated hearts.
...
Be the candle flame
that banishes darkness.

Be the fresh stream
that gives fish a home.

Be the stillness
that provokes sweet peace.

Be the smile
that quenches all fear.

These
are the seeds of joy.

To laugh is to risk appearing a fool.
To weep is to risk appearing sentimental.
To reach out for another is to risk involvement.
To expose feelings is to risk revealing your true self.
To place you ideas, your dreams, before a crowd
...Is to risk rejection.
To love is to risk not being loved in return.
To live is to risk dying.
To hope is to risk disappointment.
To try is to risk failure.
But risks must be taken, because the greatest hazard
In life is to risk nothing.
Those who risk nothing, do nothing, have nothing,
And become nothing.
They may avoid present suffering and sorrow, but they
Will not learn, feel, change, grow, love, or live.
Chained by their fear, they are slaves who have forfeited
Their freedom.
Only a person who risks is free.
The pessimist complains about the wind;
The optimist expects it to change;
And the realist adjusts the sails.
~ William Arthur Ward ~

On the Day of Death (Rumi)

On the day of death when my coffin is on the move

Don't suppose I have any pain at leaving this world

When you see my hearse say not

"Leaving! He's Leaving!"

That time will be for my reunion and encounter.

When you commit me to the grave

Say not "Farewell! Farewell!"

For the grave is veil over the reunion of paradise!

The Wise Woman's stone

A wise woman who was travelling in the mountains found a precious stone in a stream. the next day she met another traveller who was hungry, and the wise woman opened her bag to share her food. the hungry traveller saw the precious stone and asked the wise woman to give it to him. she did so without hesitation, the traveller left rejoicing on his good fortune. He knew the stone was worth enough to give him security for a lifetime. but a few days later he came back to return the stone to the wise woman

"I've been thinking." he said

"I know how valuable the stone is, but I give it back in the hope that you can give me something even more precious. Give me wht you have within you that enabled you to give me the stone."

It's not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how a strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deed could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who's 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 errors or shortcomings; but who actually strives to do the deeds, who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst,if he fails, at least fails by daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat!

Theodore Roosevelt

The impact of Attitude

“The longer I live, the more I realize the impact of attitude on life. Attitude, to me, is more important than facts. It is more important than the past, the education, the money, than circumstances, than failure, than successes, than what other people think or say or do. It is more important than appearance, giftedness or skill. It will make or break a company... a church... a home. The remarkable thing is we have a choice everyday regarding the attitude we will embrace for that day. We cannot change our past... we cannot change the fact that people will act in a certain way. We cannot change the inevitable. The only thing we can do is play on the one string we have, and that is our attitude. I am convinced that life is 10% what happens to me and 90% of how I react to it. And so it is with you... we are in charge of our Attitudes.”
(Charles R. Swindoll)

Making a difference!

There was a young man walking down a deserted beach just before dawn in the distance he saw a frail old man. As he approached the old man, he saw him picking up stranded starfish and throwing them back into the sea. The young man gazed in wonder as the old man again and again threw the small starfish from the sand to the water. He asked "Old man, why do you spend so much energy doing what seems to be a waste of time?" The old man explained that the stranded starfish would die if left in the morning sun. But there must be thousands of beaches and millions of starfish! "How can you make a difference?" The old man looked down at the small starfish in his hand and as he threw it to the safety of the sea, he said "I MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO THIS ONE." - unknown

The Victor

If you think you are beaten, you are.
If you think you dare not, you don’t
If you like to win but think you can’t,
It’s almost a cinch you won’t.

If you think you’ll lose, you’re lost.
For out in the world we find
Success begins with a fellow’s will
It’s all in the state of mind.

If you think you are outclassed, you are.
You’ve got to think high to rise.
You’ve got to be sure of yourself before
You can ever win the prize.

Life’s battles don’t always go
To the stronger or faster man.
But sooner or later, the man who wins
Is the man who thinks he can.

(C. W. Longenecker )

Today is the day I will change my mind,
and leave all the negative things behind.
Today is the day I want to be free,
and not let life troubles get to me.
Today is the day I will do my best,
and make sure I focus to past each day's test.
Today is the day I will take a stand,
and choose to do right to my fellow man.
Today is the day I will put my foot down,
and encourage myself when I feel I want to frown.
Today is the day, no longer will I doubt
in spite of the grumblers who stand about.
You look at me and ask "How will you start?",
"Well, first there must be a change in my heart".
I will hang with new friends who want to achieve,
and who want a good education cause that's what I believe.
I will respect those around me, young and old,
for respect is the key, that's what I've been told.
I will demand excellence you see,
for I must insist to become a better me.
I will reach for the stars no matter how hard it seems,
and fly like a bird with the knowledge this journey brings.
So you see it's not impossible, I must take life day by day
and do the right things as I travel along the way!