Great Personality Says

[JOYce]

Before you judge another, think of your own last mistake.

[Ideal Singh]

"Would you sell both your eyes for a million

dollars…or your two legs…or your hands…or your

hearing? Add up what you do have, and you'll find you

won't sell them for all the gold in the world. The

best things in life are yours, if you can appreciate

them."

A Life Worth Saving

A man risked his life by swimming through the

treacherous riptide to save a youngster being swept

out to sea.

After the child recovered from the harrowing

experience, he said to the man, "Thank you for saving

my life.

The man looked into the little boy's eyes and said,

"That's okay, kid. Just make sure your life was worth

saving."

Sat Sri AKal

Dear JOYce

Wonderful insight... keep posting...

Chardi Kalaa

[JOYce]

FAMILY

I ran into a stranger as he passed by. "Oh excuse me please" was my reply. He said, "Please excuse me too; I wasn't watching for you." We were very polite, this stranger and I. We went on our way and we said good-bye.

But at home a different story is told, how we treat our loved ones, young and old. Later that day, cooking the evening meal, my son stood beside me very still. When I turned, I nearly knocked him down. "Move out of the way," I aid with a frown. He walked away, his little heart broken. I didn't realize how harshly I'd spoken.

While I lay awake in bed, God's still small voice came to me and said, "While dealing with a stranger, common courtesy you use, but the children you love, you seem to abuse. Go look on the kitchen floor, you'll find some flowers there by the door." "Those are the flowers he brought for you. He picked them himself; pink yellow and blue. He stood very quietly not to spoil the surprise, and you never saw the tears that filled his little eyes."

By this time, I felt very small, and now my tears began to fall. I quietly went and knelt by his bed; "Wake up, little one, wake up," I said. "Are these the flowers you picked for me?" He smiled, "I found 'em out by the tree." "I picked 'em because they're pretty like you. I knew you'd like 'em, especially the blue." I said, "Son, I'm very sorry for the way I acted today; I shouldn't have yelled at you that way." He said, "Oh, Mom, that's okay. I love you anyway. I said, "Son, I love you too, and I do like the flowers, especially the blue."

Are you aware that if we died tomorrow, the company that we are working for could easily replace us in a matter of days. But the family we left behind will feel the loss for the rest of their lives. And come to think of it, we pour ourselves more into work than to our own family, an unwise investment indeed, don't you think?

So what is behind the story? Do you know what the word FAMILY means?

FAMILY = (F)ATHER (A)ND (M)OTHER, (I), (L)OVE, (Y)OU

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cool quotes

[JOYce]

BE THANKFUL

Be thankful that you don't already have everything you

desire.

If you did, what would there be to look forward to?

Be thankful when you don't know something,

for it gives you the opportunity to learn.

Be thankful for the difficult times.

During those times you grow.

Be thankful for your limitations,

because they give you opportunities for improvement.

Be thankful for each new challenge,

because it will build your strength and character.

Be thankful for your mistakes.

They will teach you valuable lessons.

Be thankful when you're tired and weary,

because it means you've made a difference.

It's easy to be thankful for the good things.

A life of rich fulfillment comes to those who

are also thankful for the setbacks.

Gratitude can turn a negative into a positive.

Find a way to be thankful for your troubles,

and they can become your blessings.

[JOYce]

POWER OF REALM

A well known speaker started off his seminar by holding up a $20

bill. In the rooPm of 200, he asked, "Who would like this $20

bill?" Hands started going up.

He said, "I am going to give this $20 to one of you but first,

let me do this. "He proceeded to crumple the dollar bill up. He

then asked, "Who still wants it?" Still the hands were up in the

air.

"Well," he replied, "What if I do this?" And he dropped it on

the ground and started to grind it into the floor with his shoe

crumpled and dirty.

"Now who still wants it?" Still the hands went into the air.

"My friends, you have all learned a very valuable lesson. No

matter what I did to the money, you still wanted it because it

did not decrease in value. It was still worth $20.

Many times in our lives, we are dropped, crumpled, and ground

into the dirt by the decisions we make and the circumstances that

come our way. We feel as though we are worthless.

But no matter what has happened or what will happen, you should

never lose your value in your own eyes. Dirty or clean, crumpled

or finely creased, you are still priceless.

[JOYce]

DO U HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF Jimmy Yen IN URSELF

A jury of distinguished scholars and scientists,

including Albert Einstein and Orville Wright thought

enough of Jimmy Yen to vote him one of the top ten

Modern Revolutionaries of the Twentieth Century. Yet

all he did was teach Chinese peasants to read.

What made that so amazing was that for four thousand

years reading and writing in China was only done by

the Scholars. "Everybody" knew, including the peasants

themselves, that peasants were incapable of learning.

That thoroughly ingrained cultural belief was Jimmy

Yen's first impossible" barrier. The second barrier

was the Chinese language itself, consisting of 40,000

characters, each character signifying a different

word! The third barrier was the lack of technology and

good roads. How could Jimmy Yen reach the 350 million

peasants in China?

Impossible odds, an impossibly huge goal-and yet he

had almost attained it when he was forced (by

Communism) to leave his country.

Did he give up? No. He learned from defeat and

expanded his goal: Teach the rest of the Third World

to read. Practical reading programs, like the ones he

invented in China, started pumping out literate people

like a gushing oil well in the Philippines, Thailand,

Sri Lanka, Nepal, Kenya, Columbia, Guatemala,

Indonesia, Bangladesh, Ghana, India-people became

literate. For the first time in their entire genetic

history, they had access to the accumulated knowledge

of the human race.

For those of us who take literacy for granted, I'd

like you to consider for a moment how narrow your

world would be if you'd never learned how to read and

there was no access to radios or TVs.

180,000 Chinese peasants were hired by the Allied

Forces in WW1 as laborers in the war effort. Most of

them had no idea-not a clue-where England, Germany or

France was, they didn't know what they were being

hired to do, and didn't even know what a war was!

Try to grasp, if you will, the vacancy, the darkness,

the lack that existed in those people because they

couldn't read. Jimmy Yen was a savior to them.

What was the secret of Jimmy Yen's success? He found a

real need, and found in himself a strong desire to

answer that need. And he took some action: He tried to

do something about it even though it seemed

impossible. He worked long hours. And he started with

what he had in front of him and gradually took on more

and more, a little upon a little.

The English author Thomas Carlyle said, "Our main

business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance,

but to do what lies clearly at hand." And that's what

Jimmy Yen did. He started out teaching a few peasants

to read, with no desks, no pens, no money, no overhead

projectors. He started from where he found himself and

did what was clearly at hand.

And that's all you need to do. Start now. Start here.

And do what lies clearly at hand.

[JOYce]

The purpose of our existence is not to make a living, but to make a life

[JOYce]

There’s a silver lining in everything that happens and in every person too. Challenge yourself with finding it and you’ll start to see life in a better light.

[JOYce]

Extreme of LOVE

A girl and a boy were on a motorcycle, speeding through the night. They loved each other a lot.....

Girl:"slow down a little.. I'm scared.."

Boy: "No, it's so fun.."

Girl: "please..it's so scary.."

Boy: "Then say that you love me.."

Girl: "Fine..I love you..can you slow down now?"

Boy: "Give me a big hug.."

The girl gave him a big hug.

Girl: "Now can you slow down?"

Boy: "Can you take off my helmet and put it on? It's uncomfortable and it's bothering me while I ride."

The next day, there was a? story in the newspaper. A motorcycle had crashed into a building because its brakes were broken.There were two people on the motorcycle, of which one died, and the other had survived...The guy knew that the brakes were broken. He didn't want to let the girl know, because he knew that the girl would have gotten scared. Instead, he was told the last time that she loved him,got a hug from her, put his helmet on her so that she can live, and die himself...

Once in a while, Right in the middle of an ordinary life, Love gives us a fairy tale...

Message "Life consists not in holding good cards but? in playing those you hold well"

[JOYce]

Go for Thrine .................

& Check – Mind, Body & Courage

& Fight for- Freedom, Honesty & Justice

& Bow to Daily- Mother, Father & Teacher

& Treat Well- Servant, Poor & Elders

& Be Ready For – Sorrow, Death & Difficulty

& Praise for – Knowledge, Charity & Good Habits

& Have Qualities – Love, Politeness & Patience

& Keep Away from – Jealousy, Pride & Fashion

& For Complete Study – Reading, Writing & Listening

& Do or Die for – Truth, Religion & Country

[JOYce]

Sioux Indian Story

"My grandfather took me to the fish pond on the farm

when I was about seven, and he told me to throw a

stone into the water. He told me to watch the circles

created by the stone.Then he asked me to think of

myself as that stone person.

"You may create lots of splashes in your life but the

waves that come from those splashes will disturb the

peace of all your fellow creatures," he said.

"Remember that you are responsible for what you put

in your circle and that circle will also touch many

other circles. You will need to live in a way that

allows the good that comes from your circle to send

the peace of that goodness to others. The splash that

comes from anger or jealousy will send those feelings

to other circles.You are responsible for both."

That was the first time I realized each person creates

the inner peace or discord that flows out into the

world.We cannot create world peace if we are riddled

with inner conflict, hatred, doubt, or anger. We

radiate the feelings and thoughts that we hold inside,

whether we speak them or not. Whatever is splashing

around inside of us is spilling out into the world,

creating beauty or discord with all other circles of

life.

JOYCE WISHES U ALL A HAPPY NEW YEAR....

[JOYce]

Cheerfulness gives elasticity to the spirit.

Samuel Smiles (1812-1904) Writer

So How many Poeple U make laugh today......

[JOYce]

Friend in Wait

Do U done something for UR friend which u can if not hit the sack

http://www.sikhawareness.com/sikhawareness...t=2547&start=15

[JOYce]

PLANNING

Planning Brings Your Future Into Present

It isn't enough just to want something.

You've got to ask yourself,

"What am I going to do to get the things that I want."

You're going to need a plan.

Your problem is to bridge the gap which exists

between where you are right now

and the goals that you want to reach.

With a definite, step by step plan, you cannot fail,

because each step will carry you along to the next

step, like a track.

All you need is the plan, the road map,

and the courage to press on to your destination.

Knowing where you're going is all you need to get

there.

You can't get lost on a straight road.

[JOYce]

You Know

We have exploited the poor and called it "the lottery";

We have rewarded laziness and called it "welfare";

We have killed our unborn and called it "choice"

We have shot abortionists and called it "justifiable";

We have neglected to discipline our children and called it "building self-esteem";

We have abused power and called it "politics";

We have coveted our neighbor's possessions and called it "ambition";

We have polluted the air with profanity and pornography and called it "freedom of expression";

We have ridiculed the time-honored values of our forefathers and Called it "enlightenment".

[JOYce]

When you truly care for someone,

you don't look for faults,

you don't look for answers,

you don't look for mistakes.

Instead,

you fight the mistakes,

you accept the faults,

and you overlook excuses.

So Never abandon an old friend. You will never find one who can take his place. Friendship is like wine, it gets better as it grows older.

[JOYce]

Love is sweet captivity.

Similerly

Silence and thinking never hurt anyone.

Dutch Proverb

[JOYce]

Every day that we wake up is a good day. Every breath that we take is filled with hope for a better day. Every word that we speak is a chance to change what is bad into something good.

Walter Mosley Writer

[JOYce]

You may have the loftiest goals, the highest ideals, the noblest dreams, but remember this, nothing works unless you do.

Nido Qubein Business consultant and author

[JOYce]

Respect Women Coz

It takes thousands of workes to build a castle zone,

It takes millions of soldiers to protect Rome,

But just one women to make Happy Home.

[JOYce]

A love story

Repeated One

Once upon a time, there was an island where all the feelings lived: Happiness, Sadness, Knowledge, and all of the others including Love. One day it was announced to the feelings that the island would sink, so all repaired their boats and left.

Love wanted to persevere until the last possible moment. When the island was almost sinking, Love decided to ask for help. Richness was passing by Love in a grand boat. Love said, "Richness, can you take me with you?" Richness answered, "No, I can't. There is a lot of gold and silver in my boat. There is no place here for you."

Love decided to ask Vanity who was also passing by in a beautiful vessel, "Vanity, please help me!" "I can't help you Love. You are all wet and might damage my boat." Vanity answered.

Sadness was close by so Love asked for help, "Sadness, let me go with you." "Oh....Love, I am so sad that I need to be by myself!"

Happiness passed by Love too, but he was so happy that she did not even hear when Love called her!

Suddenly, there was a voice, "Come Love, I will take you." It was an elder. Love felt so blessed and overjoyed that he even forgot to ask the elder his name. When they arrived at dry land, the elder went his own way.

Love realizing how much he owed the elder and asked Knowledge, another elder, "Who helped me?" "It was Time," Knowledge answered. "Time?" asked Love. "But why did Time help me?" Knowledge smiled with deep wisdom and answered, "Because, only Time is capable of understanding how great Love is."

[JOYce]

Identity

Have you ever noticed how the way you feel about yourself sometimes depends on whether or not you get confirmation of your value from others? When you enter into challenging situations with a positive self identity you will discover that you are living your life with a greater sense of enjoyment and fulfillment.

I have learned a lot about nurturing a positive identity of love and appreciation from the man who taught me to train dogs. Dogs and humans both have a "self identity" that determines perception of the world, behavior, and one's sense of self worth. Let me explain how my teacher nurtured a positive self identity in the dogs he trained.

Frank had a very fascinating way of helping the guard dogs he trained, to feel respected, protected and loved, regardless of the situation/context they were in. Here is how he accomplished this. First of course, he started out by treating his dogs with love and respect, and by showing them an infinite amount of patience as they were learning. This of course is crucial.

Then, the next thing he did was a true stroke of genius. He would cut a small piece of carpet for each dog he trained. He would place the carpet in the dog's sleeping area, for him to lay on each night. He would also take this carpet during the day and set it down in various locations, and sit the dog on the carpet, as he praised the dog for being good. Whenever he moved to a new location, he would have the dog stand up, and he would pick up the carpet and carry it to the new location, set it down, sit the dog down, and again, praise the dog for being a "good boy." Soon the piece of carpet took on the distinct odor of the dog, and Frank said that this led the dog to feel "at home" when sitting on the carpet.

Next, Frank would teach the dog to pick up the piece of carpet himself, and carry it to wherever they were going. The dog would then set the piece of carpet down when they stopped, and sit on top of it, with Frank all of the time praising him for being a good dog. Now Frank said, "The dog begins to feel that he truly belongs in every place that he travels to, and no matter where he goes, he receives my love and appreciation. Soon the dog takes on this love and appreciation as the primary core of his identity."

And I ask you now, if this strategy works so brilliantly with dogs, would the same basic strategy not work just as well with human beings? Ask youself, "What is the small piece of carpet you carry around with you wherever you go?" "Would your life not be very different if you changed your piece of carpet to one of self love and appreciation?"

Dont Let other tell u what u want from Life Decide it URself Man. Be a man of Action.