Motivation & Inspiration

A Conversation:

Man: Promise you won't get mad?.

GOD: I promise.

Man (frustrated): Why did you let so much stuff happen to me today?

GOD: What do you mean?

Man: Well I woke up late,

GOD: Yes

Man: My car took forever to start,

GOD: Okay....

Man (growling): At lunch, they made my sandwich wrong and I had to wait

GOD: Hmmmm..

Man: On the way home, my phone went dead, just as I picked up a call

GOD: All right

Man (loudly): And to top it all off, when I got home, I just wanted to soak my feet in my foot massager and relax, but it wouldn't work. Nothing went right today! Why did you do that?

GOD: Well let me see..... the death angel was at your bed this morning and I had to send one of the other angels to battle him for your life. I let you sleep through that.

Man (humbled): Oh...

GOD: I didn't let your car start because there was a drunk driver on your route that might have hit you if you were on the road

Man (ashamed): ............

GOD: The first person who made your sandwich today was sick and I didn't want you to catch what they have,I knew you couldn't afford to miss work

Man (embarrassed): Oh.....

GOD: Your phone went dead because the person that was calling was going to give a false witness about what you said on that call, I didn't even let you talk to them so you would be covered

Man (softly): I see God

GOD: Oh and that foot massager, it had a short that was going to throw out all of the power in your house tonight. I didn't think you wanted to be in the dark.

Man: I'm sorry God.

GOD: Don't be sorry, just learn to trust me.........in all things, the good and the bad

Man: I WILL trust you God

GOD: And don't doubt that my plan for your day is always better than your plan

Man: I won't God. And let me just tell you God, thank you for everything today.

GOD: You're welcome child. It was just another day being your God and I love looking after my children.

LESSON LEARNED: TRUST IN THE LORD WITH ALL YOUR HEART AND LEAN NOT ON YOUR OWN UNDERSTANDING.

A little girl went to her bedroom and pulled a glass jelly jar from its hiding place in the closet.

She poured the change out on the floor and counted it carefully. Three times, even.. The total had to be exactly perfect.. No chance here for mistakes.

Carefully placing the coins back in the jar and twisting on the cap, she slipped out the back door and made her way 6 blocks to Rexall's Drug Store with the big red Indian Chief sign above the door. She waited patiently for the pharmacist to give her some attention, but he was too busy at this moment. Tess twisted her feet to make a scuffing noise. Nothing. She cleared her throat with the most disgusting sound she could muster. No good. Finally she took a quarter from her jar and banged it on the glass counter. That did it!

'And what do you want?' the pharmacist asked in an annoyed tone of voice.. I'm talking to my brother from Chicago whom I haven't seen in ages,' he said without waiting for a reply to his question..

'Well, I want to talk to you about my brother,' Tess answered back in the same annoyed tone. 'He's really, really sick....and I want to buy a miracle.'

'I beg your pardon?' said the pharmacist.

'His name is Andrew and he has something bad growing inside his head and my Daddy says only a miracle can save him now. So how much does a miracle cost?'

'We don't sell miracles here, little girl. I'm sorry but I can't help you,' the pharmacist said, softening a little.

'Listen, I have the money to pay for it. If it isn't enough, I will get the rest. Just tell me how much it costs.'

The pharmacist's brother was a well dressed man. He stooped down and asked the little girl, 'What kind of a miracle does your brother need?'

'I don't know, 'Tess replied with her eyes welling up I just know he's really sick and Mommy says he needs an operation. But my Daddy can't pay for it, so I want to use my money..'

'How much do you have?' asked the man from Chicago .

'One dollar and eleven cents,'Tess answered barely audible.

'And it's all the money I have, but I can get some more if I need to.'

'Well, what a coincidence,' smiled the man. 'A dollar and eleven cents-the exact price of a miracle for little brothers.'

He took her money in one hand and with the other hand he grasped her mitten and said 'Take me to where you live. I want to see your brother and meet your parents. Let's see if I have the miracle you need.'

That well-dressed man was Dr. Carlton Armstrong, a surgeon, specializing in neuro-surgery. The operation was completed free of charge and it wasn't long until Andrew was home again and doing well.

Mom and Dad were happily talking about he chain of events that had led them to this place.

'That surgery,' her Mom whispered. 'was a real miracle. I wonder how much it would have cost?'

Tess smiled. She knew exactly how much a miracle cost.....one dollar and eleven cents...plus the faith of a little child.

In our lives, we never know how many miracles we will need.. A miracle is not the suspension of natural law, but the operation of a higher law. I know you'll keep the ball moving!

Here it goes. Throw it back to someone who means something to you!

A ball is a circle, no beginning, no end. It keeps us together like our Circle of Friends. But the treasure inside for you to see is the treasure of friendship you've granted to me.

Today I pass the friendship ball to you.

Pass it on to someone who is a friend to you.

MY OATH TO YOU...

When you are sad.....I will dry your tears. When you are scared.......I will comfort your fears.

When you are worried......I will give you hope.

When you are confused.....I will help you cope.

And when you are lost...and can't see the light, I shall be your beacon...shining ever so bright.

This is my oath.....I pledge till the end.

Why you may ask?....Because you're my friend.

Signed: GOD

Excellence is to do a common thing in an uncommon way

Booker T. Washington

A total commitment is paramount to reaching the ultimate in performance

Tom Flores

Excellence is not an exception, it is a prevailing attitude

Colin L. Powell

Any man's life will be filled with constant and unexpected encouragement

if he makes up his mind to do his level best each day

Booker T. Washington

What we hope ever to do with ease,

we must learn first to do with diligence

Samuel Johnson

Be great in act, as you have been in thought

William Shakespeare

Striving for excellence motivates you; striving for perfection is demoralizing

Harriet Braiker

It takes less time to do things right than to explain why you did it wrong

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Champions keep playing until they get it right

Billie Jean King

The will to win, the desire to succeed,

the urge to reach your full potential...these are the keys

that will unlock the door to personal excellence

Eddie Robinson

The starting point of all achievement is desire

Napoleon Hill

Excellence is an art won by training and habitation.

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then is not an act but a habit .

Aristotle

Always seek to excel yourself. Put yourself in competition with yourself each day.

Each morning look back upon your work of yesterday and then try to beat it .

Charles M. Sheldon

Don't be afraid to give your best to what seemingly are small jobs.

Every time you conquer one it makes you that much stronger.

If you do the little jobs well, the big ones tend to take care of themselves .

Dale Carnegie

The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to their commitment

to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavour

Vincent Lombardi

There was a farmer in Africa who was happy and content. He was happy because he was content. He was content because he was happy.One day a wise man came to him and told him about the glory of diamonds and the power that goes along with them. The wise man said, “If you had a diamond the size of your thumb, you could have your own city. If you had a diamond the size of your fist, you could probably own your own country.” And then he went away.

That night the farmer couldn’t sleep. He was unhappy and he was discontent. He was unhappy because he was discontent and discontent because he was unhappy. The next morning he made arrangements to sell off his farm, took care of his family and went in search of diamonds.
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He looked all over Africa and couldn’t find any. He looked all through Europe and couldn’t find any. When he got to Spain, he was emotionally, physically and financially broke. He got so disheartened that he threw himself into the Barcelona River and committed suicide.
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Back home, the person who had bought his farm was watering the camels at a stream that ran through the farm. Across the stream, the rays of the morning sun hit a stone and made it sparkle like a rainbow. He thought it would look good on the mantle piece. He picked up the stone and put it in the living room. That afternoon the wise man came and saw the stone sparkling. He asked, “Is Hafiz back?” The new owner said, “No, why do you ask?” The wise man said, “Because that is a diamond. I recognize one when I see one.”
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The man said, no, that’s just a stone I picked up from the stream. Come, I’ll show you. There are many more.” They went and picked some samples and sent them for analysis. Sure enough, the stones were diamonds. They found that the farm was indeed covered with acres and acres of diamonds.

What is the moral of this story? There are five morals:

1. When our attitude is right, we realize that we are all walking on acres and acres of diamonds. Opportunity is always under our feet. We don’t have to go anywhere. All we need to do is recognize it.

2. The grass on the other side always looks greener.

3. While we are dyeing the grass on the other side, there are others who are dyeing the grass on our side. They would be happy to trade places with us.

4. When people don’t know how to recognize opportunity, they complain of noise when it knocks.

5. The same opportunity never knocks twice. The next one may be better or worse, but it is never the same one.

Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not;
remember that what you now have was once among the things
you only hoped for.
Epicurus

Dream as if you'll live forever, live as if you'll die today.
James Dean

You see things; and you say, 'Why?'
But I dream things that never were;
and I say, 'Why not?'
George Bernard Shaw

Keep your dreams alive.
Understand to achieve anything requires faith
and belief in yourself, vision, hard work, determination,
and dedication.
Remember all things are possible for those who believe.
Gail Devers

Life is full of beauty. Notice it. Notice the bumble bee, the small child,
and the smiling faces. Smell the rain, and feel the wind.
Live your life to the fullest potential, and fight for your dreams.
Ashley Smith

A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight,
and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world.
Oscar Wilde

when you are between asleep and awake,
when you don't know the difference between reality and fantasy,
when for just that one moment you feel with your entire soul
that the dream is reality, and it really happened.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Really great people make you feel that you, too, can become great.
Mark Twain

Be careful what you wear to bed at night, you never know
who you'll meet in your dreams.
Tom Bradley

Dreams are illustrations... from the book your soul is writing about you.
Marsha Norman

There are some people who live in a dream world, and there are some who
face reality; and then there are those who turn one into the other.
Douglas H. Everett

Don't be pushed by your problems. Be led by your dreams.
Calvin & Hobbes

Dreams are today's answers to tomorrow's questions.
Edgar Cayce

Better never to have met you in my dream than to wake
and reach for hands that are not there.
C.S. Lewis

She laughs at my dreams, but I dream about her laughter.
The Click Five

Somewhere over the rainbow, skies are blue, and the dreams
that you dare to dream really do come true
Lyman Frank Baum

Whatever you do, or dream you can, begin it.
Boldness has genius and power and magic in it.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Flatter me, and I may not believe you.
Criticize me, and I may not like you.
Ignore me, and I may not forgive you.
Encourage me, and I will not forget you.
Love me and I may be forced to love you.
William Arthur Ward

Staying up all night is a waste of sleeping, and a waste of sleeping is a
waste of dreaming, and dreaming is important because the more
dreams you have, the better chance you have of one coming true.
Tony Arata

All men dream: but not equally.
Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds
wake in the day to find that it was vanity:
but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men,
for they may act their dreams with open eyes, to make it possible.
T.E. Lawrence

You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because
reality is finally better than your dreams.
Dr. Seuss

When your dreams turn to dust, vacuum
Julia Cameron

Follow your dreams, for as you dream you shall become.
Mary Manin Morrissey

Life is never easy for those who dream.
Robert James Waller

To dream anything that you want to dream.
That's the beauty of the human mind.
To do anything that you want to do.
That is the strength of the human will.
To trust yourself to test your limits.
That is the courage to succeed.
Bernard Edmonds

There was a king who was a great admirer of art. He encouraged artists from all over his country and gave them valuable gifts.

One day an artist came and said to the king, "Oh King! Give me a blank wall in your palace and let me paint a picture on it. It will be more beautiful than anything you have ever seen before. I promise you shall not be disappointed." Now, the king happened to be constructing a big hall at the rear end of the palace. So he said, "All right you may work on one of the walls in the new hall."

So the artist was given the job and he was very pleased indeed. Just then, another young man said, "Oh King! Please allow me to work on the opposite wall. I too am an artist."

The king said, "What would you like to make?"

The man said, "My Lord, I shall make exactly what that man will make on the opposite wall. Moreover, I shall do so, without looking at his work. I would even request you to have a thick curtain put up between the two walls so that either of us cannot see the other." Now, that was a tall statement. Everyone in the king's court, including the king and the first artist were intrigued. But the king loved surprises and he decided to give the young fellow a chance.The following day a thick curtain was put into place and both the artists got to work. The first artist brought in a regular supply of paint, oil, water etc. The second one would come with a cloth and a bucket of water every day.

After a month the first artist told the king that his work was complete and he would like to show it to the king.The king sent for the second artist and asked him, "Young man, when would your work be ready? I am coming to see the first wall this evening."

The man said, "My Lord, my wall is ready too!"

The king went to see the first artist's wall. He was very, very impressed with the painting and gave a hefty sum as a reward to the artist. He then asked for the curtain to be opened up

Lo and behold! The same painting was to be seen on the opposite wall too!

Amazing! But true! Each line, each minor detail was exactly as it was on the first wall. But this man had not been seeing what was going on, on the other side of the curtain.So how had he done it? The king wanted to know the secret.

He gave a double reward to the fellow. Then he said, "Young man, I am indeed very happy with your work. But you must tell me; how did you do it?"

The lad said simply, "It's very easy! I just polished the wall every day!"

It was a wall made of white marble! The fellow polished it till it shone like a mirror. The reflection of the painting across the room, showed up in it!

That is what it means to polish yourself. For when we polish our hearts and souls, we see God's reflection within.

It is said that the world is a reflection of you. Whatever you are, the world will seem to be that too. If you are sad, jealous, dejected, angry, restless ... that is what the world will seem to be!

If you are happy, the world will seem to be paradise.

You decide how you want your world to look...

This is a story of one 10-year-old boy who decided to study judo despite the fact that he had lost his left arm in a devastating car accident.

The boy began lessons with an old Japanese judo master. The boy was doing well, so he
couldn't understand why, after three months of training, the master had taught him only one move. "Sensei," the boy finally said, "Shouldn't I be learning more moves?"

“This is the only move you know, but this is the only move you’ll ever need to know,” the
Sensei replied. Not quite understanding, but believing in his teacher, the boy kept training.

Several months later, the Sensei took the boy to his first tournament. Surprising himself, the boy easily won his first two matches. The third match proved to be more difficult, but after some time, his opponent became impatient and charged; the boy deftly used his one move to win the match. Still amazed by his success, the boy was now in the finals.

This time, his opponent was bigger, stronger, and more experienced. For a while, the boy
appeared to be overmatched. Concerned that the boy might get hurt, the referee called a time-out. He was about to stop the match when the Sensei intervened. “No,” the Sensei insisted, “Let him continue.”

Soon after the match resumed, his opponent made a critical mistake: he dropped his guard. Instantly, the boy used his move to pin him. The boy had won the match and the tournament.

He was the champion.

On the way home, the boy and Sensei reviewed every move in each and every match. Then the boy summoned the courage to ask what was really on his mind. “Sensei, how did I win the tournament with only one move?”

“You won for two reasons,” the Sensei answered. “First, you’ve almost mastered one of the most difficult throws in all of judo. And second, the only known defense for that move is for your opponent to grab your left arm.”

The boy's greatest weakness had become his greatest strength.

1.When Snake is alive, Snake eats Ants.

When Snake is dead, Ants eat Snake.

Time can turn at any time.

Don't neglect anyone in your life.

2. Never make the same mistake twice,

There are so many new ones,

Try a different one each day.

3. A good way to change someone's attitude is to change your own.

Because, the same sun that melts butter, also hardens clay!

Life is as we think, so think beautifully.

4. Life is just like a sea, we are moving without an end.

Nothing stays with us,

what remains is just the memories of some people who touched us as Waves..

5. Whenever you want to know how rich you are?

Never count your currency,

Just try to Drop a Tear and count how many hands reach out to WIPE that-

that is true richness.

6. Heart tells the eyes "See less, because you see and I suffer lot".

Eyes replied, "feel less because you feel and I cry a lot".

7. Never change your originality for the sake of others,

because no one can play your role better than you.

So be yourself, because whatever you are, YOU are the best.

8. Baby mosquito came back after 1st time flying.

His mom asked him "How do you feel?"

He replied "It was wonderful, Everyone was clapping for me!"

Now that's What is a Positive Attitude.

Once there was loving couple travelling in a bus in a mountainous area.They decided to get down at some place. After the couple gotdown at some place the bus moved on,As the bus moved on, a huge rock fell on the bus from the mountain and crushed the bus to crumbs.Everybody on board was killed.The couple upon seeing that, said, "We wish we were on that bus"

Why do u think they said that??

If they had remained on the bus instead of deciding to get down,the resulting time delay could have been avoided and the rock would have fallen after the bus had passed ..!!!

Think positive in life always and look for opportunities when you can help Others...

"Many times in life, the opposite of Success is not Failure, its Quitting"

"Winners never quit, quitters never Win"