IT"S YOU

One day not too long ago the employees of a large company in St. Louis, Missouri returned from their lunch break and were greeted with a sign on the front door.

The sign said: "Yesterday the person who has been hindering your growth in this company passed away. We invite you to join the funeral in the room that has been prepared in the gym."

At first everyone was sad to hear that one of their colleagues had died, but after a while they started getting curious about who this person might be. The excitement grew as the employees arrived at the gym to pay their last respects.

Everyone wondered: "Who is this person who was hindering my progress? Well, at least he’s no longer here!"

One by one the employees got closer to the coffin and when they looked inside it they suddenly became speechless. They stood over the coffin, shocked and in silence, as if someone had touched the deepest part of their soul.

There was a mirror inside the coffin: everyone who looked inside it could see himself. There was also a sign next to the mirror that said:

"There is only one person who is capable to set limits to your growth: it is YOU."

YOU are the only person who can revolutionize your life.

YOU are the only person who can influence your happiness, your realization and your success.

YOU are the only person who can help yourself.

Your life does not change when your boss changes, when your friends change, when your parents change, when your company changes.

Your life changes when YOU change, when you go beyond your limiting beliefs, when you realize that YOU ARE the only one responsible for your life.  

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Thoughts to Ponder –

By Alka Chandiramani

Hold a mirror up so that you will clearly see your own brilliance and remind yourself of it.

I wanted to share with you a story and an excerpt that I recently read about an eagle…
“A boy found an eagle’s egg and he put it in the nest of a prairie chicken. The eagle hatched and thought he was a chicken. He grew up doing what prairie chickens do – scratching the dirt for food and flying short distances with a noisy fluttering of wings. It was a dreary life. Gradually the eagle grew old and bitter.

One day he and his prairie chicken friend saw a beautiful bird soaring on the currents of air, high above the mountains.

“Oh, I wish I could fly like that!” said the eagle. The chicken replied, “Don’t give it another thought. That’s the mighty eagle, the king of all birds – you could never be like him!”

And the eagle didn’t give it another thought. He went on cackling and complaining about life. He died thinking he was a prairie chicken.

My friend, you too were born an eagle. The Creator intended you to be an eagle, so don’t listen to the prairie chickens!” (Native American Legend)

Some of us are blessed with infallible self-belief, but most of us are not. However, what happens when the penny drops, when you finally believe you can fly and make the leap, is nothing short of miraculous.

What about you? What is your heart’s desire? Do you realise that you too were born an eagle, intended to “soar on the thermals high in the sky”?

Or have you been listening to the prairie chickens? Indeed, do you sometimes delude yourself into thinking that you are just a prairie chicken?

If you truly believed you were an eagle, what would you fly towards? What do you WANT?

What’s stopping you? Has a prairie chicken told you that you are just a prairie chicken? If so, perhaps you need to start hanging out with some eagles, or try leap off that cliff and stretching your wings?

What do you think might help you to believe that you are an eagle? What steps do you need to take to strengthen that belief? Take those steps and soar like an eagle!

My Mini Library

I deeply regret not having a 'before' picture, but last december i painted, rearranged and labeled each shelf.

Soo proud of my collection!!

Somewhere middle of the year... could'nt maintain  :(

  This December i cleaned, rearranged (yet again) and stuck new labels!

 Look how clean and tidy!! *pats myself on the back*

The Gossip

A woman repeated a bit of gossip about a neighbor. Within a few days the whole community knew the story.

The person it concerned was deeply hurt and offended.

Later the woman responsible for spreading the rumor learned that it was completely untrue.

She was very sorry and went to a wise old sage to find out what she could do to repair the damage.
"Go to the marketplace," he said, "and purchase a chicken, and have it killed. Then on your way home, pluck its feathers and drop them one by one along the road."

Although surprised by this advice, the woman did what she was told.

The next day the wise man said, "Now go and collect all those feathers you dropped yesterday and bring them back to me."

The woman followed the same road, but to her dismay, the wind had blown the feathers all away. After searching for hours, she returned with only three in her hand.

"You see," said the old sage, "it's easy to drop them, but it's impossible to get them back.

So it is with gossip. It doesn't take much to spread a rumor, but once you do, you can never completely undo the wrong."