When we least expect it, life sets us a challenge to test our courage and willingness to change; at such a moment, there is no point in pretending that nothing has happened or in saying that we are not ready. The challenge will not wait. Life does not look back. A week is more than enough time for us to decide whether or not to accept our destiny.”

~ Paulo Coelho

 

Manual for conserving paths

1] The path begins with a crossroads. There you can stop and think what direction to follow. But don't spend too much time thinking or you'll never leave the spot. Ask yourself the classic Castañeda question: which of these paths has a heart? Reflect a lot on the choices that lie ahead, but once you have taken the first step, forget the crossroads for ever or else you will always torture yourself with the useless question: "did I take the right path?" If you listened to your heart before making the first movement, you chose the right path.

2] The path doesn't last for ever. It is a blessing to travel the path for some time, but one day it will come to an end, so always be prepared to take leave of it at any moment. However enraptured you may be at certain landscapes, or scared whenever you have to make a great effort to go ahead, don't get too used to anything. Neither to the hours of euphoria, nor to the endless days when everything seems so difficult and progress is so slow. Don't forget that sooner or later an angel will appear and your journey will reach an end.

3] Honour your path. It was your choice, your decision, and just as you respect the ground you step on, that ground will respect your feet. Always do what is best to conserve and keep your path and it will do the same for you.

4] Be well equipped. Carry a small rake, a spade, a penknife. Understand that penknives are no use for dry leaves, and rakes are useless for herbs that are deep-rooted. Know also what tool to use at each moment. And take care of them, because they are your best allies.

5] The path goes forward and backward. At times you have to go back because something was lost, or else a message to be delivered was forgotten in your pocket. A well tended path enables you to go back without any great problems.

6] Take care of the path before you take care of what is around you. Attention and concentration are fundamental. Don't be distracted by the dry leaves at the edges or by the way that others are looking after their paths. Use your energy to tend and conserve the ground that accepts your steps.

7] Be patient. Sometimes the same tasks have to be repeated, like tearing up weeds or closing holes that appear after unexpected rain. Don't let that annoy you - that is part of the journey. Even though you are tired, even though certain tasks are repeated so often, be patient.

 

8] Paths cross. People can tell what the weather is like. Listen to advice, and make your own decisions. You alone are responsible for the path that was entrusted to you.

                                                                         

9] Nature follows its own rules. In this way, you have to be prepared for sudden changes in the fall, slippery ice in winter, the temptations of flowers in spring, thirst and showers in the summer. Make the most of each of these seasons, and don't complain about their characteristics.

10] Make your path a mirror of yourself. By no means let yourself be influenced by the way that others care for their paths. You have your soul to listen to, and the birds to tell what your soul is saying. Let your stories be beautiful and pleasant to everything around you. Above all, let the stories that your soul tells during the journey be echoed at each and every second of the path.

11] Love your path. Without this, nothing makes any sense.

- Paulo Coelho

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Needs to be read again and again ………..                                                                  .  

P.P.S: May the path you choose bring you more love,peace and happiness than you can ever imagine.

Namaste,

Bhagya

“The most important things in life aren’t things.” ~Anthony J. D’Angelo

                                               

                                                                                               

 THE IMPORTANT THINGS

IN LIFE

A philosophy professor stood before his class with some items on the table in front of him. When the class began, wordlessly he picked up a very large and empty mayonnaise jar and proceeded to fill it with rocks, about two inches in diameter.

He then asked the students if the jar was full. They agreed that it was.

So the professor then picked up a box of pebbles and poured them into the jar. He shook the jar lightly. The pebbles, of course, rolled into the open areas between the rocks.

He then asked the students again if the jar was full. They agreed it was.

The professor picked up a box of sand and poured it into the jar. Of course, the sand filled up everything else.
He then asked once more if the jar was full. The students responded with a unanimous “Yes.”

“Now,” said the professor, “I want you to recognize that this jar represents your life. The rocks are the important things – your family, your partner, your health, your children – things that if everything else was lost and only they remained, your life would still be full.

The pebbles are the other things that matter – like your job, your house, your car.

The sand is everything else. The small stuff.”

“If you put the sand into the jar first,” he continued “there is no room for the pebbles or the rocks. The same goes for your life.

If you spend all your time and energy on the small stuff, you will never have room for the things that are important to you. Pay attention to the things that are critical to your happiness. Play with your children. Take your partner out dancing. There will always be time to go to work, clean the house, give a dinner party and fix the disposal.

Take care of the rocks first – the things that really matter. Set your priorities. The rest is just sand.”

~Author Unknown 

   “One day at a time – this is enough.Do not look back and grieve over the past,for it is gone;and do not be troubled about the future,for it has not yet come.Live in the present,and make it so beautiful that it will be worth remembering.”

~Ida Scott Taylor

  “The most important thing is to enjoy your life - to be happy- it’s all that matters.”

~Audrey Hepburn

P.S: What if, we choose to take the day ……only one moment at a time…???????

Why not give it a shot today……

Namaste,

Bhagya

 

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“You must stick to your conviction,but be ready to abandon your assumptions.”

~Denis Waitley

  A woman in the grocery department of a super-market bent down to pick up some tomatoes.At that moment,she felt a sharp pain shooting down her back: she became immobilized and let out a shriek.

A shopper standing next to her leaned over knowingly and said, 

“If you think tomatoes are bad,you should see the price of the fish!”

Is it reality you are responding to or your assumptions about it ?

~Anthony de Mello

“Our minds have the need to know.When we don’t know we make assumptions- they make us feel safer than not knowing.And we are pretty much always making assumptions.” 

   ~Don Miguel Ruiz

“Choose an attitude of wonderment,taking in all that is being said without assuming you already know what the speaker is talking about.Let go of jumping ahead to finish his or her thoughts. In order to learn you have to risk change…changing your mind !”

~ Dwight Frindt

P.S:

What if,we realize that we choose to make assumptions….. based on what we think reality is or should be ….according to our perspective?

What if,we could choose to be open minded enough ……to see things as they are…..instead of jumping to conclusions???

What if,we choose to suspend our assumptions….long enough to see the way things really are ?

Namaste,

Bhagya

 

 

 

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“You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view.”

~ Harper Lee

                                       

Two Sides of a River

Nasruddin sat on a river bank when someone shouted to him from the opposite side:

"Hey! how do I get across?"

"You are across!" Nasruddin shouted back.

     “We begin to learn wisely when we’re willing to see the world from other people’s perspective.”

~Toba Beta                            

                                                                                               

        “If there is any one secret of success, it lies in the ability to get the other person’s point of view and see things from that person’s angle as well as from your own.”

~Henry Ford

                      

P.S: Unless one is on the same wavelength as another…it is often difficult to perceive a different point of view.

There is great comfort in knowing that nothing is good or bad…right or wrong…it is thinking that makes it so.

The willingness to be open minded….and realizing that it is just someone’s perspective…… which is different from one’s own…is a great way to remain stress free.

Namaste,

Bhagya

"You are not a beggar at the banquet of life.

You are its honored guest."                      - Emmanuel   

Life Is For Living

Life is a gift we're given each and every day.

                     

Dream about tomorrow, but live for today.

                               

To live a little, you've got to love a whole lot.

                   

Love turns the ordinary into the extraordinary.

                    

Life's a journey always worth taking.

                                       

Take time to smell the roses... and

tulips...and daffodils... and lilacs... and sunflowers...

                   

Count blessings like children count stars.
                   

The secret of a happy life isn't buried in a treasure chest... it lies within your heart.
                      

It's the little moments that make life big.

                                             

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     

Don't wait. Make memories today.

                                                     

Celebrate your life!

                                                        

                                                        

~Author Unknown

“Begin at once to live and count each separate day as a separate life.”~Seneca

P.S: What if, we could open the gift of today……and find the miracle we wished for …..manifested in a way better than we could have ever imagined????

Namaste,

Bhagya

“Your beliefs become your thoughts,
Your thoughts become your words,
Your words become your actions,
Your actions become your habits,
Your habits become your values,
Your values become your destiny.”
― Mahatma Gandhi

  It Might Be True

Mulla Nasruddin was being pestered by a large group of children who were following him and making fun of him.

To get rid of them he told them "Don't you know they are giving away sweets at the wedding there? Go and get some!"

The kids rushed in the direction he had indicated.

Nasruddin then asked one of them "Why are you running?" and one kid replied "They are giving away sweets at the wedding!"

He then thought to himself…..,

"It just might be true!" and ran after them.

 

“Reality is merely an illusion, although a very persistent one”~Albert Einstein

“The world we see that seems so insane is the result of a belief system that is not working. To perceive the world differently, we must be willing to change our belief system, let the past slip away, expand our sense of now, and dissolve the fear in our minds”.

~William James

P.S: What if, we have thought and repeated something about ourselves…..others……our circumstances….our doubts…our fears…our points of view….. so often……that we have come to believe and create the same as  our present constricted reality?

What if,we could create a new expanded one……….. with no limitations ?

What if,today is the day we choose to do so ??????

Namaste,

Bhagya

“Life is too short to waste any amount of time on wondering what other people think about you. In the first place, if they had better things going on in their lives, they wouldn't have the time to sit around and talk about you. What's important to me is not others' opinions of me, but what's important to me is my opinion of myself.”

― C. JoyBell C.

YOU ARE WORTHY

You are worthy of reaching for the greatest accomplishments…

And you are worthy of achieving them, no matter what other people think of you, no matter what you have done up to this point in life.

You are worthy of the best.

You are unique, you are special.

You are creative and effective.

You have much value to offer, regardless of what anyone has told you.

And no one can express that value but you.

You are the person who deserves to live your dream.

You are the only one who has what it takes to reach that dream.

If you can see it, if you can imagine it, if you can dream it, you are worthy of reaching it.

And it is possible.

No one will hand it to you.

In fact, you'll strive day and night to reach it.

When you give the best you have, when you refuse to be stopped by the obstacles in your way, when you do what must be done, you'll get what you deserve—a full, rich life that is like no other.

Each day, with your thoughts and actions, live up to the fact that you are the best.

~~ Author Unknown ~~

                                                                          “Take a moment to remember how special you are and how lucky the world is to have you in it.”

- Author Unknown

“Self-worth comes from one thing - thinking that you are worthy.” ~Wayne Dyer

P.S:The most important conversation/s we have during the day…..is our self talk.

If the only thing one says to oneself is,“I AM WORTHY”……it is enough.

Namaste,

Bhagya