Save The Earth, Save The Life.

Geet Naya Gata Hoon

Kya har main kya jeet main

Kinchit nahin Bhaybhit main

Kartavya path par jo milen

Yeh bhi sahi, wah bhi sahi

Vardan mangoonga nahin'

Chaurahe par lut-ta cheer

Pyade se pit gaya wajir

Chalun akhiri chaal ki bazi chhor

virakti rachaun main

Rah kaunsi jaun main

Haar nahin Manoonga

Raar nayee thanoonga

Kal ke kapal par likhta, mitata hoon

Geet naya gata hoon

                                                                                         Atal Bihari Bhajpaiyee

जो बीत गई सो बात गई

जीवन में एक सितारा था
माना वह बेहद प्यारा था
वह डूब गया तो डूब गया
अंबर के आंगन को देखो
कितने इसके तारे टूटे
कितने इसके प्यारे छूटे
जो छूट गए फ़िर कहाँ मिले
पर बोलो टूटे तारों पर
कब अंबर शोक मनाता है
जो बीत गई सो बात गई

जीवन में वह था एक कुसुम
थे उस पर नित्य निछावर तुम
वह सूख गया तो सूख गया
मधुबन की छाती को देखो
सूखी कितनी इसकी कलियाँ
मुरझाईं कितनी वल्लरियाँ
जो मुरझाईं फ़िर कहाँ खिलीं
पर बोलो सूखे फूलों पर
कब मधुबन शोर मचाता है
जो बीत गई सो बात गई

जीवन में मधु का प्याला था
तुमने तन मन दे डाला था
वह टूट गया तो टूट गया
मदिरालय का आंगन देखो
कितने प्याले हिल जाते हैं
गिर मिट्टी में मिल जाते हैं
जो गिरते हैं कब उठते हैं
पर बोलो टूटे प्यालों पर
कब मदिरालय पछताता है
जो बीत गई सो बात गई

मृदु मिट्टी के बने हुए हैं
मधु घट फूटा ही करते हैं
लघु जीवन ले कर आए हैं
प्याले टूटा ही करते हैं
फ़िर भी मदिरालय के अन्दर
मधु के घट हैं,मधु प्याले हैं
जो मादकता के मारे हैं
वे मधु लूटा ही करते हैं
वह कच्चा पीने वाला है
जिसकी ममता घट प्यालों पर
जो सच्चे मधु से जला हुआ
कब रोता है चिल्लाता है
जो बीत गई सो बात गई

                           —   हरिवंशराय बच्चन

Growth and Change, the Success Mantra for Life

If you have found yourself in a slump and have gotten to the point where you realize that your life is not how you want it to be and you have to change, then change. It is not an easy thing to do, but if you do not like the way you are, then figure out how you want to be and work towards that. It is a hard thing, but it is worth it. There are steps to take to achieve what you want out of life.

What is it about yourself that you do not like? Affirm your "flaws", and write them down and work towards improving yourself. Also, don't worry about "putting yourself down." Be careful not to listen to other people who try to tell you, "You're putting yourself down." These "self-esteem" nuts do not necessarily understand. The thing with self-esteem is that sometimes it is nothing more than a sham. Self-esteem is a nice proposal, but if the whole point of self-esteem is to try to fool and lie to yourself into thinking you're something that you are not, then self-esteem is a very bad thing to have. A man shall not think more highly of himself than he ought.

Self-improvement and personal growth calls for brutal honesty. If you are fat, you must see yourself as fat. If you are anorexic, you must see yourself as anorexic. (Eat some food you skeleton) There is a healthy medium that must be found.

Write down the goals that you want to achieve. Break them down and set times for them. The only way to get somewhere is to take the journey. Don't try to make the whole trip in one time. You have to learn how to walk.

You must always progress towards your goals. It will help you feel better about yourself and any insecurity you have will be practically overshadowed by the sense of achievement you have due to the progress you have made.

You will always have some growing to do and some improvements to make to your life. There is no point where you should get complacent. If you do get complacent (which is ok, everyone does), you will likely regress. It is okay to rest and reward yourself. Then you must get back on track.

When you have reached your goals, it is good to pass it on to someone else in your position. However, that can be really tricky because you would have to remember how you were back then. Being down and having the experience of a failure can make one's mind like a wild animal. The best thing you could do for others is to encourage them. At the same time, you have to stay out of the way. People who are down and out need the time and the space to figure out who they are. It is not good for you to try to forge on them your idea of who they are. They have their own life and you must live yours. However, if you want to be there, be there to support them.

ACRES OF DIAMONDS

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 andwent in search of diamonds. 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. Back home, the person who had bought his farm was watering the camels at a streamthat 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." 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.

   · Attributed to Dr Russel Conwell .

   · Opportunity is always under our feet. We don't have to go anywhere.

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.      

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.

Source@ Shiv Khera's You Can Win

Whom, do we call educated?

First, those who manage well the circumstances which they encounter day by day; and

those who can judge situations appropriately as they arise and rarely miss the suitable course of action.

Next, those who are honorable in their dealings with all men, bearing easily what is unpleasant or offensive in others, and being as reasonable with their associates as is humanly possible.

Furthermore, those who hold their pleasures always under control and are not unduly overcome by their misfortunes, bearing up under them bravely and in a manner worthy of our common nature.

Most important of all, those who are not spoiled by their successes, who do not desert
their true selves, but hold their ground steadfastly as wise and sober-minded men,
rejoicing no more in the good things that have come to them through chance than in
those which through their own nature and intelligence are theirs since birth.
Those who have a character which is in accord, not with one of these things, but with all
of them these are educated--possessed of all the virtues

In a nutshell, educated persons are those who can choose wisely and courageously
under any circumstances. If they have the ability to choose between wisdom and
foolishness, between good and bad, between virtuousness and vulgarities, regardless of
the academic degrees they have, then they are educated.

Real Hero

Who is your real hero??? A Cricketer, a film star, a businessman or politician. Majority of heads has has one of them in their good book and do they admire them too. Why not, as their hero get full media exposure. These celebrities are easily available to you in daily news paper when you are having your morning tea and at Television during Prime Time. When you come back home from your workplace, were you have put your brain and body into rigorous more than 8 hours tussle, you often switch on television were you will find your celebrities in Reality show either as chief guest , judges or some other special programs  were these people is being interviewed.

             But, what about a guy who’s is giving basic medical services somewhere at Remote area were the accessing hospital and good doctors are hard nut for the unfortunate villagers. Same is true with the Mastereji  (School teacher) and a Women who runs a school in underprivileged area,which is the only source of knowledge to the  kids of underprivileged village, they don’t get much attention as their stories doesn’t attract advertisers and help them to generate big source of income because of the less number of readers are there of such stories ,as they get in case of flashing the news related to the Cricketer or any renowned Businessman.Yet, these stories should be told and flashed again and again. Above all we need to tell the stories of our real hero because they help to lift our eyes upward.