HAPPY NEWYEAR 2015

Simple Tasks that will Make your Life Better

Are you wondering what simple tasks you can to to make your life better? Check out our list:

1.Put everything in the right place after you use it; you will save yourself hours of cleaning up after.

2.Follow advice given by your elders, do not ignore it; when you grow up, you will be glad you did.

3.Read; it will make you more interesting to talk to, and it will expand your mind.

4.Stop complaining about your problems; instead of that go out there and fix them.

5.Positivism will take you way farther than negativity. Always remember that.

6.Make a budget; financial planning will make your money last longer, and therefore you will enjoy it more than usual.

7.Put all of your change in in a jar, at the end of the year you will have more than expected.

8.Manage your time wisely; have a schedule and go by it. You will be able to have time for everything, even leisure time.

9.Do not invest a lot of time on internet sites such as Facebook, Twitter, and Reddit. You will end up regretting your time wasted

10.Exercise. It will make your overall health better, and your energy will be through the roof.

11.Motivate yourself to be better; by doing that you will accomplish more things and be happier.

12.Do not complain about your partner; look at the positive things about them and the relationship will be healthier.

13.Meet new people; you will be amazed at their stories and your social life will be better.

14.Be ambitious.

15.Smile, laugh, and enjoy every minute of life.

 

Cheers........

 

Motivational and Inspiring short stories - The Elephant Rope

As a man was passing the elephants, he suddenly stopped, confused by the fact that these huge creatures were being held by only a small rope tied to their front leg. No chains, no cages. It was obvious that the elephants could, at anytime, break away from their bonds but for some reason, they did not.

He saw a trainer nearby and asked why these animals just stood there and made no attempt to get away. “Well,” trainer said, “when they are very young and much smaller we use the same size rope to tie them and, at that age, it’s enough to hold them. As they grow up, they are conditioned to believe they cannot break away. They believe the rope can still hold them, so they never try to break free.”

The man was amazed. These animals could at any time break free from their bonds but because they believed they couldn’t, they were stuck right where they were.

Like the elephants, how many of us go through life hanging onto a belief that we cannot do something, simply because we failed at it once before?

'Failure is part of learning; we should never give up the struggle in life'.

cheers....
 

It Couldn’t Be Done

Somebody said that it couldn’t be done,
But he with a chuckle replied
That “maybe it couldn’t,” but he would be one
Who wouldn’t say so till he’d tried.
So he buckled right in with the trace of a grin
On his face. If he worried he hid it.
He started to sing as he tackled the thing
That couldn’t be done, and he did it.

Somebody scoffed: “Oh, you’ll never do that;
At least no one ever has done it”;
But he took off his coat and he took off his hat,
And the first thing we knew he’d begun it.
With a lift of his chin and a bit of a grin,
Without any doubting or quiddit,
He started to sing as he tackled the thing
That couldn’t be done, and he did it.

There are thousands to tell you it cannot be done,
There are thousands to prophesy failure;
There are thousands to point out to you, one by one,
The dangers that wait to assail you.
But just buckle in with a bit of a grin,
Just take off your coat and go to it;
Just start to sing as you tackle the thing
That “cannot be done,” and you’ll do it.

By Edgar A. Guest

Cheers.......

Be The Best of Whatever You Are............

If you can’t be a pine on the top of the hill,

Be a scrub in the valley-but be

The best little scrub by the side of the rill;

Be a bush if you can’t be a tree.

If you can’t be a bush be a bit of the grass,

And some highway happier make;

If you can’t be a muskie then just be a bass

But the liveliest bass in the lake!

We can’t all be captains, we’ve got to be crew,

There’s something for all of us here,

There’s big work to do, and there’s lesser to do,

And the task you must do is the near.

If you can’t be a highway then just be a trail,

If you can’t be the sun be a star;

It isn’t by size that you win or you fail

Be the best of whatever you are!

By Douglas Malloch

Cheers..........

Start Where You Stand..............

Start where you stand and never mind the past,

The past won’t help you in beginning new,

If you have left it all behind at last

Why, that’s enough, you’re done with it, you’re through;

This is another chapter in the book,

This is another race that you have planned,

Don’t give the vanished days a backward look,

Start where you stand.

The world won’t care about your old defeats

If you can start anew and win success;

The future is your time, and time is fleet

And there is much of work and strain and stress;

Forget the buried woes and dead despairs,

Here is a brand-new trial right at hand,

The future is for him who does and dares,

Start where you stand.

By  Berton Braley

Cheers...........

The Vow

No matter how deep the sadness or wide the pain,
I vow to live for a brighter day will come again.

No matter how many mistakes I’ve made in the past,

I vow to live and in the future avoid them, surefooted and fast.

No matter how many tragedies beyond my control take place,
I vow to live and stay my course within this race.

No matter how poor or rich I may ever be,
I vow to live and aspire to search for the dignity in simplicity.

No matter how much a lover may pierce the inner core of my heart,
I vow to live for like spring I’ll get a new start.

No matter how isolated and alone I may feel,
I vow to live and do something for someone else to heal.

No matter how hopeless my situation my appear,
I vow to live and reflect until my viewpoint is clear.

No matter what happens in this life – good or bad
I vow to live, do my best, and just for living – be glad.

By 

Malcolm O. Varner

Cheers.........