Peace of mind

Peace of mind 

  

Once Buddha was walking from one town to another town with a few of his followers. This was in the initial days. While they were travelling, they happened to pass a lake. They stopped there and Buddha told one of his disciples, “I am thirsty. Do get me some water from that lake there.”

The disciple walked up to the lake. When he reached it, he noticed that some people were washing clothes in the water and, right at that moment, a bullock cart started crossing through the lake. As a result, the water became very muddy, very turbid.

The disciple thought, “How can I give this muddy water to Buddha to drink!” So he came back and told Buddha, “The water in there is very muddy. I don’t think it is fit to drink.”

After about half an hour, again Buddha asked the same disciple to go back to the lake and get him some water to drink. The disciple obediently went back to the lake.

This time he found that the lake had absolutely clear water in it. The mud had settled down and the water above it looked fit to be had. So he collected some water in a pot and brought it to Buddha.

Buddha looked at the water, and then he looked up at the disciple and said, “See what you did to make the water clean. You let it be ... and the mud settled down on its own – and you got clear water... Your mind is also like that.

When it is disturbed, just let it be. Give it a little time. It will settle down on its own. You don’t have to put in any effort to calm it down. It will happen. It is effortless.”

What did Buddha emphasize here? He said, “It is effortless.” Having 'peace of mind' is not a strenuous job; it is an effortless process. When there is peace inside you, that peace permeates to the outside.

It spreads around you and in the environment, such that people around start feeling that peace and grace.

David and the Giant

 David and the Giant

  

There was a young boy many, many years ago that the Bible tells us about, his name was David.  Now David was a very special boy in God's eye's.  Do you know why? 

David believe in God with all his heart and know no matter what happen in his life he knew he would be all right as long as God was there.

  

One day David's dad Jesse wanted David to go an check on his three older brother's who were fighting a war to make sure they were okay and bring them some food.

The name of the people that David's brothers were fighting with where a group of people called the "Philistines".  These people were very bad people and they did not believe in God.

  

The Philistines were on one mountain and the people called Israel were on another mountain.(At one time long ago God's children were only the people who were called "Israel". David was one of these.

  

Today all people are God's if we obey and do the things that he wants us to do. (Like believing that Jesus is his son.)  God's children or people today are called Christian's.

Now when David got to his brother's a "Giant" man named Goliath

who was nine feet and ten inches tall who was in the Phlistines army,  was yelling for someone to come and fight him. Just to look at Goliath would scare most people, for he had a "GREAT" sword and a very "BIG" spear and a "STRONG" shield.

All the army of Israel was afraid of him, but not David. The King of the people Israel offer great wealth to anyone who would kill the Giant. Goliath made fun of David when he step up to fight him because he was just a boy.

All that David had to fight the Giant with was a staff made of wood that he used to take care of his father's sheep( this was his chore in his family), five smooth stone he got out of a stream or creek and which he put in his pouch and his sling shot, which made the Giant laugh even harder.

David had a secert weapon that the Giant didn't know about and that was God and with God all things are possible. Do you believe that he could kill the Giant?

David told the Giant today the Lord/God will help me kill you.  The Giant ran toward David, he took a stone out of his pouch, put it in his sling shot and shot it at the Giant head. The Giant fell to the ground and his was dead.

Just like David if you love God and obey him and believe in God then all things no matter how hard or how big they seem are possible with God on your side.

When David got older he became the King of the people Israel.  

Growing Good Corn

  

There was a Nebraska farmer who grew award-winning corn. Each year he entered his corn in the state fair where it won a blue ribbon...

One year a newspaper reporter interviewed him and learned something interesting about

how he grew it. The reporter discovered that the farmer shared his seed corn with his

neighbors. 

"How can you afford to share your best seed corn with your neighbors when they are

entering corn in competition with yours each year?" the reporter asked.

"Why sir," said the farmer, "didn't you know? The wind picks up pollen from the ripening

corn and swirls it from field to field. If my neighbors grow inferior corn, cross-pollination

will steadily degrade the quality of my corn. If I am to grow good corn, I must help my

neighbors grow good corn."

He is very much aware of the connectedness of life. His corn cannot improve unless his

neighbor's corn also improves.

So it is in other dimensions. Those who choose to be at peace must help their neighbors to be

at peace. Those who choose to live well must help others to live well, for the value of a life

is measured by the lives it touches. And those who choose to be happy must help others to

find happiness for the welfare of each is bound up with the welfare of all.

The lesson for each of us is this: if we are to grow good corn, we must help our neighbors

grow good corn. 

Bad Temper

  Bad Temper

   

There once was a little boy who had a bad temper. His father gave him a bag of nails and

told him that every time he lost his temper, he must hammer a nail into the back of the fence.

  

The first day, the boy had driven 37 nails into the fence. Over the next few weeks, as he

learned to control his anger, the number of nails hammered daily gradually dwindled

down.

He discovered it was easier to hold his temper than to drive those nails into the fence.

  

Finally the day came when the boy didn't lose his temper at all. He told his father about it

and the father suggested that the boy now pull out one nail for each day that he was able to

hold his temper.

The days passed and the boy was finally able to tell his father that all the nails were gone.

  

The father took his son by the hand and led him to the fence. He said, "You have done

well, my son, but look at the holes in the fence.

The fence will never be the same. When you say things in anger, they leave a scar just like this one. You can put a knife in a man and draw it out. It won't matter how many times you say I'm sorry the wound is still there. A verbal wound is as bad as a physical one."  

Building Your House

Building Your House  

An elderly carpenter was ready to retire. He told his employer-contractor of his plans to leave the house-building business to live a more leisurely life with his wife and enjoy his extended family. He would miss the paycheck each week, but he wanted to retire. They could get by.

The contractor was sorry to see his good worker go & asked if he could build just one more house as a personal favor. The carpenter said yes, but over time it was easy to see that his heart was not in his work. He resorted to shoddy workmanship and used inferior materials. It was an unfortunate way to end a dedicated career.

When the carpenter finished his work, his employer came to inspect the house. Then he handed the front-door key to the carpenter and said, "This is your house... my gift to you."

The carpenter was shocked!

What a shame! If he had only known he was building his own house, he would have done it all so differently.

So it is with us. We build our lives, a day at a time, often putting less than our best into the building. Then, with a shock, we realize we have to live in the house we have built. If we could do it over, we would do it much differently.

But, you cannot go back. You are the carpenter, and every day you hammer a nail, place a board, or erect a wall. Someone once said, "Life is a do-it-yourself project." Your attitude, and the choices you make today, help build the "house" you will live in tomorrow. Therefore, Build wisely!  

Wait For The Brick

Wait For The Brick 

   

A young and successful executive was traveling down a neighborhood street, going a bit too fast in his new Jaguar. He was watching for kids darting out from between parked cars and slowed down when he thought he saw something. As his car passed, no children appeared. Instead, a brick smashed into the Jag's side door! He slammed on the brakes and drove the Jag back to the spot where the brick had been thrown. The angry driver then jumped out of the car, grabbed the nearest kid and pushed him up against a parked car, shouting, "What was that all about and who are you?

Just what the heck are you doing?

That's a new car and that brick you threw is going to cost a lot of money.

Why did you do it?"
The young boy was apologetic. "Please mister ... please, I'm sorry... I didn't know what else to do," he pleaded.
"I threw the brick because no one else would stop..."
With tears dripping down his face and off his chin, the youth pointed to a spot just around a parked car.
"It's my brother," he said.
"He rolled off the curb and fell out of his wheelchair and I can't lift him up."

Now sobbing, the boy asked the stunned executive, "Would you please help me get him back into his wheelchair? He's hurt and he's too heavy for me."
Moved beyond words, the driver tried to swallow the rapidly swelling lump in his throat. He hurriedly lifted the handicapped boy back into the wheelchair, then took out his fancy handkerchief and dabbed at the fresh scrapes and cuts. A quick look told him everything was going to be okay.

"Thank you and may God bless you," the grateful child told the stranger.
Too shook up for words, the man simply watched the little boy push his wheelchair-bound brother down the sidewalk toward their home. It was a long, slow walk back to the Jaguar. The damage was very noticeable, but the driver never bothered to repair the dented side door. He kept the dent there to remind him of this message: Don't go through life so fast that someone has to throw a brick at you to get your attention!

SMS

If your success is not on your own terms, if it looks good to the world but does not feel good in your heart, it is not success at all  

 

LOVE & RELATIONSHIPS

A relationship is not based on the length of time you spent together, it?s based on the foundation you built together. 

LEADERSHIP & SUCCESS

The greatest pleasure in life
is doing what people say you cannot do.  

JOKE

What is Common between : Krishna, Ram, Gandhiji

& Jesus..?

Sardar ji Replied : All are Born on Government

Holidays.  

Dads Blessings

Dads Blessings

   

A young man was getting ready to graduate from college. For many months he had admired a beautiful sports car in a dealer's showroom, and knowing his father could well afford it, he told him that was all he wanted.

As Graduation Day approached, the young man awaited signs that his father had purchased the car.  Finally, on the morning of his graduation, his father called  him into his private study. His father told him how proud he was to have such a fine son, and told him how much he loved him.

He handed his son a beautifully wrapped gift box.  Curious, but somewhat disappointed, the young man opened the box and found a lovely, leather-bound Bible, with the young man's name embossed in gold. Angry, he raised his voice to his father and said "With all your money, you give me a Bible?" and stormed out of the house, leaving the Bible.

Many years passed and the young man was very successful in business. He had a beautiful home and  wonderful family, but realized his father was very old, and thought perhaps he should go  to  him. 

He had not seen him since that graduation day.  Before he could make arrangements, he received a telegram telling him his father had passed away, and willed all of his possessions to his son. He needed to come home immediately and take care of things.

When he arrived at his father's house, sudden sadness and regret filled his heart.  He began to search through his father's important papers and saw the still new Bible, just as he had left it  years ago. 

With tears, he opened the Bible and began to turn the pages.  And as he did, a car key dropped from the back of the Bible.  It had a tag with the dealer's name, the same dealer who had the sports car he had desired. On the tag was the date of his graduation, and the words PAID IN FULL.

How many times do we miss Spirit's blessings and answers to our prayers  because they do not arrive exactly as we have expected?