Its been a really long time to be seen on the blog. Still It gives me immense pleasure to post something here on friendship today (An everlasting relationship)......
Nikhil found this really kool article and he's been kind enough to share it with us :).He's edited and added some of his own views as well... have fun reading it!
"The name of this post sounds like something you hear from every other person who has ever cared about or loved you. And here I am, telling the same thing over again. I can just hope you find patience enough to stick your bum infront of your screen and read this. Here goes...
Everyone has limits. But we never know our limits, until our skills have been put to test. How would you ever be able to understand the thrill of Para-gliding, unless you don’t dare to jump off the cliff? Life is short, by the time people understand this simple fact, that short life is over. So, never say: “This is all I can do”, unless you’ve tried to do it. Do you know that humans use only 10% of their brain? While much more you can do. You have the resources. You just need to find it and the first place to look into is within yourself.
Our skills double when we face danger. Then we see, hear, smell, and move faster. It shows that we are capable to act and do much more than we think. We are just too afraid at times. But what are we afraid of? Are we afraid, we may actually find our true strengths? Or is it, we just need to be pushed to find our true potential.
“What is the most universal human characteristic: fear or laziness?”
Some of us aren’t afraid. We just aren’t bothered. ‘So what’ are the two most dangerous accountable words. “So what, I’m weak? So what, I’m not using my abilities to my best?” These are the questions that can never be answered. But think about it a while; if everyone starts asking you the same questions, how will you feel? If all the great leaders fuss ‘So what, if the country is unhappy?’, if your grocer yells ‘So what, you’re hungry?’, if your garbage collector tells ‘So what, your home is dirty?’; pointing their fingers to you, how would you feel?
Replace that acidic “So what?” with the hopeful “What if?”
“What if you become someone great worth remembering?”
“What if you can make people proud of you?”
The thing that’s worse than quitting or failing is – being complacent. Believing you are weak and that’s all you are capable of. When you start saying, “This is the way I’m and there’s nothing I can do about it”, that is when you hit rock bottom. No one can help you in such a situation. Even the skills that you’ve mastered will be a waste with such an attitude. Believe in yourself, and only then you can expect others to believe in you.
Start to care. Even if no one else cares for you. The last person to give up on you should be yourself."
Jaigurudev
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Nikhil(and rahul :) )
Hey guys! Ab tak tho all you guys must be aware of the Mumbai 1 lakh people YES!+ from march 18th and also bout the Pune 50k yes!+... huge plans and work ahead... truly YES!+ is spreading like a wild fire...
Just read 'bout whats happening on Bawa's blog... the link's on the sidebar.I had the opportunity of contributing to the work in a small little way... I had written an informal article for people to read and sent it to a volunteer.. dunno if and when it'll be used, but anways i think itll be a nice read... have fun :). "
"Slowly, sheepishly a 20 year old lad walked into a near empty hall with hardly 10 people… brightly lit with halogens, the floor spread with carpets, and as he further explored he saw the wall beautifully decorated with charts and upfront he read YES!+ in a big cool font. He realized he was 10 minutes early. As the time for the course to start drew closer, he saw the hall now got filled with a 100 young, nervous and apprehensive minds most of whom were there for the same reasons he was…
To explore their potential, Sudarshan kriya, dump their ‘emotional garbage’,being stress free and to empower themselves with all that it took to do something extraordinary that each one of them dreamed of…all of them were on
YES!+ : Youth Empowerment & Skills workshop! Organized by the Word alliance for youth empowerment(WAYE) in 150 countries…in association with the Art of Living.
And as the workshop began he got a glimpse of the things about to come over the next three days, he was drawn into a big wide smile and his heart excited and enthusiastic! Now that it’s the fourth day and the workshop is about to end his smile is bigger than ever, his eyes drawn to tears… his heart has a mixed feeling of the same joy, enthusiasm, confidence and gratitude. He is amazed by the dynamism of the place,awed by its energy and the loves the way he learnt things with masti,love on the workshop that constituted 100 young minds in their prime! The change he had foreseen came true… with a calm, composed stress free mind he now realizes he is only limited by his mind and he is now truly empowered to dream and to go get his dream!
Now imagine what the same workshop having a lakh young minds could do to you! Here’s an opportunity of a lifetime, get empowered! YES!+ in Mumbai,India starts 18th march… the biggest ever!Dont just watch things happen… make things happen and just do the workshop!"
I've edited just 4-5 words... but apart from all of it is the same...
jaigurudev
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rahul
Hey guys! Nice to be back on this space after quite a stretch... got two nice bits of updates :).
