LIFE

The cry of a new born is LIFE calling out aloud! At that moment, everyone without exception, experiences the power of  that new born - Love Inside Finding Expression. It may sound ironic, that there is JOY in that CRY, for it is the sweet sound of LIFE that heralds one more miracle performed by the creator.

When we reflect on our own living, we might be rudely awakened by the realization that most of are merely Existing and not relishing the true fruits of LIFE. If our day is merely millions of breaths devoid of pleasure, thousands of chores without any appreciation and tight rope walking between seemingly endless deadlines, it is sustenance that drives us and not Love that motivates. When Love is absent inside us, how can we hope to share it with others. The silent cry that is echoed in our vacant eyes, our robotic movements and our near indifferent attitude, is in reality LIFE throttled within us,  seeking a way to express itself in a smile, a touch, infectious enthusiasm and eternal optimism.

We need to ask ourselves if we are creatures of habit or enlightened individuals; fatalist by thinking or daredevils mastering our destiny and can we with hope, faith and confidence let go our inhibitions and LIVE our Love Inside Finding Expression!

Action Points:

• Ask yourself how often you find yourself not in a mood, dejected, bored and depressed? If these or similar feelings plague you often it is time for you to share your concerns with elders / confidants/ friends and / or seek professional help. Very often speaking your problems aloud to someone helps you vent and clears your heart and mind to think and behave more proactively.

• We often tend to magnify our problems and rarely acknowledge the gifts of talents, ability, intelligence and relationships we are blessed with. List out your most worrying thoughts and the most wonderful gifts you have. See if you can find a gift that can alleviate or minimize your worries. You will be amazed how many of your worries actually disappear and you can actually enjoy LIFE.

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SMILE

See My Instant Life Energizer and I immediately realize that my SMILE not only transforms me but impacts every one around me too. A smile can set anything right! Beginning with my mood, it brightens the environment around, charges the people interacting with me with positive energy and paradoxically makes life in general a lot lighter too.

A SMILE comes free, can be given free and you receive it manifold absolutely free. A smile is the antidote for worry, the visible sign of happiness and the hidden reservoir of warmth and cheer. Nothing breaks the ice faster between strangers, than a warm smile. It not only improves the face value but it even touches the heart. A smile can melt hardened hearts, give hope to the despondent, cement friendships, be the instant peacemaker and the omnipresent lingering image of a Loved one!

Action Points:

• Are you smiling in all your photographs- go check a few and ask yourself how come you were so happy at that moment. Many memories will come flooding back and you can again feel the smile on your face.
• Can you visualize the moments that felt heavenly when you got some smiles - it could have been  the smile from grand parents, parents or the smile from your favorite teacher in school or is it the smile from your spouse to be, when you both first met or the smile from your new born?
• Take up the challenge to smile daily at the most non descript people you meet – the cab driver, the lift man, the waiters in restaurants, ticket vendor behind the counter, the beggars on the street corner etc.

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4- Be Alive, Be Real - Embrace LIFE

The second stanza of Longfellow's poem the Psalm of Life which reads as under, is an ode to LIFE :

Life is real! Life is earnest!
And the grave is not its goal;
"Dust thou art, to dust returnest,"
Was not spoken of the soul.

The focus now shifts to Appreciating the LIFE given to us. He urges us to see life as a gift from someone who loves us immensely and therefore the need for us to value it dearly. While death is an inescapable reality, it is LIFE that is God's gift to the HUMAN Race.

Christians believe that man was made from dust and since they bury their dead the third stanza aptly brings out this fact. However in a most dramatic way Longfellow contrasts the irony of LIFE as understood in it's physical form, in the fourth stanza, where he emphasizes that the SOUL is immortal.

We need to ask ourselves the question 'Are we Dead Men/Women walking'? Are we Living Corpses ? or Are we ALIVE, REAL beings valuing the gift of LIFE and Embracing the wonders that LIFE offers us.

Action Points:

• List out the things /events in your life, for which you are grateful to God.
• Apart from prayer, how can you express your appreciation of the gift of LIFE to God?
• In what ways can you contribute to making LIFE wonderful for those less privileged than you?

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       Powering your Spirit to ACT Now.
                  

1- Power Act - Fission of Ideas to Fusion some Action

As the title implies, the focus of this blog is to share a myriad of ideas, thoughts, insights and feelings with the reader, in the hope that it would inspire, motivate, provoke or stimulate thoughts leading to some action. YOU hold the power to ACT and make a difference in your own life as also in the world around you.

It is imperative to point out that what ever your action, it would have some repercussions. Often a positive action leads to positive results, and vice versa but it is not necessarily so. For example telling the truth may lead to punishment or copying in exams could result in good grades. However you can be sure that it is the long term effects of your action that would always be congruent with the type of action you have taken.

Inaction simply leads to stagnation both within your self and in the environment around you.

It is therefore in your interest to act as the poet H.W.Longfellow says in his poem The Psalm of Life - http://www.blupete.com/Literature/Poetry/Psalm.htm

Trust no Future, howe'er pleasant!

Let the dead Past bury its dead!
Act -- act in the living Present!
Heart within, and God o'erhead! 

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             Powering your Spirit to ACT Now.