Winner or Loser

Have you ever read “Born Loser” comic? If you have read and think that you were born to lose, then believe me, you are most likely not a winner. That’s because you believe so. You are what you think you are! Then you’ll go to bed as a loser. When you weak up the following morning, you will still remain a loser! On the other hand, if you believe in yourself and go to bed thinking yourself as a winner, you’ll get up as a winner. Yes. You are what you think you are.

God created us not by chance. Do you know that we are actually a “Born Winner”? If you have the fundamental knowledge, then you could have realized that you were the first to reach there, in your mother’s womb. Oh yes. You had beaten the rest, hundreds and thousands in number, to get into the ripe ovary. You had won the race to gain life!

There is a “Winner” in every one of us. Therefore, as a winner, you must able to discover and expose your winning potential. You have to develop and maintain a winning attitude. Do you want to know what makes a winner?

• You got to get excited and stay excited all the time in order to keep winning many races in life. In other words, you must have the courage and boldness, deep down inside you, to get up and go for it while others are quitting due to worries and fears. You believe that it can be done and you can do it.

• A winner will never point finger to others and pass the buck. Do not blame others but yourself. You are the one who are supposed to shoulder the responsibility for your own mistakes. A work not done is not done. There are no excuses!

By having a positive attitude, you can do what needs to be done no matter how difficult or impossible the circumstance.

In Matthew 19:26, Jesus looked straight at His disciples and said to them, “With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.” Trust in the Lord. He will show you the way. Then you will find ways and means to do the impossible rather than to make excuses not to do the possible.

• When you are “down”, make sure you have someone to push you “up”. Someone keeps telling you to remain positive, to hang on for a little longer and that things will finally work out for you. Moreover, God is always there with you and to guide you. Don’t quit, that’s a loser’s attitude!

“Get all the advice you can, and you will succeed; without it you will fail” – Proverbs 15:22

• You are either committed or you are not. A total commitment certainly helps you in maintaining a positive attitude, no matter what the circumstances. Stand firm on your commitment!

“I only want to complete my mission and finish the work….” – Act 20:24

When you go to bed, look at the person in the mirror. Are you a loser or do you have a winner’s face? Thank God for what you have accomplished during the day. Feel proud of doing all that you can do for the day. Tell yourself that what you have not done, you are going to do it tomorrow. With that positive thinking and having a strong belief in yourself, you will never go to bed as a loser. Agree?

When you get up from your bed the next morning, look at the person in the mirror again. Now you are sure that you have a winner’s face. Thank God for another new day; this is going to be a great and wonderful day. Tell yourself that you have high hope and desire for all that today will bring. You intend to live every second and every minute of it fully with positive thinking. You are filled with boundless energy and you feel energetic and vigorous today. You are lively, excited, and dynamic to do all that you can do for another day. Every thing is going to be all right and every thing is going to be OK. That’s great! With a 100% commitment, you will wake up as a winner.

To All Who Dream Of An Luxurious Old Age

No More Nursing Home For Elders

A rich couple were on a cruise through the western Mediterranean abroad a princess liner. They noticed an elderly lady sitting alone at the grand stairway in the main dining room. They also observed that all the staff, ship officers, waiters, etc; all seemed very familiar with this old lady.

Curiously to find out who this lady was, they approached a waiter and asked him, thinking that she could be the ship owner. They were amazed when told that he got acquainted with her since she had been on board for the past 4 cruises.

Next evening when they met her again at the dinning room, the rich man said hello to her,“I come to know that you had been on this ship for the past 4 cruises. But I don’t understand?” “It’s cheaper than the nursing room,” the old lady replied, without a pause.

The rich man did a rough calculation. Accordingly, the average cost of a nursing room was USD 200/day. After checking with reservations at Princess, he was told that he could get a long term discount & senior discount price of USD 135/day with a saving of USD 65/day!

Moreover, while traveling on board of Princess Cruise, the benefits included

1) gratuities which would only be USD 10/day,

2) 10 meals a day or even room service of having breakfast in bed
everyday of the week,

3) as many as 3 swimming pools, workout room, free washers and
dryers, and shows ever night,

4) free toothpaste and razors, and free soap and shampoo,

5) being treated as a customer, not a patient. Easily to get help from
the entire staff by giving an extra USD 5.00 worth of tips,

6) the opportunity to meet new people every 7 or 14 days,

7) no problem in getting TV repaired, light bulb changed and
mattress replaced. Everything could be fixed and also apologized for
the inconvenience,

8) provided with clean sheets and towels without even asking,

9) being ended up in Medicare if fall and broken a hip in a nursing
room. But in the Princess ship, the unfortunate passenger would be
upgraded to a suite for the rest of his or her life.

Moreover, one could travel in the Princess ship to see South America, the Panama Canal, Tahiti, Australia, New Zealand, Asia, or wherever the ship’s destination. How nice?

The best of all, the rich man also realized that just in case of a sudden death on board, they would just dump the dead body over the side into the sea at no charge!

Something to share….

Well, well, well. My aging friends, are you thinking of what I am thinking of? Hahaha….

Oh yes. To all children on earth, “Please don’t send your aging parents to nursing rooms anymore. Put them on any cruise will do.” Hehehe……..

LIFE IS MEANT TO BE LIVED

Life is to be lived. No excuses. No reservations. No holding back.

An enchanting story about violinist Fritz Kreisler tells how he once
came across a beautiful instrument he wanted to acquire. When he
finally raised the money for the violin, he returned to buy it and
learned that it had already been sold to a collector.

He went to the new owner's home in order to try to persuade him to
sell the violin. But the collector said it was one of his prized
possessions and he could not let it go. The disappointed Kreisler
turned to leave, but then asked a favor. "May I play the instrument
once more before it is consigned to silence?"

Permission was granted and the great musician began to play. The
violin sang out a quality of music so beautiful that the collector
himself could only listen in wonderment. "I have no right to keep that to myself," he said after the musician finished. "The violin is yours, Mr. Kreisler. Take it into world, and let people hear it."

William Arthur Ward said, "If you believe in prayer, pray; if you
believe in serving, serve; if you believe in giving, give." For you
and I are exquisite violins -- our music is meant to be heard.

I want to live my life that way -- to take it into the world and live
it fully. I'd rather burn out than rust out. I'd rather be used up
than die not having done whatever I could...wherever I would.

I'm not talking about wearing ourselves out on over-activity.
Happiness is never found in excessive busyness. But it is found in
investing our lives in others. Saying YES when asked for a hand.
Volunteering some time for a worthwhile organization. Spending an hour with a lonely relative.

In the end, I know that my happiness will not have been about by my ability or my inability. It will have been about my availability. My life is meant to be lived. ….Steve Goodier

Something to share ....

I believe in sharing, that’s why I like to share good stories, photos, pictures, information and experiences in my blog. How true it is that the act of sharing produces Joy!

Always make ourselves available, for “a friend in need is a friend indeed.” The most important thing in life is to help our friends or even others when they are desperate for help and assistance. When a friend is in need of a job, help him to get one through our connection. When someone is down emotionally or mentally, be there to cheer him up. When our subordinate becomes negative in thinking, talk to him and put words of encouragement into his ears so that he can be motivated and then he feels positive again. Be a candle that can be used to light another one!

God says, “Be generous, and you will be prosperous. Help others, and you will be helped” – Proverbs 11:25

Spend Quality Time With Your Family

Do you have time for your family?

A young man learns what's most important in life from the guy next door.

It had been some time since Jack had seen the old man. College, girls, career, and life itself got in the way. In fact, Jack moved clear across the country in pursuit of his dreams. There, in the rush of his busy life, Jack had little time to think about the past and often no time to spend with his wife and son. He was working on his future, and nothing could stop him.

Over the phone, his mother told him, "Mr. Belser died last night. The funeral is Wednesday."

Memories flashed through his mind like an old newsreel as he sat quietly remembering his childhood days.

"Jack, did you hear me?"

"Oh sorry, Mom. Yes, I heard you. It's been so long since I thought of him.
I'm sorry, but I honestly thought he died years ago," Jack said.

"Well, he didn't forget you. Every time I saw him he'd ask how you were doing. He'd reminisce about the many days you spent over 'his side of the fence' as he put it," Mom told him.

"I loved that old house he lived in," Jack said.

"You know, Jack, after your father died, Mr. Belser stepped in to make sure you had a man's influence in your life," she said.

"He's the one who taught me carpentry," he said. "I wouldn't be in this business if it weren't for him. He spent a lot of time teaching me things he thought were important...Mom, I'll be there for the funeral," Jack said.

As busy as he was, he kept his word. Jack caught the next flight to his hometown. Mr. Belser's funeral was small and uneventful. He had no children of his own, and most of his relatives had passed away.

Jack and his Mom stopped by to see the old house next door one more time on the night before he returned home. Standing in the doorway, Jack paused for a moment. It was like crossing over into another dimension, a leap through space and time. The house was exactly as he remembered. Every step held memories. Every picture, every piece of furniture....Jack stopped suddenly.

"What's wrong, Jack?" his Mom asked.

"The box is gone," he said.

"What box?" Mom asked.

"There was a small gold box that he kept locked on top of his desk. I must have asked him a thousand times what was inside. All he'd ever tell me was the thing I value most," Jack said. It was gone. Everything about the house was exactly how Jack remembered it, except for the box. He figured someone from the Belser family had taken it.

"Now I'll never know what was so valuable to him," Jack said. "I better get some sleep. I have an early flight home, Mom."

It had been about two weeks since Mr. Belser died. Returning home from work one day Jack discovered a note in his mailbox. "Signature required on a package. There was no one at home. Please stop by the main post office within the next three days," the note read.

Early the next day Jack retrieved the package. The small box was old and looked like it had been mailed a hundred years ago. The handwriting was difficult to read, but the return address caught his attention. "Mr. Harold Belser" it read.

Jack took the box out to his car and ripped open the package. There inside was the gold box and an envelope. Jack's hands shook as he read the note inside. "Upon my death, please forward this box and its contents to Jack Bennett. It's the thing I valued most in my life."

A small key was taped to the letter. His heart racing, as tears filling his eyes, Jack carefully unlocked the box. There inside he found a beautiful gold pocket watch. Running his fingers slowly over the finely etched casing, he unlatched the cover.

Inside he found these words engraved: "Jack Thanks for your time! - Harold Belser. "

"The thing he valued most...was...my time," Jack murmured to himself. He held the watch for a few minutes then called his office and cleared his appointments for the next two days. "Why?" Janet, his assistant asked.

"I need some time to spend with my son," he said. "Oh, by the way, Janet... thanks for your time!"

"Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take but by the moments that take our breath away,"

Something to share:

The so-called “Occupational Hazard” is quite true for planters who work in plantations far away from towns. When our children are below school-going age, they can stay with us in the plantations. That's the time we can be with our wife and our children most of the time. However, when our children started going to schools, most of us have to station our families in towns. We can only have time for our families during weekends, public holidays and during our annual leave. The question is, “Do we spend more time with them when we have the time?”

Whenever I think back of the past memories, I do regret that I did not spend much time with my children when they were young even though I had the time to do so. When they have grown up, they have their own circle of friends, colleagues, and even their own families, and then they will have very little time for their parents.

Now it looks like that I can only spend time with them through sms. Consider lucky when they make a call once in a blue moon. My friends, are you feeling the same way as I do? Or do you have to travel long distance to visit your grown up children in far away towns?

Importance Of Having Breakfast

Breakfast can help prevent strokes, heart attack and sudden death.

ADVICE ON NOT TO SKIP BREAKFAST

For those who always skip breakfast, you should stop that habit now! You've heard many times that "Breakfast is the most important meal of the day." Now, recent research confirms that one of the worst practices you can develop may be avoiding breakfast.

Why?

Because the frequency of heart attacks, sudden death, and stroke peaks between 6:00a.m. and noon, with the highest incidence being between 8: 00a.m. and 10:00a.m.What mechanism within the body could account for this significant jump in sudden death in the early morning hours?

We may have an Answer.
Platelet, tiny elements in the blood that keep us from bleeding to Death if we get a cut, can clump together inside our arteries due to cholesterol or plaque buildup in the artery lining. It is in the morning hours that platelets become the most activated and tend to form these internal blood clots at the greatest frequency.

However, eating even a very light breakfast prevents the morning platelet activation that is associated with heart attacks and strokes. Studies performed at Memorial University in St.Johns, Newfoundland found that eating a light, very low-fat breakfast was critical in modifying the morning platelet activation. Subjects in the study consumed either low-fat or fat-free yogurt, orange juice, fruit, and a source of protein coming from yogurt or fat-free milk. So if you skip breakfast, it's important that you change this practice immediately in light of this research.

Develop a simple plan to eat cereal, such as oatmeal or Bran Flakes, along with six ounces of grape juice or orange juice, and perhaps a piece of fruit.

This simple plan will keep your platelets from sticking together, keep blood clots from forming, and perhaps head off a potential Heart Attack or stroke.

SO NEVER EVER SKIP BREAKFAST!

Something to share….

We have often heard or have been told that we should "eat like a King" in the mornings meaning that the breakfast we take is able to provide us energy and vitality throughout the morning. To start work with an empty stomach will definitely affects our alertness in performance as we will soon feel hungry and lack of energy.

Some people have the habit of eating breakfast late and skip their lunch. So they prefer to have "brunch" instead of breakfast and lunch. This may upset our digestion system! Afterall, what I understand is that "breakfast" is to break the fast during our sleeping time when we do not have any food consumption. By the time we wake up, our stomach is already empty and it's time to take in new food to get the digestion system resuming its work.

Now we learn that if we skip breakfast, we are putting great risk of getting heart attack or stroke, we better think twice on the importance of taking breakfast.

Always remember, we EAT TO LIVE!

Flying Geese

Lesson 1:
Sharing the same direction and working as a team, get us to the destination quicker and easier. By helping ourselves, the accomplishments are greater!

Lesson 2:
By staying in tune and united besides those who are going in the same direction, the effort will be less. It will be easier and pleasing to reach the goal. Everyone will be inclined to accept and give help.

Lesson 3:
To share the leadership, there must be mutual respect between us all the time…. Sharing the hardest problems and tasks…. Gathering our abilities and combining our faculties, talents and resources….

Lesson 4:
When there is courage and encouragement, the progress is greater…. A timely word of encouragement, always motivates, helps and strengthens…. It produces the best of benefits….

Lesson 5:
Let’s stay beside each other no matter what the differences. Specially in times of difficulty and great challenges….

If we are bond together and support each other…. If we make true the spirit of teamwork.... Regardless of our differences, we can rise to meet our challenge.

If we understand the real value of friendship…. If we are aware of the feeling of sharing…. LIFE WILL BE EASIER AND THE PASSING OF YEARS MORE FULFILLING….