Life

Whatever happens life goes on, it’s important to keep sprits intact and believe that the year ahead will be a fulfilling one.

Thoughts and feelings create vibration subconsciously or otherwise. Along with this we also have Happiness, Bliss, Fun, Love, Hope, Trimph and many more in Life.

A smile always works wonders.

Three words that lead life to happiness are Live, Love and Laugh.

Friendship

Real friends hurt each other with the truth rather than having the relationship fall apart from lies.

Love

Love is not finding someone to live with, it is finding someone you can’t live without.

I liked this specific sentence on love which I came across today in one of the books: True love is an acceptance of all that is, has been, will be, and will not be ……………

Success

Achieving grip in any field is something very great. Apart from this if he / she is also able to introduce some one and also make them too excel in this field is an art in itself. If one is able to achieve this then he / she will gradually get elevated to higher levels.

1. If you always want Success to be on your side, you should keep updating yourself.
2. You must prepare your Plans and implement them.
3. You should recognize your strengths and weaknesses and overcome weaknesses through introspection.
4. You should get objective feedback from seniors in the field and work on areas of improvement.
5. Increasing your awareness by knowing the growth in your field leads to creative thinking.
6. Once you are successful, avoid being inert in your comfort zone and continue to put in your efforts with renewed rigor.
7. Then Success will follow you with a smile.

A day in Saraswati Vidya Peetam

Saraswathi Vidya Peetam is located in Madhava Patnam and was established by Yandamoori Veerendranath a famous writer and Personality Development expert to combine recreation and education. It reduces the psychological trauma of the students and allows them to tackle the challenges imposed by their parents and educational institutions, loosing somewhere the childhood pleasure that they rightly deserve. For reaching this you can alight at Samarlakota Railway Station near Kakinada in AP and take local road transport for a 20 minutes drive.

This one day training is free and can be utilized by a batch of 40 students from any school and teaches various ways and techniques to make study easy for the student.

Entering into Vidya Peetam is a wonderful feeling; full of trees and flowering plants welcome us to spend some time with them.

As one enters towards right we have the temple of Goddess Saraswati with beautiful natural surroundings. It has an excellent garden with flowering plants, fruit trees, different types of pet animals such as birds, rabbits etc. In the midst of these one will observe a beautiful pond with Lotus flowers and fishes. Once we cross these we will come across more interesting things to play such as Swings, boats for riding in the pond, sliders and balancers during lunch time.

After the temple as we walk ahead we will observe a house and beside it we have steps to go up for our class room. As we enter the class room we see open air surroundings with greenery that touch our heart with occasional train passing by the railway lane adjust to the compound.

In class Yandamoori Veerendranath teaches for about 3 hours how to enjoy as one studies with concentration, simple principles to apply while studying mathematics, the Art of Living and Time Management especially for students to avoid tension before the exam.

He interacts with the students with a Q & A Session and gives surprise gifts for those who give prompt and correct responses and encourages participation by one and all there by achieving self confidence. Apart from this they are also exposed to new world of experience to shrink their phobias and develop attentiveness.

In lunch break the students break out and have lunch in the garden under the trees with cool breeze. After this students spend some time in playing around with whatever fascinates them. Boating and other sport activities unwind their attentiveness; fishing enhances concentration and reduces hyperactivity.

In the evening under the shades of falling sun, sitting near the lake near the temple the students are encouraged to narrate stories to develop the art of public speaking and communication and also reduces their stage fear.

Then all the students gather in the temple and pray to Goddess Saraswathi and take oath to alter some of their hazardous habits like eating junk food, hypersomnia and watching TV and go back to their home with self satisfaction.

It’s a wonderful experience for any student to spend a day like this as it tells them on what they should concentrate during their education which in turn will convert them to future citizens. This is how they end their fun filled day very fruitfully.

Any school that is interested can contact Yandamoori Veerendranath at his mobile number 91 92465 02662 or can reach at yandamoori@hotmail.com and schedule their students for this wonderful experience.

10 Steps to Setting Goals

1. Write your goals on paper.
2. Keep it short and simple.
3. A goal should be a genuine desire: A goal should be something you will work for, something that is important to you. A goal must be passionately desired for it to be achieved.
4. Be realistic but at the same time optimistic: A goal should Push You – it should be something that you have to strive for.
5. Be specific: Be absolutely clear as to what you must do to achieve results and how and when you must do it. Reduce the goal to manageable units.
6. Get to work: Action should speak louder than words.
7. Motivate, Review and Adjust if Necessary: Change the target, make it bigger (Remember be realistic but optimistic). Any achievement is better than no achievement at all.
8. Keep them to yourself: You should keep your personal goals private because there will always be people who will try to discourage you. Don’t give them chance to pull you down with their sinking ship.
9. Set different ranges of goals: Long term goals should not be too specific. The important thing is to have an overall objective in mind. To know where you want to be a few years down the track.
10. Concentrate on smashing through them: When it comes to striving towards a goal don’t stop at the finishing line. Instead set yourself a new target, a new finishing line and a new goal to replace, the one you just lost by winning it.

Holiday

As it is a long week end I woke up late and was lazing around in spite of heavy load of pending work. It is difficult to follow planned Time Management on a week end as against a regular working day. I wanted to start my work and as I could not proceed I strolled down into my little garden and have come across an excellent scene.

The nests built by the birds are generally very impressive. We get surprised at their creativity as they collect small dry flexible sticks and weave them into an excellent nest.

In my little garden they have placed this nest with two young birds between Money Plant and Night Queen. As I watched while one went to fetch the food the other was watching over the young ones. As the bird was returning with food the young ones were jumping with joy to eat. I was watching this happen and gradually all my laziness vanished and has started to do my work with doubled rigor.

Spring

Vasantha rutuvu has a special way of spring ing on us.

Nature is awakening. The earth has been blessed with spring’s gift of immortality.

The flowers bloom and blush with colours - the splender of the rose and the whitness of the lilly.

The jasmines spread sweet fragrance which is nature’s own creation.

Birds on every flowering spray raise their heads to sing with joy at the dawning day.

Happy - Unhappy

“The happiest person is the person who thinks the most interesting thoughts”

The essential difference between the happy person and unhappy person is the difference between Get and Give.

The unhappy person is concerned with what’s in it for me, what are people doing to me and so forth.

But the happy person is looking towards what he can do, what he can give, what he can accomplish.

Value of TIME

Take time to Laugh, it is the Music of the soul.
Take time to Think, it is the Source of Power.
Take time to Read, it is the Fountain of Wisdom.
Take time to Be Friendly, it is the Road to Happiness.
Take time to Give, it is Too Short a Day to be Selfish.
Take time to Work, it is the Price of Success.

Self Motivation

The ants keep moving and never stop at any place. If we place our hand on their way they take a diversion and go in another way. They will never bother for any number of hurdles on their way, and continue their journey uninterruptedly. They never lose their enthusiasm or courage and will continue to put in efforts.

Similarly try pulling grass from the ground and you will observe that with each mother root the child root also gets into the earth and embraces it. If we pull the grass it challenges us and says you can’t do anything to me and grows again.

We being human beings with thought power and intellect in case of any problem, why do we think only in one way and don’t allow our thoughts to think differently and find a way to solve the problem.

Womens Day

A woman has strengths that amaze me.

She is called weak but her courage and guts amaze me.

She is called an emotional fool but her maturity amazes me.

She
· smiles when she feels like screaming
· sings when she feels like crying
· cries when she’s Happy and
· laughs when she’s afraid

She loves unconditionally.

There ‘s only one thing wrong with her, she sometimes forget s what she is worth………….

How to Enjoy the Work

Here we have 3 principles; they are Work, Enjoyment and Doing.

Why should a man work? Man Works to derive satisfaction. A wise man should think to die at his work.

A man’s personality is conglomeration of deeds and activities.

What you are is god’s gift to you. What you become is your gift to god.

Human life – work = 0 (ZERO)

Why should we do work?
1. It keeps you engaged and takes away boredom and frustration.
2. Work should afford full scope for flowering human talent.
3. Work and leisure are interrelated.
4. Leisure encircles the work. Leisure can be enjoyed after real hard work.
5. The word Enjoy is derived from joy. There is no joy in life, if there is no work.
6. Happiness is the state of mind.
7. Every individual is a special kind of artist who can shape his personality. He can beautify his own life and community. A truly educated person always thinks of what, how and why. How can I improve? Why I can’t reach excellence? etc.
8. Happiness and joy can be seen in any work if it is performed properly, orderly, perfectly and ethically.

Planning is the key to success:
1. Plan every day in advance
2. Action without planning is bound to cause failure.
3. Try 10/90 rule – 10% effort in planning and 90% effort in doing work.

Achieving excellence at work:
1. First decide what you must enjoy doing.
2. To understand our relationships with others, we must first understand ourselves.
3. Some of what you do most is what you like least.
4. Life comprises 10% of what happens to us and 90% how we react to what happen to us.

Techniques to achieve excellence at work:
1. Accept responsibility - response + ability
2. Pride - personal responsibility.
3. Avoid 4C’s - Criticizing, Complaining, Competing & Comparing
4. Be fearless - F - False, E - Evidence, A - Appearing, R - Real
5. Duty with desire becomes delight.

Stand out from the Crowd

1. Smile to every one – Not a smirk but a genuine warm smile as Smile increases life expectancy.
2. Greet every one cheerfully.
3. Compliment: If you look hard enough you will always be able to find something in people to sincerely compliment. Make it a habit to start looking into it.
4. Be over – courteous.
5. Praise and pat on the back.
6. Say Thank You.
7. Be a nice person: It’s nice to be important but it’s more important to be nice.
8. Do your good deed for the day.
9. Sing, hum, whistle and be a Ray of Sun Shine.
10. Don’t hold grudges – instead forgive and forget.

Secret of Happiness

To achieve happiness, a person should wish that he wants to be happy. Desire it. Identify it and acknowledge it as much.

Invest in your self – because you are worth it. Every human being wants just one thing - to be happy. If your, self image is positive, you will convey positive to those around you.

Articulate your feelings – Write to the person a warm and sincere note appreciating the gesture. Pick up the phone and send a text. Make it a point to demonstrate your affection by reaching out briefly.

Listen with your heart not just with your ears.

Walk up to the person who has earned your respect and say so. It costs nothing but it goes a long way in long run.

In certain situations extending your help if it leads to a positive outcome, don’t hesitate as one should not walk away as a coward from the current crisis.

Cultivate habits of Reading, Listening to Music or Gardening:
· Reading – Books are true friends as they don’t ask us anything, they are self less and give us knowledge as we read.
· Music – We get great pleasure by listening to good music.
· Gardening - Grow a small garden. My own little garden in my home is very precious to me. One day as I wake up and see a rose in full bloom in my little garden, my sprits rise high with no limit. I take the arrival of each new leaf of every plant as a personal victory.

Money – We all need money to live. But we don’t need to chase it at the cost of everything else in our life.

Good Food has great recall – remembering a memorable meal is a pleasure in itself.

Drink - Don’t drink if you think that the alcohol will take away your sorrow.

Loosing with grace is an art in itself. Win some and loose some, that’s how it goes and always will.

Sound Sleep – Having sound sleep for 6 to 8 hours a day will let you relax well for the next day’s work. Calmness of mind is a beautiful jewel of wisdom.

There is a beautiful word called DAAN which defies accurate translation. It includes kindness and compassion, as much as donation and gifts that you share.

Nothing is impossible – the word impossible itself tells I am possible.

Make sure your identity that which you enjoy more than anything else – success is bound to follow you.