Each one of us has the emotional tank. We need to fill up our emotional tank so that we would not feel dry and depressed. One of the ways to fill up our emotional tank is to go for a holiday at beautiful place. You can gaze at beautiful lake like in this picture and fill up your emotional tank.
I came across this picture. It is one of those touching moments. Words sometimes can’t describe the awe of seeing beautiful moments like the one in this picture. But that is the beauty of human feelings. Tender, gentle, cute, awhh, sigh, and something stirred in my heart when I look at this picture. Treasure it.
As much as men complain about not being able to understand women, women too find men very difficult to comprehend. Women wants the attraction from men and wish to be the Women men adore. It is a simple yet complicated relationship of a man and a woman. Everyone has some ideas of what the relationship should be and sometimes strives very hard to find that ideal guy or girl.
I realized that there is no “perfect marriage” or “perfect relationship” here on earth. What can be done is not so much blaming and shouting angrily “What is it about them!” but to humble oneself to build up that relationship. If you need more help on this area, you can check out the book by Bob Grant, “The Woman Men Adore… And Never Want To Leave”.
I found that this simple story interesting and worth giving a thought. The way we see things and respond to it will make a whole lot of difference. Enjoy this simple story.
A soldier stationed in Afghanistan recently received a letter from his girl friend back home. It read as follows:
Dear Ricky,
I can no longer continue our relationship. The distance between us is just too great. I’m sorry. Please return the picture of me that I sent to you.
Love, Becky
The soldier, with hurt feelings, asked his fellow soldiers for any snapshots they could spare of their girlfriends, sisters or ex-girlfriends.
In addition to the picture of Becky, Ricky included all the other pictures of the pretty gals he had collected from his buddies. There were 57 photos in that envelope along with this note:
Dear Becky,
I’m so sorry, but I can’t quite remember who the hell you are.
Please take your picture from the pile, and send the rest back to me.
Take Care,
Ricky
Moral of the story: If you can’t change your fate, change your attitude.
Everyone of us portrays some kind of image to others. Some people are better known than others. This is because they “market” their image to the public. It is the same in business. Some brands are better known than others. Most people would know about Coca-Cola, Nike, Adidas, Wal-Mart, Microsoft and a few other brands. Why? Because they have marketed that product names and people recognized that products and its quality.
Those who do business would have heard of Donald Trump and his business successes. People would have some idea of him and in a way that idea or impression of him is his branding. Likewise if you already have a business, you already have a brand and the way you present your business is creating an outward impression to others, and that impression is your branding. However, you need to manage that impression with proper brand development. How are you going to do that? Well, the good news is that you can get the Free Report from Trump University that will show you in depth about the many things you need to do for branding your business. It is worth the reading and the knowledge will surely help you and your business.
Went for supper just now. At the food stall, they were showing a movie from Astro called Coach Carter. I watched this movie before and love the story. Samuel L. Jackson starred as Coach Carter who knows what is better for the basketball players. I would encourage you to watch the movie if you have not watched it. Here are some of the quotes from the movie that I find very inspiring and would like to share in this post.
Timo Cruz: Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine as children do. It’s not just in some of us; it is in everyone. And as we let our own lights shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.
Coach Ken Carter: [to the people in attendance at the board hearing] You really need to consider the message you’re sending this boys by ending the lockout. It’s the same message that we as a culture send to our professional athletes; and that is that they are above the law. If these boys cannot honor the simple rules of a basketball contract, how long do you think it will be before they’re out there breaking the law? I played ball here at Richmond High 30 years ago. It was the same thing then; some of my teammates went to prison, some of them even ended up dead. If you vote to end the lockout, you won’t have to terminate me; I’ll quit.
Jason Lyle: You said we’re a team. One person struggles, we all struggle. One person triumphs, we all triumph.
Coach Ken Carter: l came to coach basketball players, and you became students.
Coach Ken Carter: l came to teach boys, and you became men.
Growing old can be very difficult. The changes that happens to the body can sometimes be hard to accept. Some people find it difficult to accept the changes and as a result of that they make other people’s life difficult. It could be so bad that their families are torn apart. It is indeed a big challenge for their children to cope with the change of behaviors and attitude. With a little bit of information and support from others these old folks can learn to grow old gracefully.
A few of these older folks have learned to grow old gracefully. Well, maybe not the actual gracefully but more so of “popfully”. Instead of just languishing in nursing home and tired of watching young X-Factor wannabes, one group of Bromsgrove pensioners formed their own pop group. They called themselves The Silver Hoodies. You can read more about them at bettercaring.com.
Do check out Bettercaring.com as you can find interesting and informative articles on how to care for elderly people. You can look at the care options that are available at the website so that you can arrange the right kind of care. You can also receive tips on from care experts. With better caring you can help the elderly grow old gracefully or maybe “popfully”.
Since today is a public holiday we decided to go to the beach. There is a nice spot near our house, about 4km. Prepared the children (meaning changing their clothes to beachwear clothes) and off we went. Stopped by at the shopping centre we bought some titbits. Found a nice spot and immediately the two girls sat down and started playing with the sand. Barnabas followed suit.
The children enjoyed themselves with the sand. As for me, I just enjoyed the time lying down and relaxing on the mat under the shade of the pine trees. The weather is not so hot and there are many other picnickers at the beach, relaxing and swimming in the water. Before we realized it, it is already noon time. Cleaned up and off we went back home, stopping by at a restaurant to tapau food for the children.
Preached on the 1 Kings 19:9b-18 about prophet Elijah. One point that we can learn from that passage is about being in the cave.
In that passage, Elijah was at the mountain of Horeb, the mountain of God. Mount Horeb represents the presence of God. Elijah was at the mountain of Horeb and yet he stays in the cave. Furthermore, he was so focused on his situation at that time i.e. the threat from Jezebel, that being at the mountain of Horeb does not affect his perspective. Ironically, instead of gazing at the beautiful scenery from the mountain of God and be amazed at the beauty of God’s creation, Elijah stayed in the cave, in the darkness. In a way, that shows Elijah’s condition before God, in darkness fearing for his life.
God had to ask him to go out from the cave. This is a good analogy to use. God wants Elijah to go out from his darkness and fears. It is only when Elijah was out from the cave that he can see the powerful manifestation of God’s power in the wind, earthquake and fire.
Likewise we should not focus solely on our problems and being fearful. God is able to save and bring you out from your problem. There is no problem too big for God. What He is asking us to do is to go out from the cave and see His mighty power at work.
Lately we have been noticing Clarissa’s emotional development. As she is nearing her 3 birthday which is very soon, she is very aware of her other people’s moods. And she is learning about her own moods too. We can see that her dispositions, sometimes quiet, sometimes adventurous or even gregarious are becoming more apparent.
Everytime when she does not get something that she wants, she will cry with tears easily coming out from her eyes. Then she will cry out, “I want mommy, I want mommy” or “I want daddy, I want daddy” even though it was the mommy or daddy that scolded her. She is now easily hurt by unkind words. Another development that we noticed is that she would try and get our attention as much as possible. There seems to be an unspoken contest between her and her older sister Annabelle. Whenever we praised Annabelle for being able to do something, Clarissa would also try to get the same praises. Of course we do praise her for her efforts.
If your children are behaving like Clarissa, do not scold them. Yes, it can be very irritating at times but do understand that this is a stage that your children have to go through. It is a good emotional development for your children as it helps them to be aware of the various emotions that God has given to us human beings. A general respect for how they respond to the world will help them feel accepted. So let them know you love them just the way they are.
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