TRUE FRIENDS
3:43 AM Posted by JUXTAPOSED
Here are some bits of advice telling you the meanings of true friends and hopefully help you to make new true friends and to keep them.
Need to know how to make new friends? Having trouble making new friends? Well these little bits of advice I got off a friendship card will certainly give you a few tips on making new friends. Keep these in mind as you go out and soon you will lots of new TRUE friends. Good Luck!
1. Don't worry about knowing people, just make yourself worth knowing.
2. Be friendly with the folks you know. If it weren't for them you would be a total stranger.
3. Friends are those who speak to you after others don't.
4. The reason a dog has so many friends is that he wags his tail and not his tongue.
5. The way to have friends is to be willing to lose some arguments.
6. Deal with other's faults as gently as if they were your own.
7. A friend is a person who can step on your toes without messing your shine.
8. You will never have a friend if you must have one without faults.
9. You can make more friends by being interested in them than trying to have them be interested in you.
10. A real friend is a person who, when you've made a fool of yourself, lets you forget it.
11. A friend is a person who listens attentively while you say nothing.
12. A friend is someone who thinks you're a good egg even though you're slightly cracked.
. . . and most important, A FRIEND IS A TREASURE!
LEADERSHIP LESSONS FROM THE GREAT ATLANTIC EXPLORER
1:36 AM Posted by JUXTAPOSED
As a bookworm and bibliophile, I worm my way around during book fairs looking out for not just bargains but also gems that I can find. One book which I bought last year for only RM9.90 is “Shackleton’s Way” written by Margot Morrell and Stephanie Capparell with a preface written by Alexandra Shackleton.
A year before that, I had seen the book priced at RM70 and then the price went down to RM30.90 and finally I got it at a 70% discount off that price!
Never in my life did I dream that this book would offer me a rich abundance of lessons for meeting the leadership challenges that one can encounter in life.
A thrilling survival story, “”Shackleton’s Way” makes an inspirational handbook for a new generation of leaders.
He has been called the greatest leader that ever came on God’s earth, bar none. In 1914, Sir Ernest Shackleton led twenty-seven men, for almost two years, through a harrowing fight for their lives after the wreck of their Antarctic vessel, Endurance, left them stranded on an ice floe twelve hundred miles from civilization with no means of communication and no hope for rescue.
The temperatures were so low that men could hear water freeze. They subsisted on a diet of penguins, dogs and seals. And when the ice began to break up, Shackleton set out to save them all on his heroic eight-hundred-mile trip across the frigid South Atlantic - in little more than a rowboat.
Unlike most other polar expeditions, every man survived not only in good health but also in good spirits and every man ascribed it to Shackleton’s superb leadership.
Nearly a century later, this once-overlooked explorer is riding a wave of “Shackleton mania.” Yet nowhere have the secrets of Shackleton’s leadership success been fully analyzed. Shackleton’s Way draws on anecdotes, crew diaries, contemporary material, and interviews with some of today’s leaders to illustrate Shackleton’s tactics.
This book offers readers opportunities to learn how to manage crises with limited personnel and resources, how to create order out of chaos, how to hire good workers, how to support and inspire employees to do their best, and how to lead by personal example–with optimism, egalitarianism, humor, strength, ingenuity, intelligence, and compassion. Shackleton’s Way is a fascinating and practical case study of a leader who triumphed by putting people first and striving for the seemingly impossible when all the odds were against him.
Margot Mowell and Stephanie Capparell have turned Shackleton’s effective methods into a leadership handbook that reads like an adventure story!!! What is brilliant about this book is that the authors have shown me how successful readers have patterned themselves on the incomparable Antarctic explorer. Better still, they have successfully codified his winning strategies for the rest of us.
You must get your hands on this book because Shackleton’s story captures the true essence of leadership to help each person achieve his best in order to achieve what some view as the impossible.
Certainly, the lessons in this book are timeless and invaluable. Please do not miss out on the opportunity to benefit from these timeless lessons.
Happy reading, enjoy the rest of the day!
BALANCE SHEET FOR LIFE
10:01 PM Posted by JUXTAPOSED
Our Death is our Closing Balance
Our Prejudiced Views are our Liabilities
Our Creative Ideas are our Assets
A Heart is our Current Asset
A Soul is our Fixed Asset
The Brain is our Fixed Deposit
Our Thinking is our Current Account
Our Achievements are our Capital
Character & Morals, our Stock-in-Trade
Our Friends are our General Reserves
Our Values & Behaviour are our Goodwill
Patience is our Interest Earned
Love is our Dividend
Our Children are our Bonus Issues
Education is Brands / Patents
Knowledge is our Investment
Experience is our Premium Account
The Aim is to Tally the Balance Sheet of life Accurately.
The Goal is to get the Best Presented Accounts Award.
Some very Good and Very bad things
The most destructive habit is Worry
The greatest Joy is in Giving
The greatest loss is the loss of self-respect
The most satisfying work is in Helping others
The ugliest personality trait is selfishness
The most endangered species is dedicated leaders
Our greatest natural resource is our youth
The greatest "shot in the arm" is Encouragement
The greatest problem to overcome is Fear
The most effective sleeping pill is Peace of mind
The most crippling failure disease is Excuses
The most powerful force in life is Love
The most dangerous pariah is A gossiper
The world's most incredible computer isThe brain
The worst thing is to be without Hope
The deadliest weapon is the tongue
The two most power-filled words are "I Can"
The greatest asset is Faith
The most worthless emotion is Self-pity
The most beautiful attire is SMILE!
The most prized possession is Integrity
The most powerful channel of communication is Prayer
The most contagious spirit is Enthusiasm
The most important thing in life is GOD.
THE RISE OF THE FEMININE WOMAN
9:55 PM Posted by JUXTAPOSED
For thousands of years women have surrendered their power to men. This has become so ingrained in the female psyche that women in most cultures around the world see themselves as second class citizens, and actually believe it is divinely decreed that they subjugate themselves to male dominance. Some male dominated religions as well as political regimes still enforce this belief under pain of drastic sanctions for non compliance.
But the time has come for women to embrace the full power of their wisdom and love. Women are more powerful than they give themselves credit for.
The self-perpetuating illusion of needing to be protected and looked after denies the self-determining creative power of women; denies them the expanse of being that is their birthright and intrinsically inherent in their femininity. In western society, this unfair bias against equality of the genders is gradually breaking down, but insidious remnants of contra-feminine attitudes still appear to surface in most areas of business, politics, sport, media and religion, to name a few.
Can we expect men to go out of their way to change this gender bias? Hardly! They have too much to lose; not the least of which, as many men are discovering, that as women reclaim their personal power and self-confidence in society, some men seem to lose their male identity, succumbing to a defeatist attitude of gender-swapping roles. But it does not have to be this way. In fact, that is not what women want at all.
It is neither submission of one gender to the other, nor dominance of one gender over the other that serves the greater good of either. This is the day and age when both women and men must stand strong and generously in their own unique and beautiful gender roles.
It is our hope for the future that young women and men embrace the opposite sex in an attitude of joy and delight in their differences: equal and opposite. It is these differences that, ironically, contribute to their wholeness. As the next generations allow themselves and each other to express their potential freely, with great joy and for mutual growth and satisfaction, life on this planet will exponentially change for the better.
When will women give themselves permission to be fully and expansively alive: alive and actually in the forefront of thought, of science, of creativity, of religion, of sport, of politics and of business? Bear in mind that women must bring to the table of all these disciplines, their own unique and feminine qualities. They have no need to "make it" in a man's world.
As women's wisdom rises and they begin to believe in their power to control their lives in a powerfully feminine way, our world will discover that love and service are far more effective at breaking down the bias of differences than war and brute force.
The rise of the wise and gentle power of the feminine will allow the forceful masculine need to dominate, to soften into a more enlivening energy, one that works hand in hand with its partner. In a world where the two genders work together in mutual respect and balance, we will initiate an age of peace and growth such as has never been seen before.
It starts with us; with each individual making a conscious shift in expectation of the other, an expectation which sees only generosity and love in the eyes of the other. Let us each make an effort today, so that our children and their children will know only joy and happiness in the full expression of their gender.
Author's Bio
Marie C. Barrett, author and teacher of spirituality, is working for the transformation of consciousness on the planet. An expanded consciousness is forming and higher energies call to every heart. For more information go to holisticwealthcreation.com and see Marie's blog at holisticwealthcreation.com/blog.
A MANUAL FOR LIFE
8:59 PM Posted by JUXTAPOSED
What do you want in a relationship?
This may seem like an easy question yet it can produce some anxiety for some. Perhaps you are afraid to want what you want because you may not actually get it. Or you may realize what you really want may not be available in your current relationship. Stay open and trust that you are taking steps to create the relationship that you desire.
• Let go of your fear and get honest with yourself.
• What is important to you in a relationship? While your list may be long, narrow it down to the five things that are most important.
• Focus on your emotional needs, too. Connecting with how you want to feel centers you in your heart and that is where truth lies.
For example, do you have a relationship that is full of love, support, respect and laughter? Maybe you want a partner who shares your love of the outdoors. Do you want children?
What do you have in your present relationship or what have you had in past relationships?
Do you have any of the items that are on your list?
For example:
• If you say you want a partner who is respectful, is your partner (past or current) treating you with respect? Does he or she honor your feelings, your time and desires? Or are they critical, condescending or verbally abusive?
What is your relationship showing you about yourself?
How much of your value and worth do you see? Are you allowing behaviors in your relationship that may not serve you?
Take the above example and ask yourself:
• Are you being treated with disrespect and disregard? Is that ok with you? If so, why?
• Do you feel uncomfortable and anxious most of the time in your relationship? Or do you feel comfortable and at ease?
What are you willing to do?
Are you willing to become aware of your issues, fears, lack of self worth? What are you willing to heal? Realize that the issues of both partners contribute to the health of the relationship, whether or not you or your partner is aware of them.
Becoming aware allows for growth and creates a healthy environment for relationships to thrive and be authentic.
Ask yourself these questions to gain clarity of what you want:
• What do you have?
• What you are allowing?
• What you are willing to do?
Review the questions periodically and see if your answers change over time. This is one step of healing the past.
Author's Bio
Julie Farha is an intuitive, personal coach, speaker and author of "Exploring Your Potential; Who am I and what am I doing here?". She offers private sessions and interactive seminars/teleseminars and is available for speaking engagements. Julie@JulieFarha.com JulieFarha.com
ALL ABOUT BRAN FLAKES
5:07 PM Posted by JUXTAPOSED
Though not young, they were both in very good health, largely due to the wife's insistence on healthy foods and exercise for the last decade.
One day, their good health didn't help when they went on a rare vacation and their plane crashed, sending them off to Heaven.
They reached the pearly gates, and St. Peter escorted them inside. He took them to a beautiful mansion, furnished in gold and fine silks, with a fully stocked kitchen and a waterfall in the master bath. A maid could be seen hanging their favourite clothes in the closet.
They gasped in astonishment when he said, 'Welcome to Heaven. This will be your home now.'
The old man asked Peter how much all this was going to cost. 'Why, nothing,' Peter replied, 'remember, this is your reward in Heaven..'
The old man looked out the window and right there he saw a championship golf course, finer and more beautiful than any ever built on Earth..
'What are the greens fees?,' grumbled the old man.
'This is heaven,' St. Peter replied. 'You can play for free, every day.'
Next they went to the clubhouse and saw the lavish buffet lunch, with every imaginable cuisine laid out before them, from seafood to steaks to exotic deserts, free flowing beverages.
'Don't even ask,' said St. Peter to the man.. This is Heaven, it is all free for you to enjoy.'
The old man looked around and glanced nervously at his wife.
'Well, where are the low fat and low cholesterol foods and the decaffeinated tea?,' he asked.
That's the best part,' St. Peter replied.. 'You can eat and drink as much as you like of whatever you like and you will never get fat or sick.
This is Heaven!'
The old man pushed, 'No gym to work out at?'
'Not unless you want to,' was the answer.
'No testing my sugar or blood pressure or....'
'Never again. All you do here is enjoy yourself.'
The old man glared at his wife and said, 'You and your bran Flakes. We could have been here ten years ago!'
