The good you do comes back to you

TRUE STORY

A woman baked chapati for members of her family and an extra one for a

hungry passerby. She kept the extra chapati on the Window-sill, for

whosoever would take it away.

Everyday, a hunchback came and took away the chapati. Instead of

expressing gratitude, he muttered the following words as he went his

way: “The evil you do remains with you: The good you do, comes back to

you!”

This went on, day after day. Everyday, the hunch-back came, picked up

the chapati and uttered the words: “The evil you do, remains with you:

The good you do, comes back to you!”

The woman felt irritated. “Not a word of gratitude,” she said to

herself… “Everyday this hunchback utters this jingle! What does he

mean?”

One day, exasperated, she decided to do away with him. “I shall get rid

of this hunchback,” she said. And what did she do? She added poison to

the Chapatti she prepared for him! As she was about to keep it on the

window sill, her hands trembled. “What is this I am doing?” she said.

Immediately, she threw the chapati into the fire, prepared another one

and kept it on the window- sill. As usual, the hunchback came, picked

up the chapati and muttered the words: “The evil you do, remains with

you: The good you do, comes back to you!” The hunchback proceeded on

his way, blissfully unaware of the war raging in the mind of the

woman.

Everyday, as the woman placed the chapati on the window-sill, she

offered a prayer for her son who had gone to a distant place to seek

his fortune. For many months, she had no news of him.. She prayed for

his safe return.

That evening, there was a knock on the door. As she opened it, she was

surprised to find her son standing in the doorway.. He had grown thin

and lean. His garments were tattered and torn. He was hungry, starved

and weak. As he saw his mother, he said, “Mom, it’s a miracle I’m

here.

“While I was but a mile away, I was so famished that I collapsed. I

would have died, but just then an old hunchback passed by. I begged of

him for a morsel of food, and he was kind enough to give me a whole

chapati.

“As he gave it to me, he said, “This is what I eat everyday: today, I

shall give it to you, for your need is greater than mine!” “

As the mother heard those words, her face turned pale. She leaned

against the door for support. She remembered the poisoned chapati that

she had made that morning. Had she not burnt it in the fire, it would

have been eaten by her own son, and he would have lost his life! It

was then that she realized the significance of the words:

“The evil you do remains with you: The good you do, comes back to you!”

Do good & Remain Blessed!
Don’t ever stop doing good, even if its not appreciated at that time.

BE APPRECIATIVE ENOUGH

Be Grateful
There was
a blind girl who hated herself because she was blind. She
hated everyone, except her loving boyfriend. He was always
there for her. She told her boyfriend, ‘If I could only see
the world, I will marry you.’

One day,
someone donated a pair of eyes to her. When the bandages
came off, she was able to see everything, including her
boyfriend.

He asked
her,’Now that you can see the world, will you marry me?’ The
girl looked at her boyfriend and saw that he was blind. The
sight of his closed eyelids shocked her. She hadn’t expected
that. The thought of looking at them the rest of her life
led her to refuse to marry him.

Her
boyfriend left in tears and days later wrote a note to her
saying: ‘Take good care of your eyes, my dear, for before
they were yours, they were mine.’

This is
how the human brain often works when our status changes.
Only a very few remember what life was like before, and who
was always by their side in the most painful situations.

Today
before you say an unkind word – Think of someone who can’t
speak.

Before
you complain about the taste of your food – Think of someone
who has nothing to eat..

Before
you complain about your husband or wife – Think of someone
who’s crying out to GOD for a companion.

Today
before you complain about life – Think of someone who went
too early to heaven..

Before
whining about the distance you drive Think of someone who
walks the same distance with their feet.

And when
you are tired and complain about your job – Think of the
unemployed, the disabled, and those who wish they had your
job.

And when
depressing thoughts seem to get you down – Put a smile on
your face and think: you’re alive and still
around..

“Don’t ever save anything for a special occasion. Because u may never live to enjoy it”

My brother-in-law opened the bottom drawer of my sister’s bureau and lifted out a tissue-wrapped package. “This,” he said, “is not a slip. This is lingerie.” He discarded the tissue and handed me the slip. It was exquisite; silk, handmade and trimmed with a cobweb of lace. The price tag with an astronomical figure on it was still attached.
“Jan bought this the first time went to New York, at least 8 or 9 years ago. She never wore it. She was saving it for a special occasion. Well, I guess this is the occasion.” He took the slip from me and put it on the bed with the other clothes we were taking to the mortician. His hands lingered on the soft material for a moment, then he slammed the drawer shut and turned to me. “Don’t ever save anything for a special occasion. Because u may never live to enjoy it”
Every day you’re alive is a special occasion. I remembered those words through the funeral and the days that followed when I helped him and my niece attend to all the sad chores that follow an unexpected death. I thought about them on the plane returning to California from the Midwestern town where my sister’s family lives. I thought about all the things that she hadn’t seen or heard or done. I thought about the things that she had done without realizing that they were special. “It is what you do that is special not what you keep”
I’m still thinking about his words, and they’ve changed my life. I’m reading more and dusting less. I’m sitting on the deck and admiring the view without fussing about the weeds in the garden. I’m spending more time with my family and friends and less time in committee meetings. Whenever possible, life should be a pattern of experience to savor, not endure. I’m trying to recognize these moments now and cherish them.
I’m not “saving” anything; we use our good china and crystal for every special event— such as losing a pound, getting the sink unstopped, the first camellia blossom. I wear my good blazer to the market if I feel like it. My theory is if I look prosperous, I can shell out #1,200.49 for one small bag of groceries without wincing. I’m not saving my good perfume for special parties; clerks in hardware stores and tellers in banks have noses that function as well as my party-going friends’.
“Someday” and “one of these days” are losing their grip on my vocabulary. If it’s worth seeing or hearing or doing, I want to see and hear and do it now. I’m not sure what my sister would have done had she known that she wouldn’t be here for the tomorrow we all take for granted. I think she would have called family members and a few close friends. She might have called a few former friends to apologize and mend fences for past squabbles.
I like to think she would have gone out for a Chinese dinner, her favorite food. I’m guessing — I’ll never know. It’s those little things left undone that would make me angry if I knew that my hours were limited. Angry because I put off seeing good friends whom I was going to get in touch with-someday. Angry because I hadn’t written certain letters that I intended to write — one of these days. Angry and sorry that I didn’t tell my husband and daughter often enough how much I truly love them. I’m trying very hard not to put off, hold back, or save anything that would add laughter and luster to our lives. And every morning when I open my eyes, I tell myself that it is special.
Every day, every minute, every breath truly is…a gift from God.
If you’re too busy to take the few minutes that it would take right now to send this to ten people, would it be the first time you didn’t do that little thing that would make a difference in your relationships?
I can tell you it certainly won’t be the last. I don’t have to make up silly stories about people being hit by buses or crushed by falling disco balls for not sending this letter on. You’ve seen the result of this neglect in your own relationships that you have allowed to fade, dissolve, and fall into disrepair.
Take this opportunity to set a new trend. Take a few minutes to send this to a few people you care about, just to let them know that you’re thinking of them. It’s even better if they’re not the people you already correspond with every week.

HANDBOOK 2009

HANDBOOK 2009
Health:
1. Drink plenty of water.
2. Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner
like a beggar.
3.. Eat more foods that grow on trees and plants and eat less
food that is manufactured in plants.
4. Live with the 3 E’s — Energy, Enthusiasm and Empathy.
5. Make time to pray.
6. Play more games.
7. Read more books than you did in 2008.
8. Sit in silence for at least 10 minutes each day.
9. Sleep for 7 hours.
10. Take a 10-30 minutes walk daily. And while you walk,
smile.
Personality:
11. Don’t compare your life to others’. You have no idea what
their journey is all about.
12. Don’t have negative thoughts or things you cannot control.
Instead invest your energy in the positive present moment.
13. Don’t over do. Keep your limits..
14. Don’t take yourself so seriously. No one else does.
15. Don’t waste your precious energy on gossip.
16. Dream more while you are awake.
17. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.
18. Forget issues of the past. Don’t remind your partner with
His/her mistakes of the past. That will ruin your present happiness.
19. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone. Don’t hate
others.
20. Make peace with your past so it won’t spoil the present.
21. No one is in charge of your happiness except you.
22. Realize that life is a school and you are here to learn.
Problems are simply part of the curriculum that appear and fade away
like algebra class but the lessons you learn will last a lifetime.
23. Smile and laugh more.
24. You don’t have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.
Society:
25. Call your family often.
26. Each day give something good to others.
27. Forgive everyone for everything.
28. Spend time w/ people over the age of 70 & under the age of 6
29. Try to make at least three people smile each day.
30. What other people think of you is none of your business.
31. Your job won’t take care of you when you are sick. Your
friends will. Stay in touch.
Life:
32. Do the right thing!
33. Get rid of anything that isn’t useful, beautiful or joyful.
34. GOD heals everything..
35. However good or bad a situation is, it will change.
36. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.
37. The best is yet to come.
38. When you awake alive in the morning, thank GOD for it.
39. Your Inner most is always happy. So, be happy.
Last but not the least:
40. Please Forward this to everyone you care about

One Way to a Six-Figure Income: Higher Education

Tresure friend,

In today’s economy, it can feel as if there are few jobs to be had, much less ones with six-figure salaries attached. However, there are careers to be found in a range of fields that can boost your earning power. What’s more, you can achieve a high income without a doctorate or a law degree.
Of course, achieving a six-figure salary will always require hard work and motivation. There are no free rides or successful get-rich-quick schemes. Sometimes continuing your education is the best way to prepare for a new career.
Below are some steps that may help you take your current salary to new heights.
Consider the benefits of online education.

Online training programs offer an alternative to traditional in-classroom education that can be very appealing for working students. Pursuing an online degree, whether it’s a bachelor’s, associate’s, or higher, allows you to study from home, at your own pace, so you can keep your current job while training for a better one.

Scenario 1: Earn a two-year associate’s degree.
Believe it or not, there are some high-paying careers out there that you can prepare for with about two years of study. For example, court reporters are known to pull in six-figure salaries, and often train for their careers with just one year to 33 months of study. If you’re surprised to see this career on the list, consider that court reporters often take on freelance work in addition to their regular hours to significantly boost their incomes. While the average salary for a court reporter technically weighs in at about $48,000, many use freelance opportunities to top the $100,000 mark.

Scenario 2: See where a bachelor’s degree can take you.
Train for a career in fine arts, finance, or technology, and find high-paying careers in each area. Art directors average about $83,000 annually, with the top 25 percent earning over $100,000 per year. Many art directors hold a bachelor’s degree in fine arts. Some begin their careers as graphic artists in advertising, publishing, design, or film, and work their way up to the position of art director while proving themselves through experience and hard work.
In the financial sector, actuaries pull in hefty salaries assessing risks and their financial impacts while often working for insurance companies. The mean annual salary for an actuary is $95,420. A bachelor’s degree in mathematics, statistics, actuarial science, or business should offer solid footing for you to embark upon this career path.
If your interests lie in technology and IT, consider becoming a Web systems manager. The mean annual salary for this career is $113,880, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The top 25 percent can earn over $136,000 per year. A bachelor’s degree is a common requirement for IT managers, along with a strong knowledge of computers and management practices. A degree in management information systems may be especially helpful.

Scenario 3: Looking beyond a bachelor’s — let education take you higher.
If you already hold a bachelor’s degree and are looking to advance within your current field, consider the options that might be possible with a master’s degree.
Becoming an educational administrator can be a great option for teachers looking to advance their careers with a two-year master’s degree. In most cases, a master’s in educational administration or educational leadership is required, as well as related experience in teaching or school administration.
A high school principal might expect to earn around $92,000 annually, according to the BLS, while a chief academic officer can earn over $140,000 per year.
Look into further career training.
Research your potential new career, what further experience you might need, and how to get it. In today’s fast-paced job market, current job skills are essential, especially if your career involves using computers or technology in any way. Many professionals remain at the top of their careers with short educational stints or extra certifications in their fields.

Do what makes you happy — the money will follow.
You’ve heard it from everyone from your mom to Oprah: Do what makes you truly happy, and the financial side of things will fall into place. While it may be difficult to swallow this notion when you’re about to leap into a career change, you will likely be happy you did, especially if you follow these guidelines.

RETURNS LOVE

Treasure Friend,

While a man was polishing his new car, his 4 yrs old son picked up stone & scratched lines on the side of the car. In anger, the man took the child’s hand & hit it many times, not realizing he was using a WRENCH. At the hospital,the child lost all his fingers due to multiple fractures. When the child saw his father…with painful eyes he asked “DAD WHEN WILL MY FINGERS GROW BACK?”

The man was so hurt and speechless; he went back to his car and kicked it a lot of times. Devastated by his own action…sitting in front of that car he looked at the scratches, the child had written ‘ I LOVE YOU DAD’.  The next day that man committed suicide. Anger and love has no limits; Choose the latter to have a beautiful and lovely life. Nothing hurt and painful than when you love someone who doesnt love you in returns.

The supreme  happiness is the conviction that we are loved.

bless your heart.

THE HABIT OF READING IS A GOLDMINE

THE EMINENT MINDS…mind of a champion.

“Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it spring the issues of life” (Proverbs 4:23) In Greek, the word “mind” is called “nous” means the seat of reflective consciousness, the faculties of perception and understanding. The word “think” from Greek is known as “dionoia” means think through, over, a meditation reflecting, faculty of knowing. Likewise “ennoia” means ideas, notion, intent, mind. If we could look at these words, they are for reflection, perception, conscience and seat of knowing and understanding. According to the scripture quoted above, in compare with the definition of the underlined word, it clearly seen that out of your mind there the issues of life flows, what where the issues? They are the ways to the top, the ways of excellence, influence, affluence, impartation and goodwill. How do you keep your heart which is your mind that do the thinking diligently? For your mind to be productive in thinking through there must be diligence. Let first examine what diligence means in dictionary. Diligence stand for or means work hard, or done with careful and effort; that means your mind must WORK-HARD! Thinking is work! You can’t have result positively without labouring in thinking and meditation. Therefore to possess a diligent mind that produces a positive thinking you must nurture your mind by READING.

Your mind can only produce result if you learn how to feed your mind with books, if you feed your mind with the truth, your mind will feed you. There are so many books out there that can helps your thinking processing and also vis-à-vis there others that they were written to destroy your thinking faculty, that is why I am going to emphasis the HABIT OF READING in this article that is in your hands, I believe if you stay long enough in library you will be librated. Somebody says “there is no different between somebody who can reads but doesn’t read and somebody who cannot read at all”. The fact that so many people could not think thru to opportunities around them is because they are blind mentally and intellectually, but the only cure to heal the blindness of mind is reading.

The really blind person is the one who possess the golden opportunity to read but not cultivated and is not interested in cultivating a reading habit. Reading enriches the thinking process, the greatest mind, an eminent mind, on earth were sharpened through reading great books. The mind is a power station, a library and a seat of knowledge. Warren Buffet, the world’s richest man, at the age of 12, when his mates played football or read comics, spent hours in front of financial journals daily. It was in school one Day that he found a copy of a book on which his golden principles of investment are based. The secret of success lies in the middle of a book; there you can find courage, strength and wisdom to beat your dream. Paul Allen and Bill Gates were said they locked themselves in library to study macro-computer until they were able to write out the computer terms-the Microsoft-which was bought over by the then IBM at the age of 21 and 19 respectively, today they are among the richest folks. On 27th June, 2008, Bill Gates retires to his wealth after he has ruled the richest folks for 10 consecutive years. The Bible also talks about learning how to be a noble among others when he was talking about a set of people in the book of the Apostle (Acts 17) talking about the Berean church of how searchable they were in the scripture than other churches; Likewise the apostles were said they performed miracle in the chapter 4 of the same book, and people were amazed about their teachable ability without attending UNILAG, OXFORD, HARVARD etc.

We must never stop growing in our mind because that is the source of what we will become. Your knowledge must be constantly tested by the challenges you face and the problems you solve. Every time you cannot solve a problem, it’s because there is something you need to know. I told a friend of mine that “if you welcome challenges, you will become a product of testimony”. A reader today is a leader tomorrow! The first Nigerian President, the late Nnamdi Azikwe, said in his-story that as a boy, he read the story of Abraham Lincoln, from the log house to the white house. The story showed how a poor boy who was born in a village wooden house developed a strong habit of reading, how he went from house to house borrowing books to read, the poor boy read his way to be a lawyer and become one of the most loved American presidents in the white house. Azikwe read this book and said “may this happen to me too” Alas! It happens to him 30 years later, he became the president of Nigeria. What you read is what you become. Genius is not a gift; it is the simple and direct product of focused hard work and long hours of reading. When an avid reader stops reading, the well of wisdom slowly dries up and the fountain of knowledge stops flowing. Reading is a form of silent conversation, in reading we think, ruminate, communes with the writer and suck the juice of knowledge. Books inspire, challenge and teach. Books are food for mind, is a message from people will may never see, some live thousand miles away but they can talk to us on the pages of a book. Charlie Jones said “ you will be the same person in 5 yrs as you are today except for the books you read and the people you meet” for books makes you think big, pick ideas and see opportunities, if we encounter a man of rare talent, we should ask him what books he reads. The books we read have an unusual power to change our lives forever because when we read them, we forced to focus on their content until we are through with reading.

Good food makes our bodies grow and develop in a healthy way but a bad food is poisonous to the body such is a good book, its pour fire to souls causing mental and spiritual growth, while bad books cause disorder in character and reduce the success potential of the reader. Bad books are like bad friends; they have the ability to corrupt. Our lives are shaped and affected by the things we constantly see in our minds, the thoughts we focus on. I found out that we see life through the books we read, we think like the books we read, we talk like the books we read, our lives are pattern after our most common thoughts, our belief are changed and shaped by the books we read, our wisdom is limited, increased or decreased by the books we read. Your mind must be trained so that it can govern your thoughts, you can’t think big if you don’t train your mind. “Every positive advice is an opportunity for progress” Brethren, what you don’t know is what you pay for, but you can make a choice today that will change your life forever, you can choose to pierce through the veil of ignorance and vow to become an eminent thru reading.

Education does not begin nor end in a classroom, infact, I said it several time that institution gives qualification, but what you learn after school is called education. Every moment has a lesson, every place is a school and your greatest university is the universe. Develop an inquisitive mind. A Chinese proverb says “he who asks question is a fool for 5 minutes, he who does not ask a question is a fool forever” ask your book questions about your progress! Ideas are the ink by which we draw the blueprint of our lives on the canvas of our minds. Every book that comes your way is an opportunity. Start today where the greater thinkers of yesterday stopped. If you don’t like who you are, start reading something new. Check this out: Our reading forms the basis of our thoughts, our thoughts produce our actions, our actions become our character, our character is who we really are and this affects what we achieve or do not achieve. Today, you can break the backbone of failure, lack and discouragement. You will become what you spend time with. If you spent time in the past reading novels where the most common content is broken marriages, cheating in relationships, and flirtation, you can break that habit today.

We become what we read and we read ends up happening to us. If you want to be successful read successful motivational books. It will not be important to anyone what you have spent your time doing and reading habit will not impress many but wait till your middle age when men will lack ideas and women become discourage, they will all turn to you for wisdom. It doesn’t matter what a champion does during training periods, but when contest time comes and he wins a gold medal, everyone’s attention is drawn. Mohammed Ali quoted that “I hate every minutes of my training, but I kept telling myself, keep on, keep on, do it now so that you will live the rest of your life as a champion”. If you want to rule your world, as a champion, learn to think like a champion. There is nothing like lucky but knowing and doing the right thing is wisdom. All change starts in the mind. It starts with knowing something new so that you can do something different.

Foolishness is doing things the same way and expects different result. Let those who want to champ their generation by something different to start reading now; from there the right thoughts source out and that is where the issues of life spring from.

Till I hear about you as the next world changer, keep reading! Wishing you the best heart of teachable.

Hello world, i am here!

you are welcome to my world! let flow, talk and share things in common dear.