What Is Life?

Life isn’t all about waiting for the storms to pass. It's about learning how to dance in the rain. Be thankful for the rain in your life, which waters the flowers of your soul. And you will regain your happiness, through your contentment and a total submission to the forces of NATURE.

How To Overcome Failure _ Part Three

Draft a new plan: Now is the time to get to work again and start off on a new plan and a new agenda. If your old diet didn’t work, try out a new one. A divorce doesn’t imply that you will not have a successful marriage again. So with a positive outlook create a new plan for your future.

Set your goals: Examine each failure with a goal in mind. If you missed a promotion this year, think about how close you have come to reaching your goal. If your goal seems too big right now, break it into small targets so that you attain it slowly, but steadily. There’s no harm in taking baby steps! With a little success, the past failure is forgotten soon.

Give yourself a break: Sometimes, trying too hard and failing, can take a toll on your physical and mental health. Take a break, go on vacation or simply not pursue what you have been doing for a while. This will give you some time to rekindle and rejuvenate yourself conscience and conviction. As a result, you will be able to come out again as a stronger individual.

Don’t forget "Pain and defeat are the emotions that we immediately feel after failure. But with persistence, determination and patience, that very failure can be molded into success. It might seem difficult at first, but you can surely give them a try!

Always remember "Our greatest glory is not, in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail.

Why Is Your Stomach So Big?

While waiting to see her doctor, a pregnant lady noticed that a three-year old boy was quizzically staring at her stomach. With a broad smile on her face, she asked him, “How may I help you, young man?” Though startled, the little boy asked, “Why is your stomach so big?” 

Amused, the lady smiled again, and replied, “Well, I'm having a baby.” And the little boy asked, “Is the baby in your stomach?” And the lady responded, “He sure is.”  Perplexed, the little boy asked, “Is it a good baby?” Amiably, the lady answered, “Oh, yes. It's a real good baby.” Finally, the little boy asked, “Then, why did you eat him?”

How To Overcome Failure _ Part Two

Look at the other side: Imagine the worst case scenario that you could have landed on. In all probabilities, you are better off right now. So be grateful about what was avoided rather than get disheartened about what you did not achieve.

You learn to take risks: With each failure you understand your own potential and ability to take risks. This in turn only pushes you close to success and enhances your ability to strive for more.

You haven’t failed you have found a new way: “I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.” – Thomas A. Edison.(the inventor of electric lamp) Each failure shows you a newer path and mode to succeed. So think of the failure as a small detour and not really a lost road.

Always remember, “Every adversity, every failure, every heartache carries with it the seed of an equal or greater benefit.” and never forget "You build on failure. You use it as a stepping stone. Close the door on the past. You don’t try to forget the mistakes, but you don’t dwell on it. You don’t let it have any of your energy, or any of your time, or any of your space.” - The key to success is "Fall seven times and get up eight. Never quit.

How Grandpa Got A Stiff Neck

When a five year old boy went to visit his grandparents, and met his grandfather sitting on the porch, in his rocker, wearing only a shirt, and naked from the waist down, he exclaimed, “Grandpa, what are you doing? Your weenie's out and everybody can see it!"

But grandpa looked off in the distance, and didn’t answer. The little asked again, "Grandpa, what are you doing sitting out here with no pants on?" Then grandpa looked at him and said, "Son, last week I sat here with no shirt on. Just watching the cars go by. And I got a stiff neck. This is your grandma's idea."

How To Overcome Failure _ Part One

Be happy that you tried: So what if it did not work out! At least you gave it a shot. Be it quitting a job for a business venture or putting everything at stake for love, at least you will be happy you tried.

Each failure is an opportunity to improve: A failure in any field of life helps you identify your weakness. And with each failed attempt you only get better and learn from your past mistakes. As Socrates rightly said, “The unexamined life is not worth living.”

Think positive: With happy thoughts come, positive energy. Positivity in your life will keep you going through the worst of times and overcoming failure is just a small part of it. So think positive and don’t let failure inject the feeling of negativity and let your self-confidence down.

Never forget that “Failure should be our teacher, not our undertaker. Failure is delay, not defeat. It is a temporary detour, not a dead end. Failure is something we can avoid only by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing.” 

Why Would A Priest Do That?

A truck driver would avenge by running over any policeman he sees walking down the side of the road. Every time he sees a policeman walking along the road, he would swerve to hit him, and there would be a loud "THUMP" and then he would swerve back onto the road. One day, as the truck driver was driving along, he saw a priest hitchhiking. He thought he would do a good turn and pulled the truck over. "Where are you going, Father?" He asked the priest. "I'm going to the church 5 miles down the road," replied the priest. "No problem, Father! I'll give you a lift. Climb in the truck." The happy priest climbed into the passenger seat and the truck driver continued down the road.

Suddenly the truck driver saw a policeman walking down the road and instinctively he swerved to hit him. But then he remembered there was a priest in the truck with him, so at the last minute he swerved back away, narrowly missing the policeman. However even though he was certain he missed the policeman, he still heard a loud "THUD". Not understanding where the noise came from, he glanced in his mirrors and when he didn't see anything, he turned to the priest and said, "I'm sorry Father, I almost hit that policeman." And the priest responded, "That's okay. I got him with the door!"