EVERY DAY IS A GOOD DAY

THINK A GOOD DAY -
1. To make a good day, first see it good in your conscience.
2. Do not allow any mental reservation that it will not be good.
3. Events are largely governed by creative thought, so a positive concept of the day will strongly tend to condition it to be as imaged.

THANK A GOOD DAY -
1. Give thanks in advance for the good day ahead.
2. Thanking and affirming a good day helps make it so.

PLAN A GOOD DAY -
1. Specifically and definitely know what you propose to do with the day.
2. Plan your work and work your plan.

PUT GOOD INTO THE DAY -
1. Put bad thoughts, bad attitudes, bad actions into a day, and you will take on bad characteristics.
2. Put good thoughts, good attitudes, good actions into a day, and they will make the day good.

PRAY A GOOD DAY -
1. Begin each day with that powerful affirmation: "This is the day which the Lord has made; we will rejoice and be glad in it."
2. Start the day with a prayer and finish it the same way.
3. Then it is bound to be good even if it brings tough experiences.

FILL THE DAY WITH ENTHUSIASM -
1. Give the day all you have got, and it will give you all it has got, which will be plenty.
2. Enthusiasm will make a big difference in any day and in any job.

FAILURE - TEN POSITIVE ATTITUDES

1. Faliure doesn't mean you are a failure -
It does mean you haven't succeeded yet.
2. Failure doesn't mean you have accomplished nothing -
It does mean you have learnt something.
3. Failure doesn't mean you have been a fool -
It does mean you had a lot of faith.
4. Failure doesn't mean you have been discouraged -
It does ean you were willing to try.
5. Failure doesn't mean you don't have it in you -
It does mean you have to do it in a different way.
6. Failure doesn't mean you are inferior -
It does mean you are not perfect.
7. Failure doesn't mean you have wasted your life -
It does mean you have a reason to start afresh.
8. Failure doesn't mean you should give up -
It does mean you must try harded.
9. Failure doesn't mean you will never make it -
It does mean it will take a little longer.
10. Failure doesn't mean God has abandoned you -
It dows mean God has a better idea for you.

YOUTH

1. Youth is not a time of life; it is a state of mind.
2. It is not a matter of rosy cheeks, red lips and supple knees; it is a matter of the will, a quality of the imagination, a vigour of the emotions and the freshness of the deep springs of life.
3. Youth means a tempramental predominance of courage over timidity of the appetite, for adventure over the love of ease.
4. Nobody grows old merely by the number of years, and youth often exists in a man of 60 more than a boy of 20.
5. We grow old by deserting our ideals.
6. Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul.
7. Worry, fear, self-distrust bows the heart and turns the spirit back to dust.
8. Whether 60 or 16, there is in every human being's heart the lure of wonder, the unailing child-like appetite of what's next and the joy of the game of living.
9. In the centre of everyone's heart, there is a wireless station; so long as it receives messages of beauty, hope, cheer, courage and power from people and from the infinite, so long are they young.
10. When your spirit is covered with the snow of cynicism and the ice of  pessimism, then you grow old, even at 20.
11. But as long as your aerials and antennas are up to catch waves of optimism, there is hope that you are young at 60.

RISK

1. To laugh is to risk appearing the fool.
2. To weep is to risk appearing sentimental.
3. To reach out for another is to risk involvement.
4. To expose feelings is to risk exposing your true self.
5. To place your ideas before a crowd is to risk their loss.
6. To love is to risk not being loved in return.
7. To live is to risk dying.
8. To hope is to risk despair.
9. To try is to risk failure.
10. But risks must be taken because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing.
11. The person who risks nothing, does nothing, has nothing and is nothing.
12. He may avoid suffering and sorrow, but he cannot learn, feel, change, grow, love and live.
13. Only a person who risks is free.

SMILE COSTS NOTHING BUT CREATES MUCH

1. It enriches those who receive, without impoverishing those who give.
2. It happens in a flash, but the memory of it lasts forever.
3. None are so rich that they can get along without it,
4. None are so poor but become richer from its benefits.
5. It creates happiness in the home.
6. It fosters goodwill in a business.
7. It is the countersignature of friends.
8. It is rest to the weary.
9. It is daylight to the discouraged.
10. It is sunshine to the sad.
11. It is Nature's best antidote for trouble.
12. It cannot be bought, begged, borrowed or stolen.
13. It is something that has no earthly value for anybody till it is given away.
14. In the rush of work, some of us are too tired to give a smile.
15. Pleae leave one of your smiles, for nobody needs a smile so much as those who have none left to give.

BE A NEW PERSON

1. Think a new thought, dream a new dream.
2. Write a new plan, build a new life.
3. Turn a new page, start a new book.
4. Light a new lamp, open a new door.
5. Blaze a new trail, climb a new mountain.
6. Seek a new challenge, find a new purpose.
7. Sing a new song, dance a new step.
8. Affirm a new start, chalk out a new course.

CULTIVATE THESE "BEES"

1. Be alert:- Look for opportunities to express yourself.
2. Be a worker:- Use both brain and brwn to achieve.
3. Be positive:- Know where you want to go and plan to that end.
4. Be systematic:- Take one step at a time, but keep going steadily.
5. Be confident:- Have faith in yourself, and in all that you do.
6. Be persistent:- Your goal may just be a step away after you give up.
7. Be a student:- Knowledge is power - never cease to learn.
8. Be temperate:- Avoid excess in anything.
9. Be generous:- Let your first thought be for the other man.
10. Be cheerful:- Even in "hot water", be like a kettle and sing.
11. Be yourself:- Bring about the best there is in you.

A WORD

1. A careless word - may kindle strife.
2. A cruel word - may wreck a life.
3. A bitter word - may install hate.
4. A brutal word - may hurt and kill.
5. A joyous word - may light the day.
6. A timely word - may lessen stress.
7. A loving word - may heal and bless.

TWO COWS

1. Socialism:- You have two cows; you give one to your neighbour.
2. Communism:- You have two cows; the government takes both and gives you the milk.
3. Fascism:- You have two cows; the government takes both and sells you the milk.
4. Nazism:- You have two cows; the government takes both and shoots you.
5. Bureaucratism:- You have two cows; the government takes both, shoots one, milks the other and throws the milk away.
6. Capitalism:- You have two cows; you sell one and buy a bull.

RULES OF LIVING

1. Never put off till tomorrow, what you can do today.
2. Never trouble another, for what you can do yourself.
3. Never spend your money before you have it.
4. Never buy what you do not want just because it is cheap.
5. Pride costs us more than hunger, thirst and cold.
6. We seldom repent having eaten too little.
7. Nothing is more troublesome than what we do willingly.

SUCCESS

1. If you think you are beaten, you are.
2. If you think you dare not, you don't.
3. If you like to win, but you think you can't, it is almost certain you won't.
4. If you think you will lose, you are lost.
5. If you think you are outclassed, you are.
6. Success begins with a person's will, and it's all in the state of mind.
7. You have got to think high to rise.
8. You have got to be sure of yourself before you can ever win a prize.
9. Life's battles don't always go to the stronger or faster man.
10. Sooner or later, the man who wins is the one who thinks he can.

AS LONG AS WE BELIEVE

1. We all have our own separate pathways to take, and our own destinations to choose.
2. We also have our own contributions to make, and our own special talents to use.
3. We pursue our own kind of life, and weave our own kinds of dreams.
4. We all also have the power to make our wishes come true, as long as we keep on believing.

HOW CAN WE DEVELOP A MULTI-DIMENSIONAL PERSONALITY?

1. Instead of becoming lop-sided, one-dimensional individuals, we can discover the potential of our inner being and become multi-dimensional personalities and choose to live to our full potential as multi-faceted human beings.
2. This is a paradigm of inclusion rather than exclusion, and implies an inner equilibrium where our roles are integrated, where we can put our effort, interest and emergy in a fine balance of different roles and seek fulfillment in them.
3. Such integration is as much a matter of individuality as of relatedness, by manifesting itself in the form of concern for others, empowering people and helping them to feel good about themselves, because integration, balance and sensitivity make for a fine sense of culture and maturity.
4. Well-integrated individuals will not be secretive and bureaucratic, as they believe that the knowledge and insights they have gained are enhanced through sharing and not by holding them back, and will therefore show patience in getting ideas across, will find time to promote learning in others and in turn be open to education.
5. However, they should beware of falling into the trap of arrogance by imagining that they are complete, which is an ongoing concern, a journey of learning which is as long as life itself.
6. A balanced and integrated approach calls for attention to ourselves at different levels - at the physical level it means paying attention to your body, which is the instrument of your existence and well-being, by being conscious of your food habits, exercise, appearance, hygiene and health.
7. At the psychosomatic level, develop right and left brain thinking - the former is concerned with intuition, feeling and image making, while the latter with logic, facts and figures - because the right brain remains largely unutilized due to education and social conditioning.
8. While the goal is not perfection as measured by an absolute standard, we become progressively more integrated as our personality matures and our potential unfolds, and our effort should be to achieve well-being by being true to oneself.
9. We should avoid obsessions, as they make for lop-sidedness and loss of balance, and put our energy in a wide variety of roles, hobbies, spiritual, family and community interests, which will save us from being fixated on work or obsessed with petty hatreds and dislikes.

IS YOUR CHARACTER "FLAT" OR "ROUND"?

1. Flat characters are one-dimensional - they have one-track minds - and you can expect them to keep saying and doing the same things over and over again.
2. They are utterly predictible - whatever the situation - and produce the same stereotyped response, though they try to cover it up by adopting lofty titles like professional, expert, specialist and what have you.
3. Then there is a category called "round" characters - they keep growing - and you cannot predict their response to situations as easily as in the case of flat characters, as they have the capacity to adjust to different types of people and situations by tolerating and handling ambiguity and uncertainty.
4. They keep growing and changing, have varied interests, and above all they manage to divide their time comfortably over numerous interests, by finding time, besides work, for their family, for rest and recreation, for introspection and sabbaticals, for discovering new facets of their personality and potential, for exercise and relaxation, for enjoying nature and art, and for doing good unto others.
5. Round characters live in the present because they know that change is inevitable, that now is the only moment in time which is their very own, and therefore cherish every present moment and live every minute as if it were their last, without being bugged by that thought.
6. Their positive frame of mind enables them to look for goodness in everything and everyone around them, and to foster the same positive attitude of achievement and success all around them through their involvement with life.
7. You can become "flat" if you are obssessed with an individual or a problem or fixated on an emotion or an idea, which is evident when you keep harping on your favourite point of view or argument or coming up with your favourite solution to all problems.
8. Workaholics are also one-track people, being obssessed with work all their life, to the exclusion of everything else, even start believing in the divine principle of their indispensability, neglect themselves and their families, and somewhere down the line the total fixation on one role takes over their lives.
9. When confronted, one-track persons like to brag that they are made that way, surrender all their initiative and originality to the rulebook where they feel comfortable, and then use it as an alibi to justify their refusal to change, as it helps them to avoid the pain of thinking, of choosing and taking responsibility for their actions.
10. It is important to see that far from being a position of strength, this is a position of weakness, as it reduces a person to a one-track mind, incapable of adjusting to the ambiguities and uncertainties of life, and making it difficult for them to take their own decisions.
11. It is possible to opt out of this one=track thinking by trying to be honest with oneself, as it will help them to realise that they have become victims of powerful conditioning, and this awareness will help them to opt out of the dependence on external rules and become a Master.
12. An ongoing process of introspection and initiative can help develop other faculties, other interests, innovation, hobbies, and a host of other creative options to help break the stranglehold that professional routine sometimes develops on our lives.

ARE YOU OBSESSED WITH A SCARCITY MENTALITY ?

1. Perhaps because of the vagaries of the monsoons which are beyond our control, and which have made the difference between scarcity and plenty since ancient times, we have an unconscious tendency to hold back, to monopolise resources and even ideas.
2. Or it may be that because of our vast numbers we fear that there isn't enough to go around, and find it difficult to feel good about the progress made by others, and even more difficult to help others to develop.
3. People who have been helped generously or mentored by others, do not feel the need to extend the same support to others, as there is a widespread feeling of entitlement and expectation of reward without commensurate effort, hard work or merit.
4. Whether we work for it or not, whether we deserve it or not, we expect more and more for ourselves, we compare and feel the pinch of scarcity even more, and this scarcity paradigm generates feelings of envy on the one hand and pride on the other, leading us to waste our time in worrying about how much others have, or how much they spend or how much money they make and enjoy.
5. In all of this, we lose touch with our inner selves, lose touch with our relatedness, and fail to see the abindance which lies within us in terms of our creativity, our capacity for goodness and compassion, our abilities, our potential for performance and the happiness that lies in sharing and contributing to the well-being of others.
6. In contrast to the scarcity paradigm, the abundance paradigm goes by the belief that there's always enough and more to go around in terms of ideas, options, and opportunities.
7. An interesting facet of the scarcity mentality is the belief that happiness itself is an occasional event which needs to be chased on holidays, birthdays and other occasions of celebration, because it is difficult for people to believe that any positive gesture of happiness and sharing need not wait only for a happy ocassion or event.