Played his Best

This is the story of  a young boy who lived with his elderly mother. His mother wanted him to learn how to play the piano because she longed to hear her son play for her. She sent her son to a piano teacher who took him in under her guidance. However, there was one small problem because he was not musically inclined and therefore was very slow in learning. The teacher did not have much faith in the boy because of his weakness. The mother was very enthusiastic and every week she would send him to the teacher.

One day the boy stopped attending the piano lessons. The teacher thought that he had given up and in fact she was quite pleased since she did not give much hope. Not long after, the piano teacher was given the task to organize a piano concert in town. She sent out circulars to invite the students and public to attend the event.

Suddenly, she received a call from the young boy who offered to take part in the concert. The teacher told him that he was not good enough and that he was no longer a student since he had stopped coming for lessons. The Boy begged her to give him a chance and promised that he would not let her down.

Finally, she gave in and she put him to play last, hoping that he will change his mind at the last minute. When the big day came, the hall was packed and the children gave their best performance. Finally, it was his turn to play and as his name was announced, he walked in. He was not in proper attire and his hair was not properly groomed. The teacher was really nervous since his performance could spoil the whole evening’s brilliant performance.

As the boy started playing the crowd became silent and was amazed at the skill of this little boy. In fact, he gave the best performance of the evening. At the end of his presentation the crowd and the piano teacher gave him a standing ovation.

The crowd applauded and asked the boy how he managed to play so brilliantly. With a microphone in front of him, he said,

“I was not able to attend the weekly piano lessons as there was no one to send me because my mother was sick with cancer. She just passed away this morning and I wanted her to hear me play. You see, this is the first time she is able to hear me play because when she was alive she was deaf and now I know she is listening to me. I have to play my best for her!”

Good Days Vs Bad Days

10% of Life is Made up of what happens to you. 90% of life is decided by How you react...

What does that mean?.....

We Really do not have any control over the 10% of what happens to us. You determine the other 90%of your life..... By your reaction.

Simply say, You cannot control a Red Light. However, you can control your reaction. Taking a every day life situation....

You are having breakfast with your family. Your daughter knocks over a cup of coffee onto your Business shirt.

You have no control over what has just happened, What happens next will be determined by how you react.


You curse & Scold. She breaks down in tears, You criticize your wife for placing the cup too close to edge, A short verbal battle, you came back with changed shirt, still to see your daughter sobing and trying to finish her breakfast. she already have missed the school bus.

You rush to drop her speeding in the school Zone, paying a traffic fine you arrive at school and your daughter runs into the building without saying Goodbye.You arrive late to office and realize you forgot your bag.... your day started terrible and continues to get worse and worse.

Why did you have a Bad day? How you reacted in the first minute is what caused your bad day.

Here is what could have happened.....

You have reacted gently saying: "Its OK Honey, You just need to be more careful next time."

you came back with changed shirt, to see your daughter getting ready for the bus. She turns and waves as she board. You arrive at office early.

You really have No control over 10% of what happens in your life. The other 90% was determined by your reaction.

Millions of people are suffering from undeserved stress, problems and headaches not realizing the 90/10 principle.

If we want to receive, we need to learn to give first... Maybe we will end with empty hands but our heart will be filled with love.... All those who love life, have the feeling marked in their hearts.

Sucess....

Success is the intentional, pre-meditated use of choice and decision. Unless you choose - with certainty - what it is you want, you accept table scraps by default!

The world is plump with opportunity, with boldness and conviction, stick a fork into the goals you want by being decisive.You are born with great capabilities, but you will not achieve your potential until you call upon yourself to fulfill it. 

You will rise to the occasion when it presents itself; yet, to assure self-fulfillment, you must provide occasions to rise to. Clearly defined goals allow you to travel toward another horizon that represents the end of one experience and the transition to a new and better existence. 

The objective is to choose the right goals, and then to create the necessary causes - the effects will follow!. The difference between what one person and another achieves depends more on goal choices than on abilities. 

The profound differences between successful people and others are the goals they choose to pursue. Individuals with smaller talents, intelligence, and abilities will achieve different results because they select and pursue different goals.

Each decision affects what you become. We form our decisions and our decisions form us. There is no escaping this; the smallest choices are important because - over time - their cumulative effect is enormous. Never overlook the obvious: The nature and direction of your life change the instant you decide what goals you want to pursue.

Once you make a decision, you start down a path to a new destination. At the moment the decision is made, your decision to pursue a goal alters what you are becoming. Just one spin of the lock's dial - a single choice - can alter your life, your destiny, your legacy.

Think about it - your goal decisions represent and express your individuality. You seal your fate with the choices you make. You define yourself by your decisions. Your dialogue with success is ultimately a solo one. Decisions and goals made must be your own if you are to call your life a success.

How long have you dreamed of being, having, and doing what you really want? Think big, as when it comes to your goals, the size of your ambition does matter.

Women.....

This is a beautiful article about Women....

Guys who are married recently
You may have got a working woman, but you would have married her with these facts known.

Guys seeking wife in near future...
You may get a working woman, but you should marry her with these facts as well.

Here is a girl, who is as much educated as you are; Who is earning almost as much as you do;

One, who has dreams and aspirations just as you have because she is as human as you are;

One, who has occasionally entered the kitchen in her life just like you or your Sister, as she was busy in studies and competing in a system that gives no special concession to girls for their culinary achievements.

One, who has lived and loved her parents & brothers & sisters, almost  for 20-25 years of her life, as much as you do;

One, who has bravely agreed to leave behind all that, her home, people who love her, to adopt your home, your family, your ways and even your family ,name

One, who is somehow expected to be a master-chef from day #1, while you sleep oblivious to her predicament in her new circumstances, environment and that kitchen

One, who is expected to make the tea, first thing in the morning and cook food at the end of the day, even if she is as tired as you are, maybe more, and yet never ever expected to complain; to be a servant, a cook, a mother, a wife, even if she doesn't want to; and is learning just like you are as to what you want from her; and is clumsy and sloppy at times and knows that you won't like it if she is too demanding, or if she learns faster than you.

One, who has her own set of friends, and that includes boys and even meant her workplace too, those, who she knows from school days and yet is willing to put all that on the back-burners to avoid your irrational jealousy,unnecessary competition and your inherent insecurities;

One, who can be late from work once in a while when deadlines, just like yours, are to be met;

One, who is doing her level best and wants to make this most important, relationship in her entire life a grand success, if you just help her some and trust her;

One, who just wants one thing from you, as you are the only one she knows in your entire house - your unstained support, your sensitivities and most importantly - your understanding, or love, if you may call it.

But not many guys understand this....... appreciate Her.........Respect Her.

I hope you will ....

Blame Game......

Take a moment to think about who you blame for your feelings of hurt, anger, aloneness, emptiness, loneliness, helplessness, inadequacy, shame, depression, anxiety, fear, and so on.

Many people have a strong belief that other people are the cause of their feelings - that they are victims of others' choices - so they have a right to blame others. The belief that others cause your feelings generally starts early in childhood when parents blamed each other, or you, for their feelings. Most people do not see people learning from their feelings. Instead, they see people avoiding their feelings in various ways, such as using addictions to numb them out, or using blame to dump them onto others.

What is really going on inside when you blame someone else for your feelings?

If you have a deep belief that others cause your feelings, then it seems only right to blame them for causing your pain or not making you happy. When you come from this belief, the only way you can move out of feeling like a victim is to try to control the other person into not doing the thing that you think is causing your pain, or to do the thing that you think will make you happy.

Blame is always a form of control that originates in the wounded part of oneself that hates to feel helpless. Rather than accept your powerlessness over others' choices, you convince yourself that if you blame the other person, you can get the other to behave the way you want.

The tipping point is really about our perspective. Rather than maintaining ourselves in a place where we are exercising an evolved sense of "me-and-you", we can get stuck in "it's all about me"  -- especially when confronted with the strong emotions of another person, or an emotionally charged situation. That sort of thinking is both the root of self-blame, and a barrier to recognizing relative responsibility.

When someone becomes angry, rather than respond with, "Oh, that person is angry.", we are more likely to respond with, "Oh, that person is angry at/with me." Just so, rather than responding with "Oh, that person is angry, and I should hold space for that.", we are more likely to respond with, "Oh, that person is angry, and it must be me doing something wrong."

The problem is that the belief that others cause your feelings is not true. Blaming another is always a way to avoid responsibility for what you are telling yourself and how you are treating yourself that is causing your feelings.

By learning to stay in a place of "me-and-you", and keeping a balanced eye on who plays what part in any given interaction or situation, we are better able to emerge from a state of self-blame and also better able to keep the trap of the ego at bay.

Never Quit

A winner is NOT one who NEVER FAILS, but one who NEVER QUITS!

A candidate  for  a news broadcasters post was rejected by officials since his voice was not fit for a news broadcaster. He  was  also  told  that with his obnoxiously long name, he would never be famous.
He is Amitabh Bachchan.
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A  small  boy  -  the  fifth  amongst  seven siblings of a poor father, was selling newspapers in a small village to earn his living. He  was  not  exceptionally  smart at school but was fascinated by religion and rockets. The first rocket he built crashed. A  missile  that  he built crashed multiple times and he was made a butt of ridicule.  He  is  the  person  to have scripted the Space Odyssey of India - He is none other than Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam.
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In  1962,  four  nervous young musicians played their first record audition for  the executives of the Decca recording Company. The executives were not impressed.  While turning down this group of musicians, one executive said, "We don't like their sound. Groups of guitars are on the way out."
The group was called The Beatles.
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In  1954,  Jimmy Denny, manager of the Grand Ole Opry, Fired a singer after one performance. He told him, "You ain't goin' nowhere....son. You ought to go back to drivin' a truck." He went on to become Elvis Presley.
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A  little  girl  -  the  20th  of 21 children, was born prematurely and her survival  was  doubtful.  When  she  was 4 years old, she contracted double pneumonia  and  scarlet fever, which left her with a paralyzed left leg. At age  9, she removed the metal leg brace she had been dependent on and began to  walk without it. By 13 she had developed a rhythmic walk, which doctors said was a miracle. That  same year she decided to become a runner. She entered a race and came in  last.  For the next few years every race she entered, she came in last. Everyone  told  her  to quit, but she kept on running.

One day she actually won  a  race. And then another. From then on she won every race she entered. Eventually  this little girl - Wilma Rudolph, went on to win three Olympic gold medals.
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A  school teacher scolded a boy for not paying attention to his mathematics and  for  not  being  able  to solve simple problems. She told him that you would not become anybody in life. The boy was Albert Einstein.
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And many such personalities in the World have proven  .....

Character  cannot  be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experiences of trial and  suffering  can  the  soul  be strengthened, vision cleared, ambition inspired and success achieved. You  gain strength, experience and confidence by every experience where you really  stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing you cannot do.


"Failure is the pillar of success!"