Positive Thinking

Just wanted to share a few lines from the movie "Love Happens" that remind me to make the best of what I have instead of always complaining:

When life gives you lemons, you have two choices.  First, is to make a sour face. Second, is to make lemonade.

Interestingly, I found some other options on the web:


"squirt juice in your enemy's eyes."  

"keep them, you're getting them for free right!" :D

The New Pictorial Warnings Will Hopefully Dissuade Indian Smokers......Will They???

It is really heartening to know that close on the heels of World No Tobacco Day which is today, The Indian Central Government has issued a notification about new pictorial warnings which should compulsarily be printed on packages of both smoking and smokeless kinds of tobacco products. I hope that the notification which would take effect this December would dissuade Indian smokers from continuing their smoking habit. I also hope that once they are dissuaded, they would encourage others to quit too.

However, I am curious about one thing. I believe that the new rule may discourage the educated section of the public but what about the uneducated, illiterate sections. I have often noticed them going to the shop to purchase a cigarette or two at a time. I don't think they buy cigarette packets. So what about them??? I must say that in my opinion, the radio and TV are more effective media to get the "no smoking" message across. What do u think?

Can u Have No arms and No Legs and Still Be Happy?

"I Love Living Life. I am Happy." These are words coming from a man who nether has arms nor legs. Hard to believe? It's true! Yes folks, Say hello to Nick Vujicic.

All of us have times in our lives when we feel very low and miserable and wonder why we even continue to live. Feelings like these have pushed many to end their life. When i was feeling particularly low one day, I decided to go online and see if there was something that would brighten my mood. While I was in the process of checking out my mailbox, I saw a writeup from the "Inspiration by God" Newsletter. The writeup carried a link to a video about a Serbian guy called Nick Vujicic. Nick was born without arms and legs but God did give him two small feet. What's more, one of the feet has two toes. In spite of his disability, Nick learnt to comb his hair, answer the phone, play drum pedals and golf, shave, brush his teeth, and use a computer.

My outlook totally changed after watching that video. I realized that there are so many people out there who might have been in a worse situation than myself and yet emerged happier and stronger than before. I'm talking about people like Nick Vujicic who realize that life is not about what you don't have but about how you make the most out of what you have. It is about how you defy odds to become the best person you can be.

You can read more about Nick Vujicic from Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Vujicic. You shouldn't be surprised to know that this inspirational 28 year old has a double major in Accounting and Financial Planning. What's more, he is now  a motivational speaker and preacher, and also director of "Life without Limbs," a non-profit organization.