"THOUGHT FOR THE DAY"

" Your thoughts are the most powerful tool that you have, and can create so many things in your life. They can open up doorways you never thought possible. Your thoughts can be positive or they can be negative. They can be bad or good. They can be about success, or failure, or about being wealthy in life, or being of poor circumstances. Your thoughts are, what you choose them to be. The most important thing of all, is that you recognize and understand, that you are guided and directed by your thoughts. They play a tremendous role in your day to day life, and in reality, a huge role in who you are today. Today, and in the future, think thoughts that will shape you into who you only dream of being. Your thoughts will direct you to where you want to go, and your action behind your thoughts will take you there."

Six short Stories...............with moral

A child told the mother: “Mum you are very beautiful today.”
Replied the mother : “Why?”
The child said : “ Because you did not get angry today .”
Moral of the story:
1. It is easy to possess beauty:- do not get angry.
2. Anger is temporary madness.

A man attended an interview for a job.
Along the corridor, he picked up a piece and threw it into a dustbin.
The interviewer passed by and saw it.
This man got the job.
Moral of the story:
Live with good habits, and you will be recognized.

A small boy worked as an apprentice in a bicycle shop.
A man sent a bicycle for repair.
After repairing the bicycle, this boy cleaned up the bicycle and it looked like a new one.
Other apprentices laughed at him for doing redundant work.
The second day after the owner claimed the bicycle back, this boy was pinched and offered a job.
Moral of the story :
1.Go the extra mile to be successful.
2. Doing more gains more & Doing less loses more.

The owner of a farm asked his child to work everyday at the farm.
His friend said to him : “ You do not have to make your son work so hard. The crops would grow just as good.”
Owner of the farm replied: “ I am not cultivating my crops, but my child.”
Moral of the story:
1. A simple way to groom a child is to let him experience some hardships.
2. If not cut, jade would not turn into useful ware.

A shop is always brightly lit up.
Someone asked : “What brand of bulb are you using ? It is so lasting.”
The shop owner replied : “Our bulbs blew out frequently. We replaced them once a bulb blew out.”
Moral of the story:
1. It is simple to maintain brightness , change the bulbs regularly.
2. To brightening up everyday life : Endeavor to abandon unwholesome states of mind and make an effort to encourage wholesome states to grow.

PRAYERS ARE OUR STEPPING STONES TO HEAVEN

In every need let me come to you with humble trust, saying;
God, help me!
In all my doubts, perplexities, and temptations;
God, help me!
In hours of loneliness, weariness and trials:
God, help me!
In the failure of my plans and hopes, in disappointments, troubles and sorrows:
God, help me!
When others fail me and Your Grace alone can assist me;
God, help me!
When I throw myself on your tender Love as Savior;
God, help me!
When my heart is cast down by failure, at seeing no good come from my efforts;
God, help me!
When I feel impatient, and my cross irritates me;
God, help me!
When I am ill and my head and hands cannot work and I am lonely;
God, help me!
Always, always, in spite of weakness, falls and shortcomings of every kind;
God, help me!
Most Sacred Heart of God, help me and never forsake me.

LIFE BEGINS WITH PRAYER

Let us pray and talk to our Heavenly Father.
Family prayer should not be a last resort, it should be first.

Prayer is like vitamin pills, to build up those who are run down.

If at first you don't succeed, pray and pray again.
Prayer is a pause that refreshes.

Sometimes prayer is the only solution to the problems of life. Use the name of Jesus often in your prayer.

Your joy in life depends much upon your prayers in life.
Prayer is a rain maker that causes showers of blessings.

He who goes to bed without praying really gets into a spiritually cold bed

A PRAYER FOR THOSE WHO LIVE ALONE

I live alone, dear Lord,
Stay by my side,
In all my daily needs,
Be thou my guide.

Grant me good health,
For that indeed, I pray
To carry on my work
From day to day.

Keep pure my mind,
My thoughts, my every deed.
Let me be kind, unselfish
in my neighbor’s need.

Spare me from fire, from flood
Malicious tongues,
From thieves, from fear,
And evil ones.

If sickness or an accident befall
Then humbly, Lord, I pray,
Hear, thou my call,
And when I'm feeling low,
Or in despair,
Lift up my heart
And help me in my prayer.
I live alone, dear Lord,
Yet have no fear,
Because I feel Your presence
Ever near.

"THOUGHT FOR THE DAY"

" No matter what it is, how hard it feels, how uncertain success at it feels, keep on. And the next time, don't just attempt it; actually do it! Because the truth is you can never succeed at anything you keep attempting. You cannot succeed at a thing unless you stop attempting it!"

Unconditional Love - motivating story

A story is told about a soldier who was finally coming home after having fought in Vietnam. He called his parents from San Francisco.

"Mom and Dad, I'm coming home, but I've a favor to ask. I have a friend I'd like to bring home with me."

"Sure," they replied, "we'd love to meet him."

"There's something you should know the son continued, "he was hurt pretty badly in the fighting. He stepped on a land mind and lost an arm and a leg. He has nowhere else to go, and I want him to come live with us."

Friends are a very rare jewel, indeed. They make you smile and encourage you to succeed They lend an ear, they share a word of praise, and they always want to open their hearts to us.