What are you worth?



A well-known speaker started his seminar by holding up a $20 bill in a room of 200 people.
He asked, "Who would like this $20 bill?"
Hands started going up.
He said, "I am going to give this $20 to one of you, but first, let me do this", and he proceeded to crumple up the $20 dollar bill.

He then asked, "Who still wants it?"
Still the hands were up in the air.
"Well", he replied, "What if I do this?" and he dropped it on the ground and started to grind it into the
floor with his shoe.  He picked it up, now crumpled and dirty.
"Now, who still wants it?"
Still the hands went into the air.
"How come you still want it?" he asked.
"It's still worth $20", came the answer.

"Then, my friends, we have all learned a very valuable lesson", said the speaker, "No matter what I did to the money, you still wanted it because it did not decrease in value.  It's still worth $20."
"Many times in our lives" he continued, "We are dropped, crumpled, and ground into the dirt by the decisions we make and the circumstances that come our way.  We feel as though we are worthless."
"But no matter what has happened or what will happen, you will never lose your value.  Dirty or clean, crumpled or finely creased, you are still priceless to those who love you."

"The worth of our lives comes not in what we do or who we know, but by who we are."
You are special - don't ever forget it!

What's More Important is - How we make people Feel

I arrived at the address where someone had requested a taxi. I honked but no one came out. I honked again, nothing. So I walked to the door and knocked. 'Just a minute', answered a frail, elderly voice. I could hear something being dragged across the floor.
After a long pause, the door opened. A small woman in her 90's stood before me. She was wearing a print dress and a pillbox hat with a veil pinned on it, like somebody out of a 1940s movie.

By her side was a small nylon suitcase. The apartment looked as if no one had lived in it for years. All the furniture was covered with sheets..

There were no clocks on the walls, no knickknacks or utensils on the counters. In the corner was a cardboard box filled with photos and glassware.

'Would you carry my bag out to the car?' she said. I took the suitcase to the cab, and then returned to assist the woman.

She took my arm and we walked slowly toward the cab.

She kept thanking me for my kindness. 'It's nothing', I told her. 'I just try to treat my passengers the way I would want my mother treated…'

'Oh, you're such a good boy', she said. When we got in the cab, she gave me an address, and then asked, 'Could you drive through downtown?'

'It's not the shortest way,' I answered quickly.

'Oh, I don't mind,' she said. 'I'm in no hurry. I'm on my way to a hospice'.

I looked in the rear-view mirror. Her eyes were glistening. 'I don't have any family left,' she continued. 'The doctor says I don't have very long.' I quietly reached over and shut off the meter.

'What route would you like me to take?' I asked.

For the next two hours, we drove through the city. She showed me the building where she had once worked as an elevator operator.

We drove through the neighborhood where she and her husband had lived when they were newlyweds. She had me pull up in front of a furniture warehouse that had once been a ballroom where she had gone dancing as a girl.

Sometimes she'd ask me to slow in front of a particular building or corner and would sit staring into the darkness, saying nothing.

As the first hint of sun was creasing the horizon, she suddenly said, 'I'm tired. Let's go now'.

We drove in silence to the address she had given me. It was a low building, like a small convalescent home, with a driveway that passed under a portico.

Two orderlies came out to the cab as soon as we pulled up. They were solicitous and intent, watching her every move. They must have been expecting her.

I opened the trunk and took the small suitcase to the door. The woman was already seated in a wheelchair.

'How much do I owe you?' she asked, reaching into her purse.

'Nothing,' I said

'You have to make a living,' she answered.

'There are other passengers,' I responded.

Almost without thinking, I bent and gave her a hug. She held onto me tightly.

'You gave an old woman a little moment of joy,' she said.

'Thank you.'

I squeezed her hand, and then walked into the dim morning light. Behind me, a door shut. It was the sound of the closing of a life.

I didn't pick up any more passengers that shift. I drove aimlessly lost in thought. For the rest of that day, I could hardly talk. What if that woman had gotten an angry driver, or one who was impatient to end his shift?

What if I had refused to take the run, or had honked once, then driven away?

On a quick review, I don't think that I have done anything more important in my life..
We're conditioned to think that our lives revolve around great moments.

But great moments often catch us unaware - beautifully wrapped in what others may consider a small one.

PEOPLE MAY NOT REMEMBER EXACTLY WHAT YOU DID, OR WHAT YOU SAID, BUT THEY WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER HOW YOU MADE THEM FEEL.

We Are Unique!!!


Think what a remarkable, unduplicatable, and miraculous thing it is to be you! Of all the people who have come and gone on the earth, since the beginning of time, not ONE of them is like YOU!

No one who has ever lived or is to come has had your combination of abilities, talents, appearance, friends, acquaintances, burdens, sorrows and opportunities.

NNo one’s hair grows exactly the way yours does. No one’s finger prints are like yours. No one has the same combination of secret inside jokes and family expressions that you know.

The few people who laugh at all the same things you do, don’t sneeze the way you do. No one prays about exactly the same concerns as you do. No one is loved by the same combination of people that love you – NO ONE!

No one before, no one to come. "YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY UNIQUE!"

Enjoy that uniqueness. You do not have to pretend in order to seem more like someone else. You weren’t meant to be like someone else. You do not have to lie to conceal the parts of you that are not like what you see in anyone else.

You were meant to be different. Nowhere ever in all of history will the same things be going on in anyone’s mind, soul and spirit as are going on in yours right now.

If you did not exist, there would be a hole in creation, a gap in history, something missing from the plan for humankind.



Treasure your uniqueness. It is a gift given only to you. Enjoy it and share it!

No one can reach out to others in the same way that you can. No one can speak your words. No one can convey your meanings. No one can comfort with your kind of comfort. No one can bring your kind of understanding to another person.

No one can reach out to others in the same way that you can. No one can speak your words. No one can convey your meanings. No one can comfort with your kind of comfort. No one can bring your kind of understanding to another person.


See it! Receive it! Let it tickle you! Let it inform you and nudge you and inspire you!
YOU ARE UNIQUE!

The Power of Positive Thinking

Recently, I attended a session on Power of Positive Thinking where the speaker suggested how the entire world works on the Law of Attraction. Whatever we think of, whatever we really focus on, is what we get. It is actually our own thought process that makes us win or lose things in life. The last few days, after I attended the session, have actually been funny. In my own small way, I have started to notice a difference. Every time, a negative thought crosses my mind, every time there is a fear that I feel, I convert it to a positive thought. I tell myself a story in the most positive words possible and somewhere it gives me immense confidence. Eventually I realize that by constantly forcing myself to think positive, using positive language, I realize that things are changing for good. It may be too early to say it with 100% belief if just your thought process can change everything for good around you, but I surely am seeing some tiny winy changes and I sincerely hope the same continues.

Having shared my thoughts, I would love to hear from you all about your thoughts, your experiences.

Did it ever happen to you that a mere change of thought from negative to positive, a mere change of language, actually changed the end results for you?
Would love to hear your stories….

Techniques to attract people!!!!


Techniques to attract people!!!!!


We always think how is it that we can attract people’s attention towards us? What should we say? What we shouldn’t? What should we do and what we shouldn’t? To attract someone’s attention all we need to figure out is the attractiveness of others…… How is it possible, Happy Reading!!!!



Well all our thinking comes to these simple seven steps to be followed when we want to attract people.

Ø  Don’t criticize, condemn or complain: Everybody is human understand it and respect it!!

Ø  Learn not to be angry: Nobody likes tantrum and everybody is angry on each and everything. So be COOL, sometimes it helps!!!

Ø  When you have no words just laugh, laugh from the bottoms of your heart. This will definitely make you more approachable.

Ø  Learn to appreciate the efforts of others!!! Whatever someone has done for you appreciate it genuinely from the heart.

Ø  Everybody is important in his or her own sense and views, you just have to point out that YOU ARE IMPORTANT. Learn to love yourself and others would love you too.

Ø  Listening is better than talking, always listen to others point.


Ø  Help others only when they need it. No Unnecessary helping.

Attracting people is the first step to create and build rapport with people. With these techniques mentioned above, it is clear that it isn’t a mountain climbing task. But yes it requires us to follow these seven techniques and practice them in our daily lives..
Listening to your thoughts!!!!

Being Ourselves!!!

 Sooner or later we realize that we are not here to change ourselves, fix ourselves, improve ourselves or transform ourselves. We are simply here to meet ourselves, accept ourselves, love ourselves and be ourselves.