Written by pravsj on Sunday, December 30th, 2007 in Attitude, Balance, Difficulties, Experience, God, Hope, How To Live, Life, Living Today, Pravs World.
Gods Cup of Tea
We are like teabags, whose strength comes out when we’re put in hot water.
So, when problems upset you… Just think, you must be God’s favorite cup of Tea!
From archives; Shared on Pravs World
Written by pravsj on Friday, December 28th, 2007 in Pravs World.
New Year Wishes
Its like a new Sunrise… of Hope, of Prosperity, of Happiness
Its like a new Begining… of Thoughts, of Words, or Actions
Its like a new Day… of Energy, of Strength, of Ideas
Its like a bunch of whole new things… of Prayers, of Friends, and of Love.
Pravs World wishes you a very Happy New Year.
Written by pravsj on Tuesday, December 25th, 2007 in Attitude, Belief, Challenges, Confidence, Determination, Difficulties, How To Live, Learning, Life, Pravs World.
Being Strong
The harder the knocks you go through in life, the more you learn and put them to use in the future!
Do not be discouraged by setbacks and failures…! They make you strong.
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Written by pravsj on Friday, December 21st, 2007 in Pravs World.
X’Mas Wishes
Another day, another month, another year,
another smile, another tear, another winter,
A summer too, but there will never be another you!
May lovely, happy times decorate this time of the season.
Decorate this time of the season.
May warm, special memories brighten your New Year.
May the wonder of Christmas be with you Forever.
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Written by pravsj on Thursday, December 20th, 2007 in Attitude, Balance, Character, How To Live, Learning, Life, People, Pravs World, Relations, Self.
Flaws Within Us
Each of us has our own unique flaws.
It’s these flaws we have, that makes life so very interesting and rewarding. It binds our lives together.
Instead of looking for flaws; we have to accept people for what they are and look for the good in them.
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Written by pravsj on Sunday, December 16th, 2007 in Action, Attitude, Difficulties, Experience, How To Live, Learning, Life, Pravs World, Success.
Sail, Don’t Drift
I find the greatest thing in this world not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving.
To reach the port… we must sail sometimes with the wind, and sometimes against it. But we sail, and not drift, nor live at anchor.
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Written by pravsj on Tuesday, December 11th, 2007 in Attitude, Challenges, Character, Dreams, Focus, Goals, Hope, How To Live, Life, Living Today, Pravs World, Success, Winning.
Answer One Question
In life, answer to only one question matters!
Have you chosen a course that leads to a destination which matters most to you?
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Written by pravsj on Sunday, December 9th, 2007 in Attitude, Balance, Belief, Character, Family, How To Live, Learning, Life, People, Pravs World, Satisfaction, Truth.
Burdens Of Life
We worry about our family, we worry about money or the lack of it. We worry about work, about where we live, about all sorts of things.
These are all burdens - the things we pick up along life’s path and lug them around the obstacles and over the crevasses that life will bring; only to find that, at the destination they are useless and we can’t take them with us.
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Written by pravsj on Sunday, December 9th, 2007 in Attitude, Character, Experience, Faith, Learning, Life, Satisfaction, Text Mail.
Acres of Diamonds
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One of the most interesting Americans who lived in the 19th century was a man by the name of Russell Herman Conwell. He was born in 1843 and lived until 1925. He was a lawyer for about fifteen years until he became a clergyman.
One day, a young man went to him and told him he wanted a college education but couldn’t swing it financially. Dr. Conwell decided, at that moment, what his aim in life was, besides being a man of cloth - that is. He decided to build a university for unfortunate, but deserving, students. He did have a challenge, however. He would need a few million dollars to build the
university. For Dr. Conwell, and anyone with real purpose in life, nothing could stand in the way of his goal.
Several years before this incident, Dr. Conwell was tremendously intrigued by a true story - with its ageless moral. The story was about a farmer who lived in Africa and through a visitor became tremendously excited about looking for diamonds. Diamonds were already discovered in abundance on the African continent and this farmer got so excited about the idea of millions of dollars worth of diamonds that he sold his farm to head out to the diamond line. He wandered all over the continent, as the years slipped by, constantly searching for diamonds, wealth, which he never found. Eventually he went completely broke and threw himself into a river and drowned.
Meanwhile, the new owner of his farm picked up an unusual looking rock about the size of a country egg and put it on his mantle as a sort of curiosity. A visitor stopped by and in viewing the rock practically went into terminal convulsions. He told the new owner of the farm that the funny looking rock on his mantle was about the biggest diamond that had ever been found. The new owner of the farm said, “Heck, the whole farm is covered with them” -
and sure enough it was.
The farm turned out to be the Kimberly Diamond Mine…the richest the world has ever known. The original farmer was literally standing on “Acres of Diamonds” until he sold his farm.
Dr. Conwell learned from the story of the farmer and continued to teach it’s moral. Each of us is right in the middle of our own “Acre of Diamonds”, if only we would realize it and develop the ground we are standing on before charging off in search of greener pastures. Dr. Conwell told this story many times and attracted enormous audiences. He told the story long enough to have raised the money to start the college for underprivileged deserving students. In fact, he raised nearly six million dollars and the university he founded, Temple University in Philadelphia, has at least ten degree-granting colleges and six other schools.
When Doctor Russell H. Conwell talked about each of us being right on our own “Acre of Diamonds”, he meant it. This story does not get old…it will be true forever…
Opportunity does not just come along - it is there all the time - we just have to see it.
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Written by pravsj on Sunday, December 9th, 2007 in Hope, Poem Book, Tomorrow.
Message In A Bottle
To you (because you found it)
I am lost on a desert island.
Long captivated has its beauty held me,
But it does not make up for being lonely.
I’m begging you, please rescue me;
Else I may lose my sanity.
Creeping insanity, I fear it may come
Before my rescue… Wait, I hear a steel drum!
Could it be that my salvation’s at hand
By the lonely wand’ring of a cruise liner’s band
Could it be that I WILL see my friends again
I would be joyous to leave this land
Behind me. Oh, sweet joy, a ship in sight!
It is on the horizon, and by the sun’s light
It may find me yet! Oh, it is the broad light of day!
Bright light, high sun, and, how do you say,
Ah, yes, freedom! But wait. How will they
Be able to find me The chances are nay…
Yet their ship, yes, their ship, is approaching at speed!
Oh, sweet salvation, how long have I seeked!
And if this day should see them to me,
My self would return to reality.
I can see the passengers now;
Some men, some women. They’re standing at the bow
Of the ship. They’re searching for something.
Could I possibly be that something
Yes! I am waving, and they are waving back!
It’s true! It is true. I must get ready to pack
All of the things that are here with me;
My only connection to humanity.
But while I’d love to leave this desert isle,
It’s been my home for quite a while.
About a week, if I remember right.
(On the sand I would lay, and I spent the nights
Staring up at the sky, filled with diamond-like stars–
But what am I thinking I’m going home, away from here, far.)
They’re coming closer now; I guess I should ready
My belongings… Onmagosh, is that my baby
Yes, it is he!! What sweet, sweet irony
That my rescuer should be my one and only!
The only man I will ever love;
He has searched for and found his wand’ring dove!
And now, now I see, he is calling my name!
He cries out I love you and I cry out the same.
And as the ship anchors in the shallow sea,
I run to him; he runs to me
After securing the anchor. I exult in
His warm embrace. I’ll never leave him again!
He picks up my bags while holding my hand…
And sadly I realize this message must end.
So, happily now I’ll seal this message
In a bottle, and send it on its passage.
A miraculous rescue this, I think you’ll agree.
May this message give you hope on the open sea.
And so, as we are going home, I shall drop
This message in a bottle into the ocean, with hope
That my joyous words will comfort you
When you’re on the open sea, lonely and blue.
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