God is good

Just the time when you think you have learned the art of being positive, you are hit with a double blow that makes you realize "wow", why is it so hard to be positive when you are faced with people and situation that are not to your liking. It is because you have come a level where you are now getting to recognise that you must put more effort into cultivating the habit of being positive. You have to think first before you say, you have to just stop right there before it comes out from your mouth whatever that will make you or others think or getting into a negative conversation without realizing it. It really drains you out if you are thinking negatively and hearing your partner negative comments about others or situation. You just have to take the stand and say, stop, that's enough. And get busy doing other things that are more productive. And for me music, good music or praise music, listening to it is one of the ways to get back to the positive wave length.

Hugs

I went into "Bodyshop" looking for a face wash cream, the shop keeper approached me as to help me to find what I needed. We strike up a conversation. A pleasant one that led us to talk about our belief in Jesus. As  we learn from the Bible, For God so loved the world that He gave His only Son, and whoever believes in Him will have everlasting life. So I shared that with her, and asked if she knew she would go Heaven through her belief in Jesus, and how she came to know it if her answer was yes. She told me that because her parents told her so. On the way home the meeting with the girl, Linda was her name still lingered in my mind and another verse in the Bible that I have memorized came to mind and revealed its meaning "Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, and you shall be saved and thy house", of what Linda said. Because of her parents' belief, and they told her about Jesus and eternal life, she believes it, that's how the verse applies in this case, I figured.
Jesus said,  I am the way, the truth and the Life, no man came to the Father but by Me, I quoted it to her, and the response was that I got was a warm hug from Linda. And we hugged more afterwards, nice!
 Heaven and Hug, there must be plenty of it there, even now we get plenty of it with people we love, even with a new found friend who I shared the good news with. Give someone a hug today and you will get at least one back if it's not two!

Compliment

I read something on my off day that has changed my mindset on giving compliment. My old perception on giving compliments was, don't do it because people will take advantage of you, so others also told me. But what I read was totally contrary of what I thought of it. I would like to share it with you here.

Find a wonderful thing about your secretary, or person who helps you, and tell them.

It is easy to find faults with our helpers. Our mind often gravitates to what is wrong with a situation. We must stop and consciously turn this attitude around. Some are afraid that if they compliment someone for working well, that person will ask for a raise, make other demands, or gain leverage. The opposite is true. The person will be more devoted, and enjoy doing his or her work more.

List three things that are wonderful about your secretary or some other person who helps you at work. Some examples could be that he or she always comes to work on time, is sensitive to your needs, stays later when needed, and make that extra effort. Make a habit of saying at least one positive thing once a week. You might enjoy this so much, you'll tell them once a day. Watch how their work improves! Watch how much you enjoy doing this, too. 

Win

 We have to choose between positive and negative constantly in our mind whether we are conscious of it or not. And more often is the negative and suspicion that come first when we are encountered a challenge or a different opinion, or things that we know not of, or being informed ahead of time.
Yesterday I was really having this experience in my mind so vividly, so real that I was battling between thinking positively or negatively about a situation that came up in our centre which we found it in a mess with the owner doing something to the electrical work. Back and forth, back and forth, negative or positive, good or bad about the person and the situation. It's so real that I had to make a conscious effort to choose the positives.
I started to think positive sides of the things and person more, giving it a benefit of a doubt, started being busy with other things instead, shifted my focus on the teaching the kids. Once I decided to think positive I could see the positive act from the owner, he started to clean up and sweeping up the mess by the electrician. Wow, the power of positive thinking, not without a fight and effort to choose the positives. I won!

Spring

Spring time is a pleasant time always, so likewise each season of the year. Each has its sweetness in it.  We can’t say one is better than the other, as one is differ from the other. And because of the variedness of the seasons, it makes the year complete. So it is with our life, when we go through the happy and difficult times in each stage of our life, it makes our life complete; it adds to more trust, faith in God, and more gratefulness to Him.e e