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Happy Republic Day

India was made republic on 26th Jan 1950, and we are celebrating republic day today. Happy Republic to every Indian.

Jai Hind

Happy Republic Day

Inspirational Picture of Girl Writing exam

I really hate exam halls,

The silence

Writing it for 3 continuous hours

Until the the day i found this picture

Motivational Picture of Girl writing exam

Live Positive Way Reccommends "52 Small Changes"

I recently came across a book named "52 Small Changes". The book has plentiful of useful information that are very much easier for readers to follow.

The book insists readers to make one small change in their lifestyle per week and hence during the end of the year if you had followed the book you might end up with making 52 Small Changes which leads you to the healthier and happier lifestyle.

The changes you have to follow every week are explained in the way easier to follow. Once you follow all the instructions in the book you'll definitely end up with living a happier & healthier life style than present

Here is the book cover.

52 Small Changes Book Cover

If you like to read the authors review follow the link

http://www.appelsiini.net/projects/jeditable/default.html

The good you do, comes back to you!

A woman baked bread for members of her family and an extra one for a hungry passerby.

She kept the extra bread on the Window-sill, for whosoever would take it away.

Every day, a hunch-back came and took away the bread. Instead of expressing gratitude,

he muttered the following words as he went his way:

"The evil you do remains with you: The good you do, comes back to you!"

This went on, day after day. Every day, the hunch-back came, picked up the bread and uttered the words: "The evil you do, remains with you: The good you do, comes back to you!"

The woman felt irritated. "Not a word of gratitude," she said to herself...

"Everyday this hunch-back utters this jingle! What does he mean?

"One day, out of despiration, she decided to do away with him. "I shall get rid of this hunch-back," she said. And what did she do? She added poison to the bread she prepared for him! As she was about to place it on the window sill, her hands trembled. "What is this I am doing?" she said.

Immediately she threw the bread into the fire, prepared another one and kept it on the window-sill.

As usual, the hunch-back came, picked up the bread and muttered the words:

"The evil you do, remains with you: The good you do, comes back to you!"

The hunch-back proceeded on his way, blissfully unaware of the war raging in the mind of the woman. Everyday, as the woman placed the bread on the window-sill, she offered a prayer for her son who had gone to a distant place to seek his fortune. For many months, she had no news of him.. She prayed for his safe return.

That evening, there was a knock on the door. As she opened it, she was surprised to find her son standing in the doorway.. He had grown thin and lean. His garments were tattered and torn. He was hungry, starved and weak. As he saw his mother, he said, "Mom, it's a miracle I'm here. While I was but a mile away, I was so hungry that I collapsed. I would have died, but just then an old hunch-back passed by. I begged of him for a small part of his food, and he was kind enough to give me a whole bread. "As he gave it to me, he said, "This is what I eat everyday: today, I shall give it to you, for your need is greater than mine!"

"As the mother heard those words, her face turned pale and red. She leaned against the door for support. She remembered the poisoned bread that she had made that morning. Had she not burnt it in the fire, it would have been eaten by her own son, and he would have lost his life!

It was then that she realized the significance of the words: "The evil you do remains with you: The good you do, comes back to you!"

Do good and; Don't ever stop doing good, even if it's not appreciated at that time.

Have Lunch with God

A little boy wanted to meet God. He knew it was a long trip to where God lived, so he packed his suitcase with a bag of potato chips and a six-pack of root beer and started his journey.

When he had gone about three blocks, he met an old woman. She was sitting in the park, just staring at some pigeons. The boy sat down next to her and opened his suitcase. He was about to take a drink from his root beer when he noticed that the old lady looked hungry, so he offered her some chips. She gratefully accepted it and smiled at him.

Her smile was so pretty that the boy wanted to see it again, so he offered her a root beer. Again, she smiled at him. The boy was delighted! They sat there all afternoon eating and smiling, but they never said a word.

As twilight approached, the boy realized how tired he was and he got up to leave; but before he had gone more than a few steps, he turned around, ran back to the old woman, and gave her a hug. She gave him her biggest smile ever. When the boy opened the door to his own house a short time later, his mother was surprised by the look of joy on his face. She asked him, "What did you do today that made you so happy?" He replied, "I had lunch with God." But before his mother could respond, he added, "You know what? She's got the most beautiful smile I've ever seen!"

Meanwhile, the old woman, also radiant with joy, returned to her home. Her son was stunned by the look of peace on her face and he asked, "Mother, what did you do today that made you so happy?" She replied! "I ate potato chips in the park with God." However, before her son responded, she added, "You know, he's much younger than I expected."

Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around. People come into our lives for a reason, a season, or a lifetime! Embrace all equally!

Have lunch with God.......bring chips. Send this to people who have touched your life in a special way. Let them know how important they are. I did!!!!

God still sits on the throne. You may be going through a tough time right now but God is getting ready to bless you in a way that only He can. Keep the faith. My instructions were to pick four people that I wanted God to bless, and I picked you.

P.S.: Wisdom and Kindness make a person Attractive

How to stay young - Inspirational life thoughts

1. Throw out nonessential numbers. This includes age, weight, and
and height. Let the doctors worry about them. That is why you pay
'them'

2. Keep only cheerful friends. The grouches pull you down.

3. Keep learning. Learn more about the computer, crafts, gardening,
whatever. Never let the brain idle. 'An idle mind is the devil's
workshop.

4. Enjoy the simple things.

Inspirational life thoughts

5. Laugh often, long and loud. Laugh until you gasp for breath.

6. The tears happen. Endure, grieve, and move on. The only person,
who is with us our entire life, is ourselves. Be ALIVE while you are
alive.

7. Surround yourself with what you love , whether it's family, pets,
keepsakes, music, plants, hobbies, whatever. Your home is your
refuge.

8. Cherish your health: If it is good, preserve it. If it is unstable,
improve it. If it is beyond what you can improve, get help.

9. Don't take guilt trips. Take a trip to the mall, even to the next
county; to a foreign country but NOT to where the guilt is.

10. Tell the people you love that you love them, at every
opportunity. AND ALWAYS REMEMBER : Life is not measured
by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take
our breath away.

Happy New Year

To all my dear readers and subscribers of this blog, livepositiveway.com wishes a very happy new year


New year wishes

The above is the Black Forest cake, we cut to celebrate the new year.

It sweetens the tongue to the maximum possible limit, and hence the heart if shared with loved ones, which is what exactly did by us.

Happy New year 2012

இனிய புத்தாண்டு நல்வாழ்த்துக்கள்

Lots of love

Jagan K

Long Distance Relationship Success Story - Guest Post

The following is the real life story of Mayen, blogger from filiphina who owns a blog Clicks and Cuts . I sincerely thank Mayen for writing her inspiring real life incident to be shared in this blog. And I am proud to share this to all of you, my dear readers. Many Thanks Mayen again fro writing this guest post to this blog.

Here is her Inspiring long distance relationship success story explained in her own words.

Love and Relationship

Hi there Finding Happiness readers. I am Mayen and I blog at clicks and cuts. I feel honored to be invited here to share my story. I was really nervous and a bit hesitant when my friend kikilabotz asked me to do this. I fear that my story is not inspiring enough. However, I cannot say no to this man. You already know the reason why. This guy is a charmer. So bear with me and I hope somehow I’ll be able to give inspiration today. Let’s start. Shall we?

Tell me something about yourself.

I am a Social Worker by profession, a blogger, aspiring writer and a novel lover. I am family oriented and a lover of romance. I love babies and I can’t wait to have my own. My ultimate dream is simple, so simple you might raise an eye brow. I just want to be an awesome wife and loving mother someday. I want to dedicate my life to make my own family happy. Just like what I got from my parents. (I sound lame. I hope I didn’t lose your appetite to read what I have to say)

Mayen

What is the greatest problem that you encountered?

- My life is really not full of problems and I feel blessed about that. Financial maybe a major concern when I was growing up but my parents were really good that we haven’t felt being deprived of anything. I just realized it was hard for them then, when I was starting to earn on my own. I can say that one major challenge life throw at me is the challenge I and my man is facing. Like I said I am a lover of anything romantic.

So when I fall in love. I really give my all.

I am in love with this guy, he’s name is Jed. We are in a relationship for almost 5 years now. We are both in marrying age. We so want to seal the deal soon, however, we haven’t saved enough for our future so he decided to go abroad to work and to save faster so that we can start our future together. Even though I was reluctant for him to leave, I agreed that we try the most feared situation for couples,

to embark in a long distance relationship, which we all know only few couples survived.

I was so used to him being around. When he left, I was disoriented. I miss him so bad. I cried day and night for almost three months. During those 3 months, I pour my emotions on my blog because I feel that sometimes my real life friends were already sick and tired of hearing my pointless agony.

What do you have in mind having this kind of problem? Is there a time that you think of giving up?

- At first I was angry. I really feel I don’t deserve this. I am a nice person (so I thought). I always try to do what is right, so how come I have to face this? You see, my life is not really challenging before this. I feel like I can get away with anything. Life is simple for me. I am protected and pampered my whole life. I have my parents to thank for that. So when this challenge came,

I feel weak. I become angry at Jed, blaming him for making me feel miserable, blaming him for leaving me and for choosing this kind of situation for us, as if I did not sign up for this.

Nonetheless, Jed is such a great guy that he tried to understand what was I going through. He’s been patient.

- Yes, there were times when I was on the verge of giving up. Escaping this and giving up the person so dear to me seems to be an easy way out. I always want the easy way out because I am not used to feeling depressed. However, I cannot bring myself to do it. Somehow, I am still hopeful that it will work out.

What or who inspired you to pursue?

- I don’t know exactly when was the time I feel I was okay about the whole set up. I’m sure though, that inspiring successful long distance stories I read on the internet and real life friends who went through the same set up and succeeded, was a lot of help. Encouraging comments from my new blogger friends was one factor I also consider helpful to retain my sunny disposition. The unconditional love and patience my partner showed me helped me accept the whole situation. The love and support of my family, not mocking me when I sit down at dinner crying, is one thing I will forever thankful for.

Above all, the love and strength my Creator showered me were too much to be ignored. He was there every step of the way. When I needed someone to talk to, He gave me awesome blogger friends and real life friends who really listen. When I needed inspiration He provided me stories that I can relate to and draw strength from. When I needed Jed to be strong for me, He made that possible.

So how did you surpass this problem?

- Eventually, I realized that I was freaking selfish for blaming Jed of everything. I wasn’t making our situation easy, I was making it worst. When acceptance finally sinks in, everything went well. Suddenly, I was willing to make it work. I became confident that we can get through this alive and together. We were happy even if we’re not physically together every day. The sad part will always be there. The constant longing for real kisses and cuddles are still there but our love for each is stronger than any negative forces we encounter. We try our hardest to make it work. After some time, I was able to appreciate the set up and come up with perks that goes along with long distance relationship. It wasn’t all bad. You can find what I came with here.

What did you feel after you succeed in overcoming this problem?

- I feel vindicated. I am happy. I am proud of myself and Jed because we succeeded in keeping our relationship. We proved ourselves and to the world that our love is true.

That being miles and miles and miles away from each other will never make us love each other less.

Also, I get to test his faithfulness to me and vice versa. He’s really a dependable and a loving person. I am so blessed I can call him my man. Our relationship is not perfect we both have our fair share of short comings that sometimes pisses each other off. But that’s all part of the game. Perfect relationship is boring. Besides, challenges in your relationships brought you closer together, most of the time.

Currently, we are together. He’s home for 45 days vacation. It is really short. Thus, we try to spend as much time together as possible. We recently visit Bohol, just the two of us and spent five amazing days there, catching up with each other. It was a trip we will both never forget because he proposed to me there. Yes, he formally asked my hand in marriage while we cruise on Luboc River. It was a simple yet sweet proposal. Something a romance-fanatic-girl like me ever dreamed of. If you want to read the full proposal story, jump over here

- I am so happy and proud to wear the symbol of his love. I’m sure every single girl wants a loving man and a free diamond ring all to herself. Am I right?

Can you share to us any life lesson that you have learned?

I have learned many life lessons in my existence but since we are on the topic of love and relationship let me share what I have learned on that note.

Finding your prince charming/dashing princess to love for the rest of your life wasn’t easy. Before you even get to him/her, you’ll get to test frog/frogs in the pond. I am lucky to just encounter one frog that broke my heart before I find my prince charming. I know there are some of you who feel like you already tested all sorts of frogs yet, your princess/prince is still nowhere in sight. Don’t lose hope. I believe that those frogs are just there to give you experience where you can learn from to be a better person. You come across them so as you will not get bored while waiting for the right person. God has a sense of humor too. He’s not making fun of you He’s just amusing you. Being depressed and broken hearted isn’t funny if, only if, you’re in that situation right now. However, once that phase is over and you are finally in the arms of “The One”. I am positive that you will laugh how silly you were for feeling depress over something unworthy. God just need sometime so He can mold you and at the same time mold your prince/princess so that when you finally meet, both of you are ready for each other. The longer you learn from your mistakes the longer it takes for you to find “the one”.

In one of my blog post I write this line.

Jed and I are still together not only because we love each other or we cannot live without one another (together or apart). Jed and I are still together because we have Him in our hearts. We are still here fighting this battle because we have Him to back us up.

By Him, I mean God. Put God in the center of everything we do. With his guidance and love everything will be bearable. If you have spare time, feel free to visit my blog. I will be happy to see you there. http://janemayen.blogspot.com/

Thank you kikilabotz, for the opportunity to share my story here. I hope somehow I was able to inspire your readers. I enjoy writing this for you and for your readers.

Mayen

Thank you so much Mayen, your story will surely inspire millions and millions of lovers in the world who is engaged with the same situation as yours. God bless you and your relationship with Jed. continue inspiring people.