The Pursuit of Happiness - Day 1

Princess :
[Day 1]
Dear God, let there be enough love in this world for everyone to last a life time.
You have created EVE from the left ribs of ADAM,
NOT from his head to be above him
NOR from his feet to be his subordinate
but from his ribs to stand by his side....
as his other half in life...
next to his arm, so he will protect her...
next to his heart, so he will love her..

.Babyface ~ When Your Body Gets Weak

Smile

1. Smiling Makes Us Attractive
We are drawn to people who smile. There is an attraction factor. We want to know a smiling person
'n figure out what is so good. Frowns, scowls 'n grimaces all push people away -- but a smile draws them in (avoid these smile aging habits to keep your smile looking great).

2. Smiling Changes Our Mood
Next time you are feeling down, try putting on a smile. There's a good chance you mood will change for the better. Smiling can trick the body into helping you change your mood.

3. Smiling Is Contagious
When someone is smiling they lighten up the room, change the moods of others, 'n make things happier. A smiling person brings happiness with them. Smile lots 'n you will draw people to you.

4. Smiling Relieves Stress
Stress can really show up in our faces. Smiling helps to prevent us from looking tired, worn down,
'n overwhelmed. When you are stressed, take time to put on a smile. The stress should be reduced 'n you'll be better able to take action.

5. Smiling Boosts Your Immune System
Smiling helps the immune system to work better. When you smile, immune function improves possibly because you are more relaxed. Prevent the flu 'n colds by smiling.

6. Smiling Lowers Your Blood Pressure
When you smile, there is a measurable reduction in your blood pressure.
Give it a try if you have a blood pressure monitor at home. Sit for a few minutes, take a reading.
Then smile for a minute 'n take another reading while still smiling. Do you notice a difference?

7. Smiling Releases Endorphins, Natural Pain Killers 'n Serotonin
Studies have shown that smiling releases endorphins, natural pain killers, 'n serotonin. Together these three make us feel good. Smiling is a natural drug.

8. Smiling Lifts the Face 'n Makes You Look Younger
The muscles we use to smile lift the face, making a person appear younger. Don't go for a face lift, just try smiling your way through the day -- you'll look younger 'n feel better.

9. Smiling Makes You Seem Successful
Smiling people appear more confident, are more likely to be promoted, 'n more likely to be approached. Put on a smile at meetings 'n appointments 'n people will react to you differently.

10. Smiling Helps You Stay Positive
Try this test: Smile.
Now try to think of something negative without losing the smile. It's hard.
When we smile our body is sending the rest of us a message that
"Life is Good!" Stay away from depression, stress 'n worry by smiling.

So... Friends...
"Keep Smiling 'n Make Other Smile".. ! :))

Soul Mates & Kindred Spirits

A soul mate and a kindred spirit are completely different.

You are born in agreement with a kindred spirit. When you meet him, you automatically love him. The two of you, when you meet, feel like you've known each other your entire lives. You can go years without talking and never miss a beat when you see each other again. You like the same things, share similar feelings, laugh at the same obscure and nonsensical jokes, find excitement in similar places, and are just different enough that you can like each other even when suffering debilitating bouts of self-hate.

A soul mate, on the other hand, is someone completely different from you. When you meet her, you may take an immediate liking to her or you may not. But eventually, you grow into each other so that the two of you are inextricably bound to one another. Your souls, in effect, mate.

Kindred spirits bring out the best in each other. Soul mates make each other better than either of them could be on their own.

In short:
kindred spirit=safe harbor friend
soul mate=intimate, lifelong companion

Poetry Collection ~ Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara

The first poetry is recited when the trio come out of the sea after deep sea-diving, with the focus entirely on Hrithik’s character.

Pighle neelam sa behta ye sama, 

neeli neeli si khamoshiyan, 

na kahin hai zameen na kahin aasmaan, 

sarsaraati hui tehniyaan pattiyaan, 

keh raheen hai bas ek tum ho yahan, 

bas main hoon, 

meri saansein hain aur meri dhadkanein, 

aisi gehraiyaan, 

aisi tanhaiyaan, 

aur main… sirf main. 

Apne hone par mujhko yakeen aa gaya. 

(English Translation)

The moment seems to flow like a molten sapphire and there’s deep blue silence, 

Neither there is earth below, 

nor sky above, 

The rustling branches, 

leaves are saying that only you are here, 

Only me, my breath and my heartbeat,

Such deepness, 

such loneliness and me…only me, 

It all makes me believe in my existence. 

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The second poetry

Ik baat honton tak hai jo aayi nahin 

Bas ankhon say hai jhaankti 

Tumse kabhi, mujhse kabhi 

Kuch lafz hain woh maangti 

Jinko pehanke honton tak aa jaaye woh 

Aawaaz ki baahon mein baahein daalke ithlaye woh 

Lekin jo yeh ik baat hai 

Ahsas hi ahsas hai 

Khushboo si hai jaise hawa mein tairti 

Khushboo jo be-aawaaz hai 

Jiska pata tumko bhi hai 

Jiski khabar mujhko bhi hai 

Duniya se bhi chupta nahin 

Yeh jaane kaisa raaz hai 

(English Translation)

A thing that still hasn’t come up to my lips and only peeks through my eyes, 

It asks for words, 

sometimes from me and sometimes from you, 

So that it can wear those words and come to the lips, 

And so that it could be embraced by words.. 

But this thing is actually a feeling…only a feeling, 

It’s like a fragrance floating in the air, 

Fragrance, which has no voice…and about which you know and I know too. 

It is not hidden from the world, what kind of a secret it is?

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The Third Poetry (at the very end of the film when Farhan meets his biological father) 

Jab jab dard ka baadal chaya 

Jab ghum ka saya lehraya 

Jab aansoo palkon tak aya 

Jab yeh tanha dil ghabraya 

Humne dil ko yeh samjhaya 

Dil aakhir tu kyun rota hai

Duniya mein yunhi hota hai 

Yeh jo gehre sannate hain 

Waqt ne sabko hi baante hain

Thoda ghum hai sabka qissa 

Thodi dhoop hai sabka hissa

Aankh teri bekaar hi nam hai 

Har pal ek naya mausam hai 

Kyun tu aise pal khota hai 

Dil aakhir tu kyun rota hai 

(English Translation)

Whenever the clouds of pain and sadness loomed, Whenever tears came till the eyelashes,

Whenever this lonely heart got scared, 

I told my heart, 

Oh Heart, why do you cry? 

This is what happens in this world… 

This deep silence…the world has distributed it to everyone, Some sadness is a part of everyone’s life, 

Some sunshine is a part of everyone’s life, 

Your eyes are wet without any reason,

Every second is a new season, 

Why do you let go of such priceless moments? 

Oh Heart, why do you cry?

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And finally the last of the four poems 

Dilon me tum apni betabiyan leke chal rahe ho, to zinda ho tum 

Nazar me khwaabon ki bijliyan leke chal rahe ho, to zinda ho tum 

Hwa ke jhokon ke jaise aazad rehno sekho 

Tum ek dariya ke jaise lehron mein behna sekho 

Hr ek lamhe se tum milo khole apni baahein 

Hr ek pal ek nya sama dekhe nigahein 

Jo apni ankhon mein hairanian leke chal rahe ho,to zinda ho tum 

Dilon mein tum apni betabian leke chal rahe ho,to zinda ho tum 

(English Translation)

If you have eagerness in your heart, it means you are alive, 

If your eyes are filled with dreams, it means you are alive Learn to be free like the wind, 

Learn to flow freely like the river, 

Embrace every moment with open arms, 

See a new horizon every time with your eyes, 

If you carry surprise in your eyes, it means you are alive, 

If you have eagerness in your heart, it means you are alive…

Dare To Believe

Know that. . . .

You can't be all things to all people.
You can't do all things at once.
You can't do all things equally well.
You can't do all things better than everyone else.
You are human like everyone else.
So. . . .
Find out who you are, and be that.
Decide what comes first, and do that.
Discover your strengths, and use them.
Learn not to compete with others,
because no one else is in the contest of being you.
Then you'll have. . . .
Learned to accept your uniqueness.
Learned to set priorities and make decisions.
Learned to live with your limitations.
Learned to give yourself the respect that is due.
And you'll be a most vital mortal.
Dare To Believe. . . .
You're are a wonderful, unique person.
You're a once-in-all-history event.
That it's more than a right to be who you are.
That life is not a problem to solve,
but a gift to cherish.
And you'll be able to stay one up
on anything that tries to get you down.

''People often say that this or that person has not yet found him or herself.
But the self is not something that one finds. It is something one creates.''

Thomas Szasz

Too Beautiful To Ignore

She jumped up as soon as she saw the surgeon come out of the operating room. She said: 'How is my little boy? Is he going to be all right? When can I see him?'


The surgeon said, 'I'm sorry. We did all we could, but your boy didn't make it.'

Sally said, 'Why do little children get cancer? Doesn't God care any more? Where were you, God, when my son needed you?'



The surgeon asked, 'Would you like some time alone with your son? One of the nurses will be out in a few minutes, before he's transported to the university.'



Sally asked the nurse to stay with her while she said good bye to son.. She ran her fingers lovingly through his thick red curly hair. 'Would you like a lock of his hair?' the nurse asked. Sally nodded yes. The nurse cut a lock of the boy's hair, put it in a plastic bag and handed it to Sal ly.


The mother said, 'It was Jimmy's idea to donate his body to the University for Study. He said it might help somebody else. 'I said no at first, but Jimmy said, ' Mom , I won't be using it after I die. Maybe it will help some other little boy spend one more day with his Mom .' She went on, 'My Jimmy had a heart of gold. Always thinking of someone else. Always wanting to help others if he could.'


Sally walked out of Children's Mercy Hospital for the last time, after spending most of the last six months there. She put the bag with Jimmy's belongings on the seat beside her in the car.


The drive home was difficult. It was even harder to enter the empty house. She carried Jimmy's belongings, and the plastic bag with the lock of his hair to her son's room.


She started placing the model cars and other personal things back in his room exactly where he had always kept them. She lay down across his bed and, hugging his pillow, cried herself to sleep.


It was around midnight when Sally awoke. Lying beside her on the bed was a folded letter. The letter said:


'Dear20Mom ,


I know you're going to miss me; but don't think that I will ever forget you, or stop loving you, just 'cause I'm not around to say 'I Love You'. I will always love you, Mom , even more with each day. Someday we will see each other again. Until then, if you want to adopt a little boy so you won't be so lonely, that's okay with me. He can have my room and old stuff to play with. But, if you decide to get a girl instead, she probably wouldn't like the same things us boys do. You'll have to buy her dolls and stuff girls like, you know.



Don't be s ad thinking about me. This really is a neat place. Grandma and Grandpa met me as soon as I got here and showed me around some, but it will take a long time to see everything. The angels are so cool. I love to watch them fly. And, you know what? Jesus doesn't look like any of his pictures. Yet, when I saw Him, I knew it was Him. Jesus himself took me to see GOD! And guess what, Mom ? I got to sit on God's knee and talk to Him, like I was somebody important. That's when I told Him that I wanted to write you a letter, to tell you good bye and everything. But I already knew that wasn't allowed. Well, you know what Mom ? God handed me some paper and His own personal pen to write you this letter I think Gabriel is the name of the angel who is going to drop this letter off to you. God said for me t o gi ve you the answer to one of the questions you asked Him 'where was He when I needed him?' 'God said He was in the same place with me, as when His son Jesus was on the cross. He was right there, as He always is with all His children.


Oh, by the way, Mom , no one else can see what I've written except you. To everyone else this is just a blank piece of paper. Isn't that cool? I have to give God His pen back now He needs it to write some more names in the Book of Life. Tonight I get to sit at the table with Jesus for supper. I'm sure the food will be great.


Oh, I almost forgot to tell you. I don't hurt anymore the cancer is all gone.. I'm glad because I couldn't stand that pain anymore and God couldn't stand to see me hurt so much, either. That's when He sent The Angel of Mercy to come get me. The Angel said I was a Special Delivery! How about that?



Signed with Love from God, Jesus & Me.


(Let's see Satan stop this one.) Take 60 seconds and repost this, within the hour, you will have caused a multitude of believers to pray to God for each other. Then sit back and feel the Holy Spirit work in your life for doing what you know God loves 'When you're down to nothing, God is up to something.'





*2 minutes and you will feel the Holy Spirit brightening your life in just an hour.

Probably the 100th first attempt, finally!

Well well.....

Selamat Berpuasa and selamat berbuka puasa incase you're reading this while having your sungkai. At the moment, i'm at my retreat centre ;) ...having to learned that i have a blood pressure of 150/100 yesterday finally open my eyes that...the "time" is just around the corner.

Well don't get me wrong, i didn't mean that i'm just gonna give up without a good fight. It makes me think that there're still tons of task that i haven't done and for now i'm in race with time, my time :)