” You are Neither Too Young Nor Too Old For Becoming Icons of Success …”

 

 

                              Not too old

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I am too young to do this.
I am too old to do this.
I don’t have enough experience. I need to wait a while more.
It is too late for me to pursue what I want in life.
Today’s infographic shares 41 success icons who achieved success in varying ages ” from as young as five years old (Mozart, when he became competent in keyboard and violin) to as old as 76 years old (Nelson Mandela, when he became president). Some notable examples include:
  • Anne Frank, who was 12 when she started writing her diary during the Nazi occupation. It would later be published as The Diary of a Young Girl and be published in more than 60 languages. Anne Frank died when she was 15, of typhus.
  • Pele, who was 17 when he won the world cup in 1958 with Brazil; he also became the youngest ever to play in World Cup). In total Pel scored 1281 goals in 1363 games, for which he was listed in the Guinness World Records for most career goals scored in football.
  • Roger Bannister, who is famous in the self-help world for being the athlete who broke the four-minute limit for running a mile in 1954. He was 25 then. Up until that time, running a mile in under four minutes was perceived by doctors and scientists as a biological impossibility and would cause serious physical damage to the body if attempted. After his feat, this four-minute barrier has since been broken by many athletes, including high school students.
  • Suzanne Collins, who was 46 when she published The Hunger Games, which would receive critically acclaim and subsequently pave the way for a trilogy as well as now-famous film adaptation starring Jennifer Lawrence.
  • Leonardo da Vinci, who was 51 when he painted the Mona Lisa.
  • Colonel Sanders, who was 61 when he started the KFC franchise. (I shared his example in Limiting Belief #7 of 7 Limiting Beliefs Keeping You from Living Your Best Life.)
  • Nelson Mandela, South-African revolutionary and philanthropist, who was 75 (not 76 as reported in the infographic) when he became the president of South Africa

 

 

Do you still think that age is your limiting factor for success? Whether it is or not, it can never be as big of a limiting factor as the belief that it is a limiting factor.

 

source:::: Success has no age limit …. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/…

Natarajan

Message For The Day…” Pursue Spirituality with no Expectations in Mind… “

You should not pursue spirituality with any end result in mind. One who works for wages is a worker and not an owner. The daily wage earner will not have any ownership or interest towards completing the tasks. He or she will worry about being present till the schedule, collect their wages and leave. Thus, he or she thinks that they are separate from the organisation. In your home, the wife or the children do their respective duties, but do not demand any wages. The wife does not ask any sort of income for the activities she does. She discharges her responsibility with purity and perfection, and takes care of everything at home. One who prays, just for a result is like that daily wage earner. One who enjoys the feeling that God is his own, and that God is within them, is like the owner. Aspire to become owners and not servants.

 

Sathya Sai Baba

Message For the Day…” Whatever You Do or Say Comes Back to You … “

Wherever you see, whoever you see, there is nothing but Divinity that is present. Salute all beings, even if you think they are inferior to you. Remember, you are not saluting the individual but to the Divine within them. If you have one thousand pots filled with water, the reflection of the Sun shining above will be the same in all the pots. So too, the reflection of the Divine is present equally in all beings. Just as the reflection of Sun will depend upon what is present within the pot, what you see around you is a reflection, reaction and resound of your own actions. Whatever you do or say comes back to you. You see your own form in the mirror. If you hate others, you hate yourself. There is no use in blaming God for your own actions. God is attributeless, sacred, pure and wise. It is human ignorance to attribute qualities to God.

 

Sathya Sai Baba

Image of the Day …World Ocean Day !!!

 

 

The ocean from Tofino, British Columbia, Canada. We chose it partly because Canada helped start World Oceans Day, which happens every June 8.

View larger. | Morning mist over the ocean, as seen in Tofino, British Columbia, Canada by EarthSky Facebook friend Ryong Lee.  Thank you, Ryong!

Morning mist over the beach and ocean, in Tofino, British Columbia, Canada. Photo by EarthSky Facebook friend Ryong Lee

To help celebrate World Oceans Day, Ryong Lee of Canada posted this beautiful photo onEarthSky’s Facebook page. When we started talking about World Oceans Day on our social media pages last week, several people said they had never heard of it. In fact, Canada made the original proposal for World Oceans Day in 1992 at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The day has been unofficially celebrated every June 8 since then, and, in 2008, the United Nations did officially recognize it. Since then, World Oceans Day has been coordinated internationally by The Ocean Project and the World Ocean Network. These organizations say it has greater success and global participation each year.

Sylvia Earle, perhaps the world’s most recognized and respected oceanographer, made a video plea to protect the oceans, which was released today. Among other things, Earle said:

I think of the ocean as the blue heart of the planet

 

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Source:::: Earth sky news site

Natarajan

 

 

 

” அபிராமி அந்தாதி சொல்ல ஆரம்பி …. “

அது ஒரு சாதுர்மாஸ்யம். பெரியவா காஞ்சியில் இருந்தார். ஒரு அம்மா தன்னுடைய இரண்டு பெண்களில் இளையவளோடு பெரியவாளை தர்சனம் பண்ண வந்தாள். மூத்தவளுக்கு கல்யாணமாகி நல்லபடி செட்டில் ஆகிவிட்டாள். சின்னப்பெண் M A படித்துவிட்டு வேலை பார்த்து வந்தாள். அவளுக்கு வரன் பார்த்துக் கொண்டிருந்தாள் அந்த அம்மா. ஆனால், திடீரென்று ஒருநாள் அந்தப்பெண் ஒருமாதிரி பேசவும், சிரிக்கவும் ஆரம்பித்தாள்.

வயசுக்கேத்த பேச்சோ, பழக்கமோ எதுவுமே இல்லாமல், சம்பந்தாசம்பந்தம் இல்லாமல் பேச ஆரம்பித்தாள். அக்கம் பக்கம் இருப்பவர்கள், பயந்த கோளாறு, காத்து கருப்பு வேலை, மூளைக் கோளாறு என்று சொல்லி, தங்களுக்கு தெரிந்த உபாயங்களை சொல்ல ஆரம்பித்தனர். டாக்டர்கள் எக்கச்சக்க சோதனைகளுக்குப் பிறகு “வேலூருக்கு கூட்டிகிட்டு போயி மூளையில ஒரு ஆபரேஷன் பண்ணினா எல்லாம் சரியாயிடும்” என்றனர்.

அம்மாவுக்கோ ஏகக் கவலை! கல்யாணம் பண்ணப்போற சமயத்தில் இப்படி ஒரு கஷ்டமா? பெண்ணைக் கூட்டிக் கொண்டு காஞ்சிக்கு வந்தாள். ஆனால், வந்த அன்று சாயங்காலம் பெரியவாளை தர்சிக்க முடியவில்லை. இரவு முழுவதும் அந்தப் பெண்ணை வைத்துக் கொண்டு “ஜய ஜய சங்கர, ஹர ஹர சங்கர” என்று ஜபித்த வண்ணம் இருந்தாள். அந்தப் பெண்ணோ, கத்திக் கத்தி மயக்கம் அடைந்து விட்டாள்.

மறுநாள் காலையில் மடத்துக்கு சென்று பெரியவாளிடம் கதறி விட்டாள் அந்த அம்மா. “பெரியவாதான் காப்பாத்தணும்! திடீர்னு புத்தி பேதலிச்ச மாதிரி ஆயிட்டா…நல்ல குழந்தை, கல்யாணத்துக்கு பாத்துண்டு இருக்கறச்சே, இப்படி ஆயிடுத்து….காப்பாத்துங்கோ! “….

பெரியவா முன் பெட்டிப்பாம்பாக அடங்கி ஒடுங்கி நின்று கொண்டிருந்தாள் அந்தப் பெண். பெரியவாளுடைய அருட்கடாக்ஷம் அவள் மேல் விழுந்தது. தொடர்ந்து மூன்று நாட்கள் மடத்துக்கு வந்து பெரியவாளை தர்சனம் பண்ணினார்கள். மூன்றாவது நாள், பெரியவா அந்தப் பெண்ணை உற்றுப் பார்த்துக் கொண்டே,

“அபிராமி அந்தாதி சொல்ல ஆரம்பி!…” என்று உத்தரவிட்டார்.

பெரியவாளுடைய கமலத் திருவடிகளை பார்த்துக் கொண்டே அந்த பெண்ணும்,

“தாரமர்க் கொன்றையும் ஷண்பக மாலையும் சாற்றும், தில்லை ஊரர்தம் பாகத்து உமை மைந்தனே!..” என்று கணீரென்று சொல்ல ஆரம்பித்தாள் ! அப்போதுதான் அந்த அதிசயம் நடந்தது!

வரிசையாக பாடிக் கொண்டிருக்கும்போதே நடுவில் மயக்கமடைந்தாள். அவளை அப்படியே இருக்கட்டும் என்று சொல்லிவிட்டார் பெரியவா. கொஞ்ச நேரத்தில் மயக்கம் தெளிந்து எழுந்தவள், முற்றிலும் பூரணமாக குணமடைந்திருந்தாள் ! அம்மாவும், பெண்ணும் பெரியவாளின் திருவடிகளில் கண்ணீரைக் காணிக்கையாகினார்கள்.

மஹான்களின் கருணாகடாக்ஷம் ஒரு முறை நம் மேல் விழுந்தாலே போதும்! கோடி கோடி ஜன்ம வினைகளை பொசுக்கிவிடும்! அது நமக்கு ப்ரத்யக்ஷத்தில் தெரியக்கூட தெரியாது. நல்லதோ, கெட்டதோ எது நடந்தாலும் “அவர் இஷ்டம்” என்று இருந்துவிட்டால், தாயின் கர்ப்பத்தில் இருக்கும் சிஸுவைப் போல், நாம் நிஸ்சிந்தையாக இருக்க, அவர் தாயுமான ஸ்வாமியாக இருந்து நம்மை ரக்ஷிப்பார்! இது சத்யம்!

Source::::www.periva.proboards.com

Natarajan

Message For the Day…” Whatever You Have is Not Yours…It is God’s Gift To you…”

Accept everything as God’s gift (Prasadam). Always feel that whatever you have is not yours, and it has come from God. Accept pain too as God’s gift and be content with that. Learn to be happy that God has given you two square sufficient meals. If you compare yourself with a wealthy person, who has four rich meals while you are having two, you will feel discontented. On the other hand, think of the poor man who cannot manage even one meal a day. In this manner, develop contentment. You must learn to be satisfied in simple things too. It is only then that Divinity can blossom from humanness. Being contented is a most important human quality and it can be gained through incessant devotion to the Lord. Continue chanting His name and develop your Love for Him, and dedicate your Life unto Him.

 

Sathya Sai Baba

Ads Which Convey a Strong Social Message ….

 

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Natarajan

Message For the Day…” Install Within Yourself that Nameless, Formless Divine…”

Many imagine that God will appear before them in response to their worship (Yagnas). These are illusions, merely imagination. What ultimately manifests before you is the nameless, formless Lord. In reality, God does not have any one specific form. Your mind keeps prompting such imagination. When you think of God as Krishna, the feelings of Krishna are aroused in you by your mind. As your feelings guide you, you see the manifestation of your favourite Lord everywhere. You must proceed on the path, focusing on the Divine Self. Control the activity of the mind and proceed on the path until the mind vanishes. The Divine Self has no name or form. Install within yourself that nameless, formless Divine. The whole world is the manifestation of the One Divine Soul. In all the beings, whether they are small insects, birds, animals or human beings, the same Lord pervades. Therefore, salute the Lord in every being.

 

Sathya Sai Baba

Message For the Day…” How to Meditate …”

Meditation does not mean simply sitting with eyes closed, contemplating on a Form. You may close your eyes, and focus on the form. But if there is some fickleness in the mind while meditating, then it becomes concentration and not contemplation. When the fickle-mindedness fades away, then your concentration becomes steady and turns into contemplation and slowly, you forget both yourself and the Form, and attain Samadhi. Ultimately, there will be no Form – hence it is called Atma. People give it different names. Don’t worry if you are worshipping one Form over another – it is not the end; this is not concentration. Persist and focus on the Form and see that it becomes steady. As you proceed further on the path, your focus becomes fully steady and contemplation blossoms into meditation.

Sathya Sai Baba

Meet Mr. Masthan ….A Living Proof of Communal Harmony …

 

A native of Tirunelveli, Masthan set up his shop near the Yoga Narasimhar temple on Velachery Main Road in 1980. Photo: M. Srinath
The Hindu    A native of Tirunelveli, Masthan set up his shop near the Yoga Narasimhar temple on Velachery Main Road in 1980. Photo: M. Srinath

S. Masthan, who has set up shops across the city, is well-versed in the Hindu calendar and festivities

Sixty-year-old S. Masthan is living proof of communal harmony. He also offers the hope that with hard work and perseverance, one can bust the barriers to success in business.

Mr. Masthan is the proprietor of Raja Seeval Store, the most-sought after shop in Velachery for Hindu religious items, for more than three decades.

Masthan, a native of Tirunelveli, recounts the story behind setting up his shop near the Yoga Narasimhar temple on Velachery Main Road, in 1980.

“The locality had a large Brahmin population in those days and they had to travel a long way to Mambalam or Triplicane, to purchase the materials needed for poojas and other rituals, at a time when transportation facilities were poor, if not non existent,” says Mr. Masthan.

That’s when he decided to set up a shop that supplies pooja materials, and it remains there to this date.

Well-versed in the Hindu calendar and festivities, Masthan, who never misses ‘namaaz’ on Fridays, need only be informed of the nature of festivities or religious rites. From the well-stocked shelves of his narrow shop, he gets all the materials ready for his clients.

He notes with pride that most of the Hindu priests in the locality send devotees to his shop to purchase required items.

A number of shops selling religious articles have come up in the area since, but devotees continue to patronise Mr. Masthan’s shop.

Today, he sells the Tamil almanac, the ‘pambu panchangam’, and has also set up branches in various places in the city — Perungalathur, Medavakkam, Urapakkam, Nanganallur, and Keelkattalai.

He has also convinced his five children, including three daughters, to take up the trade.

Mr. Masthan, who cycled several kilometres in his younger days to source the materials demanded by his clients, has a flourishing trade today, but retains the simplicity with which he started out.

He never forgets to greet a regular customer, and treats every new customer equally well.

source::::Srikanth .R. in THE HINDU

Natarajan