Who spilled your cup ?

You are holding a cup of coffee when someone comes along and bumps into you or shakes your arm, making you spill your coffee everywhere.
Why did you spill the coffee?

"Well because someone bumped into me, of course!"

Wrong answer.

You spilled the coffee because coffee was in the cup.
If there had been tea  in the cup, you would have spilled tea.

Whatever is inside the cup is what will come out.

Therefore, when life comes along and shakes you (which WILL happen), whatever is inside you will come out. It's easy to fake it, until you get rattled.

So we have to ask ourselves...what's in my cup?

When life gets tough, what spills over?

Joy, gratefulness, peace and humility?

Or anger, bitterness, harsh words and reactions?

You choose!

Today let's work towards filling our cups with gratitude, forgiveness, joy, words of affirmation to yourself and others, kindness, gentleness and love.

Wishing you the best and MORE POSITIVITY IN YOUR CUP....

Practise....

If you are demotivated  because  you are not getting good opportunities... then this story will motivate you...

It will rain only after 12 years

Once, Lord Indra got upset with Farmers, he announced there will be No rain for 12 years & you won't be able to produce crops

Farmers begged for clemency from Lord Indra, who then said, Rain will be possible only if Lord Shiva plays his Damru, but he secretly requested Lord Shiva not to agree to these Farmers & when Farmers reached Lord Shiva he repeated the same thing that he will play Damru after 12 years

Disappointed Farmers decided to wait till 12 years but one Farmer regularly was digging treating & putting manure in the soil & sowing the seeds even with no crop emerging

Other Farmers were making fun of that Farmer. After 3 years all Farmers asked that Farmer why are you wasting your time n energy when you know that rains will not come before 12 years

He replied " I know that crop won't come out but I'm doing it as a matter of "practice". After 12 years I will forget the process of growing crops n working in the field so I must keep it doing so that I'm fit to produce the crop, the moment there is rain after 12 years

Hearing his argument Goddess Parvati praised his version before Lord Shiva & said You may also lose the practice of playing the Damru after 12 years
The innocent Lord Shiva in his anxiety just tried to play the Damru, if he could, and hearing the sound of Damru immediately there was rain n the farmer who was regularly working in the field got his crop emerged immediately and others were disappointed.

Debriefing of this story

The game is won during the practice, not during the performance. If you are waiting for the good opportunity before you start practicing, then you have lost the race.

"Practice is boring but that's what makes your performance interesting"

This is just a story with a moral....it does not mean to hurt religious sentiment....

Dog & Nail

Once upon a time, there was a gentleman walking down the street. He came across a house that had a man and a dog on the front  porch.

The dog for some reason was moaning and groaning. The gentleman who was walking by was curious about why the dog was moaning and groaning and why the man was just sitting there. So he asked him.

"Hey Mr. What's wrong with your dog?" The man on the porch said, "He's laying on a nail." The man walking by was shocked. And asked, "Why doesn't your dog just get up?" The owner said..... "Because it's not hurting him bad enough yet."

Do you know some people who just like to moan and groan? They complain about the problem but they refuse to take actions to solve it?

Don't allow yourself to be stuck on a nail. Do something about your situation. You have greatness within you. It's not enough to complain, one must correct. Get up. It's your time!!!! You've gotta be hungry. That's my story and I'm sticking to it. Don't allow yourself to get comfortable in an uncomfortable situation. There's greatness within you.