Attitude! Attitude!! Attitude!!!

When life is moving you through a period of personal challenges and you start to think and act as if it is all over for you, before you write your life off, just wait to hear what your next door 'smiley' neighbour is going through.

It's not what you are going through that is your problem. Your real problem is your attitude to it. Once you've changed your wrong attitude, hard as it may be, you've changed your life....forever.

How to add credits to your Relationship Trust Fund

Adding credits to your Relationship Trust Fund on a daily basis in three simple steps:

1. Think of at least three simple things you can do or say to your partner that would make him or her feel special and loved. You can include as many things as you want based on your knowledge of your partner.

2. Write them down on a piece of paper in order of how special your partner would feel each time you do or say it.

3. Every day, do at least one thing that makes your partner feels really special and loved by you. Try and do this to your partner on daily basis no matter how you feel about him or her on that day.

11 simple ways to avoid withdrawals from your Relationship Trust Fund.

1. Showing deep respect for the needs and aspirations of your partner;
2. Saying "I'm sorry," even when you know you're right;
3. Avoid talking down on your partner;
4. Becoming naturally honest with your partner"
5. At the earliest possible time, apologising when you know you are wrong;
6. Making only the promises you are sure to keep;
7. Discussing issues face to face;
8. Spending regular quality times with your partner;
9. Developing realistic expectation of your partner;
10. Taking personal responsibility for your own action;
11. Never going to bed without revolving minor misunderstandings.

Note: Each of these gives you an opportunity to add credit to the fund.

Overcoming Obstacles of Life and Living

The journey of life gives us no choice but to accept that it is full of ups and downs. If the journey was meant to be smooth-sailing, nature would have provided no space on earth for things like the mountains we must climb or the rivers we must cross or the dark valleys we must walk through.

The challenge for mankind is that we all want to have the good things on the mountain without having to go through the pain of climbing it. We all desire to possess the riches in the land across the river without experiencing the hardship that goes with crossing it. We all dream of experiencing the peace and tranquillity of a valley without the patience to walk through it.

In the journey of life, our real mountains, our real rivers, our real valleys are inside each one of us. They are not physical. They are not visible. They are not touch-able. However, they are changeable. They are moveable. They are relocate-able. You can even make them disappear altogether. They are spirituals.

However, as we make our journeys through life and living, we will come across their counterparts in the real world. These are the natural mountains, the natural rivers, or the natural valleys. They are physical. They are visible. They are touch-able. We cannot change where nature has chosen to place them on the surface of the earth. Therefore as individuals, we have very little control over them.

What nature has kindly given to abundantly is the natural ability to use our invisible mountains, the untouchable rivers or the non-physical valleys that reside in each of us to control their counterparts in the real world. This awareness can help us overcome any obstacles that come our ways as we make our journeys through life.

Success and Failure give birth to each other

As long as you keep blaming yourself for your failures, in my opinion, you have no right to keep giving yourself the credit for your successes. There is an intrinsic and fundamental relationship between 'success' and 'failure.' They give birth to each other. The effect of failure is not to cause another failure but to cause you to learn how to succeed later. So, why should you blame yourself for doing something that was meant to ensure your success in the long run? Enter your Life Awareness Zone by welcoming both your successes and failures with real gratitude and thanksgiving.

The source of life

The source of life on earth is still a mystery. The key to the mystery is not yet available to humanity. It lies in a fortress impregnable by human mind. This tells me a great deal of story about the nature of God as the Supreme Head of the Universe.

Turning of our wantings into our needings.

Whenever you are having a bad feeling thinking that life is not fair because it is not giving you what you want, ask yourself, is life giving you what you need? This let you remember that there is a huge difference between needing something and wanting it. To keep expressing gratitude for what you have is to keep knowing that you lack nothing. The root cause of human suffering, in my opinion, is the turning of our wantings into our needings.