How a Password Changed my Life ... A true story from the Reader’s Digest ... #story

How a Password Changed my Life ... A true story from the Reader's Digest ...

I was having a great morning until I sat down in front of my office computer. "your password has expired", a server message flashed on my screen, with instructions for changing it...In my company we have to change password monthly..

I was deeply depressed after my recent divorce. Disbelief over what she had done to me was what I thought all day.
I remembered a tip I'd heard from my former boss. He'd said, "I'm going to use a password that is going to change my life". I couldn't focus on getting things done in my current mood.. My password reminded me that I shouldn't let myself be a victim of my recent breakup and that I was strong enough to do something about it.

I made my password – Forgive@her. I had to type this password several times every day, each time my computer would lock. Each time I came back from lunch I wrote forgive her.
The simple action changed the way I looked at my ex-wife.. That constant reminder of reconciliation led me to accept the way things happened and helped me deal with my depression.. By the time the server prompted me to change my password following month, I felt free.

The next time I had to change my password I thought about the next thing that I had to get done. My password became Quit@smoking4ever .
It motivated me to follow my goal and I was able to quit smoking.

One month later, my password became Save4trip@europe, and in three months I was able to visit Europe.

Reminders helped me materialize my goals kept me motivated and excited.  it's sometimes difficult to come up with your next goal, keeping at it brings great results.

After a few months my password was
lifeis#beauTful !!!

Life is going to change again :)

Inspirational Poem - “I’d Rather See A Sermon” by Edgar Albert Guest

"I'd Rather See A Sermon" by Edgar Albert Guest

 

I'd rather see a sermon

Than hear one, any day;

I'd rather one would walk with me

Than merely tell the way;

The eye's a better pupil

And more willing than the ear.

Fine counsel is confusing,

But example's always clear,

And the best of all the preachers

Are the men who live their creeds,

For to see good put in action

Is what everybody needs.

I soon can learn to do it

If you'll let me see it done;

I can watch your hands in action,

But your tongue too fast may run.

And the lecture you deliver

May be very wise and true,

But I'd rather get my lessons

By observing what you do.

For I might misunderstand you

And the high advice you give.

But there's no misunderstanding

How you act and how you live.

Be optimistic about life..

*Good Morning*

*Worries at the start of the day means u r still alive!!

*Clothes that don't fit means u have a good appetite.

*Tears in ur eyes means there is somebody u care for.

*The mess to clean after party means u have friends around u.

*Roof that needs fixing means u have got a house.

*Taxes to pay means u r not unemployed.

Let's be optimistic in life because everything around us happens for a reason......

Keep smiling :-))

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The comfort zone - learning zone - comfort zone

What is Maturity?

Poem on Maturity 

MATURITY is...  

Knowing when to use your head,

Or when to use your heart,

Knowing when to opt out of the race, 

 or when you should take part. 

It is not a level you reach,

Nor a sermon you preach,

It is about the choices you make,

Its about the risks that you take. 

It's about when to go with the flow, 

Or when to just get up and go. 

It is about who you can trust, 

And even who you should bust,

It determines who you support, 

and who you praise and applaud, 

What to stall, who to oppose,  

or, even when to expose a fraud.

It is continuous work in progress.. 

and doing what has to be done,

Its when to stay in the shadows, 

and when to bask in the sun. 

Its knowing how to push harder, 

and how to reach the top. 

Its challenging the status quo, 

even when Life asks you to stop. 

It is about being your best self, 

and daily playing your part.

Its not a science nor a formula, 

but it surely can become an art.   

Its closing your commitments, 

and completing what you start, 

It's not fake, nor being pseudo, 

it is being authentic till you depart.  

IAN FARIA.

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Gratefulness that makes us happy not the other way!

 THIS IS A MUST READ FOR ALL PEOPLE, SEE HOW NEGATIVE THINGS CAN BE CONVERTED INTO POSITIVE WAYS

A famous Writer was in his study room looked depressed & deeply thinking. He picked up his pen and started writing on a plain paper

*Last year, I had a surgery and my gall bladder was removed. I had to stay in the bed, due to this surgery, for a very long time.

*The same year I reached the age of 60 years and had to give up my favourite job. I had spent 30 years of my life with a Publishing Company.

*The same year I experienced the sorrow of the death of my father.

*And in the same year my son failed in his medical exam because he met with an accident while driving my car. He had to stay in hospital with the plaster for several weeks. The destruction of my vehicle was another great loss that year.

At the end he wrote: Oh God! It was such a bad year!!

When the Writer's wife entered the room, she found her husband looking very sad & lost in his thoughts. From behind his back, she read what was written on that paper. She left the room silently and came back with another paper and replaced it with that of her husband's.

When the writer saw this paper, he found his name written on it with following lines:

*Last year, I finally got rid of my gall bladder due to which I had spent years in pain...!!!

*I turned 60 with sound health and got retired from my job. Now I can utilize my time to write something more interesting with more focus and peace...!!

*The same year my father, at the age of 95, without depending on anyone or without any critical illness met his Creator...!!

*The same year, God blessed my son with a new life. My car was destroyed but my son stayed alive without getting any disability...!!!

At the end, she wrote:

This year was an immense blessing of God and it passed well !!! THANK GOD

The Writer was indeed happy and amazed at such beautiful and encouraging interpretation of the happenings in his life, that YEAR !!!

Moral: In daily lives we must see that it's not happiness that makes us grateful, but grate-fulness that makes us happy.

To all my lovely friends & family members...

THINK POSITIVE

Be HAPPY & Stay Blessed

Count Your Blessings