Thought for the day
"There are no secrets to success. It is the
result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure." --
General Colin Powell
Take home - S W R D Bandaranaike
Sri Lankan (Ceylonese) prime
minister (1960-5, 1970-77, 1994-2000), born in Ratnapura, S Sri Lanka.
Following the assassination of her husband, S W R D Bandaranaike, in 1959, she
became leader of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party, won the Ceylon general election
(1960), and became the world’s first woman prime minister.
Sirimavo Bandaranaike (born
1916) became the first woman prime minister in the world when she was chosen to
head the Sri Lankan Freedom Party government in 1960, following the
assassination of her husband. She pursued policies of nonalignment abroad and democratic
socialism at home. She held the position for a second time following
independence, and again in 1994. Her daughter, Chandrika Kumaratunge became
president of Sri Lanka, having previously been prime minister for a few months.
Wisdom Message – Discourse from Osho
Patience has been exploited by people. There has
been poverty for centuries and people have been told just to be patient,
"It is a test of your trust in God." They have been told just to be
patient, "It is only a question of a few years and then you will be
entering into paradise."
Patience has been used as part of an exploitation of people
in every field, but patience itself is a beautiful quality. You should not
allow your patience to be exploited. But to be patient, to me means trust --
trust in nature, trust in existence, trust in yourself. Things are going to be
better every day; whatever happens, your patience finds in it something better
for you. It is a very great alchemy; it changes suffering into blessing. It is
a great instrument in your hands, you just have to understand that the
instrument has to be used by you, not by others on you. There are continuous
changes in life -- life is a flux.
Heraclitus says, "You cannot step twice in the same river."
I say to you, "You cannot even step once in the same river."
Heraclitus says, "You cannot step twice in the same river."
I say to you, "You cannot even step once in the same river."
In life nothing is perfect, everything has some
imperfection. Imperfection means life is still growing, evolution is still
happening. The day everything is complete will be the worst day in existence,
because that day everything will become dead. There will be no growth, no need
for evolution; everything will be stuck. Don't look to the imperfections; look
at so much beauty that surrounds small imperfections.
It is a change of perspective that brings patience to you.
Then you know that everything is good, and everything is going to be better
because it has been going on for centuries becoming better and better. There is
no need to be worried about tomorrow; tomorrow is going to be better. The whole
existence is involved in bettering itself. You have to be just a little
patient, you should not be in a hurry. You should not ask that everything
should be given to you right now.
Picture for the day
Elephants roam the Serengeti under a stormy sky
in this photo by Michael “Nick” Nichols, who sent dispatches from the field as
he shot a story for National
Geographic magazine.
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