Month: May 2021

Take Back Control of Your Busy Life ….Dwight D.Eisenhour

| Chandru Gidwani

From To-Do to Done

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Simple Truths
What is urgent is seldom important and what is important is seldom urgent. Attributed to Dwight D. Eisenhower

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Life is fragile…Contributed by Gul Kripalani

| Chandru Gidwani

Life is fragile: Handle with prayer.
Remember that the Lord will always be there
To hear our problems and to gather our tears,
To calm the storms, and to settle the fears.
It does not matter how great or how small,
The Lord will answer to our every call.
Just call on the Lord, it matters not when-
His office is not closed at half-past ten.

He’s never on lunch, He can’t take a break;
If He did, this old world would just crumble and shake.
His lines are never busy, He won’t put you on hold.
He won’t ask you twice what He’s already been told.
There’s no account number, nor address to give;
No matter where you’ve moved, He knows where you live.

Yes, the Lord always answers, He never leaves home.
He won’t leave us to handle it all on our own.
So when things get rough, and things aren’t fair,
Remember: Life is fragile, so handle it with prayer.

Have a blessed day!

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Play the Battle drums…A story

| Chandru Gidwani

A king had many elephants, but one elephant was very powerful, very obedient, sensible and skillful in everything, especially his fighting skills. In many wars, he was sent on the battlefield and he used to return only after getting victory for the king. Therefore, he was the most loved elephant of the king.

Time went by and there came a time when the elephant started getting old. Now he was not able to perform as before. Therefore, now the king did not even send him to the battlefield but he still remained as a part of the king’s team.

One day the elephant went to a lake to drink water, but unfortunately his feet got stuck in the mud there and he went on sinking. He tried a lot, but he could not remove himself from the mud. People came to know from the sound of his screams that the elephant was in trouble. The news of the elephant trapped also reached the king. All the people, including the king, gathered around the elephant and made various efforts to get him out. But alas, even after trying for a long time, there was no way out.

At that time, Gautama Buddha was passing by. Gautam Buddha stopped and inspected the site of the incident and then suggested to the king that the battle drums should be played around the lake. The listeners felt shocked at the bizarre suggestion as to how the trapped elephant would come out by playing the battle drums. But out of reverence to Gautam Buddha, started playing the drums.

As soon as the drums of war started ringing, there was a change in the gestures, behaviour and determination of the troubled elephant.

At first, the elephant slowly stood up and then gradually used his force and intelligence, and before long, came out of the mud on his own!

Gautama Buddha smiled and said:

“There was no lack of physical ability in the elephant, but only the need to infuse enthusiasm. Motivation and Will within it was missing. To maintain enthusiasm in life, it is necessary that humans maintain purposeful thinking and do not let despair dominate their thoughts!”

*In today’s tough times* we all need to enthuse ourselves & people around us with hope & enthusiasm by playing, if need be the *BATTLE DRUMS*, that we will again celebrate Abundance of Joy, Health & Happiness.

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