Book lovers always find time for reading books regardless of time, place. Just like movie lovers love movies and try to watch all the latest ones. Book lovers also wants to read all the latest titles but the difference between movie and books is that, in movies imaginary world in front of us and we see it and forget after sometimes but the books we read make us think and we imagine things according to our perspective rather than others make us think the way they want us to think as in the case with movies.
Books which we read make us more knowledgeable. Some people are so fond of books and stationery that they love to buy and use it on daily basis as journals and notebooks. Just like me people buy journals and notebooks for self use and to gift their loved ones. Thank you for appreciating March theme, BOOKS. Be ready for next month with another interesting topic of the month, April 2022.
April’s topic is environment. All the blogs in April will be on environment. So, be ready for helping in saving the environment for better future and happiness of generations to come. As with advancement and to make life easy we have done major changes and misused the things which nature gave us. To commute, we use vehicles run on petrol and diesel which pollute our environment. For infrastructural needs we cut forest immensely without even thinking about the after effects. We wasted water when we have in abundance to use it. Factories emit pollution in form of air and water pollution.
We know about water pollution, air pollution, their causes and impact on our lives but we don’t think it to be a serious thing. We must think while cutting an old tree 🌴 how much it can give and have given, in form of shade, fruits, oxygen. Situation like climate change is caused by deforestation, pollution which is emitted through factories and vehicles we use to commute. We use disposable plastic which is another cause of pollution. Things like steel, glass should be used instead of plastic. Using excessive amount of plastic in our daily life can cause harmful effects on our health, it can cause cancer too.
Due to deforestation we also have disturbed all the wild life. Ecosystem is highly affected. Many species of animals are endangered to be instinct. Water pollution has polluted the oceans and marine life. It’s high time we think sensibly and do something about it. Things which we purchase daily also have impact on environment. If we start buying things locally we can save the environment by not using vehicle to buy from somewhere far or if we buy online the delivery person will also have to use vehicle to deliver the order. It is also reason for pollution. Buy things which you need, excessive buying not only make a hole in your pocket but also not good for environment. The energy used to make the product will be wasted if we purchase more than we need and throw away afterwards.
We don’t see immediate effect of climate change in our daily life but must be aware that temperature of earth is rising and we are seeing warm climate where there was cold, rains, thunderstorms, landslides, glaciers melting, etc. These all are due to climate change and if we want our children to enjoy what we used to enjoy in our childhood, for their future and wellbeing we must start taking serious steps to resolve. We together as global citizens must act collectively and raise this issue to our respective country’s government for betterment of all. Many countries like Germany, Sweden, China, USA, Denmark, United Kingdom, Costa Rica, Iceland, Finland, Morocco, and Kenya use green energy. It should be followed by other countries also.
We don’t see immediate effect of climate change in our daily life but must be aware that temperature of earth is rising and we are seeing warm climate where there was cold, rains, thunderstorms, landslides, glaciers melting, etc. These all are due to climate change and if we want our children to enjoy what we used to enjoy in our childhood, for their future and wellbeing we must start taking serious steps to resolve it.
We together as global citizens must act collectively and raise this issue to our respective country’s government. If we don’t do something on urgent basis, it will be too late. Saving water, saving electricity, using green energy are some of the solutions for climate change.
When we start saving money, we automatically save planet earth. Spend money on things needed in adequate quantity, not more or less. Avoid usage of plastic where possible. Think alternatives of plastic and use them. REUSE, RECYCLE, AND REDUCE. Repair your old mobile and use; don’t go for upgradation of mobile, if not needed. Some people take mobiles as status symbols, the more expensive and feature loaded mobile they have, the more they will show off. The amount of e-waste that electrical appliances generate is enormous. Search for recycling Centre near your place and give your e-waste to them. Let’spledge to save environment and our planet earth.
Recently, I was watching a comedy show advertisement on T.V., A man was performing both, male and female character and making fun of women and men. For him, it’s his bread and butter, the writer, whatever he wrote for him, the actor performed. It’s just a fun act, but can hurt many. So, I once read somewhere that ‘my laugh should not be the reason for someone’s cry’. People want to tear you down because they can’t be like you, so they find your weakness and make every effort you don’t succeed in life. But let me tell you one thing, trust God and yourself, say to yourself that yes, I Can Do this. You will definetly succeed in life.
You can overcome each and every obstacle when you change your mindset. People do things to divert your attention, to break you, to divert your focus. And want to bring you down. Never let it happen with you. Always remember don’t trust words, trust actions. People say so many things but their actions speaks, notice it.
You are, what you think you are. When you stop bothering about everyone, you attain another level of freedom. Imagine you are at home and sitting and sipping coffee, suddenly you think of a person who ditched you in past and feel sad, don’t feel sad, God wants him to go from your life because you have not heard the conversations, God has listen. Sometimes it’s good that some unwanted people should be cut off.
Choose joy, happiness. If a person keeps abusing you, her words and actions don’t match, cut her off from your life. People who are not good for your mental well being, should always be avoided. Be so busy in loving, pampering, grooming yourself that you don’t have time for negative people. Cook, sing, dance, be happy in whatever you do. Appreciate life.
Happiness is, to see the green fields. Beauty of nature makes you happy and let you forget all the worries, tensions, stress. Spend more time with nature. Go to nearby park more often, spend some time there. Play a sport, when you indulge in activities like this, you will find no time to overthink. Read a book or magazine, use less gadgets. When we find ourselves capable of doing things which we had not done in past, it boost our confidence. Ignoring negative people and wearing confidence is key to success.
You are rejected in job interview, you failed in your business, don’t lose hope. Be positive and keep on going. One day you will surely succeed. Losers are those, who don’t try again. Try, try ,try again. There was a lady, who always think that she can’t do anything new other than household work, she can’t earn, she don’t have the capability in her. But, one day she got the opportunity to do her own business at the age of 90 with her family support. https://instagram.com/harbhajansmadewithlove?utm_medium=copy_link . Just click on the link and you will find this 90 year old entrepreneur.
When she can do business at the age 90, why can’t we at young age? She is an inspiration to many. Don’t be disheartened and be prepared for next challenge to make your mark.
Be inspired by others but don’tforget, you can also be aninspiration too. Think about it.
‘Keep smiling always’, ‘smile please’, ‘be happy’, these are some of words we often say to our loved ones. Because, we care for them and want them to be happy and smiling always. What is the difference between smiling and being happy? It makes me think that, those people who are happy from inside, may not smile a lot but have achieved a level of happiness, peace, satisfaction in their lives that no one can steal from them. The people who are happy in every situation they face, and stay strong, are the ones who attain true happiness in their lives.
See the image above, which I shared, assume that it’s you, seeing yourself in the mirror. Just focus to please the person you see in mirror and not others. If you have the ability to please others and make them happy, think, wow ! How talented I am! Why not make myself happy first.
One thing I want to mention here is that, we happily give money to beggars, but avoid buying things from small vendors, by this we are encouraging people not to work hard. If you want to give something to a beggars, then give them food, water, cloths, free education but not money. Instead, buy from small vendors, who are working hard, day and night to feed their families well. Encourage them to do more hard work.
Charity is good, it gives happiness. When you help someone in need, gives happiness. It makes you feel capable, to help others. Through you, God is sending help to the needy. You have so much money, you can buy anything, latest gazette, precious jewellery, you have all the facilities at your home, you have servants 24×7 at your service. You must be the happiest of all. Do you think it’s true? Think again, more the money, more you will be worried to protect it from theft. You must think of a job or business, which gives you immense pleasure, that, the money which comes with it becomes bonus for you. Then you will fully and truly enjoy what you do.
Do you know, who goes to Casinos? People who have money in abundance but don’t know how to utilise it, people who want to make money quickly and easily. You don’t have to have a professional degree to play at casino. You just need money and luck. Some just loves to try their luck and enjoy, and go there. You already know the harmful after effects of instant and easy to cook food. That rule apply here also. So, be steady and consistent in whatever you do (job/business).
While choosing a career for yourself , we always get attracted to highest paid jobs and choose a professional degree in that field. Ignoring what we are happy in doing. May be the things in which we are good at will not fetch enough money, that’s the reason why we convert our thoughts and liking for higher paid jobs. It is very good that you are career oriented and know, at the end of the day money will pay my bills and feed my family. But don’t compromise on your hobby or passion. Give some time for that also. Who knows it may become source of passive income for you. You are persuing your hobby and also earning. Wow!
Always think of opportunities, your focus will be on being positive all the time. Most of the time we feel disappointed when we are rejected by others. Others may have opinion about you, but always, always, always remember don’t reject your dreams, yourself, just for others. This kind of situation is faced by most of career oriented people. Always say to yourself, everything happens for good. If I didn’t get the job may be I will get better options than this in future. Keep trying, never give up and definately you will succeed. It’s hard to make a mark in this competitive world. Focus on what you are good at, your strengths and act accordingly. Here I will share my personal experience with you. When I started blogging, I was not sure what I will write about, how readers reaction will be, but I keep on writing and before publishing my blog, got so excited about the response which I will get. Each and every like and comments counts, means so much. The blogs which don’t get much response makes me do better next time. I never think of giving up. Keep on trying, keep writing. Writing makes me happy.
I will tell you story of a Financial Advisor, He started very well and was very positive about what he is doing. Daily he went to his clients, expecting that they will do some investment through him and he will earn from it. After continues negative response from people, he one day give up. Instead he could have learn skills, to positively close the call. Failure makes you learn new things which success never does.
In India, many festivals are celebrated and Holi is one of them. It is festival of colours. All the festivals around the world, when celebrated, brings joy and happiness. Festivals means celebration and celebration means happiness. Holi is one of my favourite festivals. Colours is being applied on each other, water guns used,sweets exchanged, dance, so much enthusiasm around. Many use flowers to celebrate Holi, instead of colours, as, colours may damage skin if it contains chemicals. Holi is celebrated in the month of March every year.
So, if you visit India in the month of March, do enjoy this celebration of Holi and experience the happiness spread by the festival of colours.
Hope, this Holi brings colours of joy, peace and happiness in your life.
Holy books like Guru Granth Sahib ji, Bible, Gita, Quran Shriff, we all must have read them according to our religion. The teaching in all of them is the same, God is One. Let’s know more about them. The purpose to choose the holy books as a blog is to know,learn and share teachings of all the holy books. So that, everyone can relate to them and know that each and every holy book say the same thing. To me, HUMANITY IS THE BIGGESTRELIGION. If you show humanity towards fellow humans, then yes, you belong to the biggest religion.
Reading holy books cleanse our soul, like bathing cleanses our body. We bath daily, then why not read a holy book daily and cleanse our soul? It is source of positivity, which is needed in the morning to energise our soul whole day. Let us quickly see what are the teachings of all the holy books. The idea is, not to preach, but to share.
TEACHINGS OF GURU GRANTH SAHIB JI
# All are equal
# Equality between men and women
# God is one
# People should live and speak truthfully
TEACHINGS OF BIBLE
# Love one another
# Have faith in God
# You can be forgiven
# God wants you to be happy
# Support others with Live
TEACHINGS OF GITA
# Do not be afraid
# Do not doubt
# Control your desires
# Do not run away from responsibilities
# Whatever happens, happens for good
TEACHINGS OF QURAN SHARIFF
# Belief in angels
# Belief in holy book
# Belief in Allah
# Belief in Prophet
All the holy books have a spiritual message in it. It’s upto us which path we take in life. Being religious or spiritual is good but religions should not be used as weapon to harm others. I have seen unity in diversity in India but, also seen religion being used by political leaders as weapon to divide and rule. This should be stopped. It will stop when we raise our children as representative of humanity apart from their religion, whichever religion they belong to. I strongly believe that HUMANITY IS THE BIGGEST RELIGION, though I born in a Sikh family.
World need more kindness, there are so many issues in the world to be taken care of that if we will not focus on that, our children will suffer afterwards. To give them better future, let’s join hands to invest in their future, in providing education,health services, better infrastructure, green energy, climate change. All the people who are providing support to war hit areas of Ukraine are appreciable. Like, Khalsa Aid, United Sikhs, Hemkunt Foundation, WHO and many more.
What we can do is, at least raise our child well, to make world a better place to live. We don’t think to harm, but, lend a helping hand as and when needed.
Many times we get confused, what are we craving for. Is it cup cakes or pudding, which will satisfy our cravings. So is the case with choosing a book to read. It’s difficult to choose which book to read on beginner level, for people who are to buy their first book to taste the joy of reading. First of all, you have to find which are the things, that makes you curious. The more the curiousity, the more easily you will find a book.
There are thousands of books available on every topic, be it self-development, self-motivation, novel, fiction, short stories, non-fiction etc. To develop a reading habit, start with reading magazines, some magazines also have short stories published on various topics in it. When you realise that yes, reading books is worth it, then buy a book on whichever topic you like, but it should be economical. So that, if you don’t like the book after reading it, you don’t regret, that you wasted too much on it. Build your collection of books slowly, by adding more titles of your choice.
Knowingly or unknowingly we have build reading habit, how? On daily basis we get active on social media scrolling, reading comments,posts,news,but don’t remember anything. Reading books is different, it makes us devoted towards what we are reading and helps in building concentration.
When we start a blog we decide a ‘niche’ for the blogs, likewise to choose what to read we have to decide the area of interest. In blogs we share information, on the other hand reading is more about polishing our skill and get informed. I believe, all the bloggers are good readers too, because, to give something, first of all, you must have that with you. I am talking about information.
I bought so many books and kids magazines for my son to develop reading habit in him. Now, he loves to read books of his choice. He himself decide what to read. When you decide the book, next question arise is, should I buy printed book, e-book or audio book? The answer to this question is, printed books. You can take membership of nearby library so that, you don’t have to buy books, you can read them for free or at very nominal membership. If you get old books near your place, that also is a good option.
You cannot develop reading habit initially with e-books or audio books and it’s true. I love the moment, I pick a book in my hand. I complete reading a book in parts, like, I read 2or 3 chapters and if find the book very interesting then one more chapter and grasp what is being said in it. For me grasping is more important than just reading. I personally feel that if you are reading something and not learning and implementing in life, then it’s of no use, it’s totally useless. You are wasting your time and energy.
‘Happiness is in small things youdo, not in big things you plan‘.
Books give immense pleasure. To enjoy the delight, grab your copy of happiness today.
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