ਜੇ ਉਡਣਾ ਈ

ਤਾਂ ਭਾਵੇਂ ਅਰਸ਼ ਤੀਕ ਉਡ

ਪਰ ਜਰਾ ਸੰਭਲੀਂ

ਤੇਰੀ ਚੁੰਨੀ ਨਾ ਜਾਏ ਡਿਗ !

ਜੇ ਵਹਿਣਾ ਈ

ਤਾਂ ਨਦੀ ਵਾਂਗ ਵਹਿ

ਕੰਢਿਆਂ ਦੇ ਵਿਚ ਵਿਚ ਰਹਿ !

ਜੇ ਨੱਚਣਾ ਈ ਤਾਂ

ਭਾਂਵੇਂ ਉਚਕ ਉਚਕ ਨੱਚ

ਪੈਰ ਧਰੀਂ ਜਰਾ ਬਚ ਬਚ !

ਜੇ ਤੂੰ ਗਾਉਣਾ ਈ ਤਾਂ

ਢੋਲੇ ਮਾਹੀਏ ਟੱਪੇ ਗਾ

ਸ਼ਬਦਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਨੰਗੇਜ਼ ਤੋਂ ਬਚਾ !

ਨੀ ਕੁੜੀਏ

ਗੁਆਚੀ ਵਸਤ ਮੁੜ ਨਾ ਥਿਆਉਂਦੀ

ਕਿਤੇ ਆਪਣੀ ਪਤ ਨਾ ਲਈਂ ਗੁਆ !

ਵਲੋਂ: Surjit Kaur 

ਕੁਝ ਕੁ ਦਿਨ ਪਹਿਲਾਂ ਦੀ ਗੱਲ ਹੈ ਇੱਕ ਅਮਲੀ ਬੰਦਾ ਮਿਲਿਆ | ਬੜਾ ਮੌਜੀ ਸੀ  ਤੇ ਖਾ ਪੀ ਕੇ ਫੁੱਲ ਸੀ | ਗੱਲਾਂ ਕੀ ਕਰਦਾ ਸੀ ਬੱਸ ਪੁੱਛੋ ਨਾ ਹਸਾ ਹਸਾ ਕੇ ਢਿੱਡ ਦੁਖਣ ਲਾ ਤਾ ਪਤੰਦਰ ਨੇ | ਬਹੁਤ ਟਾਇਮ ਗੱਲਾਂ ਮਾਰਨ ਤੋਂ ਬਾਅਦ ਮੈਂ ਨਸਿਆਂ ਦੀ ਗੱਲ ਤੋਰੀ, ਮੈਂ ਕਿਹਾ, 'ਕਾਹਨੂੰ  ਨਸ਼ਾ ਖਾ ਖਾ ਕਿ ਸਰੀਰ ਖਰਾਬ ਕੀਤਾ ਛੱਡੋ ਪਰੇ' | ਕਹਿੰਦਾ ਗੱਲ ਤਾਂ ਤੇਰੀ ਠੀਕ ਆ, ਹੈ ਤਾਂ ਬਿਮਾਰੀ ਦਾ ਘਰ ਹੀ ਪਰ ਕੀ ਕਰਾਂ ਸਾਲਾ ਸਰਦਾ ਜਾ ਨੀ | ਮੈਂ ਕਿਹਾ ਹੌਲੀ ਹੌਲੀ ਹਟ ਜਾਉ ਤੁਸੀਂ ਕੋਸਿਸ਼ ਤਾਂ ਕਰ ਕੇ ਦੇਖੋ, ਨਾਲੇ ਸਰਕਾਰ ਨੇ ਤਾਂ ਥਾਂ ਥਾਂ ਤੇ ਨਸ਼ਾ ਮੁਕਤੀ ਕੇਂਦਰ ਖੋਲੇ ਹੋਏ ਨੇ ਓਥੇ ਜਾ ਆਓ ਕਾਇਮ ਕਰ ਦੇਣਗੇ | ਕਹਿੰਦਾ ਸਰਕਾਰ ਨੇ ਕੀ ਸਵਾਹ ਕਾਇਮ ਕਰਨਾ ਇਹ ਤਾਂ ਡਰਾਮੇ ਨੇ ਸਭ ਕਰਨ ਕਤਰਨ ਆਲੀ ਹੈ ਨੀ ਸਰਕਾਰ ਕੁਝ| ਸਰਕਾਰ ਨੇ ਤਾਂ ਬੇੜਾ ਹੀ ਗਰਕ ਕੀਤਾ| ਨਸ਼ਾ ਮੁਕਤੀ ਕੇਂਦਰ ਤਾਂ ਖੋਲੀ ਜਾਂਦੇ ਨੇ ਪਰ ਠੇਕੇ ਏਨਾ ਨੂੰ ਦਿਸਦੇ ਨੀ | ਫੀਮ ਖਾਣ ਆਲੇ ਨੂੰ ਤਾਂ ਫੜ ਲੈਣਗੇ ਪਰ ਸਰਾਬ ਦੀ ਖੁੱਲੀ ਛੁੱਟੀ ਆ | ਕਿਓ ਸਰਾਬ ਨਸ਼ਾ ਨੀ ? ਸਰਾਬ ਨੁਕਸਾਨ ਨੀ ਕਰਦੀ ?  ਜਿੰਨਾ ਮਾੜਾ ਨਸ਼ਾ ਸਰਾਬ ਆ ਓਨਾ ਤਾਂ ਕੋਈ ਹੈ ਨੀ ਮੈਨੂੰ ਲੱਗਦਾ ( ਕਿਓਂਕਿ ਓਹ ਫੀਮ ਭੁਕੀ ਬਾਰੇ ਹੀ ਜਾਣੁ ਸੀ ) ਫੀਮ ਖਾ ਕੇ ਬੰਦਾ ਕੋਈ ਖਰਾਬੀ ਤਾਂ ਨੀ ਕਰਦਾ ਸਗੋਂ ਕਮ ਹੀ ਕਰੂ ਕੋਈ ਚਾਰ ਪੈਸੇ ਦਾ | ਦੂਜੇ ਪਾਸੇ ਸਰਾਬ ਦੇਖ ਲਓ,  ਪੀ ਕੇ ਬੰਦਾ ਸੋ ਬੁਰਾ ਕਮ ਕਰਦਾ, ਰੌਲਾ ਪਾਉ, ਲੜਾਈ ਕਰੁ, ਵਾਸਨਾ ਦੇ ਧੱਕੇ ਚੜੂ ਤੇ ਇਹ ਸਰਕਾਰ ਨੂੰ ਨਸ਼ਾ ਨੀ ਲਗਦਾ| ਛੋਟੇ ਛੋਟੇ ਮੁੰਡੇ ਮੇਜ਼ ਤੇ ਬੋਤਲ ਰੱਖ ਕੇ ਬੈਠੇ ਹੁੰਦੇ ਆ ਜੇਹੜੇ ਮਰਜੀ ਵਿਆਹ ਤੇ ਦੇਖ ਲਓ ਇਹ ਨਸ਼ਾ ਨੀ ਲਗਦਾ ਸਰਕਾਰ ਨੂੰ | ਹੁਣ ਤੂੰ ਦੱਸ ਐਂ ਨਸ਼ਾ ਮੁਕਤ ਹੋਊ ਦੇਸ਼ ?

ਅਮਲੀ ਨੇ ਮੈਨੂੰ ਬਰਫ 'ਚ ਲਾ ਤਾ ਤੇ  ਮੇਰੇ ਸਾਮਣੇ ਇਕ ਸਵਾਲ ਖੜਾ ਕਰ ਗਿਆ
ਕੀ ਸਰਕਾਰ ਅਸਲੋਂ ਹੀ ਦੇਸ਼ ਨੂੰ ਨਸ਼ਾ ਮੁਕਤ ਕਰਨਾ ਚਾਹੁੰਦੀ ਹੈ ?

All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by the frost.
From the ashes a fire shall be woken,
A light from the shadows shall spring;
Renewed shall be blade that was broken,
The crownless again shall be king. 

John Ronald Reuel Tolkien 

Once there was a king who received a gift of two magnificent falcons from Arabia. They were peregrine falcons, the most beautiful birds he had ever seen. He gave the precious birds to his head falconer to be trained.
Months passed and one day the head falconer informed the king that though one of the falcons was flying majestically, soaring high in the sky, the other bird had not moved from its branch since the day it had arrived.

The king summoned healers and sorcerers from all the land to tend to the falcon, but no one could make the bird fly. He presented the task to the member of his court, but the next day, the king saw through the palace window that the bird had still not moved from its perch. Having tried everything else, the king thought to himself, "May be I need someone more familiar with the countryside to understand the nature of this problem." So he cried out to his court, "Go and get a farmer."
In the morning, the king was thrilled to see the falcon soaring high above the palace gardens. He said to his court, "Bring me the doer of this miracle."
The court quickly located the farmer, who came and stood before the king. The king asked him, "How did you make the falcon fly?"
With his head bowed, the farmer said to the king, " It was very easy, your highness. I simply cut the branch where the bird was sitting."

We are all made to fly-- to realize our incredible potential as human beings. But instead of doing that, we sit on our branches, clinging to the things that are familiar to us. The possibilities are endless, but for most of us, they remain undiscovered. We conform to the familiar, the comfortable, the mundane. So for the most part, our lives are mediocre instead of exciting, thrilling and fulfilling.

So let us learn to destroy the branch of fear we cling to and free ourselves to the glory of flight !!!!!!!

1. The majority of getting what you want is about being bold and daring enough to ask
  If you really think about it, it really boils down to only two things that prevents people from getting what they want in life: they are either too scared or afraid to ask for the things they want, or they just do not know what they really want. You need to learn to ask for the things want, even if you know that people will say no. What is the risk of them saying no to you? It is almost close to zero, as you would have lost nothing. But if you continue asking, you would be really surprised at how frequently you would be able to get the things you want!

2. Fear can be one of your best friends at times
 Fear is not necessarily always a bad thing, and sometimes it may end up being one of your best friends at times. For example, if you fear someone else being in charge of your own life (such as the government), you will work a lot harder to build your career and try to be financially free as quickly as possible. The only time when fear is really bad is when it prevents you from doing things that you really want to do.

3. Knowledge is useless unless it is used
 There a lot of smart people in this world, but you would be surprised to find out that most of the smartest people in this world never ever uses their knowledge at all. Most successful people are not really that smart, but they are able to apply the knowledge they have as quickly as possible, thus gaining experience and improving a lot faster than other people.

4. There are different seasons in life
 Just like how the weather has four seasons, there are also different seasons in life. There will bound to be times when a lot of stuff seems to happen in your life at once, and also times when everything seems to come to a standstill. Learning to adapt to these seasons of life by working hard when you have a lot to do, and save for rainy days. Make use of the slower season to recharge yourself so that you will be able to walk a longer distance afterwards.

To celebrate the end of the year, and to guarantee that 2011 is your absolute best year yet, this Secret Scrolls contains one of the life-changing revelations from the book The Power, and one of the most powerful processes you can do in your life.

Whether you realize it or not, you bring everything to you through the power of your imagination. The power of imagination is not something you have to acquire; you have it already! You think in images even if you aren't aware that you do, and you use imagination or imaging every single day of your life. When you think about the past you are imagining. When you think about the future you are imagining. And as you imagine and concentrate on anything with feeling, you are bringing it to you.

When you worry about something, you are using your immense power of imagination negatively. You are imagining the worst, and as you imagine the worst, you are bringing it to you. When you are excited about something, you are using your power of imagination positively. You are imagining the best, and as you imagine the best, you are bringing it to you.

Using the power of your imagination is something that comes to you naturally, but I want you to understand something about your imagination that will change your life: Whatever you can imagine already exists! You simply can't imagine anything unless it exists already, because when you imagine something you are actually tuning into a particular frequency, and if that frequency didn't exist in the Universe you wouldn't be able to tune into it. So when you imagine yourself with something you want you are tuning into a real thing that already exists, and you are looking at the very frequency of you with your desire!
Now I am going to take you step by step through a revolutionary process using your imagination from the book The Power.

It is time to get the brush out and clean out all of those negatives thoughts and feelings that are holding your confidence back. You need to begin by facing some of that negative, confidence draining stuff. We are all born confident and it is only as we grow older that we adopt negative thought patterns and baggage that drains that confidence we were born with. Think about how babies start to walk, they don't have negative thought baggage and there is no doubt in their mind that they no matter how many times they fall over they will walk.
Working or living in a mess will wipe out your energy. To get you in the cleaning up mood take 15 minutes now and clean up around you, whether you are at work or at home, make sure you are clutter free before moving on. If everything is already spick and span then simply pat yourself on the back and have a rest for 10 minutes.
Life is so much more fulfilling when you are in control and designing it the way you want to live instead spending all of your energy constantly trouble shooting and problem solving.
You may be holding onto some negative thoughts about yourself that are holing you back from being fully confident. Maybe you compare yourself unfavourably against other people. Perhaps you think that work or life is a huge effort and a constant uphill struggle.
The kind of assumptions we hear at work, which you may share yourself, include;

• "I am not a confident person because I left school with no qualifications"
• "Until I can work part-time I will never be confident"
• " My boss has it in for me, so its no surprise I have no confidence"
• "He comes from money, so he is bound to be confident"
• "I don't have the right kind of friends to help build up my confidence"
• " I will feel confident when I have lost some weight"

As you can see most of these comments are loaded with judgement and unfavourable comparisons with other people rather than fact.Like all assumptions, if you act as if they are true then they become a self fulfilling prophecy. Try writing down some of the unhelpful assumptions you have about yourself. Now against each negative assumption try writing an opposing positive assumption. Now remind yourself about your new assumptions everyday and they will start to take precedent over your negative thoughts.
Like a sports person the more you practice this the better you will get at it. So have fun and make your positive assumptions as juicy and fun as possible.

By John M O'Driscoll

ਉਦੇਸ਼ਹੀਨ ਮਨ -ਮੌਜੀ ਮੈਂ
ਉਡਿਯਾ ਫਿਰਾਂ ਇਥੇ ਕਦੇ ਓਥੇ
ਸਾਫ਼ ਪਾਣੀਆਂ ਦਾ ਸਵਾਦ ਚਖਦਾ
................

"ਇਸ ਭੈੜੇ ਜੱਗ 'ਤੇ
ਹੋਰ ਰਹਿ ਕੇ ਕੀ ਕਰਨਾ "
ਕਹ ਕੇ ਵਹਿ ਗਿਆ ਤਰੇਲ ਤੁਪਕਾ
................

ਕਤੂਰਾ ਕੀ ਜਾਣੇ
ਹੈ ਪਤਝੜ ਆ ਗਈ
ਓਹ ਬੁਧ ਹੀ ਹੈ
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 ਦੇਖਾਂ ਮੈਂ ਸਾਗਰ ਵੱਲ
ਦੇਖਾਂ ਸਾਗਰ ਵੱਲ
ਮਾਏ!ਨੀ ਤੇਰੀ ਯਾਦ ਆਵੇ
...............

ਬੇਹਦ ਇਕਲਾ ਮੈਂ
ਕਿਸੇ ਨੂ ਦੇਖਣ ਦੀ ਤਾਂਘ ਚ
ਆਪਣੇ ਹੀ ਪਰਛਾਵੇ ਨੂੰ ਹਿਲਾਂਦਾ ਹਾਂ
...............

If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you;
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too:
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or, being lied about, don't deal in lies,
Or being hated don't give way to hating,
And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise;
If you can dream---and not make dreams your master;
If you can think---and not make thoughts your aim,
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same:.
If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,
And stoop and build'em up with worn-out tools;
If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings,
And never breathe a word about your loss:
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: "Hold on!"

If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with Kings---nor lose the common touch,
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you,
If all men count with you, but none too much:
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds' worth of distance run,
Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,
And---which is more---you'll be a Man, my son!
 
 Rudyard Kipling

  A key difference between love and lust is that lust only cares for itself. Lust always focuses on an object to fulfill its desire. This object can be a woman, money, a car - anything. From lust's perspective its object of affection is only there to fulfill. Lust has no compassion for what it lusts for. Lust only shows affection until it finishes using the object of its desire. Lust is a taker that is only concerned with fulfilling its own needs. Lust and love do not co-exist. Lust has no room for love or compassion
Another key difference between lust and love is that love comes from the heart, but lust comes from the flesh. Lust is part of the material world attempting to satisfy one of the five senses. Lust's sole aim is to satisfy the flesh. Love transcends the material world and is solely focused on spiritual things.
 
 In a relationship it’s very important to be able to tell the difference between love and lust. You have to define your own priorities first in order to judge your partner’s intentions. Love is profound, deep and infinite. Lust on the other hand is a temporary longing, a shallow feeling and one-dimensional craving. Relationships based entirely on lust are often very short-lived. Physical attraction is also the basis of love, so telling them apart sometimes becomes difficult.

 Love is defined as an emotion which drives you to sacrifice everything you have for the person you love. You can test your partner by placing him/her in a compromising situation and seeing their reaction. Love is based on complete trust and mutual understanding. If the two of you argue a lot and then don’t make any conscious efforts of making up afterwards, then chances are your relationship was merely based on lust and there was no love involved. Love has a positive effect on a relationship and even after fights your relationship strengthens because you come closer in making apologies and doing everything in your control to make each other happy.

 Because a relationship based on lust is temporary, both partners will eventually start looking for other people to satisfy their needs. Lustful relationship could be fulfilling for a short time but they are disastrous in the long run. There are fights to no end, arguments over nothing and no respect for each other. Another noticeable difference between a loving relationship and a lustful relationship is that the latter starts with a much more passion. There are phone calls and dates that last all day long and in the beginning it seems as if there’s nothing separating this couple. However, as time passes this passion dies down and their supposed love for each other gets forgotten and they start having fights and eventually break up.

People who are truly in love base their relationships on respect for each other, compromising behavior and selfless attitude. They are ready to sacrifice anything for their partner. Lustful relationship brings two people close only to have fun and both of them are selfish in their demands. They don’t have any respect for their partner and don’t have any commitment plans in their minds.

Today I’m going to ask you something.

It’s a simple question, but powerful nonetheless. It can quickly snap you out of any rut and motivate in just a few seconds.

It works so well because we like to fool ourselves. We say, “I really want (fill in the blank), but it’s going to have to wait. Someday, I’ll make it happen.”

The truth is that it won’t happen, not if we continue following the same routine.

But that’s not fun to think about, so we rationalize and deceive ourselves and ultimately lock our hopes away in a pretty little basket called someday.

I'll never give up fighting till the end
If I fall along the way I'll get up and try again
But never shall I accept the fact of defeat
I've set goals in life and those I must meet
But never will I let negativity hold me down

Those who think positive I keep them around
Never shall I dwell on things in the past
Bad times come but never do they last
I shall never give in to those who are weaker than I
If I give up now why not lay down and die
Never Give Up

All the world may disown you

And fate may let loose her hounds of hunger.

The gods may guide you to ruin,

Your friends may sell your friendship

To the slaughterhouse of deceit

And love, your queen, may divorce you-

Yet amidst the breaking world

You can stand unshaken

And emerge a victor

If only you muster faith-

Faith in yourself, faith in the divine.

Hope is what I hang on to
When there is nothing left to grab.

Hope carries me through my hard times
When no one bothers to help.

Hope is my light in a dark place
When there is no other light to guide me.

Hope is the wind that carries me through
When I can't carry myself.

Hope gives me strength to press on in my darkest hour
When I can't hold on.

And I know that wherever I go
There will always be hope.

I will never give up
No matter what the odds are
No matter what people say
No matter how far
I will never give up

If I throw it away time after time
If I am one step behind try after try
If I miss dime after dime
I will never give up

Even when it seems all over
Even when no one else believes
Even when it seems I can go no further
I will never give up

For I know I have strength within
For I know I can persevere
For I know that I can win
I will never give up

Because it's someone else's fault
Because I am settling for good enough
Because I fear that I will fall short
I will never give up

There is so much I can still do
There is too much talent to waste
There is so much in me that I want you to see
I will never give up

Why squander all of my hard work and dedication
Why not show the world that I am a fearless baller
Why quit when I still have the opportunity to go on
I will never give up

If I do, I will not be the best me that could live
If I do, I will never know what I am capable of
If I do, I am not giving the world all I can give
I will never give up