Learn to Recognize - A random spam message turn into information worth
sharing. I got this letter from LiNa of Jobstreet.com.
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“Remember, life is a race. If you don’t run fast, you’ll get
trampled.”
— 3 Idiots
Ranchoddas Chanchad
Rancho had a full confidence of
life amidst the arduous pressure of college life. With a carefree attitude, he never cared about how much
life is pulling down on him, as long as he has the courage to stand up to Virus for himself, his friends, and Pia. He also has a passionate mindset about things.
His wisdom on pursuing one's passion really hits everybody a lot. Sometimes, I
ask myself how was Rancho able to top his class while maintaining a carefree
attitude. Simple, he loved engineering so much that he was able to gain himself
from it. He always helps a friend when it is needed.
Famous Lines
All is well.
These engineers are very smart sir, they didn't invent a
machine which can measure the pressure on the brain. If they had, we would have
come to know that this was not a suicide but a Murder.
[Rancho mimicking Virus]Life is a race.. If you don't run
fast.. You will be like a broken anda (egg)..
[To Professor] Instruments that record analyse summarize
organize debate and explain information which are illustrative non-illustrative
hardbound paperback jacketed non-jacketed with forward introduction, table of
contents, index that are intended for the enlightenment, understanding
enrichment enhancement and education of the human brain through sensory root of
vision... Sometimes touch
I never manage to plant the kiss dude... the nose comes in
between.
I wasn't teaching you engineering, that you know better than
me. I was teaching you how to teach.
Farhan Qureshi
Farhan, represents those who are being forced to choose what their parents wanted for
them instead of pursuing what they're passionate about. His admiration for Rancho was his personal key to talk and stand up to his father and become a wildlife photographer. Out of greater love for his parents, Farhan was able to convince his parents to let him pursue his dream. He became a successful wild
photographer authoring various photography books.
Famous Lines
We learnt something about human behaviour that day, It feels bad when a friend fails, but it feels even worse when he comes first.
Rancho was right when he said "Pursue excellence, and success (Chateur) will follow, pants down!"
[narration] I've always been a law abiding citizen. But in the last 24 hours, I grounded an airplane, nearly flushed someone's remains down the toilet, and helped Pia escape her wedding. All for Rancho. He would've done the same for any of us, too, like stealing a copy of the final exam that was designed for Raju's failure.
“Today my respect for that idiot shot up. Most of us went to
college just for a degree. No degree meant no plum job, no pretty wife, no
credit card, no social status. But none of this mattered to him, he was in
college for the joy of learning, he never cared if he was first or last.”
Raju Rastogi
Raju is the breadwinner of the Rastogi family, such that
the whole family is counting on him to rescue them from their woes. As such, he had to struggle with the poverty his family had suffered, with a paralyzed dad, murmuring mom and an unwed sister. Because of huge fear to fail his family's expectation , Raju was not able to concentrate, resulted to low grades and poor academic performance. But with
Rancho's help, he was able to overcome that fear, and became passionate in helping his family. He even had a prosperous life at the beginning of the film.
Famous Lines
There's something going on between you both
Sir, I have learnt to stand up on my feet after having
broken both my legs. This attitude has come after great difficulty. No sir, I
can't. You may keep your job, and let me keep my attitude.
It’s kooky, it’s fun, it’s colorful. It’s Bollywood. 3
Idiots is a fantastic tale about the strength of friendship even when everyone
starts new chapters in their lives. Like most Bollywood films, the duration is
quite long and stories that stretch can seem quite redundant and fall victim to
wandering aimlessly. 3 Idiots surprisingly isn’t that. This movie is packed
with emotional sensibility both high and low, and don’t forget the music! With
such energetic spirit that embodies Indian culture and musical identity, the
songs are almost unforgettable. You’ll find yourself humming the beat even
after you watch the movie. The plot is quite strong for a film that dons a
comedic genre, something rare these days. (tumblr.com)
Ok. So back to the ten lessons we can learn from 3 Idiots.
To be born poor or as an average person is not a crime but
to die as an average person with middle class talent is miserable and if you
are unable to optimize your potentiality and die with unused potentiality then
that is your shameful truth.
One should not die as a mediocre. He/she has to bring out genius inside him/her and has to use his/her potentiality to the optimum level.
Simplicity is way of life and Indian culture highly stresses
on simple living and high thinking, and this is the way of life: ‘Legs down to
earth and eyes looking beyond the sky’
Necessity is mother of invention. Necessity creates pressure
and forces you to invent something or to make it happen or to use your
potentiality.
When your hobby becomes your profession, the passion becomes
your profession. You will be able to lead up to excellence in life. Satisfaction,
Joy, Pleasure & love will be the outcome of the passion.
Freedom to life is beautiful. Don't die before the actual
death. Live every moment to the fullest as if today is the last day. Life is
gifted to human kind to live.
Never try to be successful, pursue excellence. Success is the by product & the result. Excellence
always creates Success & it is a process of continual improvement.
Never run after success. Let it happen automatically in Life
This one’s important. Live and live happily towards happiness.
Learning is very simple. Never Stop.
Personalities of the main characters are somewhat similar to these 3 real life idiots;) pictured below (shernan-raju, errol-rancho, archivald-farhan)
The activity we
had for this concept requires decision on what kind of thinking we are going to
apply. In this particular activity, I chose red hat thinking because I’m doing a
decision based on my gut reaction, intuition, and emotion.
For me, it’s really
important to use my intuition and feelings in making any kind of decision especially
in choosing my food. If I use white hat thinking, although the entire
nutrition facts label declares all the positive side of the food I’m going to take,
it’s not a guarantee that I am going to like it. Sometimes, we eat the food we
want according to our emotions or gut reaction, so it’s really important for me
to use red hat thinking.
Additionally, there are decisions where we can use
white hat thinking especially if it concerns our safety or health.
Distinguishing between what you want or what you need is also an exception. If you want to
discern what you need, you have to apply white hat thinking.
On the other hand,
red hat thinking is for your personal "want", since your full mind, perception, attention and body decide
what you really want. Because food choices are involved in this activity, red hat
thinking is applicable and very appropriate for me to apply.
The situation I
want to share happened couple of years back. I was in a dilemma and personal crossroad.
The decision I want to make was whether to continue my schooling or grab the
opportunity to work in a multi-national company. That situation left me indecisive, stagnant
and depressed. I really want to do both but I need to decide which one I’m
going to prioritize. The first thing I did was consult my parents and relative.
They gave opinions on what to do and what to prioritize that really entangled
my mind totally. I was totally lost but I find my way to decide.
I chose to
study. That time I think that if I finished my nursing school. I knew there will be more
opportunities await for me, even multi-national companies will open their door
and windows. My studies will also guard my future by giving me enough knowledge
and fruitful skills that I can use in the real world situations, I really thought that way. I applied white
hat thinking to decide what I need to choose. On the other hand, I also used red
hat thinking to assess my emotion.
Since I decided to be objective and
realistic, without resorting to my emotions. I chose white hot thinking. I’m
satisfied with my decision and that time, I’m learning and enjoying at the same
time. Moreover, I also had an opportunity to work while studying. I just think
I made the right decision. :-)
For more learning about this concept, the following
questions were very useful for me specifically in assessing the situations I experienced.
White hat:
1. Do I have
enough knowledge to fulfil the task of working for this company?
2. Is the offer rally good and
practical?
3. Do I have enough information
regarding the job description?
4. Is there enough skills and
information available for me?
Red hat:
1. How do I feel about the situation
and what I want to do about it?
2. Is this an important decision to
satisfy my emotions?
3. Do I feel relieved if I chose one of
these?
Both thinking is
helpful but carry out different result. Since I want to be realistic and don’t
want to base my decisions on my emotions, I prefer white hat.
There are also
different kinds of thinking hat we may use to effectively decide on
things:
White Hat focuses on the available information and analyzing past trends, and try to
delve from historical data.
Red Hat uses intuition, emotion and gut
reaction and reacting to the situation emotionally, through intuitive responses
to find out the best reasoning.
Black Hat uses pessimistic approach,
cautious and defensive reactions. It makes your plans and decisions tougher and
more resilient.
Yellow Hat use positive thinking with a
viewpoint that facilitates the appearance of helpful benefits and lighter side
of the situation.
Green Hat is for creativity in solving
you problems. It is used in generating creative and useful ideas to solve the
problem or to make decisions.
Living below your means is something
that is very uncommon nowadays. This is the reason why the United States is in
the economic shape that it is in. Keeping up with the Jones' is an old
expression that is still in effect today.
"Through wisdom a house is built,
And by understanding it is established: By knowledge the rooms are filled With
all precious and pleasant riches."
-Proverbs 24:3,4
People buy things that they know they
can't afford. For instance, you go buy a new car because your neighbor,
colleague, friend, etc., bought a new car. You drive the car for a month and
everything is great, until the car payment is due. Now you are mad, because you
went from a car that was paid for, to a car payment.
The real reality is, you don't own the
car, you are simply renting to own. The bank owns the car, and if you don't
make the payments, they are going to take the car. Just look at the housing
crisis, it's the same concept.
"If you would be wealthy, think of
saving as well as getting."
-Benjamin Franklin
We hear a lot of people say that if they
could only make more money their life would be better. This is simply not true,
because you know damn well if you made more money, you are going to spend it
even faster. What needs to happen is that people need to start saving more
money.
Start saving 10% and giving 10% of all
of your increases. Now you are thinking to yourself how can that be done I'm
broke. I don't care how much the increase is give 10% and save 10%. If the
increase is $1.00 save 10% and give 10%. If the increase is $100,000, save 10%
and give 10%. If you follow this principle I promise you two things: You will
have money saved, and money will start coming in from out of thin air. Try it,
prove The Great Rabbit Hole wrong. Save 10%, give 10%, and watch what happens.
"I don't think you ever stop
giving. I really don't. I think it's an on-going process. And it's not just
about being able to write a check. It's being able to touch somebody's
life."
“They gradually lost their ancient traditions, their recollections - they forgot their writings, their songs, their poetry, their laws, in order to learn by heart other doctrines, which they did not understand; other ethics, other tastes different from those inspired in their race by their climate and their way of thinking… They became ashamed of what was distinctively their own that they may admire and praise what was foreign and incomprehensible.”
—
Jose P. Rizal
December 30, 2011 is Jose Rizal's 115 Death Anniversary (Rizal Day). A man, who wrote great literary pieces and became inspiration for the revolution. But for me, there are more people deserving to be the national hero; I’ll not name them.
Ang mga bagay na nagawa at nakamit ni Rizal ay talagang nagpabilib sa akin. Lalo na sa nagawa niyang impluwensya sa sangkatauhan. Ang kanyang mga pangaral, pamana at mga obra na siya nganamingmaituturing na kayamanan ng ating bansa. Ito ang tumayong simbolo o hudyat nagumising sa mga kababayan natin na maghimagsik at makibaka para sa ating kalayaan na ating tinatamasa ngayon. Si Rizal ay nagsilbing inspirasyon para sa lahat at lalo na sa mga kabataang Pilipino.
To build a new narrative for the nation requires us not to focus on the glorious past we have but on the immerse work we still have to achieve. These heroes, as we call them, are already in their graves, at peace and reduced to bones and ashes. They’ll not even know we are remembering them. Dates just function as markers in the calendar anyway; what matters is how we learn the lessons these people taught us and how we use them in building a nation fit for ourselves. (http://www.tumblr.com/tagged/jose+rizal)
“One only dies once, and if one does not die well, a good opportunity is lost and will not present itself again.”
Like the average 22 year old, I had never
considered what I would tell my kids about Santa. I suppose my subconscious
assumed I would just tell them he brought presents for them until they figured
out on their own that he wasn’t real.
For some reason this year I began to think
about the idea. I’m not going to tell you what you should tell your kids, but I
want to try and show you why you shouldn’t tell your kids that Santa brought
them presents.
It’s
lying. Try and justify it however you will, you’re
still lying to your kids. It’s easy to say “Well, it’s just a little lie that
isn’t going to hurt them”, but I want you to think about something. Let’s say
you tell your kids for years that Santa brought them presents, and then they
find out that you were lying about that. It’s not a far reach in a child’s mind
to wonder what else you lied about. What is they start to assume you made Jesus
up as well, simply to get them to behave?
You may laugh at that logic, but I saw an
Atheist’s post on facebook that read “Kids, when you find out that Santa isn’t
real, remember what your parents always told you about Jesus as well.” Maybe my
mind is more child-like than most, but I can completely see how a kid could
make that jump from Santa to Jesus.
What
I will tell my kids: You can’t just not talk about
Santa, he is ingrained into our culture. I will tell my kids that he was a real
person who lived centuries ago who gave gifts to the less fortunate. People
like to dress up like him for fun and pretend. He doesn’t fly around on a
sleigh, and Rudolph is a made up character, like in cartoons.
I will also be sure to tell my children the
real meaning of Christmas, which is honoring Jesus. I will also make sure I
show this to them by involving the entire family in giving to organizations
such as Operation Christmas Child.
While it may seem trivial, I would advocate
that you exercise caution when thinking about what you will tell your kids. Try and justify it how you will, telling
your kids that Santa flies around the entire world and gives presents to others
is still lying, and I don’t want my children to ever have to wonder if I am
being truthful. (Reblog from Tumblr.com)
This
is a rather frank post on porn, so proceed, or not, with that in mind.
Porn is a problem.
It's a personal problem for many and a cultural problem for all. You may think
you have not been affected by porn, but you have because it's embedded in the
surrounding culture. The staggering size of the pornography industry, its
influence upon the media and the acceleration of technology, paired with the
accessibility, anonymity, and affordability of porn all contribute to its
increasing impact upon the culture.
Pornography
affects you whether you’ve ever viewed it or not, and it is helpful to
understand some of its negative effects, whether you are a man or woman,
struggling with watching it, or simply a mom or dad with a son or daughter.
There is a plethora of research on the detrimental effects of pornography (and
I do not think that what follows are necessarily the worst of them), but here
are seven negative effects of porn upon men and women:
1.
Porn Contributes to Social and Psychological Problems Within Men
Anti-pornography
activist, Gail Dines, notes that young men who become addicted to porn “neglect
their schoolwork, spend huge amounts of money they don’t have, become isolated
from others, and often suffer depression.” (Pornland, 93). Dr. William Struthers,
who has a PhD in biopsychology from the University of Illinois at Chicago,
confirms some of these and adds more, finding that men who use porn become
controlling, highly introverted, have high anxiety, narcissistic, curious, have
low self-esteem, depressed, dissociative, distractible (Wired for Intimacy,
64-65). Ironically, while viewing porn creates momentary intensely pleasurable
experiences, it ends up leading to several negative lingering psychological
experiences.
2.
Porn Rewires the Male Brain
Struthers
elaborates,
As men fall deeper
into the mental habit of fixating on [pornographic images], the exposure to
them creates neural pathways. Like a path is created in the woods with each
successive hiker, so do the neural paths set the course for the next time an
erotic image is viewed. Over time these neural paths become wider as they are
repeatedly travelled with each exposure to pornography. They become the
automatic pathway through which interactions with woman are routed….They have
unknowingly created a neurological circuit that imprisons their ability to see
women rightly as created in God’s image (Wired For Intimacy, 85).
In a similar vein
regarding porn’s effect upon the brain, Naomi Wolf writes in her article,
"The Porn Myth,"
After all, pornography
works in the most basic of ways on the brain: It is Pavlovian. An orgasm is one
of the biggest reinforcers imaginable. If you associate orgasm with your wife,
a kiss, a scent, a body, that is what, over time, will turn you on; if you open
your focus to an endless stream of ever-more-transgressive images of cybersex slaves
that is what it will take to turn you on. The ubiquity of sexual images does
not free eros but dilutes it.
3.
Porn Turns Sex into Masturbation
Sex becomes
self-serving. It becomes about your pleasure and not the self-giving, mutually
reciprocating intimacy that it was designed for.
4.
Porn Demeans and Objectifies Women
This occurs from
hard-core to soft-core pornography. Pamela Paul, in her book Pornified, quoting
the research of one psychologist who has researched pornography at Texas a&M,
writes,
‘Softcore
pornography has a very negative effect on men as well. The problem with
softcore pornography is that it’s voyeurism teaches men to view women as
objects rather than to be in relationships with women as human beings.’
According to Brooks, pornography gives men the false impression that sex and
pleasure are entirely divorced from relationships. In other words, pornography
is inherently self-centered–something a man does by himself, for himself–by
using another women as the means to pleasure, as yet another product to consume
(80).
Paul references
one experiment that revealed a rather shocking further effect of porn: “men and
women who were exposed to large amounts of pornography were significantly less
likely to want daughters than those who had none. Who would want their own
little girl to be treated that way?” (80).
“It becomes about
your pleasure and not the self-giving, mutually reciprocating intimacy that it
was designed for.”
Again, it needs to
be emphasized, that this is not an effect that only rests upon those who have
viewed porn. The massive consumption of porn and the size of the porn industry
has hypersexualized the entire culture. Men and women are born into a pornified
culture, and women are the biggest losers. Dines continues,
By inundating
girls and women with the message that their most worthy attribute is their
sexual hotness and crowding out other messages, pop culture is grooming them
just like an individual perpetrator would. It is slowly chipping away at their
self-esteem, stripping them of a sense of themselves as whole human beings, and
providing them with an identity that emphasizes sex and de-emphasizes every
other human attribute (Pornland, 118).
5.
Porn Squashes the Beauty of a Real Naked Woman
Wolf, in her blunt
way, confirms this,
For most of human
history, the erotic images have been reflections of, or celebrations of, or
substitutes for, real naked women. For the first time in history, the images’
power and allure have supplanted that of real naked women. Today, real naked
women are just bad porn (Quoted in Wired for Intimacy, 38).
6.
Porn Has a Numbing Effect upon Reality
It makes real sex
and even the real world boring in comparison. It particularly anesthetizes the
emotional life of a man. Paul comments,
Pornography leaves
men desensitized to both outrage and to excitement, leading to an overall
diminishment of feeling and eventually to dissatisfaction with the emotional
tugs of everyday life…Eventually they are left with a confusing mix of supersized
expectations about sex and numbed emotions about women…When a man gets bored
with pornography, both his fantasy and real worlds become imbued with
indifference. The real world often gets really boring…” (Pornified, 90, 91).
7.
Porn lies about what it Means to be Male and Female
Dines records how
porn tells a false story about men and women. In the story of porn, women are
“one-dimensional”–they never say no, never get pregnant, and can’t wait to have
sex with any man and please them in whatever way imaginable (or even
unimaginable). On the other hand, the story porn tells about men is that they
are “soulless, unfeeling, amoral life-support systems for erect penises who are
entitled to use women in any way they want. These men demonstrated zero empathy,
respect, or love for the women they have sex with…(Pornland, xxiv).”
(Originally Posted at http://narsako.wordpress.com/)
No one can deny that the progress of the nursing profession
here in the Philippines is on a downward trend. I’ve known this phenomenon ever
since I have opened my eyes to the realities that surround our profession and
I’m sick of it already. And when I say “I’m sick of it”, you better keep your
mouth shut and don’t ask me why. Just look around and you will know the answer
right away. I saw it coming back then but I still took the risk anyway. To this
day, I can’t count how many times people have asked me this same 7-syllable
question over and over again:
“Bakit ka ba nag-Nursing?”
It was asked by a co worker when I decided to file my
resignation in a BPO company two months ago. It was asked by my sister who also
just graduated this year and earned a bachelor’s degree in Radiologic
Technology, which she boasts to be more financially rewarding than Nursing abroad. It was asked by my high
school classmates, friends, relatives, and virtually every people who knows I’m
a registered nurse. Kung puwede lang irecord ang sagot ko para di na ko mapagod
kakaexplain sa kanila, ginawa ko na noon pa. But I have no choice but to tell
them honestly that I took the nursing course because it was in demand back then
and that no one had forced me to do so. It is a typical answer that doesn’t
make any sense as far as the present state of nursing employment is concerned.
I remember when I shifted from Biology
to Nursing way back in 2006, I was bombarded with ideas like “Hindi ka yayaman sa pagdodoktor” , “Mag-nursing ka na lang” , and all that
kind of ‘practical suggestions’, so to speak. I eventually took up Nursing,
survived the gruelling studies coupled with rigorous clinical duties, and
graduated early this year. I have discovered two things almost 5 years after I
decided to take up nursing: One, I’m glad that I didn’t take up Medicine because I fell in love with
Nursing in the process and lastly, the idea that Nursing would lead to greener
pasture was a trap and an eye-opener at the same time. It’s as if a reversal of
nature is happening and the same people who gave me the aforementioned
‘practical suggestions’ are now telling me that
“Hindi ka yayaman kung magnunursing ka lang”, “Magdoktor ka na
lang” and all that kind of crappy stuff.
Sometimes, I feel bad for earning the nursing degree at the wrong place and at
the wrong time. I envy those nurses from the early generations who got a lot of opportunities for them and I
wonder if they are even aware that the words “volunteer” and “contractual” now
represent the current batch of Filipino nurses.
”Bakit nga ba ako
nag-Nursing?”
I can’t even think of a single best answer to satisfy this
question but ironically, I can think of a lot of reasons (can even reach
thousands!!haha) why I should quit NOW and pursue other rewarding career. How
to quit Nursing in one day? Very simple: Always be pessimistic and know the
following reasons by heart:
1. It’s tough to be a USRN. We all want to work in the US if
given the chance. American nurses, they say, are one of the most financially
blessed nurses nowadays but how the heck can someone like me become a USRN if
the US is closing its doors for foreign applicants and even struggling to
provide jobs for its own American nurses. I heard that they are now processing
Visa applications from way back 2005 but this is more of a discouraging news
for someone like me who doesn’t even have a financial capability to take NCLEX
and pay for all the requirements not just for US and for other countries as
well. Kung puwede lang na mag-asawa ako ng Kano..kahit girl, boy, bakla, or
tomboy man yan, papatusin ko na maging
US citizen lang ako….
2. It’s tough to be a USRN but its even tougher to be
accepted as a nurse in the Philippines. They always say every nurse should
start from scratch and struggle to move upward. But how on earth can I start my
career if I’m competing with thousands of nursing graduates for a hospital
position that doesn’t even guarantee of a long-term employment? Ma-hire ka
man,utang na loob mo pa sa hospital na may experience ka pero wala namang
bayad. In addition to that, there will always be these so-called “backer
system” and expensive training requirements to stand in my way. It’s quite
frustrating that the government wasn’t able to regulate nursing schools during
those times when nurses spread out like
gremlins, increasing it’s numbers over the years. And what do I do now?
Taking endless search and endless trainings that will just lead me to an
endless waiting time. Kung meron lang
sanang magic potion na puwede kong ilagay sa resume ko para iprioritize agad ng
mga hospitals application ko….
3. It’s tough to be accepted as a nurse in our country but
its tougher to stay working in the hospital. Nurses have a lot of issues why
they quit working in the hospital. They are burned out, unpaid or underpaid,
exploited, neglected, abused , and degraded by the hospital management. The
dismal condition of nursing employment and the unfair nurse-patient ratio
are pests that will keep on recurring
unless properly addressed. Nursing is a tough job so we can’t stay doing charity
works for the rest of our lives. I’m tired of hearing cliche like “I want to be
a nurse because I want to save lives” because there a lot of jobs out there
that will allow you to save lives without even becoming a nurse. Admit it, we
all want to be a nurse because we want better lives for our families one way or
the other. And nurses didn’t spend thousands of pesos for their nursing studies
para lang magtrabaho dito at kumita ng halagang mas malaki pa sweldo ng
katulong. Kung puwede lang na mabuhay
uli si Florence Nightingale at maging presidente ng Pilipinas…..
4. It’s tough to be a nurse, period. I remember during the
last day of my IVT Training at a Marikina hospital, the Director of Nursing
shared how, at one point in her 20 years of professional life, she almost gave
up and think of quitting Nursing for good. I was taken aback by her story and
felt the hardships and trials she has faced during the span of her career.
“Napakahirap maging nurse..tandaan nyo yan!” was her rant that has kept me
thinking hard if my decision of quitting a high-paying job to go back to
Nursing is the best decision for me. But look at her now and how her life
turned out. She has climbed her way to the top and have realized that she has
survived those tormenting days at the Pediatric Ward not because she had no choice
but because her love for her profession is insurmountable. Kung puwede lang na
lakas ng loob, sipag at diskarte na lang ang labanan sa Nursing, eh di sana
marami na ring umasenso tulad ko…..
Again, one can quit nursing and decide to leave it for good in
just one day. How? By just allowing oneself to get discouraged easily by those
reasons above. I, at one point in my life, hated Nursing and almost quit. But
in the long run, I have realized that not every one can be a nurse and I
couldn’t see myself doing other jobs in the future. I love caring people and I
want to grow professionally even if the promise of working abroad is bleak for
now. Are these reasons enough to make me a genuine nurse? I don’t have any
idea. I just love what I’m doing and I know that Nursing is not all about money
and benefits in the first place. It’s about being human and following what your
heart wants you to do. I have a lot of what if’s and doubts about the future.
Can a weakling like me have the courage and skills to withstand the rocky road
of the nursing profession? I can’t answer it myself. The future might be gloomy
for now but at the end of the day, it’s not who I was in the past but who I
choose to be for the rest of my life that will matter significantly. I have the
choice to quit Nursing in one day but I choose to love Nursing and it’s one
decision that will stay unbreakable for the rest of my life. -Nars A. Ko
Different people have different standards for success. For
one person it might be the amount of salary he gets and for another it might be
the satisfaction he receives from the kind of work he does. Success is being
happy. If material thing brings you happiness, then you're successful. Awards
by the company; the level of authority a person has etc. They say that the standards
of success will be achieved by maintaining an HMT Formula; H-Health Management,
M-Money Management and T-Time management. Some other factors could be the
comfortable relationship one has with his/her peers/seniors, the high amount of
recognition and good performance.
For me, the standard of success in life isn’t the things. It
isn’t the money or the stuff — it is absolutely the amount of happiness and joy
you feel while doing your job. It's you who has to decide what is more
important to you to be able to evaluate your level of success at your job.
I would say success is having a job that you enjoy doing
enough that you don't mind going to work every day. If you want a personal
example then I can safely say that the company I worked for previously didn't
pay me much but it gave me a lot of opportunities to grow in my field and I was
recognized for all the good work I did. I always remember the word from Colossians 3:17, that
whatever I do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord
Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him, most likely to do my duty
well because I go to it with a heart overflowing with gratitude to God for his
mercies, and likely to perform my duties with the most cheerful fidelity. For
me that was my standard of how successful I am.
Find a job that matches your morals and goals in life. Good
Luck with finding out your standard! :)
Dreams. Dreams come a size too big so that we may grow into them. They’re more powerful than we’d like to believe. God has a big dream for you. What you have to do is to see that dream. Those dreams are more powerful than we could ever imagine. They guide us through life, they help us set goals and ultimately achieve them. They are often the reason for heart break, but also the reason for soaring hearts.
Everyone has dreams, whether they are big or small. Everyone wants their dreams to come true and dreamers take small steps, to achieve the greater goal. They never give up, They NEVER fail. They do everything they must do to achieve.Someday, if you try hard, dreams would become reality. But you have to realize that God hasn't give up on those dreams and you don't have to either. You've got to dream it, then believe it, before you can live it.
“My dream is big and I will reach it just to prove everyone I can. It’s never too late."
Very inspiring, but has anything changed? We are destroying
more than what we are saving.This is exactly what the world needs, to stop
fighting wars and to build schools, hospitals and stop pollution, this girl is
right, we must act together now, before it's too late! We are one world, one
people and we must all live together on one planet.
Here is the full text of Severn Cullis-Suzuki’s speech
before the UN Earth Summit in Rio, Brazil in 1992, made when she was 12 years
old. Too bad the world listened, applauded, and shed an emotional tear, but did
not do anything substantial for her, as the likes of George W. Bush decided it
would be too restrictive on their accustomed way of life, and would cost their
industrial cronies too much. (ssjothiratnam)
Hello, I’m Severn Suzuki speaking for E.C.O. – The
Environmental Children’s Organisation.
We are a group of twelve and thirteen-year-olds from Canada
trying to make a difference: Vanessa
Suttie, Morgan Geisler, Michelle Quigg and me. We raised all the money
ourselves to come six thousand miles to tell you adults you must change your
ways. Coming here today, I have no hidden agenda. I am fighting for my
future.
Losing my future is not like losing an election or a few
points on the stock market. I am here to speak for all generations to come.
I am here to speak on behalf of the starving children around
the world whose cries go unheard.
I am here to speak for the countless animals dying across
this planet because they have nowhere left to go. We cannot afford to be not
heard.
I am afraid to go out in the sun now because of the holes in
the ozone. I am afraid to breathe the air because I don’t know what chemicals
are in it.
I used to go fishing in Vancouver with my dad until just a
few years ago we found the fish full of cancers. And now we hear about animals
and plants going extinct every day — vanishing forever.
In my life, I have dreamt of seeing the great herds of wild
animals, jungles and rainforests full of birds and butterflies, but now I
wonder if they will even exist for my children to see.
Did you have to worry about these little things when you were
my age?
All this is happening before our eyes and yet we act as if
we have all the time we want and all the solutions. I’m only a child and I
don’t have all the solutions, but I want you to realise, neither do you!
• You don’t
know how to fix the holes in our ozone layer.
• You don’t
know how to bring salmon back up a dead stream.
• You don’t
know how to bring back an animal now extinct.
• And you
can’t bring back forests that once grew where there is now desert.
If you don’t know how to fix it, please stop breaking it!
Here, you may be delegates of your governments, business
people, organisers, reporters or politicians – but really you are mothers and
fathers, brothers and sister, aunts and uncles – and all of you are somebody’s
child.
I’m only a child yet I know we are all part of a family,
five billion strong, in fact, 30 million species strong and we all share the
same air, water and soil — borders and governments will never change that
I’m only a child yet I know we are all in this together and
should act as one single world towards one single goal.
In my anger, I am not blind, and in my fear, I am not afraid
to tell the world how I feel.
In my country, we make so much waste, we buy and throw away,
buy and throw away, and yet northern countries will not share with the needy.
Even when we have more than enough, we are afraid to lose some of our wealth,
afraid to share.
In Canada, we live the privileged life, with plenty of food,
water and shelter — we have watches, bicycles, computers and television sets.
Two days ago here in Brazil, we were shocked when we spent
some time with some children living on the streets. And this is what one child
told us: “I wish I was rich and if I were, I would give all the street children
food, clothes, medicine, shelter and love and affection.”
If a child on the street who has nothing, is willing to
share, why are we who have everything still so greedy?
I can’t stop thinking that these children are my age, that
it makes a tremendous difference where you are born, that I could be one of
those children living in the Favellas of Rio; I could be a child starving in
Somalia; a victim of war in the Middle East or a beggar in India.
I’m only a child yet I know if all the money spent on war
was spent on ending poverty and finding environmental answers, what a wonderful
place this earth would be!
At school, even in kindergarten, you teach us to behave in
the world. You teach us:
• not to
fight with others,
• to work
things out,
• to
respect others,
• to clean
up our mess,
• not to
hurt other creatures
• to share
– not be greedy.
Then why do you go out and do the things you tell us not to
do?
Do not forget why you’re attending these conferences, who
you’re doing this for — we are your own children. You are deciding what kind of
world we will grow up in. Parents should be able to comfort their children by
saying “everything’s going to be alright” , “we’re doing the best we can” and
“it’s not the end of the world”.
But I don’t think you can say that to us anymore. Are we
even on your list of priorities? My father always says “You are what you do,
not what you say.”
Well, what you do makes me cry at night. You grown ups say
you love us. I challenge you, please make your actions reflect your words.
Thank you for listening
Severn Cullis-Suzuki has been active in environmental
and social justice work ever since kindergarten. She was twelve years old when
she gave this speech, and she received a standing ovation. Now 23,
Cullis-Suzuki spearheads The SkyFish Project and continues to speak to schools
and corporations, and at many conferences and international meetings. She lives
in Vancouver, British Columbia.(ssjothiratnam)
Another step closer to your goal. Push
forward. You’re almost there. This is your life. Do what you love, and do it
often. If you don’t like something, change it.
Open your mind, arms, and heart to new things and people; we are united
in our differences. Remember there are people that care, those that love you and those that accept you, Be the person you are, don't ever change.If you are looking
for the love of your life, stop; they will be waiting for you when you start
doing things you love.
Ask the next person you see what their passion
is, and share your inspiring stories with them. Do something to make yourself
proud. Seek your own approval! Just remember that you’re too awesome. Your
actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you
are a leader. Your awesome rays would probably inspire them all at once anyway.
Love isn’t something you find. Love is something that finds you. Oh who am I
kidding? But hey, you get the gist. :)
Stop over analyzing, life is simple. You are the thoughts you think and the things you wonder.Your potential is limitless. Go be what you wanna be, don't let anyone or anything stand in your way. You aren't perfect, but nobody is. Sometimes
God takes away what we think is good; to make room for what he knows is great.
Keep your head up and be yourself. When life knocks you to your knees, you're in the perfect position to pray. Pray for people.
Stand for God and something you believe in. God is greater than anybody. You'll make a brighter day but today's your chance to be there. Read your bible. Have the courage of your convictions to do well but not for judging others. Remember, the heart of your faith should be love. God will always be there to help you through it, one step at a time.
Love GOD, live your dream, and pursue your
passion. Some opportunities only come once; seize them. Life is short, GO ahead
take a chance … one day at a time … :)
