Boredom

A wise oldman was asked by his guest.

Guest: "Actually what is feeling 'bored', old man?"

Old Man: "Bored is a state where the mind wants a change, longing for something new, and want a cessation of routine monotonous life and circumstances from time to time."

Guest: "Why do we feel bored?"

Old Man: "Because we are never satisfied with what we have."

Guest: "How to eliminate boredom?"

Old Man: "Only one way, enjoy it, then we would be free of it "

Guest: "How is it possible to enjoy the boredom?"

Old Man: "Ask yourself: why do you never get bored eating the same rice every day?"

Guest: "Since we eat rice with a different vegetable and side dish, old man."

Old Man: "That's right, my boy, add something new in your routines then boredom would be lost."

Guest: "How to add a new things into a routine?"

Old Man: "Change the way you do the routine. If you usually write while sitting, try to write while squatting or lying down. If you usually read in a chair, try to read while walking or jumping up and down. If you usually call with the right hand, try it with your left hand or by foot if possible. And so on. "

Then the guests went away.

A few days later the guests were visiting the old man again.

Guest: "The old man, I've done what you suggest, why do I still feel bored, too?"

Old Man: "Try to do something childish."

Guest: "For example? "

Old Man: "Play the game the most you like when a child."

Then the guests went away.

Bored

A few weeks later, the guests returned to the house of Old Man.

Guest: "The old man, I did what you suggest. In any free time I play all my child games that I like. And the miracle happen. Until now I never feel bored again, although I do the things that I once considered boring. Why be so, old man? "

Smiling Old Man said: "Because everything actually comes from your own mind, my son. Boredom is also derived from the mind that thinks about the boredom. I told you to play like a kid for your mind to be cheerful. Now you do not feel bored anymore because your mind thinking about the joy, that defeating your mind about boredom. Everything comes from the mind. Thinking bored makes you're bored. Thinking happy makes you happy. "...

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The Little Fisherman

On the banks of a river, looks a little kid having fun. He played the clear water there. Every now and then hand dipped into the cool river. The boy looked so enjoy the game.

While he was enjoy playing, the child is also often noticed an elderly uncle who almost every day come to the river for fishing. Every time he play in the river, each time he saw uncle was always engrossed handed pole. Sometimes the catch is only a little. However, not infrequently also obtained numerous fish.

One afternoon, while the uncle prepared to go home with the fish that almost fills the basket, the boy tried to approach. He greeted his uncle with a smile happy. Seeing the child approached him, the uncle say hello first. "Hey kid, you want fish? Choose what you like and take it some . Take it home and ask your mother to cook it as a dinner tonight," said the friendly uncle.

"No, thank you Uncle," replied the boy.

"Uncle noticed, you almost play here every day, looking at me while fishing. Now there are fish that uncle offered to you, why do you refuse?"

"I like watching you while fishing, And I want to fishing like you. Would you teach me how to fish?" the boy asked hopefully.

"Oooh, It turns out you're a smart kid. By learning to fish you can get as much as you want to fish in this river. All right. Because you do not want to fish, uncle give you this fishing pole. Tomorrow we start fishing lesson, Okay?"

The next day, the boy eagerly returned to the riverbank to learn fishing with his uncle. They put bait, throw a fishing line into the river, waiting patiently, and the hook was sunk into the river with bait. For a moment, the bait looks rocked and approached by the fish. At that moment, when the fish eat the bait, the uncle and the boy was immediately rushed to pull the stick with the fish hook in the end.

And so on. Every time fish eat the bait, then they throw back the hook with the bait. Put it back, tossed into the river, waiting the fish to eat, remove the hook from the fish's mouth, until the afternoon arrived.

Before going home the boy asked, "Uncle, Is there another trick to fishing, or just like what I learn today?”

Hearing the question, the uncle smiled wisely. "Yes my son, yes fishing just like this way. All you have to do is practice to be patience and perseverance through it. Then focus on the goals and concentrate on what you are doing. Learning to fishing is same as learning in this life, every day repeating the same thing. But make sure you do a good thing. Patience, persistence, focus on goals and concentrate on what you are doing, then whatever you goal could be achieved. "

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Kind to Other People

By : Supardi Lee

His heart was crushed. He feels he has done everything. He tried to be a good boss. So he filled the needs of its staff. The staff need to improve the quality of theyself. So all of his staff sent to a self-development training. Training was famous and expensive. The staff need refreshing. So he invited all the staff and their families on vacation.

But why their performance not up? Why always happen a lot of mistakes in his office? Why they are not followed his order? Why are many omissions occur even his office was theft? Why did he have to get angry first to make everyone work properly?

A friend complained about these things. Have the same thing happen to you? You feel you've tried maximum to others, but it turned out your hope never met. Disappointment was always in your hearth.

What cause it? I found the answer in a simple story.

A wealthy man preparing tons of bags full of gold to be distributed to the needy. That is the evidence that he was happy to share and do good for others. He thought, he could solved problem to many people with his gold.

So he was around town. The people greet him with joy. Poor people very grateful to him. Many kissed his hand. So he went home with happy hearts. The good intentions greeted extraordinary. Hope many poor people will improved their life. He continued to do it again. Every time he did so, each time he came home with a heart of satisfied and happy.

Until one day, a fact appeared. Hope for his actions make poor people have a better life, was not proven. He finds that poor people remain poor. Gold that he gave it makes them happy and helpful. But only a few days, gold was already exhausted. They returned to the conditions of misery. Until he arrived with the gold again. And that's what happened. Repeatedly. He thought he was doing the best for poor people to changed their life. Apparently he was wrong.

So he change his deeds. Gold is to be shared he used to build a plant. He trained poor people to skilled and can work well in the factory. Their income increases. In fact they are so pleased to learn on their own. The rich man was happy. His good intentions successfully. So he start to build the factories with the same noble purpose.

Dear friends, be good in the eyes of other people really need in accordance with others' viewpoints. Do not get stuck with our own perspective. Do not give gold to people who need a hoe. Do not give hoes the people who need books. Do not give books to people who needed to eat.

So if we want to be good in the eyes of others:

* Be faithful to that does not exist.

Its very easy to offense and talk about other people badness when they are not around. They can not defend themselves. Therefore, anyone who is not loyal to something does not exist, indeed they are weak people who do not have power to do anything. Brother, do not ever talk anyone badness. Your friends will think: "He's talking about other people badness when they are not here. Does he also talks my bad if I was not here? " When you have this, others will not longer trust you.

* Ask: "What can I help?"

Sure other people need help. But they hesitate to ask. So the question is really shows your willingness to help others. And, because you can help, then you're adding your value to the others. Asking questions like this shows your quality. Especially when you really help with the best quality.

* Sensitive to the needs of others.

Start from small things. Take a drink for a friend who was eating. Give help when your friend bring luggage that is too heavy and many. Delivering the message. Giving a lift home. SMS to friends and say hello.

Then increased to something greater. Offering loans to friends who really need it. Spend some time with your friends when they need someone to talk to. Visiting sick friend. Helps friend's wedding preparations. And so on.

If You Want To Success, Try to Focus

Many people who want success but not a lot of people who actually act for success.

Among those who have not dared to act, it because they have difficulty to focus to act. Therefore, let us ponder for a moment, how we direct the focus because it is very useful to achieve success that we dream.


Focus need goal

There is no focus if there is no goal. Therefore, starting today, determine the success of your goals with more specific goals. Do you want to succeed to get your new personal car or you want success to get a new house or office or whatever you can dream of in a clear and real. If your destination is not clear then make it clear. Because the ball can reach the goal if the goal already exists.

Focus takes courage

To achieve focus requires courage. Because of this courage that produce action. So how courage can be generated?

Among the ways to attain courage is when you know the destination. By knowing the goal so by itself the courage will come. Because the goal will boost your motivation to achieve and motivation will result in your courage to work and act immediately.

Focus takes time

Focus takes time. Success didn’t come instantly so did focus. You may lose your family time for a while. You probably will lose your time for playing around. But when you do not use your time to focus on your success then success was never there.

Focus has a temptation

When you try to focus, temptation is certainly there. The temptation is always there along the way. Be careful a lot of people who lost they focus because of temptation. Many from the workers who lost their focus to reach the level of manager due to salaries at other companies, sadly in the new company they had to start their focus from the bottom.

Many businessmen who have not achieved success and then switched to other businesses because the euphoria of success another bussiness that they even not knew. They destroyed their dreams and focus because the euphoria that not even last long . Be careful because most of these temptations will destroy the focus of your success.

When you have focus in your goals now and then you will get the temptation of the Seducer, so ponder for a moment whether we are ready to destroy all the focus and a plan that has us devote just to get a new dream and success is to offer the Seducer.

Focus has a Sacrifice

Success requires sacrifice. And focus as an initial tool for success was also a sacrifice. Not just the time, and concentration of mind that we sacrifice. But also sincerity for a lose the other dreams for a while in our mind that we have planned.

Do not let another dream in mind interrupting focus we have planned. Let it go. So we increasingly focus on the dream that we have planned.

The focus is so simple. All we need is full concentration to our destination. So we pray, work and then pray again for that goal we can achieve. Yes, It's that simple.

Because focus comes from within yourself so all control is in your hearts and minds. When our focus shattered and our dream failed, it is clear that it is not other people who destroy our focus, but it is us who are tempted to destroy our own focus, because the focus that comes from ourselves and not from other people.

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