Enjoy this Persian song. I would appreciate if any of my Persian readers can translate it.

Now this is inspiring!

This image provided by NASA this July 23, 2009 is a photo made by the Spitzer Space Telescope of the galaxy, called NGC-1097, is located 50 million light-years away. It is spiral-shaped like our Milky Way, with long, spindly arms of stars. The 'eye' at the center of the galaxy is actually a monstrous black hole surrounded by a ring of stars. In this color-coded infrared view from Spitzer, the area around the invisible black hole is blue and the ring of stars, white. The black hole is huge, about 100 million times the mass of our sun, and is feeding off gas and dust along with the occasional unlucky star. The galaxy's red spiral arms and the swirling spokes seen between the arms show dust heated by newborn stars. Older populations of stars scattered through the galaxy are blue. The fuzzy blue dot to the left, which appears to fit snuggly between the arms, is a companion galaxy. This image was taken during Spitzer's cold mission, before it ran out of liquid coolant. (AP Photo/NASA)

True Nobility

If I was allowed to give only one advise, I would beg people to read anything by Eric Butterworth. His books have been a God sent to me and I often re-read his books have calming effect and extremely transformational and here is one excerpt that I just read that I would like to share with you:

Not that you you can or should become better than another person or even good engouh to fulfill certain wordly standards. This is giving too much power to the world "out there". In the wisdon of the East there is an axiom that says: there is nothing noble about begin superior to some other person. True nobility is being superior to you previous self"

~From Eric Buterworth book, In The Flow Of Life

In the book “Putting the One Minute Manager to Work,”one of the key concepts is this: Don’t Just Do Something—Sit There!

Too often, many of our problems arise from acting before thinking. We confuse activity with productivity. We think, “I’m so busy, I must be accomplishing something!” In reality, we may just be spinning our wheels. Like sitting in a rocking chair, you can expend a lot of energy and create a lot of motion, but you still aren’t going anywhere.

Progress and productivity always require thought! The Bible says:

“A wise man thinks ahead; a fool doesn’t and even brags about it!” (Proverbs 13:16 LB).

“A good man thinks before he speaks” (Proverbs 15:28 LB). “The wise man looks ahead. The fool attempts to fool himself and won’t face facts” (Proverbs 14:8 LB).

“A wise man is cautious and avoids danger; a fool plunges ahead with great confidence” (Proverbs 14:16 LB).

~Borrowed from Rick Warren's newsletter

Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish!

This post is in honor of Steve Jobs, who is back at work after long battle with his illness. Out all other business leaders, he inspires me the most.

Video: Steve Jobs’ Stanford Commencement Address 2005 – Steve talks movingly about life’s journey

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Time Is Now

This post dedicated to men and women in Iran fighting for liberty and freedom:

This is now. Now is,

all there is. Don't wait for Then;

strike the spark, light the fire.

Sit at the Beloved's table,

feast with gusto, drink your fill

then dance

the way branches

of jasmine and cypress

dance in a spring wind.

The green earth

is your cloth;

tailor your robe

with dignity and grace.

~ Rumi

Claim your energy and you will control your destiny!

"Life is simply a form of energy....to be guided and directed in a person's body by his or her intelligence."

~ Mytle Filmore

Sorry, for a long absence.  We finally moved to own new home after 2 years of remodeling.  I will post some picutres soon.  I went through some tough hurdles but I am back with a  new and refreshed outlook for the future.  Life is good and I am blessed!

Thank you

Thank you for a reader who nominated my blog for "The Best Blog Of The Day".  

Gratitude

Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like

wrapping a present and not giving it.

  

~William Arthur Ward 

"Every man of courage is a man of his word." -Pierre Corneille

Whatever you look for, you are!

Take a break from you busy moments and listen to this music by Loreena McKennitt, accompanied by Rumi's word on the screen. It's mesmerizing!

Here is the part I love, only if I can remember it on daily basis:

Look for the Soul, you become Soul
Hunt for the bread, you become bread,
Whatever you look for, you are

Words Are Like Seeds....

Words are also seeds, and when dropped into the invisible spiritual substance, they grow and bring forth after their kind.  "Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles" (Mathew 7:16).   Farmers and gardeners choose their seed with the greatest care. They reject every defective seed they find and in this way make sure of the coming crop.  To have prosperity in you home you will have to exercise the same intelligent discrimination in the choice of your seed words.

Excerpts from Property written by Charles Fillmore

Next time I open my mouth I will think twice if that is the seed which I want to plant!  

The Painting by Peter Szumowski

Persian Soul

Here is a Persian song by Googoosh, She is the most well-known persian artist. Can you enjoy this song without understanding the words? It's persian version of TO BE or NOT TO BE ! Well, kind of.

Her music has inspired, moved and touched many people throughout Farsi speaking nations.  

Always look on the bright side of life

Just finished watching Monty Phyton where Eric Idle proclaimed from his perch on cross:

If life seems jolly rotten

There's something you've forgotten

And that's to laugh and smile and dance and sing.

When you're feeling in the dumps

Don't be silly chumps

Just pursue your lips and whistle - that's the thing.

And...always look on the bright side of life

I hope it will bring a smile to you too!