Continue reading »]]> It’s important that we be able to slow down those many thoughts that go running around in our heads, seemingly out of control.  If something has happened that has upset us, our thoughts about what has happened can bring us more misery than the occurrence itself.

When we focus on our breathing, we can strengthen our focus so that those thoughts are pushed out of our minds.  We’re not repressing or denying anything, just trying to calm our thoughts.

When we focus strongly on our breathing, we notice just how much our lungs fill as we inhale very slowly and steadily.  We feel our torso expand with the breath that is bringing us oxygen that keeps us alive.  We feel it flow through our nose and mouth, through our throats, a river of life-giving air.  We feel it go deep into our bodies, all the way to our lower torso.

When we get distracted or other thoughts start to enter our minds, we bring our thoughts back to our breathing.

When we hold our breath after inhaling, we feel the tension of wanting to exhale, a pleasant tension that we know will be relieved soon.  As we hold it, we know that our lungs are pulling even more oxygen from the air, giving us more strength and more awareness.

When we exhale slowly, we feel the relief of the positive tension as the air flows out of our lungs, through our throat, then out our mouth or nose.  We can visualize our negative tension or our fear or our anger flowing out of our bodies upon the river of air, leaving behind it an empty spot that we can fill with peaceful, positive thoughts and energy.

If we continue this for at least five minutes, we will find that we’ve given ourselves a great gift at a very small cost–for just five minutes of our time, we’ve made ourselves feel more relaxed, more energetic, more ready and willing to take on the tasks that the day has in store for us.

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Continue reading »]]> The biggest problems that we have in our lives originate in our minds. We may think that we have problems with people but the issues that we have with people are no more important than we allow them to be. The best way to combat anger is with kindness. It will squelch out anger like a blanket smothers a fire. Anger feeds on anger so if you don’t return a persons angry rhetoric they won’t have any oxygen left to fuel the fire. You can’t do this if your own mind is filled with anger also. Our mental positive must overcome the negative that daily events and situations throw at us. We can overcome the situation but you can’t fight fire with fire. When a situation makes you feel like crying laugh instead, when people do cruel things designed to hurt you smile and find something to be happy about.

Manipulative people get their sense of power by seeing the effects of what they have done to you. Rob them of that power by not allowing them to sense a victory. If you attempt to fight fire with fire they will know that their attack caused you to feel pain. The only reason that you would be bothered or intimidated by another person’s like or dislike of you is if your own self esteem is low. If you know who you are no one else can cause you to have a conflict in your own mind. Your life isn’t at the mercy of others, your fate is determined by the decisions and the path that you choose to take.Have you ever seen someone homeless or confined to a wheelchair who seemed to be totally happy? Their emotions were not defined by their condition. They had internal peace. Their peace was not contingent on who they were, where they were, or the condition that they happened to be in. Hopefully you can see by this example that anger, grief, and misery are choices that we make. We can choose to be angry about a situation or we can choose to ignore it and focus our energy on positive things.

If you can learn how to guard and control your mind and emotions you will go far.When life gives you a lemon turn it into lemonade. In other words add whatever it is that you need to add to that sour situation to make it sweet. Do this consistently and you will win every time.

By Cedric Rice

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Continue reading »]]> یہ کتاب احمد فراز کی غزلوں کا خوبصورت مجموعہ ہے۔ احمد فراز کو ٹين ايجرز کا شاعر کہہ کر پرے رکھ ديا جاتا رہا، ليکن فراز اس تمام منفي پروپيگنڈہ سے بے نياز ہو کر ايسي خوبصورت شاعري تخليق کرتے رہے کہ اردو شاعري کے کسي تذکرے ميں اسے نظر انداز کرنا ممکن نہيں، فراز کي شاعري ميں فارسي اور اردو کلاسيکي شاعري کي تمام تر لطيف روايات کا تسلسل ملتا ہے، جس ميں غم جاناں کي رومان انگيزي بھي ہے اور غم دوراں کا کرب بھي۔

Continue reading »]]> For a change, I thought I’d give some food for relaxation, rather than thought, to all of our dedicated readers out there. I mean, we do need a break once in a while!

I’m sure you’ve all played online flash games while at work, either out of sheer boredom or then perhaps addiction. Here’s a list of The 150 Best Online Flash Games that I came across yesterday. For your convenience, the games are sorted into the following categories:

• Action Games
• Aim and Shoot Games
• Arcade and Classic Games
• Tower Defense Games
• Escape the Room Games
• Graphical Adventures
• Guitar Hero Games
• Logic Games
• Multiplayer Games
• Physics Games
• Puzzle Games
• Reflex Games
• RPG Games

Please feel free to add and share your favourite flash games with us all as well. And if you enjoy these games, please share the list with your friends and colleagues by e-mailing, stumbling and digging it! Ciao!

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