Author: jamunarangachari

I am an author, writer and a trainer in spoken and written English. My journey of stepping into writing began I realized that there are many ideas I wished to convey to all without sounding judgmental or patronizing. Writing then became my passion as I was able to do all of this quite effectively. This connected me with a variety of people who shared their journeys with me. In the midst of all this, I was diagnosed and recovered from multiple sclerosis that also got published as a book. I am certain that my recovery was possible not just because of the techniques that I used, most of which was alternative healing techniques but also because I used the approach of body, mind and spirit healing, where the spirit gives us faith, mind gives us positivity and the body follows the instructions that it receives. I have been the Asst Editor of Life Positive magazine and trained people, both children and adults in spoken and written English. All through my journey, I have realized how powerful writing is to convey messages of who we are. Now, six books of mine have been published. These comprise of two books for children; a collection of short stories on religion and an adventure story published by Rupa & Co. A book of Teaching Stories published by Life Positive in 2008. More Teaching Stories published in 2011, Elixir for Zylake, a childrens’ book published by Life Positive in December 2013 and Dancing with Life published by Hay House in 2015. I have also self-published a novel on Kindle recently. The novel is all about the quest of identity interwoven in the loves and lives of three generations of people in India and Afghanistan. The story conveys the emotions of people in the pre-independence era when Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan and Mahatma Gandhi were pretty active in spreading their message of non-violence. It shows how common people were affected both by physical violence and non-inclusion in their own land. Some pre-Independence violence and disharmony is conveyed while even the current terrorism and intolerance is brought out with the end ending on a note of hope and love. The primary message that the novel seeks to convey is the commonality of all people and their emotions and a search that all of us have for our own roots and identity. The novel ultimately brings out the fact that humanity is indeed one and our identity, no matter what the origin may be, is one of oneness, unity and love. For, we all are indeed from the same source, whatever we may call it.am an author, writer and a trainer in spoken and written English. My journey of stepping into writing began I realized that there are many ideas I wished to convey to all without sounding judgmental or patronizing. Writing then became my passion as I was able to do all of this quite effectively. This connected me with a variety of people who shared their journeys with me. In the midst of all this, I was diagnosed and recovered from multiple sclerosis that also got published as a book. I am certain that my recovery was possible not just because of the techniques that I used, most of which was alternative healing techniques but also because I used the approach of body, mind and spirit healing, where the spirit gives us faith, mind gives us positivity and the body follows the instructions that it receives. I have been the Asst Editor of Life Positive magazine and trained people, both children and adults in spoken and written English. All through my journey, I have realized how powerful writing is to convey messages of who we are. Now, six books of mine have been published. These comprise of two books for children; a collection of short stories on religion and an adventure story published by Rupa & Co. A book of Teaching Stories published by Life Positive in 2008. More Teaching Stories published in 2011, Elixir for Zylake, a childrens’ book published by Life Positive in December 2013 and Dancing with Life published by Hay House in 2015. I have also self-published a novel on Kindle recently. The novel is all about the quest of identity interwoven in the loves and lives of three generations of people in India and Afghanistan. The story conveys the emotions of people in the pre-independence era when Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan and Mahatma Gandhi were pretty active in spreading their message of non-violence. It shows how common people were affected both by physical violence and non-inclusion in their own land. Some pre-Independence violence and disharmony is conveyed while even the current terrorism and intolerance is brought out with the end ending on a note of hope and love. The primary message that the novel seeks to convey is the commonality of all people and their emotions and a search that all of us have for our own roots and identity. The novel ultimately brings out the fact that humanity is indeed one and our identity, no matter what the origin may be, is one of oneness, unity and love. For, we all are indeed from the same source, whatever we may call it. It can be seen at https://www.amazon.in/Quest-Love-Enlightenment-Jamuna-Rangachari-ebook/dp/B075YCQGXC 

Positive News :: Edition XXXXIX

My Story Is Inspiring Others To Take Up Online Sports Seriously’

Aaditya Sawant, famously known as Dynamo to the online gaming freaks, is a PUBG superstar. Dynamo’s videos are seen by lakhs on YouTube and his fan following is no less than a top cricketer

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Based on an inspirational real life story, Australian film Penguin Bloom is selected for Toronto

It’s an inspirational Australian story, about a struggling family whose lives are changed when they find a baby magpie, that first went viral on Instagram then became a bestselling book.

And now a film, Glendyn Ivin’s Penguin Bloom, based on that book, will have a world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival.

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Northamptonshire woman to lead team of over 70s as they swim the English Channel

The team will be raising much-needed funds for the Children’s Air Ambulance

A team of over 70s lead by a local woman will be taking on the gruelling challenge of swimming the English Channel.

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Nagaland: Toyi Swuro’s inspiring story: From part time cobbler to owning ‘Craft Gallery’

26 years old Toyi Swuro is a local entrepreneur from Phek town and takes pride in his profession as a Cobbler. He opened Craft Gallery in 2018 which deals with all types of leathers such as leather footwear, leather goods such as purse, wallets, belts, upholstery, leather straps for various purposes. A unique feature of Craft Gallery is that it provides services to students and underprivileged citizens by helping them repair their footwear at minimal charges or sometimes free of cost.

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Tale of the Journeying Stream : Sufi Parable

A stream, from its course in far-off mountains, passing through every kind and description of countryside, at last reached the sands of the desert. Just as it had crossed every other barrier, the stream tried to cross this one, but found that as fast as it ran into the sand, its waters disappeared.

It was convinced, however, that its destiny was to cross this desert, and yet there was no way. Now a hidden voice, coming from the desert itself, whispered: “The wind crosses the desert, and so can the stream.”

The stream objected that it was dashing itself against the sand, and only getting absorbed: that the wind could fly, and this was why it could cross a desert.

“By hurtling in your own accustomed way you cannot get across. You will either disappear or become a marsh. You must allow the wind to carry you over, to your destination.

But how could this happen? “By allowing yourself to be absorbed in the wind.”

This idea was not acceptable to the stream. After all, it had never been absorbed before. It did not want to lose its individuality. And, once having lost it, how was one to know that it could ever be regained?

“The wind,” said the sand, “performs this function. It takes up water, carries it over the desert, and then lets it fall again. Falling as rain, the water again becomes a river.”

“How can I know that this is true?” “It is so, and if you do not believe it, you cannot become more than a quagmire, and even that could take many, many years. And it certainly is not the same as a stream.”

“But can I not remain the same stream that I am today?”

“You cannot in either case remain so,” the whisper said. “Your essential part is carried away and forms a stream again. You are called what you are even today because you do not know which part of you is the essential one.”

When it heard this, certain echoes began to arise in the thoughts of the stream. Dimly it remembered a state in which it — or some part of it? — had been held in the arms of a wind. It also remembered — or did it? — that this was the real thing, not necessarily the obvious thing to do.

And the stream raised its vapor into the welcoming arms of the wind, which gently and easily bore it upwards and along, letting it fall softly as soon as they reached the roof of a mountain, many, many miles away. And because it had its doubts, the stream was able to remember and record more strongly in its mind the details of the experience. It reflected, “Yes, now I have learned my true identity.”

Interpretation

We go through many directions till we find our real identity in life. This is the way life has been designed by the supreme.

 

 

 

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Positive News :: Edition XXXXVIII

TN Village Turned Off Street Lights For Over a Month To Protect a Bird’s Home

A village in Tamilnadu’s Sivaganga district has kept its street lights off for the last 40 days to help an Indian Robin lay her eggs and nest in peace.

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Woman hailed for ‘nerves of steel’ after taking selfie with bear that sneaked up on her

According to a Daily Mail report, the encounter between the hikers and the bear took place at a popular hiking trail at Chipinque Ecological Park in Mexico.

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17 Acres Of Barren Land Now Flourishes With Rice & Apples, Thanks to 66-YO Farmer

In a span of 6 years, 300 lorries loads of rock was removed from the land, with 5 acres set aside for paddy and almost 20 varieties of fruits, pepper, cardamom and even coffee!

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Kerala woman who helped visually impaired man in viral video gifted new house

A few weeks back, video of a woman from Kerala helping a visually impaired and elderly man board a bus had gone viral on social media. Surpiya, woman in the video, was gifted a brand new house for her act of kindness by renowned business group Joyalukkas.

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South African, Ntuthuko Shezi inducted into Anzisha Prize Hall of Fame as inspirational entrepreneur who started very young

The Anzisha Prize (www.AnzishaPrize.org), a partnership with African Leadership Academy and Mastercard Foundation, is celebrating inspirational entrepreneurship journeys as part of the new Hall of Fame list. South African entrepreneur Ntuthuko Shezi has been inducted as one of ten African entrepreneurs in the Anzisha Prize Hall Fame that highlights successful transitions into entrepreneurship before the age of 25.

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Faye Mitchell shares her inspiring story of stroke recovery

A BRAVE and determined stroke survivor has given a message of hope to others: “You are not alone”.

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The Fable of Coyote and the Void

The Void sat on a rock, staring blankly into space.

Coyote approached him. “You look blue,” she said. “What’s up?”

“I don’t know,” the Void said. “Something’s missing, that’s all. It’s like I want to write a love letter but I don’t know my lover’s address. I feel like I could burst into a million million pieces. It hurts.”

Coyote sat down next to him. “That’s a big problem all right,” Coyote said. They sat there quietly for a long time.

“I have an idea!” Coyote said. “You need to make something, something different from you! You need an up and a down, darkness and light, that kind of thing.”

“What good would that do?” the Void asked.

“Well,” Coyote suggested, “it might give you an address for your letter.”

The Void considered this. He shook his head. “That’s pointless,” he said. “Anyway, the thing about the love letter was poetry. I didn’t mean it literally.”

“Okay,” Coyote said. “Just a thought.”

They sat quietly again. Then Coyote sat up straight. “I’ve got it!” she said.

“What?” asked the Void.

“Look, you have to make it more interesting. Start with things like darkness and light, up and down and so on, just to make sure you’ve got an over here and an over there, a subject and an object, and then…”

“Wait a minute,” the Void interrupted. “How could I do that? You know I can’t be divided.”

“Just pretend!” said Coyote. “Make believe you can! Look, pretend there’s a sky. Color it blue or something, put clouds in it, then pretend there’s an Earth underneath, halfway up. Plant things in the Earth and…”

“Wait!” the Void blurted. “You’re getting ahead of me!”

“Just listen,” Coyote said, “I’m on a roll. Make the plants all different shapes and colors, and make wind blow through the sky to move the clouds and let the growing things sway about. Then you could send your love letter — or whatever it is — to all of them. What do you think?”

“Mmm, quite the picture,” the Void said. “Still, I don’t see the point.”

But Coyote’s enthusiasm wasn’t dampened. She jumped up and turned to the Void, exclaiming, “There’s more! Pretend there’s little creatures everywhere that could move around on their own — some could fly, some could swim, some crawl, some walk. I’m sure they’d all love to read your letter!”

The Void tried to imagine what Coyote was describing. “Well, maybe,” he said, “but I’m not sure they’d be interested in my letter. Anyway, there’s another problem.”

“What’s that?”

“Too much work. Those creatures and growing things would wear out. I don’t want to have to keep making new ones.”

“Right, right,” said Coyote. “That is a problem.”

“Although, I suppose we could let them do it,” the Void offered. “I mean, put them to work making more of themselves.”

“You’d need to make it fun,” Coyote said. “Otherwise they wouldn’t bother.”

“True,” said the Void. “That means they’d have to want to. That means desire. Lots of problems with that.”

“You’re right,” said Coyote, stumped.

They decided to leave it for the day, to let the idea simmer.

The next morning the Void was walking by himself contemplating Coyote’s scheme. It was good, he could see that, but it was still missing something, something important.

He met Coyote. “I’ve been thinking,” he said.

“So have I,” Coyote replied. “Something’s missing, isn’t it?”

“Yep. Your idea is nice enough, what with blue sky and clouds, and creatures walking around underneath and making more of themselves, even allowing for the problem of desire, but in the end, there’s still the question…”

“I know what you’re going to say,” Coyote interrupted. “What’s the point?”

“Exactly,” said the Void.

“But what’s the point of your love letter?” Coyote asked. “That’s what started all this, after all.”

“Shhh,” said the Void. “You just gave me an idea.”

Coyote sat patiently, eyeing the Void.

Suddenly the Void shouted, “I’ve got it!” His eyes were bright. “Oh yes!”

“What?”

“We’ll make the Beautiful!” the Void cried. “The most wonderful, happy, glorious, radiant, majestic, sacred and tender Beautiful that ever could be! All the creatures will love it, and their love for the Beautiful will become an answer to my love letter!”

Before Coyote could say another word, the Void spun around, his arms outstretched, spinning so fast a whirlwind rose up, encompassing both of them.

The whirlwind grew to be a Beauty as vast as all vastness, becoming more beautiful than the Void and Coyote ever could have imagined.

“Now that was a good trick,” Coyote said when she caught her breath. “But now we have another problem.”

“What? What could be a problem?” demanded the Void, proud of himself.

“The creatures and all those growing things,” Coyote explained, “they’ll see the Beautiful and won’t even bother to move, or for that matter bother to make more of themselves. They’ll just stand in awe. No desire.”

“You’re right,” the Void said, instantly deflated. “What to do?”

Coyote winked at him. “I know,” she said.

She leaned over and whispered in his ear. “Hide it,” she said.

“What do you mean,” asked the Void.

“Hide the beautiful! Hide it inside everything! Just let a little Beautiful shine out at a time so all the beings don’t get dumbstruck. Then they’ll want more. They’ll see the Beautiful glinting out of each other and that’ll start them hugging and making more of themselves, and they’ll see it peeking out of the sky and clouds and everywhere, and they’ll love everything and care for it and their love will be their letter back to you!”

“Perfect!” the Void cried out, and that word rang through the vastness. He embraced Coyote and cried out, “Yes! Now all the creatures will desire the Beautiful, loving what is just out of their grasp! The clouds will be making beautiful to mimic the Beautiful inside them they can’t see, the sky will be making beautiful, the growing things will be making beautiful, the creatures of all kinds will be making beautiful, making beautiful as they make themselves! My letter will be received and answered!”

And so they both got to work, first making the Beautiful even greater, so infinitely beautiful that tears ran down their cheeks, and then out of the Beautiful they made the sky a hundred shades of blue, and the clouds ever-changing, and the Earth glorious, watered by rain that fell from the clouds and gathered in streams and rivers and oceans, growing all the beings, some rooted, some winged, some with feet, and at each turn they made the Beautiful visible and hidden, flung through every inch of space and every moment of time.

“This is fun!” the Void shouted. He turned to Coyote. “How can I ever thank you?”

Coyote blushed. “Don’t be silly,” she said.

Interpretation

This is what life is all about. We need to focus on the beautiful to see the beautiful. For, this is what life is all about.

Positive News :: Edition XXXXVII

UAE’s coronavirus response an inspiring success story: Hamdan

Dubai Crown Prince hails country’s use of technology and forward-thinking ethos at first live conference since Covid-19 pandemic.

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Inspirational Young Girl Born Without Legs Competes As Gymnast

Meet eight-year-old Paige Calendine. She was born without legs, but hasn’t allowed this to halt her progress in how she wants to live her life. In fact, she’s an accomplished competitor in gymnastics. See for yourself:

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Naya Rivera remembered as inspirational Latina who redefined Afro-Latinx representation

The artist Demi Lovato and “Pose” creator Steven Canals praised the actress for her portrayal of a queer Afro-Latina on prime-time TV.

Naya Rivera remembered as inspirational Latina who redefined Afro-Latinx representation

The artist Demi Lovato and “Pose” creator Steven Canals praised the actress for her portrayal of a queer Afro-Latina on prime-time TV.

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“Keep Going You Can Get Through It” – Serena Williams on Her ‘Inspire’ Jewelry Collection

On Thursday, amid the unusual times, Serena Williams came up with an inspiring post, wherein she was wearing the ‘Inspire’ collection of her jewelry brand, motivating more than 10 million followers of her.

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Blind Celebrity MasterChef contestant Amar Latif hailed an ‘inspiration’ as he sails through competition

Celebrity MasterChef’s first-ever blind contestant Amar Latif has been hailed an ‘inspiration’ by fans after competing on the show. The travel reporter not only impressed audiences at home with his culinary skills but judges John Torode and Gregg Wallace too, and sailed through to the next round. After cooking a ‘really tasty’ tomato chicken and spaghetti dish for the panelists, he showcased his talents for paying customers at Mortimer House Kitchen in a busy lunchtime service.

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Good News: From Courageous Six-year-old To Shop Owner’s Kindness, Read 5 Uplifting Stories

From a six-year-old’s courageous story of saving sister to shop owner’s act of kindness, read 5 good news to cheer up your mood amid challenging times.

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Fable

A man went to a Buddhist monastery for a silent retreat. After he finished, he felt better, calmer, stronger, but something was missing. The teacher said he could talk to one of the monks before he left.

The man thought for a while, then asked: “How do you find peace?”

The monk said: “I say yes. To everything that happens, I say yes.”

When the man returned home, he was enlightened.

Interpretation

“Most of our pain, most of our suffering comes from resistance to what is. Life is. And when we resist what life is, we suffer. When you can say yes to life, surrender to life and say: “Okay, what should I be now?” That’s where power comes from.”

When the weather is bad, when your crush won’t answer, when the obstacle won’t budge, don’t say no. Don’t dig in your heels and push and shove until your veins pop out in frustration. Say yes. Accept. Breathe. Life is flowing. Always. It’s us trying to swim upstream. Let the current carry you instead.

 

Positive News :: Edition XXXXVI

What went right this week: Paris pedalled forwards, plus other good news stories

Paris voted for a cycling revolution and women’s football was given a boost, plus other stories of progress

Real Madrid finally launched a women’s football team

Women’s football was given a boost this week with the announcement that the Spanish club, Real Madrid, will launch its first female football team next season. Real had been one of the only clubs in Europe without a women’s team.

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Farm to fork: the open database that lets people buy food direct from source

Set up by food activists during lockdown, Farms to Feed Us connects people with farmers and growers across the country

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Positive news as more than 300 Covid recoveries at north Cumbria hospitals

The trust which runs NHS hospitals across north Cumbria has shared the good news that more than 300 patients have been discharged having recovered from coronavirus.

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Inspiration Games offers a ‘strange’ experience for world-class athletes

Americans Tianna Bartoletta, left, Allyson Felix, center, and Candace Hill celebrate after winning the women’s 3×100-meter relay during the Weltklasse Zurich Inspiration Games at Mt. San Antonio College on Thursday.

Three runners take their place in the starting blocks for a hurdles race; two are bathed in sunshine, the other shadowed by gloomy skies.

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CNY Inspirations: The ‘inner loving voice’

Some of you have sadly experienced the traumatic death of loved ones due to COVID 19. Some of you have cared for patients, and some of you have recovered or are recovering. Yet all of us have been affected emotionally and spiritually and perhaps have struggled for the perspective to respond to the anxieties of others.

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Fable : Acceptance

Once upon a time there was a world famous teacher in AenTakkasila, in north-western India. He had 500 high class students who learned sacred teachings from him.

It just so happened that one of these high class students had been named ‘Bad’ by his parents. One day he thought, “When I am told, ‘Come Bad’, ‘Go Bad’, ‘Do this Bad’, it is not nice for me or others. It even sounds disgraceful and unlucky.”

So he went to the teacher and asked him to give him a more pleasant name, one that would bring good fortune rather than bad. The teacher said, “Go my son, go wherever you like and find a more fortunate name. When you return, I will officially give you your new name.”

The young man named Bad left the city, and traveled from village to village until he came to a big city. A man had just died and Bad asked what his name was. People said. “His name was Alive.” “Alive also died?” asked Bad. The people answered, “Whether his name be Alive or whether it be Dead, in either case he must die. A name is merely a word used to recognize a person. Only a fool would not know this!” After hearing this, Bad no longer felt badly about his own name — but he didn’t feel good about it either.

As he continued on his way into the city, a debt-slave girl was being beaten by her masters in the street. He asked, “Why is she being beaten?” He was told, “Because she is a slave until she pays a loan debt to her masters. She has come home from working, with no wages to pay as interest on her debt.” “And what is her name?” he asked. “Her name is Rich.” they said. “By her name she is Rich but she has no money even to pay interest?” asked Bad. They said, ‘Whether her name be Rich or whether it be Poor, in either case she has no money. A name is merely a word used to recognize a person. Only a fool would not know this!” After hearing this, Bad became even less interested in changing his name.

After leaving the city, along the roadside he met a man who had lost his way. He asked him, “What is your name? ” He replied, ‘My name is Tourguide.” “You mean to say that even a Tourguide has gotten lost?” asked Bad. Then the man said, “Whether my name be Tourguide or whether it be Tourist, in either case I have lost my way. A name is merely a word used to recognize a person. Only a fool would not know this!”

Now completely satisfied with his own name, Bad returned to his teacher.

The world famous teacher of Takkasila asked him, “How are you, my son? Have you found a good name?” He answered, “Sir, those named Alive and Dead both die, Rich and Poor may be penniless, Tourguide and Tourist can get lost. Now I know that a name is merely a word used to recognize a person. The name does not make things happen, only deeds do. So I’m satisfied with my name. There’s no point in changing it.”

The teacher summarized the lesson his pupil had learned this way — “By seeing Alive as dead, Rich as poor, Tourguide as lost, Bad has accepted himself.”

Interpretation

This fable shows us all about self acceptance. We all need to accept the situation we find ourselves in and try our best to the best possible extent without denying there is a problem if we face one.

 

Positive News :: Edition XXXXV

‘This daughter is god’s gift to me’ ……

For 70-year-old Sarojini, Mini is her own daughter who does her hair and helps in wearing clothes. As she comes out of the house, holding Mini…

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The GREAT and good of inspirational businesses during the coronavirus pandemic

A Newtownards-based company that specialises in baby products changed tack to produce face shields

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Good News: From Doctor Dancing In PPE Kit To Kid Making World Record, Read 5 Best Stories

From kid making world record to doctor dancing in PPE kit, here are five good news to cheer up your mood amid challenging times.

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Plans to celebrate inspirational Jeanne’s life with love and respect

EVERYONE is aware of her achievements as an artist of national and international standing, but an online condolence page shows how the Dublin-born but Ballylickey-based sculptor Jeanne Rynhart was valued, above all else, for being wise and kind.

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PIPS-Hope and Support and Marie Curie want to hear about your Covid experiences

Calling for entries for their Voices of Covid 2020 book are from left: Patricia Trainor, Chairperson, PIPS Hope and Support; Gavin McGuckin, Community Fundraiser, Maire Curie and Bronagh McKeown, Chairperson, Voices of Covid Project. Photograph: Columba O’Hare/ Newry.ie

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Bus Conductor to Award-Winning Filmmaker: Meet an Extraordinary Manipuri Director

A series of unforeseen circumstances forced a teenage Amarjit Maibam to take up work as a bus conductor on the route from Imphal to Moreh. But that was not the direction he meant to take.

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Zen Story: Hidden Meanings

A young Zen student was on his way to buy vegetables at the market for his monastery. On the way, he encountered a student he had seen occasionally, from a monastery some distance from his own.

“Where are you going?” he asked.

“Where my legs direct me”, replied the other fellow nonchalantly.

Our young fellow turned this answer over in his mind – surely there was some meaning hidden in its depths? Back at the monastery, he recounted this conversation to his elderly master, who said: “You ought to have asked the boy what he’d do if he didn’t have any legs.”

The next day, the student chanced upon the other boy again. “Where are you going?” he asked, and before the boy could reply, he continued, “Oh, I know…wherever your legs direct you, I suppose!”

“Nope!” came the unexpected response. “Today, I am going to follow the wind!” This reply threw the student into so much confusion that his mind went blank. Back again at the monastery, he related the incident to his teacher.

“You should have asked him what he’d do if no wind was blowing,” remarked the old man.

A few days later, the student came upon the other boy once more in the market. Aha! Here was his Zen moment!

“So where are you off to this time? Where your legs go or where the wind blows, I suppose. But, what if…”

“Neither of the two,” replied the boy, with a cheeky grin. “Today, I am here to buy vegetables!”

 

Interpretation

We don’t really need to interpret everything all the time. We can just be going wherever life takes us.

 

Positive News :: Edition XXXXIV

Thank You, Neighbor: 50+ Good News Stories From All 50 States 

We celebrate Americans from all 50 states who are spreading peace, lending a helping hand and building community.

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‘Keep up the fantastic work’ – Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp praises ‘inspirational’ Derry Girl for on street exercises

Liverpool may be on the brink of clinching the Premier League but they’ve already won fans in Londonderry’s Creggan Estate, by sending a message to a special little girl.

8-year-old Grace Morrow became the star of the on-street exercise routines – featured on UTV during the lockdown.

‘Keep up the fantastic work’ – Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp praises ‘inspirational’ Derry Girl for on street exercises

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H-1b visa rejection: Kunal Bahl’s inspiring story should be a lesson for everyone

Read the inspirational story of a 36-year-old Indian entrepreneur who founded a unicorn startup when his H-1B visa got rejected

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Inspirational young Ellesmere Port brothers’ words of kindness feature in Amazon best-seller

AN Ellesmere Port fundraising family are celebrating after two youngsters have become best-selling authors.

Six-year-old Andrew and brother Aaron, five, both wrote a story for the book Kindness as part of the Child Author Project.

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Domino scientist honoured by RSC for African Initiative

A senior scientist at Cambridge inkjet technology business Domino Printing has been honoured by his peers for his outstanding contribution to proactively and inclusively supporting colleagues and the wider scientific community.

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Farm Labourer’s Daughter Beats Poverty, Gender Stereotypes to Become Deputy Collector

A brother who dropped out of college to earn and a mother who toiled under the harsh sun to support Wasima Shaikh’s dreams. How this family fought stereotypes to educate their little girl.

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Sufi Tale : What is gain and loss  ?

Mula came upon a frowning man walking along the road to town. “What’s wrong?” he asked. The man held up a tattered bag and moaned, “All that I own in this wide world barely fills this miserable, wretched sack.”

“Too bad,” said Mula, and with that, he snatched the bag and ran down the road. Having lost everything, the man burst into tears. Meanwhile, Mula quickly ran around the bend and placed the man’s sack in the middle of the road where he would have to come upon it.

When the man saw his bag sitting in the road before him, he laughed with joy and shouted, “My sack! I thought I’d lost you!” Watching through the bushes, Mula smiled. “Well, that’s one way to make someone happy!”

Interpretation

We often don’t realise all that we have. It is only when we lose something, we realise its value. This is what is being shown with wit in this tale.

Positive News : Edition XXXXIII

Four Scouts receive organisation’s highest honour

Four dedicated Scouts from the Swansea valleys and Brecon are set to receive Scouting’s highest honours.

The volunteers are set to receive the Award for Merit and Chief Scouts’ Commendation for Good Service awards thanks to their commitment to ScoutsCymru over the decades.

They are among 82 inspirational Welsh Scouts who are set to be recognised as part of this year’s Roll of Honour celebration.

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Dreaming of being your own boss?

These inspirational business owners prove it can be done – and reveal their surprisingly simple tips for going it alone

The coronavirus pandemic hasn’t just attacked our health, but our livelihoods, too.

Millions of British people have been furloughed, while many more have lost their jobs entirely as businesses have succumbed to the impact of the lockdown.

However, some have managed to weather the storm.

These savvy eBay business owners share their inspirational stories as to how they became their own bosses, and how they’ve been able to stay in the green during these bleak times…

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Survey shows Covid-19 inspiring innovation in SA short-term insurance sector

DURBAN – Results of a survey conducted amongst 1200 Old Mutual Insure (OMI) and Elite brokers provides rich data on just how significantly the Covid-19 crisis and, especially, the national lockdown has impacted the short-term insurance industry.

Of interest is a range of positive innovations that brokers believe lockdown is likely to leave in its wake. These unexpected learnings are likely to benefit the industry long after lockdown is lifted.

Significantly, Covid-19 lockdown has bought home, now more than ever, the need to save. Black swan events like the current global pandemic illustrate, that nothing can be taken for granted. The unforeseen is ever present. And the best preparation for the unforeseen is savings.

Survey results also indicate how Covid-19

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Rapid City Correctional Officer works to help and inspire incarcerated youth

RAPID CITY, S.D. (KEVN-TV)- A correctional officer in Rapid City grew up in Detroit. She’s lived all around the globe while serving in the military, and now works with some of the most violent incarcerated kids around.

Correctional Officer Anesha T. Morton at the Juvenile Services Center traveled all over the world in the U.S. Air Force. Now she works to inspire troubled youth.

But she’s not just working with them, she’s inspiring them, ”Along the Way” at the Juvenile Services Center.

As we watch Anesha T. Morton unlock her keys for the highly secure Juvenile Services Center, there’s a sort of beep, beep, beep, and a buzz, before the key box door will open.

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These e-Plant Doctors Can Help Solve Farmers’ Crop Woes in Minutes. Here’s How.

 

When K Pathi noticed the notorious Fall ArmyWorm attack his corn plants, he didn’t rush to get pesticides. He did something entirely different.

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Zen Story: Perfect Silence

Four pupils used to practice meditation in the time before Zen came to Japan.
These close friends vowed to each other to observe silence for seven days.

The first day passed well.
But as the evening progressed and the oil lamps became dim, one student couldn’t help himself.

“Attend to the lamps!” he shouted impatiently to an assistant.

His friend turned to him, surprised.
“You are not supposed to speak! Have you forgotten?”

The third friend piped up, “You fools! Why are you talking?”

“Hah, I’m the only one who’s kept silent!” exclaimed the last.

Before judging others, pause for a moment and ask – how perfect am I?

 

Interpretation : We need to know how to never judge anyone else in the journey of our lives to lead a holistic, complete life.

 

 

Positive News : Edition XXXXII

Creating a Positive Working Environment – 8 Ways to Motivate Your Employees

To have happy and content employees who are productive and effective, it’s not enough to tell them to stay positive. Creating a happy and inspiring working environment involves several aspects. As a manager or the owner, you will have to do more to motivate your workers to contribute more and to help them be healthier and more content.

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Meet the Inspiring Teen Whose Black Lives Matter Protest Brought In Thousands of People Mikiiya Foster wasn’t quite prepared for what was waiting for her when she arrived at the corner of Sycamore and Cochran on Saturday, June 6.

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Hoda Kotb gives first look at follow-up book to ‘I Really Needed This Today’

The uplifting book comes out Oct. 13.

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I Wanted to Help During COVID-19 & Here’s How I Found the Right Way to Do It

This online platform will help you make an informed choice about the cause or NGO you want to help while giving you tax benefits

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CDC joining efforts to address northern Utah COVID-19 spike, assist immigrants and refugees Volunteers asking: ‘How can we be good neighbors to each other?’

Randy Williams, a member of the Cache Refugee and Immigrant Connection board, left, volunteer Bruce Haslem, Jess Lucero, another board member, and Matt Whitaker, director of the Cache Community Food Pantry, load a car with food donations at the pantry in Logan on Thursday, June 11, 2020. Nonprofits, state and local government and churches have teamed up to assist refugees in northern Utah who work at a meatpacking plant in Hyrum, Cache County, and have tested positive for COVID-19. The recent rise in cases statewide is attributed to the outbreak at JBS where many refugees and immigrants work. Laura Seitz, Deseret News

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Buffalo may name a street after Black Lives Matter

Buffalo Common Council President Darius Pridgen proposed a resolution this week to rename a street or section of the city in honor of the Black Lives Matter movement.

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Understand people to motivate them

There was once a small boy who banged a drum all day and loved every moment of it. He would not be quiet, no matter what anyone else said or did. Various people who called themselves Sufis, and other well-wishers, were called in by neighbors and asked to do something about the child. The first so-called Sufi told the boy that he would, if he continued to make so much noise, perforate his eardrums; this reasoning was too advanced for the child, who was neither a scientist nor a scholar. The second told him that drum beating was a sacred activity and should be carried out only on special occasions. The third offered the neighbors plugs for their ears; the fourth gave the boy a book; the fifth gave the neighbors books that described a method of controlling anger through biofeedback; the sixth gave the boy meditation exercises to make him placid and explained that all reality was imagination. Like all placebos, each of these remedies worked for a short while, but none worked for very long.

Eventually, a real Sufi came along. He looked at the situation, handed the boy a hammer and chisel, and said, “I wonder what is INSIDE the drum?”

Interpretation : We need to understand people to make them do what we wish them to do. This is what good management of companies and even our lives is all about.

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Inspiration is Just a Podcast Away

Science has shown that, “Thinking positive, happy, hopeful and optimistic thoughts decreases Cortisol [the body’s stress hormone] and produces Serotonin [the body’s natural anti-depressant], which creates a sense of well-being. This helps the brain function at peak capacity.”

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These Books Can Help You Explain Racism and Protest to Your Kids

The conversation about race needs to start early and keep happening.

Myka Stauffer and the Aggressively Inspirational World of “Adoption Influencers”

Huxley Stauffer had been turned into content before he even met the people who would become his parents. As early as July 2016, YouTube influencer Myka Stauffer was posting videos to YouTube about the long, complex process of adopting a boy from China. She talked about convincing her husband to adopt, cried while describing administrative delays, and exulted when the process inched forward. Over the years, Stauffer and her husband, James, posted 27 videos on their “adoption journey,” including a heartwarming montage of the family’s trip to China to retrieve their 2½-year-old son in 2017. Afterward, they kept their hundreds of thousands of viewers updated on the boy’s growth and his relationships with their biological children. That is, until earlier this year, when attuned fans began noticing that Huxley had quietly stopped appearing in the couple’s videos.

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Soldier-Turned-IRS Officer Rallies Efforts, Aids Hundreds of Migrants in Bengaluru

 

The 47-year-old Additional Commissioner of Income Tax of Mumbai is a Shaurya Chakra awardee, for his bravery in an encounter with terrorists along the LoC in 2017.

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Learning from others about honouring nature

Management Seminar. He was traveling in Uttar Pradesh with his wife for a picnic while he was the Chief Election Commissioner. On the wa, they saw a large mango plantation filled with sparrow nests. Seeing this, they went down there and his wife wanted to take two nests home. The police escort called a young boy who was grazing cows in the fields and demanded to bring the nests down and offered to pay him Rs10. He refused, so Seshan raised the offer to Rs.50. The policeman asked the boy to do it as Seshan was a big officer. The boy told Seshan and his wife ‘Saabji I will not do it for whatsoever you will give.’ He continued, ‘inside those nests, there will be baby sparrows, if I give you those nests to you, in the evening when mother sparrow returns with food for the babies and do not find them there, she will cry. I do not have the heart to see that’. Hearing this Seshan and his wife were shocked. Seshan says my position and the IAS melted away in front of that little boy. I was in front of him like a mustard seed. They gave up their wish and after returning, this incident continued to haunt him with guilt for days. Education, position or social status in never the yardstick for the measure of humanity. Knowledge is to know nature. We don’t achieve anything by gathering a lot of information. Life becomes blissful when you have knowledge, sense & wisdom.

Interpretation : We do need to learn how to respect nature and learn lessons from those who do, irrespective of their background

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Kind gesture: Concord sisters aid Greater Boston Food Bank

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Artist pair find lockdown inspiration in ‘hopeful’ book project

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Aritsts Mike Pert (left) and John Midgley with their concertina-style book featuring more than 40 original paintings, drawings and collages. Picture: ARCHANT

A pair of artist friends have completed their second book featuring 40 original paintings, drawings and collages, two months after being forced to put the project on hold by lockdown.

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Some good news to take you into the long weekend

According to one study, the lockdown has taken a psychological toll on the people. On the other hand, the months of April and May have seen the nicest weather since records began.

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The Good News Collective – May 28 edition

The Good News Collective is a handful of short, positive news blurbs designed to remind us that there is still a lot of good going on out there in the world amidst the COVID pandemic.

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Finally, a bit of good news: some national parks are reopening

As they straggle forth from long weeks of isolation, Canadians seeking a path headed toward something resembling sanity were thrown a lifeline on Wednesday.

Federal Environment Minister Jonathan Wilkerson told The Canadian Press that 29 of the country’s 48 national parks will reopen for day use this coming Monday.

Fable : Team Work

A Businessman gets stranded on a lonely highway in the US.

The tyres of his car get stuck badly in a mud pool.

He looks around for help and finally finds an old farmer.

The businessman goes to him asking for help to get his car out of the mud.

Farmer gauges the situation, and agrees to help him and says, let us take the help of warwick, an old bull at the farm.

The farmer ties the bull to the car and start shouting loudly, “FRED, PULL!… JACK, PULL!… JOHN, PULL… WARWICK, PULL…”

As the farmer keeps shouting these words, the bull Warwick gets the car out of the pool of mud.

The Businessman is relieved but has a doubt in his mind.

He thanks the farmer and asks him, “You said the bull’s name was Warwick, and he was alone, then who were Fred, Jack & John?”

The Farmer answered, “See, Warwick is old and is also blind. He does not know he is pulling this car alone. The moment he hears the other names, he thinks he is in a team, and he gives his best”.

So is the case with all of us.

The very thought that there are others in this same situation as us, gives us a great deal of comfort, hope, confidence and enthuses us to put our heart and soul into any task that we undertake.

It’s not without reason that the very word *TEAM* is said to stand for *”Together  Everyone Achieves More”*.

This too shall pass…

Let’s work as a team to overcome the crisis …

Interpretation

Like it is shown in the tale, we are born to work in teams to lead a complete and holistic life.