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I am changing.  After loving my parents, my siblings, my spouse, my children, my friends, now I have started loving myself. Yes, I am changing. I count by blessing. At the same time, I let go what need go of all those attachments of no value additions to my living Yes, I am changing. I just realized that I am not “Atlas”. And I getting to know the world does not rest on my shoulders. Yes, I am changing. I have learnt that its better to drop the ego than to break a relationship. After all, my ego will keep me aloof whereas with relationships I will never be alone. Yes, I am changing. I walk away from people who don't value me. After all, they might not know my worth, but I do. Yes, I am changing. I remain cool when someone plays dirty politics to outrun me in the rat race. After all, I am not a rat & neither am I in any race. Yes, I am changing. I've learnt not to correct people even when I know they are wrong. After all, the onus ...

The longer I live, the more I realize the impact of attitude on life. Attitude, to me, is more important than facts. It is more important than the past, than education, than money, than circumstances, than failures, than successes, than what other people think or say or do. It is more important than appearance, giftedness or skill. It will make or break a company...a church....a home. The remarkable thing is we have a choice every day regarding the attitude we will embrace for that day. We cannot change our past...we cannot change the fact that people will act in a certain way. We cannot change the inevitable. The only thing we can do is play on the one string we have, and that is our attitude... I am convinced that life is 10% what happens to me and 90% how I react to it. And so it is with you...we are in charge of our attitudes. Charles R. Swindoll

Sudha Murthy, chairperson, Infosys Foundation is known for her ability to glean interesting stories from the lives of ordinary people. The following is extracted from her latest collection, 'Bombay to Bangalore': It was the beginning of summer. As I boarded the Udyan Express at Gulbarga, I saw that the 2nd class reserved compartment was jam-packed with people. I sat down and was pushed to the corner of the berth. The ticket collector came in and started checking people's tickets. Suddenly, he looked in my direction and asked, what about your ticket? 'I have already shown my ticket to you', I said. 'Not you madam; the girl hiding below your berth'. I realized that someone was sitting under my berth. When the TC yelled at her, the girl came out of hiding. She was thin, scared and looked like she had been crying profusely. She must have been about 13 or 14 yrs old. The TC started forcibly pulling her out from the compartment.   Suddenly, I had a strange feeling...

GROWTH NEEDS BOTH THE WINGS OF BEING AND BECOMING . There are people who become too satisfied with their being. They lose growth. They become complacent... they lose tone. They simply become placid... no movement, no dynamism. They don't know what 'divine discontent' is. So remember this. Then there are people who are too much engaged in becoming. They lose all consciousness of being. They become  ambitious. They are always discontent. They don't know what divine content is. Real growth is possible when you are divinely contented and divinely discontented together. You are happy, whatsoever you have got, you are grateful, whatsoever you have got, but you know much more is possible, and you go on praying for it. You are happy... you go on being thankful for it. Whatsoever has happened, has happened without your earning it. It is a gift, a grace, so one is never complaining. One is not saying, 'I don't have what I need.' And more is always available. One feels...