The power of faith

THE POWER OF FAITH

Most people translate faith as belief. Faith is not mere belief. It is much more than that. It is a strong belief along with understanding, trust and confidence. The difference between the two is easier explained with explained.

If people have a mere blind belief in god without a study of religion and philosophy, when they face a tragedy in their lives they may lose belief in god. This happens often. But when we have faith in God, which is belief  strengthened with understanding that the lord is omnipotent, omniscient and all-loving, the more the troubles that assail us, the more does our faith deepen.

1. faith includes a clear understanding that what we have faith in, will always be there for us. Faith is also knowing that even though we may be small and helpless by ourselves, we are strong and secure along with what we have faith in.

2. faith gives you a great deal of courage and security.

3. try to recall pictures and paintings of great saints and religious leader. Their faces are full of joy and serenity. They have no fear or worry. This is because they have full faith in god. However terrible their problems, they know that God is with them and that he will either solve their difficulties or give them the strength to face them.

4. this does not mean that we can just sit down and pray and expect everything to come our way. No! we must do whatever we can and then have the faith that god is with us and love us. Do your best and leave the rest to god.

For example, if the exams are fast approaching and a student sits down and prays without studying properly, can he do well? Certainly not. He should study and be well- prepared. Then if he pray also he can write the exam with confidence.

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Smile your way through

SMILING YOUR WAY THROUGH

A smile is an expression of happiness. A smile brings brightness and beauty to any face. It is a friendly way of reaching out to the others. A smile is a sign of love, hope and joy.

  1. What is special about smiling?

The answer lies in this poem on the value of smile.

It brings rest to the weary,

Cheer to the glum, sunshine to the sad,

Be it in a palace or a slum.

You can’t beg, borrow or steal it,

Nor buy it, whatever you pay.

For it has no value at all,

Unless it’s given away.

Smiling is a pleasurable, easy way to popularity.

  1. Research has proved that a smile radiates great energy. Just as the energy behind gravity and electricity exists but cannot be seen, so too the smile energy has real power in influencing other people. It improves the mood of the person at whom the smile is flashed. This is because a smile seems to say, “ I am happy to see you . “  Everyone likes to see a smiling person. It makes people fell liked and everyone wants to be liked.
  2. Smiling add beauty to the face.

Most  people look their  best when they smile. This is the reason why a photographer asks people to smile just before he clicks.

4. Smiling lightens your heart and problems seem smaller when you smile through them.

“A smile acts up on difficulties as the sun acts up on clouds – it disperses them,” says the divine mother of Aurobindo Ashram.

A smile is so because it radiates joy and harmony.smile

 

5. you know that the way you feel affects the way you behave, but do you know that the way you behave also affects the way you feel? Extensive research that shows that our behavior influences our emotions. Nowadays, psychologists advise people not to slouch when they are sad but to sit straight, not to drag their feet but rather to walk briskly; and to smile, not frown.

6. smiling is unique to humans alone.

Have you ever realized that, of all the living beings on earth , only humans are capable of smiling? Animals cannot smile, though they sometimes look like they do

We can make others happy , in many more ways than other beings can. We can begin by gifting smiles to everyone we know.

7. make others smile.

A smile is double blessing because it gladdens the hearts of both the person who smiles and the person who receives the smile.

8. Even nature seems to want us to smile more and frown less.

Even we smile we feel bright and full of energy. When we frown, we usually feel dull and gradually get a headache. This is because we need the use of far fewer facial muscles when we smile than when we frown. In this way nature seems to tell us to smile more and frown less.

 

Hope everyone will  start to smile after reading this.

 

 

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“Silent Night “

The famous  Christmas carol “silent night” was written in three hours on Christmas Eve, 1818, by a parish priest in Austria named Josef Mohr. Earlier that day, Mohr had baptized a baby, and on leaving the christening learned that the church organ had broken down. Fearing that his parishioners would be saddened by the lack of music on Christmas eve, he rushed to the house of a friend Franz Gruber, the church organist. There the two men composed the famous hymn, and at the midnight mass Mohr and Gruber, accompanied by a guitar, sang the carol for the first time.

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5 tips for english speaking

5 TIPS TO IMPROVE ENGLISH SPEAKING

1.Listen to the radio in English- Try to hear radio news and other programmes which are broadcasting in English.

2.Watch English news and films- It will improve your vocabulary and get to know how to pronounce certain words. If you have English channels on your TV, watch them. If they have subtitles (the words written in your language) underneath the picture, see if they can be turned off. Some people even tape paper across the bottom of the screen so they can’t see the words.

3. Speak English to your friends- Get a conversation buddy (friend) and speak in English as much as possible. If it is a person whose native language is the same as your own, you may feel silly speaking in English at first. But don’t worry. Continue to do it and it will become more natural to you. Make friends with English speakers or others learning to speak English and compare notes. Talk about things that you have learnt and exchange ideas.

4. Listen and read out loudly- Listen to news bulletins and songs in English to listen to the pronunciation of words. You can also learn new words and expressions this way. The more you listen, the more you learn! Read the newspaper or a magazine out to yourself. Hearing yourself read will help you spot your mistakes better.

5. Use a dictionary and learn a new word everyday-  always keep a pocket dictionary with you. The dictionary has millions of words to choose from! Look up different words and their synonyms and alternate how and when you use them in sentences. Choose a word you would like to work on and use practice it in different sentences. Use the word until you have learnt it and keep using it regularly.

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value of grammar

VALUE OF GRAMMAR

Language is the medium of communication among human beings. It is our ability to talk, to express our thoughts precisely and convey our ideas to others that distinguishes man from the beast. People those who speak the same language the communication process may not be complete and perfect unless the language used in precise. It is in this context that the importance of grammar has to be understood. The value of grammar is realized especially when a person has to write. Very often in conversational language, grammar is ignored and yet there is not much of a loss. But a person is judged by his writing. Grammar in any language is an important aspect of its literature.

                                  Learning of grammar is not an easy process. But it becomes easy when pursued regularly, sincerely and with diligence. The important grammar is that each part of it is associated with another. Learning grammar does not require much physical labour. Grammar can be learnt without much trouble. No school, no room to study, no tools only thing required is a good book on grammar. The only thing that is needed is the will to learn. The value of grammar is immense. As mentioned earlier, a person is judged by his style of writing or by the correctness of his writing. Just as a man is looked upon with contempt when he speaks incorrectly; a man unable to write grammatically is not given much respect. Many who speak correctly often write incorrectly. It is said that in the simple language used by Gandhiji, it is very difficult to substitute any word even by its synonym, for the word chosen by him reflects his exact thought. This is the hallmark of good writing and this cannot be attained without grammar.

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