Carnival of Inspiration and Motivation: 20th edition

Carnival of Inspiration and Motivation is back. Welcome to the 20th edition of the carnival.

Applying the Law of Attraction presents How Can I Apply the Law of Attraction? posted at Applying the Law of Attraction Membership Library, saying, "If you can dream it, you do it with the Law of Attraction as your guiding principle. Without a doubt, the Law of Attraction is personal."

Will Edwards presents Become a Great Leader Using Your Optimism and Motivation posted at Self Growth, saying, "To be a leader requires many qualities and abilities; qualities such as self confidence, motivation, optimism and enthusiasm. Having charisma also helps particularly in line with the ability to be engaging."

Will Edwards presents How You Can Walk Through a Storm with Hope and Optimism in Your Heart posted at Self Growth, saying, "There are many times when life gets us down. Life is hard, finances are tight or a relationship breaks up. We've all been there and we are left wondering where God was throughout these difficult times. Why did God not help us in our hour of need?"

Paula Kawal presents A Step Beyond Forgiveness posted at Journey Inward Productions, saying, "This article is an Archangelic teaching about taking a step beyond forgiveness with the people that have hurt us most in life."

Ryan Floyd presents Six Natural Ways to Enhance Creativity posted at Creative Substances.

Applying the Law of Attraction presents How the LOA Can Help You Move posted at Applying the Law of Attraction Membership Library, saying, "The Law of Attraction taps into the positive, action-oriented
forces of the universe. It just makes sense that the positive
energy can be used to enhance or to kick start a workout
program."

Warren presents What is Happiness? posted at GenerallyThinking.com, saying, "Is it possible to define an abstract, subjective thing like happiness? Why, yes!"

Will Edwards presents How to Heighten Your Creativity posted at Making a Difference, saying, "Read essays, articles, or books on creativity and you will more than once you will read that you can heighten your creativity and create new ideas by reading magazines that you wouldn’t typically read. The suggestion is to go to your local newsstand and pick up magazines you wouldn’t ever read and read them for ideas, connections and trends."

Will Edwards presents Success vs. Happiness posted at White Dove Books, saying, "Like a lot of Americans, I was raised in a school system that tried to motivate me with some fear. "You better get good grades, unless you want to dig ditches for a living." Or, "you have to have a goal or a career, or you'll just float through life," as if our worth as humans and are happiness was only determined by achieving some constructed measure of success."

Majestic Vision presents 10 inspirational quotes posted at tarot13.info, saying, "Thank you for reading this material/post"

Positive Present presents embracing acceptance posted at positively present.

Brain Blogger presents Changing the Error of Our Ways posted at Brain Blogger, saying, "We all have bad habits. I don’t sleep nearly enough, and by mid-afternoon I’m a basket case without an infusion of chocolate. I know I should probably sleep more and avoid sweets; in fact, I’ve known this for several years, but I’ve never felt motivated to change my ways. This human tendency has beleaguered health care professionals for ages: how do we motivate individuals to change their behaviors? Two recent studies may give us some ideas."

Paula Kawal presents Depression: A Spiritual Awakening posted at Journey Inward Productions, saying, "Like many people (it might even be safe to say most people) I haven’t gotten this far in life without traversing a few bouts of depression. My first was in late childhood, my second was in my teen years and my third was alcohol related in my early twenties."

Will Edwards presents How Positive Thinking Works posted at Inspiration, saying, "If you have never before heard of the Pygmalion Effect you may be in for a bit of a surprise. It is the principle that underpins the whole idea of positive thinking. Simply put, it is that people always tend to realise their expectations about themselves; or, in the succinct words of Henry Ford, whether you think you can or you think you can't, you're right. In this article, we'll consider why this is the case."

Erin Pavlina presents How To Choose a Career That Will Make You Happy posted at Erin Pavlina's Blog, saying, "Discover and identify your passion. If you had all the money and time in the world, what would you still do? For me, it was studying and learning about spirituality and the paranormal. That passion and interest has been with me since childhood. It’s in my blood. What’s in your blood? What excites you? Figure that out first. Lock it down. Set it in stone."

Jody T Fransch presents Unleash Your Creativity « jody fransch posted at jody fransch.

Ken presents Get Help In Overcoming Infidelity posted at Cheating Detective, saying, "When infidelity occurs, it is a good idea to seek help from others."

Tim McLaughlin presents Want Happiness? Be A Swinger | Your Happiness Power posted at Your Happiness Power, saying, "The title might make people think of something else, but the article is really about getting on a swing like we did when we were kids and feeling that sense of freedom again. Thanks for considering it."

Jacob Duchaine presents Five Steps to a Happier Life posted at Blogging Guy.

mybestme presents Attraction, Inspiration, Healing, and Love posted at My Best Me, saying, "A long term health issue can be devastating emotionally. Look for sources to uplift and inspire you as you deal with your illness."

Lisis Blackston presents Finding Fulfillment posted at My Quest For Balance: Simplicity, Serenity, Happiness, saying, "This blog is dedicated to helping others find lasting happiness and inner peace."

Simona Rich presents How To Stay Positive posted at Personal Development Blog, saying, "In some situations it is quite hard to stay positive but you can definitely learn how to keep your positivity.

There are some actions you can take to be able to remain positive no matter what situation you are facing."

Kathryn presents It Is Never Too Late To Try New Things: An Inspirational Post posted at Kathryn Vercillo on HubPages, saying, "Inspiring words about how to keep trying new things in order to add creativity and fun to your life."

Mike King presents 8 Methods to Find Inspiration posted at Learn This.

Wally Bock presents Big success from little steps posted at Momentor.

Den Levin presents Causes of Anxiety posted at Battle Anxiety, saying, "There are multiple common causes of anxiety."

Mike King presents 8 Steps for Acting on Inspiration posted at Learn This.

Jayadev R presents The 14 Mistakes to avoid while going for your dreams posted at SingerJai.

James Feudo presents Motivation: How to Feel Better About Yourself | Overnight Sensation - Public Speaking, Communication and Personal Development posted at Overnight Sensation, saying, "Some ideas to help you feel better about yourself."

Wally Bock presents Staying committed to your commitment posted at Momentor.

Suzanne presents Set goals and reach them. posted at Without Dash.

Josanne Anthony presents Someday Never Comes posted at Bathrobe Therapy.

Jim DeSantis presents The Alphabet of Self Improvement posted at On Line Tribune | Mind Stuff Blog, saying, "It may be a bitter experience, a friend’s tragic story, a great
movie, or an inspiring book that will help us get up and get
just the right amount of motivation we need in order to
improve ourselves.

With the countless negativities the world brings about, how do
we keep motivated? Try the Alphabet of Self Improvement."

Stacey T Pollock presents Choice of Perception is the Key to Happiness posted at Creation Theory Revised Blog, saying, "It is no secret that the way a person views life will essentially bring to them what they want to experience. If a person has an interest in cars they will automatically be drawn to looking at cars on the road, car magazines, advertisements, books, internet sites and anything to do with their interest in life. It is through interest that we find the things we want to experience in life and the key to this is perception and choice."

Peter presents The Ultimate Guide to Stress Relief posted at The Change Blog.

MoneyNing presents The Secret Power of Positive Attitude posted at Money Ning, saying, "Positive Attitude is key to a better life."

Lovelyn presents Optimism Makes You Healthier posted at The Art of Balanced Living.

Abigail Perry presents Everything's amazing and nobody's happy posted at i pick up pennies, saying, "While our lives may be far from perfect, that doesn't give us permission to be completely miserable."

Covert Hypnotist presents The Dark Side of Hypnosis, Is there Cause For Concern? | Conversational & Covert Hypnosis Blog posted at Conversational & Covert Hypnosis Blog, saying, "The ‘dark side of Hypnosis’ is a common theme among books, movies and television, but is there truly a ‘dark side’ of Hypnosis?"

Kevin Ngo presents How to Change Your Focus posted at Motivational Blog.

Jared Maloney presents First Date Do’s and Don’ts | Dating Guide posted at Dating Guide, saying, "Tips to help you on a first date."

Duck Pond Daily presents Public Speaking posted at Duck Pond Daily, saying, "funny and informative"

Sam presents NEW !! Relief for Stress, Anxiety and Tension. Symptoms and Relief. Cope and Manage Stress posted at Surfer Sam and Friends, saying, "Thank you for including my article. Here's a snippet...

Relief for Stress, Anxiety and Tension
Symptoms and Relief to Cope and Manage Stress

Stress is the plague of the twenty-first century. Pressures at work and demands at home leave us feeling tension, anxiety and stress. We feel overworked and unhappy, sometimes even desperate. Stress may be the biggest reason we get sick or die prematurely. Every health problem from headaches to heart attacks, from psychosomatic disorders to stroke can be linked to stress. How did we get so stressed and how can we find relief?
Stress, Anxiety and Tension at Home

The structure of the family unit has changed lately. 70% of us say that it is hard to balance our personal and work lives. Since there are fewer stay-at-home parents, Mom and Dad must squeeze child care in between the demands of work. The sacrifice their personal life and recreation time. Many of you feel required to live perfect lives, in perfect homes with perfect little children. Traffic is hectic and the commute time on the road is longer. 90% of all working adults say they are concerned that they do not spend enough time with their families. At home and at work, we are on-call 24 hours a day. Technology like computers, cell phones, texting, voice mail and email, keeps us always online and in touch. There is never a minute we can truly call our own.

Other problems are on your mind, too. You worry about the expense of healthcare, the responsibility of caring for children and the duty of looking after aging parents. Events of national politics and international violence bring more anxiety into your life. Every day is lived with uncertainty, fear and worry.
Stress, Anxiety and Tension
at the Office and in the Workplace

There’s stress in the workplace, too. Work demands more of our time and more of our attention. While the work crew and office staff are downsized, the workload keeps growing. The company lays off employees to run leaner and meaner. Job security is nonexistent. You worry about becoming unemployed. So you spend lunchtime at your desk, you work longer hours and you take work home. However, your work is not valued at the company, and hardly anybody at work knows your name."

Jim DeSantis presents Unleash Your Hidden Self Improvement Power posted at On Line Tribune | Personal Challenges Blog, saying, "When we look at a certain object, a painting for example – we
won’t be able to appreciate what’s in it, what is painted and
what else goes with it , if the painting is just an inch away
from our face. But if we step back a little further, we’ll have
a clearer vision of the whole art work. This is the way we
view ourselves. We are too close to see the real meaning of us. We need to step back."

Aparna presents Self esteem-Why is it so important? posted at Beauty and Personality Grooming, saying, "Go and stand in front of a mirror. What kind of image do you see? Do you see yourself as a confident, healthy, pleasing person? Do you love yourself? Do you accept yourself fully with all your plus and minus points? Are you happy with your self image? If you are not, it means you do not have adequate self-esteem (self-respect).

Besides good health and other basic needs of life, self-esteem is a requisite to keep you happy. Self-esteem is also important for maintaining good mental health. It is one of the major ingredients in the formula for success"

Anne presents Step up: getting the right attitude about life posted at Make Your Own Change, saying, "People these days have the entire wrong attitude about life. We feel we are owed everything. We feel self-entitled to whatever we want. Get over yourself!"

Dennis Dalton presents Expect Good Things posted at Simple Personal Development and Growth.

Chris Edgar presents Getting To The “Heart” Of Public Speaking Anxiety posted at Purpose Power Coaching, saying, "It’s often said that, for many people, having to speak to an audience would be worse than death. I’ve come to believe people’s hangups around public speaking often have to do with fear of showing their hearts to others—in other words, sharing with a group something they deeply care about. In this article, I offer some ways to get beyond that fear."

GreatManagement presents Public Speaking Tips - Presenting An Influential Speech Will Boost Your Career posted at GreatManagement Blog, saying, "These days Public Speaking is becoming an essential skill and the higher you go up the career ladder, the more you are expected to present.Here are the specific steps you need to take to command the audiences attention, have a lasting effect on your audience and get the results you desire."

Jayadev R presents Avoiding the grief of losing things posted at SingerJai.

bryan presents Confidence At Work posted at Personal Development and Growth.

Yvette Taff presents Personal Affirmations posted at 365 Motivators, saying, "Discover unique affirmations for your self-esteem."

GreatManagement presents Three Simple Job Interview Tips That Work! posted at Job and Career Advice, saying, "Today it"

Carter presents 2 Methods That Help Procrastinators Succeed posted at SuperSonicSuccess.

Vincent presents How To Stay Focused and Achieve Great Results posted at Hit Your Goals, saying, "Stay focus and achieve success."

Peter presents 5 Fundamentals for Success in Life posted at The Change Blog.

Simona Rich presents Going Against The Flow of Life posted at Personal Development Blog, saying, "Every person is able to experience constant state of joy. However, sometimes people let their minds rule them and this is when people start making mistakes. They often forget that they have feelings and they do not consciously know that feelings are the best guiding tools into the state of joy."

Corinne presents Dreams do come true posted at Everyday Gyaan.

myln presents How to change your life posted at Change Your Life Hacks, saying, "Many people believe that changing your professional and personal life is just a matter of luck. Either will come to your life or not. Experts and successful can confirm that there is no luck. There are some specific steps on how to change your life, which you can follow, some concrete steps that can lead to success in your life."

. presents Get What You Want! posted at Distiller's Corner, saying, "Goals are like a blueprint of a bridge over the gap between us and our desires. To get what you want, you have to build your bridge brick by brick, by realizing your goals."

bryan presents I Can't Get No Satisfaction! posted at Personal Development and Growth.

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When mistakes become worthy

It is true that everybody makes a mistakes everyday. If someone tells that he/she does not make mistake then this person is lying actually! He/she is just trying to hide his/her self mistakes. However, one thing is clear that the degree of made mistakes varies from person to person.

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Your primary intention should not be not to make mistakes (better I haven’t said here) and repeat them but aftermath of any mistake may follow two paths; proper analyzation behind the occurrence of mistake and in time fixing may lead to your better future, otherwise, even a simple mistake may damage your whole life after a series of problems.

Almost all mistakes are temporary and forgivable

Not all but a majority of mistakes are only temporary and we can forgive anyone including ourselves for most mistakes by right away correction of those mistakes. It all depends on us whether to make the mistake permanent or not. Every thing is all about how you deal with them.

Made mistake and don’t know what to do next?

Confident person immediately admits the mistake and look for ways to fix that mistake as soon as possible. Some ideas are given below:

1. admit your mistake

After knowing you have made a mistake, admit it quickly instead of hiding as far as possible. By keeping the mistake secret, you are only trying to commit more mistakes in future and may repeat the same mistake in future.

2. Find reason/s behind the mistake

None of us wants to make mistake knowingly. Therefore, there should have been many reasons for the happening of the mistake. You may privately analyze or even talk privately. Ask yourself; “What were the series of events that lead up to it?” “How was the problem began?” “Where did I fail to prepare?” etc.

3. Search for the solution

Now you know the mistake and causes behind the occurrence of the mistake. Now, it’s time to fix the mistake quickly. You may try on your own or take help from seniors or those who have survived mistakes of their own. Answer; “What did or didn’t I do and should have?” “How can I handle things differently in future?”

4. Don’t make mistakes permanent

As said above, every mistakes is not permanent one if you immediately take steps to correct that mistake immediately.

5. Learn from your mistakes

One very important thing you must do after any mistake so that you are going to do better in the future and don’t repeat the same mistake is to learn from your mistakes. Garry Marshall says, “It is always helpful to learn from your mistakes because then your mistakes seem worthwhile.”

6. Don’t repeat the same mistake

It may become very difficult for you to handle problems if you repeat the same mistake. Make life resolution not to do the same mistake again.

7. Keep moving on

Make mistake if you have already made one only for that moment. Do not let that mistake to damage your whole life today or in the future. Everyday is a new day. Take each mistake as an adventure in your life. Enjoy every single moment of your life. You will have to die one day. After correcting your mistakes, forget them. Just keep moving on…

Remember, you master the same from two mistakes that you acquire from twenty successes (again, this shouldn’t be your attitude).

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Meaning of red roses

Red is probably one of the most used colors of roses worldwide. From wedding ceremonies to Valentine day, uses of red color roses are increasing with the day by day modernization of the world. It doesn’t mean red roses are only used these days widely. Rather, use of red roses can be found even during Greek time or before then with equal importance. It is believed that, in Greek and Roman mythology, red roses were used a sign of love.

 

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Actually today’s meaning of red roses as Love and Romance came from traditional use of red rose in marriage ceremonies as decorating material and attire. Use of red roses on such occasions signifies the formation of new unbreakable bond or union of pure and unconditional love that lasts throughout the entire life of the couple. In the same way, red roses are commonly used today to say I Love You especially on Valentine’s Day.

It is also believed that lovers who were not allowed to share their feelings used red rose to express their love in past. This is the fact that sells of red rose become extremely high on or around Valentine’s Day. As red is the color of blood, lovers use red rose to show their strong love and respect. In this way, red rose can be used on any occasion, anniversary or just for no special reason, only to show your loved one your respect and passionate love. That’s why red rose is called Lover’s rose.

Besides, red roses are used to show passion, courage, loyalty. Red rose simply can mean perfection and beauty and use to say I am sorry in romantic way!

Different shades of red rose have their own meaning. A deep red rose signifies deep love, burgundy unconscious love and dark crimson mourning.However,withered red rose is used to say Love is over.

Meaning of number of red roses

In addition to having meaning of red roses, it is equally important to know the meaning of number of roses used. Used wrongly, different meaning may go to the receiver.

* Single red rose is used express love

* Six roses means I miss you

*I do not have any idea but seven roses are believed to signify infatuation

*Eighteen roses are used to say I am sorry

* Twelve roses are used to show gratitude

* Twenty five red roses are used to congratulate

* Fifty roses signify unconditional love

Primary meaning: Love, Romance, Respect, Gratitude, Courage, Passion, Union

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Jiri (Dolakha) and Jirels

Jiri is located in Dolakha district at an altitude of 1905m from the sea level. Surrounded on all sides by beautiful forests and hills where heavy snow falls in winter, Jiri has beauty to attract anyone! To the North and South, Cherdung and Tame hills lies where snow falls most of the time of year. Jiri Khola,which flows through the mid of the valley of the main river. Jiri Village Development Committee (VDC) is divided into 9 wards.

Jiri- meaning

According to some local people who have done research on Jiri, Ji means tiger and ri means jungle in Jirel language. Many aged people who have been living in Jiri for many years also agree with the view above that there was a thick forest where many wild faunas including tiger used to remain. This doesn’t mean there is no forest and tigers these days in Jiri but of course, their level has been reduced by certain level.

Jirels

Jirels are the main residential people of Jiri. It should be clear here that Jiri is so called since Jirel people live in Jiri.

Besides, people of Brahman, Kshetri, Sherpa, Newar, Tamang castes also live in Jiri in good harmony among one another.

Naturally Jiri

 

Natural beauty of Jiri can’t be described in words. Those beautiful forests, snow covered hills, green grassland, famous Jiri technical Institute (JTS), fresh air, eye catching landscape are few to mention that makes Jiri second Switzerland in the world. I haven’t felt myself but heard from some people that many diseases will be automatically healed after visiting Jiri. This shows how much people like Jiri. Average temperature here is from 10 to 25 degree Celsius but sometime in the winter, temperature decreases down to -5 or -10 degree Celsius. Almost all places of Jiri receive snow falls at least once a year necessarily.

Jiri as tourism spot

For its wonderful natural beauty, Jiri is developing as one of the main tourists destinations in Nepal at a fast rate. Many tourists go to Mt. Everest area via Jiri. Famous mountaineers Tenzing Norgay Sherpa of Nepal and late Sir Edmund Hillary of New Zealand who climbed Mt. Everest for the first time in the world made their way to the Everest through Jiri. So, Jiri is also called Gateway to Mt. Everest.

• Accessibility: There is bus, micro bus service from Kathmandu which takes 6-8 hours to travel 184 km road. Jiri was connected to Kathmandu more than 20 years ago by Kathmandu- Jiri highway. Though there was direct Kathmandu to Jiri flight service in past, it is postponed nowadays.

• Hotels and Lodges: There are many hotels and lodges in and around Jiri Bazaar that provide various facilities for different people according to latter’s own choice.

Education in Jiri

Though literacy rate of Nepal is quite low, people of Jiri are lucky enough that they have access to education which is not in the case of many people of Nepal. Jiri Higher Secondary School (JHSS) which is the oldest educational institution in Jiri was established almost more than fifty years ago. There are two other secondary school and at least one or in some even more than one primary schools in every ward. It is true however that the quality of education provided may be low due to less efficient teachers, lack of required educational materials.

For those who aren’t able to attend school and illiterate people, special courses are taught. So, roughly more than 85% people of Jiri are literate.

Health status

Jiri Hospital, the second main hospital in Dolakha district is the main hospital of Jiri. Also, there are at least five health posts and a private project called Jiri Helminth Project provide health service to the people of Jiri and it’s surrounding VDCs.

Developed with special attention, Jiri has potential to be one of the top visiting places of Nepal.

It has been four years I haven’t been to Jiri, my birthplace.

In memory of Jiri!

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