T A L E N T

Is talent born?, yes, said Issac Stern, the famous violinist. He further said that while talent is born, the musicians are made.

It takes tremendous amount of discipline, hardwork and talent to make a good musician. No matter how great the talent or the field of endevour, unless the individual is personally disciplined much of the potential will remain just that, a potential.

"Discipline is that refining fire by which talent becomes ability"

You will get much more done if you will crack the whip at yourself.

Confronting a problem does not always produce a solution, but untill you confront it there can be no solution.

If you have a weakness, be strong enough to admit it and get some help in whatever area that might be.

false pride and vanity is a very negative quality and one that gets people into a great deal of trouble.

Lets not forget that the "huge door of opportunity often swings open on the tiny hinges of obedience"

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G Y A N

Desire, my friends is like a pair of handcuffs.

Imagine when you are bound by a pair of iron handcuffs; how soon you would like to get rid of them. what if they are replaced by a pair made in Gold. Won't you like to keep them on even at great discomfort.

How true it is with trying to live all through in desiring a better life, plenty of wealth, good position etc., fully knowing that these will only lead to a great discomfort.

Once a businessman was passing through a deep dark forest with his expensive goods. He was met by on the way by three thieves. He was tied to a tree. One of the thieves said to the others that they should finish the businessman off for the fear of being caught if once the business man escapes. The second thief disagreed with the first and said the businessman should be left tied to the tree. However all of them agreed with the second thief. But something was bothering the third thief, he retuned to the forest and let the businessman free and told him to go home as fast as possible. Our desire to be a human being recognising the limitations should be the attitude to be possessed.

The truth of serving is that you can have everything you wanted if you will just help enough other people get what they wanted.

Once a rich man went to Buddha and asked him to teach him the way to serve the society and elevate humanity. Buddha laughed and told him that he should first elevate himself. Psychologists feel that 99% of those who are involved in the social work have problems in their lives. They will not be prepared to get down to the grassroot level, only theorising but never have the attitude to serve.

All of us need to introspect my friends.

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TEACHING TO CHANGE LIVES

Everyone who is fully trained will be like his Teacher:Luke Ch 6. Vs 40.

Some one said "that truth could be denied; but it could not be avoided".

Then what is the truth?

According to the philosopher Jiddu Krishnamurthy; "truth is an pathless land and no organisation or institution can lead to it."

Our life's journey on this earth is to serve others; you cannot exist without dependence. This thought may have philosophical overtones, but the ultimate truth is our existence depends upon this one and only belief; even a hardcore communist will agree to this.

So what else is 'truth'?

"With God all things are permissible; but with God all things are possible"

Can you deny the above statement?!; may be yes, but you cannot avoid it.

The truth is that we may be,

ever seeing but never perceiving;

and ever hearing but never understanding;

and ever talking but never mean anything.

Impact or Result

"Good communication, results in good results and bad communication will result in chaos" Because bad education is a national risk. It is believed that the history of a nation is decided in its class rooms. so the future will be a race between education and catastrophe.

Will durant, the well known philoshopher said "60 years ago I knew everything, now I know nothing; education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance"

The question?

Is teaching related to learning or learning related to teaching?

If teaching is what it is, then learning is a direct personal experience no one celse can learn for us. We must discover for ourselves.

Q> What inhibits learning?

Absence of interest, intellectual hunger, motivation, desire and drive.

Q What fires intellectual curiosity?

Having all of the above.

Q How to incite curiosity?

By generating instructional flexibility. "The mind should be free to explore" wrote Tagore.

There are two types of teachers; a) one who is an instructor and b) and the other who is a dictator.

How many of us have become teachers by choice or by compulsion?

All those fortunate people who have chosen to become teachers have one thing in common, that is a passion to communicate.

A Teacher is:

T - Truthful_ inner strength

E - Education - background

A - Action -what you believed in

C - Communication - imparting

H - Heart - Emotive - feelings

E - Encouragement - motivator- self and others

R - Readiness - to give

To all the TEACHERS

"YOU STOP GROWING TODAY, AND YOU STOP TEACHING TOMMOROW".

Because the way people learn determines how you teach.

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