From the public speaking ezine this week - you can access it here => http://bit.ly/cQBbVn until 9th June.
I choose to see the good in this. I *think* it has value ... What do you think?
After a stint of viral video fame, the much-loved Muppets are headed back to the big screen this fall in Green With Envy, a period piece set in mid-century Hollywood.
Kermit, Miss Piggy and the gang will be joined by Amy Adams and Jason Segel, who appear to be playing out a sweet rom-com plot throughout the first part of the trailer. => http://on.mash.to/jmrrLB
G'day everyone! May 23-27 is Australian Library and Information Week and we would like all parents to get involved! Getting your children to love books and reading from an early age is one of the best things we can do to help them develop good literacy skills. It's as easy as singing songs together, making up stories, or borrowing books from your local library.
Hans Rosling's famous lectures combine enormous quantities of public data with a sport's commentator's style to reveal the story of the world's past, present and future development. Now he explores stats in a way he has never done before - using augmented reality animation. In this spectacular section of 'The Joy of Stats' he tells the story of the world in 200 countries over 200 years using 120,000 numbers - in just four minutes. Plotting life expectancy against income for every country since 1810, Hans shows how the world we live in is radically different from the world most of us imagine.
A compassionate attitude helps you communicate easily with fellow human beings. As a result, you make more genuine friends; the atmosphere is more positive, which gives you inner strength. This inner strength helps you voluntarily concern yourself with others, instead of just thinking about your own self.
Scientific research has shown that those individuals who often use words such as me, I and mine face a greater risk of a heart attack. If one always thinks of oneself, one’s thinking becomes very narrow; even a small problem appears very significant and unbearable.When we think of others, our minds widen, and within that large space, even big personal problems may appear insignificant. This, according to me, makes all the difference.
To develop concern for others one could start by analyzing the value of negative feelings, or ill feelings, toward others. Consider what that means to you, and how you feel about yourself. Next probe the value of such a mental attitude and the value of a mind that shows concern and compassion for others.
I am suggesting that you analyze and make comparisons between these two mental attitudes. From my experience, I have found that insecurity and a lack of self-confidence brings about fears, frustration, and depression. However, if your nature changes to a selfless concern for the welfare of others, you will experience calmness, a sense of inner strength, and self-confidence.
The capacity for compassion that one has for others is the measuring rod for one’s own mental state, and compassion develops an inner strength. It is unnecessary to see the results of our acts of compassion. In some cases, our sense of compassion may not be appreciated. Many people have the impression that the practice of love, compassion, and forgiveness is of benefit to others, but will serve no specific purpose to one’s own self. I think that is wrong. These positive emotions will immediately help one’s own mental state.
By His Holiness the Dalai Lama
