5 Ways to Overcome Problems

Tue, 13/06/2017 Bangalore, India

 

"Know that there is a higher power that will hold your hand throughout your journey of life, and you will overcome all the problems and be successful.

Once a wise man drew a line on a board and told his student to make the line shorter without touching or erasing it. How would you do it? You have to shorten a line without touching it.

The intelligent one (referring to a student) then drew a much longer line underneath that line. So, the line automatically became shorter. The lesson here is -- if your difficulties appear to be very big, lift your eyes because you are only focused on yourself. If you lift your eyes up and look at those who are in a worse condition than you, you will suddenly feel that your burden is not as bad as you thought it was.

If you are going through a problem in your life, here are 5 perspectives that can help you keep a victorious attitude through the storm:

#3 Meditate

Do some breathing exercise and meditate. Meditation makes you sharper, happier and intuitive. It makes you feel so alive in the present moment, and disconnects you from all that has happened in the past. 

#4 Surrender

Do you know, in anger we say, "I give up". Without frustration or anger say, "I give this problem up, I cannot solve it, let the Divine help me." And know that you will always be helped. Have the confidence that a power in the universe is going to help you.

#5 Keep smiling through it all

There is nothing great in smiling when everything is normal, and when everything is going the way you want. But if you awaken the valor inside of you, and say, "Come what may, I am going to keep smiling", you will notice tremendous energy rising from within you. Then the problem appears to be like nothing; it just comes and disappears.

I want to learn The Happiness Program

BLOSSOM IN YOUR SMILE

Allow your smile to spread throughout your whole body. Let every cell in your body start smiling. With a smile, take a deep breath in, and breathe out the negativity. As suggested by the title, the guided meditation on this CD centres around the smile and the positive effect that smiling has on our body.

 

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