Saturday, November 17, 2012

How to maintain mental balance in tough situations(3): Lose Not Your Heart Series

Enclosed below are inspiring motivational quotes  on how to maintain your mental balance while dealing  with stressful and difficult situations from the  pocket book "Lose Not Your Heart", authored by Acharya Shriram Sharma.

Readers , can print out this  page and put it on the school bulletin board, the  refrigerator, the school library, a local temple etc. This is an easy way to    build  these inspiring and motivational quotes in  everyday life. These short Motivational  Quotes have helped so many people deal with ordinary everyday problems and prevented these problems from becoming larger issues that can overtake our lives.




Do not Depend on Others:

The day you develop faith in the strength of your own hands, feet and heart, your soul will tell you to go forth alone. Keeping high expectations of others is like building castles in the air, unreal and worthless. 
Pinning your hopes on others cripples your own originality and courage. The person who centers his life around another person becomes alone very quickly. Putting your life in another person's hands is like setting sail without knowing where you are going.

Love , is a Great Power:
Love is a kind of power that can further any aspect of life. It is impossible to bring about a change in any one's thinking without love.Healthy mindsets are rarely ever formed through reasoning and arguments. Healthy mindsets as well as trust are developed through prolonged good company. The result of this prolonged good company is love. Therefore, a healthy mindset and trust are both results of love.
We must use love to change others outlook and way of thinking. Logic and intelligent arguments are not sufficient. If what you have to say is full of love and sympathy, the world will be willing to follow you.

The cause of Failure:
We are constantly trying to force others to think and act according to our own beliefs. These attempts to correct other's behaviour neither changes their minds or satisfies us. 
We justify controlling others in several ways. We believe that if we control them we may acquire some immediate gain , or that the person is a hindrance to our progress, or that the person is constantly criticising us , spreading rumours about us etc. Using such reasoning to blame others for your own failure will not benefit you.

Forget Painful Memories:
When you find yourself recalling painful memories, the best thing to do is forget and ignore them. The way to preserve your emotional stability is to replace your unpleasant memories with pleasant ones. If you wish to keep your physical, mental, and emotional health, then learn to remove unhealthy memories in  this way.
Even if someone close to you has caused you grief, will you keep obsessing over your pain? Lose yourself in purposeful work and forget these painful experiences. The best way to free yourself from worry is to forget our misery.

Control over Happiness and Unhappiness:
Instead of being controlled by happiness and unhappiness, establish your mastery over them. This will render your life more interesting and meaningful. It is every persons responsibility to uplift himself and better his life, and you should full involve yourself in this task. 
You can achieve a great deal if you take full advantage of favorable circumstances and are not afraid of adverse ones. Learn from every circumstance and move forward. As you progress, whatever seemed adverse will seem favorable, and then when that time comes you will be free from your sadness.


Find Happiness in all situations:
It is only wise to be prepared for changing times. You should never feel conceited about your successes, happiness, luxuries, or progress, because you do not know how long these will last. If they do not, there is no point in spending your energy, complaining, despairing or becoming angry. Use your  time to think through the situation and devise a solution , or otherwise reconcile yourself to it. In the end this will be more beneficial for you.
Real intelligence comes form finding happiness in whatever is available,and in this way in keeping your mental balance.

Dear readers- if you liked the above  inspiring and motivational quotes  on how to maintain our mental balance while dealing with stressful and difficult situations in Life - we also invite you to read other articles in the "Lose not your Heart" series. 
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If you would like to read the book "Lose Not Your Heart" please click the link below.
http://www.scribd.com/doc/56434985/Lose-Not-Your-Heart-motivational-book-by-Shriram-Sharma-Acharya-Shantikunj