You dont know what you are really capable of!!

The first time any human being ran a mile in four minutes was a gentleman called Roger Bannister. He achieved this first in 1954. Till that time no one had been able to achieve this record.

Whats interesting is, within 2 months of Roger Bannister breaking that record, John Landy as well as Roger bannister both broke that record once again by running the distance of 1 mile in under 4 minutes.

People thought it impossible to run a run a mile in less than 4 minutes before Roger Bannister actually did it. As soon as he did it, there were others too who found inspiration and achieved it too. Having a role model sure does help.

We don't really know what we are capable of!! Our mind is way more powerful than our bodies. That's how differently abled people or people with a physical handicap do actually achieve what we think impossible.

You just must see this video about Nick Vujicic. He has no arms and no legs, but he has no worries. The smile on his face is infectious. He is a motivational speaker. He has written quite a few books now. His website is www.lifewithoutlimbs.org

To begin with you can check out this video to see him in action.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOzsjEmjjHs&feature=related
click this link in case you are unable to see the video from here.

Here's a man who doesn't have limbs, but that's not stopped him from inspiring millions, that's not taken away his smile. In fact he's learnt so much from life and his passion is to share this with others to encourage and transform them.

Makes me think what have we got to complain about? We complain about such insignificant things.

We have all our limbs, fingers and faculties and yet what do we complain about? Situations, circumstances, relationships?

Put in your best in every situation - that is the only thing in your control anyway.

Stop trying to control everything in life, including how your Boss, Subordinate, Father, Mother, Sister, Mother-in-law, Son, Daughter and Domestic staff should behave and what exactly they should say and do. (do i see you nodding your head at this one?? ;))

This one prayer has helped me a lot

God, give us grace to accept with serenity the things that cannot be changed,

Courage to change the things, which should be changed,
and the Wisdom to know the difference.

So the important lesson which i have learnt in life, which i want to share with you today is

1) Do all that you do  in life with 100% effort (job, marriage, relationships et al)- you have no idea what you are capable of. More often than not you will surprise yourself by what you can achieve. Also you will notice, once you take the initial few steps, the remaining steps happen practically by themselves by some unseen force. (if you are on the right path)

2) Once you have done all that you can do - don't be attached to the result.
The best result is - the satisfaction you get when you put 100% effort. (If you've experienced this and agree - leave me a comment - spread the love :) )

Lotsa Love
Alpa