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14 Pearls of Inspiration - My Book Gets Published

My Book Gets Published- 14 Pearls of Inspiration

From Blogger’s Desk:

It is a moment of happiness for me as I always wanted to see my book available to my readers. Thank You, God!!

I have not been blogging for a while and it is a cautious decision taken by me. Before I post about my future with my blogs, I am giving a link to all of you to grab my book.

Here is the link:

https://www.morebooks.de/store/gb/book/14-pearls-of-inspiration/isbn/978-3-8454-4763-6

The purpose of the book was a small message – Disability is a road to learn your abilities. I dedicate this book to every person who suffers from arthritis at a younger age and life changed for them. I dedicate to all those I met in my real life and virtual world. To all those people, who read me through my blogs and pushed me to move on. I dedicate, to my editors, my corporate newsletter team and my critics for helping me to improve myself each day and by each post.

I never wrote this book from the perspective of ‘Royalty’. If that would have been the aspect, my blogs would have ads all around the content since 2010. But I opted to be out of ‘Adsense’ (Blogger provides an option to earn money through ‘Adsense’ tool) as the idea was to write for people not for money. I give my words on my blog that IF my book is sold and whatever ‘Royalty’ comes to me, it will be given to the enhancement of my daughter’s school – Sphoorti Foundation.

I have a request to my readers and friends, please share the link of my book with your network so that we can contribute to Sphoorti as a cause. Grab it and read it. It means a lot to me as I know how each chapter was framed irrespective of my medical conditions and emotional mood swings. I wrote few lines while sitting at Apollo Hospital and some while observing others doing best in their lives. Some days, I laughed and some days, I cried while writing each piece of this book.

Thanks to all of you for everything!

Archana Kapoor Nagpal

Arthritis Week: First Message For My Readers!

Finally, newsletters!!

I have been writing for Corporate Newsletters for last 4 months. I am very happy as this is the best stream for me to write. You meet people working in corporate culture and you decide what one should write to motivate them or encourage them.

It is hard, I have been out of ‘Corporate’ world for last 4 years but one fact remains the same. We all are at the end of the day, working to sustain our lives and some facts, some fights and some emotions are the same.

It has been 4 months and the journey to write for ‘corporate’ world (though limited to Hyderabad) is going good.

I felt very happy, when I read an email in my inbox that says ‘we need more of them’.

I look up to God and say ‘Thanks’.

This week is Arthritis week on my blog. I wanted to start a day back BUT got messed up and forgot that there is no personal life for me (no personal relations and emotions) as far as writing is concerned. I will write till I can, maybe even on my death bed.

Since morning, I was going through an ulcer attack but then I just sat, relaxed and saw this email. I realised this is the month of ‘June’ and I am 4 days away from my Arthritis Anniversary, how can I forget to celebrate this on my blogJ.

So my first message to all arthritis patients – Disability is a road build by God to judge your abilities. It is a whiplash that hits you to tell – COME ON and JUST DO IT!

I belonged to a very middle class family where 7 people lived in a 2 BHK. There used to be no power for 8 hours and I spent my nights studying under the local lamppost of the community centre. We used to fill water from the common taps as Delhi has always faced ‘water crisis. I never had dreams like many of you as we had limited resources.

I lived for my family, I started working from the age of 16 to fund my education and then I got a job. Sometimes, I lived for parents then for siblings and then for in laws.

Then a day came and arthritis hugged me and all the ones, I loved left meJ. That was the time, I started writing. Sometimes, I made errors; sometimes, I was loved; sometimes, I was criticised. But I did not stop. Even today, my condition is bad, I am writing as ‘there is no bigger challenge or fight than fighting with yourself.’ The worst thing, we who suffer from arthritis cannot defend ourselves as you cannot fight against yourself. But you can create an army of will power to fight and sustain with your disabilities.

It is easy to GIVE UP but difficult to LIVE IT UP. Choice is yours.

I am not putting this post on my arthritis blog as it has a message for my all readers. If you would not have read my blog, I would have not found my meaning to live!

Life is fine! Fine as wine! Life is fine!

7 days from today, I will complete 2 years of my Arthritis JourneyJ. 10 years of knee pain and 2 years of partial immobility has given the best of things in life. I tried all that one dreams to do in these 2 years and I loved it. Being a child someday and then a sponsored mother, cooking for my family someday and dancing on a cousin’s wedding, I enjoyed every bit of it.

Friday night, my key got stuck in the main door lock. I left my mobile at home and it was 11PM, so to ring my neighbour’s door bell was the wildest thing to imagineJ

My husband was in office and I felt helpless. I got panic, I tried rotating clockwise and anti-clockwise but nothing worked for me.

I stopped fiddling with the lock and sat on the staircase. I closed my eyes and thought of Guruji as my mind was very restless. Since morning, nothing was going right. Swimming pool to water to my mind, all things were as confused as myselfJ

I took deep breath thinking about Guruji and again tried to open the lock. It got open so effortlessly, I was shocked. I looked at the key and the door again and againJ

I entered home and checked my mobile that showed good results solving my swimming pool issues and everything was in place perfectlyJ

I thought about it and I could think one thing – a peaceful mind can do wonders. You will find solutions to all problems if you are calm and think peacefully. It happened with me and today, life seems so easy as if there was no problemJ. It is natural to human nature that when we struggle but doors appear closed, we get panic and get impatient. BUT being calm is the only solution to make your mind work and get directedJ

I read a great poem that I can relate to this post – Life IS Fine. There is one thing, I appreciate about myself. No matter how much pain, I live with; my answer to ‘how are you’ is ‘I am fine. Tutto perfetto”).

Enjoy the poem below:

Life Is Fine by Langston Hughes

I went down to the river,
I set down on the bank.
I tried to think but couldn't,
So I jumped in and sank.

I came up once and hollered!
I came up twice and cried!
If that water hadn't a-been so cold
I might've sunk and died.

But it was Cold in that water! It was cold!

I took the elevator
Sixteen floors above the ground.
I thought about my baby
And thought I would jump down.

I stood there and I hollered!
I stood there and I cried!
If it hadn't a-been so high
I might've jumped and died.

But it was High up there! It was high!

So since I'm still here livin',
I guess I will live on.
I could've died for love--
But for livin' I was born

Though you may hear me holler,
And you may see me cry--
I'll be dogged, sweet baby,
If you gonna see me die.

Life is fine! Fine as wine! Life is fine! 

Some Meaningful and Beautiful Quotes!!

I read one quote and could not resist reading the rest of them. I thought to blog them:

Some meaningful quotes by Zig Ziglar-

“People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing--that's why we recommend it daily.”

“When obstacles arise, you change your direction to reach your goal; you do not change your decision to get there.”

“You don't have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great”

“A lot of people have gone further than they thought they could because someone else thought they could”

“You are what you are and you are where you are because of what has gone into your mind. You change what you are and you change where you are by changing what goes into your mind.”

“If you aim at nothing, you will hit it every time.”

“You never know when a moment and a
few sincere words can have an impact on a life.”

“Attitude, not Aptitude, determines Altitude.”

“The greatest of all mistakes is to do nothing because you think you can only do a little.”

“Success is the doing, not the getting; in the trying, not the triumph. Success is a personal standard, reaching for the highest that is in us, becoming all that we can be. If we do our best, we are a success.”

“You were born to win, but to be a winner you must plan to win, prepare to win, and expect to win.”

“Expect the best. Prepare for the worst. Capitalize on what comes.”

“Duty makes us do things well, but love makes us do them beautifully.”

“Make failure your teacher, not your undertaker.”

“Chance made us sisters. Hearts made us friends.”

“Ask yourself a question: Is my attitude worth catching?”

“Motivation is the fuel, necessary to keep the human engine running.”

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Video: Listen and Just Relax!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOShTA5siME

I recorded this video at Auro Beach. I love sea and the best is to be closer to a furious one. The sea was pretty violent that morning and the sound of the waves hitting the shore made me understand something very true. The waves are like problems that hit one at the ground - very hard and rough. But then it recovers to be part of the sea again. Every problem gives us a reason to recover and find ways to revive life.

I use this video as my meditation music. I close my eyes for 10 mins sitting in my room, every night and just listen to this. I feel calm and better.

A new morning with a new message:).

Cheerio:)

Video: Lakshmi Blesses You!

I am all tanned and baked after my Pondy trip but there is one thing that I loved about the trip. My visit to a temple where I saw – Lakshmi, an elephant donated 20 years back at a temple and she has been there since then. I still remember her silver anklets and lot of gold neck hangings. But the best was a bell that goes around her big indeed huge waistJ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHosKVMEfNE

I was unwell that evening and was just not strong to walk a bit more. My husband went inside the temple premises and he was so excited that he came looking for me. He said, he has a surprise for me and the moment I saw Lakshmi, I got so happy and I forgot everything. It became a game for me to feed her and wait for her blessings. I asked my husband – ‘give me money and I will buy her food’.

I repeated this for 3 times but Lakshmi could make out that I am being funny so she did not blessed for the third timeJ

I recorded a video and I blog it for all those who have not been to PondyJ

CheerioJ

Sinnovolle Bilder (Purposeful Pictures) - Nature is the Art of God

While driving to Bangalore, we felt blessed as we came across some real beautiful showers of nature. I clicked few of them and one of the best is here on my blog. Nature gives us warmth and a feeling of belongingness. We are cutting trees to make flyovers and sky touching towers. We are helpless but all we can do is follow few simple ways to protect trees and preserve ‘Nature’.

Let us start our weekend with this picture as below:

Happy Weekend!

Cheerio:)