Quotation of the week

Holidays are over…

No student needs a vacation so much as the student who has just had one. 

Elbert Hubbard

New Year greetings

·  May this New Year bring many opportunities your way to explore every joy of life.

·  Hoping that this New Year leads you towards path of new found glories.

·  On the onset of New Year sending you the warmest of wishes.

·  Here is a wishing that the coming year is a glorious one that rewards all your future endeavors with success.

·  May each day of the coming year be vibrant and new bringing along many reasons for celebrations.

·  With all the Rose's Perfume and with all the lights in the world and with all the children's Smiles...
I Wish U that ur all dreams comes true. Happy New Year 2009!

·  May this New Year all your dreams turn into reality and all your efforts into great achievements.

·  May the New Year brings new hopes, new promises and new reasons to celebrate your presence in your lives.
Have a Joyous New Year!

·  New Year is a time for celebration of love, of life, of Friendship.
It's the time to thank God for wonderful friends, and to bring to their lives as much magic as they bring to ours... So here's celebrating our Friendship and praying that its magic continues forever. Happy New Year!

·  May this year mark the beginning of a year of pleasure and discovery for you.
May each day hold something special, that is wonderful and new... For you deserve the best of everything, that life can ever bring. Happy New Year!

·  May this New Year adorn your life with many beautiful things and sweet memories to cherish forever.
And care of those whom the heart holds close, along with abundant joys and happiness, for you and your family.
Wishing you life's best this New Year.

·  This note comes especially, dear Friend, to wish you a marvellous start as the year begins.
And hope that all your dreams come true, making it truly a Wonderful year for you.

·  Better than any New Year has been and will be, Better than any joy known or to be known, Better than any wish realised or to be realised-
that's how, this New Year should be for you. Have a great new year.

·  This message comes to wish you happiness and every good thing too, to make this New Year, a wonderful one for you and then the kind of happiness desired by your heart and family times, filled with peace and joy, right from the start. Happy New Year!

·  May all the dreams in your eyes, all the desires in your heart and all the hopes in your life blend together to give you the most spectacular New Year ever. Happy New Year!

New Year's Resolutions

New Year's Eve has always been a time for looking back to the past, and more importantly, forward to the coming year. It's a time to reflect on the changes we want (or need) to make and resolve to follow through on those changes. Did your New Year resolutions make our top list?

1. Spend More Time with Family & Friends

Recent polls show that lots of people vow to appreciate loved ones and spend more time with family and friends this year. Make plans to meet up with friends for an evening at your  favorite restaurant or take the family to one of these popular places for family fun. Work shouldn't always come first!

2. Fit in Fitness

The evidence is in for fitness. Regular exercise has been associated with more health benefits than anything else known to man. Studies show that it reduces the risk of some cancers, increases longevity, helps achieve and maintain weight loss, enhances mood, lowers blood pressure, and even improves arthritis. In short, exercise keeps you healthy and makes you look and feel better.

3. Tame the Bulge

Over 66 percent of adults are considered overweight or obese by recent studies, so it is not surprising to find that weight loss is one of the most popular New Year's resolutions. Setting reasonable goals and staying focused are the two most important factors in sticking with a weight loss program, and the key to success for those millions of people who made a New Year's commitment to shed extra pounds.

4. Quitting  Bad Habits

If you have resolved to make this the year that you stamp out your smoking habit, over-the-counter availability of nicotine replacement therapy now provides easier access to proven quit-smoking aids. Even if you've tried to quit before and failed, don't let it get you down. On average, smokers try about four times before they quit for good. Start enjoying the rest of your smoke-free life!

5. Enjoy Life More

Given the hectic, stressful lifestyles of millions of Americans, it is no wonder that "enjoying life more" has become a popular resolution in recent years. It's an important step to a happier and healthier you! Consider one of  healing centers for products designed to bring balance to your body, mind and soul. Or just get out and try something new! Take up a new hobby or try your hand at skiing. Go to a theater performance, or head to the local spa. Pittsburgh offers a wealth of artistic and recreational activities to meet just about anyone's wishes.

6. Learn Something New

Have you vowed to make this year the year to learn something new? Perhaps you are considering a career change, want to learn a new language, or just how to fix your computer? Whether you take a course or read a book, you'll find education to be one of the easiest, most motivating New Year's resolutions to keep.

7. Help Others

A popular, non-selfish New Year's resolution, volunteerism can take many forms. Whether you choose to spend time helping out at your local library, mentoring a child, or building a house, there are many nonprofit volunteer organizations that could really use your help. Cares organizations make it easy by connecting volunteers with projects to fit practically any schedule. Or if your time is really in short supply, maybe you can at least find it in you to donate the furniture, clothing and other household items that you no longer need, rather than leaving them out by the curb to fill up our landfills.

8. Get Organized

On just about every New Year resolution top ten list, organization can be a very reasonable goal. Whether you want your home organized enough that you can invite someone over on a whim, or your office organized enough that you can find the stapler when you need it, these tips and resources should get you started on the way to a more organized life.

"Jingle Bells"

James Lord Pierpont (1822-1893) wrote the song "Jingle Bells"  in 1857. The said song was meant for a Thanksgiving program at a church in Savannah, Georgia where Pierpont was organist. The song was so well accepted that it was again sung on Christmas day and since then became one of the most popular Christmas carols.

Lyrics:

Dashing through the snow
In a one horse open sleigh
O'er the fields we go
Laughing all the way
Bells on bob tails ring
Making spirits bright
What fun it is to laugh and sing
A sleighing song tonight
Oh, jingle bells, jingle bells
Jingle all the way
Oh, what fun it is to ride
In a one horse open sleigh
Jingle bells, jingle bells
Jingle all the way
Oh, what fun it is to ride
In a one horse open sleigh

Quotation of the week

 “Man often becomes what he believes himself to be. If I keep on saying to myself that I cannot do a certain thing, it is possible that I may end by really becoming incapable of doing it. On the contrary, if I have the belief that I can do it, I shall surely acquire the capacity to do it even if I may not have it at the beginning.”

Mahatma Gandhi

Christmas Reflections

Christmas Reflections

Jesus made the shortest complete sentence in history: “I Am!”

English teachers tell us that when we speak of ourselves, it is in the first person. When we address a person with “you,” it is in the second person. When we speak of “he, she, they or them” it is in the third person. Some say God is a trinity and want to make three separate, distinct persons out of God. OK, let’s do it this way:

First person: Jesus said of Himself, “I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty”

We speak to Him in the second person: “And Thomas answered and said unto him, [You are] My Lord and my God”.

We speak of Him in the third person: “The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower”.

Come on, trinitarians, admit it. We can speak of Jesus in the first, second or third person, but they all say the same thing—He is God in flesh!

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