Happiness is just filled in, check your pass book:

- Happiness in Life:

She married him today. At the end of the wedding party, her mother gave her a newly opened bank

savings passbook, with Rs.10000 deposited in it. She told her, "My dear daughter, take this passbook.

Keep it as a record of your married life.

Whenever something happy and memorable happens in your new life, put some money in. Write down

what it's about next to the amount. The more memorable the event is, the more money you can put in.

I've done the first one for you today. Do the others with your husband.

When you look back after many years, you will know how much happiness you've both shared.'

She shared this with him after getting home. Both of them thought it was a

great idea and couldn't wait to make the next deposit!

This is what the passbook looked like after a while: -

7Feb: 1000, his first birthday celebration after marriage

1 Mar: 3000, she gets a salary raise

20 Mar: 2000, vacation

15 Apr: 20000, She's pregnant!

1 Jun: 2000, He gets the big promotion and so on...

However, as the years went by, they began fighting and arguing over trivial things. They didn't talk much.

They regretted that they had married the most nasty person in the world. There was no more love.

One day she talked to her Mother. 'Mom, we can't stand it anymore. We have decided to divorce. I can't

imagine how I decided to marry this guy!'

Her mother replied, 'Sure, that's no big deal. Just do whatever you want, if you really can't stand it.

But before that, do one thing remember the savings passbook I gave you on your wedding day?

Take out all money and spend it first.You shouldn't keep any record of such a poor

marriage.'

She agreed with her mother. So she went to the bank, and was waiting in the queue to cancel the account.

While she was waiting, she took a look at the passbook record. She looked, and looked, and looked.

Then the memory of all the previous joyful moments came back to her. Her eyes were filled with tears.

She left and went home. When she got home, she handed the passbook to her hubby and asked him to

spend the money before getting divorced. So the next day, he went to the bank, and was waiting in the

queue to cancel the account. While he was waiting, he took a look at the passbook record. He looked,

and looked, and looked. Then the memory of all the previous joyful moments came back to him. His eyes

were filled with tears.

He left and went home. He gave the passbook back to her. She found a new deposit of 50000. And a line

next to the record: 'This is the day I realized how much I've loved you throughout all these years. How much

happiness you've brought me.' They hugged and cried, putting the passbook back into the safe.0

Marriage is not a game, it's not easy but it's beautiful. You will fight and argue, this is normal, because

the both of you came from different background, different homes and you both were raised by

different parents, beliefs and moral. So you cannot expect that everything you say will be accepted by your spouse without their opinion being tendered first. So before you give up, think back to the good times

and to what brought you together in the first place.

Trust you all will like it?

Courtesy : Prof.Dr. Jaganmohan Reddy.

Source: received through whatsapp message. Published as received.

Right attitude is a great power (story):

😒A Businessman was deep in debt and could not see any way out. 😒Creditors and Suppliers were demanding payments. He sat in the park, deep in thought, wondering if anything could save his company from bankruptcy. 👍Suddenly an old man appeared before him and asked, "I can see that something is troubling you seriously". 👍After listening patiently the old man said, "I believe I can help you". 👍👍👍He asked the man his name, wrote out a cheque and put it into his hands saying, 👍"Take this money, meet me here exactly one year from today... and you can pay me back at that time". 👍Then he turned and disappeared as quickly as he had come. 👌👌👌The businessman saw in his hands a cheque for $ 500,000... signed by Warren Buffet, one of the richest men in the world. 👍"I can erase my worries instantly...

Beyond Fear: How a Single Attitude Change Unlocks Growth:

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Focus- The secret to High performance and Fulfillment:

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Why people at big companies are happy:

- Lets refresh our memories - employees are emotional creatures. Events from personal life affect professional life and vice versa. - Healthy work-life balance means different things to different people. Top companies realize there is no one-size-fits-all approach – they don’t tell employees HOW to achieve work-life balance. - As long as employees feel they are a part of something that is bigger than themselves, they remain engaged. Merge this with the freedom to design professional career path and the well-planned learning opportunities to succeed on those paths. Click to read full article from LinkedIn:

A Simple Exercise to Increase Well-Being and Lower Depression from Martin Seligman, Founding Father of Positive Psychology:

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Learn B-school/Business lessons from street vendors:

- Captain Raghu Raman teaches an interesting business lessons from Street vendors. And in the last section he speaks about the after retirement life of young armed forces. Click to watch: About Captain Raghu Raman: Note: The above video is linked directly from youtube. About 'Raghu Raman' detail is received from youtube description.

Leaders Get Results:

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Do you want to be positive and energetic? The positive emotions—such as happiness, comfort, contentedness, and pleasure—help us make good decisions:

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