If not now, when?

It’s so easy to put things off. Sometimes we’re like Scarlet O’Hara, who hoped and dreamed for a better life by saying, “There’s always tomorrow.” But is there always a tomorrow? If we live too many of our days counting on tomorrows, we may find ourselves putting off achievements and growth now.What if tomorrow never came?

What if all of our time to do what we wanted was put in the hours left in today? We’d be scurrying around like mice trying to cram as much as we could into this short period of time. But today, not having such a deadline, we believe our time is endless and no goal or task is so important that it can’t be put off.

The time to achieve is now. The time to live is now.

For as long as we believe tomorrow will come, we’ll be living for tomorrow. If we don’t believe today is the greatest gift we could receive, we’ll never know how to live for today. Everything we want to achieve, to learn, to share can begin today.

If we don’t live the best we can right now, then when?

The time flies no matter what. Each day we all get CHOICES.

What choices have you made that have taken you farther away from your goals or gotten you into troubled waters?

What would you do differently? Now is your chance.

As long as you continue to do what you’ve always done, you’ll continue to get what you’ve always gotten!

The Ultimate Franchise

 Earth is God’s business. He has set up many  franchises (churches) designed to send His  representatives (Body of Christ) into the world to  make known the best product ever given to mankind  (Jesus). His branch managers (pastors) have been  given the responsibility to teach and support those  in the field. God’s goal is to establish a franchise  in every nation, state, and city.

 It is the ultimate  business because when you introduce someone to His  product (Jesus), you receive a reward from the home  office (Heaven). God has promised that His  representatives will have all the tools and customer  support needed to accomplish their strategic plans. Jesus knew that He was to be about His Father’s  business. He knew He was sent to earth not to enjoy  the pleasures of lowly man, but to accomplish a task  for which He alone was sent.

When He had accomplished  His mission, He was to entrust this mission to other  representatives into whom He poured His life for  three years. This field training allowed Jesus to  mentor, model, befriend, and demonstrate firsthand  the model for a successful business to be launched  and sustained.

 God has big plans for His franchise. He wants every  human being to partake of His product; however, even  God knows that not everyone will. Nevertheless, this  does not thwart His efforts in seeking to make it  known among His audience.

 You have been called to be part of the ultimate  franchise. How many new recruits have you been  responsible for bringing into the franchise lately?

Serve and grow rich

“Money is life energy that we exchange and use as a result of the service we provide to the universe,” writes Deepak Chopra.

When you understand that money flows from service, you have a chance to understand something even more valuable: Unexpectedly large amounts of money come from unexpectedly large degrees of service. 

The way to generate unexpected service to the people in your life is to ask yourself, “What do they expect?” Once you’re clear on what that is, then ask, “What can I do that they would not expect?” It’s always the unexpected service that gets talked about.

And it’s always getting talked about that increases your professional value – regardless of what your profession happens to be.

cheers,
BobbyWan

Just One

One song can spark a moment, One flower can wake the dream.

One tree can start a forest, One bird can herald spring.

One smile begins a friendship, One handclasp lifts a soul.

One star can guide a ship at sea, One word can frame the goal

One vote can change a nation, One sunbeam lights a room

One candle wipes out darkness, One laugh will conquer gloom.

One step must start each journey.

One word must start each prayer.

One hope will raise our spirits, One touch can show you care.

One voice can speak with wisdom, One heart can know what’s true,

One life can make a difference, You see, it’s up to you!

Something a little different today.  
You can make a difference, and it doesn’t mean you have to charge the barricades.
A simple smile, a bright hello, a guiding hand is all you need to do to change the world. 

cheers,

Bobby Wan

Something To Think About- The Poem

  I knelt to pray but not for long, I had too much to do.

  I had to hurry and get to work

  For bills would soon be due.

    So I knelt and said a hurried prayer, And jumped up off my  knees.

   My Christian duty was now done, My soul could rest at ease.

  All day long I had no time To spread a word of cheer.

 No time to speak of Christ to friends, They’d laugh at me I’d  fear.

 No time, no time, too much to do, That was my constant cry, No  time to give to souls in need
But at last the time, the time to  die.

I came, I stood with downcast eyes.

For in his hands God held a book; It was the book of life.

 God looked into his book and said “Your name I cannot find.

 I once was going to write it down…

 But never found the time”

Please forward this to all your friends, I know you have the  time.

PRAYER WHEEL

 Father, I ask you to bless my friend who sent this to me right now.
I am asking You to minister to his/her spirit at this very moment. 
Where there is pain, give him/her Your peace and mercy. 
Where there is self-doubting, release a renewed confidence in Your ability to work through him/her. Where there is tiredness, or exhaustion, I ask You to give him/her understanding, patience and strength as he/she learn submission to Your leading. 
Where there is spiritual stagnation, I ask You to renew him/her by revealing Your nearness, and by drawing him/her into greater intimacy with You.
Where there is fear, reveal Your love, and release to him/her Your courage.
Where there is a sin blocking him/her, reveal it, and break its hold over my friend’s life.
Bless his/her finances, give him/her greater vision, and raise up leaders, and friends to support, and encourage him/her.
Give him/her discernment to recognise the evil forces around him/her,
And reveal to him/her the power he/she has in You to defeat it.

I ask You to do these things in Jesus’ name.

In Christian Love,

Your Friend

Noah’s Ark

Everything I need to know, I learned from Noah’s Ark.ONE: Don’t miss the boat.
TWO: Remember that we are all in the same boat.
THREE: Plan ahead. It wasn’t raining when Noah built the Ark.
FOUR: Stay fit. When you’re 60 years old, someone may ask you to do something really big.
FIVE: Don’t listen to critics; just get on with the job that needs to be done.
SIX: Build your future on high ground.
SEVEN: For safety’s sake, travel in pairs.
EIGHT: Speed isn’t always an advantage. The snails were on board with the cheetahs.
NINE: When you’re stressed, float awhile.
TEN: Remember, the Ark was built by amateurs; the Titanic by professionals.
ELEVEN: No matter the storm, when you are with God, there’s always a rainbow waiting.

My instructions were to send this to people that I wanted God to bless and I picked you.

Please pass this to people you want to be blessed. Give it! Don’t just get it.

Most people walk in and out of your life……
but FRIENDS leave footprints in your heart

cheers,
BobbyWan

How to Have a Wonderful Relationship

  A relationship is a natural, logical, and harmonious association. This happens when people WANT to be with each other and look forward to sharing goals, time, and activities together.Here are fun and easy ways to a loving  Relationship.

1. TALK. Always in pleasant tones. No shouting or swearing at each other. Speak only positive words with gentleness and kindness. Communicate daily. This is the highest and most caring form of love.

2.   WALK TOGETHER more. Take 30 minutes a day. To exercise, communicate, release emotions, share ideas, goals, and to clear up any misunderstandings. It’s okay to hold hands, too!

3. Do NEW and DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES together. Enjoy a new restaurant, a different dish, a concert, a unique vacation, attend a class together something exciting both of you can plan and look forward to. Learn together and you’ll be happier.

4. Give each other GIFTS often. Like a magazine subscription, a special book, a warm bath and massage, flowers, surprise experiences, favorite foods, and the many other special things your mate would enjoy and get excited about.

5. Write LOVE NOTES. Hide them around the home — in clothing, pockets, in the kitchen drawer and secret places. Send some to his or her working place. Write a passionate love letter. Express your love in writing on exquisite stationery. Attach a gift certificate or a crispy $100 bill. Use your imagination and make it a fun surprise. And do it often!

6. DO NOT CRITICIZE, CONDEMN or COMPLAIN! This is a NO-NO. Only praises. Acknowledge the goodness in each other. There is no place for negativity in a loving and lasting relationship ever! Your mate will do the right thing — as you lead by example.

7. ACHIEVE and MAINTAIN your IDEAL figure. It is a gift to yourself and your mate. A healthy and attractive body also promotes a healthy relationship.

8. Allow your partner to be RESPONSIBLE for his or her life. He or she has the right to determine his or her own reality and destiny. Always respect that choice. Both of you can live your lives in your own way harmoniously. Treasure each other’s differences. Do your very best >to make life easier and more fun for your mate.

9. Grow TOGETHER. At the same speed and direction — by sharing similar ideas and activities. This will bond you together even more while building on fond memories. (People who don’t grow together will complete their relationship and move on to lead separate lives. This is why most people divorce.

10. DO NOT be POSSESSIVE. Don’t act as though you “own” your mate. Support, encourage each other’s way of living and individual interests. Be grateful in harmony.

11. TREASURE your TIME together. It could be your last. Look at it this way and you’ll always appreciate each other even more. Have NO reason for regrets. Spend time with each other doing all the things you both love to do. Do it now! Tomorrow may not come. So together-plan now for the best of the rest of your lives.

12. IT is OKAY to DO whatever pleases BOTH of you. In private, there are no limits on what you can do together with each other…as long as both benefit and agree. Whatever other people think of what you do or say is none of your business! So, go ahead experiment — and satisfy each other to the limit!

13. Be OPEN. To new ideas, experiences, and relationships. This is the way for fun, growth and expansion in your lives. The more you LEARN together…the happier you both will be.

14. FORGIVE and LOVE. Release the past at every moment. Live in the present. Plan for the future together…and joyously!

15. Be FREE of resentments, anger, jealousy, hatred, and envy toward each other. This will open both of you to even greater respect for each other. Be thankful for your mate’s kindness.

16. Eliminate arguing totally. Anywhere, anytime. Especially while eating or in bed. Each person has a right to his or her own opinion. Respect each others ideas, philosophy, and outlook on life. Be a great listener!

17. SMILE and LAUGH with each other. A prescription for aliveness and health. Don’t take yourself or your mate too seriously. Lighten up and laugh more often. Remember, your smiles are true gifts to each other.

18. Look into each other’s EYES often. See the love, truth, and beauty in your mate. The more you look into each other’s eyes lovingly, the more you will love each other more deeply! Do this daily. It’s very powerful and fun!

19. TOUCH each other TENDERLY every day. Hug. Kiss. Caress. These are wonderful ways to show caring and love. We ALL need it. More than we care to admit!

20. Develop a HEALTHY LIFESTYLE. Good food promotes a healthier state of mind for a more meaningful relationship. Eat lots of fruits, vegetables, whole wheat, grains, hi-fiber, low-fat, low-calorie foods. Drink more water. Get more rest. Keep yourself cleansed, nourished, and balanced.

21. Keep your home, car, kitchen, closets, rooms — simple, neat, clean and organized. This will help promote a tranquil setting for greater peace and happiness in your lives. It really works! Begin this today!

22. Dress your best. Be appropriate, neat, clean, and proud of your appearance. How you look, especially in public — enhances your mate’s choice and appearance, too!

23. SHARE in Financial Matters. If you are married, communicate with each other on all your finances. If you have a family business, be sure both are informed on profits, losses, expenses, etc. Set your financial priorities together. This will help to strengthen your relationship which is built on trust and sharing. Enjoy building your financial future together. This is important.

24. ACCEPT each other TOTALLY. Exactly the way both of you are. Do not try to change each other’s uniqueness. Allow your mate to change if and when he or she desires. This promotes everlasting peace.

24. Say: “I LOVE YOU”. Daily, many times. Especially when you wake up and before you go to sleep. Say it for the rest of your lives together. Never ever take love for granted. Express it verbally as well as with action. We all need to hear that magical phrase. It reaffirms how we feel at that moment.

 So, fill your lives with millions of moments of love by saying: “I love you.”

The Ideal Year?

 What’s your life going to be a year from now?

How about, try getting a clearer picture of your life as you ideally would want it to be. Try to imagine what your life would be like in a year, if EVERYTHING were to work out wonderfully. Get into the details of what your ideal life would be. Imagine, every day for a year, you’ve made the most wonderful, positive strides in every area of your life. For example, it’s Sunday afternoon, one year from today. Everyday, for the last year, everything has worked out perfectly for you. You are now one year ‘down the road’ and able to see your what your life would be like, if EVERYTHING has worked out wonderfully.

What are you doing? Where are you? What are your circumstances? How do you feel about yourself? What did you do this morning or afternoon? What are you planning for this evening? And, very importantly, what are you looking forward to tomorrow, Monday morning? What is your schedule like for the upcoming week? What other plans are you making?

Get a vivid, clear, full-of-wonderful-feelings, images, even smells, sounds and tactile experiences of the life you really want to be living. Imagine what your IDEAL life would be like.

Affirm this to be true. Accept it, and start being thankful for it, even now before you can see how it could possibly come to be. (Exercise FAITH.)

Plan Backwards
Now, instead of planning forwards, plan backwards. In other words, take the END you want to experience – your IDEAL LIFE, one year from today – and imagine backwards. Ask yourself, in order for me to have this Ideal Life, what MUST have occurred in the last year?

For example, if you wanted to give birth to a child, you probably must have gotten pregnant more than nine months ago, right? And if you want to be successful selling photographs, then you must have done __________ . (You‘ll want to find out what this takes. Would it have taken meeting someone who already knew how to do this, and was willing to show you? Would it take you having a different attitude about the worth of what you do? Would it take you spending time to get business sense, or hiring an agent to handle this end?) Are you living in a beautiful home of your own? Then again, ask yourself what must have occurred in the last year for this to be true? Did you win the lottery? Maybe not.

Maybe you got a large grant? Or, maybe you found or created a way to earn a very lucrative income from doing things you already LOVE doing? And if you’ve handled your income and finances successfully, you must have created a successful budget, savings and spending plan. If you’re in excellent health, you must have created a lifestyle that is conducive to this. If you’re in a successful relationship, you must have found successful ways to resolve your differences (because even the best of relationships are going to have some differences).

The point is, when it comes to having the IDEAL LIFE that we want, we must understand that this life is foreshadowed by certain events, personal habits and disciplines. In order to have the ideal life we want, we therefore need to incorporate these into our plans, even if we have no clue as to how we are going to make it all happen. (Note: Making it all happen is mostly up to the Universe. Our ‘job’ is to have the FAITH that will impel and allow the Universe to make it so, and to mold us into who we need to be.)

Insurance
No matter what we IDEALLY picture and desire for ourselves, we cannot possibly know everything in the Universe that bears some relationship to our life. In other words, we are not in a ‘See All, Know All’ position. Because of this, it is wise, when affirming whatever it is we want, to add, “This or something even better, for my highest good and the highest good of all concerned.” Doing this, we are not constraining the Universe. In essence, we are saying, “Universe, I know what I think would be best and most wonderful for me, but I also know that I don’t know everything. So, if there is something EVEN BETTER for me, go ahead and give me that.”

In other words, by dreaming and coming up with visions of an Ideal Life, we are telling the Universe we are open to more life, joy, love and happiness. And by adding the above ‘insurance phrase’ we are also telling the Universe that we trust it, and we are open to even greater possibilities than we can even imagine. (It helps us from so-called ‘shooting ourselves in the foot’.)

Intuition & Guidance
You – what you believe and therefore see as possible – who you are today, will naturally know less than the you of a week from today, and so on. So, even if you know what you want, say, a year from now, your knowledge of how this is to take place will change over time. By being open to intuition and guidance, you enable yourself to grow, sometimes by leaps and bounds,

Intuition and guidance happen in myriad ways. But certainly, intuition incorporates having faith, and listening to and for constructive ideas and opportunities. To me, intuition and guidance are conducive to inner peace, love and well being. They tend to take us beyond, or through, around or over our fears.

For example, I have a couple of friends into real estate. They both have their licenses, yet one is on the verge of quitting, and the other is making great forwards strives. One is constantly criticizing the field of real estate and telling me why he must fail at it, and the other, well,… most recently she told me how she just ‘happened’ to meet a very successful realtor who just happened to be looking for someone to train and run his office, someone who would be a partner to him.

What causes such happenstance? Is it luck or coincidence? What do you think?

cheers,

BobbyWan

Don’t eat too much rice..

 The human body was never meant to consume rice! You see, our genes have hardly changed in more than 30,000 years. However, our food choices and lifestyle have changed dramatically. The caveman would hardly recognize our food or way of life.

Caveman food was never cooked as fire was not yet tamed. Thus, he ate only those foods that you can eat without treatment with or by fire. He ate fruits, vegetables, fish (sushi anyone?), eggs, nuts and meat. Yes, even meat. You can even eat meat raw if you were starving in the forest. You have the necessary enzymes to digest meat.

However, rice, like wheat and corn, cannot be eaten raw. It must be cooked. Even if you were starving in the desert, you cannot eat rice in the raw form. This is because we do not have the system of enzymes to break rice down.
You were never meant to eat rice. To make matters worse, you not only eat rice, but also make it the bulk of your food.

In some parts of Asia, rice forms up to 85% of the plate. Even if you take rice, keep it to a minimum. Remember, it is only for your tongue – not your body. Actually, rice and other grains like wheat and corn are actually worse than sugar. There are many reasons:

Rice becomes sugar – lots of it

This is a fact that no nutritionist can deny: rice is chemically no different from sugar. One bowl of cooked rice is the caloric equal of 10 teaspoons of sugar. This does not matter whether it is white, brown or herbal rice. Brown rice is richer in fibre, some B vitamins and minerals but it is still the caloric equal of 10 teaspoons of sugar. To get the same 10 teaspoons of sugar, you need to consume lots of kangkong – 10 bowls of it.

Rice is digested to become sugar.

Rice cannot be digested before it is thoroughly cooked. However, when thoroughly cooked, it becomes sugar and spikes circulating blood sugar within half an hour - almost as quickly as it would if you took a sugar candy. Rice is very low in the “rainbow of anti-oxidants” 

This complete anti-oxidant rainbow is necessary for the effective and safe utilisation of sugar. Fruits come with a sugar called fructose. However, they are not empty calories as the fruit is packed with a whole host of other nutrients that help its proper assimilation and digestion.

Rice has no fibre. The fibre of the kangkong fills you up long before your

blood sugar spikes. This is because the fibre bulks and fills up your stomach. Since white rice has no fibre, you end up eating lots of “calorie dense” food before you get filled up. Brown rice has more fibre but still the same amount of sugar.

Rice is tasteless -  Sugar is sweet. There is only so much that you can eat at one sitting. How many teaspoons of sugar can you eat before you feel like throwing up? Could you imagine eating 10 teaspoons of sugar in one seating?

Rice is always the main part of the meal – While sugar may fill your dessert or sweeten your coffee, it will never be the main part of any meal. You could eat maybe two to three teaspoons of sugar at one meal. However, you could easily eat the equal value of two to three bowls (20 – 30 teaspoons) of sugar in one meal. I am always amused when I see someone eat sometimes five bowls of rice (equals 50 teaspoons of sugar) and then asks for tea tarik kurang manis!

There is no real “built in” mechanism for us to prevent overeating of rice

How much kangkong can you eat? How much fried chicken can you eat? How much steamed fish can you eat? Think about that! In one seating, you cannot take lots of chicken, fish or cucumber, but you can take lots of rice. Eating rice causes you to eat more salt.

As rice is tasteless, you tend to consume more salt – another villain when it comes to high blood pressure. You tend to take more curry that has salt to help flavor rice. We also tend to consume more ketchup and soy sauce which are also rich in salt.

Eating rice causes you to drink less water. The more rice you eat, the less water you will drink as there is no mechanism to prevent the overeating of rice. Rice, wheat and corn come hidden in our daily food. As rice is tasteless, it tends to end up in other foods that substitute rice like rice flour, noodles and bread. We tend to eat the hidden forms which still get digested into sugar. Rice, even when cooked, is difficult to digest

Can’t eat raw rice? Try eating rice half cooked. Contrary to popular belief, rice is very difficult to digest. It is “heavy stuff”. If you have problems with digestion, try skipping rice for a few days. You will be amazed at how the problem will just go away.

Rice prevents the absorption of several vitamins and minerals. Rice when taken in bulk will reduce the absorption of vital nutrients like zinc, iron and the B vitamins.

Are you a rice addict? Going rice-less may not be easy but you can go rice-less. Eating less rice could be lot easier than you think. Here are some strategies that you can pursue in your quest to eat less rice:

Eat less rice – Cut your rice by half. Barry Sears, author of the Zone Diet, advises “eating rice like spice”.

Instead, increase your fruits and vegetables.

Take more lean meats and fish.

You can even take more eggs and nuts.

Have “riceless” meals. Take no rice or wheat at say, breakfast. Go for eggs instead.

Go on “riceless” days – Go “western” once a week.

Take no rice and breads for one day every week. That can’t be too difficult. Appreciate the richness of your food. Go for taste, colors and smells. Make eating a culinary delight. Enjoy your food in the original flavors.

Avoid the salt shaker or ketchup. You will automatically eat less rice.

Eat your fruit dessert before (Yes! No printing error) your meals.

The fibre rich fruits will “bulk up” in your stomach. Thus, you will eat less rice and more fruits.