The art of living.....

         People who are living in the world have their own behaviors and different feelings in their lives. Lots of people try to achieve their goals and they try to fulfill their requirements. But there are some people who are cheating to others. That kind of people think about only their lives. So we can see that there is an art of living. We can identify the art of living by developing relationships with people.
        In the last lecture of PPD session there was a valuable lecture which is conducted by Dr. Ajith Rohana  Colonne who is a top level person in Sri Lanka. The main idea of his lecture is living is kind of an art.

For what do we live ?
         Do you think think about that question before I asked. I think your answer will be "No". Since our childhood we are living for many purposes. It changed while we were growing. In the present my purpose of living is not the purpose in the past. It is changing in these days as I think. So people will give different answers for my above question.
        As I identify we should live for following purposes.

• For being happy
• For being success
• For enjoying the things happen

What are the things for living happily ?
         Basically we should follow below mentioned points.

• We should love to the nature
• We should develop the positive thinking
• We should continue a meaningful bond with the family and the society.
• We should be healthy

Law of the third
        Role a dice or put a coin. It don't depend on the previous one. We can show the law of the third by following equation.

                                                           y = 1990 x + 0.2402

Ability to appreciate the nature
        We should have a habit of loving to the nature. Then nature will react. Let's think about a tree.

       We can learn many things from a tree. Our lives are like trees. It will grow up little by little. Like some vines trying  to attack to the tree people are waiting to attack us. So we should be strong to face those challenges. The things that we can learn from a tree.

• Strength
• Patience

Ability to think philosophically

•  Level of thinking and pattern of living are not correlated
• Try to refrain discussing on other people
• Exchange the ideas about problems
• When something happen don't react . That point is very important. Look at following story.

Story of cockroach - There was a party and people had wore nicely. Suddenly a woman started to shout because there was a cockroach in her saree. She ran here and there. Then cockroach flew and landed on another one's wear. That person also started to shout. While people were shouting a waiter came with six cups of wine glasses. The the cockroach landed to his arm. He saw that scene and he didn't react. Simply he caught it and put it to the out of the window. 

      That is the story. So you can get a better idea about what I am trying to say. There are many stories like above one.

• Those who are happy aren't people who haven't problems. But those who learn to live with things that are less than perfect.

Success

       Success is not following us. We should follow the success. Success doesn't depend on your name, school you attended, your parents or your lover. It should build by yourself. There is a big message for you. 

" Don't talk about your humble begging in public because some people can bit by them"

Positive thinking

        Positive thinking help you to be success in your life. Some people have become success due to their positive thinking. Bill Gates , Steve Jobs ' Dhammika Perera and Mark Zuckerberg are some examples.

         

          It we think about a cup that is filled a half of water we should look at it in a positive mind. That is we can think as "Oh.. there has a half of water. It is enough ". Likewise we should train to think positively.

Self confidence

         Another important point is self confidence. The best examples are follows.

• Bill Clinton - He was a former president in USA. When we look at her life he has come forward by using his self confidence. 

• Carl Lewis - He is one of the Olympic champion in the world. In his childhood one day his mother asked him "Son , how did you win all the sports running events in the sports meet ? ". His answer was " Mom when I am running I don't look at others. I run by looking forward".That is really good point to develop our lives.

Perseverance - The most important one that should improve in your lives is perseverance. Without the perseverance the can't satisfy about our life.When we fell down however we should stand up. It will increase your ability to face challenges.

Endurance - This is another attribute to be developed. We should always train to increase our endurance.

And also there have many attributes to improve in your lives. Above explained things are very important like following points.

• Strategic thinking
• Knowledge
• Spirituality and etc.

Finally I have to say that the art of living is like a kite which sent to the sky. We can manage and coordinate our living method in the society as we want.

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My dream trip....

          As a result of my performance at the working place my boss gave me a wonderful opportunity. That is I got thirty days to go on a trip with an unlimited budget. I confused when I heard that announcement. Now I can go anywhere in the world. Where can I go ? ...........Normally I like to go trips with my family. But our family members have no enough time to go trips. They are busy with many responsibilities. However I will bring my family to this trip because I have received an unlimited budget. So I try to enjoy it well.

Where will I go as my dream trip ?
        I can imagine so many places to go. But my dream trip is going to visit the Holy Land because it is a dream not only me but also a dream of my parents. The Holy Land is an area roughly located between  the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea that also include the Eastern Bank of the Jordan River. Traditionally it is synonymous with both the biblical Land of Israel and historical Palestine.
    The purpose of my trip is to worship all the places that Jesus Christ lived and getting the blessings of god.

With whom will I go to the Holy Land ?
          I will go there with my loving wife and my kids. And also I will bring my parents. I don't call my friends to join with me because visiting the Holy land is a kind of a pilgrimage.

How will I arrange my activities ?
         If I will go on a trip to the Holy Land I will not at the office. So I will assign my duties to my assistant to coordinate them. I will ask  for my wife whether she can get leaves for a month or not because she is a veterinary surgeon. My kids also have to go to school. I have to think about them again and again because my two daughters can't stay without their mother. So I decided to collect them at the middle of the trip. Then my kids can come to me with my wife.So I wish to stay twenty days in the Holy Land. After ten days I send my parents to Canada to visit my elder sister and her family.
         As my wife told she prefer to Bangkok for shopping. So I will go there with her and my kids. I wish to stay there for two days. After that I will go to Canada in the rest of the days  to join with my parents.
     That is my plan and I think that our journey will be success.

                                                                       

Where will I go to visit in the Holy Land ?
         My main target is going to the Holy Land. So I try to cover all the places that Jesus Christ lived.Following are the places that I wish to cover in the Holy Land.

• The Church of the Nativity                                                                                                                  The Church of the Nativity was built over a grotto where the Virgin Mary gave birth to Jesus.

• The Garden Tomb                                                                                                                                 The Garden Tomb is believed to be the place where Jesus was placed after he died on the cross.

• The Western or Wailing Wall                                                                                                                  The Western or Wailing Wall in Jerusalem is the last retaining wall supporting the Temple Mount and was also the closest that the Jews were allowed to be where the ancient Temple of Jerusalem once stood in the aftermath of the Second Temple (70 A.D.).
  

• Dome of the rock                                                                                                                                   The Dome of the Rock is where the Jews honor as the Temple Mount.

• Golgotha Hill                                                                                                                                
       Golgotha Hill or “the place of the skull,” is said to be the place where Jesus was crucified.
  

                                     

• Mount of Beatitudes                                                                                                                                Jesus said at the Mount of Beatitudes: “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven (Matthew 5:3).”

• Mount Sinai                                                                                                                                            Mount Sinai (Egypt) is where Moses was given the 10 Commandments

• Garden of Gethsemane                                                                                                                             The Garden of Gethsemane is where Jesus prayed the night before his crucifixion.

• Mount of Beatitudes                                                                                                                               The Mount of Beatitudes is where Jesus delivered His famous Sermon on the Mount.
  

• Mount of Olives                                                                                                                                       Mount of Olives is a mountain ridge running from north to south overlooking the old City of Jerusalem where Jesus wept after a prophetic vision of the city being destroyed. Jesus was later arrested at the lower ridge of the mountain.

• Church of St. John the Baptist                                                                                                                      The Church of St. John the Baptist is found in the Christian quarter of the ancient city of Jerusalem.

• Sea of Galilee                                                                                                                                           The Sea of Galilee is where Jesus calmed the waters and asked Peter, Andrew, James, and John to follow Him

• The Basilica of the Annunciation                                                                                                          The angel Gabriel spoke to the Virgin Mary at the Basilica of Annunciation that she would conceive Jesus.

• River Jordan                                                                                                                                             Jesus was baptized here in the River Jordan by his cousin, John the Baptist.

 After visiting these places these places I will send my send parents to Canada where my elder sister is living.Then I will go to Bangkok with my wife and my loving kids. Following are the places that we wish to cover in Bangkok.

• Bangkok Shopping Malls                                                                                                                           This is a most famous shopping mall in the world. Wee can buy anything from there.

• Chatuchak Market                                                                                                                                  The market of all markets, Chatuchak Weekend Market is the ultimate. We  will be amazed by its sprawling size, but perhaps even more so by the unbelievable variety of wares. 

                                   

• Night Markets                                                                                                                                           In most cities nighttime means closing time. Not so, here in Bangkok. Come dusk, Khao San Road teems with unkempt travel wear. And Patpong Market’s tarpaulin covered stalls – each brimming with counterfeits or exotica - don’t even kick into life until the area’s office workers are tucked up in bed.

After visiting these places we will go to Edmonton,Canada to join with my parents.

Then well will come home after enjoying the trip. I wish to get another chance to go on a trip again with unlimited budget. So I will wok hard and try my best to achieve my goals.

     

The barter puzzle

                      The barter puzzle is a game that is filled with many attractive features and strategies. When we do an activity as a team , strategies are very important to do that work successfully. As I told above game is very valuable to improve our life strategies. 

What is the barter puzzle ?

                    It is a team activity that is filled with curiosity. There were four teams and each team had around seven members. There were four big pictures and they had cut into same small pieces. They were in four bags. The problem is some pieces mixed with other pieces. We have to find them ourselves.Each group got a puzzle bag and we had to create the picture immediately.  

                                      

          When we were doing that we got many good point and we identified some issues.    

What are the important points of the barter puzzle ?

                     We got many attractive features from that activity. Definitely they will be important for our lives. Some of the important point are as follows ;

• Team bond - We could develop our team bond while were doing that activity. We got all the ideas of the team members to build that puzzle. They gave different ideas and all the members gave their fully support to create our puzzle.

                                   

• Thinking ability - When we were going to start the making puzzle we couldn't identify the pieces that to be matched. So we had to think as intelligent persons. 

• Creativity - That is a main thing that we got from the activity. Every human beings who are living in the earth should be creative to go ahead. Likewise we did the activity with a creative mind.

• Time management  -  Another important one is time management. We had to manage our time to finish the activity. So time management was affected mostly.

                                  


What are the drawbacks ?

                       When we were doing that game we identified some drawbacks . Some of them are as follows ;

• Containment - Every teams tried to be first. But we should improve our containment to achieved our goals. That is very important. The team who performed containment is the winning team as I think. As I identified all the teams should be charitable.
• Honour to the team - The team leader should honour to the team members. Then their ideas would be very valuable for decision making. 

                    Finally I have to say that we enjoyed the barter puzzle game. The credits goes to Miss. Sarasi Senadeera . Thank you very much for organizing that kind of events.