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Title: Guru
The Man in Search of His Teacher
Author: Dechen Wangchuk
Genre: Novel
Reflection /Thoughts/Analyses : In life we will have many difficulties or problem but we should never give up at least we should try. This book is the unforgettable story of Samdhoen , a men in despicable search of his Guru , a teacher who can guide him into the path of seeking the truth of life. Seek out knowledge in search place that always bring back to the wisdom that is buried inside himself.
I recommend my friends to read this book because it is helpful in making decision and follow our dreams.
Title: Would you like attitude with that?
Author: Justin Herald
Genre: Self help book
Reflection: Attitude is the position or director that indicates our action , feelings or moods and it is basically a mirror. If we show our anger to other the output will be bad and if we behave kind the output will be positive . If we control the ball we control the score likewise we have to control the attitude . If we want to reach our goals and dreams , we have to sacrifices things along the way, whether it is time , friends or finances . Never stop learning new knowledges.
Good attitude - Good result
Bad attitude- Bad result.
I recommend to read this book, to control your attitude as this book shows many examples and to become successful person.
Title: Light in the Darkness
Author: Norbu Jamtsho
Genre : Autobiography
Reflection : "Education is the key to unlock the golden door of freedom " . We should study hard when education is given free of cost . Now days schools are near our homes that can easily access . In this book the author struggle for education he use to walk for 3 hours from home to school and school to home battling with leeches and bearing the summer rain . He had to face financial problem and family problem but doesn't gave up . His role as a father was thrust / difficult after the death of his father and departure of his mother.
Title: A Mother Love
Author: Marc Mero
Genre: Speech
Reflection : How much work you have don't ignore your mother love. Money can fame but can't buy happiness. In this poem a mother try to talk with her son but he would come home at time 2:00, 3:00 ,4:00 AM in the morning with drunk . When mother ask to spent few minutes with her ,he argue with his mother and go to bed. When he go for worldwide tour his mother died and he felt sorry for her not spending time with her and why he couldn't been a better son. His whole life was about being rich and famous , had to be a millionaire . He learned that what is truly important and how precious this gifts of life . So spend time with your family when you are free .
Title : From Failure To Success
Author : Martin Meadows
Genre: Self help book
Reflection : Failure means a lack of success. If we focus on the learning experience , we will realize how flawed the common definition of failure and success are. We build success from trial and error . We are not perfect , we learn from mistakes or suffer . This book shows 3 metaphors we can use to change our definition of failure.
Failure is like navigating maze.
Failure is like a sculpting tools .
Failure is a filter.
When you consider your efforts are complete waste, try to identify something of value that you gained and thanks to this experience. Never give up.
Title: GRIT
How To Keep Going When You Want To Give Up
Author: Martin Meadow
Genre: Self help book
Reflection : The dip is the moment when we experience little reward and lack motivation to keep going. The longer we persevere during this phase, the closer you are to success. Everybody experiences the dip when working on something worthwhile. There’s no workaround. If you’re not willing to do your best but expect extraordinary results, give up now. It’s a waste of time , work on something you are great at that will give a expect results. Establish our routines on top of our existing habits. The more automated our behavior is, the less resistance we’ll feel and the less likely we’ll be to give up. We should focus on result instead of the efforts.
Title : I Feel in Love with Hope
Author: Lancali
Genre: Novel
Reflection: This book is book about grief and loving and hoping despite of the fear of losing. In the story five teenagers live in a hospital due to their terminal diseases and try their best to live their lives as best they can. The narrator, Sam, works through his grief throughout the entire novel. Before he met Sonny, Neo, Coeur and Hikari, they had their first love who was also named Sam. Sam passed away and the narrator gave up on hope and the possibility of being able to love again, because of the immense pain they felt from Sam’s death.
At the beginning Sam is always negative and is always trying not to give others too much hope because he believe that in a hospital there is no hope due to the amount of death he has witnessed, especially Sam’s death. Even though it’s been years since Sam’s death. He still carries the pain and hopelessness, and it isn’t until Hikari arrives at the hospital that he starts to see a small glimmer of hope, of a chance of love for the first time in a long time. As the story progresses, Sam go from an empty soul to a person who’s filled with hope once again.
Title : O Captain! My Captain !
Author: Walt Whitman
Genre: Poem
Reflection : A victory has been achieved but the leader was lost in the process. The poem focuses on the expression of grief and relationship between the individual and the community. The speaker tells about the ship's captain who has died and the pain of that loss. The ship has retuned from voyage that was fearful. The voyage has been successful won the "prize" of victory. The port celebrates by greeting the victorious ship with cheers and bells. But the captain is laying cold and death.
Title : GRIT
The Power of Passion and Perseverance
Author: Angela Duckworth
Genre: Self help book
Reflection : This book teaches that outstanding achievement comes from a combination of passion a focused approach to something you deeply care about and perseverance a resilience and desire to work hard. Grit is about working on something we care about so much that we are willing to stay loyal to it . It's not about falling in love , it's about staying in love. Grit has two components passion and perseverance . Enthusiasm is common , endurance is rare.
Title : The Purpose of Life Is to be Happy
Author : Dalai Lama
Genre: Article
Reflection : The basic source of all happiness is a sense of kindness and warm-heartedness towards others. The key to happiness is peace of mind. This is not something that can be bought. Inner peace has to be cultivated by each of us from within. All our religious traditions, despite whatever philosophical differences there may be among them, carry the same message of love and warm-heartedness that is the foundation of such peace of mind. In life we faced with many problems, but we must not lose hope. We must keep up our determination without being impatient to achieve quick result.
Title : Living the Compassionate Life
Author : Dalai lama
Genre : Article
Reflection : As human beings we all have the potential to be happy and compassionate people, and we also have the potential to be miserable and harmful to others. The potential for all these things is present within each of us. If we want to be happy, then the important thing is to try to promote the positive and useful aspects in each of us and to try to reduce the negative.For true happiness to come about, we need a calm mind, and such peace of mind is brought about only by a compassionate attitude.
Title: " Stay Hunger. Stay Foolish"
Author: Steve Jobs
Genre: Speech
Reflection : Stay hungry, stay foolish means that one should never be content with what is, nor consider oneself an expert. There is always more to gain . stay hungry for knowledge and more to learn . Never consider oneself an expert but a fool in order to learn more . Our time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by belief which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out our own inner voice. Never give up , everything happens for a reason.
Title: One Art
Author: Elizabeth Bishop
Genre: Poem
Reflection : Nothing lasts and thus that loss is an inevitable part of life. The art of losing isn’t hard to master . Things seem to want to be lost, so their absence isn't a big deal. People lose little things every day like keys and hours. It's easy to get used to the feeling of small loss. If we can cope with the loss of more important things, like places and names. In poem speaker lost her mother's watch and a house she loved deeply, but she was able to deal with losing those sentimental things. The extent of the speaker's loss expands to encompass cities, rivers, realms, and entire continents. Although she misses them, it "wasn't a disaster" .
Title: The Stature of Women
Author: Tenzin Zangmo
Genre : Essay
Reflection : Ensure recognition of women's reproductive roles and maternity as a social function and to be equally shared by both gender and balance work with family . Should change the perception of people towards women and their status in the society . Implement support measures in education and training by designing special scholarship programs and promoting leadership skills for women making gender equality.
Title: Countering Stress and Depression
Author: Dalai Lama
Genre: Article
Reflection : Our inner peace is what we call disturbing emotions. All those thoughts, emotions, and mental events which reflect a negative or uncompassionate state of mind inevitably undermine our experience of inner peace. All our negative thoughts and emotion such as hatred, anger, pride and greedy are considered to be sources of difficulty, to be disturbing. Negative thoughts and emotions are what obstruct our most basic aspiration to be happy and to avoid suffering. When we act under their influence, we become oblivious to the impact our actions have on others. They are the cause of our destructive behavior. Human intelligence is a gift to be used wisely.
Title: Hard Work Decides the Future
Author: Tshewang Lham
Genre : Essay
Reflection : If we are hard working people , we wil surely have prosperous future. Nothing is impossible in life , ervey problem have an soution. Hard work is necessary is achieve success. It is not how much we do but it matter how well we do. If we work hard with determination , it will surely fulfill. Therefore we should come out of the cocoon of lethargy and work hard , only then we will reach the destinationtion we desire to . In order to have an enjoyable and joyful future, our pillars should be definitely embedded on hard work.
Title: Kyetse
Author: Chador Wangmo
Genre: Novel
Reflection : It tells about the story of a young girl embarking on a journey to find the search of an answer to her life. She believes that everyone is born to fulfill our life duties assigned to us when we are born..Her kyetse says that she would encounter great distractions in her life when she attains the age of 8 and 18. As per her kyetse, she encounters distractions in her life and she wasn't the type to give up. She escapes the obstacles in her life and she joins as a nun and keeps the justice maintained on what happened to her and her friends . In life there will be many problem , we should never give up and try to find the solution. This story give enthusiasm develops at the back of our mind reminding us that everything in life is uncertain, we cannot predict what will happen next until we experience ourselves. In a net shell, we have to be strong enough to walk away from those that continue to hurt us and have to be brave enough to walk along until we find our true path.
Title: Leader Should Be Mindful , Selfless, and Compassionate
Author: Dalai Lama
Genre: Article
Reflection : Cultivate peace of mind. As human beings, we have a remarkable intelligence that allows us to analyze and plan for the future. We have language that enables us to communicate . Destructive emotions like anger and attachment cloud our ability to use our intelligence clearly, we need to tackle them. Fear and anxiety easily give way to anger and violence. The opposite of fear is trust, which, related to warmheartedness, boosts our self-confidence. Compassion also reduces fear, reflecting as it does a concern for others’ well-being. This, not money and power, is what really attracts friends. When we’re under the sway of anger or attachment, we’re limited in our ability to take a full and realistic view of the situation. When the mind is compassionate, it is calm and we’re able to use our sense of reason practically, realistically, and with determination.
Title: No one will be left behind-TVET to be one of the transitional schools for SEN
Author: Sonam Deki
Genre: News
Reflection : As a part of Special Education Needs (SEN) program, the Early Child Care Development (ECCD) and division, Department of School Education, Ministry of Education and Skills Development established curriculum to acquire life skills for children with disabilities and some SEN schools are giving various life skill lessons such as laundry, tailoring, cooking, and arts and crafts in schools.With these skills learned in schools, they can transit to Technical and Vocational Education and Training for further up skilling and to be independent.
Title: If
Author: Rudyard Kipling
Genre: Poem
Reflection : It teaches us that hard work , self discipline and perseverance can achieve if we set our mind. How to live a successful and fulfilling life. The poem talks about the virtue of keeping one's head when others are losing theirs. It is beautiful reminder to stay grounded. Focuses on enduring hardship , nothing comes easily. Emphasizes the importance of self- belief confidence and courage to face any dignity. The power of being humble and serving others while still maintaining one's dignity. The challenges and conditions that we have to face and overcome to success in life.
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