Love your Parents ♥

Hi My lovely readers ✿,

Today I was  bit emotional.I ran across this quote that really touched me .

"Love your parents, we are often so busy growing up that we forget they are growing old."

This was just a reminder for me that I have been so busy with my life that I neglected spending time with my parents.  I started thinking about all that they did and still do for me. Their love has no measure. Even though they might not say it but through their actions they surely say they Love you. 

Parents are the most important people in your life because they are the ones who have created you . Imagine if the one who created you found out that you did not want them anymore.That would be really sad.Remember no matter what, your parents will always be there for you. They are the ones who changed your dippers, woke up in the middle f the night to feed you, took care of you when you where sick. There are certain times even when I get irritated at my mom or dad, but I know when they say something to me they say it because they love me. So cherish every moment with them.

Some people are not as fortunate as you might be to have a full family, happy parents. So when they scream at you or lecture you its because they love and care for you. So please respect and love them.They are the ones who educated you, gave you everything you have and gave you a home, so please say I love yu to them.Your parents are another form of God on earth :)

 here's a video showing you how much parents love their kids.

Please feel free to comment below with your most memorable experiences you had with your parents.

love you guys, ♥ 

How to stay Positive / Letting your inner beauty grow :)

Hi my lovely readers,

True beauty starts within. Its important to do our hair & makeup but its also equally important to fell good inside. Feeling good and staying positive will make you a much more beautiful person than you already are.

Firstly keep your self in a positive environment be it your office, living room etc , in a positive atmosphere. When I walk into a room and see that everything is pretty , clean and organised it instantly makes me feel happy and positive. Maybe you can get a new color on your walls or put quote that inspire you on the walls or pictures of family and friends and make your space beautiful and positive. That also goes for Music, Listening to good music always puts me in a good mood. and also if you have anything negative in your room like a picture of someone you are no longer friends with then put that away, it was in the past.





Next is to nourish yourself well. I feel the biggest difference when I eat well and when I put some effort into make some good food at home rather than eating fast foods.It puts me in a good mood.I have more energy to do things. When you do that your body starts to look good and looking in the mirror instead of saying uff i'm bloated you look and feel amazing, your hair looks good, your skin feels good.Show your body some love and it will come back to you. And drink lots of water.

Third thing is to take care of yourself. Which means getting enough sleep , exercising, and not stressing about things.It will help you have a positive outlook on life . you are the most important thing in you life so take care of yourself.

Fourth is to surround your self with positive people. Nothing is worse than being with someone who is constantly negative and constantly gossiping  and has a problem with everything. This is so toxic on your body and I feel like this breathers a lot of negativity and at he end f he day it is no your responsibility to deal with everyone's negativity. Its important to be a good friend if your friend is obviously going through something.Its important to be there for them but if this person is just being bashful of others and gossiping then its just not necessary. there's so many other things you can fill your mind with.

Finally set goals and make yourself a vision board. Try to do something small everyday to help you reach your goal ( http://samanthadsouza.blogspot.com/
2013/03/how-to-make-your-dreams-come-true.html ) . It is also important to be thankful and grateful for what you have , even if it isn't much and this will also make you fell more appreciative towards life.

Now an overall , general and obvious tip is to just be a good person and be helpful and kind.

Hope this was helpful. Feel free to comment below with your tips to stay positive and also if you have any quotes or inspiring pictures that you would lie to share. 

love you all ♥,

How to make your dreams come true?

How to achieve your Goals ?

Most of the time we imagine the things we want to achieve but its hard to make them tangible. We wonder what do I do to get there. So these few steps will help to achieve our goals. Its from a book called "Slight Edge". And you guys must read this book, its kind of life changing. So when you making goals, put them into categories, eg: financial, health and fitness  work, spiritual etc. 

Now start out by writing what you want in each category, eg: health- feel better , deal with depression/mood swings, spiritual - feel close to God, relationships- have a good relationship with family and friends etc..Now you need to set your baby steps to achieve these goals. Make these steps for each day. And let them be easy steps, so that you can easily do it each day ( unless your that lazy). 

Example: Health - Visualize yourself feeling fit ,body and mind each day for a minute, just one minute each day, Spiritual- Listen to inspirational speakers for 5 minutes each day, Only 5 minutes so you stay focused.
At least in each category do baby steps for 2 minutes each day. 

Set goals that are realistic. Not like ,' I'm going to jog for one hour a day and then you give it up in the end because one hour a day is too much for you to do each day. Rather do it for 5 minutes or 15 minutes each day. And after your 15 minutes you can say, ' Yes! I did it. ' Baby steps are very important.

The cool thing about this is that baby steps are actually moving you forward :)

Often after doing baby steps you will feel like doing more , if not then baby steps are fine too as long as its done daily. Remember nothing is "IMPOSSIBLE" :)

Good luck :)

Love ♥,

A different Angle ✿

Hi my lovely readers,

I'm back again with a story I read on another blog recently. This story has a lot to teach us. We always crave for things we don't have and never really appreciate the little things we have close to us. even me, I see new offers in the catalogs and always jump us saying I need that , its on offer now . In reality , these material things  are not what we need in life. Life is much more than that. Love everything and everyone around you and you'll not have tat empty space in you life to fill up with unwanted material things. :)

So now to the story ....

One day, the father of a very wealthy family took his son on a trip to the country with the express purpose of showing him how poor people live.

They spend a coupe of days and nights on the farm of what would be considered a very poor family.

On their return from the trip, the father asked his son, ' How was the trip?'

" It was great Dad,''

" Did you see how poor people live?'' the father asked 

" Oh, yeah." said the son

" So tell me what did you learn from the trip?'' asked the father

The son answered, " I saw that we have one dog and they have four. We have a pool that reaches to the middle of the garden and they have a creek that has no end. We have imported lanterns in our garden and they have stars at night. Our patio reaches to the front yard and they have the whole horizon. 

" We have a small piece of land to live on and they have fields that go beyond our sight."

" We have servants to serve us, but they serve others. We buy food but they grow theirs."

" We have walls around our property to protect us, but they have friends to protect them. "

The boys father was speechless.

Then His son added , " Thanks Dad for showing me how poor we are."

Life is so inspiring event at the worst of times.

If you guys have any similar inspiring stories , feel free to post them in the comments bellow.

Love ♥ , 

Everyone has a story in life

Hi My lovely readers,

Today I thought about making a video for you guys. I recently came across a story that touched me deeply. We often judge people without knowing them. Hope this video inspires you . Keep watching.

Love ♥,

Joy of painting / Drawing ♥

Painting and drawing used to bring me so much joy .Painting  used to be my escape from the busy world. But these days it seems as if I'm too busy to paint or draw. I guess I lost the motivation. I no longer had classmates around to share my passion. 

Back in high school, i kept on painting because I loved it so much. I love the feeling when your really into something and it drives you to go on. After high school, I knew I wanted to take up Fine Arts because there would be so much more for me to learn. But I chickened out because I knew I needed a degree that would make me more employable. I locked up my passion and took up commerce and accounting ( I still have no idea why I chose it). while my 3 years in university barely taught me anything ( since i hated it). I still loved it because I met wonderful people in the university. All the while I would tell my self " One day, I'll start painting again."

Now few years later, I finally took the plunge to go back to it. Because I haven't done any drawings or paintings in a while, I 've decided to take online painting lessons from a few youtubers. There are so many fine art tutorials on youtube, but these are few of my favourites, creativecolors (http://www.youtube.com/user/creativecolour?feature=watch), The painting and drawing channel (  http://www.youtube.com/user/paintinganddrawing ) , Web Art Academy ( http://www.youtube.com/user/webArtAcademy/videos?view=0  ), Free oil painting lessons ( http://www.youtube.com/user/freeoilpaintlessons/videos?view=0 ) . You seriously can learn ANYTHING on youtube. 

I'm only free late in the evenings, so going to actual painting classes would be difficult for me. Being able to sit at home, drawing at my own time is what I need. I'm really excited because I'm finally going back to my childhood passion again. 

I hope 2013 hasn't been too bad for you guys. Remember life is short so do all the things that matter to you . Make the most out of it. Take care everybody and You shall see new drawings soon :)

Love ♥, 

Bringing some CHANGE into Life :)

Change ! 

I've always heard the phrase , ' Change is a good thing'. But is it? Is it always good . Change can also be a fearsome beast when in the wrong hands. 

People always want to change their life, in some way or the other. And they wonder what habits should they start with?This is not a easy question to answer. There are so many changes one can go though, from quitting smoking to reducing debt.And they all seem life changing .

Change doesn't happen over night. You have to work at it. .I sometimes wonder why it takes so long to achieve the final result. 

Maybe its fear of the unknown? you don't know what the outcome of the change or you are not sure of the next step.

I say that you need to live your life differently or you need to start living your dream, but I haven't practiced this completely. 

I think its time we pick one or two habits that we want to change to be able to live a better life.

" Men's natures are alike, It is their habits that separate them". -Confucius

Now if you are ready to change a habit of yours , here are seven little habits that can change you life :)

Only do one at a time. Here they are ( in my order of preference, yours my be different)

1. Thinking positive : I chose this one first because I think this is the number one /most important thing that will help in bringing change. Positive thinking by itself will not lead you to success, but it goes a long way in motivating.

Try to focus on this first as you will have an easier time with the others. Try by recording all the negative thoughts that come by you during the day and soon you'll be able to recognize then and squash them :P

2. Exercise : Sure, Exercise is healthy and all , but how is it life changing? I'm glad you asked.

• It makes you feel better about your self and thus making you more confident. This will lead to better positive changes.
• It reinforces the positive thinking habit. You need to think positive in order to sustain exercise.
• It relieves stress and help you think better. This leads to better mental well being in your life.
• It helps with creativity. Don't ask me to prove it. try it yourself, all your best ideas will burst out while your exercising :)

3. Single-tasking : Its the opposite of multi-tasking. Why is it life changing?

• You will be more effective with your task. and you will get more done. Its hard to acheive important things when your constantly switching tasks and distracted by other urgent things.
• You will be less stressed overall and (in my experience) happier throughout you day.

4. One Goal at a time: Focus on one Goal at a time. While it may seem a little difficult. Focusing one one goal at a time is the most powerful way of achieving your goals.When you try to take on too many goals , you are spreading your focus and energy - the two critical components for achieving a goal.

Some goals are on going ones- such as blogging everyday or exercising everyday. In those cases turn them into habits. Focus on turning the goals into habits and once you have turn them into a habit then focus on the next goal.

5. Scrap out non essentials : Firstly identify the essential- things in your life that are most important to you, that you love the most. Then eliminate everything else. This simplifies things and leaves you with space to focus no more essential things.

This will change your lie because it will help you to simplify, to focus on whats important and to build the life you want.

6. Be Kind : Yes kindness is a habit. And it can be cultivated. Focus on it for a month and you will see profound changes in your life. You will see people react to you differently and treat you better. 

How do you develop this? Make it a goal to do something ind for someone each day. At the beginning of the day , figure out what the kind act would be and do it during the day. Second, every time you interact with someone, try to be more kind, friendly and compassionate. 

7. Daily Routine : Its so simple. But creating a daily routine for yourself can make a big difference in our life. 

How will it change your life? It will help you get a great start to your day and finish your day by preparing for the next day. 

These are just few basics. there are plenty more things you can do to change your life for the better :)

" We first make our habits, then our habits make us". - John Dryden

If you like my post and have some tips of your own then please comment them below so that I can learn from them too .

love,

New Years ... Plans & resolutions :)

So here we are, Its officially the New Year Wow! Time really does fly , doesn't it? I am so excited for the new years and ready to build beautiful memories for my loved ones and of course you guys.

Some people say,''why bother making Resolutions when you're going to break them anyway?''