ICPF Raipur

"Give to us clear vision that we may know where to stand and what to stand for - because unless we stand for something, we shall fall for anything."

- Peter Marshall

https://iopener.today/daily-digest/pearls-10-december-2021/

Life is not a Complaint Box!

"Everyone complains occasionally, but an attitude wherein complaining has become a basic disposition may create a depressing environment around us

The Bible demonstrates prayer as a wonderful fix for a grumbling attitude. Prayer can be the outlet wherein we pour our hearts out to God and tell him about our deepest anxieties and complaints.

Start trying this out today!"

Visit our website to read the full article and share it with your friends - https://iopener.today/daily-digest/power-up/life-is-not-a-complaint-box/

Join in for the Final Session at Gantavya - Season 2 today evening at 5:30 pm IST.

Public meeting open for all.

The much awaited "Gantavya - Season 2 (ICPF North India Virtual Students Camp 2021)" is inching closer. The bookings to get on this amazing flight are pouring in.

Have you grabbed your boarding passes yet?

REGISTER NOW in the link given below and prepare yourself boldly to be in a journey towards the ultimate destination and the blessed hope!

https://bit.ly/gantavya-season2

Be a part of something unique and transformational. Limited seats available.

***dePreventionDay

Su***de is not an individual action, it is a societal failure!

According to the World Health Organization, we have one su***de that takes place somewhere on the planet every 40 seconds. And if that in itself can give you a shiver down your spine, consider this – for every su***de that actually takes place, there are 20 other unsuccessful attempts and hundreds of others who are actively considering it, possibly thousands who are struggling within themselves and the thought of ending it all in one instance, has crossed their minds.

What exactly is driving so many, especially, the young to consider su***de?

Read this complete article on our website and let us all introspect : https://iopener.today/daily-digest/su***de-is-not-an-individual-action-it-is-a-societal-failure/

***dePreventionDay

***dePreventionDay

'You have the power to say, "This is not how my story will end."'
- Anonymous

[World Su***de Prevention Day]

Let us take a pledge to help each other in times of crisis so that nobody has to deal with suicidal thoughts.

https://iopener.today/daily-digest/pearls-10-september-2021/

***dePreventionDay

Get ready to reach your "Lakshya" - A Quest for Purpose

Career Guidance Programme in Hindi presented by ICPF Central Region.

Register here now before we run out of available seats - https://bit.ly/icpf-lakshya

Here is the big unveil... Get excited and Get ready!

ICPF Central Region presents Career Guidance Programme in Hindi especially for Students and Youngsters...

Lakshya - A Quest for Purpose

Amazing sessions lined up for you including Interactive Breakouts sessions dedicated for a particular career track where you can get all your queries answered by Subject Matter Experts!

Register Now! Limited seats available! First Come First Serve!

Don't miss out on this! And also get your friends on board!

Here is the link to register: https://bit.ly/icpf-lakshya

"Friends are those rare people who ask how we are, and then wait to hear the answer."
- Ed Cunningham

https://iopener.today/daily-digest/pearls-9-april-2021/

"I’ve grown most not from victories, but setbacks. If winning is God’s reward, then losing is how He teaches us."
- Serena Williams

https://iopener.today/daily-digest/pearls-29-march-2021/

"Over the course of a generation, we have seen the selfie culture on the rise. This is not just in terms of photos, but in terms of the amount of importance we often place on self-gratification, even at the cost of our relationships and our ties with the communities that we are part of. The two-letter word “me” has probably become the most important aspect of most of our conversations and lifestyle choices.

This happens because we often end up seeing ourselves as the centre of the universe. We get so obsessively wrapped up in our own world that we forget about the people around us and their struggles.

So we can either be full of ourselves and have an empty life, or let go of our self-obsession and have an abundant one. What is your choice going to be?"

Read this insightful article by Lovelin Shalu on our website and get powered up: https://iopener.today/daily-digest/the-selfie-life/

"If a mother can kill her own child - what is left for me to kill you and you to kill me - there is nothing between."
- Mother Teresa

https://iopener.today/daily-digest/pearls-25-march-2021/

"We never know the worth of water till the well is dry."
- Thomas Fuller

https://iopener.today/daily-digest/pearls-22-march-2021/

Situations, circumstances and people can sometimes drive us to want to say goodbye to everyone around us. But 𝘀𝘂𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗶𝘀𝗻’𝘁 𝗮 𝘀𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, though it may seem that way sometimes. It causes untold misery and heartache for loved ones. You might be battling 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆, 𝗮 𝗯𝗿𝗼𝗸𝗲𝗻 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽, 𝗱𝗲𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻– no matter what you’re going through, remember, 𝗝𝗲𝘀𝘂𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂. Your life is precious. Feeling suicidal does not mean your character is flawed. It just means you’re in a position where you are not able to cope with the situation you’re facing currently. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗺𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗯𝘂𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗱, thinking the problem in your life is permanent 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝘁𝗵 𝗶𝘀- 𝗶𝘁’𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁! 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗽𝗮𝘀𝘀.

𝗜𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝘂𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗱𝗲, 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁. 𝗪𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗮𝘁 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗽𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲. 𝗜𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗸 𝗼𝗿 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝘀𝗶𝗽 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗲, 𝗗𝗠 𝘂𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝗙𝗮𝗰𝗲𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿.𝘁𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗼𝗿 𝗼𝗻 𝗜𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺 𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿.𝘁𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆. 𝗪𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆.

𝘼𝙨 𝙖 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙘𝙡𝙪𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙣𝙤𝙩𝙚, 𝙬𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙫𝙚𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙅𝙚𝙨𝙪𝙨 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙨 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙙𝙚𝙚𝙥𝙡𝙮 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙞𝙤𝙪𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙝𝙞𝙢 𝙣𝙤 𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙡𝙙 𝙨𝙖𝙮𝙨.

𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗔𝗻𝗰𝘆 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘀𝘂𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗰𝘂𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘄𝗲𝗲𝘁 𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗝𝗲𝘀𝘂𝘀 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗺𝗲𝘀𝘀𝘆 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺 𝗮𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱: https://iopener.today/magalogue/i-am-done/

***de

"We have all been through situations wherein we kick ourselves for saying something we shouldn’t have. The words that come out of our mouths have profound implications. Studies have revealed that they have a deep psychological impact on the listeners. Our words can be a blessing or a curse for others. So, we should be careful with our own mouth and have control over it.

This is easier said than done. But since our words can have a deep impact on the lives of others, we should make diligent efforts to control or tame our tongues. One way to do this is to always deliberately take time to respond with a better choice of words; even silence is better than destructive words.

But even this may not be a lasting fix to this issue."

What and Who can help us make that lasting change? To get the answer read on this short article by Albin Siby on our website and get powered up: https://iopener.today/daily-digest/power-up/me-and-my-big-mouth/

"𝘚𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘨𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘰𝘳 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦, 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘰𝘮𝘭𝘺 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘶𝘴 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘷𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦, 𝘱𝘶𝘵 𝘢 𝘴𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘶𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘺. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘯𝘦𝘹𝘵 𝘮𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘪𝘧 𝘢 𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦, 𝘰𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘦, 𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬. 𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝗶𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝘀𝗼 𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗹𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗴𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝗶𝘁?

𝙊𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙄𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝙙𝙖𝙮 𝙤𝙛 𝙃𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨, 𝙡𝙚𝙩’𝙨 𝙙𝙚𝙘𝙞𝙙𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙣 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙤𝙣 𝙬𝙝𝙤 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙛𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙡𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙨 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙡𝙖𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙟𝙤𝙮, 𝙨𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙬𝙚 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙘𝙝𝙤𝙤𝙨𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙧𝙚𝙟𝙤𝙞𝙘𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙘𝙞𝙧𝙘𝙪𝙢𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚𝙨, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙖𝙡𝙨𝙤 𝙞𝙢𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙟𝙤𝙮 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙮 𝙖𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙 𝙪𝙨."

Do you want to know who is this person you can turn to?

𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗹𝗲 𝗯𝘆 𝗝𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗮 𝗦𝗮𝗺𝘂𝗲𝗹 𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘄𝗲𝗯𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝘀𝘄𝗲𝗿 - https://iopener.today/daily-digest/unlock-your-happiness/

"The more I study science, The more I believe in God."
- Albert Einstein

https://iopener.today/daily-digest/pearls-20-march-2021/

"The world can be a very glittery place, with many eye-catching sights and moments. Often times, by looking at this glamour outside and comparing it to our small world, we become dissatisfied and tend to complain at the slightest discomfort.

There is much that lies underneath that surface of glamour – many homeless people and hungry mouths, many unloved and suffering, many unemployed and financially unstable, many going through terminal illnesses and other crises. Yet, we complain that our rooms are small and the food isn’t tasty, that we are overprotected, that our office culture isn’t up to the mark and that life isn’t smooth. We constantly forget to be thankful for the good things we have."

Read on this article by Mariam Susan on our website and let us strive to build an attitude of gratitude: https://iopener.today/daily-digest/power-up/attitude-of-gratitude/

"Feelings are indicators, not dictators. They can indicate where your heart is in the moment, but that doesn't mean they have the right to dictate your behavior and boss you around. You are more than the sum total of your feelings and perfectly capable of that little gift . . . called self-control."
- Lysa TerKeurst

https://iopener.today/daily-digest/pearl-19-march-2021/

"Joy isn’t a feeling that is dependent on our circumstances. Happy people know that true happiness is a choice, not a reaction to the circumstances. It is because we don’t understand this that we sometimes tend to seek joy in the wrong places, either looking for it in a better job, or in the next pay-check or in another person who we think we can rely on.

We often find that we are mistaken when we believe that happiness is reliant upon the acquisition of something new or something different."

The Bible clearly tell us about the source of True Joy.

Read on this insightful article by Alexis Wilkins on our website and get powered up: https://iopener.today/daily-digest/power-up/happiness-is-an-inside-job/

"Our countrymen in the armed forces, police, fire brigade etc., have laid down their lives on several occasions for securing the lives of others. On this National Supreme Sacrifice Day, let us remember them with honour and gratitude. All of these men & women had people who loved them, their parents, spouses, children, and friends, yet they somehow counted it more worthy of giving up their lives for saving somebody, a “somebody” who doesn’t even know them!

On this day, can we remember someone who gave his life as the ultimate sacrifice, but people didn’t honour him when he was alive; rather, they wanted him to die! It was only later that people realised what a grave mistake it was!

He was no one else but Jesus Christ, who came down as a person from heaven and gave his life as a sacrifice for ALL. When he sacrificed his life willingly on the cross, he was doing it for saving the entire humanity from their sins and FORGIVING them."

Read the complete article by Anuradha Dey here on our website: https://iopener.today/daily-digest/making-sense-of-sacrifice/

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"Fall Seven Times Stand Up Eight."
- Japanese Proverb

https://iopener.today/daily-digest/pearls/pearls-18-march-2021/

"If you want to know the value of vaccines, just spend some time in a clinic in Africa. The faces of the mothers and fathers say it all: vaccines prevent illness and save lives."
- Seth Berkley

https://iopener.today/daily-digest/pearls/pearls-16-march-2021/

"Paul Kalanithi, a brilliant neurosurgeon, was diagnosed with Stage IV lung cancer at the age of thirty-six. One day he was a doctor treating the dying, and the next day he was a patient fighting to live. The future that he and his wife had planned out evaporated just like that. On the challenge of facing mortality, he wrote, ”Seven words from Samuel Beckett began to repeat in my head: ’I can’t go on. I’ll go on’.“

We all have to deal with grief at some point in life. Each of us has different ways of coping with such grief or heartbreak. Some of us try to run away from the problem, while some of us lean on those who love us. But sometimes, in spite of all these coping mechanisms, we still continue to feel inconsolable.

What can help us in saying "It feels like I can’t go on, but I will go on."?

Read on this inspiring article by Sharon Sara Thomas on our website and get powered up: https://iopener.today/daily-digest/power-up/i-will-go-on/

"Is prayer your steering wheel or spare tire?"
- Corrie Ten Boom

https://iopener.today/daily-digest/pearls-15-march-2021/

"The owner of a Model T-Ford car once found himself by the side of a road with a broken engine. Being an expert with cars, he refused to call for help and tried everything possible to get his engine fixed. But the car just wouldn’t start. Minutes later, a large limousine pulled up and an old man stepped out, stood and watched him quietly. Finally, the old man advised him to adjust a specific engine part. The guy decided he might as well give it a shot though there was no way this old guy knew more about the car than him. Much to his disbelief, the engine cranked to life. Surprised, he asked the old man, “How did you know what to do?” The old man said, “My name is Henry Ford and I invented this car.”

We live in a world where each day throws new surprises at us! One cannot read a newspaper without ever wondering where this world is heading. Staggering economy, declining health, breaking families, minimal security… Where do we place our confidence when the world around us is but sinking ground?"

To get the answers read on and have this amazing scoop from the Magalogue section of our website: https://iopener.today/magalogue/thestar-mechanic/

"Don't ever take a fence down until you know why it was put up."
- Robert Frost

https://iopener.today/daily-digest/pearls/pearls-14-march/

"The Successful Warrior is the average man, with laser-like focus."
- Bruce Lee

https://iopener.today/daily-digest/pearls-13-march-2021/

"Don’t we all go through days when we ask, “Why do I even exist?!”, or traumatic experiences when we say, “I don’t think I can take this anymore.” Our lives are built on various things and relationships which feel like strong pillars to us, such as family, friends, financial security, education, skills, health etc. When some of these pillars are shaken, it may cause panic in our lives.

Pain and crisis have a reputation of showing up in the most unexpected ways. They may come in the form of financial loss, the death of a loved one, sickness or a loss of reputation. When such things occur, it feels like we’ve hit rock-bottom. Everything we relied on seems like it’s dissolving away, unable to support us anymore, and leaving us feeling totally bent out of shape and almost broken.

But what if we are told that there could be something beautiful that comes out of something like this?"

To know about that something beautiful read this article by Ann Jenson on our website and get powered up: https://iopener.today/daily-digest/bent-but-not-broken/

"The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing."
- Walt Disney

https://iopener.today/daily-digest/pearls-11-march-2021/

"Every Year thousands of people quit smoking just because they DIE"

https://iopener.today/daily-digest/pearls-10-march-2021/