The Smallest Girl...........Jyothi - from NAGPUR!

The two-foot teenager: Jyoti, the world's smallest girl set to make it big on British TV

Her tiny form is disarming. But Jyoti Amge's dreams are as big as those of her friends.
At 15 she stands just 1ft 11½in tall and weighs less than a stone, giving her one very big claim to fame - as the smallest girl in the world.

Doctors believe Jyoti is a pituitary dwarf but have never been able to pinpoint her condition.
Such dwarfism is caused when the body fails to produce enough growth hormone.
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Jyoti, centre, with some of her classmates - also aged 15. Her little grey uniform is specially made for h


Jyoti, centre, with some of her classmates - also aged 15. Her little grey uniform is specially made for her


Specialists have told her she will remain the same size for the rest of her life.


'When I was three I realised that I was different to the rest of the kids,' she said.


'I thought that everyone was bigger and I should get bigger too.'


Jyoti has her own mini grey uniform and school bag and even a tiny desk. But she looks like a doll next to her teenage classmates.

She said: 'I am proud of being the smallest girl. I love all the attention I get. I'm not scared of being small, and I don't regret being small.
Enlarge Jyoti, centre, is the world's smallest girl - but still attends school with her classmates, who she says don't treat her any differently

Jyoti, centre, is the world's smallest girl - but still attends school with her classmates, who she says don't treat her any differently

She works from her custom made chair and table but her pens and books are still rather too large for her


'I am sure there are many people in this world who are dwarfs like me.


'I'm just the same as other people. I eat like you, dream like you. I don't feel any different.'


Weighing 12lb - only 9lb more than her weight at birth, Jyoti dreams of becoming an actress.


Despite her size she insists on living as normal a life as possible in her home town of Nagpur in India - including going to the local school.


'When I first went to school everyone was so big I used to get scared but I'm okay now, I like it. I have a different desk and chair that were made for me. I'm a normal student.' Enlarge


Jyoti with a family friend - who, at 13 months, is already bigger than she is


Jyoti with a family friend - who, at 13 months, is already bigger than she is
She is also like any other teenage girl. 'I have a huge collection of dresses. I like to shop for more. Everyone in my family gets things for me. I love make-up and like dressing up like beautiful models. I would like to be an actress when I grow up. My dream is to do films.'
Jyoti has already had a taste of fame in a pop video for Indian star Mika Singh.
'They asked her to appear in the video for a song on his album,' said her mother Ranjana Amge, 45.
However, Jyoti's dreams of stardom could be ruined because of fractures to both her legs that have never healed because of problems with her size.

Baby of the family: With sister Rupali, 18, Archana, 23, mother Ranjana Amge, 45,, father Kishan, 52, and brother Satish, 22

Jyoti is taken to school on brother Satish's motorbike, along with sister Archana
'First I could walk, but I slipped on ice during a holiday and hurt my leg. I find it strange that my legs just don't heal. I don't like it, it causes me pain.'
Mrs Amge said: 'No-one knows why she is so small. Jyoti is small, yet cute, and we love her very much.'


People in the region of India where the family live flock to see the teenager and some even treat her as a goddess.


She receives a lot of support from her brother and two sisters. Oldest sister Archana, 25, said: 'I have been taking care of her since she was a small baby. She is so delicate and fragile.'


During her first five years of life, brave Jyoti was in and out of hospital as she constantly fell sick, but eventually she grew stronger.


The teenager's father Kishan Amge, 52, a construction worker, said: 'She makes me proud. Lots of saints and spiritual gurus come to see and bless her. They pray for her happiness and long life.

How to Avoid Depression and Burn-Out

How to Avoid Depression and Burn-Out
By Dr Martin W. Russell

Depression and burnout seem to be at all time highs.
Maybe it is just awareness of the issues, but figures above 10% each year seem to now be thought of as common.
As a medical doctor working exclusively in counseling and therapy I've observed people come to me over the years complaining of being stressed and burnt out.
They come with a wide variety of problems and diagnoses, from straight out suicidal depression, to simply feeling like they can't get out of bed in the morning.
From paralyzing panic attacks to a pervasive feeling of no longer being able to live up to the expectations other people have for them.
In my experience there are three fundamental ways you can use to avoid letting this depression and burn-out happen...

1. Set goals with a pre-determined end point
Life and work can't just be an endless marathon. You need to have sprints as well as rest periods, and have some finish lines along the way. Otherwise the only rest you get is when you collapse from exhaustion, and it's better if you can do that on the other side of a finish line.
Call it a holiday, call it an exit strategy, call it a rest stop, call it a reward for a job well done, but the requirement is the same; you need to plan for the waxing and waning of your motivation. For example, if your goal is "more money", then the striving never ends. If you want to avoid feeling overwhelmed, you will need to clarify how much is enough, or even better, define the lifestyle you want and let that define the amount of money you need to aim for.
2. Have a bigger purpose in mind
Life is not just about filling your days with whatever happens to get your attention, and yet there is so much around to choose from. With a bigger purpose you can select what is important for you, or it can be the other way around, what is important to you can be your bigger purpose.
Not that it has to be anything too over the top like ending all cancers, but it is important that it brings out your inner fire and sense of why it is that you would do the sometime challenging or difficult or boring tasks that you will sometimes need to in order to keep going for whatever you are after.
3. Make tomorrow build on today
Of the three, this is the one that I find most often missing for people. So often people tell me they have this sense that they just aren't getting anywhere with what they are doing, and it's amazing how often this feeling is correct! For instance with money, these people had spending habits that mean that they were financially better off yesterday than they will be tomorrow.
Sometimes it is simply a matter of identifying the lasting value you are gaining from each day. More often when people come to me burnt out, they have a nagging awareness that their daily activities are not producing results that last. Results such as money kept for themselves, passive income sources, business systems, lasting habits, key relationships, and much more. When you can go to sleep each night knowing that you are better set for the future than the day before, you will have had a worthwhile day.

So there are the 3 key ways you need to address to avoid depression and burnout.
Ignoring any one of them can be enough to set you back, and if you are missing all three then you are probably reading this out of desperation.
They are all solvable, and you can get started on each of them immediately.

english word send and meaning

If you think you are beaten, you are.
If you think you dare not, you don't.
If you'd like to win but think you can't,
It's almost certain you won't.

Life's battles don't always go
To the stronger or faster man,
But sooner or later, the man who wins
Is the man who thinks he can.

The Keys to Happiness & Success..

Try to end a quarrel.
Seek out a forgotten friend.
Dismiss suspicion, and replace it with trust.

Write a love letter.
Share some treasure.
Give a soft answer.
Encourage youth.

Manifest your loyalty in word and deed.
Keep a promise.
Find the time.
Forgo a grudge.
Forgive an enemy.

Listen.
Apologize if you were wrong.
Try to understand.
Flout envy.
Examine your demands of others.

Think first of somebody else.
Appreciate.
Be kind.
Be gentle.
Laugh a little.
Laugh a little more.

Welcome a stranger.
Gladden the heart of a child or a senior.
Take pleasure in the beauty and wonder of the earth.
Do a random act of kindness.
Speak your love.

If you use these keys to happiness
you can unlock the doors of success!

Good morning

If you think you are beaten, you are.
If you think you dare not, you don't.
If you'd like to win but think you can't,
It's almost certain you won't.

Life's battles don't always go
To the stronger or faster man,
But sooner or later, the man who wins
Is the man who thinks he can.

Affirmations for Relationships

Affirmations for Relationships:
I am at peace with all people.
I seek good for all people.
Love allows me to see others as the sacred beings they are.
Love helps me to treat each individual with kindness, respect, and compassion.
I love my neighbors like myself, and I will do to others as I would have them do to me.
Today's Quote:
The smiling heart is a fountain of life and health.
Frank Whitney

UNDERWATER PHOTOGRAPHY

45 liners - worth reading

Written By Regina Brett, 90 years old, of The Plain Dealer, Cleveland,
Ohio

"To celebrate growing older, I once wrote the 45 lessons life taught me.
It is the most-requested column I've ever written."

My odometer rolled over to 90 in August, so here is the column once
more:

1. Life isn't fair, but, it is still good.
2. When in doubt, just take the next small step.

3. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone.

4. Your job won't take care of you when you are sick. Your friends and
parents will. Stay in touch.

5. Pay off your credit cards every month.

6. You don't have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.

7. Cry with someone. It's more healing than crying alone.

8. It's OK to get angry with God. He can take it..

9.. Save for retirement starting with your first paycheck.

10. When it comes to chocolate, resistance is futile.

11... Make peace with your past so it won't screw up the present.

12. It's OK to let your children see you cry.

13. Don't compare your life to others. You have no idea what their
journey is all about.

14. If a relationship has to be a secret, you shouldn't be in it.

15. Everything can change in the blink of an eye. But don't worry; God
never blinks.

16. Take a deep breath. It calms the mind.

17. Get rid of anything that isn't useful, beautiful or joyful.

18. Whatever doesn't kill you really does make you stronger..

19. It's never too late to have a happy childhood. But the second one is
up to you and no one else.

20. When it comes to going after what you love in life, don't take no
for an answer.

21. Burn the candles, use the nice sheets, wear the fancy lingerie.
Don't save it for a special occasion. Today is special.

22. Over prepare, then go with the flow.

23. Be eccentric now. Don't wait for old age to wear purple.

24. The most important sex organ is the brain.

25. No one is in charge of your happiness but you.

26. Frame every so-called disaster with these words 'In five years, will
this matter?'

27. Always choose life.

28. Forgive everyone everything.

29. What other people think of you is none of your business.

30. Time heals almost everything. Give time time.

31. However good or bad a situation is, it will change.

32. Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does.

33. Believe in miracles.

34. God loves you because of who God is, not because of anything you did
or didn't do.

35. Don't audit life. Show up and make the most of it now.

36. Growing old beats the alternative -- dying young.

37. Your children get only one childhood.


38. All that truly matters in the end is that you loved.

39. Get outside every day. Miracles are waiting everywhere.

40. If we all threw our problems in a pile and saw everyone else's,we'd
grab ours back.

41. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.

42. The best is yet to come.

43.. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.

44. Yield.

45. Life isn't tied with a bow, but it's still a gift."

Fresh Start

If through some error yesterday was lost in grief, don't lose today, by keeping it in your memory.

Finish each day and be done with it.
You have done what you could.
Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can.
Tomorrow is a new day; begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense.

-- Ralph Waldo Emerson

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