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Fauja Singh

Age : 100

Endurance is life

“Endurance is one of the most difficult disciplines, but it is to the one who endures that the final victory comes.”
- Buddha

“A fight is not won by one punch or kick. Either learn to endure or hire a bodyguard.”
- Bruce Lee

Fauja Singh (born April 1, 1911) is a centenarian Sikh. He is a marathon runner of Indian descent who is a world record holder in his age bracket. His current personal best time for the London Marathon (2003) is 6 hours 2 minutes,and his marathonrecord, for age 90-plus, is 5 hours 40 minutes, at the age of 92, at the Toronto Waterfront Marathon 2003.

  • Running Career
    • Rediscovered at age of 81
    • Marathons run: London (5), Toronto (1), New York (1)
    • Marathon debut: London, 2000, aged 89
    • London Flora Marathon 2000: 6:54
    • London Flora Marathon 2001: 6:54
    • London Flora Marathon 2002: 6:45
    • Bupa Great North Run (Half Marathon) 2002: 2:39
    • London Flora Marathon 2003: 6:02
    • Toronto Waterfront Marathon 2003: 5:40
    • New York City Marathon 2003: 7:35
    • London Flora Marathon 2004: 6:07
    • Glasgow City Half Marathon 2004: 2:33
    • Capital Radio Help a London Child 10,000 m 2004: 1:08
    • Toronto Waterfront Half Marathon 2004: 2:29:59

Do you care to dare?

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The soul is a river. Good karma that one accumulates is the steps on the banks of the river. Truth is the water that flows in it. Character is the banks of that river. Compassion is a wave in it. Oh son of Pandu, take a bath in such a river. The inner mind is cleansed by such introspection but not by water.
- Hitopadesha, Sandhi
Can I learn to live like river by sitting in my bedroom, watching Discovery program about Ganga? No, I must walk towards bank of Ganga.

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(learn to) defeat(give-up) these three.(Bhagwad Gita 16.21)

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Be a lifelong apprentice!

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]]> http://lifemantras.com/2009/10/17/fire-within-2/feed/ 0 Smile to Laugh http://lifemantras.com/2009/08/30/smile-to-laugh/ http://lifemantras.com/2009/08/30/smile-to-laugh/#comments Sun, 30 Aug 2009 17:45:26 +0000 nisarg http://lifemantras.com/?p=608 Laugh!!

Laugh!!

From Bombay to Baroda and New York to New Delhi, life remains same with varied degree of speed – Wake up, get ready for work, commute, work, commute, eat, TV and sleep. Weekend fun is also routinized for few – Shop or Movie, Mall or Multiplex, TV or Game or even planned picnics by closed roof, central AC travelling! (Not against any of these until it becomes predicted routine)

Boredom enter in this routine so quietly with cat legs that you cannot notice your bored life until people notice that you are boring and dull living head.

In this very mechanical routine, we forget two most readily available antidotes – smile and laughter

Laugh and Smile

Laugh and Smile

Fun life wish for all!

From Bombay to Baroda and New York to New Delhi, life remains same with varied degree of speed – Wake up, get ready for work, commute, work, commute, eat, TV and sleep. Weekend fun is also routinized for few – Shop or Movie, Mall or Multiplex, TV or Game or even planned picnics by closed roof, central AC travelling! (Not against any of these until it becomes predicted routine)
Boredom enter in this routine so quietly with cat legs that you cannot notice your bored life until people notice that you are boring and dull living head.
In this very mechanical routine, we forget two most readily available antidotes – smile and laughter
1) Every morning, wake up, close eyes and smile!
2) During the day,
a. Laugh on yourself, on your small blunders (or wonders?) at least for 3 times a day!
b. Smile without reason! Go out, look at the sky, Kids playing, birds chirping and smile! (Don’t bother about what people will think!)
3) No matter how your day was, go to sleep with smile, with fulfillment and dreams for brand new day waiting for you.
Fun life wish for all!

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Life = Learning

Learning that makes life a beautiful living!
Wish you youthful, blissful and beautiful living!

Learning that makes life a beautiful living!

Wish you youthful, blissful and beautiful living!

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Monsoon 2009

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Living manual

Living manual

Wish you youthful, blissful and beautiful living!

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]]> http://lifemantras.com/2009/06/12/living/feed/ 1 Let go! Create new! http://lifemantras.com/2009/06/01/let-go-create-new/ http://lifemantras.com/2009/06/01/let-go-create-new/#comments Mon, 01 Jun 2009 02:08:26 +0000 nisarg http://lifemantras.com/?p=582 Let go! Create new!

Let go! Create new!

What is ‘now’ becomes dull past if we just spend it diving into sea of past memories, good or ugly. If ‘now’ is not what we desire, we switch over to past channel showing all goodies. If ‘now’ is better experience, we compare it with past and conclude that past was always better but we hardly live up to ‘now’ and make it grand!
Slowly, past becomes dull as ‘now’ is wasted for millions of times spending on revisiting past.
Before it acts as devil now-eater, learn from past and drop it. Create fresh, unique and newest ‘now’ for every now.

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