If you don't know why you're here, I encourage you to find out what your purpose is here.  What is the meaning of your life?  What will be different? Have you asked yourself that question and most people they go to their graves with their greatness still in them. 

          What if, you live your whole life only to discover that it was wrong. we've all taken time just to stop and reflect many times when we hear what is happening in the news or read the newspapers where's all this leading to,  what's going on here and so I think that now more than ever we must begin to look at what are the things that we can do. that would put us on some firm footing in life that will enable us to do some things and use some powers that we have that, many of us go through life never ever discovering that we have those things going for us and part of that, I believe is knowing  what it is your life work? What is it that gives your life a sense of meaning and purpose?  See if you know what your life work is, I encourage you to start working on it. if you can't do it all at one time do just a little bit of it and if you don't know what it is that you showed up to do if you don't know why you're here, I encourage you to find out what your purpose is here.  

          What is the meaning of your life because once you find that it puts you in your power place.  85 percent of the American public according to recent studies is going to jobs that they hate. Working on jobs that do not challenge them they get sick thinking about going because see when you go to a job and you already know how far you can go.  You can already see that proverbial glass ceiling see when you're going someplace and you already know how much you're going to make.  you already know how far you can go. you're in a dead-end position, it erodes your self-esteem, it lowers your sense of yourself,it creates an inner turmoil, it creates an giftedness in you.
        So, I say that your life is worth finding what it is to choose. Close imagine, if you will being on your deathbed and standing around your bed. The ghosts of the dreams,  the ideas, the abilities, the talents given to you by life with you for whatever reason, you never pursued those dreams,  you never acted on those ideas,  you never use those gifts, you never used those talents and that they are staring at you, as you're lying on your bed with large angry eyes saying we came to you only you could have given us life and now we must die with you forever and the question is, if you die today what dreams? What talents? What abilities? What gifts? What ideas? would die with you.


Zephyr August 29, 2021
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Believe in your dreams

We all have things that we believe for, dreams that we want to accomplish, and problems we're hoping will turn around. Maybe it's to see our family restored, or lose some weight, to break an addiction, to start our own business. But sometimes as it goes on, month after month, even year after year, we don't see anything changing. It's easy to get discouraged and think:

"This is never going to happen."

"This is as good as it gets. I'll just learn to live with it."

We all go through disappointments, setbacks, loss. Pain is a part of life. It's easy to get discouraged, even bitter, like:

"Why is this happening to me?"

Sometimes we look at pieces in our lives that don't make sense. The key is what we do in our times of pain. Pain will change us. Heartache, loss, disappointments. They don't leave us the same. Every painful time, even though you don't like it, it's developing something in you that can only be developed in the tough times. Eventually, that will pass. You'll get through it, but you will be different. In those tough times, when you are uncomfortable, going through a loss, dealing with an illness. You can easily let it overwhelm you. Now how the pain changes you is up to you. You can come out bitter or  you can come out better. You can come out defeated; giving up on your dreams or you can come out with a new passion, a new fire, excited about the new opportunities in front of you.
               I may not like it, but I'm not a whiner, I'm a warrior, I know I can handle this. Don't complain about the pain, without the pain we couldn't reach the fullness of our destinies. Sometimes we bring pain on ourselves: we make poor choices, get in a relationship we know it's not good or maybe get over our head in our spending. Now it's painful, we have to deal with the consequences. 
                All of us experience pain. My challenges don't just through it, grow through. That difficulty is an opportunity to get stronger, to develop character, to gain new confidence. Anybody can give up. Anybody can let it overwhelm you, but do you know what that's doing?  Wasting your pain. That pain is not there to stop you; it's there to prepare you, to increase you, to develop you. Difficulties are a part of life. Now quit telling yourself you can't take it. You're not weak, you are well able. Eventually the pain will pass. You'll get birth to new strength.  Just because it hasn't happened yet, doesn't mean that it's not going to happen.
                 There will always be forces trying to convince us to settle where we are. Life has a way of pushing our dreams down. They can become buried under discouragement, buried under past mistakes. There are dreams buried under divorce, buried under low self-esteem. It's easy to settle from mediocrity, even though we have all this potential buried on the inside. What are you remembering? The hurt, the pain, what didn't work out. Turn it around and remember you dream. 
                 Have you allowed any dreams to get buried in you? At one time, you believed you could do something great, you believed you could lead the company in sales; you believed you could break that addiction. There's been a long time. Had some bad breaks, wasn't your entire fault.  You could easily settle where you are. Nobody would fall to you. The enemy would love to deceive you into burying your dream, thinking thats never going to work out. Don't believe those lies. It's not too late to become all that you were created to be.
                 Every time you remember your dream, you're removing some dirt, you're digging it back out. The true mark of a champion is even though some dirt gets thrown on your dream, instead of letting it get buried, you keep shaking it off. You keep moving forward. You wouldn't be having that opposition if you didn't have something great in you. If your dream wasn't alive and on track, right on schedule to come to pass, you wouldn't have so many things coming against you. That dream is still alive. You may have tried a year ago, 5 years ago or 40 years ago. Didn't work out? Nobody was there to help you? Go back and try again. This is your time. This is your moment. Your destiny is calling out to you. Can I tell you? Your dream is not dead; it's just not in season. Your time is coming, Promotion is coming, Good breaks are coming, Promises you've been standing on, Dreams you've been praying about. Lack is not your destiny. Constantly struggling, barely getting by, is not the end of your story. These light afflictions are for a moment. The adversity is temporary. The glory is eternal.
                 There are some dreams shut up in you. Like fire, you're going to feel your destiny calling out, May not happen the first time, the loan didn't go through, you didn't get chosen for the par. The medical report wasn't good, thats ok, and its still in you. This is your time. This is your moment. Shake off the doubt. Shake off the negativity. You're at the right place. You're at the right time. Now all you've got to do is get in the right frame of mind. I believe this is my year to get healthy and whole. This is my year to meet the people of my dreams. This is my year to go further in my career, to step into a new level of my destiny. This is my year to accomplish dreams, to break free from this depression. This is my year to meet the right people. This is my year to get healthy and whole .This is your year to see double. This is your year for vindication, for restoration, for new beginnings. Now gets your mind going in the right direction.


Zephyr June 09, 2020
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5 THINGS YOU MUST LEARN TO RISE IN HARD TIMES

If we don't learn from the hardest times in our lives, we will never be able to move past them.  If we don't learn the lesson, it’s almost certain history will repeat itself in some form. Whenever things don't go to plan, whenever life throws us challenges and hardship, there's always a hidden blessing and always a strong lesson.  it may not be our fault,  sometimes things happen that are completely out of our control,   but if we detach from the situation and look at it objectively we might be able to see an area where we could have done better,  an area where,  if we had done the ground work,  the impact would have been less damaging. Whatever happened whatever you're going through use it. Use it to develop yourself.  Use it to grow into a stronger human being.  Use it to help others who may be going through something equally as challenging.  Here are five lessons we must learn from the hardest times.

1. “Self-work, works”  during the hardest times we really see who has done the work on themselves and who hasn't.  Self-work doesn't guarantee negative things won't happen to you, but it ensures your response to those negative events will be far better than those who have not done the work.  During difficult moments it is more important than ever we react from a place of calm and clarity, not from fear or panic and that is where self-work comes in. Those who have done the daily work in meditation and mindful practice are in a better place to make better decisions; those who practice daily gratitude are in a better place to resist the surge of negative energy flowing around them.  Those who have done the work to learn and develop are far better position to make stronger moves in hard times.  If you haven't been doing that self-work, now would be a fantastic time to start. Don’t brush it off, don't sweep it under the rug if you're not in a good place right now and you haven't been doing the work that really matters.  Ask yourself if you want to continue living this way? Do you want to continue feeling these feelings throughout your life? What about the next time something happens, do you want to be in a stronger position mentally and emotionally? If so, commit to start that daily practice and commit to it today. Write down your no matter what practices. No matter what, each and every morning I will practice gratitude, meditation, reading something positive, and all the things that you know will make you a better, stronger and happier human being. Write it down now and promise yourself you will commit to it, so you never feel Low, no matter the season ever again.

2. “Some things and some people just aren't that important” hard times can be a blessing in so many ways.  One of those is noticing the things that we give too much space in our minds and emotions that were never really that important. We noticed those who are always there, those who really care and perhaps some who do not. We noticed those who make time for you no matter what and those who do not. Take a moment in silence to ask yourself, what has been consuming too much of my energy that really isn't that important.  Maybe it's time to make some changes to reduce or eliminate those things for a better quality of life.

3. “Some things and some people are that important” and we must show that we know this and appreciate this. In contrast to the previous point hard times can really jolt us into understanding what and who we really care about. Who do we turn to in hard times, who do we jump to protect, who would we do anything for no matter what storms are raging, who would do anything for us. What passions come out, what makes us better and stronger in these times, what makes us feel better no matter what is going on. These things matter, get quiet for a moment and ask you those questions. Trust the answer, maybe you need to tell those people they are important to you, that you are thankful for them. Maybe you need to make some changes in your life to lock in those things that are important. Replacing some of the things that are not.

4. “Things must change” this is a big one because during the hardest times we all know that things must change. But most people are not willing to make those changes poor habits,  fear and conditioning keeps us locked into the prison of the past, which only guarantees more of the same in the future,  nothing will change long-term unless you change everything that needs changing.  Expecting your circumstances to change when you don't is insanity.  Commit to the self-growth changes you can make to create the life, you must have commit to it now and commit to it as a daily practice. It has to be your new identity, the old you must die for the new you to be born.

5. “This too shall pass” it’s hard when you're going through stressful life-altering moments to hear this, but if you think back over your life and the lives of everyone you know, you know that everything passes.  Good times don't last forever and neither do hard times. Trust that this moment will pass, know that it will and start doing the inner work now so that no moment in time can alter your state. Do that work on you so no moment in time, no event, no circumstance can change how you feel about your life. Keep going and keep going with optimism and faith in your heart.


Zephyr June 06, 2020
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Qutb Minar, Qutb-ud-din Aibak

आज हम बात करगे एक ऐसे इमारत के बारे में जिसे हम सदियों से एक इस्लामिक इमारत के तोर पे जानते है, पर इस इमारत को देख कर शुरु से ही इस्लामिक होने पर सवाल उठते आरहे है, हम बात कर रहे है विश्व के ऐतिहासिक धरोहरों मैं से एक क़ुतुब मीनार की, इससे UNESCO ने वर्ल्ड हेरिटेज घोषित किया है। इसके आस पास के परिसर को क़ुतुब काम्प्लेक्स कहते है, लकिन क़ुतुब मीनार की बनावट और संरचना को लेकर अक्सर विवाद होता रहे है। कहते है की दिल्ली के पहले मुस्लिम शासक क़ुतुब-उद-दीन ऐबक ने इससे बनवाना शुरु किया था, लकिन इसका आधार ही बनवाया था। फिर क़ुतुब-उद-दीन के उत्याधिकारी इल्तुतमिश ने इसकी  3 मंजिले बनवाई और 1369 में फ़िरोज़ शाह तुग़लक ने  पाचवी और अंतिम मंजिल बनवाई। लकिन इस इमारत की संरचना और दूसरे काम्प्लेक्स में बनी इमारतों को देखकर इसके शुरु से ही इस्लामिक होने पर सवाल उठते आये है । देखा जाये तो इसकी दीवारों पर अरबी में कुरान की आयते लिखी है, लकिन इसके पास में ही एक खंडरनुमा ढाचा है, जिसके ऊपर एक गुम्बबत बना हुआ है। लकिन इसके स्तंभ और उसके ऊपर बनी आकृतिया कुछ और ही कहानी कहती है । ऐसे स्तंभ और आकृतिया तो मंदिरों में बनाई जाती है धयान से देखा  जाये तो इसके खम्बो पर मंदिर में लगाने वाली घंटिय बनी है। पास में रखे एक पत्थर पर भगवान गणेश की प्रतिमा
जेसी आकृति भी दिखाई देती है, और ऐसा भी लगता है की इसे मिटने की भी कोशिश की गई है, लेकिन ये पूरी तरह मिट नहीं पाई और पास ही में रामायण में ज़िक्र किये गए युद्ध को दिखाया गया है। तो सवाल ये है की इस इस्लामिक काम्प्लेक्स में हिन्दू धर्म से जुडी चीजें क्यों मिल रही है ।
       ये तो बात थी क़ुतुब मीनार के आस पास के खंडरो की, लेकिन क़ुतुब मीनार की दीवारों पर भी घंटिय और जंजीर बन हुई है। ये घंटिय और जंजीरे इस काम्प्लेक्स में बनी आधूरी इमारतों की घंटियों और जंजीरों के जैसी ही दिखती है, और आप को बता दे की इस्लाम में घंटिया प्रतिबंधित होती है। मुहम्मद साहब ने कहा था की घंटी शैतान के संगीत का उपकरण है। ऐसे में सवाल उठता है की कोई भी मुस्लिम शासक ने अपने कारीगरों से घंटिय उकेरने को क्यों कहेगा।
      कहा जाता है की क़ुतुब मीनार को आजान के लिए बनाया गया था। आजान के लिए कोई इतनी उची इमारत क्यों बनवायेगा जहा चड़ने में 45 मिनट लग जाये और नचे तक आवाज़ भी न जाये क्योको 800 साल पहले तो स्पीकर भी नहीं होते थे। ऐसा माना जाता है की क़ुतुब-उद-दीन ऐबक ने अपना नाम अमर करने के लिए इस इमारत को बनवाया था । पास ही में बनी छोटीसी मस्जिद पर भी उसका नाम लिखा है।
       पर कहा तो ये भी जाता है की क़ुतुब-उद-दीन ऐबक ने क़ुतुब काम्प्लेक्स और उसके आस पास कोई भी इमारत नहीं बनवाई है। वो तो लाहौर में रहता था। क़ुतुब मीनार के सम्बन्ध में इतिहास में हुए कोई भी दस्तावेज़ नहीं मिलते है। 1852 में एक मुस्लिम पुरातत्त्ववेत्ता सईद अहमद खान ने एक पेपर में प्रदर्शन था। जिसमे ज़िक्र किया था की क़ुतुब मीनार एक हिन्दू इमारत है ।
       अब किसकी बात सच है, और किसकी नहीं ये तो हम नहीं कह सखते पर इन सरे तथ्यों को देखने के बाद मुझे तो यही  लगता है, की क़ुतुब मीनार एक हिन्दू द्वारा निर्मित  इमारत है ।
Zephyr June 02, 2020
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If you’re feeling low take a quick review of these 20 inspirational and spiritual quotes. These simple but powerful quotes will brighten up you even within the darkest day and hopefully bring you back to alignment together with your true nature which is joy and lightweightheartedness. Never forget that you become what you speak about and feel most often, so flood your mind with positive vibes and start right here with these 20 inspirational spiritual quotes.


Inspirational, motivational
1. “Create a life that feels good on the inside not just one that looks good on the outside”   if you want to feel truly rich look around you and count all of the things you have that money can't buy if you can breathe you can smile. So flood your mind with positive thoughts, because happiness is the most sought after currency on earth. 


There is nothing more important than this moment
2. “There is nothing more important than this moment”  living in the past creates anxiety,  living in the future creates fear of the unknown,  concentrate on living and enjoying the present moment if you want to live life to its fullest potential.


Follow your intuition it will always lead you to the right destination
3. “Follow your intuition it will always lead you to the right destination” put faith in your intuition and the universe will lead the way.


let your faith be bigger than your fears,  have faith success will be near
4. "let your faith be bigger than your fears,  have faith success will be near”  you can't see faith or fear but you can decide which one controls your life. 

No dream is too big when you understand abundance is your birthright
5. “No dream is too big when you understand abundance is your birthright” as Mark Twain said the two most important days of your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why. 


Our future reality depends on what we do now in this present moment
6. “Our future reality depends on what we do now in this present moment” you are the architect of your own destiny, so make today count. 


You can join me when you are in alignment with me
7. “You can join me when you are in alignment with me” finding people that are in alignment with you is one of life's greatest treasures, if you haven't found them yet keep looking.

If your intention is powerful, your action will be powerful, if your action is powerful, your results will be powerful
8. “If your intention is powerful, your action will be powerful, if your action is powerful, your results will be powerful” powerful intentions create powerful results. 


Logic will get you from A to B, imagination will take you everywhere” Albert Einstein
9. "Logic will get you from A to B, imagination will take you everywhere” Albert Einstein.  To create the life you want you have to be able to see it first in your mind. No dream is too big, believe in your heart what you want will be yours.  Act as if it is already in its own will be.


I deserve to be rich, I deserve to be happy, I deserve peace, I deserve freedom
10. (Affirmation) “I deserve to be rich, I deserve to be happy, I deserve peace, I deserve freedom” affirmations are phone calls to the universe. The more you call, the more likely your call will be answered.


If you ever feel above or below anyone you are wrong
11. “If you ever feel above or below anyone you are wrong” the only time you shall look down on someone is, if you are helping them up no matter how much you achieve you are never above another. The higher you climb the more you can help others rise to your level.


I believe miracles are on the way, today, tomorrow every day
12. “I believe miracles are on the way, today, tomorrow every day” when you believe miracles are on the way, you will begin to manifest them.


The primary cause of unhappiness is never the situation,  but rather your thoughts about the situation
13. “The primary cause of unhappiness is never the situation,  but rather your thoughts about the situation”  at car towing  the mind is an amazing thing,  any situation no matter how good can be made unbearable by overwhelming negativity, realize that the answer to finding happiness is always in the thoughts you're holding in the present moment.


In any given moment we have two options to step forward into growth or to step back into safety
14. “In any given moment we have two options to step forward into growth or to step back into safety” Abraham Maslow.  Growth in life is choices Vitality, Positivity, Abundance they are all choices which option will you choose.
“Eliminate everything that doesn't help you evolve”
15. “Eliminate everything that doesn't help you evolve”  if you want something different you have to do something different, make hard decisions now so you can work towards the life you've always dreamed of. Choose only the people habits and beliefs that help you evolve and make those choices consistently.


Take time to do what makes your soul happy. Take time for you
16. “Take time to do what makes your soul happy. Take time for you” there is nothing of more importance in your life than to be consciously aware of, and make room for your happiness. Feel good first and the rest of your life will function at a higher level, including all your relationships and your results.


Nothing ever goes away until it has taught us what we need to know
17. “Nothing ever goes away until it has taught us what we need to know” Pema Chodron. If you want to move on realize what the universe is trying to tell you, no challenge was sent to break you, most often they were sent to make you better stronger wiser.  Learn the lesson understand the blessing and move forward.


The greatest illusion in the world is the illusion of separation
18. “The greatest illusion in the world is the illusion of separation” realize deeply that everything in the universe is connected; sadness and feelings of separation are symptoms of a negative mind. Positivity will always manifest a more positive experience of reality and a deeper filling of connection.


You are not in the universe you are the universe Eckhart Tolle
19. “You are not in the universe you are the universe” Eckhart Tolle. You are literally made of Stardust, a walking miracle. Would you be happy if you won the lottery the miracle of life, we so easily take for granted is equal to winning the lottery every single day. Tell someone you won the lottery see the reaction that is the answer to the happiness you seek.


“When you realize there is no lacking, the whole world belongs to you” Lao Tzu
20. “When you realize there is no lacking, the whole world belongs to you” Lao Tzu. If you want to see how rich you truly are, you just have to look in the mirror you are indeed a miracle and once you realize that there is no lack.


Zephyr May 31, 2020
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      India is better known as the land of diversity. It is also a place where religions acquire more importance. All though we are moving towards modernism still a culture, rituals, religion are well preserved. Many Ancient temples are still standing to tell the sagas of Indians rich religious heritage. Some of these temples continue to function and are among the richest temples in India. Few in the category of the richest temple are not old, but due to great followers of devotees they are on this list. So let’s take a look at 5 richest temple of India. 

5. Siddhivinayak Mumbai- visitor arrive here in numbers ranging from 30,000 to 50,000 per day. Lord Genesha is sighting under the golden roof, and the temple has accumulated 158 kg of gold offerings,    Worth 67 million dollars so far. Which make Mumbai richest temple collect around 2.2 million dollar collect per year. The heavily guarded vaults here are strictly off limits. The temple is also frequently visited by celebrity around the world. Apple CEO Tim Cook is the latest edition to the list.


4. Vaishno devi temple-  The Vaishno devi temple is one of the richest temple in India, Visited by millions of devotee from around the world. The sacred shrine of the goddess Vaishno devi attracts a large no. of pilgrims every year. It the center of deeply rooted Hindu religious believes with an annual income of around 7 million dollar. About 8 million pilgrims arrives at this temple which makes it the 2nd most visited temple in India after Tirupati .


3. Sai baba temple shirdi - Sai baba of shirdi has millions of followers around the world and he known for helping those in need. Suppository there was a collection of over rupee 2000 crores for the temple. According to report the temple’s bank account has about rupee 1.8 billion, plus 380 kg of gold,  4428  kg of silver and a large amount of money in the form of dollars and pounds. The incredible no. mentions above about make the temple a worthy candidate on the list of the richest temple in India.


2. Venkateshwara temple tirupati – The Venkateshwara temple is visited daily by 50,000 to 1 lakh people and no. rises to 5 lakhs during festivals and specials occasions. With so many devotees paying tribute daily it shouldn’t surprise us that the temple receives large amount of donations. The Tirumala temple has gold reserves  as 52 tons of gold ornaments including ancient gold ornaments and vessels of deities  donated by kings for more than 1000 years’ worth more than 20 billion dollar. According to an estimate most recent each year it convert more than 3000 kg of gold received in pilgrimages or handi donation box as gold reserve deposit in  nationalize bank. It’s the richest temple our country has got and tirupati temple gets his annual donation of 650 crores and alone make 11 million dollar for selling laddus.


1. Sri Padmanabhaswamy temple Trivandrum  –  Padmanabhaswamy temple is not only the richest temple of India, but also the richest in the world. The temple is built in the Dravidian style architecture which is prevalent in southern India. The temple is delectated to lord Vishnu, it was discovered that the recently opened temple walls were flooded with gold silver and diamonds. Some people estimated that the value of the treasure is worth 1 trillion dollars this puts the temple far ahead of any other temple in the world and there is a very small possibility that any temple can match the amount of money it has.   



Zephyr May 28, 2020
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DEVELOPMENTAL PROCESSES AND PERIODS IN CHILD DEVELOPMENT

Each of us develops in certain ways like all other individuals, like some other individuals, and like no other individuals. Most of the time, our attention is directed to a person's uniqueness, but psychologists who study development are drawn to ours hared characteristics as well as what makes us unique. As humans, we all have traveled some common paths. Each of us-Leonardo da Vinci, Joan of Arc, George Washington, Martin Luther King, Jr., and you walked at about the age of 1, engaged in fantasy play as a young child, and became more independent as a youth What shapes this common path of human development, and what are its milestones?

Biological, Cognitive, and Socioemotional Processes

The pattern of human development is created by the interplay of several processes biological cognitive, and socioemotional. 

Biological processes produce changes in an individual's body. Genes inherited from parents, the development of the brain, height and weight gains, motor skills, and the hormonal changes of puberty all reflect the role of biological processes in development.

Cognitive processes refer to changes in an individual's thought, intelligence, and language. The tasks of watching a mobile swinging above a crib, putting together a two-word sentence, memorizing a poem, solving a math problem, and imagining what it would be like to be a movie star all involve cognitive processes.

Socioemotional processes involve changes in an individual's relationships with other people, changes in emotions, and changes in personality. An infant's smile in response to her mother's touch, a young boy's attack on a playmate, a girl's development of assertiveness, and an adolescent's joy at the senior prom all reflect socioemotional development.

       Biological, cognitive, and socioemotional processes are intricately intertwined. Consider a baby smiling in response to its mother's touch. Even this simple response depends on biological processes (the physical nature of the touch and responsiveness to it), cognitive processes (the ability to understand intentional acts), and socioemotional processes (smiling often reflects positive emotion and smiling helps to connect infants with other human beings).

Periods of Development

For the purposes of organization and understanding, a child's development is commonly described in terms of periods, which are given approximate age ranges. The most widely used classification of developmental periods describes a child's development in terms of the following sequence: the prenatal period, infancy, early childhood, middle and late childhood, and adolescence.
       The prenatal period is the time from conception to birth, roughly a nine-month period. During this amazing time a single cell grows into an organism, complete with a brain and behavioral capabilities.

Infancy is the developmental period that extends from birth to about 18 to 24 months of age. Infancy is a time of extreme dependence on adults. Many psychological activities are just beginning--the ability to speak, to coordinate sensations and physical actions to think with symbols, and to imitate and learn from others.

Early childhood is the developmental period that extends from the end of infancy to about 5 to 6 years of age; sometimes this period is called the preschool years. During this time, young children learn to become more self-sufficient and to care for themselves, they develop school readiness skills (following instructions, identifying letters), and they spend many hours in play and with peers. First grade typically marks the end of this period.

Middle and late childhood is the developmental period that extends from about 6 to 11 years of age; sometimes this period is referred to as the elementary school years. Children master the fundamental skills of reading, writing, and arithmetic, and they are formally exposed to the larger world and its culture. Achievement becomes a more central theme of the child's world, and self-control increases.

Adolescence is the developmental period of transition from childhood to early adulthood, entered at approximately 10 to 12 years of age and ending at 18 to 22 years of age. Adolescence begins with rapid physical changes dramatic gains in height and weight; changes in body contour; and the development of sexual characteristics such as enlargement of the breasts, development of pubic and facial hair, and deepening of the voice. The pursuit of independence and an identity are prominent features of this period of development. More and more time is spent outside of the family. Thought becomes more abstract, idealistic and logical.

        Today, developmentalists do not believe that change ends with adolescence. They describe development as a lifelong process. However, the purpose of this text is to describe the changes in development that take place from conception through adolescence. 
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