Giving and Receiving : Circle Of Kindness

The Circle of Giving and Receiving

Anonymous giving and acts of kindness can lead the giver to a very lonely place in the universe. Like the Lone Ranger or some other disguised hero, we do kind things all the time and so often the people on the receiving end don’t see it or don’t recognize it.

Living a life of altruism, in its most ideal form, means setting the ego aside and not doing what we do for credit. Usually, I have no problem with this at all. But there are those days, perhaps when I’m feeling a little weak or drained, where I find myself feeling lonely with it all, feeling like I’m giving, giving, giving, to a world that is in super receiving mode and asleep to what’s being done for them. I get a little discouraged.

Even idealized heroes had their inner circle of friends who knew who they really were and what their life was all about. The Lone Ranger had Tonto. Batman had Robin and his butler, Alfred. You get the picture. Being truly altruistic means we do what we do without expectation for credit or recognition. Otherwise, it’s not truly altruistic. But at some point, we have to be good receivers to continue to be effective givers.

I remember shortly after my first child was born that my wife and I reached a point where we were really struggling to make ends meet. We both had jobs but the pay was very meager. We were both doing work that we loved doing and we were really caught up in the magic of being new parents. But a financial reality burst our bubble one day.We had nothing left in savings, and bills that were due, some overdue, could not be met.

We talked with other people about our dire circumstances. We got a lot of sympathy but we were still feeling a lot of stress and not coming up with any solutions. And then it happened. I opened the front door one morning and found a plain white envelope tucked inside the screen door. Inside the envelope was $100 dollars. I felt this tremendous sense of energy swell up within me, surrounding me like a great, warm comforter. Some kind soul anonymously gave what felt like an awful lot of money to me then. They obviously didn’t want credit for their generosity and to this day I’ve never known for certain who it was.

In those days, that $100 would have just about paid for a month’s rent. And even though it wasn’t enough to make good on all of our bills, receiving the money gave us such a sense of relief and humbleness to be blessed by some great kindness of a friend who wanted no credit from us whatsoever. We made it through that dark time, not so much from the money we’d been given, but by realizing how powerful an act of anonymous generosity can be.

I’ve paid that act of kindness forward over and over many times. And even being the veteran giver that I consider myself to be, my mind still swings like a pendulum between the extremes of totally selfless giving and the need to receive something in return occasionally. Despite the back and forth energy of the momentum that is created, my sense is that I am ever moving forward through a world that often feels thankless and uncaring. I am constantly aware that there have probably been countless occasions when I have been the receiver of many acts of kindness from others who may have been aware of what they were doing even though I was asleep to their gift.

I am committed to being more awake to what’s going on around me and to showing my gratitude whenever possible for any act of kindness given, even if it’s as small a thing as someone holding open a door for me. Living a life of kindness is like breathing: for every breath out, there has to be a breath back in. That isn’t about ego. It’s about staying alive and being fully human. Now, let’s get back to it. Hi, ho, Silver, away!


Author : Unknown

Inspirational story : Life is an Echo

A son and his father were walking in the mountains. Suddenly, his son falls, hurts himself and screams: "AAAhhhhhhhhhhh! !!"

To his surprise, hears the voice repeating, somewhere in the mountain: "AAAhhhhhhhhhhh! !!"

Curious, he yells: "Who are you?"

He receives the answer: "Who are you?"

Angered at the response, he screams: "Coward!"

He receives the answer: "Coward!"

He looks to his father and asks: "What's going on?"

The father smiles and says: "My son, pay attention." And then he screams to the mountain: "I admire you!"

The voice answers: "I admire you!"

Again the man screams: "You are a champion!"

The voice answers: "You are a champion!"

The boy is surprised, but does not understand. Then the father explains: "People call this echo, but really this is life. It gives
you back everything you say or do. Our life is simply a reflection of our actions. If you want more love in the world, create more love in your heart. If you want more competence in your team, improve your competence.

This relationship applies to everything, in all aspect of life; life will give you back everything you have given to it."

-- Author Unknown

What's Love?

When you are together with that special someone, you pretend to ignore that person. But when that special someone is not around, you might look around to find them.
At that moment, you are in Love.

Although there is someone else who always makes you laugh, your eyes and attention might go only to that special someone.
Then, you are in love.

Although that special someone was supposed to have called you long back, to let you know of their safe arrival,

your phone is quiet. You are desperately waiting for the call!
At that moment, you are in love.

If you are much more excited for one short e-mail from that special someone than other many long e-mails,
you are in love.

When you find yourself as one who cannot erase all the emails or SMS messages in your phone because of one message
from that special someone,
you are in love.

When you get a couple of free movie tickets, you would not hesitate to think of that special someone.
Then, you are in love.

You keep telling yourself, "that special someone is just a friend",but you realize that you can not avoid that person's special attraction. At that moment,
you are in love.

Miracle Of Friendship

There is a miracle called friendship
that dwells within the heart,
And you don't know how it happens
or how it gets it's start...
But the happiness it brings
will always give a special lift,
And you realize that friendship
is God's most precious gift!

- Author Unknown

Inspiring Message : Real Treasure To Be Found

Real Treasure To Be Found

If you're always chasing happiness, it will never be able to find you. Relax, simply give happiness a place to live in you, and it will be in great abundance.

When you put conditions on enjoyment, it turns into just another chore. Let go, and sincerely enjoy the miracle that is your life as it comes to you in each moment.

If you become overly attached to specific results, you set yourself up for disappointment and disillusionment. Be ambitious, yet do not be your ambition.

Sometimes, when things fail to go the way you planned, they turn out better than you could have possibly expected. Welcome life's surprises and choose to see the positive value that is in each one of them.

Don't be too quick to place judgments on the people, situations and events in your life. In everything that comes along, there is an opportunity for you to more fully discover and express your true purpose.

Be open to whatever life brings your way. There is real treasure to be found in it all.

- Author Unknown

A Smile Knows No Language Barriers

I was visiting my sister a couple of weeks ago and it was snowing hard, in between bursts of icy raindrops. My husband and I dived into a coffee shop for a quick burst of heat. Sitting there watching the rain run down the window and people battle with their umbrellas all I could focus on was the one girl standing outside of the shopping centre selling a homeless magazine. Her approach wasn't pushy, just to ask if anyone wanted to buy it and then avert her gaze to the puddles on the ground. So many people walked past weighed down by bags of goodies from the sales that I began to feel quite sad.

I sent my husband back to the counter to buy her what I had just enjoyed -- a big hot chocolate with cream. Her smile melted my heart when I handed it over to her. She was foreign so her English wasn't great, but a smile knows no language barriers. I toyed with the idea that maybe just buying her 'what I had' wasn't right and that I should go to ask her what she would like. But then I convinced myself that if I did ask her she might feel less happy to accept and so for a brief moment our lives were one. Ironically though, as she had a smile on her face, I had a tear in my eye - as if we'd swapped lives for a split second.

- Author Unknown

Hope

Hope

Hope is with you when you believe
The earth is not a dream but living flesh,
that sight, touch, and hearing do not lie,
That all thing you have ever seen here
Are like a garden looked at from a gate.
You cannot enter. But you're sure it's there.

Could we but look more clearly and wisely
We might discover somewhere in the garden
A strange new flower and an unnamed star.

Some people say that we should not trust our eyes,
That there is nothing, just a seeming,
There are the ones who have no hope.

They think the moment we turn away,
The world, behind our backs, ceases to exist,
As if snatched up by the hand of thieves.

- Czeslaw Milosz

MOtivational Story : Excellence Is A Drive From "Inside"

A gentleman was once visiting a temple under construction. In the temple premises, he saw a sculptor making an idol of God. Suddenly he saw, just a few meters away, another identical idol was lying.

Surprised he asked the sculptor, “Do you need two statutes of the same idol”. “No” said the sculptor. “We need only one, but the first one got damaged at the last stage”. The gentleman examined the sculptor. No apparent damage was visible.

“Where is the damage” asked the gentleman.

“There is a scratch on the nose of the idol. Where are you going to keep the idol”.

“The sculptor replied that it will be installed on a pillar 20 feet high. When the idol will be 20 feet away from the eyes of the beholder, who is going to know that there is scratch on the nose?” The gentleman asked.

“The sculptor looked at the gentleman, smiled and said "God knows it and I know it ".

The desire to excel should be exclusive of the fact whether someone appreciates it or not. Excellence is a drive from “Inside” not “Outside".

- Jasmine

Motivational Thoughts

The greatest handicap - Fear

The best day - Today

Hardest thing to do - To begin

Easiest thing to do - Finding faults

Most useless asset - Pride

Most useful asset - Humility

Most disagreeable person - The complainer

Great need - Common sense

Meanest feeling - Regret at another's success

Best gift - Forgiveness

The hardest & most painful to accept - Defeat

The greatest knowledge - Experience

The greatest thing - LOVE

The greatest success in the world - PEACE OF MIND

- Jasmine

Some Inspirational Quotes

Think Twice, Act Wise

Don’t make promise when you are in joy.

Don’t reply when you are sad.

Don’t take decision when you are angry.

Think Twice., Act Wise.

- Unknown

Motivational Thinking : Lost Time Is Never Gained

Nobody will sympathize with a person
who constantly lets chances pass by
without making any efforts to salvage them.

We normally don't realize
how important our loved and close ones are until they leave us,
and then we start regretting, which results in misery.

Lost time is NEVER gained again.

- Unknown

Self Motivational Thinking : You Create Your Future

If you stop and think about it, what we call the "future" is really only a product of our imagination. Each of us imagines the future out of our hopes and fears. If we feel good about ourselves, then we tend to focus on our hopes and dreams. On the other hand, if we don't feel good about ourselves, we project our fears into the picture of the future, which we view in our heads.

Too often, we tend to focus on worst case scenarios of what might happen to us. Unfortunately, the more we focus on this and visualize the awful events that we imagine in our heads, the more likely they will come to pass.

However, if you can begin to imagine a more enjoyable, fulfilling and desirable "future" and to picture it on a regular basis, you will find yourself drawn toward bringing this "future" into being.

Once you believe that this vision of your "future" is possible, then you can really commit to creating it and you'll begin to take action. As you see yourself acting with greater optimism, enthusiasm, and purpose, you will become like a magnet, attracting into your life the ideas, people, resources and opportunities that you need to bring about this vision.

- Jasmine

Life is About Creating Yourself – Think on This

1. Stand for something or Fall for anything!

2. It is difficult to get where you want to go, If you don't know where you are or where you have been!

3. Invest on Knowledge, It will give you the best Interest!

4. Don't forget Beauty is skin deep!

5. If you don't practice in problem on your OWN, you will DIE!

6. Success is not much what you are; BUT, rather what you appear to be!

7. Things would happen, but it takes time!

8. Suffering is not a punishment, but it's the result!

9. LIFE IS NOT ABOUT FINDING YOURSELF!; LIFE IS ABOUT CREATING YOURSELF!.

- Unknown

Some Motivational Quotes

You Make A Difference

Don't spend you precious time asking
'Why isn't the world a better place?'
It will only be time waster.

The question to ask is 'How can I make it better?'
To that there is an answer.

~ Leo F. Buscaglia ~


Wise Quotes

Don’t let someone become a priority in your life,
When you are just an option in their life …
Relationships works best when they are balanced.

When we wake up this morning, we have two simple choices.
Go back to sleep and dream, or wake up and chase those dreams.
Choice is yours…

We make them cry who care for us,
We cry for those who never care for us
And we care for those who will never cry for us
This is the truth of life, it’s strange but true
Once u realize this, it’s never too late to change

Don’t make promises when you are in joy
Don’t reply when you are sad
Don’t take decisions when u are angry
Think twice, Act wise

Time is like a river, You cannot touch the same water twice
Because the flow that has passed will never pass again
Enjoy every moment of life

- Unknown


Don't compare yourself with anyone in this world. If you do so, you are insulting yourself

- ALEN STRIKE

You are not responsible for what people think about you but you are responsible for what you give them to think about you.
- STANLEY FERRARD

Write your sad times in Sand; Write your Good times in Stone.

- GEORGE BERNARD SHAW

Behind every successful man, there is an untold pain in his heart.

- BILL JACOBS

Without your involvement you can't succeed. With your involvement you can't fail.
- Dr. ABDUL KALAM

Love your job but don't love your Company because you may not know when your company stops loving you
- Narayana Moorthy

You may get DELAYED to reach your Targets,
But every step you take towards your target is EQUAL to Victory.
- KARL MARX

It's better to loose your Ego to the one you Love, than to loose the one you LOVE because of EGO.
- JOHN KEATS

Don't make promise when you are in JOY. Don't reply when you are SAD.
Don't take decisions when you are ANGRY. Think twice, Act wise. BE happy.


When you start caring about yourself, you start loving somebody ,
But when start caring about others somebody will start loving you.


What is the Secret of SUCCESS...? 'RIGHT DECISIONS'
How do you make Right Decisions...? 'EXPERIENCE'
How do you get Experience...? 'WRONG DECISIONS'..
_________________
~~~~Jasmine~~~

A Pocketful of Hope

Here's a quick reminder to all of you when you get stuck in a moment --- that, somewhere out there, someone always comes along with a pocket full of hope.

Today I spent all my coins and dollar bills on little deeds. I had skipped breakfast because the clock was ticking away too quickly. On top of the mad rush, I forgot my lunch. I was going to buy my lunch along the way, but a person in need asked me if I could spare them some cash, so I decided that moment, to put them first.

So, then later, that evening, I was heading home anxiously awaiting dinner, when I got a call from my Mom saying that she was stuck working the late night shift and wouldn't be able to make it to the market to pick up groceries. Even though there was no food in the house, I took a step back for a second, and I told my Mom not to worry as I would surely find myself something on which to munch. :)

While I was still processing this sudden set of changes in my food options for the day, I passed a young man with a broad smile handing out crunchy samples of crackers at a supermarket stand. He gave me a packet and then did a double take saying, "How about you take some more for school tomorrow?" In response to that, I opened up my heart by returning a warm smile to him and also opened up my plastic carry on bag as he gladly filled it with 20 little crunchy packets. I was thrilled.

Whether you call it luck, fate, serendipity or the stroke of the universe, I just wanted to say that somewhere out there somebody came along carrying a glimpse of hope in his heart and shared a piece of it with me! Somebody out there will one day do the same for you!

- Author Unknown

Inspiring Thought : You Came Here To Do Great Things

You are worthy of all the goodness that life can hold.

You are capable of making a valuable contribution to the moment you're in.

You do not need to beg for the kindness of others. For you have within you the ability to express and manifest enough kindness to fill your world.

There is no reason for you to feel sorry for yourself, and there is no point in acting in such a way that others feel sorry for you. For a world full of positive possibilities awaits you, if you will simply lift your head and open your eyes.

You have no cause to be ashamed of who you are or where you come from. For there is so much you have to offer.

You were born to do things that have never been done before and to understand things that have never been understood.

You are here in this place to express the rich and unique beauty that lives within you.

The silly little dramas of the day cannot get you down for it is just now you have realized you are here to do great things.

- Ralph Marston

What's Love?

When you are together with that special someone, you pretend to ignore
that person. But when that special someone is not around, you might look around to find them. At that moment, you are in Love.

Although there is someone else who always makes you laugh,
your eyes and attention might go only to that special someone.
Then, you are in love.

Although that special someone was supposed to have called you long back,
to let you know of their safe arrival, your phone is quiet.
You are desperately waiting for the call!
At that moment, you are in love.

If you are much more excited for one short e-mail from
that special someone than other many long e-mails,
you are in love.

When you find yourself as one who cannot erase all the
emails or SMS messages in your phone because of one message
from that special someone, you are in love.

When you get a couple of free movie tickets, you would
not hesitate to think of that special someone.
Then, you are in love.

You keep telling yourself, "that special someone is just a friend",but
you realize that you can not avoid that person's special attraction. At that
moment, you are in love.

- Author Unknown

Love Poem - Rainbow of Love

I'll Paint You A Rainbow


I'll paint you a rainbow to hang on the wall,
to brighten your heart when the gray shadows fall.
On a canvas of joy outlasting the years,
with a soft brush of sweetness to dry all your tears.
I'll paint you a rainbow with colors of smiles
That glow with sincerity over the miles.
On a palette of words I will tenderly blend
Tones into treasures of sunlight and wind.

I'll paint you a rainbow that reaches so wide,
Your sights and your sorrows will vanish inside,
And deep in the center of each different hue,
A memory fashioned especially for you.
So lift up your eyes, for suspended above,
A rainbow designed by the fingers of love.......!!!!!!

- Unknown

Love Poem

My Angel Of Love

There are not enough words in our language
To describe my love for you...
Only God knows the depths I would go
To prove my love is true.

For when he opened heavens doors
And let me find your heart
I found an angel who lost her way
In need a of brand new start..

God guided us to each other
With hands gently from above
He told all his angels,
Now watch them fall in love.

He knew what he was doing
For this love was meant to be
He wanted us together,
All the angels began to see

Our love will be blessed,
We'll have riches beyond anyone has known
For our love is richer than all golds
Just look how our love has grown..

So if you ever doubt my love,
Look how we came to be
God gave us both a chance
He opened heaven's doors for me...

The angels sang out in heaven,
God bless this love below
For without your guidance
This love would never grow.

I found an angel who lost her way
In need of a brand new start
God opened up Heavens doors
To let me find your heart...

- Unknown

Life and Love . . .

If you’re looking for Love - Look where you’d least expect it,
If you found it but He or She hasn’t ‘found’ you
– Tell them slowly from the heart what they mean to you,

If you lost yours' and are hanging you head in pain
– Love yourself for a while, treat yourself and show yourself some love, You will Love again,

Your partner is out there ….your soul mate……….your Heart or rib Frame,
Love is an ocean there are ups and downs, tossing and turning,
It’s not the Ending place of the journey, nor where you begin
Like Life, Love is a journey,
It’s what comes between its birth and death that define its True meaning . . .

- Unknown

Times In Love

There are times when words aren’t enough
feelings can’t always be put into words;
because they are inadequate and often escape us
sometimes, there are only feelings.

There are times when all you need is a look;
a silent, wordless connection between souls
an understanding that needs no translation
a natural, knowing stare that says everything.

There are times when all you need is a touch;
nothing spoken - just the gesture of reaching out
touching, silently transferring your energy
conveying something that comes from within

There are times when all you need is acceptance
to know that you are valued as you are
that any changes you make only enhance you more
as you discover yourself.

There are times when all you need is love
no conditions or demands, only simplicity.
to know that for no reason at all
another chooses you over all others.
There are times when all you ever wanted,
was to be completed by another person.

There are times when you need all of these things
there are times when nothing else matters.

- Unknown

Difference between "Somebody You Love" & "Somebody You Like"

1 - In front of the person you love, your heart beats faster, But
in front of the person you like, you get happy.

2 - in front of the person you love, winter seems like spring. But
in front of the person you like, winter is just beautiful winter.

3 - If you look into the eyes of the one you love, you blush. But
if you look into the eyes of the one you like, you smile.

4 - In front of the person you love, you can't say everything on your mind. But
in front of the person you like, you can.

5 - In front of the person you love, you tend to get shy. But
in front of the person you like, you can show your own self.

6 - You can't look straight into the eyes of the one you love. But
you can always smile into the eyes of the one you like.

7 - When the one you love is crying, you cry with them. But
when the one you like is crying, you end up comforting.

8 - The feeling of love starts from the eye But
the feeling of like starts from the ear.

So if you stop liking a person you used to like, all you need to do is cover your ears. But
if you try to close your eyes, love turns into a drop of tear and remains in your heart forever...

- Author Unknown

Beautiful Romantic Poem

What You Mean To Me

You . . .
Are the beginning of every day.

You . . .
Bring happiness and warm feelings
Each and every time I feel down.
My thoughts are of you constantly.

Time stands still when I cannot hear your sweet voice.
When I go to sleep at night,
In my mind, you are the one lying beside me.
My dreams are of us and when I wake,
I feel your presence.

You are the beacon that draws me,
Like a moth to a light.
Your kind words are a blessing to my ears.
Your unselfishness is a trait that many strive for,
Coming naturally to you.

Though you may feel down at times,
You still have kind words to share
Cheering others up.

When I tell you these three words,
Know they come from the heart:
"I love you" and everything about you.

- Author Unknown

Special Poem on Love

Can’t Live Without You!!!!


Do you know who I am?
The man you love!
Who stays up nights.
Who thinks of you.
And do you care enough,
to think of me,for what I am?

I can’t live without you,baby!
You are the only one.
I care enough,to think about.

I can’t live without you,honey!
You are the only one.
Who cared enough,to comfort me.

Do you know what I need?
The love in life,you’ld give to me.
And if you share your life with me.
I will think of you everyday.

I can’t live without you,baby!
I need your loving ways.
Your tenderness,your sweet caress.

I can’t live without you,honey!
Your love,just fills me up.
It gives me strength,to carry on.

Do you know where to be,when I arrive,
to share my love?
Would you stand next to me?
So I can hold,and comfort you.

I can’t live without you,baby!
Your love’s the greatest thing.
The ultimate desire for me.

I can’t live without you,honey!
Your love will never end.
It will stay with me eternally.
Till the end of all time.

- Author Unknown

Beautiful Romantic Poem

Touch My Heart

Touch my heart with tenderness
And fill my cup with love,
Share my dreams as I share yours
And we'll reach the stars above.

Take my hand as I grow old,
And lead me when I'm blind,
I'll show you that I really care
True love is hard to find.

Touch my life and I'll touch yours
A little more each day,
And we can both find happiness
Somewhere along the way!

- Unknown

Eternity Of Your Love

Your love is... an ocean,
Where sand meets the sea,
Waves of love rolling over me,

Your love comes to me,
As the tide comes to the shore,
Wanting and needing to embrace me more,

Your love is... the moon,
Shinning across the shimmering sea,
Deep, wide, strong, and calm.
Always there to carry me..

Your love is... my shelter,
My compass, my true north,
Where ever I go, your love is guiding me forth,

Your love is.... the fresh ocean breeze,
Gently sweeping across my face,
Touching me from place to place,

Your love is...
The salty air I smell,
Clearing my thoughts and thinking,

Your love is...
The life preserver that keeps me from sinking,

When I go there to the sea,
I am not alone, for your love is with me,

I feel you all around,
The beauty, the wind, the mystery,

Your love engulfs me,
Takes my breath away,
Holds me in wind's arms,

When I close my eyes,
Dancing memories of your charms,
Never escape my deepest memory,

So if ever our souls part to say goodbye,
Meet me there, where the sea meets the sky,

Your love will forever be with me,
Where the sands touch the sea,

Our love lives on,
Our love flows back out into all eternity.

- Unknown

The Time For Love

Some say the time for love is Spring,
While nature blooms and newborn sing.
The innocent year's early hour
Is when the seeds of want will flower.

But others claim that Summer's best,
When suns are neither east nor west,
But overhead in youthful glory -
The longest page in love's short story.

Still others think that in the Fall
there's love for one and love for all -
While sailing under the autumn trees
Passion's true course is charted with ease.

And some prefer the frozen heart -
Cold white Winter's the place to start -
With no warmth to gain and none to lose,
The lonely, lifeless snows they choose.

But as for me the choice is clear:
'Tis every season I hold dear,
For time itself is time for lovers,
It matters not what climate covers.

Flowers and leaves, snow and sun -
When I'm with you, seasons are one;
A year of love I now live through,
And years will become a life with you.

- Author Unknown

Beautiful Love Poem

Why I Love You

I love you for so many reasons
Big and small
And all of them are wonderful.

I love you for all the special qualities
That make you one of a kind...
The only one in the world for me.

I love you for the things you do
That bring such special meaning to my life
I love you for the silent times
When your eyes and arms tell me all I want to know.

I love you
Just because I do

Because now
In the deepest part of my heart...
A place where there was nothing before
There is love.

- Unknown

What Is Life Without Love?

I fell in love with you once . . .
And while I couldn’t let you know immediately
Eventually, in time, all was revealed.

They say that when you fall into love,
It can never last.

They say that true love grows, takes time,
But from the time I first fell in love with you,
My love has grown.

I know now that if I had the choice
To do it all over again.
I would, without a moment’s hesitation.

Yes, there may be regrets.
Yes, there may be disappointments.
Yes, there may be uncertainty.
But what is life without love?

And while I know you’re not perfect -
After all, who is?
And while there may be things about you which get to me,
I love you, despite them all.

And while I’m sure there may be others,
Considered more beautiful, more lovely, more charming,
There are none considered by me.

For you, my love, are the most lovely in spirit,
The most charming in personality,
The most beautiful person I have ever known -
And as such, I love you.

I said I fell in love with you once -
Well, that wasn’t exactly true.
Because every time you look me in the eye,
And smile that smile of yours,
That bubbles up from within your heart,
I find myself falling in love with you all over again.

No matter what has happened in my day,
No matter how I feel,
I find my heart opening to you all over again
No matter what has happened in the past,
No matter what may, or may not happen in the future,
I find myself in love.
After all, what is life without love?
And what is love without you?

- Author Unknown

When You Don't Try

You've failed many times, although you don't remember.
You fell down the first time you tried to walk.
You almost drowned the first time you tried to swim.

Don't worry about failure.
Worry about the chances you miss,
when you don't even try.

- Unknown

A True Friend

In life, its not the obvious things
that are important,
It's the seemingly insignificant
and often unseen things
that we appreciate.

The friend who asks us
how we are and genuinely wants
to know the answer.

The friend with the shoulder
wet from our tears
who makes time to listen to us again.

The friend who smiles
with their eyes
as well as their mouth.

The friend who says "I care"
simply by being there for you.

But most important of all
is the friend who knows you
with all your imperfections and shortcomings
and still loves you,
just the way you are.

- Unknown

4 Basic Things For A True And Ever Lasting Relationship

These four ingredients can be used in every sort of relationship. If you want them to be long lasting..

They are as follows...


1) Trust

You have to trust the person with whom u want to have relationship

2) Respect

You should respect each other.

3) Compromise

The two of you must compromise in different matters.

4) Patience

The important one..both of you should remain patient and take decisions after a deep thinking on every matter.

- Author Unknown

Motivational Life Quotes

Relations are all about three things:

Winning, losing and sharing.

Winning heart.
Losing ego,
Sharing joy and sorrow.
So always be related.
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Reality is something to think.
Like a water that you drink.
This isn't a beauty you need to wink,
But a fact that your eyes shouldn't blink.
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We are like teabags whose strength comes out
when we're put in hot water.
So when problems beset you, just think,
you must be God's favourite cup of tea.

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~ Unknown

Inspirational Success Thoughts

Destiny is not a matter of chance, It's a matter of choice;
It's not a thing to be waited for, It's a thing to be achieved.

~ William Jennings Bryan
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When you know what you want, and you want it badly enough,
you'll find a way to get it.

~ Jim Rohn
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In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.

~ Albert Einstein
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Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.

~ Henry David Thoreau
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Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go.

~ William Feather
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Challenges are what make life interesting;
overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.

~ Joshua J. Marine
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The thing always happens that you really believe in;
and the belief in a thing makes it happen.

~ Frank Lloyd Wright
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Success can never be controlled, but performance always can.

~ John F. Murray
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There are two ways of meeting difficulties:
you alter the difficulties, or you alter yourself to meet them.

~ Phyllis Bottome
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Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.

~ Unknown
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Whenever I hear, 'It can't be done,' I know I'm close to success

~ Michael Flatley
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To make yourself exceptional is the biggest achievement of your life.

~ Unknown
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Some Beautiful Leadership Quotes

Do not follow where the path may lead.
Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
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Leadership: The art of getting someone else to do something
you want done because he wants to do it.
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There go the people.
I must follow them for I am their leader.
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The history of the world is but
the biography of great men.
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The real leader has no need to lead--
he is content to point the way.
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Go to the people. Learn from them. Live with them.
Start with what they know. Build with what they have.
The best of leaders when the job is done, when the task is accomplished,
the people will say we have done it ourselves.
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The ultimate measure of a man is not
where he stands in moments of comfort,
but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.
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To do great things is difficult;
but to command great things is more difficult.
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A good general not only sees the way to victory;
he also knows when victory is impossible.
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- Unknown

A Special World

A special world for you and me
A special bond one cannot see
It wraps us up in its cocoon
And holds us fiercely in its womb.

Its fingers spread like fine spun gold
Gently nestling us to the fold
Like silken thread it holds us fast
Bonds like this are meant to last.

And though at times a thread may break
A new one forms in its wake
To bind us closer and keep us strong
In a special world, where we belong.

- Unknown

Relationship SECRETS

ANNIVERSARIES : Always celebrate! Whether it's the 1st or the 50th, each year together is a triumph.

APPRECIATION : Let each other know how much you appreciate each other. You may already know but hearing it from each other is always better.

BEST FRIENDS : Be best friends preferably before being boyfriend-girlfriend. Take time to know each other so the relationship will be a deep one. Tell each other about your crushes, dreams and problems. Make sure he/she is your best friend before getting engaged. The strong bond of friendship will help you both survive tough times.

BOND : Make it a point to spend time together often but leave room for each other. Also spend time alone w/ each other, so that at the end of the day you could both share your experiences. This way, you stay interesting with your partner.

CHANGING EACH OTHER : Don't marry an as...le, j.... or a bi.... (an unsuitable person) You'll never change each other.

COMPLIMENTS : Always compliment each other. This will prevent feelings of resentment & thinking that one is being taken for granted.

DATE: Keep doings things that you both enjoy, do them together. Make time & continue to date to keep the romance - look good, smell good to maintain physical attraction

DIFFERENCES : Celebrate differences. Never force your ideologies down each other's throat. Give up trying to turn your partner into you. Accept differences, appreciate them.

FIGHTS : Fight with the aim to resolve the issue. Don't outdo each other. The longer you extend the fight. The more chances that you'll say something hurtful that you don't really mean. As mad as you were w/ your partner, he/she is still the person who laughs at your jokes & thinks you're hot. Hear each other out, don't dig up old issues. Choose your battles. Make sure the fight will be worth it & that something will change in the relationship as a result of the fight.

FLAWS : Know that the perfect person does not exist. Know that just as there are things that you love about him/her, there will be things that will make you go crazy. We are only human with our own flaws.

FUN : Have fun together! This means keeping the fun & spontaneity that was there in the early days. Allow yourselves to get silly - shower together, pee w/the door open etc. Being able to make each other laugh & see the lighter, crazier, absurd side is the best way to get through all the differences in personalities, adjustments in lifestyle & opposing viewpoints.

GOALS : Make sure you have similar goals. It would be difficult to keep your bond intact if your views are complete opposite.

GRUDGES : Quit tabulating grudges. Let it off. Discuss it, then trash it, don't recycle it.

KEEPING IT HOT : Keep it hot by traveling to diff. places together. A new setting will do wonders. Always have skin contact - be it holding hands, a massage or just plain leg rubbing.

HONESTY : Don't lie or hide things. The problem will only get bigger.

KNOW EACH OTHER : Learn each other's interest. It really keeps the conversation flowing!

HUG : A hug can be far better more intimate than a kiss.

IDENTITY : Don't lose your personality - that's why he/she fell in love with you. Have separate interest & activities to keep your individual, & to be able to contribute more to the relationship.

INDEPENDENCE : Having your own income means you're the boss in your life.

IN-LAWS : Make rooms for the in-laws.

INTENTIONS : Wish each other well. Don't wish each other worst.

ISSUESS : peak up about the awkward stuff now, like money & sex. The earlier, the better.

LISTEN : Listen, listen, listen. Hear each other out especially during arguments.

LOOK GOOD : Mind your appearance! Stay fit & healthy for each other.

LOVE : It all boils down to your love, chemistry & respect for each other.

MEMORIES : Remind each other of the old days. Do something that you used to do for each other before. It may even be corny but it made you two together. Experience new things together- from dining into a new restaurant to experiencing street food together to exploring to new places. It's the little surprises that make great memories.

MIND READING : No matter how long you've been together, do not think that you can read each other's mind.

NEEDS : Be good to yourself,then be good to your partner. That's what love is all about. Think about your partner. Will it make him/her happy?
Will she/he enjoy it? Consider each other's feelings. Be very attentive & sensitive to each other's needs, physically & emotionally, that way your partner learns to do the same for you. Never take your partner for granted.

PRIORITIES : If one says it's important, then it is! Prioritize each other among other things!

SPACE : Give each other space. Have dates with your girlfriends, have your boy's night out. If you can't trust each other with this, then don't get married.

SORRY : Say sorry when you're wrong.

SURPRISES : No matter how long you've known each other, be open to surprises, both good or bad.

TEAMWORK : Think for two & always work as a team. Consult each other before making a decision because everything will always affect both of you. Strengthen couple power. In many ways, we have to decide based on what is best for the relationship in favor of our individual selves.

SUPPORT : Support each other's dream. Be willing to follow your passions, support your partner in his/her decisions & create new ones together.
Two heads are better than one.

TALK : Tell each other's stories. Life goes by so fast & its easy to see how easily couple can grow apart. Whenever something funny, scary, exciting or juicy happened to you or to someone you know, tell each other about it & have your partner do the same. Keep each other in the loop of life, even by email if you have to.

- Author Unknown

Balloons and Angels

Sometimes, it is the smallest acts of kindness that are the most memorable. It was several years ago that this particular event occurred; the reason I remember it because it was my daughter Kathy's birthday.

My children and I were finishing the last minute preparations for Kathy's birthday celebration. At one store we had bought colorful helium balloon with Kathy's favorite character design on it. We had to make one more stop at another store to complete our purchases. I sent out my older daughter and her little brother out to our van while my other daughter and I were waiting at the cashier line.
A very short time later, my older daughter with little brother in tow came running back into the store; upset that Kathy's birthday balloon had escaped while they trying to get into the van. I was tired from shopping, but I sent them back to the vehicle telling them not to worry we would get Kathy another balloon. I paid for our purchases all the while trying to think of the most expedient place to obtain another balloon.

As Kathy and I approached our van a mature looking lady with kindly face came up to us almost of out of thin air. She pressed some folded bills in my hand. She related to me that she had seen what had happened and did not want my older daughter or my younger daughter to be upset at the loss of the balloon. She told us that she was mother, grandmother and great grandmother. Mind you she looked barely old enough to be a grandmother much less a great grandmother.

I thanked her for kindness and attempted to give her the money back; as it was not a problem to get another balloon. She was most insistent because she said "I love children and I like to see them be happy." I was overwhelmed by the kindness of a total stranger that my daughters and I hugged the lady thanking her for kindness. She left so quickly that I was unable to even ask her name. Finally, I looked in my hand what I found was not just a single one dollar bill but four one dollar bills.

I was very touched not by the money, but by this lovely lady's act of kindness and generosity. Because of her kindness it made Kathy's birthday even more special. I truly believe that dear lady at the very least is one of God's earthly angels and who is to say that she wasn't a real angel. How often is it said that we entertain angels unaware.

- Author Unknown

Life Is A Theater

Invite Your Audience Carefully

Not everyone is healthy enough to have a front row seat in our lives. There are some people in your life that need to be loved from a DISTANCE.

It's amazing what you can accomplish when you let go of, or at least minimize your time with, draining, negative, incompatible, not-going-anywhere relationships/friendships.

Observe the relationships around you. Pay attention.

Which ones lift and which ones lean?
Which ones encourage and which ones discourage?
Which ones are on a path of growth uphill and which ones are going downhill?
When you leave certain people do you feel better or feel worse?
Which ones always have drama or don't really understand, know or appreciate you?

The more you seek quality, respect, growth, peace of mind, love and truth around you...the easier it will become for you to decide who gets to sit in the front row and who should be moved to the balcony of Your Life.

"If you cannot change the people around you, CHANGE the people you are around."

Remember that the people we hang with will have an impact on both our lives and our income. And so we must be careful to choose the people we hang out with, as well as the information with which we feed our minds.

We should not share our dreams with negative people, Nor feed our dreams with negative thoughts.
It's your choice and your life..... It's up to you who and what you let in it......

- Author Unknown

Special Love Quotes

The hunger for love is much more difficult to remove than the hunger for bread.

~ Mother Teresa

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Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love.

~ Albert Einstein

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You have to walk carefully in the beginning of love;
the running across fields into your lover's arms can only come later when you're sure
they won't laugh if you trip.

~ Jonathan Carroll, "Outside the Dog Museum"
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Ah me! love can not be cured by herbs.

~ Ovid
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Life has taught us that love does not consist in gazing at each other
but in looking outward together in the same direction.

~ Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
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When love is not madness, it is not love.

~ Pedro Calderon de la Barca
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Let your love be like the misty rains, coming softly, but flooding the river.

~ Malagasy Proverb
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You don't love a woman because she is beautiful, she is beautiful because you love her.

~ Author Unknown

Trust Did Not Come Easy

Trust did not come easy
Was 'my' way I did go
No one could change me
Not any one that I know.

Trust did not come easy
Most my nights were sleepless
So I looked around me
And saw my life was a mess.

Trust did not come easy
All things I did were wrong
No one really loved me
I wanted to be so strong.

Trust did not come easy
The storms of life did come
Hitting and hurting me
I could not help but feel dumb.

When I saw light, trust came
I gave my strife away
All the storms God did tame,
For I accepted His way.

- Unknown

Something On Life

Life can seem ungrateful ~ and not always kind.
Life can pull at your heartstrings ~ and play with your mind.
Life can be blissful ~ and happy and free.
Life can put beauty ~ in the things that you see.

Life can place challenges ~ right at your feet.
Life can make good ~ of the hardships that we meet.
Life can overwhelm you ~ and make your head spin.
Life can reward those ~ determined to win.

Life can be hurtful ~ and not always fair.
Life can surround you ~ with people who care.
Life clearly does offer ~ its ups and its downs.
Life's days can bring you ~ both smiles and frowns.

Life teaches us to take ~ the good with the bad.
Life is a mixture ~ of happy and sad.

So...

Take the life that you have ~ and give it your best.
Think positive, be happy ~ let God do the rest.
Take the challenges ~ that life has laid at your feet.
Take pride and be thankful ~ for each one you meet.

To yourself give forgiveness ~ if you stumble and fall.
Take each day that is dealt you ~ and give it your all.
Take the love that you're given ~ and return it with care.
Have faith that when needed ~ it will always be there.

Take time to find the beauty ~ in the things that you see.
Take life's simple pleasures ~ let them set your heart free.
The idea here is simply ~ to even the score.
As you are met and faced with ~ Life's Tug Of War.

- Author Unknown

Beautiful Success Quotes

Your Success is defined only by you and not by others.
It is about being satisfied with yorself,
You are successful only when you feel successful,
Not when others feel that way.
So, Impress Yourself !!!!!!!!

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Never mind what others do.
Do better than yourself,
Break your own records everyday
And pray to god for a better tomorrow
Success will chase you.
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Failures should have a place in mind.
Success should have a place in the heart.
B'coz failures are long term lessons and
Success are short term happiness....!!

Precious Words.......

Half of the problem in life is because
We act without thinking.
The rest half because we keep on thinking
without doing the act.

Life is like a flowing river of opportunities.
It is upto you to stand with a spoon or a bucket.

Every morning, leave your worries outside
Your gate, because that’s were the pick up the
Garbage from!!!!

Follow Your Dreams

Trouble arrives in measures,
and we stack it up real high,
until we're convinced,
we have no reason to try.

If you feel defeated,
you're absolutely wrong,
for if you follow your dream,
you could never lose for long.

Ignore the minor set-backs
that pile up and trouble you,
or you will build a mountain,
out of the stones hurled at you.

The future holds great promise,
your destiny unknown,
but God is always helping,
and you're never alone.

Soar bravely toward your goal.
Let nothing darken the way.
You can change your tomorrow,
if you seek your dream today.

- Unknown

Best Love & Relationships Quotes

All the technology in the world will never replace a positive attitude.

~ Unknown

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A loving heart is the beginning of all knowledge.

~ Thomas Carlyle

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An effort of happiness for others lifts us above ourselves.

~ Lydia M. Child

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Happiness...consists in giving and serving others.

~ Henry Drummond

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The way you see people is the way you treat them.

~ Zig Ziglar

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At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another
person. Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who
have lighted the flame within us.

~ Albert Schweitzer

Beautiful Inspirational Quotes

How different our lives are when we really know what
is deeply important to us, and, keeping that picture
in mind, we manage ourselves each day to be and to
know what really matters most.

~ Stephen Covey

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Keep company with those who make you better.

~ English Proverb

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The more tranquil a man becomes, the greater is his success,
his influence, his power for good. Calmness of mind is one
of the beautiful jewels of wisdom.

~ James Allen

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All that really belongs to us is time;
even he who has nothing else has that.

~ Baltasar Gracian

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Act with courage and dignity; stick to
the ideals that give meaning to life.

~ Jawaharlal Nehru

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Remember every job is a self-portrait of the person who did it.
Autograph your work with excellence.

~ Anonymous

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Always bear in mind that your own resolution to success
is more important than any other one thing.

~ Abraham Lincoln

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Joy is the simplest form of gratitude.

~ Karl Barth

Making A Change

When you don't do anything about your own life.....
then your life will never change.

So, when you want to make the world a better place,
take a look at yourself and then make that change within you!

- Unknown

Showing Up For Life

The way we walk into a room says a lot about the way we live our lives. When we walk into a room curious about what's happening, willing to engage, and perceiving ourselves as an active participant with something to offer, then we have really shown up to the party. When we walk into a room with our eyes down, or nervously smiling, we are holding ourselves back for one reason or another. We may be hurting inside and in need of healing, or we may lack the confidence required to really be present in the room. Still, just noticing that we're not really showing up, and having a vision of what it will look and feel like when we do, can give us the inspiration we need to recover ourselves.

Even if we are suffering, we can show up to that experience ready to fully engage in it and learn what it has to offer. When we show up for our life, we are actively participating in being a happy person, achieving our goals, and generally living the life our soul really wants. If we need healing, we begin the process of seeking out those who can help us heal. If we need experience, we find the places and opportunities that can give us the experience we need in order to do the work we want to do in the world. Whatever we need, we look for it, and when we find it, we engage in the process of letting ourselves have it. When we do this kind of work, we become lively, confident, and passionate individuals.

There is almost nothing better in the world than the feeling of showing up for our own lives. When we can do this, we become people that are more alive and who have the ability to make things happen in our lives and the lives of the people around us. We walk through the world with the knowledge that we have a lot to offer and the desire to share it.

- by Author Unknown

Special Motivational Quotes

Life is not about waiting for the storms to pass...
it's about learning to dance in the rain.

~ Author Unknown

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The bad news is time flies. The good news is you're the pilot.
--Michael Altshuler
We have committed the Golden Rule to memory;
let us now commit it to life.

~ Edwin Markham

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The purpose of our lives is to give birth to that which is within us.

~ Marianne Williamson

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Ideas are a dime a dozen. People who implement them are priceless.

~ Mary Kay Ash

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Life offers no guarantees...just choices, no certainty...
but consequences; no predictable outcomes...just the
privilege of pursuit.

~ Tim Conner

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Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishments.

~ Jim Rohn

When We Have Hope

As long as we have hope, we have direction,
the energy to move, and the map to move by.

We have a hundred alternatives,
a thousand paths and an infinity of dreams.

Hopeful, we are halfway to where we want to go;
Hopeless, we are lost forever.

- Author Unknown

Trust

Trust is but a word
But it still has meaning
Trust is a feeling
Thats always worth achieving
Trust is a must
Yes I know that ryhmes
Trust is trust
It shows your mine
I always will trust you
I hope you can do the same
Because my trust for you
Is fueled by the love you have
For me

- Unknown

10 Principles Of Life

Stop and ask yourself today, " How do I really feel about myself? " Before you answer read these ten principles.

Better yet, keep them before you daily.

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(1) Never think or speak negatively about yourself; that puts you in disagreement with God.

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(2) Meditate on your God-given strengths and learn to encourage yourself, for much of the time nobody else will.

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(3) Don't compare yourself to anybody else . You're unique, one of a kind, an original. So don't settle for being a copy.

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(4) Focus on your potential, not your limitations. Remember, God lives in you!

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(5) Find what you like to do, do well, and strive to do it with excellence.

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(6) Have the courage to be different. Be a God pleaser, not a people pleaser.

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(7) Learn to handle criticism. Let it develop you instead of discourage you .

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( Determine your own worth instead of letting others do it for you. They'll short-change you!

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(9) Keep your shortcomings in perspective - you're still a work in progress.

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(10) Focus daily on your greatest source of confidence - the God Who lives in you !

- Unknown

Real Treasure To Be Found

If you're always chasing happiness, it will never be able to find you. Relax, simply give happiness a place to live in you, and it will be in great abundance.

When you put conditions on enjoyment, it turns into just another chore. Let go, and sincerely enjoy the miracle that is your life as it comes to you in each moment.

If you become overly attached to specific results, you set yourself up for disappointment and disillusionment. Be ambitious, yet do not be your ambition.

Sometimes, when things fail to go the way you planned, they turn out better than you could have possibly expected. Welcome life's surprises and choose to see the positive value that is in each one of them.

Don't be too quick to place judgments on the people, situations and events in your life. In everything that comes along, there is an opportunity for you to more fully discover and express your true purpose.

Be open to whatever life brings your way. There is real treasure to be found in it all.

- Author Unknown

Strength

I asked for Strength.... .....
And God gave me Difficulties to make me strong.

I asked for Wisdom...... ...
And God gave me Problems to solve.

I asked for Prosperity.. .......
And God gave me Brain and Brawn to work.

I asked for Courage..... ....
And God gave me Danger to overcome.

I asked for Love........ .
And God gave me Troubled people to help.

I asked for Favors...... ...
And God gave me Opportunities.

I received nothing I wanted ........
I received everything I needed!

Hope you guys enjoyed it.Trust in God. Always !

- Author Unknown

Powerful Thoughts

"Forgive your enemies but remember their names."

~ Unknown
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"Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute, and it seems like an hour.
Sit with a pretty girl for an hour, and it seems like a minute.
THAT'S relativity."

~ Albert Einstein
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"The brain is a wonderful organ.
It starts working the moment you get up in the morning
and does not stop until you get into the office."

~ Robert Frost
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"Life is pleasant.
Death is peaceful.
It's the transition that's troublesome."

~ Unknown
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"Help a man when he is in trouble and
he will remember you when he is in trouble again.

~ Unknown
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"Whoever said money can't buy happiness, didn't
know where to shop."

~ Unknown
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"Most people are only alive because it is illegal
to shoot them."

~ Unknown

Roles And How We Play Them

Whenever I'm disappointed with my spot in my life, I stop and think about little Jamie Scott. Jamie was trying out for a part in a school play. His mother told me that he'd set his heart on being in it, though she feared he would not be chosen.

On the day the parts were awarded, I went with her to collect him after school. Jamie rushed up to her, eyes shining with pride and excitement.

"Guess what Mum," he shouted, and then said those words that will remain a lesson to me: "I've been chosen to clap and cheer!"

- Unknown

Take Time

Take time to think;
it is the source of power.

Take time to read;
it is the foundation of wisdom.

Take time to play;
it is the secret of staying young.

Take time to be quiet;
it is the opportunity to seek God.

Take time to be aware;
it is the opportunity to help others.

Take time to love and be loved;
it is God's greatest gift.

Take time to laugh;
it is the music of the soul.

Take time to be friendly;
it is the road to happiness.

Take time to dream;
it is what the future is made of.

Take time to pray;
it is the greatest power on earth.

- Author Unknown

Treasure Every Moment You Have.

To realize
The value of a sister
Ask someone
Who doesn't have one.

To realize
The value of ten years:
Ask a newly
Divorced couple.

To realize
The value of four years:
Ask a graduate.

To realize
The value of one year:
Ask a student who
Has failed a final exam.

To realize
The value of nine months:
Ask a mother who gave birth to a still born.

To realize
The value of one month:
Ask a mother
who has given birth to
A premature baby.

To realize
The value of one week:
Ask an editor of a weekly newspaper.

To realize
The value of one hour:
Ask the lovers who are waiting to Meet.

To realize
The value of one minute:
Ask a person
Who has missed the train, bus or plane.

To realize
The value of one-second:
Ask a person
Who has survived an accident...

To! realize
The value of one millisecond:
Ask the person who has won a silver medal in the Olympics

Time waits for no one.

Treasure every moment you have.
You will treasure it even more when

you can share it with someone special.

To realize the value of a friend:
Lose one.

- Unknown

The Ship Of Life

Across the shore awaits a boat

Though sea's are rough,

its still afloat

Raise the sails, held up by mast
Forget the troubles of distant past

As wave crash down upon the deck
Steady the boat; not quite a wreak

Tend the mast, and fix the scrach
light the lantern with one last match

The storm will end,

pull anchor and rope.

look up to see the stars of hope.

- Unknown

Definition Of Love

My definition of love...
is different from the book

My definition of love
is more than just a look

Love is more than a word
more than a song, more than a note

Love is more than a poem
more than anything i've wrote

Love is reaching out to touch someone
to be sure that they're there

Love is leaning in to kiss someone
to remind them that you care

Love is looking her in the eyes
and whispering in her ears

Love is cuddling when she cries
and catching all her tears

Love is the warmth shared between hugs
when everything else is cold

Love is knowing they'll still be there
when everything else is old

Love is hearts beating faster and faster
while everything else is slowed down

Love is singing sweet songs to her
even if hundreds are around

Love is driving through the rain
to help someone through tough times

Love is me wishing that you'll love me too
wishing you'd be mine

Love isn't just holding hands

Love is holding hearts

Love isn't where it ends....

Love is where it starts...

- Unknown

Beautiful Life Quotations

1. We Cannot Hold A Torch To Another Man's Path Without Brightening Our Own

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2. Education Is Not Preparation For Life. Education Is Life Itself

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3. Pain Is Inevitable. Suffering Is Optional.

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4. If U Don't Hear Opportunity Knocking, Find Another Door.

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5. When It Is Dark Enough , You Can See The Stars.

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6. Never Look Down On Anybody Unless You Are Helping Them Up.

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7. Nothing Is So Strong As Gentelness, And Nothing Is So Gentle As True Strength.

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8. Hateful People Think God Is On Their Side But Loving People Always Try To Be On God's Side.

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9. From What We Get We Can Make A Living. What We Give However Makes A Life.

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10. A Man Has Made Atleast A Start On Discovering The Meaning Of Human Life When He Plants Shade Trees Under Which He Knows Full Well He Will Never Sit.

- Author Unknown

Start Your Day With Positive Notes

Remember you are born to live.
Don't live because you are born!

Don't go the way life takes you...
Take life the way you go!!

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What we are today is result of our own past actions;
Whatever we wish to be in future depends on our present actions;
Decide how you have to act now.

We are responsible for what we are, whatever we wish ourselves to be.
We have the power to make ourselves.

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The most difficult phase of life
is not when no one understands you;
It is when you don't understand yourself.

- Unknown

Hardwork Helps

Hardwork is like the stairs,
Luck is like a lift.

Lift may fail sometimes.,
But whatever may be the occasion,
Stairs will always get you to the top.

Luck might help you once,
Hardwork helps always.

- Unknown

Powerful Thoughts

YOU HAVE EVERYTHING

If you look at what you do not have in life;
You don't have anything.

If you look at what you have in life;
You have everything.

DEVOTE YOURSELF

So many people walk around with a meaningless life.
They seem half-sleep, even when they're busy
doing things they think are important.
This is because they're chasing the wrong things.

The way you get meaning into your life
is to devote yourself to loving others,
devote yourself to your community around you,
and devote yourself to creating something
that gives you purpose and meaning.

- Unknown

Some Motivational Quotes

Whatever you give to life, it gives you back.
Do not hate anybody.
The hatred which comes out from you will someday come back to you.
Love others. And love will come back to you.

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For everything you have missed, you have gained something else;
And for everything you gain, you loose something else.
It is about your outlook towards life. You can either regret or rejoice.

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Arrow goes forward only after pulling in to backward.
Bullet goes forward only after pressing the trigger backward.

Every human being will get happy
only after facing the difficulties in their life path....

So do not afraid to face your difficulties.
They will push you forward.

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- Unknown

Attractiveness

For attractive lips, Speak words of kindness.

For lovely eyes, Seek out the good in people.

For a slim figure, Share your food with the hungry.

For beautiful hair, Let a child run his or her fingers through it once a day.

For poise, Walk with the knowledge that you will never walk alone.

People, even more than things, have to be restored, renewed, revived, reclaimed, and redeemed; Never throw out anybody.

Remember, If you ever need a helping hand, you'll find one at the end of your arm. As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands, one for helping yourself, the other for helping others.


The beauty of a woman is not in the clothes she wears,

The figure that she carries, or the way she combs her hair.

The beauty of a woman must be seen from in her eyes,

Because that is the doorway to her heart, the place where love resides.

The beauty of a woman is not in a facial mole,

But true beauty in a woman is reflected in her soul.

It is the caring that she lovingly gives, the passion that she shows.

And the beauty of a woman, with passing years, only grows!

- Author Unknown

Inspiring Thoughts

WHAT YOU DID

The world will provide you with stones everyday.

What you build out of it, is your choice...
Wall, Road or a Bridge...
You may even choose to do nothing.

At the end, world will know you by what you did with it.

SEASONS OF LIFE

Life at any time can become difficult.
Life at any time can become easy.

Good or Bad, they are seasons of life.
It all depends upon, how you take on life and adjust to these seasons.

LEADING YOU TO LIGHT

The road will be dark; and you might not know the way,
Yet, with the goal in sight; be certain you won't stray.
It will give you all the strength; and will take you through.

Keep your eyes upon the goal, keep it always in your sight.
It will help you don the crooked road, and lead you to the light.

Positive Thoughts

All That You Do

Don't go about looking for your reason to live
or finding the purpose of your existence.

The only reason to be alive is to enjoy life.
And enjoy all that you do in life.


Don't Believe

Don't believe because someone said it to you.
Don't believe because its a generally held belief.
Don't believe because it is written in books.
Don't believe because it is of divine origin.
Don't believe because someone else believes it.

Believe only what you see, what you test and judge to be true.

- Author Unknown

Life...........

1. We Cannot Hold A Torch To Another Man's Path Without Brightening Our Own.

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2. Education Is Not Preparation For Life. Education Is Life Itself.

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3. Pain Is Inevitable. Suffering Is Optional.

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4. If you Don't Hear Opportunity Knocking, Find Another Door.

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5. When It Is Dark Enough , You Can See The Stars.

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6. Never Look Down On Anybody Unless You Are Helping Them Up.

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7. Nothing Is So Strong As Gentelness, And Nothing Is So Gentle As True Strength.

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8. Hateful People Think God Is On Their Side But Loving People Always Try To Be On God's Side.

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9. From What We Get We Can Make A Living. What We Give However Makes A Life.

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10. A Man Has Made Atleast A Start On Discovering The Meaning Of Human
Life When He Plants Shade Trees Under Which He Knows Full Well He Will
Never Sit.

- Unknown

The World Is Following You

One day you might see yourself walking alone on a new path.
No one seems in sight. No one seems to have walked it earlier.
Don’t give up midway. You’re on a right track.
Go on. Reach your dreams.

The reason why you do not see anyone is because, the world is following you.

- Unknown

Don't Worry About Your Failures

You’ve failed many times, although you don’t remember.
You fell down the first time you tried to walk.
You almost drowned the first time you tried to swim.

Don’t worry about failure.
Worry about the chances you miss when you fail to try.

- Author unknown

Open Gates Of World

We are all inventors.
Each sailing out on a voyage of discovery.
Each guided by a private chart, of which there is no duplicate.

The world is all gates, all opportunities.

All you have to do is… decide which one you want to explore.

- Unknown

Successful Person Live By 4 Words

The difference between a successful person and others is not
a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge,
but rather a lack of will.
~ Vince Lambardi


Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it.
Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it.
~ Goethe


Determine that the thing can and shall be done,
and then we shall find the way.
~ Abraham Lincoln


Nothing is so powerful as an idea whose time has come.
~ Victor Hugo

Positive Quotes to Start Your Day

Pain is temporary, pride is forever.
~ Anonymous


"Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage.
If you want to conquer fear, do not sit home and think about it.
Go out and get busy."
~ Dale Carnegie, Author


I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength
from distress, and grow brave by reflection.
~ Thomas Paine


"Create a definite plan for carrying out your desire and begin at once,
whether you ready or not, to put this plan into action."
~ Napolean Hill, Motivational Writer



"Wise men talk because they have something to say;
fools, because they have to say something."
~ Plato, Philosopher


"One person with a belief is equal to a force of 99 who have only interests."
~ John Stuart Mill


"Start by doing what's necessary; then do what's possible;
and suddenly you are doing the impossible."
~ St. Francis of Assisi

Time

Time is ....
Too Slow for those who Wait,
Too Swift for those who Fear,
Too Long for those who Grieve,
Too Short for those who Rejoice;
But for those who Love,
Time is not.

- Unknown

Truth Of Life

We make them cry who care for us.
We cry for those who never care for us.
And we care for those who will never cry for us.

This is the truth of life., its strange but true.
Once you realise this, its never too late to change.

- Unknown

Faith

The fields were parched and brown from lack of rain, and the crops lay wilting from thirst. People were anxious and irritable as they searched the sky for any sign of relief. Days turned into arid weeks. No rain came.

The ministers of the local churches called for an hour of prayer on the town square the following Saturday. They requested that everyone bring an object of faith for inspiration.

At high noon on the appointed Saturday, the townspeople turned out en masse, filling the square with anxious faces and hopeful hearts. The ministers were touched to see the variety of objects clutched in prayerful hands — holy books, crosses, and rosaries.

When the hour ended, as if on magical command, a soft rain began to fall. Cheers swept the crowd as they held their treasured objects high in gratitude and praise. From the middle of the crowd one faith symbol seemed to overshadow all the others: A small nine-year-old child had brought an umbrella.

- Unknown

You Are Special

Many times in our lives, we are dropped, crumpled,
and ground into the dirt by the decisions we make
and the circumstances that come our way.

We feel as though we are worthless.
But no matter what has happened or what will happen,
you will never lose your value.

You are special.
Don't ever forget it!

- Author Unknown

Special Inspiring Quotes

Some people say I have attitude - maybe I do.
But I think you have to.
You have to believe in yourself when no one else does - that makes you a winner right there.
~ Venus Williams


Aim for success, not perfection. Never give up your right
to be wrong, because then you will lose the ability to learn
new things and move forward with your life.
~ Dr. David M. Burns


"The greatest pleasure in life is doing
what people say you cannot do."
~ Walter Bagehot

To know, what you don't know,
and to know, what you do know,
is knowledge.
~ Rosie Cash


"Try to learn something about everything and
everything about something."
~ Thomas H. Huxley


Let us move on, and step out boldly, though it be into the
night, and we can scarcely see the way.
~ Charles B. Newcomb


Respect what you have,
and have the courage to explore what you want.
~ Rosie Cash

Day with Blessing

Always enjoy our day with blessing….

Think the day is always a good day….
Dont ever think that we are good….

Always think that we are excellent….
In life their is always a competation….

Sometimes we lost….
Sometimes we wins….
And there is ups and downs….

All of us is a dreamer….
All of us is a hopefuls….
All of us has it own aims….

That we must achived our dream….
every morning we wakes up….
we have to face the battles in life….

Just to survive….And at night….
We rest our self…. For tommorow….
Another struggles begin….Just to aim…. To our dreams….

- Unknown

Great Motivational Quotes

The best years of your life are the ones in which you decide your problems are your own.
You don't blame them on your mother, the ecology,or the President.
You realize that you control your own destiny.
~ Albert Ellis

The Great use of life is to spend it
for something that will outlast it.
~ William James

The mind is its own place,
`` and in itself
``can make a heaven of Hell,
`` a hell of Heaven.
~ John Milton

Wisdom is not a product of schooling, but of the
life-long attempt to acquire it.
~ Albert Einstein

Challenges are what makes life interesting;
overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.
~ Joshua J. Marine

There is no limits to growth because there are no limits
of human intelligence, imagination, and wonder.
~ Ronald Reagan

The value of a man resides in what he gives
and not in what he is capable of receiving.
~ Albert Einstein

Experience is a hard teacher because she gives
the test first, the lessons afterward.
~ Vernon Law

We were born to succeed, not to fail.
~ Henry David Thoreau

The point of power is always in the present moment.
~ Louise L. Hay

Two Days Without Worry

There are two days in every week about which we should not worry, two days which should be kept free from fear and apprehension.

One of these days is Yesterday with all its mistakes and cares, its faults and blunders, its aches and pains. Yesterday has passed forever beyond our control. All the money in the world cannot bring back Yesterday. We cannot undo a single act we performed; we cannot erase a single word we said. Yesterday is gone forever.

The other day we should not worry about is Tomorrow with all its possible adversities, its burdens, its large promise and its poor performance; Tomorrow is also beyond our immediate control. Tomorrow's sun will rise, either in splendor or behind a mask of clouds, but it will rise.Until it does, we have no stake in Tomorrow, for it is yet to be born. This leaves only one day, Today. Any person can fight the battle of just one day. It is when you and I add the burdens of those two awful eternities, Yesterday and Tomorrow that we break down. It is not the experience of Today that drives a person mad, it is the remorse or bitterness of something which happened Yesterday and the dread of what Tomorrow may bring.

Let us, therefore, Live but one day at a time.

- Unknown

Words To Ponder

* It isn’t difficult to make a mountain out of a molehill,
just add a little dirt.

* A successful marriage isn’t finding the right person;
it’s being the right person.

* The mighty oak tree was once a little nut that held it’s ground.

* Too many people offer God prayers with claw marks all over them.

* The tongue must be heavy indeed because so few people can hold it.

* To forgive is to set the prisoner free, and then discover the prisoner was you.

* You’ll notice that a turtle only makes progress when it sticks out its neck…

- Unknown

Pride

WHAT A PRIDE”
One of the most significant word is PRIDE…
Because when you have to much of it…

* YOU always dont want to be the first one
to do the step to with someone….

* YOU always try to hide your feelings…

* YOU dont want others to know that
he/she’s special…

* YOU are afraid of losing someone
but also afraid to show it…

* YOU are afraid to love someone?
who you think cant love you in return…

* YOU are so aware of what other people
think that you cant do what you want…

* YOU ARE NOT HAPPY…..
And in the end….
YOU LOSE EVERYTHING….
WITHOUT EVEN TRYING TO HAVE IT….

- Unknown

Recipes For Self-Love

Take full responsibility for your life.
Stop blaming others.
See yourself as the cause of what happens to you.


Do things you like to do.
Don't stay in a job you don't like.
Participate in life at the highest level you can.


Stop terrorising yourself with your thoughts.
Be gentle and kind and patient with yourself.


Give yourself the simple pleasures of life abundantly.
Wear clothes you feel good in, get a massage etc.


Watch what you say. Avoid self put-downs.
Stop being critical of yourself and others.


Take care of your body.
Give it exercise and good food.


Be willing to create a life-style that generates and nourishes self-esteem.
Associate with others with high esteem.


Acknowledge yourself frequently.
Keep a diary of your successes and accomplishments.


Avoid comparing yourself with others.
Remember that it's who we are, not what we do, that's important


Give yourself permission to do nothing periodically.
Schedule time by yourself.


Frequently take deep breaths.
Discover the benefit and pleasure of breathing fully.


Eat first class frequently.
Don't look at the right side of the menu.


Stop trying to change others.
Focus your attention on being the way you want others to be.


Look into a mirror regularly
and say "I love you, I really love you".


Stop feeling guilty and saying "I'm sorry".
See mistakes as valuable lessons and avoid judging yourself.


Consciously generate positive thoughts and feelings of self-love
in place of old thoughts of inadequacy.


Be willing to laugh at yourself and at life.
Stop taking yourself so seriously.


Accept compliments from others without embarrassment.
Don't invalidate their positive thoughts and feelings about you.


Be kind to your mind.
Don't hate yourself for having negative thoughts.
Gently change your thoughts.


Keep your awareness and your thoughts focussed in present time
instead of living in the past or future.


Acknowledge others frequently.
Tell them what you like and appreciate in them.


Invest money in yourself.
Go to seminars, workshops and courses that develop your talents.


Make a list of 10 things
you love doing and do them frequently.


Treat yourself as you would treat someone you really loved.
Praise yourself.
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- Author Unknown

Some Great Quotes to Start Your Day

We now know that the true meaning of responsibility is response able or ability to respond. Whatever we may think, say, do, or feel - these are our responses for which we, and no one else, are responsible. This is easy to see but hard to live, for we have been taught to believe and think the opposite. So we don't consciously choose our response, we react instead, and then we blame others for our reaction. No wonder we feel imprisoned by others and our circumstances. The enlightened, on the other hand, have broken the spell, they see the illusion. They take full responsibility for their response abilities and as a consequence, they always hold their own destiny in their own hands. They are free spirits.

~ Bramha Kumaris, Mt. Abu


We come into this world crying while all around us are smiling. May
we so live that we go out of this world smiling while everybody
around us is weeping.
~ Persian proverb


Introversion brings empowerment of the self. Just as a tortoise withdraws from the external environment after its work is done, we too need to find time for ourselves. Amidst the activity of the day, we need to make time to look within and find the beauty that is hidden there. When we do this as a practice it brings a positive experience that empowers the self. We need to give ourselves a little.
~ Unknown


Don't be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

The one who works to remove the sorrow of others is the one who is loved by all. When there is the one aim of helping to remove the sorrow of others, there will be nothing negative while dealing with others. There will also be no expectations from others. Working with the natural desire to bring benefit to as many as possible, enables one to continue to contribute to whatever extent possible. When we are able to have this one desire of helping others be more happy, We are able to make a contribution for others' happiness and progress. We then find that others naturally appreciate our selfless contribution and their good wishes help us feel light and experience progress.
~ Bramha Kumaris, Mt. Abu

Change The World

Everyone wants to change the way world is.
Everyone wants to see the world happy.

But no one realises that.,
To make this world a happy place to live.,
You have to change yourself - your heart;
... and not the world.

- Unknown