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