Monday, June 11, 2007
50 Lessons In Life
1. Life isn't fair, but it's still good.
2. When in doubt, just take the next small step.
3. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone.
4. Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does.
5. Pay off your credit cards every month.
6. You don't have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.
7. Cry with someone. There is more healing than crying alone.
8. It's OK to get angry with God. He can take it.
9. Save for retirement starting with your first paycheck.
10. When it comes to chocolate, resistance is futile.
11. Make peace with your past so it won't screw up the present.
12. It's OK to let your children see you cry.
13. Don't compare your life to others'. You have no idea what their journey is all about.
14. If a relationship has to be a secret, you shouldn't be in it.
15. Everything can change in the blink of an eye. But don't worry; God never blinks.
16. Life is too short for long pity parties. Get busy living, or get busy dying.
17. You can get through anything if you stay put in today.
18. A writer writes : If you want to be a writer, write.
19. It's never too late to have a happy childhood. But the second one is up to you and no one else. 20. When it comes to going after what you love in life, don't take no for an answer.
21. Burn the candles, use the nice sheets, wear the fancy lingerie. Eat off the Fine China. Don't save it for a special occasion. Today is special.
22. Over prepare, then go with the flow.
23. Be eccentric now. Don't wait for old age to wear purple.
24. The most important sex organ is the brain.
25. No one is in charge of your happiness except you.
26. Frame every so-called disaster with these words: "In five years, will this matter?"
27. Always choose life.
28. Forgive everyone everything.
29. What other people think of you is none of your business.
30. Time heals almost everything. Give time time.
31. However good or bad a situation is, it will change.
32. Your job won't take care of you when you are sick. Your friends will. Stay in touch.
33. Believe in miracles.
34. God loves you because of who God is, not because of anything you did or didn't do.
35. Whatever doesn't kill you really does make you stronger.
36. Growing old beats the alternative -- dying young.
37. Your children get only one childhood. Make it memorable.
38. Read the Psalms. They cover every human emotion.
39. Get outside every day. Miracles are waiting everywhere.
40. If we all threw our problems in a pile and saw everyone else's, we'd grab ours back.
41. Don't audit life. Show up and make the most of it now.
42. Get rid of anything that isn't useful, beautiful or joyful.
43. All that truly matters in the end is that you loved.
44. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.
45. The best is yet to come.
46. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.
47. Take a deep breath. It calms the mind.
48. If you don't ask, you don't get.
49. Yield.
50. Life isn't tied with a bow, but it's still a gift.
Sunday, June 10, 2007
Wisdom Quote -- Love
Words which come from the heart enter the heart. -- Moses Ibn Ezra, "Shirat Yisrael"
If you judge people, you have no time to love them. -- Mother Teresa
Love does not consist in gazing at each other, but in looking outward together in the same direction. -- Antoine de Saint-Exupery
I may dole out all I possess, or even give my body to be burnt, but if I have no love, I am none the better. -- Jesus
What is called sympathy, kindness, mercy, goodness, pity, compassion, gentleness, humanity, appreciation, gratefulness, service, -- in reality it is love. -- Pir Inayat Khan
The Soul is everywhere. It's in the laughter. It's in thetwinkle in the eyes. It's in the touch. It's in the empathy you experience when someone else is hurting. It's in the joy you experience when someone you love is happy. It's in all of that and more. -- John-Roger
Life without love is like a tree without blossoms or fruit. -- Kahlil Gibran, 1883-1931
Love is a better master than duty. -- Albert Einstein
Express love through acknowledgment. Notice the good in those around you and freely comment on it. -- Rev. Mary Manin Morrissey
When love comes to you, don't refuse it by thinking you are not worthy. You are worthy, or love couldn't come your way. -- John-Roger
If you judge people, you have no time to love them. -- Mother Teresa
Love does not consist in gazing at each other, but in looking outward together in the same direction. -- Antoine de Saint-Exupery
I may dole out all I possess, or even give my body to be burnt, but if I have no love, I am none the better. -- Jesus
What is called sympathy, kindness, mercy, goodness, pity, compassion, gentleness, humanity, appreciation, gratefulness, service, -- in reality it is love. -- Pir Inayat Khan
The Soul is everywhere. It's in the laughter. It's in thetwinkle in the eyes. It's in the touch. It's in the empathy you experience when someone else is hurting. It's in the joy you experience when someone you love is happy. It's in all of that and more. -- John-Roger
Life without love is like a tree without blossoms or fruit. -- Kahlil Gibran, 1883-1931
Love is a better master than duty. -- Albert Einstein
Express love through acknowledgment. Notice the good in those around you and freely comment on it. -- Rev. Mary Manin Morrissey
When love comes to you, don't refuse it by thinking you are not worthy. You are worthy, or love couldn't come your way. -- John-Roger
The more efficient a force is, the more silent and the more subtle it is. Love is the subtlest force in the world. -- Lewis Fischer, The Essential Gandhi
Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace, and gratitude." -- Denis Waitley
If some people continually evoke a negative response with you, you can put these people in the Light, knowing full well that they are not responsible for your negative response; you are responsible for it. -- John-Roger (Living Love from the Spiritual Heart)
The whole idea of compassion is based on a keen awareness of the other.... The whole purpose of life is to live by love. -- Thomas Merton
Becoming free is not changing yourself into someone you think you should be. Becoming free is falling in love with who you are- right now. -- Author Unknown
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