LIFE CHANGES, WHEN WE CHANGE

“Confront the dark parts of yourself, and work to banish them,
with illumination and forgiveness".

Your willingness to wrestle with your demons,
will cause your angels to sing.

Use the pain as fuel, as a reminder of your strength.”
~ August Wilson ~

LIFE!

A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.
*~*~George Bernard Shaw*~*~

TO THINE OWN SELF BE TRUE

Never explain yourself to anyone.
Because the person who likes you doesn't
need it,
And the person who dislikes you won't believe it!

HUMAN POTENTIAL

Human potential is the same for all. Your feeling, "I am of no value", is
wrong.
Absolutely wrong.
You are deceiving yourself.
We all have the
power of thought - so what are you lacking?
If you have willpower, then you can change anything.
It is usually said that you are your own master.”

*~* The Dalai Lama *~*

SELFISHNESS

If you can disentangle yourself from your selfish self,
All heavenly spirits will stand ready to serve you.
Mawlana Jalal-ud-din al Rumi.

FAITH

"Faith is the bird that feels the light and sings when the dawn is still dark."
Rabindranth Tagore

LOVE

Do you have memory of the day we met,
When the halo of your spirit surrounded us,
And the Angels of Love
Floated about, singing the praise of the soul's deed?

And think not you can direct the course of love,
If it finds you worthy, it directs your course!

Khalil Gibran

In tribute to my friend! R.I.P. Ronnie Bhatia

I said I loved him.
And love comes in different shapes.
Sometimes it comes in wisdom; at other times in justice; and oftentimes in hope.

My love for him sustained my hope of seeing the light in him triumph over the darkness.
But I knew not when and where would his defilement turn into purity, his brutality into meekness, his recklessness into wisdom.

Man does not know in what manner the soul frees itself from the slavery of matter until after it is freed.
Neither does man know how the flowers smile save after the coming of the morn.

Khalil Gibran in Thoughts & Meditations - A Story of A Friend

~*~AT LEAST WE DID NOT DIE~*~

Check in with you perspective on things... "Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn't learn a lot today, at least we learned a little, and if we didn't learn a little, at least we didn't get sick, and if we got sick, at least we didn't die; so, let us all be thankful." - Buddha

GIVING UP!

Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all - Dale Carnegie

Argentinian Proverb

~*~ A man who develops himself is born twice ~*~

Anyone can give up

Anyone can give up, it's the easiest thing in the world to do. But to hold it together when everyone else would understand if you fell apart, that's true strength.

THANK YOU!

If the only prayer you said in your whole life was, "thank you," that would suffice.
- Meister Eckhart -

Change your thinking!

You are the embodiment of the information you choose to accept and act upon. To change your circumstances you need to change your thinking and subsequent actions. -  Adlin Sinclair

Sand and Stone

TWO FRIENDS WERE WALKING
THROUGH THE DESERT
DURING SOME POINT OF THE
JOURNEY, THEY HAD AN
ARGUMENT; AND ONE FRIEND
SLAPPED THE OTHER ONE
IN THE FACE.
THE ONE WHO GOT SLAPPED
WAS HURT, BUT WITHOUT
SAYING ANYTHING,
WROTE IN THE SAND...
TODAY MY BEST FRIEND
SLAPPED ME IN THE FACE.
THEY KEPT ON WALKING,
UNTIL THEY FOUND AN OASIS,
WHERE THEY DECIDED
TO TAKE A BATH
THE ONE WHO SLAPPED HIS FRIEND GOT STUCK IN THE
MIRE AND STARTED DROWNING,
BUT THE FRIEND SAVED HIM.
AFTER HE RECOVERED FROM
THE NEAR DROWNING,
HE WROTE ON A STONE:
'TODAY MY BEST FRIEND
SAVED MY LIFE'
THE FRIEND WHO HAD SLAPPED HIS BEST FRIEND
AND THEN BEEN SAVED BY HIS BEST FRIEND
ASKED HIM,
'AFTER I HURT YOU,
YOU WROTE IN THE SAND AND NOW,
YOU WRITE ON A STONE, WHY?'
THE FRIEND REPLIED
'WHEN SOMEONE HURTS US
WE SHOULD WRITE IT DOWN
IN SAND, WHERE WINDS OF
FORGIVENESS CAN ERASE IT AWAY.

BUT, WHEN SOMEONE DOES
SOMETHING GOOD FOR US,
WE MUST ENGRAVE IT IN STONE
WHERE NO WIND
CAN EVER ERASE IT'!!
LEARN TO WRITE
YOUR HURTS IN
THE SAND AND TO
CARVE YOUR
BENEFITS IN STONE.
THEY SAY IT TAKES A
MINUTE TO FIND A SPECIAL PERSON,
AN HOUR TO APPRECIATE THEM,
A DAY TO LOVE THEM,
BUT THEN
AN ENTIRE LIFE
TO FORGET THEM.

Quote for today

"In the end nothing we do or say in this lifetime
will matter as much
as the way we have loved one another."

Daphne Rose Kingma

LIFE!

"Life is a series of experiences, each of which makes us bigger, even though it is hard to realize this. For the world was built to develop character, and we must learn that the setbacks and griefs which we endure help us in our marching onward."                   ~Henry Ford

"Obstacles cannot crush me. Every obstacle yields to stern resolve. He who is fixed to a star does not change his mind."                ~Leonardo daVinci

WEATHER REPORT *~By BJ Gallagher~*

"Any day I'm vertical
is a good day"
...that's what I always say.
If you ask me,
"How are you?"
I'll answer, "GREAT!"
because in saying so,
I make it so.
When Life gives me dark clouds and rain,
I appreciate the moisture
that brings a soft curl to my hair.
When Life gives me sunshine,
I gratefully turn my face up
to feel its warmth on my cheeks.
When Life brings fog,
I hug my sweater around me
and give thanks for the cool shroud of mystery
that makes the familiar seem different and intriguing.
When Life brings snow,
I dash outside to catch the first flakes on my tongue,
relishing the icy miracle that is a snowflake.
Life's events and experiences
are like the weather -
they come and go,
no matter what my preference.
So, what the heck?!
I might as well decide to enjoy them.
For indeed,
there IS a time for every purpose
under Heaven.
And each season brings its own unique blessings.

From: GOD-To-You

To: YOU
Date: TODAY
From: GOD
Subject:YOURSELF
Reference: LIFE

This is God.Today I will be handling All of your problems for you.
I Do Not need your help.
So, have a nice day.

I love you.

P.S.

And, remember...

If life happens to deliver a situation to you that you cannot handle,
Do Not attempt to resolve it yourself !!
Kindly put it in the SFGTD (something for God to do) box.
*I will get to it in MY TIME.*
All situations will be resolved, but in My time, not yours*.

Once the matter is placed into the box, do not hold onto it by worrying
about it.
Instead, focus on all the wonderful things that are present in your life now.

If you find yourself stuck in traffic, don't despair.
There are people in this world for whom driving is an unheard of privilege.

Should you have a bad day at work;
Think of the man who has been out of work for years.

Should you despair over a relationship gone bad;
Think of the person who has never known what it's like to love and be loved in return.

Should you grieve the passing of another weekend;
Think of the woman in dire straits, working twelve hours a day, seven days a week to feed her children..


Should your car break down, leaving you miles away from assistance;
Think of the paraplegic who would love the opportunity to take that walk.

Should you notice a new gray hair in the mirror;
Think of the cancer patient in chemo who wishes she had hair to examine.

Should you find yourself at a loss and pondering what is life all about,
asking what is my purpose?
Be thankful. There are those who didn't live long enough to get the opportunity.

Should you find yourself the victim of other people's bitterness, ignorance,
smallness or insecurities;
Remember, things could be worse. You could be one of them!

Should you decide to refer this to a friend;
Thank you, you may have touched their life in ways you will never know!

Now, you have a nice day,

God

The Greatest, the most and the worst

The most useless thing to do ... ........Worry

The greatest Joy....................... .........Giving

The worst emotion...................expectation

The best emotion...................acceptance

The greatest loss.................Loss of self-respect

The most satisfying work.............. ...Helping others

The ugliest personality trait......................Selfishness

The most endangered species...................Dedicated leaders

The greatest "shot in the arm"..................Encouragement

The greatest problem to overcome.......... .....Fear

Most effective sleeping pill............ ...Peace of mind

The most crippling failure disease..... ....Excuses

The most powerful force in life.............. ........Love

The most dangerous pariah..................................A gossiper

The world's most incredible computer... ...The brain !

The worst thing to be without....................Hope

The deadliest weapon.... The tongue.......

The two most power-filled words................"I Can"

The greatest asset.............. ...Faith

The most worthless emotion................Self-pity

The most prized possession................Integrity

The most beautiful attire................ ...A SMILE!

The most powerful channel of communication..... ...Prayer

The most contagious spirit............ .....Enthusiasm

The most important thing in life....... ........GOD!