Buddhism quotes

Expect nothing and appreciate everything.

---------------------------------------------------------------

You learn nothing from life if you think you are right all the time!

---------------------------------------------------------------

It is during the worst storms of your life that you will get to see the true colours of the people who say they care for you.

---------------------------------------------------------------

Inner peace begins the moment you choose not to allow another person or event to control your emotions.

---------------------------------------------------------------

Solve the problem, or leave the problem. Do not live with the problem.

---------------------------------------------------------------

Always do the right thing no matter what others say. It is you, not them, who have to face the consequences.

---------------------------------------------------------------

Don't let yourself be controlled by three things: people, money or past experiences.

---------------------------------------------------------------

Silence is the best answer to someone who doesn't value your words.

---------------------------------------------------------------

Happiness starts with you. Not with your relationship, your friends, or your job, but with you.

---------------------------------------------------------------

Raise your words, not voice. It is rain that grows flowers, not thunder.

---------------------------------------------------------------

Easy is to judge the mistakes of others. Difficult is to recognise your own mistakes.

---------------------------------------------------------------

If a drop of water falls in a lake there is no identity. But if it falls on a leaf it shines. So choose the best place where your ability shines. Our destiny is not created by the shoes we wear, but by the steps we take.

---------------------------------------------------------------

Happiness is a choice, not a result. Nothing will make you happy until you choose to be happy. No person will make you happy unless you decide to be happy. Your happiness will not come to you. It can only come from you.

---------------------------------------------------------------

Do not get upset with people or situations, both are powerless without your reaction.

8 Truths of Life

Truth No. 1: Nobody is real in this world except Mother.

Truth No. 2: A poor person has no friends.

Truth No. 3: People do not like good thoughts, they like good looks.

Truth No. 4: People respect the money, not the person.

Truth No. 5: The person you love the most, will hurt you the most.

Truth No. 6: Truth is simple, but the moment you try to explain it, it becomes difficult.

Truth No. 7: When you are happy you enjoy the music, but when you are sad, you understand the lyrics.

Truth No. 8: In life, two things define you: your patience when you have nothing, and your attitude when you have everything. 

看完你就不生气了

 你所有的压力，都是因为你太想要了，你所有的痛苦，都是因为你太较真了。有些事不能尽你心意，就是在提醒你该转弯了。如果事事都如意，那就不叫生活了，所以睡前原谅一切，醒来不问过往，珍惜所有的不期而遇，看淡所有的不辞而别！人生，一站有一站的风景，一岁有一岁的味道，你的年龄应该成为你生命的勋章，而不是你伤感的理由。生活嘛，慢慢来，你又不差。

Think tank

 Happiness starts with you. Not with your relationships, not with your job, not with your money, but with you.

---------------------------------------------------------

Worrying is a waste of time. It doesn't change anything. It messes with your mind and steals your happiness.

---------------------------------------------------------

Happiness comes a lot easier when you stop complaining about your problems and you start being grateful for the problems you don't have.

---------------------------------------------------------

Why God made friends...

He never intended for us to walk alone through life - that is why He created friends.

He places these special people in our path to walk with us...

---------------------------------------------------------

Embrace everything life throws at you. There is always a purpose behind it.

---------------------------------------------------------

Confidence is better than perfection because perfection means doing the best but confidence means knowing how to handle the worst.

---------------------------------------------------------

When you wish good for others, good things come back to you. This is the Law of Nature.

---------------------------------------------------------

You are rich, when you are content and happy with what you have.

---------------------------------------------------------

Surround yourself with people who:

Empower you

Believe in you

Support you

Uplift you

Motivate you

Appreciate you

Keep a group of good friends

Many years ago, after I got married I was sitting on a couch on a hot, humid day, sipping frozen juice during a visit to my father.

As I talked about adult life, marriage, responsibilities and obligations, my father thoughtfully stirred the ice cubes in his glass and cast a clear, sober look at me.

"Never forget your friends," he advised, "they will become more important as you get older."

“Regardless of how much you love your family and the children you happen to have, you will always need friends. Remember to go out with them occasionally, do activities with them, call them..."

"What strange advice!" I thought. I had just entered the married world, I am an adult and surely my wife and the family that we will start will be everything I need to make sense of my life.

Yet I obeyed him; kept in touch with my friends and annually increased their number. Over the years, I became aware that my father knew what he was talking about!

In as much as time and nature carry out their designs and mysteries on a man, friends are the bulwarks of his life.

After 50 years of life, here is what I learned:

Time passes.

Life goes on.

The distances increase.

Children grow up and become independent and although it breaks the parents' heart, they are often separated from them.

Jobs come and go.

Illusions, desires, attractions, sex... weaken.

People do what they should not do.

Parents die.

Colleagues forget the favors.

The races are over.

But true friends are always there, no matter how long or how many miles away they are.

A friend is never more distant than the reach of a need, reaching out to you, intervening in your favor, waiting for you with open arms or with blessings for your life.

When we started this adventure called LIFE, we did not know of the incredible joys or sorrows that were ahead. 

We did not know how much we would need from one another. 

Love your parents, take care of your children, but keep a group of good friends.

Comparison and Competition is the thief of Joy

Such a beautiful message...worth reading !!!

I was jogging this morning and I noticed a person about half a km ahead. 

I could guess he was running a little slower than me and that made me feel good, I said to myself I will try catch up with him.

So I started running faster and faster. Every block, I was gaining on him a little bit. 

After just a few minutes I was only about 100 feet behind him, so I really picked up the pace and pushed myself. I was determined to catch up with him.

Finally, I did it! I caught up and passed him. Inwardly I felt very good. "I beat him". 

Of course, he didn't even know we were racing. 

After I passed him, I realized I had been so focused on competing against him that....

I had missed my turn to my house,

I had missed the focus on my inner peace,

I missed to see the beauty of greenery around, 

I missed to do my inner soul searching meditation, 

It then dawned on me, isn't that what happens in life when we focus on competing with co-workers, neighbours, friends, family, trying to outdo them or trying to prove that we are more successful or more important and in the bargain we miss on our happiness within our own surroundings?

The problem with unhealthy competition is that it's a never ending cycle.

There will always be somebody ahead of you, 

someone with a better job, 

nicer car, 

more money in the bank, 

more education, 

a prettier wife, 

a more handsome husband, 

better behaved children, 

better circumstances and 

better conditions etc.

 

But one important realisation is that 

You can be the best that you can be, when you are not competing with anyone.

Some people are insecure because they pay too much attention to 

what others are, 

where others are going, 

wearing and driving, 

what others are talking.  

Accept it and realize, that you are blessed. Stay focused and live a healthy life. 

There is no competition in Destiny. Each has his own.

Comparison AND Competition  is the thief of JOY. 

It kills the Joy of Living your Own Life.

Run your own Race that leads to a Peaceful, Happy, Steady Life. 

Wishing you a wonderful 2022!🙏🏻

Count Your blessing & enjoy It . 

Anonymous writer

Points to ponder...

 You cannot change the people around you, but you can change the people that you choose to be around.

- Roy T. Bennett

-------------------------------------------------------------------------

Best exercise is walking.

Walk away from arguments that lead to anger. 

Walk away from thoughts that steal your happiness.

The more you walk away from things that destroy your soul, the happier your life will be. 

--------------------------------------------------------------------------

Life is beautiful if you know where to look.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------

Never blame anyone in your life. 

Good people give you happiness.

Bad people give you experience.

Worst people give you a lesson and best people give you memories.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------

Knowledge decides what to say

Skill decides how to say

Attitude decides how much to say

Wisdom decides whether to say or not

---------------------------------------------------------------------------

You cannot be perfect without making mistakes.

You cannot get success without facing failures.

You cannot feel happiness without being sad.

Everything comes in a pair and you can never get one without facing the other.

----------------------------------------------------------------------------

A positive mind finds opportunity in everything.

A negative mind finds fault in everything.

----------------------------------------------------------------------------

We think sometimes that poverty is only being hungry, naked and homeless. The poverty of being unwanted, unloved and uncared for is the greatest poverty. - Mother Theresa

----------------------------------------------------------------------------

The sincerity of husband is known during the sickness of his wife.

The sincerity of wife is known during difficult financial situation of the husband.

The true love of the children is known during the old age of the parents.

The true nature of siblings is known during distribution of inheritance.

The sincerity of friends is known during hard times.

The true relatives are known when one is far from his country or lonely or sick.

True love is known when there is no means of benefit.

And a true believer is known during times of hardship.