Miracles happen daily, if we only open our eyes, our ears, our minds and hearts to this wonderful gift of God.
When we open our eyes and see the sun rising, when someone smiles at us and we feel good, that is a miracle.
When in the midst of troubles we can still laugh, when we can still love in the midst of strife and division, when we can still trust when everyone seems to distrust each other...these are the big and little miracles that surround us daily.
Sunday, October 26, 2008
Friday, October 17, 2008
Quotes from famous people
If we cannot love the person whom we see, how can we love God, whom we cannot see? - Mother Theresa
If you win you need not explain...but if you lose you should not be there to explain. - Adolph Hitler
If you start judging people you will be having no time to love them - Mother Theresa
I'm not in competition with anybody but myself...my goal is to beat my last performance. - Bill Gates
Don't compare yourself with anyone in this world...if you do so, you are insulting yourself. - Alen Strike
Never explain yourself to anyone...because the person who likes you does not need it...and the person who dislikes you won't believe it. - unknown
The dream is not what you see in sleep...dream is which does not let you sleep. - Dr Abdul Kalam (Former President of the Republic of India)
No man is rich enough to buy his past. - Oscar Wilde
If you want real peace, don't talk to your friends...talk with your enemies. - Mother Theresa
Winning doesn't mean always being first...winning means you're doing better than you've done before. - Bonnie Blaire
Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself. - Leo Tolstoy
I will not say I failed 1000 times, I will say that I discovered there are 1000 ways that can cause failure. - Thomas Edison
Never break four things in your life: Trust, Promise, Relationship and Heart. Because when they break they don't make noise but a lot of pain. - Charles
In a day, when you don't come across any problems you can be sure that you are travelling in a wrong path. - Swami Vivekananda
Three sentences for getting success: Know more than others, work more than others, expect less from others. - William Shakespeare
Love your job but never fall in love with your company because you never know when it stops loving you. - Dr Abdul Kalam
If someone feels that they had never made a mistake in their life, then it means they had never tried a new thing in their life. - Albert Einstein
If you win you need not explain...but if you lose you should not be there to explain. - Adolph Hitler
If you start judging people you will be having no time to love them - Mother Theresa
I'm not in competition with anybody but myself...my goal is to beat my last performance. - Bill Gates
Don't compare yourself with anyone in this world...if you do so, you are insulting yourself. - Alen Strike
Never explain yourself to anyone...because the person who likes you does not need it...and the person who dislikes you won't believe it. - unknown
The dream is not what you see in sleep...dream is which does not let you sleep. - Dr Abdul Kalam (Former President of the Republic of India)
No man is rich enough to buy his past. - Oscar Wilde
If you want real peace, don't talk to your friends...talk with your enemies. - Mother Theresa
Winning doesn't mean always being first...winning means you're doing better than you've done before. - Bonnie Blaire
Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself. - Leo Tolstoy
I will not say I failed 1000 times, I will say that I discovered there are 1000 ways that can cause failure. - Thomas Edison
Never break four things in your life: Trust, Promise, Relationship and Heart. Because when they break they don't make noise but a lot of pain. - Charles
In a day, when you don't come across any problems you can be sure that you are travelling in a wrong path. - Swami Vivekananda
Three sentences for getting success: Know more than others, work more than others, expect less from others. - William Shakespeare
Love your job but never fall in love with your company because you never know when it stops loving you. - Dr Abdul Kalam
If someone feels that they had never made a mistake in their life, then it means they had never tried a new thing in their life. - Albert Einstein
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
From now on...
1. From now on, every time anyone asks you how you are, the out loud answer is always and forever a very, very positive positive! [Great! Terrific! Fantastic!] No matter how you really feel! It doesn't matter, you are trying to change you!
2. From now on, you commit to taking full and total responsibility for your circumstances, your results and how you feel! It will always be your responsibility and that of your brain cells and no one else's!
3. From now on, you will always learn new things everyday!
4. From now on, you will stop yourself from completing any and every negative thought or words, and turn them into a positive, before you go on to anything else!
5. From now on, you will always everyday do something new, strange, crazy, silly, out of the box, embarassing, or that is otherwise 'not like you'.
6. From now on, you will always, set a goal by putting it down in writing.
7. From now on, you will willingly and eagerly fail at something important everyday - and learn from it!
8. From now on, you will everyday of your life, tell at least two people that you love them. (one should always be you, even if you don't believe it yet!)
9. From now on, you will everyday of your life, do an exercise regimen for your brain or your body (preferably both!)
10. From now on, you will stop and look to see what everyone else is doing, and then choose to probably do the opposite!
2. From now on, you commit to taking full and total responsibility for your circumstances, your results and how you feel! It will always be your responsibility and that of your brain cells and no one else's!
3. From now on, you will always learn new things everyday!
4. From now on, you will stop yourself from completing any and every negative thought or words, and turn them into a positive, before you go on to anything else!
5. From now on, you will always everyday do something new, strange, crazy, silly, out of the box, embarassing, or that is otherwise 'not like you'.
6. From now on, you will always, set a goal by putting it down in writing.
7. From now on, you will willingly and eagerly fail at something important everyday - and learn from it!
8. From now on, you will everyday of your life, tell at least two people that you love them. (one should always be you, even if you don't believe it yet!)
9. From now on, you will everyday of your life, do an exercise regimen for your brain or your body (preferably both!)
10. From now on, you will stop and look to see what everyone else is doing, and then choose to probably do the opposite!
Monday, October 13, 2008
Have a nice day =)
Be warm and tender, thoughtful and affectionate.
Rare is true love, true friendship is still rarer.
We pardon as long as we love.
Troubles are like washing machine,
They twist, turn and knock us around,
but in the end we come out brighter than before!
Past is Experience,
Present is Experiment,
Future is Expectation.
Use your Experience in your Experiment to achieve your Expectations!
Rare is true love, true friendship is still rarer.
We pardon as long as we love.
Troubles are like washing machine,
They twist, turn and knock us around,
but in the end we come out brighter than before!
Past is Experience,
Present is Experiment,
Future is Expectation.
Use your Experience in your Experiment to achieve your Expectations!
Reflecting on old age
Old Age, I decided, is a gift.
I am now, probably for the first time in my life, the person I have always wanted to be. Oh, not my body! I sometime despair over my body, the wrinkles, the baggy eyes, and the sagging butt. And often I am taken aback by that old person that lives in my mirror (who looks like my mother!), but I don't agonize over those things for long.
I would never trade my amazing friends, my wonderful life, my loving family for less gray hair or a flatter belly. As I've aged, I've become kinder to myself, and less critical of myself. I've become my own friend. I don't chide myself for eating that extra cookie, or for not making my bed, or for buying that silly cement gecko that I didn't need, but looks so avante garde on my patio. I am entitled to a treat, to be messy, to be extravagant.
I have seen too many dear friends leave this world too soon; before they understood the great freedom that comes with aging.
Whose business is it if I choose to read or play on the computer until 4AM and sleep until noon? I will dance with myself to those wonderful tunes of the 60 & 70's, and if I, at the same time, wish to weep over a lost love... I will.
I will walk the beach in a swim suit that is stretched over a bulging body, and will dive into the waves with abandon if I choose to, despite the pitying glances from the jet set.
They, too, will get old. I know I am sometimes forgetful. But there again, some of life is just as well forgotten. And I eventually remember the important things.
Sure, over the years my heart has been broken. How can your heart not break when you lose a loved one, or when a child suffers, or even when somebody's beloved pet gets hit by a car? But broken hearts are what give us strength and understanding and compassion. A heart never broken is pristine and sterile and will never know the joy of being imperfect.
I am so blessed to have lived long enough to have my hair turning gray, and to have my youthful laughs be forever etched into deep grooves on my face. So many have never laughed, and so many have died before their hair could turn silver.
As you get older, it is easier to be positive. You care less about what other people think. I don't question myself anymore. I've even earned the right to be wrong.
So, to answer your question, I like being old. It has set me free. I like the person I have become. I am not going to live forever, but while I am still here, I will not waste time lamenting what could have been, or worrying about what will be. And I shall eat dessert every single day (if I feel like it).
I am now, probably for the first time in my life, the person I have always wanted to be. Oh, not my body! I sometime despair over my body, the wrinkles, the baggy eyes, and the sagging butt. And often I am taken aback by that old person that lives in my mirror (who looks like my mother!), but I don't agonize over those things for long.
I would never trade my amazing friends, my wonderful life, my loving family for less gray hair or a flatter belly. As I've aged, I've become kinder to myself, and less critical of myself. I've become my own friend. I don't chide myself for eating that extra cookie, or for not making my bed, or for buying that silly cement gecko that I didn't need, but looks so avante garde on my patio. I am entitled to a treat, to be messy, to be extravagant.
I have seen too many dear friends leave this world too soon; before they understood the great freedom that comes with aging.
Whose business is it if I choose to read or play on the computer until 4AM and sleep until noon? I will dance with myself to those wonderful tunes of the 60 & 70's, and if I, at the same time, wish to weep over a lost love... I will.
I will walk the beach in a swim suit that is stretched over a bulging body, and will dive into the waves with abandon if I choose to, despite the pitying glances from the jet set.
They, too, will get old. I know I am sometimes forgetful. But there again, some of life is just as well forgotten. And I eventually remember the important things.
Sure, over the years my heart has been broken. How can your heart not break when you lose a loved one, or when a child suffers, or even when somebody's beloved pet gets hit by a car? But broken hearts are what give us strength and understanding and compassion. A heart never broken is pristine and sterile and will never know the joy of being imperfect.
I am so blessed to have lived long enough to have my hair turning gray, and to have my youthful laughs be forever etched into deep grooves on my face. So many have never laughed, and so many have died before their hair could turn silver.
As you get older, it is easier to be positive. You care less about what other people think. I don't question myself anymore. I've even earned the right to be wrong.
So, to answer your question, I like being old. It has set me free. I like the person I have become. I am not going to live forever, but while I am still here, I will not waste time lamenting what could have been, or worrying about what will be. And I shall eat dessert every single day (if I feel like it).
-unknown-
Saturday, October 11, 2008
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Friday, October 3, 2008
Carrots, Eggs & Coffee
A young woman went to her mother and told her about her life and how things were so hard for her. She did not know how she was going to make it and wanted to give up. She was tired of fighting and struggling. It seemed as one problem was solved, a new one arose.
Her mother took her to the kitchen. She filled three pots with water and placed each on a high fire. Soon the pots came to boil. In the first she placed carrots, in the second she placed eggs, and in the last she placed ground coffee beans. She let them sit and boil; without saying a word.
In about twenty minutes she turned off the burners. She fished the carrots out and placed them in a bowl. She pulled the eggs out and placed them in a bowl. Then she ladled the coffee out and placed it in a bowl. Turning to her daughter, she asked, 'Tell me what you see.'
'Carrots, eggs, and coffee,' she replied. Her mother brought her closer and asked her to feel the carrots. She did and noted that they were soft. The mother then asked the daughter to take an egg and break it. After pulling off the shell, she observed the hard boiled egg. Finally, the mother asked the daughter to sip the coffee. The daughter smiled as she tasted its rich aroma. The daughter then asked, 'What does it mean, mother?'
Her mother explained that each of these objects had faced the same adversity: boiling water. Each reacted differently. The carrot went in strong, hard, and unrelenting. However, after being subjected to the boiling water, it softened and became weak. The egg had been fragile. Its thin outer shell had protected its liquid interior, but after sitting through the boiling water, its inside became hardened. The ground coffee beans were unique, however. After they were in the boiling water, they had changed the water.
'Which are you?' she asked her daughter. 'When adversity knocks on your door, how do you respond? Are you acarrot, an egg or a coffee bean?'
Think of this: Which am I? Am I the carrot that seems strong, but with pain and adversity do I wilt and become soft and lose my strength?
Am I the egg that starts with a malleable heart, but changes with the heat? Did I have a fluid spirit, but aftera death, a breakup, a financial hardship or some other trial, have I become hardened and stiff? Does my shell look the same, but on the inside am I bitter and tough with a stiff spirit and hardened heart?
Or am I like the coffee bean? The bean actually changes the hot water, the very circumstance that brings the pain. When the water gets hot, it releases the fragrance and flavor. If you are like the bean, when things are at their worst, you get better and change the situation around you. When the hour is the darkest and trials are their greatest do you elevate yourself to another level? How do you handle adversity? Are you a carrot, an egg or a coffee bean?
May you have enough happiness to make you sweet, enough trials to make you strong, enough sorrow to keep you human and enough hope to make you happy.
The happiest of people don't necessarily have the best of everything; they just make the most of everything that comes along their way. The brightest future will always be based on a forgotten past; you can't go forward in life until you let go of your past failures and heartaches.
When you were born, you were crying and everyone around you was smiling. Live your life so at the end, you're the one who is smiling when everyone around you is crying.
Her mother took her to the kitchen. She filled three pots with water and placed each on a high fire. Soon the pots came to boil. In the first she placed carrots, in the second she placed eggs, and in the last she placed ground coffee beans. She let them sit and boil; without saying a word.
In about twenty minutes she turned off the burners. She fished the carrots out and placed them in a bowl. She pulled the eggs out and placed them in a bowl. Then she ladled the coffee out and placed it in a bowl. Turning to her daughter, she asked, 'Tell me what you see.'
'Carrots, eggs, and coffee,' she replied. Her mother brought her closer and asked her to feel the carrots. She did and noted that they were soft. The mother then asked the daughter to take an egg and break it. After pulling off the shell, she observed the hard boiled egg. Finally, the mother asked the daughter to sip the coffee. The daughter smiled as she tasted its rich aroma. The daughter then asked, 'What does it mean, mother?'
Her mother explained that each of these objects had faced the same adversity: boiling water. Each reacted differently. The carrot went in strong, hard, and unrelenting. However, after being subjected to the boiling water, it softened and became weak. The egg had been fragile. Its thin outer shell had protected its liquid interior, but after sitting through the boiling water, its inside became hardened. The ground coffee beans were unique, however. After they were in the boiling water, they had changed the water.
'Which are you?' she asked her daughter. 'When adversity knocks on your door, how do you respond? Are you acarrot, an egg or a coffee bean?'
Think of this: Which am I? Am I the carrot that seems strong, but with pain and adversity do I wilt and become soft and lose my strength?
Am I the egg that starts with a malleable heart, but changes with the heat? Did I have a fluid spirit, but aftera death, a breakup, a financial hardship or some other trial, have I become hardened and stiff? Does my shell look the same, but on the inside am I bitter and tough with a stiff spirit and hardened heart?
Or am I like the coffee bean? The bean actually changes the hot water, the very circumstance that brings the pain. When the water gets hot, it releases the fragrance and flavor. If you are like the bean, when things are at their worst, you get better and change the situation around you. When the hour is the darkest and trials are their greatest do you elevate yourself to another level? How do you handle adversity? Are you a carrot, an egg or a coffee bean?
May you have enough happiness to make you sweet, enough trials to make you strong, enough sorrow to keep you human and enough hope to make you happy.
The happiest of people don't necessarily have the best of everything; they just make the most of everything that comes along their way. The brightest future will always be based on a forgotten past; you can't go forward in life until you let go of your past failures and heartaches.
When you were born, you were crying and everyone around you was smiling. Live your life so at the end, you're the one who is smiling when everyone around you is crying.
为什么人生气时说话用喊的
有一天一个有智慧的教授问他的学生以下的问题：
“为什么人生气时说话用喊的？”
所有的学生都想了很久，其中有一个学生说：“因为我们丧失了‘冷静’，所以我们会用喊的。”
教授又问：“那么为什么别人就在你旁边而已，你还是用喊的，难道不能小声地说吗？为什么总是要用喊的？”
几乎所有的学生都七嘴八舌地说了一堆，但是没有一个答案是让教授满意的。
最后教授解释说：“当两个人在生气的时候，心的距离是很远的，而为了掩盖当中的距离使对方能够听见，于是必须用喊的，但是在喊的同时人会更生气，更生气距离就更远，距离更远就又要喊更大声……”
教授接着继续说：“而当两个人在相恋时会怎么样呢？情况刚好相反，不但不会用喊的，而且说话都很轻声细语，为什么？因为他们的心很接近，心与心之间几乎没有距离，所以相恋中的两个人通常是耳语式的说话，但是心中的爱因而更深，到后来根本不需要言语，只用眼神就可以传情，而那时心与心之间早已经没有所谓的距离了……”
最后教授做了一个结论：“当两个人争吵时，不要让心的距离变远，更不要说些让心距离更远的话，自然的过了几天，等到心的距离已经比较没有远时，再好好地说吧！”
“为什么人生气时说话用喊的？”
所有的学生都想了很久，其中有一个学生说：“因为我们丧失了‘冷静’，所以我们会用喊的。”
教授又问：“那么为什么别人就在你旁边而已，你还是用喊的，难道不能小声地说吗？为什么总是要用喊的？”
几乎所有的学生都七嘴八舌地说了一堆，但是没有一个答案是让教授满意的。
最后教授解释说：“当两个人在生气的时候，心的距离是很远的，而为了掩盖当中的距离使对方能够听见，于是必须用喊的，但是在喊的同时人会更生气，更生气距离就更远，距离更远就又要喊更大声……”
教授接着继续说：“而当两个人在相恋时会怎么样呢？情况刚好相反，不但不会用喊的，而且说话都很轻声细语，为什么？因为他们的心很接近，心与心之间几乎没有距离，所以相恋中的两个人通常是耳语式的说话，但是心中的爱因而更深，到后来根本不需要言语，只用眼神就可以传情，而那时心与心之间早已经没有所谓的距离了……”
最后教授做了一个结论：“当两个人争吵时，不要让心的距离变远，更不要说些让心距离更远的话，自然的过了几天，等到心的距离已经比较没有远时，再好好地说吧！”
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
The 'be' attitudes
Be understanding to your percevied enemies.
Be loyal to your friends.
Be strong enough to face the world each day.
Be weak enough to know you cannot do everything alone.
Be generous to those who need your help.
Be frugal with that you need yourself.
Be wise enough to know that you do not know everything.
Be foolish enough to believe in miracles.
Be willing to share your joys.
Be willing to share the sorrow of others.
Be a leader when you see a path others have missed.
Be a follower when you are shrouded by the mists of uncertainty.
Be first to congratulate an opponent who succeeds.
Be last to criticize a colleague who fails.
Be sure where you next step will fall, so that you will not tumble.
Be sure of your final destination, in case you are going the wrong way.
Be loving to those who love you.
Be loving to those who do not love you; they may change.
Above all, be yourself.
Be loyal to your friends.
Be strong enough to face the world each day.
Be weak enough to know you cannot do everything alone.
Be generous to those who need your help.
Be frugal with that you need yourself.
Be wise enough to know that you do not know everything.
Be foolish enough to believe in miracles.
Be willing to share your joys.
Be willing to share the sorrow of others.
Be a leader when you see a path others have missed.
Be a follower when you are shrouded by the mists of uncertainty.
Be first to congratulate an opponent who succeeds.
Be last to criticize a colleague who fails.
Be sure where you next step will fall, so that you will not tumble.
Be sure of your final destination, in case you are going the wrong way.
Be loving to those who love you.
Be loving to those who do not love you; they may change.
Above all, be yourself.
Shake it off and take a step up!
One day a farmer's donkey fell down into a well. The animal cried piteously for hours as the farmer tried to figure out what to do.
Finally, he decided the animal was old, and the well needed to be covered up anyway; it just wasn't worth it to retrieve the donkey.
He invited all his neighbours to come over and help him. They all grabbed a shovel and began to shovel dirt into the well. At first, the donkey realised what was happening and cried horribly. Then, to everyone's amazement he quited down.
A few shovel loads later, the farmer finally looked down the well. He was astonished at what he saw. With each shovel of dirt that his his back, the donkey was doing something amazing. He would shake it off and take a step up.
As the farmer's neighbours continued to shovel dirt on top of the animal, he would shake it off and take a step up. Pretty soon, everyone was amazed as the donkey stepped over the edge of the well and happily trotted off!
Moral: Life is going to shovel dirt on you, all kinds of dirt. The trick to getting out of the well is to shake it off and take a step up. Each of our troubles is a stepping stone. We can get out of the deepest wells just by not stopping, never giving up! Shake it off and take a step up.
Remember the five simple rules to be happy:
1. Free your heart from hatred - Forgive.
2. Free your mind from worries - most never happenes.
3. Live simply and appreciate what you have.
4. Give more.
5. Expect less from people but more from God.
Finally, he decided the animal was old, and the well needed to be covered up anyway; it just wasn't worth it to retrieve the donkey.
He invited all his neighbours to come over and help him. They all grabbed a shovel and began to shovel dirt into the well. At first, the donkey realised what was happening and cried horribly. Then, to everyone's amazement he quited down.
A few shovel loads later, the farmer finally looked down the well. He was astonished at what he saw. With each shovel of dirt that his his back, the donkey was doing something amazing. He would shake it off and take a step up.
As the farmer's neighbours continued to shovel dirt on top of the animal, he would shake it off and take a step up. Pretty soon, everyone was amazed as the donkey stepped over the edge of the well and happily trotted off!
Moral: Life is going to shovel dirt on you, all kinds of dirt. The trick to getting out of the well is to shake it off and take a step up. Each of our troubles is a stepping stone. We can get out of the deepest wells just by not stopping, never giving up! Shake it off and take a step up.
Remember the five simple rules to be happy:
1. Free your heart from hatred - Forgive.
2. Free your mind from worries - most never happenes.
3. Live simply and appreciate what you have.
4. Give more.
5. Expect less from people but more from God.
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