It is better to live your own destiny imperfectly than to live an imitation of somebody else's life with perfection- The Bhagarad Gita
Our individual circle of friendship is part of the global circle of friendship; it is one & the same. A drop of rain from the sky, a drop of water from the river, on a drop of water from the ocean are all just that - a drop of water -until they accumulate. The friends we make in our own small circle contribute to the spread of friendship around the world. Making 1 true friend is a step towards creating world peace-Daisaku Ikeda
The longer I live, the more I realize the impact of attitude on life. Attitude, to me, is more important than facts. It is more important than the past, the education, the money, than circumstances, than failure, than successes, than what other people think or say or do. It is more important than appearance, giftedness or skill. It will make or break a company... a church... a home. The remarkable thing is we have a choice everyday regarding the attitude we will embrace for that day. We cannot change our past... we cannot change the fact that people will act in a certain way. We cannot change the inevitable. The only thing we can do is play on the one string we have, and that is our attitude. I am convinced that life is 10% what happens to me and 90% of how I react to it. And so it is with you... we are in charge of our Attitudes.” ~ Charles r Swindoll
Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. And today? Today is a gift. That's why we call it the present. ~Babatunde Olatunji
YES a new day, step out the door listen to the wonderful sounds of nature, to hard to ignore, Feet firmly upon her, taste the essence of of daily presence, Now carry on Ur journey to you, to me, to the big old oak tree, to flee of mind, escape the unkind, to try to find the links between the time lines, of day to day chores, And the pointless data Ur mind stores. Connection with earth, that is what life's worth, we had it right at the moment of birth.
No yesterdays are ever wasted for those who give themselves to today. ~Brendan Francis
live the life you love and love the life you live ~ Bob Marley
Don't let yesterday use up too much of today. ~Cherokee Indian Proverb
When the last leave falls,
When the last drop of water dries out,
When the ozone layer is already destroyed,
Will it be too late to understand
that money is not going to save us? ~Tove, “When the Last Leave Falls”
From the Novel "Random Acts of Heroic Love" ~ Danny Scheinmann
Imagine you are floating in an absolute void and any memory of your life on earth has gone. here there are no concepts of space or time. You are a naked human being suspended in nothingness. Take all the "I Ams" with which you define yourself and see how they fare in this void. I am English, I am tall, I am young and so on. Be ruthless, be honest in exposing the image of yourself. One by one let these notions parade before you like contestants in a beauty contest and examine them with a fresh eye..... The only thing that survives the void are your senses, for if you touch your face you can still feel it.
In the void man is limitless, free from that which shackles him to ideas, places, things and time. Free from triviality. Man becomes an ageless, size less, posessionless organism without racial, national or religious identity, a receptacle for higher emotion and thought, a master of the senses. He becomes a giant of possibility.
People are uncomfortable with the infinite and eternal. We feel more comfortable defining ourselves by our jobs, our social class, and our religions than by our boundless potential. The average person is happier saying he is a member of a badminton club than a member of the human race, let alone a part of the universe. But where does that small mindedness lead? If you are a member of a club you will want to beat the neighbouring club. If you consider yourself a member of the human race there are no humans to beat but you can still subjugate the planet instead. But if you see yourself as a vital part of a holistic universe then any battle is ultimately against yourself.
if you are part of unity, what is there to fight about?
We are each a small piece of infinity and in some form or other we will live for eternity.
You don't stop laughing because you get old, you get old because you stop laughing. ~ Michael Pritchard
The human race has one really effective weapon and that is laughter. ~Mark Twain
It's not the mountain we conquer but oursevles ~ Edmund Hillary
Everywhere is withing walking distance if you have the time ~ Steven Wright
