Inner Self

When you see a worthy person, endeavor to emulate him. When you see an unworthy person, then examine your inner self.

- Confucius

YOU

As a Child, YOU did not Quit...YOU tried...YOU stood...YOU walked. Why should YOU quit now?

- Sam Vijay Kumar

The Golden Key

It is better to be an outsider than to compromise your principles.

Words to Live By

WATCH YOUR
THOUGHTS
for they become your words

WATCH YOUR
WORDS
for they become your actions

WATCH YOUR
ACTIONS
for they become your habits

WATCH YOUR
HABITS
for they become your character

WATCH YOUR
CHARACTER
for it becomes your destiny

Dwell not on the past. Use it to illustrate a point, and then leave it behind. Nothing really matters except what you do now in this instant of time. From this moment onwards you can be an entirely different person, filled with love and understanding, ready with an outstretched hand, uplifted and positive in every thought and deed.

- Eileen Caddy

Hollie Steel - 10 Yr Old Singer/Ballerina - Britains Got Talent 2009 Ep 3

True Progress

Optimism is essential to achievement and it is also the foundation of courage and true progress.

- Nicholas Murray Butler

Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.

- Thich Nhat Hahn

Dream An Awesome Dream

The Act of Self-Giving

When you become detached mentally from yourself and concentrate on helping other people with their difficulties, you will be able to cope with your own more effectively. Somehow, the act of self-giving is a personal power-releasing factor.

— Norman Vincent Peale

Dream no small dreams for they have no power to move the hearts of men.

- Goethe

Life is Beautiful

Worth

Treat people as if they were what they ought to be and you help them to become what they are capable of being.

- Goethe

There is a wonderful mythical law of nature that the three things we crave most in life -- happiness, freedom, and peace of mind -- are always attained by giving them to someone else.

- Peyton Conway March

Reflections

Something is Created

Every time words are spoken, something is created. Be conscious of what you say and how you say it. Use words that build up, appreciate, encourage and inspire.

- Lucy MacDonald

Extraordinary Things

If someone listens, or stretches out a hand, or whispers a word of encouragement, or attempts to understand a lonely person, extraordinary things begin to happen.

- Loretta Girzartis

Simplicity

The Quieter Message of the Heart

When we learn to manage our emotions long enough to stop and shift our attention to the quieter message of the heart, we can gain a wider perspective on any situation, often saving ourselves from hurt, frustration and pain.

- Doc Childre

A spark of kindness starts a fire of love.

Gratitude, Abundance, and Thanksgiving

The key to developing compassion in your life is to make it a daily practice.
Meditate upon it in the morning (you can do it while checking email), think about it when you interact with others, and reflect on it at night. In this way, it becomes a part of your life. Or as the Dalai Lama also said, “This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness.”

For everything you have missed, you have gained something else;
And for everything you gain, you lose something else.
It is about your outlook towards life. You can either regret or rejoice.

The Twin Flame Blessing

Quality of Life

With just a little education and practice on how to manage your emotions, you can move into a new experience of life so rewarding that you will be motivated to keep on managing your emotional nature in order to sustain it. The payoff is delicious in terms of improved quality of life.

- Doc Childre

Swimming with Whales at Turks and Caicos Islands

One Person

To the world you may be one person, but to one person you may be the world.

- Annoymous

Journeys of Love & Friendship

Joy of the Soul

The opposite of the ego is the joy of the soul -- yet, the soul speaks very softly and the ego is very loud.

- Laura Teresa Marquez

A Worthwhile Person

To value his own good opinion, a child has to feel that he is a worthwhile person. He has to have confidence in himself as an individual.

- Sidonie Gruenberg

Good Evans - Singing Family - Britains Got Talent 2009

How to Discover Your Purpose in Life?

While there are many ways to do this, some of them fairly involved, here is one of the simplest that anyone can do. The more open you are to this process, and the more you expect it to work, the faster it will work for you. But not being open to it or having doubts about it or thinking it’s an entirely idiotic and meaningless waste of time won’t prevent it from working as long as you stick with it — again, it will just take longer to converge.

Here’s what to do:

Take out a blank sheet of paper or open up a word processor where you can type (I prefer the latter because it’s faster).

Write at the top, “What is my true purpose in life?”

Write an answer (any answer) that pops into your head. It doesn’t have to be a complete sentence. A short phrase is fine.

Repeat step 3 until you write the answer that makes you cry. This is your purpose.

http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2005/01/how-to-discover-your-life-purpose-in-about-20-minutes/

Earth, Teach Me

Earth teach me quiet ~ as the grasses are still with new light.
Earth teach me suffering ~ as old stones suffer with memory.
Earth teach me humility ~ as blossoms are humble with beginning.
Earth teach me caring ~ as mothers nurture their young.
Earth teach me courage ~ as the tree that stands alone.
Earth teach me limitation ~ as the ant that crawls on the ground.
Earth teach me freedom ~ as the eagle that soars in the sky.
Earth teach me acceptance ~ as the leaves that die each fall.
Earth teach me renewal ~ as the seed that rises in the spring.
Earth teach me to forget myself ~ as melted snow forgets its life.
Earth teach me to remember kindness ~ as dry fields weep with rain.

- A Ute Prayer

The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched - they must be felt with the heart.

- Helen Keller

Appreciating What You Have

Happiness comes only from appreciating what you have right now. You can even be happy by appreciating your troubles because they are helping to build your character.
This definition of happiness.

- Harriet Meyerson

Beautiful Guam

People Are Other People

Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation.

- Oscar Wilde

いきものがかり「夏空グラフィティ」ＰＶ

We borrowed that "Graffiti Summer Sky"

If I Had my Child To Raise Over Again

If I had my child to raise all over again,
I'd build self-esteem first, and the house later.
I'd finger paint more, and point the finger less.
I would do less correcting and more connecting.
I'd take my eyes off my watch, and watch with my eyes.
I would care to know less and know to care more.
I'd take more hikes and fly more kites.
I'd stop playing serious, and seriously play.
I would run through more fields and gaze at more stars,
I'd do more hugging and less tugging.
I'd see the oak tree in the acorn more often,
I would be firm less often, and affirm much more.
I'd model less about the love of power,
And more about the power of love.

- Diane Loomans

A Good Heart

A good heart is better than all the heads in the world.

- Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Optimisim

The Illusion

Don't believe your friends when they ask you to be honest with them. All they really want is to be maintained in the good opinion they have of themselves.

- Albert Camus

Professor Gives ‘Last Lecture’

Cherry Blossom Magic 浮く桜

Motivation

Joys and Sorrows

May your joys be as deep as the ocean, your sorrows as light as it's foam.

12 Girls Band - Flowers and Juveniles

These Things Shall Never Die

The pure, the bright, the beautiful, that stirred our hearts in youth,
The impulses to wordless prayer, the dreams of love and truth;
The longing after something's lost, the spirit's yearning cry,
The striving after better hopes - these things can never die.

The timid hand stretched forth, to aid a brother in his need,
A kindly word in grief's dark hour that proves a friend indeed:
The plea for mercy softly breathed, when justice threatens nigh,
The sorrow of a contrite heart - these things shall never die.

Let nothing pass for every hand must find some work to do;
Lost not a chance to waken love - be firm, and just, and true:
So shall a light that cannot fade, beam on thee from on high.
And angel voices say to thee - these things shall never die.

- Charles Dickens

What Have You Done

Do you ever sit down and think about who you treasure most and what have you done for them before it is too late?

How Do You Think

If you think you are beaten, you are;
If you think you dare not, you don't!
If you'd like to win, but you think you can't,
It's almost certain you won't.

If you think you'll lose, you're lost;
For out in the world we find
Success begins with a fellow's will;
It's all in the state of mind!

If you think you're outclassed, you are;
You've got to think high to rise.
You've got to be sure of yourself
Before you 'll ever win the prize.

Life's battles don't always go
To the stronger or faster man;
But sooner or later the man who wins
Is the person who thinks he can!

Susan Boyle - Singer - Britains Got Talent 2009

Faith is Strengthened

As your faith is strengthened you will find that there is no longer the need to have a sense of control, that things will flow as they will, and that you will flow with them, to your great delight and benefit.

- Emmanuel Teney

The Imagination

Everything that is new or uncommon raises a pleasure in the imagination, because it fills the soul with an agreeable surprise, gratifies its curiosity, and gives it an idea of which it was not before possessed.

- Joseph Addison

Shine

In order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present.

- Francis Bacon

Inspirational Speech by Dr. Randy Pausch On the Oprah Winfrey Show: The Last Lecture. Dr. Pausch Passed Away On July 25, 2008

An Act of Kindness

You gave on the way a pleasant smile
and thought no more about it.
It cheered a life that had been dark the while
which might have been wrecked without it.
And so for that smile that was given there,
you’ll have a reward sometime-somewhere.
You spoke one day a cheering word,
and passed to other duties.
It cheered a heart; new promise stirred
and painted a life with beauties.
And so for that word of golden cheer,
you’ll have a reward sometime-somewhere.
You lent a hand to a fallen one;
lift in love was given.
You saved a soul when hope was gone
and helped him on toward heaven.
And, so for that help you proffered there,
you’ll have a reward sometime-somewhere.

Annomymous

Gratitude

"Thankfulness is the beginning of gratitude. Gratitude is the completion of thankfulness. Thankfulness may consist merely of words. Gratitude is shown in acts.

- David O. McKay

The Value of Time

To realize the value of one year:
Ask a student who has failed his final exam.
To realize the value of one month:
Ask a mother who has given birth to a premature baby.
To realize the value of one week:
Ask an editor of a weekly newspaper.
To realize the value of one day:
Ask a daily wage laborer who has 10 kids to feed.
To realize the value of one hour:
Ask the lovers who are waiting to meet.
To realize the value of one minute:
Ask a person who has missed the train, the bus or the plane.
To realize the value of one second:
Ask a person who has survived an accident.
To realize the value of one millisecond:
Ask the person who has won a silver medal in the Olympics.
Time waits for no one.
Treasure every moment you have.
You will treasure it even more
when you can share it with someone special.

Source: An Ann Landers column

Good Friday

Happy Good Friday and Love to all.

Jim Rohn INSPIRATIONAL Quotes w/music by U2

Make Your Path

Search for yourself, by yourself. Do not allow others to make your path for you. It is your road, and yours alone. Others may walk it with you, but no one can walk it for you.

Expectations of Others

To free us from the expectations of others, to give us back to ourselves -- there lies the great, singular power of self-respect.

- Joan Didion

Importantance of People

Happiness lies for those who cry, those who have searched, and those who have tried, for only they can appreciate the importance of people who have touched their lives.

The Humanist Code of Ethics

Do no harm to the earth, she is your mother.
Being is more important than having.
Never promote yourself at another's expense.
Hold life sacred; treat it with reverence.
Allow each person the digity of his or her labor.
Open your home to the wayfarer.
Be ready to receive your deepest dreams;
sometimes they are the speech of unblighted conscience.
Always make restitutions to the ones you have harmed.
Never think less of yourself than you are.
Never think that you are more than another.

- Arthur Dobrin

This Is The Life

Difference Between Education and Experience

Do you know the difference between education and experience? Education is when you read the fine print; experience is what you get when you don't.

- Pete Seeger

The Best Things in Life Are Free

When we count our many blessings; it isn't hard to see

that life's most valued treasures are the treasures that are free.

For it isn't what we own or buy That signifies our wealth.

It's the special gifts that have no price; our family, friends and health.

- Anonymous

Great Challenges

There are no great men, only great challenges that ordinary men are forced by circumstances to meet.

- William F. Halsey

Amazing Softball Story

Impact

Sometimes the people whom we've know for only a short amount of time have a bigger impact on us than those we've known forever.

What You Have

Instead of thinking about what you're missing, try thinking about what you have that everyone else is missing.

I Have Learned

I’ve Learned…
That the best classroom in the world is at the feet of an elderly person.

I’ve Learned…
That when you’re in love, it shows.

I’ve Learned…
That just one person saying to me, “You’ve made my day!” makes my day.

I’ve Learned…
That having a child fall asleep in your arms is one of the most peaceful feelings in the world.

I’ve Learned…
That being kind is more important than being right.

I’ve Learned…
That you should never say no to a gift from a child.

I’ve Learned…
That I can always pray for someone when I don’t have the strength to help him in some other way.

I’ve Learned…
That no matter how serious your life requires you to be, everyone needs a friend to act goofy with.

I’ve Learned…
That sometimes all a person needs is a hand to hold and a heart to understand.

I’ve Learned…
That simple walks with my father around the block on summer nights when I was a child did wonders for me as an adult.

I’ve Learned…
That life is like a roll of toilet paper. The closer it gets to the end, the faster it goes.

I’ve Learned…
That we should be glad God doesn’t give us everything we ask for.

I’ve Learned…
That money doesn’t buy class.

I’ve Learned…
That it’s those small daily happenings that make life so spectacular.

I’ve Learned…
That under everyone’s hard shell is someone who wants to be appreciated and loved.

I’ve Learned…
That the Lord didn’t do it all in one day. What makes me think I can?

I’ve Learned…
That to ignore the facts does not change the facts.

I’ve Learned…
That when you plan to get even with someone, you are only letting that person continue to hurt you.

I’ve Learned…
That love, not time, heals all wounds.

I’ve Learned…
That the easiest way for me to grow as a person is to surround myself with people smarter than I am.

I’ve Learned…
That everyone you meet deserves to be greeted with a smile.

I’ve Learned…
That there’s nothing sweeter than sleeping with your babies and feeling their breath on your cheeks.

I’ve Learned…
That no one is perfect until you fall in love with them.

I’ve Learned…
That life is tough, but I’m tougher.

I’ve Learned…
That opportunities are never lost; someone will take the ones you miss.

I’ve Learned…
That when you harbor bitterness, happiness will dock elsewhere.

I’ve Learned…
That I wish I could have told my Mom that I love her, one more time, before she passed away.

I’ve Learned…
That one should keep his words both soft and tender, because tomorrow he may have to eat them.

I’ve Learned…
That a smile is an inexpensive way to improve your looks.

I’ve Learned…
That I can’t choose how I feel, but I can choose what I do about it.

I’ve Learned…
That when your newly born grandchild holds your little finger in his little fist, that you’re hooked for life.

I’ve Learned…
That everyone wants to live on top of the mountain, but all the happiness and growth occurs while you’re climbing it.

I’ve Learned…
That it is best to give advice in only two circumstances; when it is requested and when it is a life-threatening situation.

I’ve Learned…
That the less time I have to work with, the more things I get done.

- Andy Rooney

Desire for Fulfilment - Prem Rawat Maharaji

I Make No Judgement

I allow you to be in the world without a thought or word of judgement from me about the deeds you undertake. I see no error in the things you say and do. In this place where I am, I see that there are many ways to perceive and experience the different facets of our world. I allow without reservation the choices you make in each moment. I make no judgement of this, for if I would deny your right to your evolution, then I would deny that right for myself and all others.

Never

Never say goodbye when you still want to try;
Never give up when you still feel you can take it;
Never say you don't love that person anymore when you can't let go.

A Sharing of Loving-Kindness

May my friends be well, happy, peaceful and prosperous. May no harm come to them; may no difficulties come to them; may no problems come to them. May they always meet you with success. May they also have patience, courage, understanding, and determination to meet and overcome inevitable difficulties, problems and failures in life.

The Cranberries - Stars

The Little Things

It really is the little things
That mean the most of all...

The "let me help you with that" things
That may seem very small

The "I'll be glad to do it" things
That make your cares much lighter,

The "laugh with me, it's funny" things
That make your outlook brighter...

The "never mind the trouble" things,
The "yes, I understand,"

The interest and encouragement
In everything you've planned
It really is the little things,
The friendly word or smile,
That add such happiness to life
And make it more worth while.

- Mary Dawson Hughes

Forgive

I've learned that it isn't always enough to be forgiven by others. Sometimes you have to learn to forgive yourself.