Life's most persistent and urgent question is, "What are you doing for others?"
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
The Echo of Life
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A son and his father were walking on the mountains. Suddenly, the son falls, hurts himself and screams, "AAAhhhhhhhhhhh!!!"
To his surprise, he hears the voice repeating, somewhere in the mountain: "AAAhhhhhhhhhhh!!!"
Curious, he yells, "Who are you?"
He receives the answer, "Who are you?"
Angered at the response, he screams, "Coward!"
He receives the answer, "Coward!"
He looks to his father and asks, "What's going on?"
The father smiles and says, "My son, pay attention."
And then he screams to the mountain, "I admire you!"
The voice answers, "I admire you!"
Again the father screams, "You are a champion!"
The voice answers, "You are a champion!"
The boy is surprised, but does not understand.
Then the father explains:
"People call this ECHO, but really this is LIFE. It gives you back everything you say or do. Our life is simply a reflection of our actions.
If you want more love in the world, create more love in your heart. If you want more competence in your team, improve your competence. This relationship applies to everything, in all aspects of life; life will give you back everything you have given to it.
Your life is not a coincidence. It's a reflection of you!"
--- Author Unknown
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A son and his father were walking on the mountains. Suddenly, the son falls, hurts himself and screams, "AAAhhhhhhhhhhh!!!"
To his surprise, he hears the voice repeating, somewhere in the mountain: "AAAhhhhhhhhhhh!!!"
Curious, he yells, "Who are you?"
He receives the answer, "Who are you?"
Angered at the response, he screams, "Coward!"
He receives the answer, "Coward!"
He looks to his father and asks, "What's going on?"
The father smiles and says, "My son, pay attention."
And then he screams to the mountain, "I admire you!"
The voice answers, "I admire you!"
Again the father screams, "You are a champion!"
The voice answers, "You are a champion!"
The boy is surprised, but does not understand.
Then the father explains:
"People call this ECHO, but really this is LIFE. It gives you back everything you say or do. Our life is simply a reflection of our actions.
If you want more love in the world, create more love in your heart. If you want more competence in your team, improve your competence. This relationship applies to everything, in all aspects of life; life will give you back everything you have given to it.
Your life is not a coincidence. It's a reflection of you!"
--- Author Unknown
Monday, June 7, 2010
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Love Is Kind
Here is a true story I have to share with You about Kindness...
I was a kid then, a child of about 10 -12 yrs of age. As kids we loved to have candies and anything edible. One day I went to a shop with just a 5 Paise coin. Well you know, even at that time, it was simply nothing. To be honest, I was smart enough to know that. But still, I went to the shop with my younger brother Duff who was only a small child around 3-5 yrs of age.
What I want to share with you is about this kind lady, Mei Deng. She showed me what kindness is all about.
As we approached the shop, I gave the 5 paise coin to my younger brother (call me what you like, I deserve it...) and I instructed him to get something, while I was standing close by him.
Inside the shop, he asked the young person behind the counter for some candies or anything - fruits or nuts. She asked my brother Duff what he had and as he showed her the 5 Paise; he was scolded and sent away.
After being told that 5 Paise cannot buy you anything, I was there to hear that my, call it cunning or smart, plans failed.
Hey wait! The story doesn't end here.
There was a voice, the voice of kindness, from inside the shop. "Hey little boy come here," the voice said gently and this beautiful, kind and gentle Mei Deng called us back and gave us the nuts we loved.
Well believe me, to my amazement, she gave us so much. So much that as I write this to you, tears are swelling in my eyes.
It's not just about the nuts that I remembered now though, but oh, the "KINDNESS" this Lady had.
With 5 Paise I thought I could get nothing, but oh KINDNESS, you gave me everything.
Mei Deng passed away a long time back, but in my heart she lives. She had shown me what Kindness can do to make Me and You a better person; that by giving, you get.
--- Copyright © 2009 Tony Jana
Love Is Kind
Here is a true story I have to share with You about Kindness...
I was a kid then, a child of about 10 -12 yrs of age. As kids we loved to have candies and anything edible. One day I went to a shop with just a 5 Paise coin. Well you know, even at that time, it was simply nothing. To be honest, I was smart enough to know that. But still, I went to the shop with my younger brother Duff who was only a small child around 3-5 yrs of age.
What I want to share with you is about this kind lady, Mei Deng. She showed me what kindness is all about.
As we approached the shop, I gave the 5 paise coin to my younger brother (call me what you like, I deserve it...) and I instructed him to get something, while I was standing close by him.
Inside the shop, he asked the young person behind the counter for some candies or anything - fruits or nuts. She asked my brother Duff what he had and as he showed her the 5 Paise; he was scolded and sent away.
After being told that 5 Paise cannot buy you anything, I was there to hear that my, call it cunning or smart, plans failed.
Hey wait! The story doesn't end here.
There was a voice, the voice of kindness, from inside the shop. "Hey little boy come here," the voice said gently and this beautiful, kind and gentle Mei Deng called us back and gave us the nuts we loved.
Well believe me, to my amazement, she gave us so much. So much that as I write this to you, tears are swelling in my eyes.
It's not just about the nuts that I remembered now though, but oh, the "KINDNESS" this Lady had.
With 5 Paise I thought I could get nothing, but oh KINDNESS, you gave me everything.
Mei Deng passed away a long time back, but in my heart she lives. She had shown me what Kindness can do to make Me and You a better person; that by giving, you get.
--- Copyright © 2009 Tony Jana
Friday, June 4, 2010
Equipment
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Figure it out for yourself, my lad.
You've got all that the greatest of men have had,
Two arms, two hands, two legs, two eyes,
And a brain to use if you would be wise.
With this equipment they all began,
So start for the top and say, "I Can."
Look them over, the wise and the great,
They take their food from a common plate,
And similar knives and forks they use,
With similar laces they tie their shoes.
The world consider them brave and smart,
But you've got all they had when they made their start.
You can triumph and come to skill,
You can be great if you only will.
You're well equipped for the fight you choose,
You have arms and legs and a brain to use.
And the man who has risen great deeds to do,
Began his life with no more than you.
You are the handicap you must face,
You are the one who must choose your place,
You must say where you want to go,
How much you will study the truth to know.
God has equipped you for life, but He
Lets you decide what you want to be.
Courage must come from the soul within,
The man must furnish the will to win.
So figure it out for yourself, my lad,
You were born with all the great have had,
With your equipment they all began.
Get hold of yourself, and say: "I Can."
--- Edgar A. Guest --- Submitted by Lauren C. --- New Jersey
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Figure it out for yourself, my lad.
You've got all that the greatest of men have had,
Two arms, two hands, two legs, two eyes,
And a brain to use if you would be wise.
With this equipment they all began,
So start for the top and say, "I Can."
Look them over, the wise and the great,
They take their food from a common plate,
And similar knives and forks they use,
With similar laces they tie their shoes.
The world consider them brave and smart,
But you've got all they had when they made their start.
You can triumph and come to skill,
You can be great if you only will.
You're well equipped for the fight you choose,
You have arms and legs and a brain to use.
And the man who has risen great deeds to do,
Began his life with no more than you.
You are the handicap you must face,
You are the one who must choose your place,
You must say where you want to go,
How much you will study the truth to know.
God has equipped you for life, but He
Lets you decide what you want to be.
Courage must come from the soul within,
The man must furnish the will to win.
So figure it out for yourself, my lad,
You were born with all the great have had,
With your equipment they all began.
Get hold of yourself, and say: "I Can."
--- Edgar A. Guest --- Submitted by Lauren C. --- New Jersey
Thursday, June 3, 2010
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Kindness And Compassion
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I was walking around in a Big Bazar store while shopping, when I saw a Cashier talking to a boy who couldn't have been more than 5 or 6 years old.
The Cashier said, "I'm sorry, but you don't have enough money to buy this doll."
Then the little boy turned to me and asked: "Aunty, are you sure I don't have enough money?"
I counted his cash and replied, "You know that you don't have enough money to buy the doll, my dear."
The little boy was still holding the doll in his hand.
Finally, I walked toward him and I asked him whom he wished to give this doll to.
"It's the doll that my Sister loved most and wanted so much. I wanted to Gift her for her BIRTHDAY. I have to give the doll to my Mommy so that she can give it to my Sister when she goes there."
His eyes were so sad while saying this.
"My Sister has gone to be with God. Daddy says that Mommy is going to see God very soon too, so I thought that she could take the doll with her to give it to my Sister."
My heart nearly stopped.
The little boy looked up at me and said, "I told Daddy to tell Mommy not to go yet. I need her to wait until I come back from the mall."
Then he showed me a very nice photo of him where he was laughing.
He then told me, "I want Mommy to take my picture with her so my Sister won't forget me. I love my Mommy and I wish she didn't have to leave me, but Daddy says that she has to go to be with my little Sister."
Then he looked again at the doll with sad eyes, very quietly.
I quickly reached for my wallet and said to the boy, "Suppose we check again, just in case you do have enough money for the doll?"
"OK" he said, "I hope I do have enough."
I added some of my money to his, without him seeing, and we started to count it. There was enough for the doll and even some spare money.
The little boy said, "Thank you God for giving me enough money!"
Then he looked at me and added, "I asked last night, before I went to sleep, for God to make sure I had enough money to buy this doll, so that Mommy could give It to my Sister. He heard me!"
"I also wanted to have enough money to buy a white rose for my Mommy, but I didn't dare to ask God for too much. But He gave me enough to buy the doll and a white rose. My Mommy loves white roses."
I finished my shopping in a totally different state from when I started.
I couldn't get the little boy out of my mind. Then I remembered a local newspaper article two days ago, which mentioned a drunk man in a truck, who hit a car occupied by a young woman and a little girl.
The little girl died right away, and the young woman was left in a critical state. The family had to decide whether to pull the plug on the life-sustaining machine, because the young woman would not be able to recover from the coma.
Was this the family of the little boy?
Two days after this encounter with the little boy, I read in the newspaper that the young woman had passed away. I couldn't stop myself as I bought a bunch of white roses and I went to the funeral home where the body of the young woman was exposed for people to see and make last wishes before her burial.
She was there, in her coffin, holding a beautiful white rose in her hand with the photo of the little boy and the doll placed over her chest.
I left the place, teary-eyed, feeling that my life had been changed forever.
The love that the little boy had for his mother and his sister is still, to this day, hard to imagine. And in a fraction of a second, a drunk driver had taken all this away from him.
"The value of a man or woman resides in what he or she gives, not in what he or she is capable of receiving."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Kartik Bodawala --- India
Kindness And Compassion
Take some time to read this! Really touching! http://ping.fm/geSyo
I was walking around in a Big Bazar store while shopping, when I saw a Cashier talking to a boy who couldn't have been more than 5 or 6 years old.
The Cashier said, "I'm sorry, but you don't have enough money to buy this doll."
Then the little boy turned to me and asked: "Aunty, are you sure I don't have enough money?"
I counted his cash and replied, "You know that you don't have enough money to buy the doll, my dear."
The little boy was still holding the doll in his hand.
Finally, I walked toward him and I asked him whom he wished to give this doll to.
"It's the doll that my Sister loved most and wanted so much. I wanted to Gift her for her BIRTHDAY. I have to give the doll to my Mommy so that she can give it to my Sister when she goes there."
His eyes were so sad while saying this.
"My Sister has gone to be with God. Daddy says that Mommy is going to see God very soon too, so I thought that she could take the doll with her to give it to my Sister."
My heart nearly stopped.
The little boy looked up at me and said, "I told Daddy to tell Mommy not to go yet. I need her to wait until I come back from the mall."
Then he showed me a very nice photo of him where he was laughing.
He then told me, "I want Mommy to take my picture with her so my Sister won't forget me. I love my Mommy and I wish she didn't have to leave me, but Daddy says that she has to go to be with my little Sister."
Then he looked again at the doll with sad eyes, very quietly.
I quickly reached for my wallet and said to the boy, "Suppose we check again, just in case you do have enough money for the doll?"
"OK" he said, "I hope I do have enough."
I added some of my money to his, without him seeing, and we started to count it. There was enough for the doll and even some spare money.
The little boy said, "Thank you God for giving me enough money!"
Then he looked at me and added, "I asked last night, before I went to sleep, for God to make sure I had enough money to buy this doll, so that Mommy could give It to my Sister. He heard me!"
"I also wanted to have enough money to buy a white rose for my Mommy, but I didn't dare to ask God for too much. But He gave me enough to buy the doll and a white rose. My Mommy loves white roses."
I finished my shopping in a totally different state from when I started.
I couldn't get the little boy out of my mind. Then I remembered a local newspaper article two days ago, which mentioned a drunk man in a truck, who hit a car occupied by a young woman and a little girl.
The little girl died right away, and the young woman was left in a critical state. The family had to decide whether to pull the plug on the life-sustaining machine, because the young woman would not be able to recover from the coma.
Was this the family of the little boy?
Two days after this encounter with the little boy, I read in the newspaper that the young woman had passed away. I couldn't stop myself as I bought a bunch of white roses and I went to the funeral home where the body of the young woman was exposed for people to see and make last wishes before her burial.
She was there, in her coffin, holding a beautiful white rose in her hand with the photo of the little boy and the doll placed over her chest.
I left the place, teary-eyed, feeling that my life had been changed forever.
The love that the little boy had for his mother and his sister is still, to this day, hard to imagine. And in a fraction of a second, a drunk driver had taken all this away from him.
"The value of a man or woman resides in what he or she gives, not in what he or she is capable of receiving."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Kartik Bodawala --- India
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
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Live Life, Live Now
If the possibility of dying in our sleep never stopped us from going to sleep every night, why should the thought of getting hurt stop us from falling in love?
Life is a never-ending gamble. In everything we do, we gamble our hearts and our very own existence, so why be afraid to take risks and live life?
We are innately vulnerable to both natural and man-made mishaps and catastrophe. We can get hit by a car anytime, get struck by lightning, catch a virus, break a bone, the roof can collapse whilst we are asleep, even a simple act of yawning can result to a very unfortunate case of locked jaw.
We do not have the faculty to protect our loved ones either. One way or another, someone close to us will go, get hurt or even leave us for good. We have no power over it nor can we avert such an event. We cannot fully insulate ourselves as well as our hearts either. Even the healthiest person can get sick.
One way or another, we will care for someone and that someone will deliberately or inadvertently cause us pain. So what's the point of going to extreme lengths to be wary and vigilant about life?
Lets live in this world like there's no tomorrow. Go places you've only dreamed of going, meet people, materialize your wildest dreams, conquer your fears, do what you want, anyway you desire, and don't let anybody tell you how to live your life. It's your life and we only live it once.
Follow your dreams, what is there to lose? Keep trying. Keep pushing. Never take no for an answer. It's your aspiration and no one has the right to say no to your dreams except you and you are the only one that can make it happen.
Give your heart to someone. Don't be afraid to love and get hurt. You have survived it before; you will survive it again. Love with all your heart, do whatever it takes. If it doesn't work out, at least in the end you can say to yourself that you did your part. Like an old saying says, "Sing like no one's listening, dance like no one is watching and love like you have never been hurt before."
Live and love life! It can be a great one, if we want it to be.
--- Copyright © 2009 Katherine Whellams
Live Life, Live Now
If the possibility of dying in our sleep never stopped us from going to sleep every night, why should the thought of getting hurt stop us from falling in love?
Life is a never-ending gamble. In everything we do, we gamble our hearts and our very own existence, so why be afraid to take risks and live life?
We are innately vulnerable to both natural and man-made mishaps and catastrophe. We can get hit by a car anytime, get struck by lightning, catch a virus, break a bone, the roof can collapse whilst we are asleep, even a simple act of yawning can result to a very unfortunate case of locked jaw.
We do not have the faculty to protect our loved ones either. One way or another, someone close to us will go, get hurt or even leave us for good. We have no power over it nor can we avert such an event. We cannot fully insulate ourselves as well as our hearts either. Even the healthiest person can get sick.
One way or another, we will care for someone and that someone will deliberately or inadvertently cause us pain. So what's the point of going to extreme lengths to be wary and vigilant about life?
Lets live in this world like there's no tomorrow. Go places you've only dreamed of going, meet people, materialize your wildest dreams, conquer your fears, do what you want, anyway you desire, and don't let anybody tell you how to live your life. It's your life and we only live it once.
Follow your dreams, what is there to lose? Keep trying. Keep pushing. Never take no for an answer. It's your aspiration and no one has the right to say no to your dreams except you and you are the only one that can make it happen.
Give your heart to someone. Don't be afraid to love and get hurt. You have survived it before; you will survive it again. Love with all your heart, do whatever it takes. If it doesn't work out, at least in the end you can say to yourself that you did your part. Like an old saying says, "Sing like no one's listening, dance like no one is watching and love like you have never been hurt before."
Live and love life! It can be a great one, if we want it to be.
--- Copyright © 2009 Katherine Whellams
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
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Welcome to today!
If you choose, you will find that today is an amazing day.
It is filled with countless blessings and opportunities.
You'll find plenty of reasons to smile and even more to laugh.
You will be given the chance to say "I love you", "I'm sorry", "Thank you", and anything else you want.
In all truth, today welcomes you with no rules.
The only requirement to see all it has to offer is that you live it.
Will you live today?
I don't mean exist, I mean LIVE!
Will you truly LIVE today?
So many people will awaken to this beautiful day and embrace all its blessings.
Why not you?
Today is a new day! It's your day.
Today, you awaken to a day in which you have the power to make and inspire change.
In fact, it is the ONLY day in which you have any power. You have no control over yesterday. Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow is a day you haven't even met, it is beyond our reach. Tomorrow is waiting to reveal itself depending on the actions of just one day... TODAY!
What will you do with today?
Will you finally break free from the victim mentality and take control of your life?
You have been blessed with immeasurable power to make positive changes in your life.
Change things up today!
You will never convince me that we go through everything we go through just to end up where we were when we started. We are here to evolve... to refine and improve ourselves... to inspire and help others do the same.
Today is a new day!
It's yours to shape. Create a masterpiece!
--- Copyright © 2009 Steve Maraboli
Welcome to today!
If you choose, you will find that today is an amazing day.
It is filled with countless blessings and opportunities.
You'll find plenty of reasons to smile and even more to laugh.
You will be given the chance to say "I love you", "I'm sorry", "Thank you", and anything else you want.
In all truth, today welcomes you with no rules.
The only requirement to see all it has to offer is that you live it.
Will you live today?
I don't mean exist, I mean LIVE!
Will you truly LIVE today?
So many people will awaken to this beautiful day and embrace all its blessings.
Why not you?
Today is a new day! It's your day.
Today, you awaken to a day in which you have the power to make and inspire change.
In fact, it is the ONLY day in which you have any power. You have no control over yesterday. Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow is a day you haven't even met, it is beyond our reach. Tomorrow is waiting to reveal itself depending on the actions of just one day... TODAY!
What will you do with today?
Will you finally break free from the victim mentality and take control of your life?
You have been blessed with immeasurable power to make positive changes in your life.
Change things up today!
You will never convince me that we go through everything we go through just to end up where we were when we started. We are here to evolve... to refine and improve ourselves... to inspire and help others do the same.
Today is a new day!
It's yours to shape. Create a masterpiece!
--- Copyright © 2009 Steve Maraboli
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