Beginning Today.....

Beginning today, treat everyone you meet as if they were going to be dead by mid night. Extend to them all the care, kindness, and understanding you can muster, and do it with no thought of any reward. Your life will never be the same again.
-Og Mandino

True Success.....

One of the Greatest Quotes of All time, from Ralph Waldo Emerson:
"To laugh often and much;To win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children;To earn the appreciation of honest critics and to endure the betrayal of false friends;To appreciate beauty;To find the best in others;To leave the world a bit better whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition;To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded. "
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Prayer......

"Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference."
- Reinhold Niebuhr

Life.....

One of the Best Quotes Ever, by an Unknown Author:
"Life isn't measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away."
- Unknown

Happiness.....

"Happiness is a journey, not a destination.For a long time it seemed to me that life was about to begin - real life. But there was always some obstacle in the way, something to be gotten through first, some unfinished business, time still to be served, a debt to be paid. At last it dawned on me that these obstacles were my life. This perspective has helped me to see there is no way to happiness.Happiness is the way. So treasure every moment you have and remember that time waits for no one."
- Souza

The Crazy Ones......

"Here's to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The trouble-makers. The round heads in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They're not fond of rules, and they have no respect for the status-quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify, or vilify them. But the only thing you can't do is ignore them. Because they change things. They push the human race forward. And while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do. "
- Jack Kerouac

Inspiration.....

"Forget about all the reasons why something may not work. You only need to find one good reason why it will."
- Dr. Robert Anthony

Leadership.....

"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has."
- Margaret Mead

Best Friend.....

"When it hurts to look back, and you're scared to look ahead, you can look beside you and your best friend will be there. "
- Anonymous

What Makes You Come Alive.....

"Don't ask yourself what the world needs; ask yourself what makes you come alive. And then go and do that. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive."
- Harold Whitman

Security.....

"Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing. "
-Helen Keller

Revolution .....

There can be no political revolution, no social revolution, no economic revolution. The only revolution is that of the spirit; it is individual. And if millions of individuals change, then the society will change as a consequence, not vice versa. You cannot change the society first and hope that individuals will change later on.

-Osho

Fools .....

The majority consists of fools, utter fools. Beware of the majority.
If so many people are following, that is enough a proof
that something is wrong.
Truth happens to individuals, not to crowds.

-Osho

Intelligence .....

Mind is not your intelligence.
It may sound strange but this is a truth, that mind is not your intelligence. Mind can be intellectual, which is a very poor substitute for intelligence. Intellectuality is mechanical. You can become a great scholar, a great professor, a great philosopher, just playing with words which are all borrowed, arranging and rearranging thoughts, none of which are your own.
The intellect is absolutely bankrupt. It has nothing of its own, all is borrowed. And that´s the difference between intelligence and intellect. Intelligence has an eyesight of its own, a capacity to see into things, into problems.
Intelligence is your born quality.
-Osho

The Greatest Miracle in the World .....

You are not the momentary whim of a careless creator experimenting in the laboratory of life. . . .You were made with a purpose.

Og Mandino in
"The Greatest Miracle in the World"

Let God Love You .....

Don't wait for some magic gift. Share what you are, dare to be vulnerable, and you will find people who count you among their deepest friends.
"Let God Love You"

Finding Your Own North Star .....

Your body is free but your heart is in prison. To release your heart, you simply reverse the process which locked it up. First you begin to listen for messages from your heart—messages you may have been ignoring since childhood. Next you must take the daring, risky step of expressing your heart in the outside world. . . . As you learn to live by heart, every choice you make will become another way of telling your story. . . . It is the way you were meant to exist. If you stop to listen, you’ll realize that your heart has been telling you so all along.
-Martha Beck, "Finding Your Own North Star"

Reason.....

Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumored by many. Do not believe in anything simply because it is found written in your religious books. Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders. Do not believe in traditions because they have been handed down for many generations. But after observation and analysis, when you find that anything agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all, then accept it and live up to it.
- Buddha

Art of Writing.....

Some writers are heavy planners. They like to begin with an outline or at least a detailed understanding of where the writing will go and how it will get there. Others prefer to improvise, to follow their impulses and inspirations. Most successful writers come to see that both planning and freewheeling are important, that even outlines don't just spring into being without some inspiration and improvisation. And even the most original and expansive ideas eventually need to be shaped, evaluated, and prioritized. As you organize your writing, then, think about your composing style. Are you more of a planner or an improviser? If you're a planner, try staying open to new possibilities that appear while you're writing. If you're a freewheeler, you might pause now and then to look at the big picture, to consider how the words you've just written could fit into an overall pattern.

Trust Your Intuition.....

Whenever we need to make an important decision, it is best to trust impulse and passion, because reason usually tries to remove us from our dream, saying that the time is not yet right. Reason is afraid of defeat, but intuition enjoys life and its challenges.
- Paulo Coelho

Know Your True Self.....

What’s terrible is to pretend that the second-rate is first-rate, that you don’t need love when you do or that you like your work when you know quite well you’re capable of better.
- Doris Lessing

Love.....

Ever has it been that love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation.
- Kahil Gibran

Inner Peace.....

It is a fact that millions of people are being stimulated to seek what they do not already possess, are kept insatiably discontented with what they do possess, and are thus kept out of inner peace.
- Paul Brunton

All in the Eyes.....

Youth is happy because it has the capacity to see beauty. Anyone who keeps the capacity to see beauty never grows old.
- Franz Kafka

Distance.....

Contrary to what the cynics say, distance is not for the fearful, it is for the bold. It's for those who are willing to spend a lot of time alone in exchange for a little time with the one they love. It's for those knowing a good thing when they see it, even if they don't see it nearly enough.
- Anonymous

Love Yourself.....

You, yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.
- Buddha

Values.....

When we talk about values, I think of rationality in solving problems. That’s something I value. Fairness, kindness, generosity, tolerance. When they talk about values, they’re talking about things like going to church, voting for Bush, being loyal to Jesus, praying. These are not values.
- Bill Maher

Logic.....

I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use.
- Galileo Galilei

Judge People?

A good way to judge people is by observing how they treat those who can do them absolutely no good.
- Unknown

Count Your Blessings.....

When I hear somebody sigh, 'Life is hard,' I am always tempted to ask, 'Compared to what?'
- Sydney J.Harris

Be Your self.....

Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who matter don't mind, and those that mind, don't matter.
- Dr. Seuss (Theodor Seuss Geisel)

Ask, when you don't know...

He who asks a question is a fool for five minutes; he who does not ask a question remains a fool forever.
- Chinese Proverb

Faith....

Neither in this world nor elsewhere is there any happiness in store for him who always doubts.

- Bhagvad Gita

Truth.....

“There is but One God, His name is Truth, He is the Creator, He fears none, he is without hate, He never dies, He is beyond the cycle of births and death, He is self illuminated, He is realized by the kindness of the True Guru. He was True in the beginning, He was True when the ages commenced and has ever been True, He is also True now.”

- Guru Nanak

Search...

“As fragrance abides in the flower
As reflection is within the mirror,
So does your Lord abide within you,
Why search for him without?”

-Guru Nanak

Best Teacher.....

"The best teacher is one who can help the last person hearing him, the lowest in intelligence, to understand. Of course the best ones will understand easily, but you have to keep aware of those who are not that intelligent."
-Osho

Sense of Humor.....

"Seriousness is a sickness; your sense of humor makes you more human, more humble. The sense of humor -- according to me -- is one of the most essential parts of religiousness."
- Osho

Love.....

"Falling in love you remain a child; rising in love you mature. By and by love becomes not a relationship, it becomes a state of your being. Not that you are in love - now you are love"
- Osho

Change…..

Each of us has a choice of who we will become when facing change - a victim, survivor or navigator. Realizing that the choice is yours can be truly empowering. Yes, every change brings with it challenges and maybe some temporary disappointments.
However, when you start looking at change through the eyes of a person who sees new opportunities, possibilities, avenues to explore and chances to shine, then you are not only taking control of your career; you are learning how to better navigate life.
Happy sailing!

'Good Friends' are for ever.....

There comes a point in your life when you realize:
who matters,
who never did,
who won't anymore... and who always will.
So, don't worry about people from your past,
there's a reason why they didn't make it to your future.

Be Happy.....

As we grow up, we learn that even the one person that wasn't supposed to ever let you down probably will. You will have your heart broken probably more than once and it's harder every time. You'll break hearts too, so remember how it felt when yours was broken. You'll fight with your best friend. You'll blame a new love for things an old one did.You'll cry because time is passing too fast, and you'll eventually lose someone you love. So take too many pictures, laugh too much, and love like you've never been hurt because every sixty seconds you spend upset is a minute of happiness you'll never get back.

Don't be afraid that your life will end, be afraid that it will never begin.
~anonymous~