Tomorrow is never promised

One day a woman’s husband died, and on that clear, cold morning, in the
warmth of their bedroom, the wife was struck with the pain of learning that 
sometimes there isn’t “anymore”. No more hugs, no more special moments to 
celebrate together, no more phone calls just to chat, no more “just one 
minute.” Sometimes, what we care about the most gets all used up and goes 
away, never to return before we can say good-bye, say “I love you.”
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The Wife and the Window

A young couple moves into a new neighborhood. The next morning, while they are eating breakfast, the young woman sees her neighbor hang the wash outside.

That laundry is not very clean, she said, she doesn’t know how to wash correctly. Perhaps she needs better laundry soap.

Her husband looked on, but remained silent. Every time her neighbor would hang her wash to dry, the young woman would make the same comments.

About one month later, the woman was surprised to see a nice clean wash on the line and said to her husband: “Look! She has learned how to wash correctly. I wonder who taught her this.”

The husband said: “I got up early this morning and cleaned our windows!”

And so it is with life: “What we see when watching others depends on the purity of the window through which we look. Before we give any criticism, it might be a good idea to check our state of mind and ask ourselves if we are ready to see the good rather than to be looking for something in the person we are about to judge. “

Used v/s Loved

USED vs. LOVED

While a man was polishing his new car,
his 4 yr old son picked up a stone
and scratched lines on the side of the car.

In anger, the man took the child’s hand
and hit it many times not realizing
he was using a wrench.
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Do you really need to win every argument?

Even in the unlikely event that you win an argument, what have you really gained?

Do you really need to arrange things so that you can feel superior to everyone else? Even when you've been hurt by others, do you ever really receive anything of positive value by hurting them in return?

Do you really need all the many things that you strive to consume or possess? Do you really need to spend every moment concerned about what others will think of you?

How much of your time and energy do you spend satisfying needs that you don't really need? Imagine the sense of freedom that would come from simply letting go of the most useless of those needs.

Practice focusing your effort and attention not on what you must get, but rather on the best you can be.

Real abundance comes more from quality than from quantity. Spend less time striving to acquire and possess and satisfy every perceived need, and you'll have much more time and energy to truly live.

The less you need, the more real richness your life will have.

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Author: Unknown

10 Deadly Sins of Negative Thinking

The way to overcome negative thoughts and destructive emotions is to develop opposing, positive emotions that are stronger and more powerful.” – Dalai Lama

Negative thinking, in all its many-splendored forms, has a way of creeping into conversations and our thinking without our noticing them. The key to success, in my humble opinion, is learning to spot these thoughts and squash them like little bugs. Then replace them with positive ones. You’ll notice a huge difference in everything you do.

Let’s take a look at 10 common ways that negative thinking emerges — get good at spotting these patterns, and practice replacing them with positive thinking patterns. It has made all the difference in the world for me.

Life could be so much better for many people, if they would just spot their negative thinking habits and replace them with positive ones.

1. I will be happy once I have _____ (or once I earn X).

Problem: If you think you can’t be happy until you reach a certain point, or until you reach a certain income, or have a certain type of house or car or computer setup, you’ll never be happy. That elusive goal is always just out of reach. Once we reach those goals, we are not satisfied — we want more.

Solution: Learn to be happy with what you have, where you are, and who you are, right at this moment. Happiness doesn’t have to be some state that we want to get to eventually — it can be found right now. Learn to count your blessings, and see the positive in your situation. This might sound simplistic, but it works. (more…)

Life and A cup of Coffee !

Group of alumni, highly  established in their careers, got together to visit their old university  lecturer. Conversation soon turned into complaints about stress in work life   

Offering his guests coffee, the lecturer went to the kitchen and  returned with a large pot of coffee and an assortment of cups: porcelain,  plastic, glass, some plain looking and some expensive and exquisite, telling  them to help themselves to hot coffee.

When all the students had a cup  of coffee in hand, the lecturer said: “If you noticed, all the nice looking,  expensive cups were taken up, leaving behind the plain and cheap ones. While it  is but normal for you to want only the best for yourselves, that is the source  of your problems and stress. What all of you really wanted was coffee, not the  cup, but you consciously went for the better cups and are eyeing each other’s  cups.”

“Now, if Life is coffee, then the jobs, money and position in  society are the cups. They are just tools to hold and contain Life, but the  quality of Life doesn’t change.” “Sometimes, by concentrating only on the cup,  we fail to enjoy the coffee in it.”

So, don’t let the cups drive  you…enjoy the coffee instead  …….. 

Various Thoughts On Love

What A Friend Is….

Friendships come
and Friendships go
Like wave upon the sand
Like day and night
Like birds in flight
Like snowflakes when they land

But you and I are something else
Our friendship’s here to stay
Like weeds and rocks and dirty socks
It never goes away!

A friend is a person
to laugh and cry with,
An inspiration,

Someone who lends a helping hand,
though friends may not be forever,
And they may not end up together,
the memories of a true friendship will
last forever.

A friend is not a shadow
nor a servant
But someone who holds
a piece of a person in his heart.

Someone who shares a smile,
Someone who brightens up your day
What makes a person a friend?
Is by saying your Love
will stay.

The greatest pain in life is not to die

The greatest pain in life is not to die, but to be ignored.
To lose the person you love so much to another who doesn’t care at all.
To have someone you care so about so much throw a party…
and not tell you about it.
When your favorite person on earth neglects to invite you to his graduation.
To have people think that you don’t care.

The greatest pain in life, is not to die, but to be forgotten.
To be left in the dust after another’s great achievement.
To never get a call from a friend, just saying “hi”.
When you show someone your innermost thoughts and they laugh in your face.
For friends to always be too busy to console you when you need someone to lift your spirits.
When it seems like the only person who cares about you, is you.

Life is full of pain, but does it ever get better?
Will people ever care about each other, and make time for those who are in need?
Each of us has a part to play in this great show we call life.
Each of us has a duty to mankind to tell our friends we love them.
If you do not care about your friends you will not be punished.
You will simply be ignored… forgotten… as you have done to others.

This poem was written by a young girl who committed suicide.
Perhaps if the people surrounding her had shown a little more
love, and had paid more attention to her, her death could have been prevented.
Remember that when going through life, you can’t judge a sad, lonely, or
suicidal person by their facial expression. You need to get to know
each person you come in contact with, cherish your friendship with them, and
show them that you care.

I hope you all know I’m always here for you.

I still love you..