If you have food in the refrigerator, clothes on your back, a roof overhead and a place to sleep... you are richer than 75% of this world.
If you have money in the bank, in your wallet, and spare change in a dish someplace.... you are among the top 8% of the worlds wealthy.
If you woke up this morning with more health than illness.... you are more blessed than the million who will not survive this week.
If you have never experienced the danger of battle, the loneliness of imprisonment, the agony of torture, or the pangs of starvation....you are ahead of 500 million people in the world.
If you can attend a religious meeting without fear of harassment, arrest, torture, or death.... you are more blessed than three billion people in the world.
If you hold up your head with smile on your face and are truly thankful.... you are blessed because the majority can, but most do not.
If you can hold someone's hand hug them or even touch them on the shoulder.... you are blessed because you can offer healing touch.
If you can read this message, you just received a double blessing in that someone was thinking of you, and furthermore, you are more blessed than over two billion in the world that cannot read at all.
Have a good day and count your blessings.
Monday 2 July 2007
Sand and Stone
TWO FRIENDS WERE WALKINGTHROUGH THE DESERT. DURING SOME POINT OF THE JOURNEY, THEY HAD ARGUMENT; AND ONE FRIEND SLAPPED THE OTHER ONE IN THE FACE.
THE ONE WHO GOT SLAPPED WAS HURT, BUT WITHOUT SAYING ANYTHING,WROTE IN THE SAND: "TODAY MY BEST FRIEND SLAPPED ME IN THE FACE.
THEY KEPT ON WALKING, UNTIL THEY FOUND AN OASIS, WHERE THEY DECIDED TO TAKE A BATH, THE ONE WHO HAD BEEN SLAPPED GOT STUCK IN THE MIRE AND STARTED DROWNING, BUT THE FRIEND SAVED HIM.
AFTER HE RECOVERED FROM THE NEAR DROWNING, HE WROTE ON A STONE: "TODAY MY BEST FRIEND SAVED MY LIFE ".
THE FRIEND WHO HAD SLAPPED AND SAVED HIS BEST FRIEND ASKED HIM, "AFTER I HURT YOU, YOU WROTE IN THE SAND AND NOW, YOU WRITE ON A STONE, WHY?"
THE FRIEND REPLIED "WHEN SOMEONE HURTS US WE SHOULD WRITE IT DOWN IN SAND, WHERE WINDS OF FORGIVENESS CAN ERASE IT AWAY. BUT, WHEN SOMEONE DOES SOMETHING GOOD FOR US,WE MUST ENGRAVE IT IN STONE WHERE NO WIND CAN EVER ERASE IT."
LEARN TO WRITE YOUR HURTS IN THE SAND AND TO CARVE YOUR BENEFITS IN STONE. THEY SAY IT TAKES A MINUTE TO FIND A SPECIAL PERSON, AN HOUR TO APPRECIATE THEM, A DAY TO LOVE THEM, BUT THEN AN ENTIRE LIFE TO FORGET THEM.
THE ONE WHO GOT SLAPPED WAS HURT, BUT WITHOUT SAYING ANYTHING,WROTE IN THE SAND: "TODAY MY BEST FRIEND SLAPPED ME IN THE FACE.
THEY KEPT ON WALKING, UNTIL THEY FOUND AN OASIS, WHERE THEY DECIDED TO TAKE A BATH, THE ONE WHO HAD BEEN SLAPPED GOT STUCK IN THE MIRE AND STARTED DROWNING, BUT THE FRIEND SAVED HIM.
AFTER HE RECOVERED FROM THE NEAR DROWNING, HE WROTE ON A STONE: "TODAY MY BEST FRIEND SAVED MY LIFE ".
THE FRIEND WHO HAD SLAPPED AND SAVED HIS BEST FRIEND ASKED HIM, "AFTER I HURT YOU, YOU WROTE IN THE SAND AND NOW, YOU WRITE ON A STONE, WHY?"
THE FRIEND REPLIED "WHEN SOMEONE HURTS US WE SHOULD WRITE IT DOWN IN SAND, WHERE WINDS OF FORGIVENESS CAN ERASE IT AWAY. BUT, WHEN SOMEONE DOES SOMETHING GOOD FOR US,WE MUST ENGRAVE IT IN STONE WHERE NO WIND CAN EVER ERASE IT."
LEARN TO WRITE YOUR HURTS IN THE SAND AND TO CARVE YOUR BENEFITS IN STONE. THEY SAY IT TAKES A MINUTE TO FIND A SPECIAL PERSON, AN HOUR TO APPRECIATE THEM, A DAY TO LOVE THEM, BUT THEN AN ENTIRE LIFE TO FORGET THEM.
Statistic
Regardless of where you stand on the issue of the U.S. involvement in Iraq, here's a sobering statistic:
There has been a monthly average of 160,000 troops in the Iraq theatre of operations during the last 22 months, and a total of 2,112 deaths. That gives a firearm death rate of 60 per 100,000 soldiers.
The firearm death rate in Washington D.C. is 80.6 per 100,000 persons for the same period. That means that you are about 25% more likely to be shot and killed in the U.S. Capital than you are in Iraq.
Conclusion: The U.S. should pull out of Washington
There has been a monthly average of 160,000 troops in the Iraq theatre of operations during the last 22 months, and a total of 2,112 deaths. That gives a firearm death rate of 60 per 100,000 soldiers.
The firearm death rate in Washington D.C. is 80.6 per 100,000 persons for the same period. That means that you are about 25% more likely to be shot and killed in the U.S. Capital than you are in Iraq.
Conclusion: The U.S. should pull out of Washington
Sunday 13 May 2007
Buddhism
“Consider this body! A painted puppet with jointed limbs, sometimes suffering and covered with ulcers, full of imaginings, never permanent, forever changing.” The Dhammapada
“The Noble Truth of suffering (Dukkha) is this: birth is suffering; ageing is suffering; sickness is suffering; death is suffering; sorrow and lamentation is suffering; association with the unpleasant is suffering disassociation with the pleasant is suffering; not to get what one wants is suffering – in brief the five aggregates of attachment are suffering.”
“Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.”
“The Noble Truth of suffering (Dukkha) is this: birth is suffering; ageing is suffering; sickness is suffering; death is suffering; sorrow and lamentation is suffering; association with the unpleasant is suffering disassociation with the pleasant is suffering; not to get what one wants is suffering – in brief the five aggregates of attachment are suffering.”
“Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.”
"Why do I dance?....Why do i breathe?"
"Dance isn't a form it's a way of life."
"Dancing with the feet is one thing, but dancing with the heart is another."
"Ginger Rogers did everything Fred Astaire did, but she did it backwards and in high heels."
"If you say you can you can, but if you say you can't your right!" "Life is a dance, from one stage to the next."
"It takes an athlete to dance, but an artist to be a dancer."
"There is a bit of insanity in dancing that does everybody a great deal of good."
"If I could tell you what it meant, there would be no point in dancing it."
"May you - Work like you don't need the money, love like you've never been hurt, dance like no-one is watching, screw like it's being filmed, and drink like a true Irishman"
"Dancing with the feet is one thing, but dancing with the heart is another."
"Ginger Rogers did everything Fred Astaire did, but she did it backwards and in high heels."
"If you say you can you can, but if you say you can't your right!" "Life is a dance, from one stage to the next."
"It takes an athlete to dance, but an artist to be a dancer."
"There is a bit of insanity in dancing that does everybody a great deal of good."
"If I could tell you what it meant, there would be no point in dancing it."
"May you - Work like you don't need the money, love like you've never been hurt, dance like no-one is watching, screw like it's being filmed, and drink like a true Irishman"
"Keep your dreams alive"
“No dream is ever too small, no dream is ever too big.”
“Use what talents you possess.”
“To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.”
“As soon as you start to pursue a dream, your life wakes up and everything has meaning.”
“There are only two ways to life your life. One as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.”
“In your heart, keep one secret spot where your dreams may go, so they can thrive and grow.”
“Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.”
“Dreams can often become challenging, but challenges are what we live for.”
“If you can imagine it, you can create it. If you can dream it, you can become it.”
“Dreams come true. Without that possibility, nature would not incite us to have them.”
“It is not length of life but depth of life.”
“Help others achieve their dreams and you will achieve yours.”
“You only live once but if you work it right, once is enough.”
“Never, never, never give up!”
“Use what talents you possess.”
“To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.”
“As soon as you start to pursue a dream, your life wakes up and everything has meaning.”
“There are only two ways to life your life. One as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.”
“In your heart, keep one secret spot where your dreams may go, so they can thrive and grow.”
“Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.”
“Dreams can often become challenging, but challenges are what we live for.”
“If you can imagine it, you can create it. If you can dream it, you can become it.”
“Dreams come true. Without that possibility, nature would not incite us to have them.”
“It is not length of life but depth of life.”
“Help others achieve their dreams and you will achieve yours.”
“You only live once but if you work it right, once is enough.”
“Never, never, never give up!”
Audrey Hepburn said:
"For attractive lips, speak words of kindness. For lovely eyes, seek out the good in people. For a slim figure, share your food with the hungry. For beautiful hair, let a child run his/her fingers through it once a day. For poise, walk with the knowledge that you never walk alone. People, even more than things, have to be restored, renewed, revived, reclaimed, and redeemed; never throw out anyone. Remember, if you ever need a helping hand, you will find one at the end of each of your arms. As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands; one for helping yourself, and the other for helping others."
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