~~ Cute Facts Of Life~~

1. At least 5 people in this world love you so much they would die for you.

 

2. At least 15 people in this world love you in some way.

 

3. The only reason anyone would ever hate you is because they want to be just like you.

 

4. A smile from you can bring happiness to anyone, even if they don't like you.

 

5. Every night, SOMEONE thinks about you before they go to sleep.

 

6.You mean the world to someone. 

7. Without you, someone may not be living.

 

8. You are special and unique, in your own way.

 

9. Someone that you don't know even exists loves you.

 

10. When you make the biggest mistake ever, something good comes from it. 

11. When you think the world has turned it's back on you, take a look, you most likely 

turned your back on the world.

 

12. When you think you have no chance at getting what you want, you probably won't 

get it, but if you believe in yourself, you probably sooner or later will get it. 

13. Always remember complements you received, forget about the rude remarks. 

14. Always tell someone how you feel, then they'll know. 

15. If you have a great friend, take the time to let them know that they're great. 

16. You must be a great friend, because someone gave this too you

All About Friendship

What is a friend? 1 soul in 2 bodies 

There are no strangers, only friends you haven’t met yet 

If you tell someone you like people, they can’t resist liking you back 

He/She who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare, who has one enemy will meet him everywhere 

Misfortune shows those who are not really friends 

Nothing changes your opinion of a friend so surely as success - yours or his 

True friendship is a plant of slow growth 

A good friend can tell you what is the matter with you in a minute 

Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods 

A friend who turns into a enemy has never been a friend 

A faithful friend is the medicine of life 

Friendship needs no words…. 

The best personal mirror is the opinion of a friend 

Nobody like me, so I always have 1 friend 

Two are better than one 

A true friend tells you your faults in private 

A true friend is someone who is there for you when he’d rather be anywhere else 

True friendship never ends 

Most people walk in and out of you life. But only friends leave footprints in your heart 

Only your real friends will tell you when your face is dirty 

As long as forever, I will stay by your side; I,ll be your companion, your friend and your guide 

Friends are like condoms: they protect you when things get hard 

Friends are like good bras: supportive, hard to find, and close to the heart 

Fate chooses your relations, you choose your friends 

Have no friends not equal to yourself 

It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them 

We will be friends until forever, just you wait see 

Side by side or miles apart, dear friends are always close to the heart 

A real friend is someone who walks in when the rest of the world walks out 

True friendship comes when silence between two people is comfortable 

Life without friendship is like the sky without sun 

Friendship often ends in love; but love in friendship–never 

Friendship is a special kind of love 

Friendship is a horizon which expands whenever we approach it 

The secret to friendship is being a good listener 

One loyal friend is worth ten thousand relatives 

Love is blind; friendship closes its eyes 

My best friend is the one who brings out the best in me 

We are all alone untill we accept our need for others 

A true friend stabs you in the front

INSPIRATIONAL - water in a basket!!!

An old man lived on a farm in the mountains of eastern Kentucky with his young grandson. Each morning Grandpa was up early sitting at the kitchen table reading his Quran. 

His grandson wanted to be just like him and tried to imitate him in every way he could. One day the grandson asked, "Baba, I try to read the Quran just like you but I don't understand it, 

and what I do understand I forget as soon as I close the book. What good does reading the Quran do?" 

The Grandfather quietly turned from putting coal in the stove and replied, "Take this coal basket down to the river and bring me back a basket of water." The boy did as he was told, 

but all the water leaked out before he got back to the house. The grandfather laughed and said, "You'll have to move a little faster next time," and sent him back to the river with the basket to try again. 

This time the boy ran faster, but again the basket was empty before he returned home. Out of breath, he told his grandfather that it was impossible to carry water in a basket, and he went to get a bucket instead. 

The old man said, "I don't want a bucket of water; I want a basket of water. You're just not trying hard enough," and he went out of the door to watch the boy try again. 

At this point, the boy knew it was impossible, but he wanted to show his grandfather that even if he ran as fast as he could, the water would leak out before he got back o the house. 

The boy again dipped the basket into river and ran hard, but when he reached his grandfather the basket was again empty. 

Out of breath, he said, "See Baba, it's  useless!" 

"So you think it is useless?" The old man said, "Look at the basket." 

The boy looked at the basket and for the first time realized that the basket was different. It 

had been transformed from a dirty old coal basket and was now clean, inside and out. 

"Son, that's what happens when you read the Quran. You might not understand or remember everything, but when you read it, you will be changed, inside and out. That is the work of God in our lives." 

 

"We forget that forgiveness is greater than revenge. People make mistakes. We are allowed to make mistakes. But the actions we take while in a rage will haunt us forever.

 

Pause and ponder. Think before you act. Be patient. Forgive & forget. Love one and all.

 

If you judge people, you have no time to love them". -- Mother Teresa  

Never take some one for granted,Hold every person Close to your Heart because you might wake up one day and realise that you have lost a diamond while you were too busy collecting stones."

Remember this always in life.

GIFTS OF THE HEART! (must read )

According to legend, a young man while roaming the desert came across a spring of delicious crystal-clear water. The water was so sweet he filled his leather canteen so he could bring some back to a tribal elder who had been his teacher. After a four-day journey he presented the water to the old man who took a deep drink, smiled warmly and thanked his student lavishly for the sweet water. The young man returned to his village with a happy heart.

Later, the teacher let another student taste the water. He spat it out, saying it was awful. It apparently had become stale because of the old leather container. The student challenged his teacher: "Master, the water was foul. Why did you pretend to like it?"

The teacher replied, "You only tasted the water. I tasted the gift. The water was simply the container for an act of loving-kindness and nothing could be sweeter. Heartfelt gifts deserve the return gift of gratitude."

I think we understand this lesson best when we receive innocent gifts of love from friendz...the natural and proper response is appreciation and expressed thankfulness because we love the idea within the gift.

Gratitude doesn't always come naturally. Unfortunately, most of us value only the thing given rather than the feeling embodied in it. We should remind ourselves and teach about the beauty and purity of feelings and expressions of gratitude. After all, gifts from the heart are really gifts of the heart.

Ego Release Is Powerful

I believe There Is Always Someone Out There Needing

A "Word of Wisdom" From Those Who Have Been There 

I Did Some Research On Losing The Ego For The Past

3 Years... 

Losing The Ego Is

Not Trying To Be Perfect

Not being Afraid To Be Wrong Or Make Mistakes

Being Open To Correction 

You Are Welcome To Add to the List of

Garbage That Holds Many Back

Or At One Time Actually Held You Back 

Once I Started To Not Limit Myself To These False Beliefs

About 

"Looking & Appearing" Like I Got It All 2gether 

Instead,

 I Made Mistakes, Lost The Need To Be Right

& Perfect Plus Located That Most People Are Just

Looking For Someone Who is Real Or Being There

"Authentic Self" In Business & Relationships 

I Located My Best Possible Self & Found

Success.

Please share any experience you had

or discovered once you discovered or just

demonstrated your "Authentic Self"

Do you wish the world were better?

Do you wish the world were better?

Let me tell you what to do.

Set a watch upon your actions,

Keep them always straight and true.

Rid your mind of selfish motives,

Let your thoughts be clean and high.

You can make a little Eden

Of the sphere you occupy. 

Do you wish the world were wiser?

Well, suppose you make a start,

By accumulating wisdom

In the scrapbook of your heart;

Do not waste one page on folly;

Live to learn, and learn to live.

If you want to give men knowledge

You must get it, ere you give. 

Do you wish the world were happy?

Then remember day by day

Just to scatter seeds of kindness

As you pass along the way,

For the pleasures of the many

May be ofttimes traced to one.

As the hand that plants an acorn

Shelters armies from the sun.

The Six Most Important Words

The six most important words

"I admit that I was wrong!"

The five most important words

"You did a great job."

The four most important words

"What do you think?"

The three most important words

"May I help?"

The two most important words

"Thank You!"

The most important word

"We."

The least important word

"I"

~~ Cute Facts Of Life~~

. At least 5 people in this world love you so much they would die for you.

 

2. At least 15 people in this world love you in some way.

 

3. The only reason anyone would ever hate you is because they want to be just like you.

 

4. A smile from you can bring happiness to anyone, even if they don't like you.

 

5. Every night, SOMEONE thinks about you before they go to sleep.

 

6.You mean the world to someone. 

7. Without you, someone may not be living.

 

8. You are special and unique, in your own way.

 

9. Someone that you don't know even exists loves you.

 

10. When you make the biggest mistake ever, something good comes from it. 

11. When you think the world has turned it's back on you, take a look, you most likely 

turned your back on the world.

 

12. When you think you have no chance at getting what you want, you probably won't 

get it, but if you believe in yourself, you probably sooner or later will get it. 

13. Always remember complements you received, forget about the rude remarks. 

14. Always tell someone how you feel, then they'll know. 

15. If you have a great friend, take the time to let them know that they're great. 

16. You must be a great friend, because someone gave this too you.

Struggle for Attention

A young and successful executive was traveling down a neighborhood street, going a bit too fast in his new Jaguar. 

He was watching for kids darting out from between parked cars and slowed down when he thought he saw something As his car passed, no children appeared. 

Instead, a brick smashed into the Jag's side door! 

He slammed on the brakes and backed the Jag back to the spot where the brick had been thrown. 

The angry driver then jumped out of the car, grabbed the nearest kid and pushed him up against a parked car shouting, 'What was that all about and who are you? Just what the heck are you doing? That's a new car and that brick you threw is going to cost a lot of money. Why did you do it?' 

The young boy was apologetic. 

'Please, mister...please, I'm sorry but I didn't know what else to do,' He pleaded. 'I threw the brick because no one else would stop...' 

With tears dripping down his face and off his chin, the youth pointed to a spot just around a parked car. 

'It's my brother, 'he said 'He rolled off the curb and fell out of his wheelchair and I can't lift him up.'

 

Now sobbing, the boy asked the stunned executive, 'Would you please help me get him back into his wheelchair? He's hurt and he's too heavy for me.' 

Moved beyond words, the driver tried to swallow the rapidly swelling lump in his throat. 

He hurriedly lifted the handicapped boy back into the wheelchair, then took out a linen handkerchief and dabbed at the fresh scrapes and cuts. 

A quick look told him everything was going to be okay. 

'Thank you and may God bless you,' the grateful child told the stranger.

Too shook up for words, the man simply watched the boy push his wheelchair-bound brother down the sidewalk toward their home. 

It was a long, slow walk back to the Jaguar. 

The damage was very noticeable, but the driver never bothered to repair the dented side door. He kept the dent there to remind him of this message: 

'Don't go through life so fast that someone has to throw a brick at you to get your attention!'

God whispers in our souls and speaks to our hearts. 

Sometimes when we don't have time to listen, He has to throw a brick at us. 

"It's our choice to listen or not."

Life

Life is like a bully,

Never satisfied until you're crying

Never taking the time to help you up

Simply kicking you when you're down

Throwing everything it can at you

Beating you up

Pelting you with insults

It knows your every weakness

It's the bully that follows you from day one

Life is like a hurricane,

You can never tell if you should run

Never tell if you'll survive

You never know if you'll have anything

Or if everything will leave you

Never know when you're left standing in the cold

Homeless,

Friendless,

Hopeless

Adandoned

Life is like a rainy day,

Beautiful sometimes,

Horrible others

Washing over the land,

Digging up all the dirt you don't want it to

Lashing down on you as you walk

Weighing you down as you trudge along

Refreshing you when you're dying

Yet driving you crazy when you want the sun

An endless rain cloud

Life is an adventure

Taking,

Giving

Leaving,

Coming

Stealing,

Receiving

You never know where it'll take you,

What it will take from you,

Where it will lead you,

Where is will leave you

Life is one big mystery

Never Cry for the One Who Makes You Cry!

Once, there was a guy, who was in love with a gal. She wasn't the most beautiful and gorgeous but for him, she was everything. 

He used to dream about her, about spending the rest of his life with her. His friends told him, 

"why do you dream so much about her, when you don't even know if she loves you or not? 

First tell her your feelings, and get to know if she likes you or not". 

He felt that was the right way. The girl knew from the beginning, that this guy loves her. 

One day when he proposed, she rejected him. His friends thought he would take to alcohol; drugs etc. and ruin his life. 

To their surprise, he was not depressed. 

When they asked him how was it that he is not sad, he replied, 

"'Why should I feel bad? I lost one who never loved me & she lost the one who really loved and cared for her." 

Moral : Never Cry for the One Who Makes You Cry!

♥ Everything happens for a reason! ♥

Sometimes people come into your life and you know right away that they were meant to be there…to serve some sort of purpose, teach you a lesson or help figure out who you are or who you want to become. You never know who these people may be but you lock eyes with them, you know that very moment that they will affect your life in some profound way.

And sometimes things happen to you at the time that may seem horrible, painful and unfair, but in reflection you realize that without overcoming those obstacles you would never realize your potential, strength, will power or heart.

Everything happens for a reason. Nothing happens by chance or by means of luck. Illness, love, lost moments of true greatness and sheer stupidity all occur to test limits of your soul.

Without these small tests, life would be like a smoothly paved, straight, flat road to nowhere safe and comfortable but dull and utterly pointless.

The people you meet affect your life. The successes and downfalls that you experience can create whom you are, and the bad experiences can be learned from. In fact they are probably the most poignant and important ones. If someone hurts you, betrays you or breaks your heart, forgive them because they have helped you learn about trust and the importance of being cautious to whom you open your heart.

If someone loves you, love them back unconditionally, not only because they love you, but also because they are teaching you to love and open your heart and eyes to little things. Make every day count. Appreciate everything that you possibly can, for you may never experience it again.

Talk to people whom you have never talked to before, and actually listen. Let yourself fall in love, break free and set your sights high. Hold your head up because you have every right to.

Tell yourself you are a great individual and believe in yourself, for if you don't believe in yourself, no one else will believe in you. Create you own life and then go out and live it.

Take care of yourself, Someone Loves you too! 

THE PEBBLE STORY

 Many years ago in a small Indian village, a farmer had the misfortune of owing a large sum of money to a village moneylender. The moneylender, who was old and ugly, fancied the farmer's beautiful daughter. So he proposed a bargain. He said he would forgo the farmer's debt if he could marry his daughter. Both the farmer and his daughter were horrified by the proposal. So the cunning money-lender suggested that they let providence decide the matter.

He told them that he would put a black pebble and a white pebble into an empty money bag. Then the girl would have to pick one pebble from the bag. If she picked the black pebble, she would become his wife and her father's debt would be forgiven. If she picked the white pebble she need not marry him and her father's debt would still be forgiven. But if she refused to pick a pebble, her father would be thrown into jail.

They were standing on a pebble strewn path in the farmer's field. As they talked, the moneylender bent over to pick up two pebbles. As he picked them up, the sharp-eyed girl noticed that he had picked up two black pebbles and put them into the bag. He then asked the girl to pick a pebble from the bag.

Now, imagine you were standing in the field. What would you have done if you were the girl? If you had to advise her, what would you have told her?

Careful analysis would produce three possibilities:

1. The girl should refuse to take a pebble.

2. The girl should show that there were two black pebbles in the bag and expose the money-lender as a cheat.

3. The girl should pick a black pebble and sacrifice herself in order to save her father from his debt and imprisonment.

Take a moment to ponder over the story. The above story is used with the hope that it will make us appreciate the difference between lateral and logical thinking. The girl's dilemma cannot be solved with traditional logical thinking. Think of the consequences if she chooses the above logical answers.

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What would you recommend to the Girl to do?

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The girl put her hand into the moneybag and drew out a pebble. Without looking at it, she fumbled and let it fall onto the pebble-strewn path where it immediately became lost among all the other pebbles.

"Oh, how clumsy of me," she said. "But never mind, if you look into the bag for the one that is left, you will be able to tell which pebble I picked." 

Since the remaining pebble is black, it must be assumed that she had picked the white one. And since the money-lender dared not admit his dishonesty, the girl changed what seemed an impossible situation into an extremely advantageous one.

MORAL OF THE STORY: Most complex problems do have a solution. It is only that we don't attempt to think in that direction.

~*A Tribute To All Dads*~

You gave me horsey rides on your knee 

And on weekends, we played ball

Scarey stories, were your specialty

You made me feel better, when I did fall

Now it's my turn to honor you

For all you taught me to be

I can hardly pay for time you spent

On the lessons you instilled in me

So I say to you, you are the best

Whether born from you or not

At being my dad, you passed the test

You gave it, your best shot

I thank the lord for you, each time I pray

And he knows you will always be

That special man who lives in my heart

The man, that I call, Daddy