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I was on a plane going to Italy in May 1993 when somebody sitting next to me really inspired me. She was a model traveling to Milan for a job, I don't remember her name, or where she lived, but her words and her life truly made an impact on me. She was only 19 years old on the outside, but far older on the inside. I know a lot of people believe that beauty and brain don't mix, but it was certainly not the case with her. She had traveled the world at a very young age, and even though she was still carrying a favorite teddy bear with her, she also carried a little photo album with quotes taped to every page. She certainly was not talking like your normal 19 year old, and, to my surprise, she did a lot of listening. It was that day I started getting interested in quotes, and I have made a similar photo album with quotes referring to the people in that photograph. I cherish it, and it reminds me of a fellow traveler.
Favorite Inspirations
Anytime You Feel Like Quitting through your career, perhaps you'll remember this story of one of our people: He failed in
business in '32. Author Unknown
Heaven and Hell - The Real Difference A man spoke with
the Lord about heaven and hell. The Lord said to the man, "Come,
I will show you hell." By Ann Landers
I asked God I asked God
to take away my pride.
Rules for being human You will receive a body. You may like it or hate it but it will be yours for the entire period this time around. You will learn lessons. You are enrolled in a full-time informal school called life. Each day in this school you will have the opportunity to learn lessons. You may like the lessons or think them irrelevant or stupid. There are no mistakes, only lessons. Growth is a process of trial and error... experimentation. The failed experiments are as much a part of the process as the experiment that ultimately works. A lesson is repeated until learned. A lesson will be presented to you in various forms until you have learned it. When you have learned it, you can then go on to the next lesson. Learning lessons does not end. There is no part of life that does not contain lessons. If you are alive, there are lessons to be learned. There is no better than here. When your there has become a here, you will simply attain another there that will, again, look better than here. Others are merely mirrors of you. You cannot love or hate something about another person unless it reflects to you something you love or hate about yourself. What you make of your life is up to you. You have all the tools and resources you need. What you do with them is up to you. The choice is yours. The answers are inside you. The answers to life's questions lie inside you. All you need to do is Look, Listen and Trust. You will forget all this.
The Carpenter An elderly carpenter was ready to retire. He told his employer contractor of his plans to leave the house building business and live a more leisurely life with his wife enjoying his extended family. He would miss the paycheck, but he needed to retire. They could get by. The contractor was sorry to see his good worker go and asked if he could build just one more house as a personal favor. The carpenter said yes, but in time it was easy to see that his heart was not in his work. He resorted to shoddy workmanship and used inferior materials. It was an unfortunate way to end his career. When the carpenter finished his work and the builder came to inspect the house, the contractor handed the frontier key to the carpenter. "This is your house," he said, "my gift to you." What a shock! What a shame! If he had only known he was building his own house, he would have done it all so differently. Now he had to live in the home he had built none too well. So it is with us. We build our lives in a distracted way, reacting rather than acting, willing to put up less than the best. At important points we do not give the job our best effort. Then with a shock we look at the situation we have created and find that we are now living in the house we have built. If we had realized that we would have done it differently. Think of yourself as the carpenter. Think about your house. Each day you hammer a nail, place a board, or erect a wall. Build wisely. It is the only life you will ever build. Even if you live it for only one day more, that day deserves to be lived graciously and with dignity. The plaque on the wall says, "Life is a do-it-yourself project." Who could say it more clearly? Your life today is the result of your attitudes and choices in the past. Your life tomorrow will be the result of your attitudes and the choices you make today.
If I had my life to live over I would have talked less and listened more. I would have
invited friends over to dinner even if the carpet was I would have
eaten the popcorn in the 'good' living room and worried I would have
taken the time to listen to my grandfather I would never
have insisted the car windows be rolled up on a I would have
burned the pink candle sculpted like a rose before it I would have
sat on the lawn with my children and I would have
cried and laughed less while watching television I would have shared more of the responsibility carried by my husband. I would have
gone to bed when I was sick instead of pretending the earth I would never
have bought anything just because it was practical, Instead of
wishing away nine months of pregnancy, I'd have When my kids
kissed me impetuously, I would never have said, There would
have been more "I love you's"..
~Silvia's World~
Have faith: The Sunrise and Sunset haven't failed us yet.
Navigate
this kingdom with the transporter!
Playing:
Dreaming by Selena
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