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Title: Thought for the day
Post by: SS91 on July 18, 2006, 02:12:55 PM: SELF PRAISE is no praise.

The young crow is wiser than its mother.

What is play to one is death to another.

In a treeless country, the castor-oil plant is a big tree

A scalded cat dreads cold water.

The washerman never tears his father's clothes.

A fool went to fish, but lost his fishing-basket.

A thief is a thief, whether he steals a diamond or a cucumber.

God takes care of a blind cow.

One who cannot dance blames the floor.

JAISAIRAM.

subhasrini
OM SAI SRI SAI JAYA JAYA SAI!!!
Let us pray at the feet of Sai Baba who is the incarnation of all gods and protector of all, to show mercy on us, and increase our devotion towards him.
Title: Re: Thought for the day
Post by: SS91 on August 15, 2006, 01:48:11 AM: Thought Creates The World

Thought, The Origin Of Everything

subhasrini
OM SAI SRI SAI JAYA JAYA SAI!!!
Let us pray at the feet of Sai Baba who is the incarnation of all gods and protector of all, to show mercy on us, and increase our devotion towards him.
Title: Re: Thought for the day
Post by: SS91 on June 20, 2007, 01:32:18 PM: OM SAI RAM!

"It is not how much you do, but how much love you put in the doing."

JAISAIRAM.
Title: Re: Thought for the day
Post by: SS91 on June 20, 2007, 06:57:55 PM: Courage

Where does courage come from? What brings courage to life?

Courage is the commitment to do what you know is right.

Courage arises when your integrity will not allow any other choice.

Courage comes from following a purpose that goes beyond your own petty concerns.

Because of that, courage gives far-reaching power and consequence to your actions.

In the short term, courage can often appear foolish.

In the long run, courage has the power to move the whole world in a positive direction.

Courage asks much of you, yet it is not complicated and is always within your reach.

Courage is truth put into action.

In every moment, courage is there for you to choose.

In every moment, courage is the choice that will fulfill the best of who you are.

Jaisairam!
Title: Re: Thought for the day
Post by: SS91 on June 20, 2007, 06:59:52 PM: Energy flow

Where do you find the energy to move forward?

It is all around you, in every situation and occurrence.

There is energy in joy, and there is also energy in frustration.

There is energy in peace, and energy in sadness as well.

All of it is energy that you can choose to direct toward positive purposes.

The particular source of the energy is not nearly as important as what you decide to do with it.

There is no end to the supply of raw energy coming into your life.

And you have the opportunity to make meaningful use of it all.

If your life has no guiding purpose, all that energy, coming from so many directions, will keep you in a

constant state of turmoil.

Or, you can harness that energy and let it all move you powerfully toward the fulfillment of your dreams.

Every moment of every day, life's energy is coming your way.

Take it all in, and make it into something magnificent.

Jaisairam!
Title: Re: Thought for the day
Post by: SS91 on June 21, 2007, 06:39:16 AM: No problems

If you don't want to be burdened with problems, then don't create them.

Instead, use the exact same circumstances to create positive possibilities.

Whether or not something is a problem depends on the way you respond to it.

As such, you can choose a life filled with problems or a life that's free of them.

Certainly there are difficult and challenging situations that come your way on a regular basis.

But is there anything to be gained by turning them into problems?

Choose instead to transform those difficulties and challenges into opportunities.

Know that there is always a realistic and workable way, and commit yourself to finding it.

Rather than being weighed down by problems, you can be energized by possibilities.

Instead of fighting against what you don't want,

you can be working toward what you most sincerely desire.

Free yourself from problems by never creating them in the first place.

Focus your energy on the positive possibilities and bring the best of them to life.

Courtesy-
-- Ralph Marston
Title: Re: Thought for the day
Post by: pramanisa on June 21, 2007, 11:46:53 PM: "Screen the past
Cream the present
Dream the future"
Title: Re: Thought for the day
Post by: SS91 on June 25, 2007, 06:52:05 AM: Quotes on Happiness and Being Happy

Remez Sasson

Inspiring quotes and phrases are like vitamins to the soul.

Happiness is within you.

When you stop the chatter of the mind and expel your worries and fears

you find out that happiness surfaces from within you.

Happiness is not something far away and unattainable, and it does not depend on circumstances.

Happiness is one of the most important treasures.

It is within your precious soul. All you have to do is dig it out and enjoy it.

There is no need to search for happiness or to create it.

There is no need to undergo all kinds of outer experiences in order to feel it.

On the contrary, everything has to be dropped in order to experience it.

Happiness is always here, but covered by thoughts, desires and fears.

Happiness comes from within.

Your attitude decides whether you are happy or not. You can change your attitude.

Happiness is a state of mind. More correctly put, it is the state beyond the mind.

It is our attitude that makes us feel happy or unhappy.

Your thoughts and worries hide away your happiness.

If you smile while you talk, you make people happy.

A calm and detached mind is the gate to true happiness.

Happiness is experienced after a problem has been solved, a fear has disappeared or after realizing a desire.

At this moment the mind is released from it fears, worries and desires and becomes quiet, letting the happiness

emerge.

Look at the happy side of life, and you will develop the happiness habit.

Learn to laugh. This will make you feel better.

Focusing your mind on everything that you do, increases your control over your mind, which makes it easier for the inner joy to manifest.

Your inner nature is bliss and joy. Clean your mind of thoughts and worries and you will find this treasure within you.

When you wake up from deep sleep you feel happy. This is because the mind was quiet.

If you are able to make your mind quiet in your waking hours you will experience happiness.

Each day do something to make you feel happy, until this becomes a habit.

Cheerfulness is contagious. Choose cheerful people for your friends and you become cheerful too.

Sharing and accepting other people's happiness increases our own happiness.

Choose happiness, concentrate on happiness and you will find it everywhere.

Let the joy in your heart overflow and water everyone you meet.

Pleasure comes from the outside, happiness from the inside.

A good word to a friend or stranger can bring light into their day.

When you have a positive frame of mind, you broadcast positive thoughts and feelings to the world around you.
Title: Re: Thought for the day
Post by: pramanisa on June 25, 2007, 07:24:49 AM: Inspirational Quotations

Get inspired and lift your spirits with these positive quotations that will surely stimulate your soul and perhaps motivate your mind...

"No bird soars too high if he soars on his own wings."
-- William Blake

"Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you'll land among the stars."
-- Les Brown

"Genius is 99 percent perspiration and 1 percent inspiration."
-- Thomas Edison

"Everything that is really great and inspiring is created by the individual who can labour in freedom."
-- Albert Einstein

"What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within."
--Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail."
-- Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Act as though what you do makes a difference. It does."
-- William James

"The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing that you will make one."
-- Ellen Hubbard

"One can make a day of any size, and regulate the rising and the setting of his own sun and the brightness of its shining."
-- John Muir

"It is impossible to win the great prizes of life without running risks."
-- Theodore Roosevelt

"Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn."
-- Harriet Beecher Stowe

"Go confidently in the direction of your dreams, Live the life you've imagined."
-- Henry David Thoreau

"If your ship doesn't come in, swim out to it!"
-- Jonathan Winters

"What does not kill me makes me stronger. "
-- JohannWolfgang von Goethe

"We all have ability. The difference is how we use it."--
Stevie Wonder
Title: Re: Thought for the day
Post by: pramanisa on July 01, 2007, 09:40:53 AM: "There is no such thing in anyone's life as an unimportant day."
Title: Re: Thought for the day
Post by: pramanisa on July 01, 2007, 09:48:24 AM: The place God calls you to is the place where your deep gladness and the world's deep need meet.
Title: Re: Thought for the day
Post by: pramanisa on July 01, 2007, 09:48:47 AM: If you don't find God in the next person you meet, it is a waste of time looking for him further.
Title: Re: Thought for the day
Post by: pramanisa on July 01, 2007, 09:49:50 AM: 'My heart is afraid that it will have to suffer,' the boy told the alchemist one night as they looked up at the moonless sky.

'Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself. And that no heart has ever suffered when it goes in search of its dreams, because every second of the search is a second's encounter with God and with eternity.'
Title: Re: Thought for the day
Post by: pramanisa on July 01, 2007, 09:50:12 AM: God does not command that we do great things, only little things with great love.
Title: Re: Thought for the day
Post by: pramanisa on July 01, 2007, 10:07:47 AM: If you oppress poor people, you insult the God who makes them; but kindness shown to the poor is an act of worship.

It is not the greatness of the work which matters to God
but the love with which it is done.

It is not the greatness of the work which matters to God
but the love with which it is done.

Know with certainty that there is a God, and that there exists a world beyond this one - the world of souls.

Religion is a guy in church thinking about fishing.
Spirituality is a guy out fishing thinking about God.

Religion is a guy in church thinking about fishing.
Spirituality is a guy out fishing thinking about God.

If there be anywhere on earth a lover of God who is always kept safe I know nothing of it for it was not shown to me. But this was shown: that in falling and rising again we are always kept in that same precious love.

One day I said to God --
I'm going to search
For the meaning to my existence
I'm going to find the talent within me
Then develop it to the best of my ability
And I'm going to make the most of this Life
That I have been given
And I'm going to do this
Without infringing upon anyone else's
Opportunity to do the same
And God replied
'I couldn't ask for anything more'"

Dear God of many Names,
Protect your children tonight wherever they are sleeping
And let them know the world does not have to be like this
Place a kiss upon each of their foreheads
And remind them oh so gently
That there are reasons to be hopeful
And reasons for them to dream beautiful dreams.

"God may not always come
exactly when you call Him…
but He is always on time."
Title: Re: Thought for the day
Post by: pramanisa on July 01, 2007, 10:08:13 AM: 'Your task is to build a better world,' God said. I answered, 'How?... this world is such a large, vast place, and there's nothing I can do.' But God said, in all His wisdom, 'just build a better you.'

One of the best ways to worship God is simply to be happy.

Where there is faith, there is love;
Where there is love, there is peace;
Where there is peace, there is God;
And where there is God; there is no need.

The kingdom of God is within you.

Your worth is not established by teaching or learning. Your worth is established by God. Nothing you do or think or wish or make is necessary to establish your worth.

My people? Who are they?
I went into the church where the congregation
Worshiped my God. Were they my people?
I felt no kinship to them as they knelt there.
My people! Where are they?
I went into the land where I was born,
Where men spoke my language...
I was a stranger there.
"My people," my soul cried. "Who are my people?"
Last night in the rain I met an old man
Who spoke a language I do not speak,
Which marked him as one who does not know my God.
With apologetic smile he offered me
The shelter of his patched umbrella.
I met his eyes... And then I knew…
'Who Are My People,'
Everyday, God gives us the sun - and also one moment in which we have the ability to change everything…

When you clean your house... clean it as if God were going to be your special guest. Because He is.
Title: Re: Thought for the day
Post by: pramanisa on July 01, 2007, 10:08:32 AM: When you prepare a meal... prepare it as if God were going to be sitting at your table. Because He is.

When you work... work as if God will be your customer. Because He is.

And when you speak with another... speak as if you were speaking with God. Because you are.
Never place a period where God has placed a comma.
To love another person is to see the face of God.

Look at the birds above your head
they neither plant nor reap
they neither store nor hoard
yet day by day God gives them food
Look at the flowers beneath your feet
they neither card nor spin
they neither sow nor weave
yet King Solomon shone less brightly than they
So why worry about your life
what you will get to eat
what you will have to wear?
I thank God for this most
amazing day;
for the leaping greenly
spirits of trees
and a blue true dream of sky;
and for everything
which is natural, which is
infinite, which is yes.

I thank God for my handicaps, for, through them, I have found myself, my work, and my God.
No matter what looms ahead, if you can eat today, enjoy the sunlight today, mix good cheer with friends today, enjoy it and bless God for it. Do not look back on happiness -- or dream of it in the future. You are only sure of today; do not let yourself be cheated out of it.
Title: Re: Thought for the day
Post by: pramanisa on July 01, 2007, 10:08:53 AM: I have held many things in my hands, and I have lost them all; but whatever I have placed in God's hands, that I still possess.

The mother eagle teachers her little ones to fly by making their nest so uncomfortable that they are forced to leave it and commit themselves to the unknown world of air outside. And just so does our God to us.

The wise man in a storm prays to God, not for safety from danger; but for deliverance from fear.

If you can find the God inside of yourself, you can find the God inside everybody.

"The little plans I tried to carry
Have failed
O' Dear God.
But, I will not sorrow
I will pause a little while
And try again tomorrow."

Walk slowly, pause thoughtfully. There is much to be gleaned from these creatures God has made.
Title: Re: Thought for the day
Post by: pramanisa on July 01, 2007, 10:10:07 AM: We are all here for a single purpose: to grow in wisdom and to learn to love better. We can do this through losing as well as through winning, by having and by not having, by succeeding or by failing. All we need to do is to show up openhearted for class
Title: Re: Thought for the day
Post by: pramanisa on July 01, 2007, 11:22:37 PM: And I said to the one who stood at the gate of the year, 'Give me a light that I may tread safely into the Unknown.'
And he replied, 'Go out into the darkness and put your hand into the hand of God. That shall be to you better than light and safer than a known way.'

God turns you from one feeling to another and teaches you by means of opposites, so that you will have two wings to fly - not one.

Every child comes with the message that God is not yet tired of the man.

Have courage for the great sorrows of life and patience for the small ones; and when you have laboriously accomplished your daily task, go to sleep in peace. God is awake.

I believe in the sun, even when it is not shining.
I believe in love, even when i do not feel it.
I believe in God, even when He is silent.

Your talent is God's gift to you.
What you do with it is your gift back to God.

So many gods, so many creeds, so many paths that wind and wind,
while just the art of being kind is all the sad world needs.

Spread love everywhere you go: first of all in your own house. Give love to your children, to your wife or husband, to a next door neighbor... Let no one ever come to you without leaving better or happier. Be the living expression of God’s kindness; kindness in your face, kindness in your eyes, kindness in your smile; kindness in your warm greeting

Be such a man, and live such a life, that if every man were such as you, and every life a life like yours, this earth would be God's Paradise.

Past the seeker as he prayed came the crippled and the beggar and the beaten. And seeing them...he cried, "Great God, how is it that a loving creator can see such things and yet do nothing about them?"...God said, "I did do something. I made you.

Time spent laughing is time spent with the gods
Title: Giving
Post by: pramanisa on July 01, 2007, 11:28:55 PM: All you have shall some day be given;
Therefore give now, that the season of giving
may be yours and not your inheritors.

Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.

Each person has inside a basic decency and goodness. If he listens to it and acts on it, he is giving a great deal of what it is the world needs most.

If nature has made you a giver, your hands are born open, and so is your heart. And though there may be times when your hands are empty, your heart is always full, and you can give things out of that.

You have it easily in your power to increase the sum total of this world's happiness now. How? By giving a few words of sincere appreciation to someone who is lonely or discouraged.

A pessimist, they say, sees a glass of water as being half empty; an optimist sees the same glass as half full. But a giving person sees a glass of water and starts looking for someone who might be thirsty.

And while it takes courage to achieve greatness, it takes more courage to find fulfillment in being ordinary. For the joys that last have little relationship to achievement, to standing one step higher on the victory platform. What is the adventure in being ordinary? It is daring to love just for the pleasure of giving it away. It is venturing to give new life and to nurture it to maturity. It is working hard for the pure joy of being tired at the end of the day. It is caring and sharing and giving and loving…

Realize that true happiness lies within you. Waste no time and effort searching for peace and contentment and joy in the world outside. Remember that there is no happiness in having or in getting, but only in giving. Reach out. Share. Smile. Hug. Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others without getting a few drops on yourself.

When we honestly ask ourselves which person in our lives means the most to us, we often find that it is those who, instead of giving much advice, solutions, or cures, have chosen rather to share our pain and touch our wounds with a gentle and tender hand. The friend who can be silent with us in a moment of despair or confusion, who can stay with us in an hour of grief and bereavement, who can tolerate not knowing, not curing, not healing and face with us the reality of our powerlessness, that is a friend who cares.

There is a wonderful mythical law of nature that the three things we crave most in life - happiness, freedom and peace of mind - are always attained by giving them to someone else.

Live your life so that the fear of death can never enter your heart. When you arise in the morning, give thanks for the morning light. Give thanks for your life and strength. Give thanks for your food and for the joy of living. And if per chance you see no reason for giving thanks, rest assured the fault is in yourself.

If instead of a gem, or even a flower, we should cast the gift of a loving thought into the heart of a friend, that would be giving as the angels give.
Title: Forgiveness
Post by: pramanisa on July 01, 2007, 11:37:09 PM: The four hardest tasks on earth are neither physical nor intellectual feats, but spiritual ones: To return love for hate; to include the excluded; to forgive without apology, and to be able to say 'I was wrong.'

Forgiveness is unlocking the door to set someone free and realizing you were the prisoner.

The day the child realizes that all adults are imperfect, he becomes an adolescent; the day he forgives them, he becomes an adult; the day he forgives himself, he becomes wise.

The best thing to give to your enemy is forgiveness; to an opponent, tolerance; to a friend, your heart; to your child, a good example; to a father, deference; to your mother, conduct that will make her proud of you; to yourself, respect; to all men, charity.

Language does have the power to change reality. Therefore, treat your words as the mighty instruments they are - to heal, to bring into being, to remove, as if by magic, the terrible violations of childhood, to nurture, to cherish, to bless, to forgive - to create from the whole cloth of your soul, true love.

Do more than belong: participate.
Do more than care: help.
Do more than believe: practice.
Do more than be fair: be kind.
Do more than forgive: forget.
Do more than dream: work.

Last Minute Gift Suggestions:

To your enemy, forgiveness.
To an opponent, tolerance.
To a friend, your heart.
To every child, a good example.
To all, charity.
To yourself, respect.
Title: Difficult
Post by: pramanisa on July 01, 2007, 11:41:25 PM: How could our hearts be large enough for heaven if they are not large enough for earth? The only country I am certain of is the one here below. The only paradise I know is the one lit by our everyday sun, the land of difficult love, shot through with shadow. The place where we learn this love, if we learn it at all, shimmers behind every new place we inhabit.

Love one another and you will be happy. It's as simple and as difficult as that.

Be of good cheer. Do not think of today's failures, but of the success that may come tomorrow. You have set yourselves a difficult task, but you will succeed if you persevere; and you will find joy in overcoming obstacles. Remember, no effort that we make to attain something beautiful is ever lost.
There is no difficulty that enough love will not conquer, no disease that enough love will not heal, no door that enough love will not bridge, no wall that enough love will not throw down, no sin that enough love will not redeem... It makes no difference how deeply seated may be the trouble, how hopeless the outlook, how muddled the tangle, how great the mistake. A sufficient realization of love will dissolve it all. If only you could love enough, you could be the happiest and most powerful being in the world…
Whatever you do, you need courage. Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you you are wrong. There are always difficulties arising which tempt you to believe that your critics are right. To map out a course of action and follow it to the end, requires some of the same courage which a soldier needs.
The lesson which life constantly repeats is to 'look under your feet.' You are always nearer to the divine
and the true sources of your power than you think.
The lure of the distant and the difficult is deceptive.
The great opportunity is where you are.
Do not despise your own place and hour.
Every place is under the stars.
Every place is the center of the world.
The Winner is always a part of the answer;
The Loser is always a part of the problem
The winner always has a plan
The loser always has an excuse
The Winner says "Let me do it for you"
The loser says "That's not my Job"
The winner sees an answer in every problem
The loser sees a problem in every answer
The winner sees a Green near every sandtrap
The loser sees a sandtrap near every green
The winner says "It may be difficult but its possible.
The loser says 'It may be possible but its difficult"
It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare, it is because we do not dare that they are difficult.
Title: worry
Post by: pramanisa on July 01, 2007, 11:44:31 PM: Go down to the beach before the tide comes in,
And write your worries on the sand.
Then watch the ocean come in and wash them away.

Now
That
All your worry
Has proved such an
Unlucrative
Business,
Why
Not
Find a better
Job.

If you are doing something you would do for nothing - then you are on your way to salvation. And if you could drop it in a minute and forget the outcome, you are even further along. And if while you are doing it you are transported into another existence, there is no need for you to worry about the future.

Do not worry about whether or not the sun will rise. Be prepared to enjoy it.

Look at the birds above your head
they neither plant nor reap
they neither store nor hoard
yet day by day God gives them food
Look at the flowers beneath your feet
they neither card nor spin
they neither sow nor weave
yet King Solomon shone less brightly than they
So why worry about your life
what you will get to eat
what you will have to wear?

How simple it is to see
that all the worry in the world
cannot control the future.
How simple it is to see
that we can only be happy now.
And that there will never be a time
when it is not now.

We worry about what a child will be tomorrow, yet we forget that he is someone today.

The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, not to worry about the future, or not to anticipate troubles, but to live in the present moment wisely and earnestly.
Title: Kindness
Post by: pramanisa on July 01, 2007, 11:54:20 PM: “Smile at each other,
smile at your wife, smile at your husband, smile at your children, smile at each other -- it doesn't matter who it is -- and that will help you to grow up in greater love for each other.”

"If instead of a gem, or even a flower, we should cast the gift of a loving thought into the heart of a friend, that would be giving as the angels give."

Everybody can be great...because anybody can serve. You don't have to have a college degree to serve. You don't have to make your subject and verb agree to serve. You only need a heart full of grace. A soul generated by love.

"All you have shall some day be given;
Therefore give now, that the season of giving
may be yours and not your inheritors."

A wise woman who was traveling in the mountains found a precious stone in a stream. The next day she met another traveler who was hungry, and the wise woman opened her bag to share her food. The hungry traveler saw the precious stone and asked the woman to give it to him. She did so without hesitation. The traveler left, rejoicing in his good fortune. He knew the stone was worth enough to give him security for a lifetime. But a few days later he came back to return the stone to the wise woman.

"I've been thinking," he said, "I know how valuable the stone is, but I give it back in the hope that you can give me something even more precious. Give me what you have within you that enabled you to give me the stone."

A man has made at least a start on discovering the meaning of human life when he plants shade trees under which he knows full well he will never sit.

That best portion of a good man's life; his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and love.

You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.

No act of kindness, however small, is ever wasted.

I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something; and because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do something I can do.

Never look down on anybody unless you're helping them up.

The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart and head and hands.

At the end of life we will not be judged by how many diplomas we have received, how much money we have made, how many great things we have done.

We will be judged by "I was hungry, and you gave me something to eat, I was naked and you clothed me. I was homeless, and you took me in."

Hungry not only for bread - but hungry for love. Naked not only for clothing - but naked of human dignity and respect. Homeless not only for want of a home of bricks - but homeless because of rejection.

You cannot do a kindness too soon because you never know how soon it will be too late.

By the accident of fortune
a man may rule the world for a time,
but by virtue of love and kindness
he may rule the world forever.

It is not only for what we do that we are held responsible, but also for what we do not do.

So long as we love we serve;
So long as we are loved by others,
I would almost say that we are indispensable;
And no man is useless while he has a friend.

Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.

Even if I knew that tomorrow
the world would go to pieces,
I would still plant my apple tree.

Be not forgetful to entertain strangers for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.

It is one of the most beautiful compensations of this life that no man can sincerely try to help another without helping himself.

People are unreasonable, illogical and self-centered.
Love them anyway.

If you do good, people will accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives.
Do good anyway.

If you are successful, you will win false friends and true enemies.
Succeed anyway.

The good you do today will be forgotten tomorrow.
Do good anyway.

Honesty and frankness make you vulnerable.
Be honest and frank anyway.

The biggest person with the biggest ideas can be shot down by the smallest person with the smallest mind.
Think big anyway.

What you spend years building may be destroyed overnight.
Build anyway.

People really need help but may attack if you help them.
Help people anyway.

Give the world the best you have and you might get kicked in the teeth.
Give the world the best you've got anyway.

From what we get, we can make a living;
what we give, however, makes a life.

Nothing is so strong as gentleness,
and nothing is so gentle as true strength.

How far you go in life depends on you being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving and tolerant of the weak and the strong. Because someday in life you will have been all of these.

The greatest good you can do for another
is not just share your riches,
but reveal to them their own.

Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.

I expect to pass through this world but once; any good thing therefore that I can do, or any kindness that I can show to any fellow creature, let me do it now; let me not defer or neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again.
Title: Re: Thought for the day
Post by: pramanisa on July 02, 2007, 05:40:43 AM: “If all our time belongs to God, how can we afford to waste even a single moment? Likewise, if we belong to God, why should we devote even a part of our being to the pursuit of the vain pleasures of life?”
Title: Re: Thought for the day
Post by: pramanisa on July 04, 2007, 12:25:13 AM: Who said "Open" n "Close" are words with opposite Meaning.
You will always be open to the person who is close to you.
Title: Re: Thought for the day
Post by: pramanisa on July 04, 2007, 12:32:51 AM: Victory is guaranteed to the ones who are constantly loving.

Expression:
The ones who are loving are able to involve others in everything they do with their love. So whatever the task maybe, they find it to be very easy and are able to accomplish the biggest task with ease. Also each task done by them is with love and so everything is done with lightness and so victory is guaranteed.

Experience:
When I am loving and do everything with love, I constantly experience lightness, based on the blessings from others. I am carefree as there is no heaviness of the task to be performed. Love transforms labour into entertainment. My internal lightness enables me to do the biggest task with great ease, involving everyone with love.
Title: Re: Thought for the day
Post by: pramanisa on July 04, 2007, 12:39:19 AM: 'A tough lesson in life that one has to learn is that not everybody wishes you well.
-Dan Rather

The ones who are constantly happy are truly fortunate.

Expression:
Whatever the kind of situations needed to be faced, whoever the people and the different kind of personalities they come into contact with, the ones who are fortunate constantly enjoy. They also continue to take benefit and bring benefit to others too. Their fortune lies in their ability to perceive the positive aspect in everything and take benefit accordingly.

Experience:
When I am able to be happy under all circumstances, I am able to make the best use of whatever I have with me. I then find myself full of all resources. I don't think of what I don't have but I am aware of and make the best use of what I have. So I find myself to be always lucky. I constantly move forward.
Title: Re: Thought for the day
Post by: pramanisa on July 04, 2007, 01:38:02 AM: To accept advice is to ensure self-progress.

Expression:
The natural state of the self is to ensure progress. Everything that is done by the self is for its progress. But the one who rejects advice rejects the progress of the self. To accept advice means to take the chance for whatever benefit that comes my way.

Experience:
When someone corrects me or gives me an advice or suggestion, if I accept it in the right spirit, I'll constantly learn from it. This will enable me to experience constant progress. I am also naturally able to give regard to everyone I come into contact with and remain in constant happiness.
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Post by: pramanisa on July 04, 2007, 01:43:55 AM: To be a giver means to give according to need.

Expression:
The one who is a giver would be sensitive to the needs of others and will be able to give what the other person needs at the right time, instead of giving what he wants to give. Also such a person is able to give without expecting anything in return.

Experience:
When there is even a little thought to share with others whatever I have, I would naturally be able to perceive my own inner treasures and experience being full. Sharing with others, whatever I can, enables me to get their good wishes also. I thus find myself experiencing the richness of life.
Title: Re: Thought for the day
Post by: pramanisa on July 04, 2007, 01:44:55 AM: Let there be a positive record of always talking with regard.

Expression:
When I have regard for others, there are good wishes expressed through my words. Such words are totally free from the slightest bit of negativity and bring a very positive result. When words are positive, they are few but essenceful. So they have a lot of impact on others.

Experience:
When I have regard for others, I will be able to keep myself free from negative and waste words. So I'll naturally find every word of mine being used in a positive and powerful way. So I find only accumulation and no waste through my words. My energy is saved and others too would have only good wishes for me.
Title: Re: Thought for the day
Post by: pramanisa on July 04, 2007, 01:46:02 AM: A single step of courage brings a lot of progress.

Expression:
The understanding that one can do a lot and reach great heights, enables one to take courageously a step forward. With each step taken with courage, there is a hundred-fold help received. Also courage means to understand the accurate method of achieving things. When there is this kind of courage, there is a lot of progress in whatever is being done.

Experience:
The aim to achieve the best enables me to have the courage to take a step forward in all situations. So I am able to be light yet powerful under all circumstances. Because I also find myself receiving help, I am able to further increase my own courage. There is nothing to stop me, but I continue to experience progress, in both the positive and negative situations of life.
Title: Re: Thought for the day
Post by: pramanisa on July 04, 2007, 01:47:02 AM: Love for positivity brings progress.

Expression:
When I have love for positivity, I will not be able to have negative thoughts for a long time. I will naturally put in effort, both internally and externally to come back to positivity. So this positivity spreads around to others too and serves in creating a positive environment.

Experience:
Because of my love for positivity, I begin to enjoy creating and maintaining positive thoughts. When there is experience of positivity within, there is the natural desire to sustain it. Then no negative thoughts or feelings are encouraged. Slowly I find myself being only positive.
Title: Re: Thought for the day
Post by: pramanisa on July 04, 2007, 01:49:10 AM: Mercy means to give courage.

Expression:
The one who is merciful is able to give courage to the ones who are weak, because of the ability to look at the positive qualities in them. The weak ones are never made weaker with negative and discouraging talk, but are encouraged to discover and use the strengths that are hidden within. So real mercy will give the courage to the other person to change too.

Experience:
When I have mercy on others, I will never lose hope on anyone, but will continue to have good wishes for everyone. Whatever the kind of person, even with the most negative situation, I will find my stock of good wishes to always be full. So I am able to be free from the expectation from the others to bring about a change immediately.
Title: Re: Thought for the day
Post by: pramanisa on July 04, 2007, 02:14:58 AM: To be a creator means to use all treasures for a positive contribution.

Expression:
Even in the most negative situations, the one who has the thought of creation, works towards bettering the situation. Every thought, word and action is towards creation and not towards worsening the situation. Such a person is not concerned about who spoilt the situation or how it got spoilt. To the extent possible, he works towards bettering the situation.

Experience:
When I am working towards creation, I am able to make the best use of my resources and treasures. I then experience constant progress. I also experience contentment of having made a contribution, however little it may be. I have no questions, but only answers under all circumstances.
Title: Re: Thought for the day
Post by: pramanisa on July 04, 2007, 02:37:29 AM: To consider problems to be a game is to move forward with lightness.

Expression:
Even when the most difficult problem comes my way, I am able to give my best when I understand the significance of whatever is happening. Because I never experience being subservient to the problem, I am always a master.

Experience:
When I understand that problems are just a game, I am able to play whatever part I have to, externally. But internally I will experience lightness knowing that this is the part I have to play. It would be easy to understand the significance of the part that I am playing and remain happy.
Title: Re: Thought for the day
Post by: pramanisa on July 04, 2007, 02:40:33 AM: Honesty brings success in relationships.

Expression:
Honesty means being the same inside out. Honesty with oneself helps one to bring about constant improvement in the self. Honesty with others enables one to relate positively under all circumstances. There is no rudeness but there is an openness that brings about love towards the other person.

Experience:
When I am honest, I am able to experience progress in my own life and others are benefitted too with my own self-progress. I am able to maintain harmony in my relationship with others because I am open with them and I find myself successful in my relationships.
Title: Re: Thought for the day
Post by: pramanisa on July 04, 2007, 02:42:44 AM: The ones who work towards perfection naturally inspire perfection in others.

Expression:
All life's situations are lessons for bringing about progress, for the one who is committed towards perfection. Such a person never expects others to be perfect, knowing that every human being has his own weaknesses. He is instead able to accommodate others' weaknesses. He only inspires others to bring about transformation and work towards perfection.

Experience:
When I am constantly working towards bringing perfection within myself, I am able to take everything that happens to me in a positive way, as a chance for bringing about self-progress. Also I am able to keep myself positive seeing only the goodness in the other individual and encouraging it. So I am able to enjoy each moment of my life.
Title: Re: Thought for the day
Post by: pramanisa on July 04, 2007, 02:49:59 AM: The power of stability enables to cross over all obstacles.

Expression:
The one who is stable is not influenced by one's own old habits and tendencies to react, but is able to think and act properly under all circumstances. The power of stability brings forth the best decisions in the most difficult times, brings solutions and helps in lessening the impact of the obstacle itself.

Experience:
When I am stable on the seat of a master, I am able to be free from the influence of my own old habits, those that are of weakness. Instead I am able to transform old habits into new ones, making them into those of power. Learning to be stable in the most difficult situations, enables me to cross over all obstacles very easily.
Title: Re: Thought for the day
Post by: pramanisa on July 04, 2007, 02:50:25 AM: Where there is contentment, problems finish.

Expression:
Contentment enables one to have a positive outlook towards life. So the one who is content always works towards solutions, as he is never disturbed with situations, but is always relaxed. This automatically brings the ability to contribute to others and give them the support to bring progress within them. Such a person works for his own self-progress too.

Experience
When I am content with everything that is happening, I am able to be light in all situations. So even in the biggest difficulty, I am never caught up with the problem, but am always thinking of the solution. My mind is busy with finding the solution, so internally I remain unaffected with the problem.
Title: Re: Thought for the day
Post by: pramanisa on July 04, 2007, 02:55:21 AM: To recognise the uniqueness of my own personality is to be free from negative influence.

Expression:
The one who is aware of one's own uniqueness is able to create a strong influence on others of his own personality. So, such a person is not negatively influenced by anyone's personality traits. Even when there is a person with a very strong personality, he is still able to be free from negative influence.

Experience:
When I am able to recognise and use the specialities that are within me, I am able to remain powerful within. In all circumstances and with all people I experience this innate power. Because I am constantly in touch with my own specialities, I am able to be light and happy.
Title: Re: Thought for the day
Post by: pramanisa on July 04, 2007, 03:01:06 AM: To be ever ready means to guarantee success.

Expression:
The ones who are ever ready are active and so when a task comes up, they quickly understand it and attain success. They do not waste time and energy thinking too much about it. They recognize the importance of the task and involve fully in it and attain success.

Experience:
When I am ever ready I am able to be easy. Because I am easy, all tasks seem easy for me and effort put in for the success of the task also becomes easy. So I don't have to do a lot of effort but give my best. Thus I experience success every moment in all situations.
Title: Re: Thought for the day
Post by: pramanisa on July 04, 2007, 03:06:30 AM: The one who has faith is always victorious.

Expression:
The one who has faith, has total faith in the self and in the progress of the self. The one who has faith is always successful because he gives his best in everything he does. He is never deterred by obstacles but progresses constantly.

Experience:
When I have complete faith, I am able to experience lightness even when I am faced with my weaknesses, because I have the faith that I am progressing. I am able to learn and improve from everything that happens.
Title: Re: Thought for the day
Post by: pramanisa on July 04, 2007, 03:08:42 AM: Greatness lies in humility.

Expression:
The one who is humble is always willing to learn - from others and
situations. So whatever happens a humble person never reacts to the
situations, but acts positively whilst being in a stage of self-
respect. So there is greatness visible in the one who is humble.

Experience:
Humility brings an experience of being full and complete. So
naturally I am available for service, and have always the thought of
bringing benefit to as many as possible. Humility also gives an
experience of being a master, because no situation or person binds me,
but I am able to experience freedom.
Title: Re: Thought for the day
Post by: pramanisa on July 04, 2007, 03:16:29 AM: To be free from the influence of the past is to have the ability to fly forward.

Expression:
There are so many things of the past that keep coming up in the mind again and again. Insead of being like birds holding on to the branches of the past; the one who looks at the clear sky gets the inspiration to move forward. To look at the clear sky means to look at the present moment and make the best use of it.

Experience:
The ability to free myself from the negative influences of the past, enables me to have a vision of equality. I will then not be judging others on what my past experiences with them are. I also find myself experiencing the benefit of each and every moment. So I experience constant progress.
Title: Re: Thought for the day
Post by: pramanisa on July 04, 2007, 03:24:24 AM: To maintain courage and faith is to ensure victory.

Contemplation:
To believe in one's own victory is to give ourselves the wings and
the strength to fly. With just this belief we will have the courage to
work on our obstacles with ease and win over them.

Application:
Before I restart anything that I had failed in before or even when I
start a new important task, I need to make sure that I tell myself that
I am victorious. When I remind myself again and again that 'victory
is my birthright', I will automatically get the courage to succeed.
Title: Re: Thought for the day
Post by: pramanisa on July 04, 2007, 03:25:41 AM: To know the fruit of efforts will surely come is to remain happy and healthy.

Expression:
To know that the fruit of my effort will eventually come one day is to understand the importance of making effort. Once there is this understanding, it becomes easy to continue making effort, which is like nourishment that keeps one happy. So effort is never stopped till what has to be achieved is achieved.

Experience:
Knowing that my effort will surely be fruitful makes me enjoy everything I do. It makes me remain happy, keeps me enthusiastic and free from tiredness, even when things are not going right for me. My mental happiness and well being thus keeps me healthy.
Title: Re: Thought for the day
Post by: pramanisa on July 04, 2007, 03:31:56 AM: To experience divinity is to experience the power of silence.

Contemplation:
The instrument for the power of silence is to be connected to our own inner divinity. We can spread the fragrance of our virtues to all we meet. So the mind is silent and carefree under all circumstances. When we experience the power of silence we will become more powerful. We will then be able to experience peace that will naturally spread to others too.

Application:
When I have to correct someone in any situation I first need to remind myself that words will not work but silence based on an experience of my own divinity will surely work. When I accept the person as he is with love connecting to his inherent divine nature, I will be able to bring about a change in him.
Title: Re: Thought for the day
Post by: pramanisa on July 04, 2007, 03:32:24 AM: Never Give Up On Anything

Expression:

Every human being has an innate positive nature because of the inherent qualities of love, peace, happiness etc. that are within. Introversion, the practice of looking within, enables one to be in constant touch with oneself and one's true nature. It helps express these qualities in everything that is done. Because of having practiced for a long time with them, these qualities emerge very naturally at the time of need.

Experience
The practice of being introverted helps me in experiencing those qualities within me, which otherwise remain hidden during difficult situations. Thus it makes me have true self-respect and enables me to finish my ego. It also gives me the power to recognise and accept my mistakes, thus giving me the courage to work on them successfully.
Title: Re: Thought for the day
Post by: pramanisa on July 04, 2007, 03:33:17 AM: True love brings success in relationships.

Expression:
The one who is loving, likes to be with the others. Such a person will never try to be away even from people who are not loving towards him, but will be able to change the one who is not so loving with his own love. So the one who is loving is always successful in relationships.

Experience:
Since I am a loving person, I am able to maintain this love for every person I come into contact with. Whether the other person is able to be loving or not, I find that I never lose my love because of being aware of my true nature.
Title: Re: Thought for the day
Post by: pramanisa on July 04, 2007, 03:34:18 AM: To be a self-sovereign is to be in control.

Expression:
The one who is a self-sovereign never finds difficulty in being in control. He doesn't have to go out of control and then bring himself back in control. The moment the order is given to the self, every thought, word and action is immediately in order.

Experience:
To be a self-sovereign means to be aware of my own specialities and work with them. When I am a self-sovereign I experience myself to be free. This is because nothing binds me but I am able to win over my weaknesses too. Thus I find myself to be in total happiness in all situations.
Title: Re: Thought for the day
Post by: pramanisa on July 04, 2007, 03:43:10 AM: Speciality lies in experiencing one's fortune.

Expression:
When there is the awareness of one's fortune, there is speciality seen in every word and action, because of wanting to make the best of everything. There is also the pure desire of sharing with others, which also makes one special.

Experience:
When I have the recognition of my own fortune, and am aware of what I have, I find myself content. I have no expectations but continue to make the best use of what I already have, for my benefit and that of others. So I find myself being special and making my own fortune.
Title: Re: Thought for the day
Post by: pramanisa on July 04, 2007, 03:46:04 AM: To give regard to others' ideas is to be a learner.

Expression:
The one who is open to the ideas of others is the one who is able to
learn from everything. He is humble and has respect for all. He has
the authority over what he does, he is the master and is yet open to
learning.

Experience:
Even when my best plan and ideas are rejected or criticised, I am able
to remain cool and light because of my regard for others and their
ideas. Because of this I am able to constantly learn and experience
progress.
Title: Re: Thought for the day
Post by: pramanisa on July 04, 2007, 03:52:04 AM: The beauty of things lie in the ability to appreciate them.

Expression:
Nothing is positive or negative in itself, but the one who has the eye for positive things sees only positively even when there is negativity around. Such a person is like a swan, which separates and picks up only pearls from stones.

Experience:
When I am looking only at the positive aspects, I am able to remain happy. If I am able to appreciate everything that comes my way, even if it is visibly negative, I find nothing to be a problem, but everything becomes enjoyable for me.
Title: Re: Thought for the day
Post by: pramanisa on July 04, 2007, 03:53:09 AM: Introversion enables one to experience progress.

Contemplation:
When we are introverted we will be able to check ourselves and
progress. Introversion gives us the power to see our own mistake,
however small it might be. With the recognition of the mistake comes
the power to bring about a change and there is an experience of
progress.

Application:
I remind myself that with each mistake that happens, I actually get a
chance to learn. When something goes wrong I don't have to feel
disheartened but, take it as a learning for my future. This
understanding gives me the experience of constant progress whatever the
circumstances might be.
Title: Re: Thought for the day
Post by: pramanisa on July 04, 2007, 03:54:36 AM: Creating quality thoughts brings happiness and lightness.

Expression:
When there is quality thinking, thoughts are not many, but each thought is special. Quality thoughts are reflected in quality words and quality actions. They reduce tiredness and carelessness as thoughts are fewer in quantity.

Experience:
When I have good quality thoughts, I experience sweetness, happiness and self-respect. I am able to recognise my own greatness and move forward with lightness under all circumstances.
Title: Re: Thought for the day
Post by: pramanisa on July 04, 2007, 03:55:15 AM: The one who checks himself constantly is the one who experiences progress.
Expression:
The one who keeps checking himself is also able to bring about a change in himself. Such a person takes each situation as a chance to learn something new and bring about some change for the better. So there is constant improvement in his life.

Experience:
When something goes wrong, if I learn to check myself and bring about a change immediately, I will be able to experience constant progress. No situation will make me have negative feelings or make me stop, but I will be able to enjoy everything that comes my way.
Title: Re: Thought for the day
Post by: pramanisa on July 04, 2007, 03:56:12 AM: To be free from wants is to be free from waste.

Expression:
The one who is free from wants is the one who is free from expectations. When there are no expectations, there is not too much thought about what is not there or what should be there. Since the mind is free from all these kind of waste thoughts, whatever is done is the best.

Experience:
When I am free from wants or desires, I am able to always remain content. I can then appreciate and enjoy everything that comes my way, and do not expect anything both from situations and people. So the mind is free from waste thoughts and questions.
Title: Re: Thought for the day
Post by: pramanisa on July 04, 2007, 04:02:18 AM: To have a clear aim of where the action will lead is to be successful
in everything.

Expression:
Many a times it so happens that one acts immediately seeing a
situation. But the one who is successful analyses the situation and
predicts the outcome of the action that he performs and then acts
keeping the end result in mind. Because of knowing the consequences of
the actions before actually performing that action, he is able to
continue putting in effort in spite of the challenges and
difficulties. So he continues to give his best to the task.

Experience:
When I am able to give time to myself to think before performing any
action, I am able to take the opportunity to be clear in my thinking.
The consequences of the action I wish to take are clear in my mind and
so, the action taken to overcome the situation is right. Hence, I
receive easy and sure success.
Title: Re: Thought for the day
Post by: pramanisa on July 04, 2007, 04:03:48 AM: To have the ability to listen is to learn

Expression:
When there is the ability to listen there is the ability to understand others and what they are saying. So the one who listens is able to learn from every situation and each and every person whom he comes across. So what he does and what he speaks is much more effective.

Experience:
When I understand that I am a student for my entire life, I am able to be open to learning. So I am able to listen whole-heartedly. Then, instead of only putting across what I have to say, I am able to pay attention to what others are saying too. I am thus able to enrich myself with new treasures constantly.
Title: Re: Thought for the day
Post by: pramanisa on July 10, 2007, 02:30:39 PM: God is crazy about me, He sends me flowers every spring And a Sunrise every morning.
Whenever I want to talk, He will listen. He can live anywhere in the Universe, and He has chosen my Heart.
Title: Re: Thought for the day
Post by: pramanisa on July 10, 2007, 02:38:08 PM: "Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome."

- Isaac Asimov
Title: Re: Thought for the day
Post by: pramanisa on July 11, 2007, 12:48:16 AM: The greatest gift you can give to someone is your TIME, because when you give someone your time, you are giving them a portion of your life, that you will never get back.
Title: Re: Thought for the day
Post by: pramanisa on July 11, 2007, 12:48:37 AM: Memories sometimes behave in a crazy way, they leave you alone in a crowd and when you are alone they stand all around you like a crowd.
Title: Re: Thought for the day
Post by: pramanisa on July 11, 2007, 12:48:58 AM: Winning horse doesn’t know why it runs in race. It runs because of beats and pains. Life is a race; God is your rider. If you are in pain then think God wants you to win.
Title: Re: Thought for the day
Post by: pramanisa on July 11, 2007, 12:49:21 AM: You know : looking back in our lives for which we cried lot will make us laugh now, but the moments which we laughed together will make us cry.
Title: Re: Thought for the day
Post by: pramanisa on July 11, 2007, 12:49:57 AM: Waiting is painful. Forgetting is painful. But not knowing which to do is the worst kind of suffering.
Title: Re: Thought for the day
Post by: pramanisa on July 11, 2007, 12:50:16 AM: An arrow can be sent only by dragging it back. So when life is dragging you back with difficulties it means that it is going to launch you into victory.
Title: Re: Thought for the day
Post by: pramanisa on July 11, 2007, 12:52:01 AM: People laugh because I am different, and I laugh because they are all the same. That’s “Attitude” – Swami Vivekananda
Title: Re: Thought for the day
Post by: pramanisa on July 11, 2007, 01:03:56 AM: We need to find God and
He cannot be found in noise and restlessness.
God is the friend of silence. See how nature grows in silence;
see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence.
We need silence to be able to touch souls.
~ Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu, better known as Mother Teresa
Title: Re: Thought for the day
Post by: pramanisa on July 11, 2007, 01:06:10 AM: You don't have to be straight to be in the military; you just have to be able to shoot straight.
~ Barry Goldwater, American Politician and Senator (1909-1998)
Title: Re: Thought for the day
Post by: pramanisa on July 11, 2007, 01:06:51 AM: Our God and soldier we alike adore
just at the brink of ruin not before
The danger past, both are alike requited
God is forgotten and the soldier slighted

-sameer
Title: Re: Thought for the day
Post by: pramanisa on July 11, 2007, 01:08:37 AM: The best things in life are unexpected - because there were no expectations.
~ Eli Khamarov
Title: Re: Thought for the day
Post by: pramanisa on July 11, 2007, 01:18:59 AM: Uthke mehfil se mat chale jaana,
tum se roshan ye kona kona hain
Title: Re: Thought for the day
Post by: pramanisa on July 11, 2007, 01:19:51 AM: There is only one happiness in life: to love and be loved.
Title: Re: Thought for the day
Post by: pramanisa on July 11, 2007, 01:59:19 AM: 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
Title: Re: Thought for the day
Post by: pramanisa on July 11, 2007, 02:06:51 AM: Every kind act, no matter how small, is like a pebble tossed into the pond of human caring...

the rings reach out far beyond the point of impact; the action of our kind deed acts more kindly toward the people around them, those people act more kindly toward the people around them, and so it goes, on and on."
Title: Re: Thought for the day
Post by: pramanisa on July 11, 2007, 02:07:40 AM: Kindness held is the seed. Kindness shared is the flower.
Title: Re: Thought for the day
Post by: pramanisa on July 13, 2007, 04:19:46 AM: There is a place to which you can turn
for rest and release from fear and care.
It is a holy place. Stillness fills it.
The peace of God is in it.
There your mind becomes like a little
child's, lovely and true and pure.
There your thought is stayed on the things
that are good and just and merciful.
When you enter, the world outside and
all your troubles drop away and you rise at
last, body stilled, mind stilled, refreshed and
restored.

-- James Dillet Freeman
Title: Re: Thought for the day
Post by: pramanisa on July 13, 2007, 04:22:39 AM: Prayer enlarges the heart until it is capable of containing
God's gift of Himself.

-- Mother Teresa
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When the power of love overcomes the love of power
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-- Jimmy Hendrix
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Peace is possible. Each moment that one individual
chooses peace inside, the whole of humanity moves
forward. We each have the ability and
responsibility to become peacemakers in our daily
lives.

-- John Morton
Title: Re: Thought for the day
Post by: pramanisa on July 13, 2007, 10:22:09 AM: " My quiet time is not a gift I
give to God; my quiet time is
a gift God gives to me."
Title: Re: Thought for the day
Post by: pramanisa on July 14, 2007, 02:15:17 AM: If God brings me to it, he will bring me through it
Title: Re: Thought for the day
Post by: pramanisa on July 14, 2007, 02:18:26 AM: Young children possess what Zen calls ‘beginner’s mind.’ They are awed and fascinated with the wonder of the world, open to discovering and experiencing new things. Anything is possible. Life is a great adventure.

For almost all of us, the systems that ‘educate’ us to be adults stifle our natural joy and curiosity. We lose touch with our innate appreciation of life. We forget how to dream.

The blessing is that with attention, patience and love, we can reawaken our sense of wonder. We can again dance with life.

-- Grace Llewellyn

A Great Day Starts with a Good Morning!

Begin today with a heaping spoonful of energy!
Sprinkle it with lots of happiness, sunshine, and smiles!
Add a generous helping of optimism to keep you going!
Share this power-breakfast with others!
Title: Re: Thought for the day
Post by: SS91 on October 07, 2007, 08:03:17 AM: Acceptance of one's life has nothing to do with resignation;

it does not mean running away from the struggle.

On the contrary it means accepting it as it comes. . . .

To accept is to say yes to life in its entirety.

Om Sai Ram!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!