Pay no mind..

Pay no mind to those 

who talk behind 

your back. 

It simply means that 

you are two 

steps ahead.

This life is yours

“This life is yours.Take the power to choose what you want to do and do it well. Take the power to love what you want in life and love it honestly. Take the power to walk in the forest and be a part of nature. Take the power to control your own life. No one else can do it for you. Take the power to make your life happy.”

-Susan Polis Shultz

Life has no limitations…

 

 

Life has no limitations

except the ones you

make…

-Les Brown

Take a step back

 

 

Life is better when you’re happy

 

Someone said that we were made to love and to serve others…

Life is like a rainbow

 

We try to control life the way we want it to be but the thing is, sometimes it doesn’t work that way. When you begin to think that your life is your own and that you feel like you deserve better, you’ll begin to attract insurmountable pressure. You’ll feel an enormous stress pressing from every corners within you. And unless you can withstand it, you’ll lose the very joy and happiness that have been there with you from the start. So try to watch your life from afar, just like a rainbow. You’ll see the beauty that has been there all along.

 

 

Postscript: Thanks to my wife from reminding me this. =)

Life and Decisions

Life is just a series of trying to make up your mind.
- Timothy Fuller

Life is just an endless chain of judgments. . . . The more imperfect our judgment, the less perfect our success.
- B. C. Forbes

Life is like a game of cards. The hand that is dealt you represents determinism; the way you play it is free will.
- Jawaharlal Nehru

Living is a constant process of deciding what we are going to do.
- Jose Ortega

Life is the sum of all your choices.
- Albert Camus

Life is the art of drawing sufficient conclusions from insufficient premises.
- Samuel Butler

The difficulty of life is in the choice.
- George Moore

Life is like playing a violin in public and learning the instrument as one goes on.
- Samuel Butler

Life is the only art that we are required to practice without preparation, and without being allowed the preliminary trials, the failures and botches, that are essential for the training of a mere beginner.
- Lewis Mumford

The hardest thing to learn in life is which bridge to cross and which to burn.
-David Russell

Life is meant for living.. I know that sounds simplistic, but how many days do you let slip by without really doing something, accomplishing something, making a life change, a lifestyle change?
- Ivana Trump

Life is full of uncertainties. Future investment earnings and interest and inflation rates are not known to anybody. However, I can guarantee you one thing.. those who put an investment program in place will have a lot more money when they come to retire than those who never get around to it.
- Noel Whittaker

People "died" all the time. ... Parts of them died when they made the wrong kinds of decisions-decisions against life. Sometimes they died bit by bit until finally they were just living corpses walking around. If you were perceptive you could see it in their eyes; the fire had gone out ... you always knew when you made a decision against life. ... The door clicked and you were safe inside- safe and dead.
- Anne Morrow Lindbergh

Not all of your decisions will be correct. None of us is perfect. But if you get into the habit of making decisions, experience will develop your judgment to a point where more and more of your decisions will be right. After all, it is better to be right 51 percent of the time and get something done, than it is to get nothing done because you fear to reach a decision.
- H. W. Andrews

Today Is Mine

"Today is mine. It is unique.

Nobody in the world has one exactly like it.

It holds the sum of all my past experiences and all my future potential.

I can fill it with joyous moments or ruin it with fruitless worry.

If painful recollections of the past come into my mind, or frightening thoughts of the future, I can put them away.

They cannot spoil today for me."

-Alcoholic Anonymous

A simple advice

In dwelling, live close to the ground.
In thinking, keep to the simple.
In conflict, be fair and generous.
In governing, don't try to control.
In work, do what you enjoy.
In family, be completely present.

Clock, Thorns and Heart

Be Free

If you are quick to take offense, then you'll be under the control of those who you find offensive.

If you are easily angered, then your actions will be dictated by those who anger you.

If you are obsessed by what other people think, then you will be imprisoned by their thoughts.

If you yearn for easy answers and quick solutions, you'll fall prey to people who offer you nothing but promises.

If you find the truth too difficult to bear, you'll be enslaved to those who tell you what you want to hear.

When you have the courage to think for yourself, the strength to accept what is, the commitment and discipline to make a difference, then you are free.

You are truly free to live with purpose, joy and fulfillment.

Let your life be defined, not by reactions to what others do, say, or think but rather your own unique vision.

Raise your eyes above the pettiness and follow the path of the greatness that is within you.

Life's Little Instructions

1. Never tell a person who is experiencing deep sorrow "I know how you feel" because you don't.

2. Never risk what you can't afford to lose.

3. Once a year, go somewhere you've never been before.

4. Remember that the formula for great love is communicarion + respect.

5. Whwn declaring your rights, don't forget your responsibilities.

6. Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a stroke of goodluck.

To fail is to succeed.

Failure doesn't mean you are a failure...
...it does mean you haven't succeeded yet.

Failure doesn't mean you don't have it...
...it does mean you have to do something in a different way.

Failure doesn't mean you are inferior...
...it does mean you are not perfect.

Failure doesn't mean you've wasted your life...
...it does mean you've a reason to start afresh.

Failure doesn't mean you should give up...
...it does mean you should try harder.

Failure doesn't mean you'll never make it...
...it does mean it will take a little longer.

Failure doesn't mean you have been a fool...
...it does mean you had a lot of faith.

Failure doesn't mean you have been disgraced...
...it does mean you were willing to try.

Failure doesn't mean you have accomplished nothing...
...it does mean you have learned something.

The power of punctuation

An English professor wrote the words : "A woman without her man is nothing"
on the chalkboard and asked his students to punctuate it correctly.

All of the males in the class wrote : "A woman, without her man, is nothing."

All the females in the class wrote : "A woman: without her, man is nothing."

Photos that inspire

Thoughts to live by...

Living on Earth is expensive,

but it does include a free trip around the sun every year.

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Birthdays are good for you;

the more you have, the longer you live.

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How long a minute is...

depends on what side of the bathroom door you're on.

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Ever notice that the people who are late are often

much jollier than the people who have to wait for them?

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If ignorance is bliss,

why aren't more people happy?

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Most of us go to our grave with our music still inside of us.

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If WalMart is lowering prices every day,

how come nothing is free yet?

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You may be only one person in the world,

but you may also be the world to one person.

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Some mistakes are too much fun to only make once.

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Don't cry because it's over;

smile because it happened.

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We could learn a lot from crayons:

some are sharp, some are pretty, some are dull,

some have weird names, and all are different colors

but they all have to learn to live in the same box.

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A truly happy person is one who can enjoy the scenery on a detour.

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Happiness comes through doors you didn't even know you left open.

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And yet Another Life's Lessons..

Anger is a condition in which the tongue works faster than the mind.

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You can't change the past,
but you can ruin the present by worrying over the future.

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Love...and you shall be loved.

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God always gives His best to those who leave the choice with Him.

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All people smile in the same language.

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Everyone needs to be loved...
especially when they do not deserve it.

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The real measure of a man's wealth is what he has invested in eternity.

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Laughter is God's sunshine.

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Everyone has beauty, but not everyone sees it.

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It's important for parents to live the same things they teach.

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Thank God for what you have,
TRUST GOD for what you need.

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If you fill your heart with regrets of yesterday and the worries of tomorrow,
you have no today to be thankful for.

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Man looks at outward appearance, but the Lord looks within.

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The choice you make today, will usually affect tomorrow.

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Take time to laugh, for it is the music of the soul.

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Patience is the ability to idle your motor, when you feel like stripping your gears.

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Love is strengthened by working through conflicts together.

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Harsh words break no bones, but they do break hearts.

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To get out of a difficulty, one usually must go through it.

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We take for granted the things, that we should be giving thanks for.

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Love is the only thing that can be divided without being diminished.

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Happiness is enhanced by others, but does not depend upon others.

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For every minute you are angry with someone,
you lose 60 seconds of happiness that you can never get back.

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Do what you can, for who you can, with what you have, and where you are.

The Strength of a Man

The strength of a man isn't seen in the width of his shoulders.

It's seen in the width of his arms that circle you.

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The strength of a man isn't in the deep tone of his voice.

It's in the gentle words he whispers.

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The strength of a man isn't how many buddies he has.

It's how good a buddy he is with his kids.

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The strength of a man isn't in how respected he is at work.

It's in how respected he is at home.

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The strength of a man isn't in how hard he hits.

It's in how tender he touches.

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The strength of a man isn't in the hair on his chest.

It's in his Heart... that lies within his chest.

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The strength of a man isn't how many women he's loved.

It's in how he can be true to one woman.

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The strength of a man isn't in the weight he can lift.

It's in the burdens he can carry....

Why I got fired.

I used to work in a dairy. I got fired for getting in the whey.

I lost my job at the massage parlor. I rubbed people the wrong way.

I was working in an orange juice factory, but I couldn't concentrate.

I tried to be a chef. I imagined it would add a little spice to my life. But I didn't have the thyme.

I once was a tailor, but I wasn't suited for it. It was a so-so job.

I worked at Starbucks, but it was the same old grind.

I tried working in a muffler factory, but that was too exhausting.

I tried to work at a deli, but no matter how I sliced it, I couldn't cut the mustard.

I worked for a plumber, but that work was too draining.

I even worked as a lumberjack, but I couldn't hack it. So they gave me the ax.

I tried to work in a shoe factory, but I couldn't fit in.

I became a fisherman, but couldn't live on my net income.

I was a musician, but I found I wasn't noteworthy.

I then got a job at a workout club, but they said I wasn't fit for the job.

I got a job as a historian, but there was no future in that!

I wanted to become a doctor, but I didn't have any patience.