I spend all my days here the same way
chilling out, relaxed, and unconcerned
There are so many things to do
It's totally overwhelming
But i think i'm always ready to do what i can
because i believe everyone here has a courage within themself
and this smile inside their heart
I may not say it very often
But i really am grateful for my family and friend
The time we spend together is so special
I could never replace any of them
We’ve got this moment; we’ve got each other
Stopping, standing, and laughing together
In the past, present, and the future
I’m so thankful for you all here
This feeling is so wonderful
It makes today seem like a wild dream
I promise u
I’ll never forget it
My precious one
Who laugh with me
Support me
And keep me going
Friday, August 29, 2008
Monday, August 25, 2008
A Beautiful Heart
One day a young man was standing in the middle of the town proclaiming that he had the most beautiful heart in the whole valley. A large crowd gathered and they all admired his heart for it was perfect. There was not a mark or a flaw in it.
Yes, they all agreed it truly was the most beautiful heart they had ever seen. The young man was very proud and boasted more loudly about his beautiful heart.
Suddenly, an old man appeared at the front of the crowd and said "Why your heart is not nearly as beautiful as mine." The crowd and the young man looked at the old man's heart. It was beating strongly, but full of scars, it had places where pieces had been removed and other pieces put in, but they didn't fit quite right and there
were several jagged edges. In fact, in some places there were deep gouges where whole pieces were missing. The people stared - how can he say his heart is more beautiful, they thought?
The young man looked at the old man's heart and saw its state and laughed.
"You must be joking," he said. "Compare your heart with mine, mine is perfect and yours is a mess of scars and tears."
"Yes," said the old man, "Yours is perfect looking but I would never trade with you. You see, every scar represents a person to whom I have given my love - I tear out a piece of my heart and give it to them, and often they give me a piece of their heart which fits into the empty place in my heart, but because the pieces aren't exact, I have some rough edges, which I cherish, because they remind me of the love we shared.
Sometimes I have given pieces of my heart away, and the other person hasn't returned a piece of his heart to me. These are the empty gouges - giving love is taking a chance. Although these gouges are painful, they stay open, reminding me of the love I have for these people too, and I hope someday they may return and fill the space I have waiting.
So now do you see what true beauty is?"
The young man stood silently with tears running down his cheeks. He walked up to the old man, reached into his perfect young and beautiful heart, and
ripped a piece out. He offered it to the old man with trembling hands. The old man took his offering, placed it in his heart and then took a piece from his old scarred heart and placed it in the wound in the young man's heart.
It fit, but not perfectly, as there were some jagged edges.
The young man looked at his heart, not perfect anymore but more beautiful than ever,
since love from the old man's heart flowed into his.
They embraced and walked away side by side.
Source : Unknown
Yes, they all agreed it truly was the most beautiful heart they had ever seen. The young man was very proud and boasted more loudly about his beautiful heart.
Suddenly, an old man appeared at the front of the crowd and said "Why your heart is not nearly as beautiful as mine." The crowd and the young man looked at the old man's heart. It was beating strongly, but full of scars, it had places where pieces had been removed and other pieces put in, but they didn't fit quite right and there
were several jagged edges. In fact, in some places there were deep gouges where whole pieces were missing. The people stared - how can he say his heart is more beautiful, they thought?
The young man looked at the old man's heart and saw its state and laughed.
"You must be joking," he said. "Compare your heart with mine, mine is perfect and yours is a mess of scars and tears."
"Yes," said the old man, "Yours is perfect looking but I would never trade with you. You see, every scar represents a person to whom I have given my love - I tear out a piece of my heart and give it to them, and often they give me a piece of their heart which fits into the empty place in my heart, but because the pieces aren't exact, I have some rough edges, which I cherish, because they remind me of the love we shared.
Sometimes I have given pieces of my heart away, and the other person hasn't returned a piece of his heart to me. These are the empty gouges - giving love is taking a chance. Although these gouges are painful, they stay open, reminding me of the love I have for these people too, and I hope someday they may return and fill the space I have waiting.
So now do you see what true beauty is?"
The young man stood silently with tears running down his cheeks. He walked up to the old man, reached into his perfect young and beautiful heart, and
ripped a piece out. He offered it to the old man with trembling hands. The old man took his offering, placed it in his heart and then took a piece from his old scarred heart and placed it in the wound in the young man's heart.
It fit, but not perfectly, as there were some jagged edges.
The young man looked at his heart, not perfect anymore but more beautiful than ever,
since love from the old man's heart flowed into his.
They embraced and walked away side by side.
Source : Unknown
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
We Cannot Direct the Wind but We Can Adjust Our Sails
I first saw this quote at a friend's house several years ago. I don't know who said it but it's one of those things that you don't think much about, at the time, but it keeps coming back to you.
For me it was reoccurring as I've had to adjust to events that were beyond my control. Some were serious challenges, such as losing a loved one. Others were less so. I know that I'm not alone. Life is like that. We lose jobs. We lose some we love. We end a marriage or a friendship.
Here's what I've learned. Adjusting our sails means making choices. Often these choices are not easy, but ultimately it's easier than trying to change the direction of the wind.
We make choices every day!
Sometimes we make them consciously and with good thought but too often we make them without solid thought. AND, sometimes we make choices by making no conscious choice at all.
To take no action is in and of itself is making a choice. By making no choice, we leave the outcome to fate or worse; to the whims of others. And, it is this that leads us to feel like victims and powerless. Eventually it leads to martyrdom.
To make life choices, there are some clear things we can do. We need to know ourselves. What are our priorities? What is important to you?
Are you staying a job because it is working for you or because you don't know what else to do?
Are you choosing or are you just stuck?
What would you have to give up to make a different choice? What would you gain?
Yes, that is reality! Choices do not come without a price. Only after you look at life in this way can you really see it as a choice.
So, you might say "How do we make choices when life intervenes and things we didn't plan happen?" Well, first, we don't have to wait to have a catastrophic event to pay attention to making choices. After all, practice makes perfect. If you become aware of the choices you make in everyday life and how they impact you, you will become more aware of your ability to make choices in the rough times.
We can only make choices when we realize that we have them and we can only do that when we are ready to deal with reality.
And yes, that is sometimes unpleasant, even painful. Having choices does not mean that things are easy or that we will always be happy with them. Life is give and take and so are our choices.
Sometimes our first choice is not even on the list. We may not even like most of the choices available. So, we too often tend to think we have no choice at all.
But, we always have choices! If nothing else, we can choose how to respond to the life events over which we had no choice. If you lose a job, you can choose to see this as a defeat or as an opportunity. You can feel sorry for yourself or you can choose to be challenged. Who knows what else is out there until you take the time to look. And, many of us don't do that unless life pushes us.
Possibly one of the most challenging times in life is losing a loved one. We can feel hopeless and powerless. We can really believe we have no choices and just live in our grief. But, we can choose how to look at life. Are you cursed or were you blessed to have wonderful and strong memories? What do you want to do with those memories? Do you want to see only that there will be no more memories or do you want to keep those great memories alive?
We can even choose our attitude. Just about every event in life has both negative and positive. Where do we put our focus?
This may seem like so much common sense. But we all know someone who makes few choices and feels victimized by life. Most of us have spent some time there ourselves. It is not a pretty place.
So, each day, we need to check the direction of the wind, decide where we want to go and then set our sails to get there – as opposed to cursing the wind for not making it easy.
GOD Bless Us
= By Gayle LaSalle =
For me it was reoccurring as I've had to adjust to events that were beyond my control. Some were serious challenges, such as losing a loved one. Others were less so. I know that I'm not alone. Life is like that. We lose jobs. We lose some we love. We end a marriage or a friendship.
Here's what I've learned. Adjusting our sails means making choices. Often these choices are not easy, but ultimately it's easier than trying to change the direction of the wind.
We make choices every day!
Sometimes we make them consciously and with good thought but too often we make them without solid thought. AND, sometimes we make choices by making no conscious choice at all.
To take no action is in and of itself is making a choice. By making no choice, we leave the outcome to fate or worse; to the whims of others. And, it is this that leads us to feel like victims and powerless. Eventually it leads to martyrdom.
To make life choices, there are some clear things we can do. We need to know ourselves. What are our priorities? What is important to you?
Are you staying a job because it is working for you or because you don't know what else to do?
Are you choosing or are you just stuck?
What would you have to give up to make a different choice? What would you gain?
Yes, that is reality! Choices do not come without a price. Only after you look at life in this way can you really see it as a choice.
So, you might say "How do we make choices when life intervenes and things we didn't plan happen?" Well, first, we don't have to wait to have a catastrophic event to pay attention to making choices. After all, practice makes perfect. If you become aware of the choices you make in everyday life and how they impact you, you will become more aware of your ability to make choices in the rough times.
We can only make choices when we realize that we have them and we can only do that when we are ready to deal with reality.
And yes, that is sometimes unpleasant, even painful. Having choices does not mean that things are easy or that we will always be happy with them. Life is give and take and so are our choices.
Sometimes our first choice is not even on the list. We may not even like most of the choices available. So, we too often tend to think we have no choice at all.
But, we always have choices! If nothing else, we can choose how to respond to the life events over which we had no choice. If you lose a job, you can choose to see this as a defeat or as an opportunity. You can feel sorry for yourself or you can choose to be challenged. Who knows what else is out there until you take the time to look. And, many of us don't do that unless life pushes us.
Possibly one of the most challenging times in life is losing a loved one. We can feel hopeless and powerless. We can really believe we have no choices and just live in our grief. But, we can choose how to look at life. Are you cursed or were you blessed to have wonderful and strong memories? What do you want to do with those memories? Do you want to see only that there will be no more memories or do you want to keep those great memories alive?
We can even choose our attitude. Just about every event in life has both negative and positive. Where do we put our focus?
This may seem like so much common sense. But we all know someone who makes few choices and feels victimized by life. Most of us have spent some time there ourselves. It is not a pretty place.
So, each day, we need to check the direction of the wind, decide where we want to go and then set our sails to get there – as opposed to cursing the wind for not making it easy.
GOD Bless Us
= By Gayle LaSalle =
Tuesday, August 5, 2008
Promise of A Lifetime
I have fallen to my knees
As I sing a lullaby of pain
I’m feeling broken in my melody
As I sing to help the tears go away
Then I remember the pledge you made to me
Chorus
I know you’re always there
To my every prayer inside
I’m clinging to the promise of a lifetime
I hear the words you say
To never walk away from me and leave behind
The promise of a lifetime
Will you help me fall apart
Pick me up, take me in your arms
Find my way back from the storm
And you show me how to grow
Through the change
I still remember the pledge you made to me
I am holding on to the hope I have inside
With you I will stay through every day
Putting my understanding aside
And I am comforted
"Many thanks to somebody in somewhere who made this excellent clip mixing with a great song by kutless.
Thank you, my Lord. Thank you for loving me.
I love You and I need You!"
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
MONEY
With money you can buy a house, but not a home.
With money you can buy a clock, but not time.
With money you can buy a bed, but not sleep.
With money you can buy a book, but not knowledge.
With money you can see a doctor, but not good health.
With money you can buy a position, but not respect.
With money you can buy blood, but not life.
With money you can buy sex, but not love.
I've got this chinese proverb from somewhere emails. It's said that if you forward this, it would bring luck to you. Don't know whether it's true or not.
Though, i think this is interesting! U know, the truth we can't deny. Yeah. This world, we can't live without money, but money also can't buy everything.
So, somebody tell me. What do you think about MONEY?
With money you can buy a clock, but not time.
With money you can buy a bed, but not sleep.
With money you can buy a book, but not knowledge.
With money you can see a doctor, but not good health.
With money you can buy a position, but not respect.
With money you can buy blood, but not life.
With money you can buy sex, but not love.
I've got this chinese proverb from somewhere emails. It's said that if you forward this, it would bring luck to you. Don't know whether it's true or not.
Though, i think this is interesting! U know, the truth we can't deny. Yeah. This world, we can't live without money, but money also can't buy everything.
So, somebody tell me. What do you think about MONEY?
Saturday, July 12, 2008
10 Most Important Things
These are 10 Most Important Things in our life.
1. LOVE. The special feeling that makes you feel all warm and wonderful.
2. RESPECT. Treating others as well as you would like to be treated.
3. APPRECIATION. To be grateful for all the good things that life has to offer.
4. HAPPINESS. The full enjoyment of each moment. A smiling face! (Of course, smile in ur heart too ;p)
5. FORGIVENESS. The ability to let things be without anger.
6. SHARING. The joy of giving without thought of receiving.
7. HONESTY. The quality of always telling the truth.
8. INTEGRITY. The purity of doing what's right, no matter what.
9. COMPASSION. The essence of feeling another's pain, while easing their hurt.
10. PEACE. The reward for living the Most Important Things.
1. LOVE. The special feeling that makes you feel all warm and wonderful.
2. RESPECT. Treating others as well as you would like to be treated.
3. APPRECIATION. To be grateful for all the good things that life has to offer.
4. HAPPINESS. The full enjoyment of each moment. A smiling face! (Of course, smile in ur heart too ;p)
5. FORGIVENESS. The ability to let things be without anger.
6. SHARING. The joy of giving without thought of receiving.
7. HONESTY. The quality of always telling the truth.
8. INTEGRITY. The purity of doing what's right, no matter what.
9. COMPASSION. The essence of feeling another's pain, while easing their hurt.
10. PEACE. The reward for living the Most Important Things.
In order to survive
She's been always and always ...
Try to be strong
Try to be brave
Encourage herself till the end
Try to be independent
Push herself harder than anybody else
Because she find weakness inside her
But she would never let anybody know about that
Her life is a bit complicated
Yet she always wish she has a simple life
Living her life with smile and happiness around
Sadness and Pain making her harder than before
Once she had let herself moaning and weeping around
Complaining and blaming around,
as she was thrown to the lowest into the ground
There was a time she thought she couldn't hold on anymore
She thought she's gonna give up
But there she is ...
Standing still
Pushing herself to do the best she could
Telling herself that she's strong enough to struggle
She's trying to survive
She never shows her tears
She never shows her fears
She could be dangerous
She could be tenderous
It's all in order to survive
Try to be strong
Try to be brave
Encourage herself till the end
Try to be independent
Push herself harder than anybody else
Because she find weakness inside her
But she would never let anybody know about that
Her life is a bit complicated
Yet she always wish she has a simple life
Living her life with smile and happiness around
Sadness and Pain making her harder than before
Once she had let herself moaning and weeping around
Complaining and blaming around,
as she was thrown to the lowest into the ground
There was a time she thought she couldn't hold on anymore
She thought she's gonna give up
But there she is ...
Standing still
Pushing herself to do the best she could
Telling herself that she's strong enough to struggle
She's trying to survive
She never shows her tears
She never shows her fears
She could be dangerous
She could be tenderous
It's all in order to survive
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