Friday, January 18, 2013

* REFLECTIONS 01-18-13
















Today live your life 
so that if someone asks you 
"If you had your life to live over, 
what would you change?" 
Your answer would be,
"Not a single thing."






Love comes when we take the time
to understand and care for
another person.

~ Janette Oke






A tree is known by its fruit; 
a man by his deeds.
A good deed is never lost; 
he who sows courtesy
reaps friendship, 
and he who plants kindness 
gathers love.
 
~ Saint Basil






You spend most of your life running after things,
 and doing things. 
You forget that being comes before doing. 

Those who remember this secret make an effort to "be"
and discover that when they stop and observe, 
life helps and brings whatever is needed. 

Learning to be is learning to be at peace. 
It is our most fundamental nature.
~unknown~






There are times when it is hard 
to believe in the future, 
when we are temporarily just
not brave enough. 
When this happens,
concentrate on the present. 
Cultivate happiness 
until courage returns. 
Look forward to the beauty 
of the next moment, 
the next hour,
the promise of a good meal, 
sleep, 
a book,
a movie, 
the likelihood that tonight
the stars will shine 
and tomorrow the sun will shine. 
Sink roots into the present 
until the strength grows 
to think about tomorrow.

~ Ardis Whitman


 









 





When you've had a setback

When you've had a setback, ask yourself this.
What is it attempting to tell you?

Often the setbacks can turn out to be 
very fortunate Occurrences. 
Because they prevent you from going
any further down a dead-end road.


Setbacks force yo
to re-evaluate your strategy.
And that Will invariably lead
to a much more 
successful strategy.

When you've had a setback, 
challenge yourself to find 
the positive message in it. 
Challenge yourself to find a more
Effective way to move forward from it.

Use it as an opportunity to step back 
and get some Perspective. 
Use it as an opportunity 
to renew your Commitment 
and realign with your purpose.

See each setback as one more step 
on the path to Achievement. 
Then get back on that path, 
for success is
Closer than ever before.




How To Plant Your Garden

First, you  come to the garden alone, while the dew is still on the roses....

FOR THE GARDEN OF YOUR DAILY LIVING,

        PLANT THREE ROWS OF PEAS:
1. Peace of mind
2. Peace of heart
3. Peace of soul 

      PLANT FOUR ROWS OF SQUASH:
1. Squash gossip
         2. Squash indifference
      3. Squash grumbling
      4. Squash selfishness

PLANT FOUR ROWS OF LETTUCE:
    1. Lettuce be faithful
2. Lettuce be kind
    3. Lettuce be patient
                         4. Lettuce really love one another

NO GARDEN IS WITHOUT TURNIPS:
   1. Turnip for meetings
  2. Turnip for service
              3. Turnip to help one another

TO CONCLUDE OUR GARDEN WE MUST HAVE   THYME:
       1. Thyme for each other
2. Thyme for family
3. Thyme for friends

WATER FREELY WITH PATIENCE AND CULTIVATE WITH LOVE.
THERE WILL BE MUCH FRUIT IN YOUR GARDEN 
BECAUSE YOU REAP WHAT YOU SOW.













 







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