1. Non-Judging
2. Patience
3. A beginner's mind
4. Trust
5. Non-striving
6. Acceptance
7. Letting go
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
The Guest-House
This being human is a guest-house.
Every morning a new arrival.
A joy, a depression, a meanness,
some momentary awareness comes
as an unexpected visitor.
Welcome and entertain them all!
Even if they're crowd of sorrows,
who violently sweep your house
empty of its furniture.
Still, treat each guest honorably.
He may be clearing you
out for some new delight.
The dark though, the shame, the malice,
meet them at the door laughing
and invite them in.
Be grateful of whoever comes,
because each has been sent
as a guide from beyond.
Every morning a new arrival.
A joy, a depression, a meanness,
some momentary awareness comes
as an unexpected visitor.
Welcome and entertain them all!
Even if they're crowd of sorrows,
who violently sweep your house
empty of its furniture.
Still, treat each guest honorably.
He may be clearing you
out for some new delight.
The dark though, the shame, the malice,
meet them at the door laughing
and invite them in.
Be grateful of whoever comes,
because each has been sent
as a guide from beyond.
Monday, December 29, 2008
A Comparison of Passive, Assertive and Aggressive Behavior
Passive
Verbal: You avoid saying what you want, think or feel. if you do, you say them in such a way that you put yourself down. Apologetic words with hidden meanings are frequent. A smoke screen of vague words or silence, 'know', 'well..', 'I mean..', 'I guess', and 'I'm sorry' You allow others to choose for you.
Non Verbal: You use actions instead of words. You hope someone will guess what you want. You look as if you don't mean what you say. Your voice is weak, hesitant and soft. You whisper in monotone. Your eyes are to the side or downcast. You nod your head to almost anything anyone says. You sit or stand as far away as you can from the other person. You don't know what to do with your hands and they are trembling and clammy. You look uncomfortable, shuffle, and are tense or inhibited.
Apparent Goals: To be pleased, to be liked.
Feelings: You feel anxious, ignored, hurt, manipulated, and disappointed with yourself. You are often angry and resentful later.
Assertive
Verbal: You say what you honestly want, think and feel in direct and helpful ways. You make your own choices. You communicate with tact and humor. You use 'I' statements. Your words are clear and well chosen.
Non-Verbal: You listen closely. Your manner is calm and assured. You communicate caring and strength. Your voice is firm, warm and expressive. You look directly at the other person, but you don't stare. You face the person. Your hands are relaxed. You hold your head erect and you lean toward the other person. you have a relaxed expression.
Goals: To communicate, to be respected.
Feelings: You feel confident and successful. You feel good about yourself at the time and later. You feel in control, you have self-respect and you are goal oriented.
Aggressive
Verbal: You say what you want, think and feel, but at the expense of others. You use 'loaded' words and "you" statements that label and blame. You are full of threats and accusations and apply one-manship.
Non-Verbal: You make an exaggerated show of strength. You are flippant. You have an air of superiority. Your voice is tense, loud, cold and demanding. You are deadly quiet. Your eyes are narrow, cold and staring. You almost see through the other people. You take a mach fight stance. Your hands are on your hips and you are inches from the other people. Your hands are in fists or your fingers are pointed at the other person. You are tense and angry appearing.
Goals: To dominate or humiliate.
Feelings: You feel self-righteous, controlling and superior. Sometimes you feel embarrassed or selfish later.
Verbal: You avoid saying what you want, think or feel. if you do, you say them in such a way that you put yourself down. Apologetic words with hidden meanings are frequent. A smoke screen of vague words or silence, 'know', 'well..', 'I mean..', 'I guess', and 'I'm sorry' You allow others to choose for you.
Non Verbal: You use actions instead of words. You hope someone will guess what you want. You look as if you don't mean what you say. Your voice is weak, hesitant and soft. You whisper in monotone. Your eyes are to the side or downcast. You nod your head to almost anything anyone says. You sit or stand as far away as you can from the other person. You don't know what to do with your hands and they are trembling and clammy. You look uncomfortable, shuffle, and are tense or inhibited.
Apparent Goals: To be pleased, to be liked.
Feelings: You feel anxious, ignored, hurt, manipulated, and disappointed with yourself. You are often angry and resentful later.
Assertive
Verbal: You say what you honestly want, think and feel in direct and helpful ways. You make your own choices. You communicate with tact and humor. You use 'I' statements. Your words are clear and well chosen.
Non-Verbal: You listen closely. Your manner is calm and assured. You communicate caring and strength. Your voice is firm, warm and expressive. You look directly at the other person, but you don't stare. You face the person. Your hands are relaxed. You hold your head erect and you lean toward the other person. you have a relaxed expression.
Goals: To communicate, to be respected.
Feelings: You feel confident and successful. You feel good about yourself at the time and later. You feel in control, you have self-respect and you are goal oriented.
Aggressive
Verbal: You say what you want, think and feel, but at the expense of others. You use 'loaded' words and "you" statements that label and blame. You are full of threats and accusations and apply one-manship.
Non-Verbal: You make an exaggerated show of strength. You are flippant. You have an air of superiority. Your voice is tense, loud, cold and demanding. You are deadly quiet. Your eyes are narrow, cold and staring. You almost see through the other people. You take a mach fight stance. Your hands are on your hips and you are inches from the other people. Your hands are in fists or your fingers are pointed at the other person. You are tense and angry appearing.
Goals: To dominate or humiliate.
Feelings: You feel self-righteous, controlling and superior. Sometimes you feel embarrassed or selfish later.
Vows
Do not live in the past. Past is done. It's over. Not going to happen again, unless you let it.
You can't change something that has already happened, so don't waster your time on it. Learn from it, move on from it.
Do not trust anyone. Be happy with yourself and learn how to trust yourself and no one else before you. Learn how to read people so you know how to deal with them in a proper manner.
Do not let other people walk all over you. You are an individual, rely on yourself. Be your own judgment and love yourself. You are the only person that can control your happiness. Don't give this power to other people, specially useless people.
Do no dwell on yourself for anything. Make a decision, do it, deal with it. No need to sit and wonder. If it outcomes well, Good job! If it does not, learn from it and be careful for next time.
Do not let people be part of your life who have hurt you, unless you can forgive completely. At the end of the day, you have to rely on yourself for everything. You come alone in this world and you go alone. No need to put up with people's BS! Self-Respect is key.
You can't change something that has already happened, so don't waster your time on it. Learn from it, move on from it.
Do not trust anyone. Be happy with yourself and learn how to trust yourself and no one else before you. Learn how to read people so you know how to deal with them in a proper manner.
Do not let other people walk all over you. You are an individual, rely on yourself. Be your own judgment and love yourself. You are the only person that can control your happiness. Don't give this power to other people, specially useless people.
Do no dwell on yourself for anything. Make a decision, do it, deal with it. No need to sit and wonder. If it outcomes well, Good job! If it does not, learn from it and be careful for next time.
Do not let people be part of your life who have hurt you, unless you can forgive completely. At the end of the day, you have to rely on yourself for everything. You come alone in this world and you go alone. No need to put up with people's BS! Self-Respect is key.
Sunday, December 28, 2008
Eat Pray and Love
Today, I finished reading Eat Pray and Love by Elizabeth Gilbert.
I love this book. Its emotional, funny, dramatic (somewhat), and has a piece of everything, romance, history, growth of an individual, knowledge ( yoga, mantra, etc.). It basically covers it all, well, almost all.
This book is about a mid-age (early 30's) woman who is a writer. She takes off the typical American Dream life to visit Italy, India and Indonesia for a spiritual journey and growth.
She writes 36 tales about each location and her personal experiences- past and present.
I really like this book. I could relate to it in every way. I learned a lot from it and recieved enlightment from someone else's enlightment journey.
"Its ok, I love you, I accept you" is my favorite quote from the movie when at the end, Liz (main character) is sitting and acknowledging existence of all feelings and experiences one by one. She is accepting each one and giving them a reaffirmation that "everything is going to be ok, you are part of me, come sit, I will take care of you, I love, It's over, come in my heart." She does this with causes of sorrow, anger, shame and worst things that can happen. "When all this was finished, I was empty. Nothing was fighting in my mind anymore. I looked into my heart, at my own goodness, and I saw it's capacity. I saw that my heart was not ever nearly full, not after having taken in and tended to all those calamitous urchins or sorrow and anger and shame; my heart could easily have received and forgiven ever more. It's love was infinite." (327-328).
Quotes and exerts from the Book:
"But I'm still having trouble figuring out how to talk. Giovanni smiles and says encouragingly,
"Parla come magni." He knows this is one of my favorite expressions in Roman dialect. It means,
"Speak the way you eat it, or, "Say it like you eat it." It's a reminder- when you're making a big deal out of explaining something, when you're searching for the right words- to keep language as simple and direct a Roman food. Don't make a big production out of it. Just lay it on the table. (87)
"Giuilio said, "Maybe you and Rome just have different words."
"What do you mean?"
He said, "Don't you know the secret of understanding a city and it's people is to learn- what is the words of the street?"
Then he went and explained in mixture of English, Italian, and hand gestures, that every city has a single word that defines it, that identifies most people who live there. If you could read people's thoughts as they were passing you on the streets of any given place, you would discover that most of them are thinking the same thought. Whatever the majority thought might be- that is the word of the city. And if your personal word does not match the word of the city, then you don't really belong there.
"What's Rome's word?
"SEX" he announced.
"But isnt that a stereotype about Rome?"
"No."
"But surely there are some people in Rome thinking about other things than Sex."
Giulio insisted, "No. All of them, all day, all they are thinking about is SEX."
"Even over at the Vatican?"
"That's different. The Vatican isn't part of Rome. They have a different word over there. Their word is POWER"
"You'd think it would be FAITH"
"It's POWER," he repeated, "Trust me. But the word in Rome- it's SEX."
Now if you are to believe Guilio, the little word- SEX- cobbles the streets beneath your feet in Rome, runs through the fountain here, fills the air like traffic noise. Thinking about it, dressing for it, seeking it, considering it, refusing it, making a sport and game out of it- that's all anybody is doing.................. "Whats the word in New York City?"... I think its ACHIEVE....
Which is subtly but different from word in Los Angeles, I believe is also a verb: SUCCESS....
.... the word on the streets of Stockholm in CONFORM.....
"What's the word in Naples?".... "FIGHT," he decided....
"What's your word?...... "I know some words that it definitely isn't. Its not MARRIAGE, thats evident. It's not FAMILY.... It's not DEPRESSION, anymore, thank heavens.....I'm not concerned that I share Stolckholm's word of CONFORM. But I don't feel I am entirely inhabiting New York City's word ACHIEVE anymore, either, though that had indeed been my word all throughout twenties My word might be SEEK (Then again, let's be honest- its might just easily be HIDE.) Over the last months in Italy, my word has largely been PLEASURE, but that word doesn't match every single part of me, or I wouldn't be eager to get myself to India. My word might be DEVOTION, though this makes me sound like goody goody than I am.......
(103-105)
"Every religion in the world has had a subset of devotees who seek direct, transcendent experience with God, excusing themselves from fundamentalist scriptural or dogmatic study in order to personally encounter the divine. The interesting thing about theses mystics is that, when they describe their experiences, they all end up describing exactly the same occurrences. Generally, the union of God occurs in meditative state, and is delivered through an energy source that fills thee entire body with euphoric, electric light. The Japanese call this energy ki, the Chinese Buddhist calls it chi, the Balinese call it taksu, The Christians call it the The Holy Spirit, the Kalahari Bushmen call it n/um (their holy men describe it as a snakelike power that ascends the spine and blows a hole in the head through with the gods then enter). The Islamic Sufi poets call it God-Energy "The Beloved," and wrote devotional poem to it. The Australian aborigines describe a serpent in the sky that descends into the medicine man and gives him intense, other worldly powers. In the Jewish tradition a Kabbalah is this union with the divine is said to occur through stages of spiritual ascension, with energy that runs up the spine along a series of invisible meridians.... In Indian Yogic tradition, this divine secret is called kundalini shakti and is depicted as a snake who lies coiled at the base of the spine until it is released by master's touch or a miracle, which then ascends up through seven chakras, or wheels (which you might also call the seven mansions of the soul) and finally through the head, exploding into union with God. These chakras do not exist in the gross body, say the Yogis, so don't look for there there; they exist only in the subtle body, in the body that the Buddhist teachers are referring to when they encourage their students to pull forth a new self from the physical body the way you pull a sword from its sheath. ........ He said, just as their exists in writing literal truth and poetic truth, there also exists in human being a literal anatomy and a poetic anatomy. One, you see, and one you cannot. One is made up of bones and teeth and flesh; the other is made of energy and memory and faith. But they are equally true. (144)
"...I seriously believed that David was my soul mate. "He probably was. Your problem is you don't understand what that word means. People think a soul mate is your perfect fit, and that's what everyone wants. But a true soul mate is a mirror, the person who shows you everything that is holding you back, the person who brings you to your own attention so you can change your life. A true soul mate is probably the most important person you'll meet, because they tear down your walls and smack you awake. But to live with soul mate forever? Nah! too painful. Soul mates, they come into your life just to reveal another layer of yourself to you, and then they leave. And thank god for it, Your problem is that you just can't let this one go. It's over, Groceries. David's purpose was to shake you up, drive you out of your marriage that you needed to leave, tear apart your ego a little bit show you obstacles and addictions, break your heart open so new light could get in, make you do desperate and out of control that you had to transform your life, then introduce you to your spiritual master and beat it. This was his job, and he did great, but now it's over. Problem is, you can't accept that this relationship had a real short shelf life. You're like a dog at the dump, baby- you're just lickin' at an empty can, trying, to get more nutrition out of it. And if you're not careful, that can's gonna get stuck on your snout forever and make your life miserable, so drop it." (149-150)
"I've noticed that his estimation of his changes by the day, based on how he feels. When he' really tired, he'll sign and say, "Maybe eighty-five today" but when he's feeling more upbeat, he'll say, "I think I'm sixty today." Perhaps this is a good way to estimating age as any- how old do you feel?" (239)
"Purpose of Meditation is only happiness and peace- very easy.... It's called Four Brother's Meditation. Kenut went on to explain that the Balinese believe we are each accompanied by 4 invisible brothers, who come into the world with us and protect us throughout our lives. When the child is in the womb, her four siblings are there with her- they are represented by the placenta, the amniotic fluid, the umbilical code, and yellow waxy substance that protects unborn baby's skin..... The brothers inhabit the four virtues a person needs in order to be safe and happy in life: intelligence, friendship, strength and poetry. There four brothers are called upon in any critical situation for rescue and assistance. When you die, your four spirit brothers collect your soul and bring you to heaven." (251)
"She opened her eyes, grinned and said, "I can tell by your knees that you don't have much sex lately"
I said, "Why? Because they are so close together"
She laughed. "No- it's the cartilage. Very dry. Hormones from sex lubricates the joints..." (259)
"I keep remembering my Guru's teaching abut happiness. She says people universally tend to think that happiness is a stoke of luck, something that will maybe descend upon you like fine weather if you're fortunate enough. But that's now how happiness works. Happiness is the consequence of personal effort. You fight for it, strive for it, insist upon it, and sometimes even travel around the world looking for it. You have to participate relentlessly in the manifestations of your own blessings. And once you have achieved a state of happiness, you must never become lax about maintaining it, you must make a mighty effort to keep swimming upward into the happiness forever, to stay afloat on top of it. If you don't you will leak away your innate contentment. It's easy enough to pray when you're in distress but continuing to pray even when your crisis has passed is like a sealing process, helping your soul hold tight to its good attainments" (260)
Thursday, December 25, 2008
My Think Journal.- Creative Writing Class
My think/idea journal.
(In 10th grade. Mrs. Olic-hamilton's think/idea journal)
Entries:
"I know many songs, I just can't sing..."
"Top 10 things why I..." "attractiveness of eyes"
"broken hearts never mend, it just moves on and leaves pain in the heart"
"caring means being there"
"Dress is red- confident Dress in yellow- enjoy their beauty Dress in black- want to be unnoticed, need help and understanding"
"Most difficult words to say: I love you, Sorry, help me"
"Always pray for some one when you don't have the strength to help them in any other way"
"life is tough, but I am tougher" "Silence says it all"
"Make the best out of life, happy or sad.."
"Life isn't a support system of art, it's the other way around"
"let your voices be heard..."
"Ignorance can't be ignored" "Deep inside my heart.."
"You were always alone, so another lonely life wouldn't matter"
"I have walked though many lives" "Touch me, remind me who I am"
"Little we see in nature, that is ours"
"I become a mirror that cannot close its eyes to your longing"
"love as scar between bodies"
"love is a language itself, never spoken, never regret"
"still time to change" "broken my fear" "close enough to touch"
"What the fortune teller didn't say"
"gift of light" "reality takes toll"
"I keep silence before the faintly moving stars" "Window on the world"
"The pitcher cries for water to carry and a person for work that is real"
"A strong woman is a woman in whose head is a voice repeating. A strong woman is a woman determined to do something others are determined not to be done. A strong woman is a woman bleeding inside."
"Anybody can die, evidently. Few go happily, irrodiating, joy, knowledge, love. Most need oblivion pain killer, quickest respite. sweet times unafflicted, various worlds: x = your zeneth.
"never, yet broken" "My mind tells me lies" "When you dream, you can do anything"
"Heart is like a fragile piece of glass, a glass very carelessly torn apart"
"Tears are words, heart can't say"
"If it comes from the heart, decisions are never wrong"
"Shut your heart to block trust" "Pain doesn't hurt when that's all you have ever felt"
"Shoot for the moon, even if you miss, you'll, end up amongst the stars"
"Hearts are left broken by words unsaid"
"Fear is nothing but anticipation of pain, may it be physical, mental, emotional or spiritual"
"opening the heart" "a moment of calm"
"you were born with powers, but you never learned how to master them. You go through life trying different things and hoping for the best- but never really get the most out of your powers"
"Keep a big heart: laugh, keep promises, talk, listen, be loyal, be kind.."
"virtue is bold and goodness never fearful"
"never test the depth of water with both feet" "it comes one day at a time"
"Stand for what is right, even if you are alone" "dying is not a option"
"being closer and closer is the desire of the body"
"Falling in love such a way that it frees you from any connection" "Love is the soul's light"
"Nothing can tear or mend" "wish everything was over" "held me close"
"dance where no one feels need or fear" "An old silence waits beyond water"
"her soul still sleep in the beautiful dust" "silent journey"
"A raven shadow touches us; we get stronger, just by being here, almost freed by the sun"
"Do no go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail"
"Will you touch when you pass, like the rain"
"how you stand here is important. how you listen for the next thing to happen. how you breathe"
"what difference has the strongest love or hate has made"
"Mistakes I have made, ask me what I have done with my life"
"Time use to live here. It likes to find places like this and leave so quietly that nothing wakes up"
"willingly accept my life on a shelf"
"If you value my opinion, please be sure I understand the question"
"I am not deaf or blind, but I do not hear or see all things equally well"
"Experiences are always coming along. sometimes I change"
"It is difficult to say what is impossible, for the dream of yesterday is the hope of today and the reality of tomorrow"
"Make living by what you get, make life by what you give"
"sunshine on the river"
"You have to loose yourself in order to find yourself"
"In every truth, the opposite is equally true"
"The only thing we fear is fear itself"
"If you do what you have always done, you'll get what you have always gotten"
"He who has began his task has half done it"
"Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of overcoming it"
"The soul would have no rainbows if the eyes had no tears"
"the journey is the destination"
"Best things in life are unseen, that's why we close our eyes when we kiss, cry and dream"
"The human heart, at whatever age, opens only to the heart that opens in return"
"The only people you should get even with are ones those have helped you"
"creativity, requires the courage to let of certainties"
"a candle looses nothing by lighting another candle" "life is too short: laugh, learn and live"
"Do your duty until it becomes a joy"
"Whenever you do a thing, act as if the whole world is watching"
"7 basic emotions: anger, contempt, disgust, fear, happiness, sadness and surprise"
"Kind words are short and easy to speak, but their echoes are endless"
"I hear- I forget. I see- I remember. I do- I understand."
"Cogito Ergo: I think, therefor I am" "Carpe Diem: Seiz the day"
"A mirror that cannot close its eyes"
"If I could be anything in this world, I would be your tear, so I could be born in your eyes, live down your cheeck and die on your lips"
"Dance around naked with a rose between your teeth, if you want, but do it like you mean it"
"Say it like you eat it"
"Money can't work hard, if the person behind it doesn't"
"Life is a mirror- our expereinces are attaches to us consciously and unconsciously"
"Mirrors don't lie"
"See the order in chaos, pleasure in pain, stilness in moment, unity in diversity, and balance in inbalace"
"The frangrance always remains on teh hand that gives the rose" - Gandhi
"Kisses- stomach: i'm ready, forehead: I hope we are together forever, ear: your my everything, cheeck: wer're friends, hand: i adore you, neck: we belong together, shoulder: I want you, lips: i love you."
"Gestures- holding hands: we defintely belong together, slap on butt: that's mine, holding tight: I don't want to let go, looking at each other in the eyes: I just plainly adore you, playing with hair: tell me you love me, arms around the waist: I love you too much to let you go, laughing while kissing: I am completely comfartable with you."
"Don't ask for a kiss, take one" "- ruins the purpose of kissing"
"Life is too short to wake up in the morning with regrets. So love people who treat you right, forget about ones who don't and believe that everything happens for a reason. If you get a chance, take it, if it changes your life, let it. Nobody said that it would be easy, they just promised it would be worth it."
"We were given two hands to hold, two legs to walk, 2 eyes to see, 2 ears to listen but only one heart because the other was given to someone for us to find"
"May you be granted the serenity to accept things you cannot change, the courage to change things you can and the wisdomm to know the difference."
"Teach only love for that is what you are"
"Other people do not have to change for us to experience peace of mind"
"Forgivness ends all suffering and loss" "All that I give is given to myself"
"This instant is the only time there is"
"If you want something with all your heart, the whole universe's force will help you achieve it"
"Flowers grow out of dark moments" "Into each life, rain must fall"
"7 wounds: physical, sexual, choices, verbal, social, spiritual, and emotional"
"I can stand what I know, it's what I don't know frightens me"
"Fish swim, birds fly, people feel, feeling is healing" "Put pain in perspective"
"Grief only comes in one size: extra large" "the greater the loss, the greater the pain"
"The human heart was never designed to bury things alive"
"There is no power on earth more formidable than truth"
"The adventurous life is not one exempt from hear, but on the contrary, one that is lived in full knowledge of fears of all kinds, one which we go forward inspite of our fears"
"Focus your attention on what is, not waht if"
"False Evidence Appearing Real" "When it's dark, look for the stars"
"7 things to avoid comparing: Circumstances, Opportunities, Mistakes, Pain, Abilities, Reason and Emotion"
"Live every act fully, as if it was your last" - Buddha
"Be the change you wish to see in the world" - Gandhi
"There is a part of me that wants to write, a part of me that want to theorize, a part of me that wants to scuplt, a part of me that wants to teach... to force myself into a single role, to decide to be just one thing in life would kill off a large part of time."
"Its not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves"- Sir Edmund Hillary
"He who could learn how how to fly, must learn how to walk, run, climb, dance.. one cannot fly into flying"
"An eye to eye makes the whole world blind"
"As a photographer, the picture is poerty, express what you feel the most"
"Eyes are windows to our soul" "Tree: gives us food, shelter, oxygen and clothes"
(In 10th grade. Mrs. Olic-hamilton's think/idea journal)
Entries:
"I know many songs, I just can't sing..."
"Top 10 things why I..." "attractiveness of eyes"
"broken hearts never mend, it just moves on and leaves pain in the heart"
"caring means being there"
"Dress is red- confident Dress in yellow- enjoy their beauty Dress in black- want to be unnoticed, need help and understanding"
"Most difficult words to say: I love you, Sorry, help me"
"Always pray for some one when you don't have the strength to help them in any other way"
"life is tough, but I am tougher" "Silence says it all"
"Make the best out of life, happy or sad.."
"Life isn't a support system of art, it's the other way around"
"let your voices be heard..."
"Ignorance can't be ignored" "Deep inside my heart.."
"You were always alone, so another lonely life wouldn't matter"
"I have walked though many lives" "Touch me, remind me who I am"
"Little we see in nature, that is ours"
"I become a mirror that cannot close its eyes to your longing"
"love as scar between bodies"
"love is a language itself, never spoken, never regret"
"still time to change" "broken my fear" "close enough to touch"
"What the fortune teller didn't say"
"gift of light" "reality takes toll"
"I keep silence before the faintly moving stars" "Window on the world"
"The pitcher cries for water to carry and a person for work that is real"
"A strong woman is a woman in whose head is a voice repeating. A strong woman is a woman determined to do something others are determined not to be done. A strong woman is a woman bleeding inside."
"Anybody can die, evidently. Few go happily, irrodiating, joy, knowledge, love. Most need oblivion pain killer, quickest respite. sweet times unafflicted, various worlds: x = your zeneth.
"never, yet broken" "My mind tells me lies" "When you dream, you can do anything"
"Heart is like a fragile piece of glass, a glass very carelessly torn apart"
"Tears are words, heart can't say"
"If it comes from the heart, decisions are never wrong"
"Shut your heart to block trust" "Pain doesn't hurt when that's all you have ever felt"
"Shoot for the moon, even if you miss, you'll, end up amongst the stars"
"Hearts are left broken by words unsaid"
"Fear is nothing but anticipation of pain, may it be physical, mental, emotional or spiritual"
"opening the heart" "a moment of calm"
"you were born with powers, but you never learned how to master them. You go through life trying different things and hoping for the best- but never really get the most out of your powers"
"Keep a big heart: laugh, keep promises, talk, listen, be loyal, be kind.."
"virtue is bold and goodness never fearful"
"never test the depth of water with both feet" "it comes one day at a time"
"Stand for what is right, even if you are alone" "dying is not a option"
"being closer and closer is the desire of the body"
"Falling in love such a way that it frees you from any connection" "Love is the soul's light"
"Nothing can tear or mend" "wish everything was over" "held me close"
"dance where no one feels need or fear" "An old silence waits beyond water"
"her soul still sleep in the beautiful dust" "silent journey"
"A raven shadow touches us; we get stronger, just by being here, almost freed by the sun"
"Do no go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail"
"Will you touch when you pass, like the rain"
"how you stand here is important. how you listen for the next thing to happen. how you breathe"
"what difference has the strongest love or hate has made"
"Mistakes I have made, ask me what I have done with my life"
"Time use to live here. It likes to find places like this and leave so quietly that nothing wakes up"
"willingly accept my life on a shelf"
"If you value my opinion, please be sure I understand the question"
"I am not deaf or blind, but I do not hear or see all things equally well"
"Experiences are always coming along. sometimes I change"
"It is difficult to say what is impossible, for the dream of yesterday is the hope of today and the reality of tomorrow"
"Make living by what you get, make life by what you give"
"sunshine on the river"
"You have to loose yourself in order to find yourself"
"In every truth, the opposite is equally true"
"The only thing we fear is fear itself"
"If you do what you have always done, you'll get what you have always gotten"
"He who has began his task has half done it"
"Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of overcoming it"
"The soul would have no rainbows if the eyes had no tears"
"the journey is the destination"
"Best things in life are unseen, that's why we close our eyes when we kiss, cry and dream"
"The human heart, at whatever age, opens only to the heart that opens in return"
"The only people you should get even with are ones those have helped you"
"creativity, requires the courage to let of certainties"
"a candle looses nothing by lighting another candle" "life is too short: laugh, learn and live"
"Do your duty until it becomes a joy"
"Whenever you do a thing, act as if the whole world is watching"
"7 basic emotions: anger, contempt, disgust, fear, happiness, sadness and surprise"
"Kind words are short and easy to speak, but their echoes are endless"
"I hear- I forget. I see- I remember. I do- I understand."
"Cogito Ergo: I think, therefor I am" "Carpe Diem: Seiz the day"
"A mirror that cannot close its eyes"
"If I could be anything in this world, I would be your tear, so I could be born in your eyes, live down your cheeck and die on your lips"
"Dance around naked with a rose between your teeth, if you want, but do it like you mean it"
"Say it like you eat it"
"Money can't work hard, if the person behind it doesn't"
"Life is a mirror- our expereinces are attaches to us consciously and unconsciously"
"Mirrors don't lie"
"See the order in chaos, pleasure in pain, stilness in moment, unity in diversity, and balance in inbalace"
"The frangrance always remains on teh hand that gives the rose" - Gandhi
"Kisses- stomach: i'm ready, forehead: I hope we are together forever, ear: your my everything, cheeck: wer're friends, hand: i adore you, neck: we belong together, shoulder: I want you, lips: i love you."
"Gestures- holding hands: we defintely belong together, slap on butt: that's mine, holding tight: I don't want to let go, looking at each other in the eyes: I just plainly adore you, playing with hair: tell me you love me, arms around the waist: I love you too much to let you go, laughing while kissing: I am completely comfartable with you."
"Don't ask for a kiss, take one" "- ruins the purpose of kissing"
"Life is too short to wake up in the morning with regrets. So love people who treat you right, forget about ones who don't and believe that everything happens for a reason. If you get a chance, take it, if it changes your life, let it. Nobody said that it would be easy, they just promised it would be worth it."
"We were given two hands to hold, two legs to walk, 2 eyes to see, 2 ears to listen but only one heart because the other was given to someone for us to find"
"May you be granted the serenity to accept things you cannot change, the courage to change things you can and the wisdomm to know the difference."
"Teach only love for that is what you are"
"Other people do not have to change for us to experience peace of mind"
"Forgivness ends all suffering and loss" "All that I give is given to myself"
"This instant is the only time there is"
"If you want something with all your heart, the whole universe's force will help you achieve it"
"Flowers grow out of dark moments" "Into each life, rain must fall"
"7 wounds: physical, sexual, choices, verbal, social, spiritual, and emotional"
"I can stand what I know, it's what I don't know frightens me"
"Fish swim, birds fly, people feel, feeling is healing" "Put pain in perspective"
"Grief only comes in one size: extra large" "the greater the loss, the greater the pain"
"The human heart was never designed to bury things alive"
"There is no power on earth more formidable than truth"
"The adventurous life is not one exempt from hear, but on the contrary, one that is lived in full knowledge of fears of all kinds, one which we go forward inspite of our fears"
"Focus your attention on what is, not waht if"
"False Evidence Appearing Real" "When it's dark, look for the stars"
"7 things to avoid comparing: Circumstances, Opportunities, Mistakes, Pain, Abilities, Reason and Emotion"
"Live every act fully, as if it was your last" - Buddha
"Be the change you wish to see in the world" - Gandhi
"There is a part of me that wants to write, a part of me that want to theorize, a part of me that wants to scuplt, a part of me that wants to teach... to force myself into a single role, to decide to be just one thing in life would kill off a large part of time."
"Its not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves"- Sir Edmund Hillary
"He who could learn how how to fly, must learn how to walk, run, climb, dance.. one cannot fly into flying"
"An eye to eye makes the whole world blind"
"As a photographer, the picture is poerty, express what you feel the most"
"Eyes are windows to our soul" "Tree: gives us food, shelter, oxygen and clothes"
Wednesday, December 24, 2008
I've Learned
I've learned....
...best classroom in the world is at a feet of an elderly person
...when you're in love, it shows
...just one person saying you've made my day, makes my day
...having a child fall asleep in your arms is one of the most peaceful feelings in the world
...being kind is more important than being right
...you should never say no to a gift from a child
...i can always pray for someone when i don't have the strength to help them in any way
...no matter how serious life requires you to be, everyone needs a friend to act goofy with
...sometimes, all a person needs is a hand to hold and a heart to understand
...simple walks with my father around the block on summer nights when i was a child, did wonders for me as an adult
...life is a roll of toilet paper, the closer it gets to the end, the faster it goes
...we should be glad god doesn't give us everything we ask for
...money doesn't buy class
...it's those small daily happenings that make like so spectacular
...under everyone's hard shell there is someone who wants to be apperciated and be loved
...lord didn't do it all in one day. what makes me think I can?
...to ignore facts doesn't change the facts
...when you plan to get even with someone, you are only letting that person continue to hurt you
...love, not time, heals all wounds
...easiest way to grow as a person is to surround myself with people who are smarter
...everyone you meet deserves to be greeted with a smile
...nothing is sweeter than sleeping with babies and feeling their breath on your cheecks
...no one is perfect until you fall in love with them
...life is tough, but I'm tougher
...opportunities are never lost; someone will take the ones you miss
...when you harbor bitterness, happiness will dock somewhere else
...one should keep his words both soft and tender, because tomorrow he may have to eat'em
...a smile is an inexpensive way to improve your looks
...i can't choose how i feel, but i can choose what i can do about it
...when your newly child hold your finger in his fist, you're hooked for life
...everyone wants to live on top of the mountain, but all the happiness and growth occurs while you're climbing it
...it is best if you give advice in 2 circumstances: requested and life threatening situation
...less time you have to work with, the more thing you get done
...best classroom in the world is at a feet of an elderly person
...when you're in love, it shows
...just one person saying you've made my day, makes my day
...having a child fall asleep in your arms is one of the most peaceful feelings in the world
...being kind is more important than being right
...you should never say no to a gift from a child
...i can always pray for someone when i don't have the strength to help them in any way
...no matter how serious life requires you to be, everyone needs a friend to act goofy with
...sometimes, all a person needs is a hand to hold and a heart to understand
...simple walks with my father around the block on summer nights when i was a child, did wonders for me as an adult
...life is a roll of toilet paper, the closer it gets to the end, the faster it goes
...we should be glad god doesn't give us everything we ask for
...money doesn't buy class
...it's those small daily happenings that make like so spectacular
...under everyone's hard shell there is someone who wants to be apperciated and be loved
...lord didn't do it all in one day. what makes me think I can?
...to ignore facts doesn't change the facts
...when you plan to get even with someone, you are only letting that person continue to hurt you
...love, not time, heals all wounds
...easiest way to grow as a person is to surround myself with people who are smarter
...everyone you meet deserves to be greeted with a smile
...nothing is sweeter than sleeping with babies and feeling their breath on your cheecks
...no one is perfect until you fall in love with them
...life is tough, but I'm tougher
...opportunities are never lost; someone will take the ones you miss
...when you harbor bitterness, happiness will dock somewhere else
...one should keep his words both soft and tender, because tomorrow he may have to eat'em
...a smile is an inexpensive way to improve your looks
...i can't choose how i feel, but i can choose what i can do about it
...when your newly child hold your finger in his fist, you're hooked for life
...everyone wants to live on top of the mountain, but all the happiness and growth occurs while you're climbing it
...it is best if you give advice in 2 circumstances: requested and life threatening situation
...less time you have to work with, the more thing you get done
Success
When things go wrong, as they sometimes will,
When the road you're trudging seems all uphill,
When the funds are low and the debts are high,
And you want to smile, but you have to sigh,
When care is pressing you down a bit,
Rest, if you must, but don't you quit.
Life is queer with its twists and turns,
As every one of us sometimes learns,
And many a failure turns about,
When he might have won had he stuck it out;
Don't give up though the pace seems slow--
You may succeed with another blow.
Often the goal is nearer than,
It seems to a faint and faltering man,
Often the struggler has given up,
When he might have captured the victor's cup,
And he learned too late when the night slipped down,
How close he was to the golden crown.
Success is failure turned inside out--
The silver tint of the clouds of doubt,
And you never can tell how close you are,
It may be near when it seems so far,
So stick to the fight when you're hardest hit--
It's when things seem worst that you must not quit.
- Author unknown
Accomplish
Many people will walk in and out of our life,
but only true ones will leave footprints in your heart.
To handle yourself; use your head.
To handle others; use your heart.
Anger is only one letter short of Danger.
If someone betrays you once; it's his fault
If someone betrays you twice; it's your fault.
He who looses money; looses much.
He who looses a friend; looses much more.
He who looses faith; loose all.
Beautiful young people are accident of nature.
Beautiful old people are work of arts.
Learn from mistakes of others,
You can't live long enough to make them all yourself.
Friends, you and me.
You brought another friend
and then there were three.
We started our group
a circle of friends
and like the circle
there is no beginning or end.
Yesterday is history
Tomorrow is mystery
Today is a gift.
but only true ones will leave footprints in your heart.
To handle yourself; use your head.
To handle others; use your heart.
Anger is only one letter short of Danger.
If someone betrays you once; it's his fault
If someone betrays you twice; it's your fault.
He who looses money; looses much.
He who looses a friend; looses much more.
He who looses faith; loose all.
Beautiful young people are accident of nature.
Beautiful old people are work of arts.
Learn from mistakes of others,
You can't live long enough to make them all yourself.
Friends, you and me.
You brought another friend
and then there were three.
We started our group
a circle of friends
and like the circle
there is no beginning or end.
Yesterday is history
Tomorrow is mystery
Today is a gift.
I will be there....
I will be there.......
 | If one day you feel like crying... |
| If one day you want to run away-- |  |
 | If one day you don't want to listen
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| But if one day you call... -The End - |  |
Circles of Water by Marge Piercy
There is no difference between being raped
and being pushed down a flight of cement,
except that the wound also bleed inside.
There is no difference between being raped
and being run over by a truck
except that afterward, mean ask if you enjoyed it.
There is no difference between being raped
and being bit on the ankle by a rattle snake
except that people ask you if your skirt was short
and why you were out alone anyhow.
There is no difference between being raped
and going headfirst through a windshield
except that afterward, you are afraid,
not of cars,
but half the human race.
The rapist is your boyfriends brother
He sits beside you in the movies eating popcorn
Rape fattens on the fantasies of the normal male
like maggot in garbage.
Fear of rape is a cold wind blowing
all the time on a woman's hunched back.
Never to stoll alone on a sand road through pine woods,
never to climb a trail across a bald
without that aluminum in the mouth
when I see a man climb toward me.
Never to open the door to a knock
without the razor just grazing the throat .
The fear of the dark side of hedges,
the back seat of the car, the empty house
rattling keys like a snake's warning.
The fear of a smiling man
in whose pocket is a knife.
The fear of a serious man
in whose fist is a locked hatred.
All it takes to cast a rapist is seeing your body
as jackhammer, as blowtorch, as adding-machine-gun.
All it takes is hating that body,
your own, your self, your muscle that softens to flab.
All it takes is to push what you hate
what you fear onto the soft alien flesh.
To bucket out invincible as a tank
armored with treads without senses
to possess and punish in one act
to rip up pleasure, to murder those who dare
live in the leafy flesh open to love.
and being pushed down a flight of cement,
except that the wound also bleed inside.
There is no difference between being raped
and being run over by a truck
except that afterward, mean ask if you enjoyed it.
There is no difference between being raped
and being bit on the ankle by a rattle snake
except that people ask you if your skirt was short
and why you were out alone anyhow.
There is no difference between being raped
and going headfirst through a windshield
except that afterward, you are afraid,
not of cars,
but half the human race.
The rapist is your boyfriends brother
He sits beside you in the movies eating popcorn
Rape fattens on the fantasies of the normal male
like maggot in garbage.
Fear of rape is a cold wind blowing
all the time on a woman's hunched back.
Never to stoll alone on a sand road through pine woods,
never to climb a trail across a bald
without that aluminum in the mouth
when I see a man climb toward me.
Never to open the door to a knock
without the razor just grazing the throat .
The fear of the dark side of hedges,
the back seat of the car, the empty house
rattling keys like a snake's warning.
The fear of a smiling man
in whose pocket is a knife.
The fear of a serious man
in whose fist is a locked hatred.
All it takes to cast a rapist is seeing your body
as jackhammer, as blowtorch, as adding-machine-gun.
All it takes is hating that body,
your own, your self, your muscle that softens to flab.
All it takes is to push what you hate
what you fear onto the soft alien flesh.
To bucket out invincible as a tank
armored with treads without senses
to possess and punish in one act
to rip up pleasure, to murder those who dare
live in the leafy flesh open to love.
Time
Imagine there is a time bank that credits your account each morning with $86,400.
It carries over no balance from day to day.
Every evening it deletes whatever part of balance you failed to use during the day.
What would you do? Draw out every cent of course.
Every morning, it credits your account with 86,400 seconds. Every night it writes it off, as lost, whatever of this you have failed to invest to good purpose. It carries over no balance. It allows no overdrafts. Each day it opens a new account for you. Each night it burns the remains of the day. If you fail to use the day's deposit, the loss is yours. There is no going back. There is no drawing against "tomorrow". You must live in the present on today's deposits. Invest it so as to get from it, the utmost health, happiness and success. The clock is running. Make the most of today.
To realize the value of ONE YEAR, ask a student who failed a grade.
To realize the value of ONE MONTH, ask a mother who have birth to a premature baby.
To realize the value of ONE WEEK, ask the editor of a weekly newspaper.
To realize the value of ONE HOUR, ask the lovers who are waiting to meet.
To realize the value of ONE MINUTE, ask a person who missed a train.
To realize the value of ONE SECOND, ask a person who just avoided an accident.
To realize the value of ONE MILLISECOND, ask the person who won a silver medal in the Olympics.
Time waits for no one.
Treasure every moment that you have. And treasure it more when you share it someone special.
The Meaning of Rose Colors
| Red | Love, Beauty, Courage and Respect, Romantic Love, Congratulations, "I Love You", "Job Well Done", Sincere Love, Respect, Courage & Passion | |
| Red (Dark) | Unconscious beauty | |
| Red (Single) | "I Love You" | |
| Deep Burgundy | Unconscious Beauty | |
| White | Purity, Innocence, Silence, Secrecy, Reverence, Humility, Youthfulness, "I am worthy of you", Heavenly | |
| White (Bridal) | Happy love | |
| Pink | Appreciation, "Thank you", Grace, Perfect Happiness, Admiration, Gentleness, "Please Believe Me" | |
| Dark Pink | Appreciation, Gratitude, "Thank You" | |
| Light Pink | Admiration, Sympathy, Gentleness, Grace, Gladness, Joy, Sweetness | |
| Yellow | Joy, Gladness, Friendship, Delight, Promise of a new beginning, Welcome Back, Remember Me, Jealousy, "I care" | |
| Yellow with Red Tip | Friendship, Falling in Love | |
| Orange | Desire, Enthusiasm | |
| Red and White | Given together, these signify unity | |
| Red and Yellow | Jovial and Happy Feelings | |
| Peach | Appreciation, Closing the deal, Let's get together, Sincerity, Gratitude | |
| Pale Peach | Modesty | |
| Coral | Desire | |
| Lavender | Love at first sight, Enchantment | |
| Orange | Enthusiasm, Desire, Fascination | |
| Black * | Death, Farewell | |
| Blue * | The unattainable, the impossible | |
| Single in any color | Simplicity, Gratitude | |
| Red Rosebud | Symbolic of purity and loveliness | |
| White Rosebud | Symbolic of girlhood | |
| Thornless Rose | "Love at first sight" |
True Ways to Live Life
Give people more than what they want, and do it with all your heart.
Memorize your favorite poem.
Do not believe every you hear, Do not spend all you have.
When you say "I love you", mean it. When you say "I'm sorry", look at the person straight in the eyes.
Never ignore anybody's dreams.
Love deeply, passionately, you may get hurt, but this is the only way to live life completely.
Tackle any disagreements in a clear manner. Do not offend.
Speak slowly, think fast.
Do not judge a person based on their relatives.
When someone asks you a question you don't want to answer, smile and say, why do you want to know.
Embrace change but do not reputate your own value.
Silence is the best answer.
Spend some time alone.
The deepest love and the greatest achievement is one daring the most risk.
If you happen to loose, do not miss the lesson.
3 R's: Respect yourself, Respect everyone else and be Responsible for all your actions.
Do not allow little disputes to put an end to a great relationship.
Whenever you notice you have made a mistake. Do everything possible to fix it immediately.
Smile whenever you pick up the phone for the caller to notice you.
A good atmosphere in home is important.
Do whatever is possible to keep home peaceful and harmonious.
If you have an quarrel with someone, try to solve the present issues.
Do not revolve around past.
Read in between lines.
Share your knowledge, its a way of achieving immortally.
Learn well all the rules so you know how to break them in a proper manner.
Judge your level of success from what you have had to renounce to achieve it.
Face love and cooking in an absolute commitment, not expecting too much in return.
At least once a year, visit somewhere you have never been to.
Memorize your favorite poem.
Do not believe every you hear, Do not spend all you have.
When you say "I love you", mean it. When you say "I'm sorry", look at the person straight in the eyes.
Never ignore anybody's dreams.
Love deeply, passionately, you may get hurt, but this is the only way to live life completely.
Tackle any disagreements in a clear manner. Do not offend.
Speak slowly, think fast.
Do not judge a person based on their relatives.
When someone asks you a question you don't want to answer, smile and say, why do you want to know.
Embrace change but do not reputate your own value.
Silence is the best answer.
Spend some time alone.
The deepest love and the greatest achievement is one daring the most risk.
If you happen to loose, do not miss the lesson.
3 R's: Respect yourself, Respect everyone else and be Responsible for all your actions.
Do not allow little disputes to put an end to a great relationship.
Whenever you notice you have made a mistake. Do everything possible to fix it immediately.
Smile whenever you pick up the phone for the caller to notice you.
A good atmosphere in home is important.
Do whatever is possible to keep home peaceful and harmonious.
If you have an quarrel with someone, try to solve the present issues.
Do not revolve around past.
Read in between lines.
Share your knowledge, its a way of achieving immortally.
Learn well all the rules so you know how to break them in a proper manner.
Judge your level of success from what you have had to renounce to achieve it.
Face love and cooking in an absolute commitment, not expecting too much in return.
At least once a year, visit somewhere you have never been to.
Mission Statement
Decide to be a happy person.
Practice Attitude of Gratitude.
Thank people who assist you, encourage you, teach you, and open doors for you.
Take Time.
Eat whenever you are hungry, nap when you need it.
Laugh everyday, hear a joke, tell a joke.. laugh.
Express affection, appreciation, friendship, warmth to those around you, and they will almost respond in the most amazing ways.
Be generous- it pays great dividends.
Work hard. There is tremendous satisfaction in being competent and joy in completing a tasks.
One of the greatest source of happiness is to do work that is worthy of you and to do it well.
Learn something new everyday.
You must be growing, expanding, learning and challenging yourself.
Use your body as it was designed: walk, run, stretch, throw things, lift, DANCE- avoid toxins.
Its better to stay out of trouble then to get out of trouble.
Accept who you are. If you only see what's missing, you loose out on "loving" what's great about you.
Ask for help when you need it. Ask for support when you need it, let others contribute to your life.
Do something that will make you go forward.
Accept and face Reality.
Read something inspirational.
Maintain a positive mental outlook.
Live life open handed, open heart-ed, and open minded.
Compliment people everyday.
Be tough minded, but tender heart-ed.
Practice Attitude of Gratitude.
Thank people who assist you, encourage you, teach you, and open doors for you.
Take Time.
Eat whenever you are hungry, nap when you need it.
Laugh everyday, hear a joke, tell a joke.. laugh.
Express affection, appreciation, friendship, warmth to those around you, and they will almost respond in the most amazing ways.
Be generous- it pays great dividends.
Work hard. There is tremendous satisfaction in being competent and joy in completing a tasks.
One of the greatest source of happiness is to do work that is worthy of you and to do it well.
Learn something new everyday.
You must be growing, expanding, learning and challenging yourself.
Use your body as it was designed: walk, run, stretch, throw things, lift, DANCE- avoid toxins.
Its better to stay out of trouble then to get out of trouble.
Accept who you are. If you only see what's missing, you loose out on "loving" what's great about you.
Ask for help when you need it. Ask for support when you need it, let others contribute to your life.
Do something that will make you go forward.
Accept and face Reality.
Read something inspirational.
Maintain a positive mental outlook.
Live life open handed, open heart-ed, and open minded.
Compliment people everyday.
Be tough minded, but tender heart-ed.
Temper
There once was a little boy who had a bad temper. His father gave him a bag of nails and told him that every time he lost his temper, he must hammer a nail in the back of the fence. The first day the boy had driven 37 nails into the fence. Over the next few weeks, as he learned to control his anger, the number of nails hammered daily gradually dwindled down. He discovered that it was easier to hold his temper than to drive those nails into the fence. Finally, the day came when the boy didn't loose his temper at all. He told his father about it and the father suggested that the boy now pull out one nail for each day that he was able to hold his temper. The days passed and the young boy was finally able to tell his father that all the nails were gone.
The father took his son by the hand and led him to the fence. He said, "you've done well, my son, but look at all the holes in the fences. The fence will never be the same. When you say things in anger, they leave a scar, just like this one. You can put a knife in a man and draw it out. It won't matter how many times you say sorry, the wound is still there." A verbal wound is as bad as a physical one. Friends are very rare jewels indeed. They make you smile and encourage you to succeed. They lend an ear, they share words of praise and always want to open their hearts to us. Anger would only leave wounds in that heart.
A Lesson in Life
Everything happens for a reason. Nothing happen by chance or by means of good luck or bad luck. Illness, injury, love, lost moments of true greatness, sheer stupidity, all occur to test limits of our soul. Without these small tests, if they be events, illness or relationship, life would be a smoothly paved, straight flat road to nowhere.
If someone hurts you, betrays you or breaks your heart- forgive them. For they have helped you learn about trust and importance of being cautious to who you open your heart to.
If someone loves you, love them back unconditionally, not only because they love you, but they are teaching you to love, open your heart and eyes to things you would have never seen or felt.
Make everyday count. Appreciate every moment, take from everything that you possibly can, for you'll never be able to experience it again. Talk to people you have never talked to before and actually listen. Hold your head up because you have every right to you. Tell yourself you are a great individual and believe in yourself, for if you don't believe in yourself, no one will believe in you.
You can make your life anything you wish. Create your life, the go out and live it.
If someone hurts you, betrays you or breaks your heart- forgive them. For they have helped you learn about trust and importance of being cautious to who you open your heart to.
If someone loves you, love them back unconditionally, not only because they love you, but they are teaching you to love, open your heart and eyes to things you would have never seen or felt.
Make everyday count. Appreciate every moment, take from everything that you possibly can, for you'll never be able to experience it again. Talk to people you have never talked to before and actually listen. Hold your head up because you have every right to you. Tell yourself you are a great individual and believe in yourself, for if you don't believe in yourself, no one will believe in you.
You can make your life anything you wish. Create your life, the go out and live it.
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