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[srividyaa]

Love him or hate him, he sure hits the nail on the head with this!

Bill Gates recently gave a speech at a High School about 11 things they will never learn in school. He talks about how feel-good, politically correct teachings created a generation of kids with no concept of reality and how this concept set them up for failure in the real world.


Here is what is said:


Rule 1:Life is not fair - get used to it!

Rule 2: The world won't care about your self-esteem.

The world will expect you to accomplish something

BEFORE you feel good about yourself.

Rule 3: You will NOT make $60,000 a year right out of high school.

You won't be a vice-president with a car phone until you earn both.

Rule 4: If you think your teacher is tough, wait till you get a boss.

Rule 5: Flipping burgers is not beneath your dignity.

Your Grandparents had a different word for burger flipping:

they called it opportunity.

Rule 6: If you mess up, it's not your parents' fault,

so don't whine about your mistakes, learn from them.

Rule 7: Before you were born, your parents weren't as boring as they are now.

They got that way from paying your bills, cleaning your clothes

and listening to you talk about how cool you thought you were.

So before you save the rain forest from the parasites of

your parent's generation, try delousing the closet in your own room.

Rule 8: Your school may have done away with winners and losers, but life HAS NOT. In some schools, they have abolished failing grades and they'll give you as MANY TIMES as you want to get the right answer.

This doesn't bear the slightest resemblance to ANYTHING in real life.

Rule 9: Life is not divided into semesters. You don't get summers off and very few employers are interested in helping you FIND YOURSELF.

Do that on your own time..

Rule 10: Television is NOT real life. In real life people actually

have to leave the coffee shop and go to jobs.

Rule 11: Be nice to nerds. Chances are you'll end up working for one.

Love him or hate him, he sure hits the nail on the head with this!

Bill Gates recently gave a speech at a High School about 11 things they will never learn in school. He talks about how feel-good, politically correct teachings created a generation of kids with no concept of reality and how this concept set them up for failure in the real world.


Here is what is said:


Rule 1:Life is not fair - get used to it!

Rule 2: The world won't care about your self-esteem.

The world will expect you to accomplish something

BEFORE you feel good about yourself.

Rule 3: You will NOT make $60,000 a year right out of high school.

You won't be a vice-president with a car phone until you earn both.

Rule 4: If you think your teacher is tough, wait till you get a boss.

Rule 5: Flipping burgers is not beneath your dignity.

Your Grandparents had a different word for burger flipping:

they called it opportunity.

Rule 6: If you mess up, it's not your parents' fault,

so don't whine about your mistakes, learn from them.

Rule 7: Before you were born, your parents weren't as boring as they are now.

They got that way from paying your bills, cleaning your clothes

and listening to you talk about how cool you thought you were.

So before you save the rain forest from the parasites of

your parent's generation, try delousing the closet in your own room.

Rule 8: Your school may have done away with winners and losers, but life HAS NOT. In some schools, they have abolished failing grades and they'll give you as MANY TIMES as you want to get the right answer.

This doesn't bear the slightest resemblance to ANYTHING in real life.

Rule 9: Life is not divided into semesters. You don't get summers off and very few employers are interested in helping you FIND YOURSELF.

Do that on your own time..

Rule 10: Television is NOT real life. In real life people actually

have to leave the coffee shop and go to jobs.

Rule 11: Be nice to nerds. Chances are you'll end up working for one.

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[Unnimaxx]

Ten people were walking on foot from one village to another. On the way,
they had to cross a river. Reaching the other shore, they wanted to be
sure all had crossed safely. Each one counted only nine and left him-self
out. They were very distraught and began to cry for the loss of the tenth.

A wise man came along and asked them "Oh, my dear friends,
why are you crying?'"

"We were ten but now we are only nine," they replied. The wise man saw
that they were ten, so he made them stand and count. To the last person he
said, "You arethe tenth!" They all rejoiced for having regained the tenth.

The five senses and the four inner faculties (mind, intellect, memory,
ego) all lament when they lose sight of the self. Then the master comes
and shows you that YOU are the tenth!

Count, but never stop until you find the tenth....... ......

Finding the ever-present Self inside makes everything truly joyful.

Ten people were walking on foot from one village to another. On the way,
they had to cross a river. Reaching the other shore, they wanted to be
sure all had crossed safely. Each one counted only nine and left him-self
out. They were very distraught and began to cry for the loss of the tenth.

A wise man came along and asked them "Oh, my dear friends,
why are you crying?'"

"We were ten but now we are only nine," they replied. The wise man saw
that they were ten, so he made them stand and count. To the last person he
said, "You arethe tenth!" They all rejoiced for having regained the tenth.

The five senses and the four inner faculties (mind, intellect, memory,
ego) all lament when they lose sight of the self. Then the master comes
and shows you that YOU are the tenth!

Count, but never stop until you find the tenth....... ......

Finding the ever-present Self inside makes everything truly joyful.

[srividyaa]

Do you realize that the only time in our lives when we like to get old is when we're kids? If you're less than 10 years old, you're so excited about aging that you think in fractions.

"How old are you?" "I'm four and a half!" You're never thirty-six and a half. You're four and a half, going on five! That's the key

You get into your teens, now they can't hold you back. You jump to the next number, or even a few ahead.

"How old are you?" "I'm gonna be 16!" You could be 13, but hey, you're gonna be 16! And then the greatest day of your life . . you become 21. Even the words sound like a ceremony . YOU BECOME 21. YESSSS!!!

But then you turn 30. Oooohh, what happened there? Makes you sound like bad milk! He TURNED; we had to throw him out. There's no fun now, you're Just a sour-dumpling. What's wrong? What's changed?

You BECOME 21, you TURN 30, then you're PUSHING 40. Whoa! Put on the brakes, it's all slipping away. Before you know it, you REACH 50 and your dreams are gone.

But wait!!! You MAKE it to 60. You didn't think you would!

So you BECOME 21, TURN 30, PUSH 40, REACH 50 and MAKE it to 60.

You've built up so much speed that you HIT 70! After that it's a day-by-day thing; you HIT Wednesday!

You get into your 80's and every day is a complete cycle; you HIT lunch; you TURN 4:30; you REACH bedtime. And it doesn't end there. Into the 90s, you start going backwards; "I Was JUST 92."

Then a strange thing happens. If you make it over 100, you become a little kid again. "I'm 100 and a half!"
May you all make it to a healthy 100 and a half!!

HOW TO STAY YOUNG
1. Throw out nonessential numbers. This includes age, weight and height. Let the doctors worry about them. That is why you pay "them."

2. Keep only cheerful friends. The grouches pull you down.

3. Keep learning. Learn more about the computer, crafts, gardening, whatever. Never let the brain idle. "An idle mind is the devil's workshop." And the devil's name is Alzheimer's.

4. Enjoy the simple things.

5. Laugh often, long and loud. Laugh until you gasp for breath.

6. The tears happen. Endure, grieve, and move on. The only person, who is with us our entire life, is ourselves. Be ALIVE while you are alive.

7. Surround yourself with what you love, whether it's family, pets, keepsakes, music, plants, hobbies, whatever. Your home is your refuge.

8. Cherish your health: If it is good, preserve it. If it is unstable, improve it. If it is beyond what you can improve, get help.

9. Don't take guilt trips. Take a trip to the mall, even to the next county; to a foreign country but NOT to where the guilt is.

10.Tell the people you love that you love them, at every opportunity. AND ALWAYS REMEMBER:
Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, butby the moments that take our breath away.

Do you realize that the only time in our lives when we like to get old is when we're kids? If you're less than 10 years old, you're so excited about aging that you think in fractions.

"How old are you?" "I'm four and a half!" You're never thirty-six and a half. You're four and a half, going on five! That's the key

You get into your teens, now they can't hold you back. You jump to the next number, or even a few ahead.

"How old are you?" "I'm gonna be 16!" You could be 13, but hey, you're gonna be 16! And then the greatest day of your life . . you become 21. Even the words sound like a ceremony . YOU BECOME 21. YESSSS!!!

But then you turn 30. Oooohh, what happened there? Makes you sound like bad milk! He TURNED; we had to throw him out. There's no fun now, you're Just a sour-dumpling. What's wrong? What's changed?

You BECOME 21, you TURN 30, then you're PUSHING 40. Whoa! Put on the brakes, it's all slipping away. Before you know it, you REACH 50 and your dreams are gone.

But wait!!! You MAKE it to 60. You didn't think you would!

So you BECOME 21, TURN 30, PUSH 40, REACH 50 and MAKE it to 60.

You've built up so much speed that you HIT 70! After that it's a day-by-day thing; you HIT Wednesday!

You get into your 80's and every day is a complete cycle; you HIT lunch; you TURN 4:30; you REACH bedtime. And it doesn't end there. Into the 90s, you start going backwards; "I Was JUST 92."

Then a strange thing happens. If you make it over 100, you become a little kid again. "I'm 100 and a half!"
May you all make it to a healthy 100 and a half!!

HOW TO STAY YOUNG
1. Throw out nonessential numbers. This includes age, weight and height. Let the doctors worry about them. That is why you pay "them."

2. Keep only cheerful friends. The grouches pull you down.

3. Keep learning. Learn more about the computer, crafts, gardening, whatever. Never let the brain idle. "An idle mind is the devil's workshop." And the devil's name is Alzheimer's.

4. Enjoy the simple things.

5. Laugh often, long and loud. Laugh until you gasp for breath.

6. The tears happen. Endure, grieve, and move on. The only person, who is with us our entire life, is ourselves. Be ALIVE while you are alive.

7. Surround yourself with what you love, whether it's family, pets, keepsakes, music, plants, hobbies, whatever. Your home is your refuge.

8. Cherish your health: If it is good, preserve it. If it is unstable, improve it. If it is beyond what you can improve, get help.

9. Don't take guilt trips. Take a trip to the mall, even to the next county; to a foreign country but NOT to where the guilt is.

10.Tell the people you love that you love them, at every opportunity. AND ALWAYS REMEMBER:
Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, butby the moments that take our breath away.

[srividyaa]

Courage is not the absence of fear — it's inspiring others to move beyond it


In 1994, during the presidential-election campaign, Mandela got on a tiny propeller plane to fly down to the killing fields of Natal and give a speech to his Zulu supporters. I agreed to meet him at the airport, where we would continue our work after his speech. When the plane was 20 minutes from landing, one of its engines failed. Some on the plane began to panic. The only thing that calmed them was looking at Mandela, who quietly read his newspaper as if he were a commuter on his morning train to the office. The airport prepared for an emergency landing, and the pilot managed to land the plane safely. When Mandela and I got in the backseat of his bulletproof BMW that would take us to the rally, he turned to me and said, "Man, I was terrified up there!"

Mandela was often afraid during his time underground, during the Rivonia trial that led to his imprisonment, during his time on Robben Island. "Of course I was afraid!" he would tell me later. It would have been irrational, he suggested, not to be. "I can't pretend that I'm brave and that I can beat the whole world." But as a leader, you cannot let people know. "You must put up a front."

And that's precisely what he learned to do: pretend and, through the act of appearing fearless, inspire others. It was a pantomime Mandela perfected on Robben Island, where there was much to fear. Prisoners who were with him said watching Mandela walk across the courtyard, upright and proud, was enough to keep them going for days. He knew that he was a model for others, and that gave him the strength to triumph over his own fear.

Courage is not the absence of fear — it's inspiring others to move beyond it


In 1994, during the presidential-election campaign, Mandela got on a tiny propeller plane to fly down to the killing fields of Natal and give a speech to his Zulu supporters. I agreed to meet him at the airport, where we would continue our work after his speech. When the plane was 20 minutes from landing, one of its engines failed. Some on the plane began to panic. The only thing that calmed them was looking at Mandela, who quietly read his newspaper as if he were a commuter on his morning train to the office. The airport prepared for an emergency landing, and the pilot managed to land the plane safely. When Mandela and I got in the backseat of his bulletproof BMW that would take us to the rally, he turned to me and said, "Man, I was terrified up there!"

Mandela was often afraid during his time underground, during the Rivonia trial that led to his imprisonment, during his time on Robben Island. "Of course I was afraid!" he would tell me later. It would have been irrational, he suggested, not to be. "I can't pretend that I'm brave and that I can beat the whole world." But as a leader, you cannot let people know. "You must put up a front."

And that's precisely what he learned to do: pretend and, through the act of appearing fearless, inspire others. It was a pantomime Mandela perfected on Robben Island, where there was much to fear. Prisoners who were with him said watching Mandela walk across the courtyard, upright and proud, was enough to keep them going for days. He knew that he was a model for others, and that gave him the strength to triumph over his own fear.

[srividyaa]

When you feel like breaking down or crashing in,
Who do you turn to, to forgive your sin?
When you cried your lonely tears,
Who will be there to fight your fears
And when it feels like no one would understand,
Who was there to hold your hand?


There are people whom you can't replace,
They’re the ones who gave you your face.
They'll love you through thick and thin,
They show you the light from deep within.
And if by chance, you happen to die,
They’ll be the ones who will really cry.


You see, my friend, there's no one who can love you more,
Than your very own parents, that's for sure.
Always remember that this is true,
That wherever you go, your parents will be there for you.

When you feel like breaking down or crashing in,
Who do you turn to, to forgive your sin?
When you cried your lonely tears,
Who will be there to fight your fears
And when it feels like no one would understand,
Who was there to hold your hand?


There are people whom you can't replace,
They’re the ones who gave you your face.
They'll love you through thick and thin,
They show you the light from deep within.
And if by chance, you happen to die,
They’ll be the ones who will really cry.


You see, my friend, there's no one who can love you more,
Than your very own parents, that's for sure.
Always remember that this is true,
That wherever you go, your parents will be there for you.

[Unnimaxx]

What is your commitment in life?
You may say you are committed to happiness...
Every living creature wants to be happy.
Whether it is money, power or sex, you get into it for the sake of happiness.
Some people even enjoy misery because it gives them happiness !

To be happy, we seek something. But despite getting it, we are not happy.
A school-going boy may think that if he goes to college, he will be more independent, free and therefore happy.
If you ask a college-going boy whether he is happy, he feels that if he gets a job, he will be happy.

Talk to somebody who is settled in their job or business, you already know what he will say! He is waiting to get a perfect soul mate, to be happy.
He gets a soul mate, but he now wants a kid to be happy.

Ask those who have children if they are happy. How can they relax until the children have grown up and have had a good education and are on their own.
Ask those who are retired, are they happy? They long for the days when they were younger.

All of one´s life is spent in preparing to be happy someday in the future. It´s like making a bed all night, but having no time to sleep.

How may minutes, hours and days have we spent our life being happy from within ? Those are the only moments you have really lived life. Those were perhaps the days when you were a small kid, completely blissful and happy or a few moments when you were surfing, swimming or sailing or on a mountain top, living in the present and enjoying it.

There are two ways of looking at life.
One is thinking that, "I'll be happy after achieving a certain objective."
The second is saying that "I am happy come what may!"

Have a joyful day!!!

What is your commitment in life?
You may say you are committed to happiness...
Every living creature wants to be happy.
Whether it is money, power or sex, you get into it for the sake of happiness.
Some people even enjoy misery because it gives them happiness !

To be happy, we seek something. But despite getting it, we are not happy.
A school-going boy may think that if he goes to college, he will be more independent, free and therefore happy.
If you ask a college-going boy whether he is happy, he feels that if he gets a job, he will be happy.

Talk to somebody who is settled in their job or business, you already know what he will say! He is waiting to get a perfect soul mate, to be happy.
He gets a soul mate, but he now wants a kid to be happy.

Ask those who have children if they are happy. How can they relax until the children have grown up and have had a good education and are on their own.
Ask those who are retired, are they happy? They long for the days when they were younger.

All of one´s life is spent in preparing to be happy someday in the future. It´s like making a bed all night, but having no time to sleep.

How may minutes, hours and days have we spent our life being happy from within ? Those are the only moments you have really lived life. Those were perhaps the days when you were a small kid, completely blissful and happy or a few moments when you were surfing, swimming or sailing or on a mountain top, living in the present and enjoying it.

There are two ways of looking at life.
One is thinking that, "I'll be happy after achieving a certain objective."
The second is saying that "I am happy come what may!"

Have a joyful day!!!

[srividyaa]

This is something we should all read at least once a week



Written By Regina Brett, 90 years old, of The Plain Dealer, Cleveland , Ohio



"To celebrate growing older, I once wrote the 45 lessons life taught me... It is the most-requested column I've ever written.My odometer rolled over to 90 in August, so here is the column once more:



1. Life isn't fair, but it's still good.

2. When in doubt, just take the next small step.

3. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone...

4. Your job won't take care of you when you are sick. Your friends and parents will. Stay in touch.

5. Pay off your credit cards every month.

6. You don't have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.

7. Cry with someone. It's more healing than crying alone.

9. Save for retirement starting with your first pay check.

10. When it comes to chocolate,resistanc e is futile.

11. Make peace with your past so it won't ^^^^^ up the present.

12. It's OK to let your children see you cry.

13. Don't compare your life to others.You have no idea what their journey is all about.

14. If a relationship has to be a secret, you shouldn't be in it.

16. Take a deep breath. It calms the mind.

17. Get rid of anything that isn't useful, beautiful or joyful.

18. Whatever doesn't kill you really does make you stronger.

19. It's never too late to have a happy childhood. But the second one is up to you and no one else.

20. When it comes to going after what you love in life, don't take no for an answer.

21. Burn the candles, use the nice sheets, wear the fancy lingerie. Don't save it for a special occasion. Today is special.

22. Over prepare, then go with the flow.

23. Be eccentric now. Don't wait for old age to wear purple.

24. The most important s*x organ is the brain.

25. No one is in charge of your happiness but you.

26. Frame every so-called disaster with these words ’In five years, will this matter?'

27. Always choose life.

28. Forgive everyone everything.

29. What other people think of you is none of your business.

30. Time heals almost everything. Give time time.

31. However good or bad a situation is, it will change.

32. Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does.

33. Believe in miracles.

35. Don't audit life. Show up and make the most of it now.

36. Growing old beats the alternative -- dying young.

37. Your children get only one childhood.

38. All that truly matters in the end is that you loved.

39. Get outside every day. Miracles are waiting everywhere.

40. If we all threw our problems in a pile and saw everyone else’s, we’d grab ours back.

41.. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.

42. The best is yet to come.

43. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.

44. Yield.

45. Life isn't tied with a bow, but it's still a gift.

This is something we should all read at least once a week



Written By Regina Brett, 90 years old, of The Plain Dealer, Cleveland , Ohio



"To celebrate growing older, I once wrote the 45 lessons life taught me... It is the most-requested column I've ever written.My odometer rolled over to 90 in August, so here is the column once more:



1. Life isn't fair, but it's still good.

2. When in doubt, just take the next small step.

3. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone...

4. Your job won't take care of you when you are sick. Your friends and parents will. Stay in touch.

5. Pay off your credit cards every month.

6. You don't have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.

7. Cry with someone. It's more healing than crying alone.

9. Save for retirement starting with your first pay check.

10. When it comes to chocolate,resistanc e is futile.

11. Make peace with your past so it won't ^^^^^ up the present.

12. It's OK to let your children see you cry.

13. Don't compare your life to others.You have no idea what their journey is all about.

14. If a relationship has to be a secret, you shouldn't be in it.

16. Take a deep breath. It calms the mind.

17. Get rid of anything that isn't useful, beautiful or joyful.

18. Whatever doesn't kill you really does make you stronger.

19. It's never too late to have a happy childhood. But the second one is up to you and no one else.

20. When it comes to going after what you love in life, don't take no for an answer.

21. Burn the candles, use the nice sheets, wear the fancy lingerie. Don't save it for a special occasion. Today is special.

22. Over prepare, then go with the flow.

23. Be eccentric now. Don't wait for old age to wear purple.

24. The most important s*x organ is the brain.

25. No one is in charge of your happiness but you.

26. Frame every so-called disaster with these words ’In five years, will this matter?'

27. Always choose life.

28. Forgive everyone everything.

29. What other people think of you is none of your business.

30. Time heals almost everything. Give time time.

31. However good or bad a situation is, it will change.

32. Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does.

33. Believe in miracles.

35. Don't audit life. Show up and make the most of it now.

36. Growing old beats the alternative -- dying young.

37. Your children get only one childhood.

38. All that truly matters in the end is that you loved.

39. Get outside every day. Miracles are waiting everywhere.

40. If we all threw our problems in a pile and saw everyone else’s, we’d grab ours back.

41.. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.

42. The best is yet to come.

43. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.

44. Yield.

45. Life isn't tied with a bow, but it's still a gift.

[srividyaa]

One day all the employees of a very unusual company reached their office and all saw a big sign on the main door which said this:

"Yesterday, the person who has been hindering your growth in this company passed away. We invite you to join the funeral in the room that has been prepared in the gym."

In the beginning, they all got sad for the death of one of their colleagues, but after a while they started getting curious to know who was that person who hindered the growth of their colleagues and the company itself?

The excitement in the gym was such that security agents were ordered to control the crowd within the room. The more people reached the coffin, the more the excitement heated up.

Everyone thought - "Who is this person who was hindering my progress?"

One by one the intrigued employees got closer to the coffin, and when they looked inside it, they suddenly became speechless.

They all got to stand near the coffin, and all ended up shocked and in silence, as if someone had touched the deepest part of their soul.

There was a mirror inside the coffin: everyone who looked inside it could see themselves!

There was also a sign next to the mirror that said:

There is only one person who is capable of setting limits to your growth and IT IS YOU!

Your life does not change when your boss changes, when your friends change, when your parents change, when your husband or wife changes, when your company changes, when your church changes, when your location changes, when your money changes, when your status changes.

No, your life changes when YOU change, when you go beyond your limiting beliefs.

Examine yourself, watch yourself. Don't be afraid of difficulties, impossibilities and losses. Be a winner, build yourself and your reality. It's the way you face life itself that makes the difference.

--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Lauren C. --- New Jersey

One day all the employees of a very unusual company reached their office and all saw a big sign on the main door which said this:

"Yesterday, the person who has been hindering your growth in this company passed away. We invite you to join the funeral in the room that has been prepared in the gym."

In the beginning, they all got sad for the death of one of their colleagues, but after a while they started getting curious to know who was that person who hindered the growth of their colleagues and the company itself?

The excitement in the gym was such that security agents were ordered to control the crowd within the room. The more people reached the coffin, the more the excitement heated up.

Everyone thought - "Who is this person who was hindering my progress?"

One by one the intrigued employees got closer to the coffin, and when they looked inside it, they suddenly became speechless.

They all got to stand near the coffin, and all ended up shocked and in silence, as if someone had touched the deepest part of their soul.

There was a mirror inside the coffin: everyone who looked inside it could see themselves!

There was also a sign next to the mirror that said:

There is only one person who is capable of setting limits to your growth and IT IS YOU!

Your life does not change when your boss changes, when your friends change, when your parents change, when your husband or wife changes, when your company changes, when your church changes, when your location changes, when your money changes, when your status changes.

No, your life changes when YOU change, when you go beyond your limiting beliefs.

Examine yourself, watch yourself. Don't be afraid of difficulties, impossibilities and losses. Be a winner, build yourself and your reality. It's the way you face life itself that makes the difference.

--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Lauren C. --- New Jersey

[srividyaa]

Moving Past the Power of "What If" :


What a powerful thought! Or is it? The question of what if....let's ponder this for just a minute.... it could be very powerful yet it is only powerful in the sense of negativity!

"What if" is not the right frame of mind if you are really living the laws of attraction. "What if" is a negative thought!

Why waste time and energy wondering "what if"...?

Things in our lives happen for a reason, even when at the time it seems like its the worse things in our lives, yet going back over everything time and again with what you think should have happened is not going to help you move forward in your life!


Why be bogged down with this negative thinking?


Why be bothered with things in your past that you think should have been different?


Why be bothered with people, things and situations that are in the past that you have no control over? (It does not serve a purpose and only keeps yourself stuck in the past instead of moving into the future. It fills you up with doubt and it doesn't move YOU FORWARD it only keeps you TRAPPED in the past!)
So instead of sitting there at your desk, or on your bed and wishing things had happened differently and how things "could have been":

Why not think on the lessons that those memories actually taught you?

What did you learn from the past, what is it that keeps you in this negative thought pattern?

Can you apply the lesson that life gave you at that time to make your future better?

Everything in our lives happens for a reason! Whether you believe it at the time or not, eventually you will see that what happened in your past only made you a stronger person! What happened in the past only made you know more about yourself and what you wanted even more from life!

So stop thinking in the past with the phrase "What if...". It serves no purpose but to keep you trapped in the past and unable to move forward!

I challenge each and everyone of you to erase that thought from your mind today. If you feel like you cannot move forward from this type of thinking, grab your journal, write down all your feelings from that situation that you cannot move past and get it out of your head NOW!

Then tear that piece of paper up, or light it on fire (be sure you do this in a safe environment) flush it down the toilet what ever you choose to do with it just get it out of your head and out of your life TODAY!

As you are watching the paper burn or go down the toilet envision this thought being released, never coming back, envision the lessons you learned from this past thought that is keeping you in the past and not letting you move into the future.

Let it go! There is nothing more to learn; once it is gone it is gone! Now move on, see your future as bright and free of all past influences in your life. See yourself as a strong person, doing what you want, feeling free and safe! You are free and safe!

Below are a few affirmations that I use to help me when I feel that powerful yet negative thought "What if..." happening: From Louise L. Hay's Book "The Present Moment".


"I see myself as beautiful, lovable and appreciated. I am proud to be me."


"I am created to succeed, and I now give thanks for my success."


"I give myself the green light to go ahead, and to joyously embrace the new."


"I am in charge. I take my own power back."


"I constantly find new ways of looking at my world. I see beauty everywhere."


"I speak up for myself. I claim my power now."


These are just a few of the 365 daily affirmations you can use to help heal your life and let go of the past! I encourage each of you to find your "what if" and get rid of it today!

--- Rebbekah White --- Submitted by Lauren C.

Moving Past the Power of "What If" :


What a powerful thought! Or is it? The question of what if....let's ponder this for just a minute.... it could be very powerful yet it is only powerful in the sense of negativity!

"What if" is not the right frame of mind if you are really living the laws of attraction. "What if" is a negative thought!

Why waste time and energy wondering "what if"...?

Things in our lives happen for a reason, even when at the time it seems like its the worse things in our lives, yet going back over everything time and again with what you think should have happened is not going to help you move forward in your life!


Why be bogged down with this negative thinking?


Why be bothered with things in your past that you think should have been different?


Why be bothered with people, things and situations that are in the past that you have no control over? (It does not serve a purpose and only keeps yourself stuck in the past instead of moving into the future. It fills you up with doubt and it doesn't move YOU FORWARD it only keeps you TRAPPED in the past!)
So instead of sitting there at your desk, or on your bed and wishing things had happened differently and how things "could have been":

Why not think on the lessons that those memories actually taught you?

What did you learn from the past, what is it that keeps you in this negative thought pattern?

Can you apply the lesson that life gave you at that time to make your future better?

Everything in our lives happens for a reason! Whether you believe it at the time or not, eventually you will see that what happened in your past only made you a stronger person! What happened in the past only made you know more about yourself and what you wanted even more from life!

So stop thinking in the past with the phrase "What if...". It serves no purpose but to keep you trapped in the past and unable to move forward!

I challenge each and everyone of you to erase that thought from your mind today. If you feel like you cannot move forward from this type of thinking, grab your journal, write down all your feelings from that situation that you cannot move past and get it out of your head NOW!

Then tear that piece of paper up, or light it on fire (be sure you do this in a safe environment) flush it down the toilet what ever you choose to do with it just get it out of your head and out of your life TODAY!

As you are watching the paper burn or go down the toilet envision this thought being released, never coming back, envision the lessons you learned from this past thought that is keeping you in the past and not letting you move into the future.

Let it go! There is nothing more to learn; once it is gone it is gone! Now move on, see your future as bright and free of all past influences in your life. See yourself as a strong person, doing what you want, feeling free and safe! You are free and safe!

Below are a few affirmations that I use to help me when I feel that powerful yet negative thought "What if..." happening: From Louise L. Hay's Book "The Present Moment".


"I see myself as beautiful, lovable and appreciated. I am proud to be me."


"I am created to succeed, and I now give thanks for my success."


"I give myself the green light to go ahead, and to joyously embrace the new."


"I am in charge. I take my own power back."


"I constantly find new ways of looking at my world. I see beauty everywhere."


"I speak up for myself. I claim my power now."


These are just a few of the 365 daily affirmations you can use to help heal your life and let go of the past! I encourage each of you to find your "what if" and get rid of it today!

--- Rebbekah White --- Submitted by Lauren C.

[srividyaa]

20 habits you should have to be a failure:


1.Winning too much


The need to win at all costs and in all situations – when it matters, when it doesn’t and when it’s totally beside the point

this need has led to the financial meltdown and failures of some of the big institutions like Lehman Brothers, AIG..

2.Adding too much value


The overwhelming desire to add our two cents to every discussion

3.Passing judgment


The need to rate others and impose our standards on them or judge them by our standards without knowing the real circumstances

4.Making destructive comments


The needless sarcasms and cutting remarks that we think make us sound sharp and witty

5.Starting with “No”, “But” or “However”..


The over use of these negativity qualifiers which secretly say to everyone, “I am right. You’re wrong


6.Telling the world how smart we are

The need to show the people we’re smarter than they think we are

7.Speaking when angry

Using emotional volatility as a management tool with or without knowledge whether being over aggresive or wallowing in self pity and victmization syndrome

8.Negativity, or “Let me explain why that won’t work”

The need to share our negative thoughts even when we weren’t asked

9.Withholding information


The refusal to share information in order to maintain an advantage over others

10.Failing to give proper recognition


The inability to give due credit and praise and reward

11.Claiming credit that we don’t deserve


The most annoying way to overestimate our contribution to any success and take undue credit

12.Clinginging to the past


The need to deflect blame away from ourselves and onto events and people from our past; a subset of blaming everyone else

13.Making excuses


The need to reposition our annoying behavior as a permanent fixture so people excuse us for it

14.Playing favorites


Failing to see that we are treating someone unfairly

15.Refusing to express regret

The inability to take responsibility for our actions, admit we’re wrong, or recognize how our actions affect others

16.Not listening


The most passive – aggressive form of disrespect for colleagues


17.Punishing the messenger


Failing to express gratitude is the most basic form of bad manners

18.Punishing the messenger


    The misguided need to attack the innocent who are usually only trying to help us


19.Passing the buck


    The need to blame everyone but ourselves

20.An excessive need to be “me”


    Exalting our faults as virtues simply because they’re who we are

20 habits you should have to be a failure:


1.Winning too much


The need to win at all costs and in all situations – when it matters, when it doesn’t and when it’s totally beside the point

this need has led to the financial meltdown and failures of some of the big institutions like Lehman Brothers, AIG..

2.Adding too much value


The overwhelming desire to add our two cents to every discussion

3.Passing judgment


The need to rate others and impose our standards on them or judge them by our standards without knowing the real circumstances

4.Making destructive comments


The needless sarcasms and cutting remarks that we think make us sound sharp and witty

5.Starting with “No”, “But” or “However”..


The over use of these negativity qualifiers which secretly say to everyone, “I am right. You’re wrong


6.Telling the world how smart we are

The need to show the people we’re smarter than they think we are

7.Speaking when angry

Using emotional volatility as a management tool with or without knowledge whether being over aggresive or wallowing in self pity and victmization syndrome

8.Negativity, or “Let me explain why that won’t work”

The need to share our negative thoughts even when we weren’t asked

9.Withholding information


The refusal to share information in order to maintain an advantage over others

10.Failing to give proper recognition


The inability to give due credit and praise and reward

11.Claiming credit that we don’t deserve


The most annoying way to overestimate our contribution to any success and take undue credit

12.Clinginging to the past


The need to deflect blame away from ourselves and onto events and people from our past; a subset of blaming everyone else

13.Making excuses


The need to reposition our annoying behavior as a permanent fixture so people excuse us for it

14.Playing favorites


Failing to see that we are treating someone unfairly

15.Refusing to express regret

The inability to take responsibility for our actions, admit we’re wrong, or recognize how our actions affect others

16.Not listening


The most passive – aggressive form of disrespect for colleagues


17.Punishing the messenger


Failing to express gratitude is the most basic form of bad manners

18.Punishing the messenger


    The misguided need to attack the innocent who are usually only trying to help us


19.Passing the buck


    The need to blame everyone but ourselves

20.An excessive need to be “me”


    Exalting our faults as virtues simply because they’re who we are

[Unnimaxx]

Wait for the brick!!!!!!! !!!

A young and successful executive was traveling down a neighborhood
street, going a bit too fast in his new Jaguar. He was watching for
kids darting out from between parked cars and slowed down when he
thought he saw something. As his car passed, no children appeared.
Instead, a brick smashed into the Jag's side door! He slammed on the
brakes and drove the Jag back to the spot where the brick had been
thrown. The angry driver then jumped out of the car, grabbed the
nearest kid and pushed him up against a parked car, shouting, "What
was that all about and who are you?
Just what the heck are you doing?
That's a new car and that brick you threw is going to cost a lot of money.
Why did you do it?"
The young boy was apologetic. "Please mister ... please, I'm sorry...
I didn't know what else to do," he pleaded.
"I threw the brick because no one else would stop..."
With tears dripping down his face and off his chin, the youth pointed
to a spot just around a parked car.
"It's my brother," he said.
"He rolled off the curb and fell out of his wheelchair and I can't lift him
up."

Now sobbing, the boy asked the stunned executive, "Would you please
help me get him back into his wheelchair? He's hurt and he's too heavy
for me."
Moved beyond words, the driver tried to swallow the rapidly swelling
lump in his throat. He hurriedly lifted the handicapped boy back into
the wheelchair, then took out his fancy handkerchief and dabbed at the
fresh scrapes and cuts. A quick look told him everything was going to
be okay.

"Thank you and may God bless you," the grateful child told the stranger.
Too shook up for words, the man simply watched the little boy push his
wheelchair-bound brother down the sidewalk toward their home. It was a
long, slow walk back to the Jaguar. The damage was very noticeable,
but the driver never bothered to repair the dented side door. He kept
the dent there to remind him of this message: Don't go through life so
fast that someone has to throw a brick at you to get your attention!

God whispers in our souls and speaks to our hearts. Sometimes when we
don't have time to listen, He has to throw a brick at us.

It's our choice: Listen to the whisper ... or wait for the brick!

Wait for the brick!!!!!!! !!!

A young and successful executive was traveling down a neighborhood
street, going a bit too fast in his new Jaguar. He was watching for
kids darting out from between parked cars and slowed down when he
thought he saw something. As his car passed, no children appeared.
Instead, a brick smashed into the Jag's side door! He slammed on the
brakes and drove the Jag back to the spot where the brick had been
thrown. The angry driver then jumped out of the car, grabbed the
nearest kid and pushed him up against a parked car, shouting, "What
was that all about and who are you?
Just what the heck are you doing?
That's a new car and that brick you threw is going to cost a lot of money.
Why did you do it?"
The young boy was apologetic. "Please mister ... please, I'm sorry...
I didn't know what else to do," he pleaded.
"I threw the brick because no one else would stop..."
With tears dripping down his face and off his chin, the youth pointed
to a spot just around a parked car.
"It's my brother," he said.
"He rolled off the curb and fell out of his wheelchair and I can't lift him
up."

Now sobbing, the boy asked the stunned executive, "Would you please
help me get him back into his wheelchair? He's hurt and he's too heavy
for me."
Moved beyond words, the driver tried to swallow the rapidly swelling
lump in his throat. He hurriedly lifted the handicapped boy back into
the wheelchair, then took out his fancy handkerchief and dabbed at the
fresh scrapes and cuts. A quick look told him everything was going to
be okay.

"Thank you and may God bless you," the grateful child told the stranger.
Too shook up for words, the man simply watched the little boy push his
wheelchair-bound brother down the sidewalk toward their home. It was a
long, slow walk back to the Jaguar. The damage was very noticeable,
but the driver never bothered to repair the dented side door. He kept
the dent there to remind him of this message: Don't go through life so
fast that someone has to throw a brick at you to get your attention!

God whispers in our souls and speaks to our hearts. Sometimes when we
don't have time to listen, He has to throw a brick at us.

It's our choice: Listen to the whisper ... or wait for the brick!

[Unnimaxx]

Human life is a combination of matter, i.e., body and spirit or vibration. Isn't
it? Pleasure or joy is becoming intense vibration. Joy is forgetting
that you are matter and so you become intense vibration. All the carnal
instincts will also make you feel intense vibrations momentarily. And
that's how they give a glimpse of joy. But the thing is, it is short
lived and it makes you dense later on. Pleasure that comes from group prayer
is of a higher nature. devotional singing create vibrations in the
spirit. That's why when you sing, the ecstasy stays for a long time.
Pleasure in the subtle is long lasting, energizing, refreshing and
freeing. Pleasure from the gross is short lived, tiring and binding.
When you know you are electricity (vibration/energy) ,
then craving, greed, lust and anger disappear.
And you become true celebration.

Human life is a combination of matter, i.e., body and spirit or vibration. Isn't
it? Pleasure or joy is becoming intense vibration. Joy is forgetting
that you are matter and so you become intense vibration. All the carnal
instincts will also make you feel intense vibrations momentarily. And
that's how they give a glimpse of joy. But the thing is, it is short
lived and it makes you dense later on. Pleasure that comes from group prayer
is of a higher nature. devotional singing create vibrations in the
spirit. That's why when you sing, the ecstasy stays for a long time.
Pleasure in the subtle is long lasting, energizing, refreshing and
freeing. Pleasure from the gross is short lived, tiring and binding.
When you know you are electricity (vibration/energy) ,
then craving, greed, lust and anger disappear.
And you become true celebration.

[Unnimaxx]

Whether calm or disturbed, your mind remains mind.
Whether sick or well, your body remains body.
Self is all-encompassing.
  
Service without attitude
Love without reason
Knowledge without intellect
Life beyond time and events
Is what you are.

The only purpose for this body to exist is to make you aware of how beautiful you are, and to make you aware that it is possible to live all the values you cherish and create a world of divinity around you.

Whether calm or disturbed, your mind remains mind.
Whether sick or well, your body remains body.
Self is all-encompassing.
  
Service without attitude
Love without reason
Knowledge without intellect
Life beyond time and events
Is what you are.

The only purpose for this body to exist is to make you aware of how beautiful you are, and to make you aware that it is possible to live all the values you cherish and create a world of divinity around you.

[srividyaa]

Once upon a time a king

had an only son

a Prince who was young,

courageous, skilful

and intelligent.

So the king

sent his son away

to see a Wise Old man

to open his mind to

“AWARENESS”




He sent the Prince

to meet the Wise Old man.

As he met the old man he pleaded

“Enlighten me as to the path

in life I should take.”

The Wise man replied,

“My words will only vanish like footsteps in the sand”

However, the Wise man said I will give you some instructions

on your path; you will

come across three Gates.



Read the sayings

on each of the Gates.

Follow the pathway

to discovery.

You will be overwhelmed

during the journey.

But do not seek to turn back,

for you will be condemned

to live again and again

that which you had

run away from all your life.

I can not say any more


It is time you must follow

the road, right ahead of you.

As the Wise elder departed,

and the Prince started

walking on his journey

on the Path of Life.

The Prince

soon came across

the first large gate

on which he read:

“CHANGE THE WORLD”

------------

This is precisely what

I intended to do, thought the Prince.

But, he started its first struggle. Driven by ideal, his passion and

his strength pushed him to be confronted with the world,

he undertook, conquered,

replicated reality to his desire


He experienced the pleasure

and the exhilaration of

the conqueror, but his

heart was not at rest.

He managed to change certain things but others would not

give way. Long years went by.

--

One day, he met the

Wise Old Man who asked him:

"What did you learn on the path?"


The Prince replied. I learned what was in my power and what was beyond my power. Thus I now see what things I had influence in

and things beyond my control.

Well done, said the Old Man.

Use your strength to act

upon on what you can.

Forget about what is beyond you.

And the old man vanished.

As the Prince continued on his journey



Sometime later, the Prince came across a second gate.

One could read on it:

"CHANGE OTHERS"

This is precisely what I intend to do, thought the Prince.

And he rose against all that

could upset or displease

him in his fellow being.

But he struggled to alter their minds, and correct their faults.

Many more years went by.

One day, as he was meditating

on the failures of his

attempts to change others,

he came across the Wise Old

man and he asked him:

"What did you learn on the path?"

---------------------------

The Prince replied.

That other people are not the

source of my joys or sorrows,

my achievements or failures.

They are only there to

make me aware.



"You are right, said the Wise Man.”

Though what they awaken in you, they made you aware of yourself.

Be grateful

towards those who make you

feel joy and pleasure.

But be also grateful to

these who hurt and frustrate

you for through them

Life Teaches you.

And the Old Man vanished.



A little time after, the Prince came across a Third Gate.

One can read on it:

"CHANGE YOURSELF"

The Prince paused a moment

to himself and said….

“If I am myself the

cause of my problems,

this is that I have to do."



And he started his third struggle. He tried to inflect his character, to fight his imperfections,

to remove his defects, and

change every thing which

didn't correspond to his ideal.

After many years of struggle during which he was

at times successful

at times defeated,

the Prince met

the Wise man again.

------------------------

The old man asked the Prince

"What did you learn

on the path?"

The Prince replied. That there are some things that can be improved, others which resist and can't be changed."

"Well done," said the Wise man.

The Prince replied “I'm getting weary of fighting against myself. Won’t this ever end? When will I be at rest?

I wish to stop fighting

and give up and let go."

The wise old man said.

“This happens to be

your next lesson.”

----------------------------------

But before going any further,

turn around and look back at

the way you have already walked

And the Old Man vanished.

As he looked back,

the Prince saw in the distance the 3rd gate and realized that one could read a different message on the back of the gate and it read:

"ACCEPT YOURSELF"



The Prince wondered why he hadn't noticed this inscription when it had crossed the gate the first time, in the

opposite direction.

"When one is fighting,

one becomes blind,

he said to himself."

He also saw, spread on

the ground around him,

every thing he had rejected

and fought within himself:

his faults, his dark side,

his fears, his limits,

and all his old demons.


He then learnt

how to recognize them,

accept them and love them.

He learnt how to love himself without comparing himself, judging himself,

blaming himself.

He came across the Wise Old

man who asked him:

What did you learn

along the path?

The Prince replied " That to hate

or refuse part of myself was to condemn myself never to be

at peace within myself.

I learned how to accept myself, completely and unconditionally."

Well done, said

the wise Old Man, it is

the first stage of Wisdom.


Now you go through

the 3rd gate again."

Just as he had reached the other side of the gate, the Prince saw the back face of the second gate and it read:

"ACCEPT OTHERS".

All around him he

recognized the people

he had met in his life;

those he had loved,

those he had hated,

those he had helped,

those he had fought.



But to his surprise,

he was now unable

to see their faults,

which had disturbed

him so much, and

against which he had fought so much

He came across the Wise Old

man who asked him.

"What did you learn

on your path?"

The Prince replied. That if I were

in peace with myself, I would have nothing to blame others for, nothing to fear of them

I have learned to accept others totally and unconditionally."

"Well done, said the

Wise Old man, It is the second stage of Wisdom.

Now you can go through

the 2nd gate again

  


Just as he had reached the other side of the gate, the Prince saw the back of the first gate and it read:

"ACCEPT THE WORLD."

That is strange, he thought,

"Why didn't I see the inscription the first time?“

He looked around him

and recognized the world

he had tried to conquer, transform, and change.

He was hit by an

awe the brightness and

the beauty of all things.

And yet it was the same

world as it used to be.

Had the world changed, or

his perception of it changed?



He came across the Wise

Old man and asked him.
"What did you learn

on your path?"

The Prince replied…..

“That the world is the

mirror of my soul.

That my soul, my heart

does not see the world,

but sees itself in

the world. “….

“…When it is cheerful,

the world seems merry.

When it is gloomy,

the world seems sad.

The world is neither

merry nor sad.

It just is; that is all.”

… It was not the world

that was troubling me,

but the IDEA I had of it.

I accepted to accept it without judging it,

to reckon,

unconditionally

This is the 3rd Wisdom,

said the Old Man.

“You are now at grace within yourself & others in the World."

A deep feeling of peace,

serenity and fulfillment overwhelmed the Prince.

Silence was within him.

Once upon a time a king

had an only son

a Prince who was young,

courageous, skilful

and intelligent.

So the king

sent his son away

to see a Wise Old man

to open his mind to

“AWARENESS”




He sent the Prince

to meet the Wise Old man.

As he met the old man he pleaded

“Enlighten me as to the path

in life I should take.”

The Wise man replied,

“My words will only vanish like footsteps in the sand”

However, the Wise man said I will give you some instructions

on your path; you will

come across three Gates.



Read the sayings

on each of the Gates.

Follow the pathway

to discovery.

You will be overwhelmed

during the journey.

But do not seek to turn back,

for you will be condemned

to live again and again

that which you had

run away from all your life.

I can not say any more


It is time you must follow

the road, right ahead of you.

As the Wise elder departed,

and the Prince started

walking on his journey

on the Path of Life.

The Prince

soon came across

the first large gate

on which he read:

“CHANGE THE WORLD”

------------

This is precisely what

I intended to do, thought the Prince.

But, he started its first struggle. Driven by ideal, his passion and

his strength pushed him to be confronted with the world,

he undertook, conquered,

replicated reality to his desire


He experienced the pleasure

and the exhilaration of

the conqueror, but his

heart was not at rest.

He managed to change certain things but others would not

give way. Long years went by.

--

One day, he met the

Wise Old Man who asked him:

"What did you learn on the path?"


The Prince replied. I learned what was in my power and what was beyond my power. Thus I now see what things I had influence in

and things beyond my control.

Well done, said the Old Man.

Use your strength to act

upon on what you can.

Forget about what is beyond you.

And the old man vanished.

As the Prince continued on his journey



Sometime later, the Prince came across a second gate.

One could read on it:

"CHANGE OTHERS"

This is precisely what I intend to do, thought the Prince.

And he rose against all that

could upset or displease

him in his fellow being.

But he struggled to alter their minds, and correct their faults.

Many more years went by.

One day, as he was meditating

on the failures of his

attempts to change others,

he came across the Wise Old

man and he asked him:

"What did you learn on the path?"

---------------------------

The Prince replied.

That other people are not the

source of my joys or sorrows,

my achievements or failures.

They are only there to

make me aware.



"You are right, said the Wise Man.”

Though what they awaken in you, they made you aware of yourself.

Be grateful

towards those who make you

feel joy and pleasure.

But be also grateful to

these who hurt and frustrate

you for through them

Life Teaches you.

And the Old Man vanished.



A little time after, the Prince came across a Third Gate.

One can read on it:

"CHANGE YOURSELF"

The Prince paused a moment

to himself and said….

“If I am myself the

cause of my problems,

this is that I have to do."



And he started his third struggle. He tried to inflect his character, to fight his imperfections,

to remove his defects, and

change every thing which

didn't correspond to his ideal.

After many years of struggle during which he was

at times successful

at times defeated,

the Prince met

the Wise man again.

------------------------

The old man asked the Prince

"What did you learn

on the path?"

The Prince replied. That there are some things that can be improved, others which resist and can't be changed."

"Well done," said the Wise man.

The Prince replied “I'm getting weary of fighting against myself. Won’t this ever end? When will I be at rest?

I wish to stop fighting

and give up and let go."

The wise old man said.

“This happens to be

your next lesson.”

----------------------------------

But before going any further,

turn around and look back at

the way you have already walked

And the Old Man vanished.

As he looked back,

the Prince saw in the distance the 3rd gate and realized that one could read a different message on the back of the gate and it read:

"ACCEPT YOURSELF"



The Prince wondered why he hadn't noticed this inscription when it had crossed the gate the first time, in the

opposite direction.

"When one is fighting,

one becomes blind,

he said to himself."

He also saw, spread on

the ground around him,

every thing he had rejected

and fought within himself:

his faults, his dark side,

his fears, his limits,

and all his old demons.


He then learnt

how to recognize them,

accept them and love them.

He learnt how to love himself without comparing himself, judging himself,

blaming himself.

He came across the Wise Old

man who asked him:

What did you learn

along the path?

The Prince replied " That to hate

or refuse part of myself was to condemn myself never to be

at peace within myself.

I learned how to accept myself, completely and unconditionally."

Well done, said

the wise Old Man, it is

the first stage of Wisdom.


Now you go through

the 3rd gate again."

Just as he had reached the other side of the gate, the Prince saw the back face of the second gate and it read:

"ACCEPT OTHERS".

All around him he

recognized the people

he had met in his life;

those he had loved,

those he had hated,

those he had helped,

those he had fought.



But to his surprise,

he was now unable

to see their faults,

which had disturbed

him so much, and

against which he had fought so much

He came across the Wise Old

man who asked him.

"What did you learn

on your path?"

The Prince replied. That if I were

in peace with myself, I would have nothing to blame others for, nothing to fear of them

I have learned to accept others totally and unconditionally."

"Well done, said the

Wise Old man, It is the second stage of Wisdom.

Now you can go through

the 2nd gate again

  


Just as he had reached the other side of the gate, the Prince saw the back of the first gate and it read:

"ACCEPT THE WORLD."

That is strange, he thought,

"Why didn't I see the inscription the first time?“

He looked around him

and recognized the world

he had tried to conquer, transform, and change.

He was hit by an

awe the brightness and

the beauty of all things.

And yet it was the same

world as it used to be.

Had the world changed, or

his perception of it changed?



He came across the Wise

Old man and asked him.
"What did you learn

on your path?"

The Prince replied…..

“That the world is the

mirror of my soul.

That my soul, my heart

does not see the world,

but sees itself in

the world. “….

“…When it is cheerful,

the world seems merry.

When it is gloomy,

the world seems sad.

The world is neither

merry nor sad.

It just is; that is all.”

… It was not the world

that was troubling me,

but the IDEA I had of it.

I accepted to accept it without judging it,

to reckon,

unconditionally

This is the 3rd Wisdom,

said the Old Man.

“You are now at grace within yourself & others in the World."

A deep feeling of peace,

serenity and fulfillment overwhelmed the Prince.

Silence was within him.

[srividyaa]

Don't love the Heart that hurts you and don't hurt the Heart that loves you.

Don't cry over anyone who won't cry over you.

Good friends are hard to find, harder to leave, and impossible to forget.

Most people walk in and out of your life, but only friend's leave footprints in your heart.

True friendship "never" ends. Friends are forever.

People are lonely because they build walls instead of bridges.

If we are incapable of finding peace in ourselves, it is pointless to search elsewhere.

The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other's life. Rarely do members of one family grow up under the same roof.

A change of heart changes everything.

Our greatest glory is not in ever falling, but in rising every time we fall.

You only live once - but if you work it right, once is enough.

One generation plants trees, and the next enjoys the shade.

It is difficult to live in the present, ridiculous to live in the future, and impossible to live in the past. Nothing is as far away as one minute ago

Don't love the Heart that hurts you and don't hurt the Heart that loves you.

Don't cry over anyone who won't cry over you.

Good friends are hard to find, harder to leave, and impossible to forget.

Most people walk in and out of your life, but only friend's leave footprints in your heart.

True friendship "never" ends. Friends are forever.

People are lonely because they build walls instead of bridges.

If we are incapable of finding peace in ourselves, it is pointless to search elsewhere.

The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other's life. Rarely do members of one family grow up under the same roof.

A change of heart changes everything.

Our greatest glory is not in ever falling, but in rising every time we fall.

You only live once - but if you work it right, once is enough.

One generation plants trees, and the next enjoys the shade.

It is difficult to live in the present, ridiculous to live in the future, and impossible to live in the past. Nothing is as far away as one minute ago