Wednesday, March 20, 2013
Love or Hate it is a Choice
The difference between Love and Hate is a choice.
Do you hate them for "what they did" or do you love them because of "who you are"?
Tuesday, March 19, 2013
People don't always need Advice
Instead of walking in pride, and telling someone about what you know, and what you went through that may be similar to what they are going through, walk in love, peace, and understanding by just giving your ear to listen, a body to hug, and a shoulder to cry on.
Once you get over yourself, and get away from your own self righteousness, the people that you choose to listen to and understand will undoubtedly start to pour more of themselves into you more and more each time you are able to connect.
Though there is a time to give advice, much of building relationships with people has to do with the way that we are just there for them in their times of true need. When you take time out of your own life and give of yourself by just being there and giving your ear, or shoulder to lean on, you will in turn have someone to be there for you in your times of need as well.
People don't always need advice. Sometimes all they need is a hand to hold, ear to listen and a heart to understand.
Once you get over yourself, and get away from your own self righteousness, the people that you choose to listen to and understand will undoubtedly start to pour more of themselves into you more and more each time you are able to connect.
Though there is a time to give advice, much of building relationships with people has to do with the way that we are just there for them in their times of true need. When you take time out of your own life and give of yourself by just being there and giving your ear, or shoulder to lean on, you will in turn have someone to be there for you in your times of need as well.
People don't always need advice. Sometimes all they need is a hand to hold, ear to listen and a heart to understand.
Wednesday, March 6, 2013
Happiness is a Consequence of Personal Effort
"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 that 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."
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 that 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."
~Elizabeth Gilbert
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