Happy Thoughts: april-2015

THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WALL

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There was a young woman who took great pride in the growth and care of the flowers in her flower garden.</div>
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One day while looking through a flower catalogue she often ordered from, a picture of a plant immediately caught her eye. She had never seen blooms on a flower like that before, and she immediately ordered it.</div>
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When it arrived, she already had a place prepared to plant it. She planted it at the base of a stone wall at the back of her yard. It grew vigorously, with beautiful green leaves all over it, but there were no blooms. Day after day she continued to cultivate it, water it and feed it. But, it was to no avail.<br />
One morning weeks later, as she stood before the vine, she contemplated how disappointed she was that her plant had not bloomed. She was giving considerable thought to cutting it down and planting something else in its place.</div>
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It was at this point that her invalid neighbour, whose lot joined hers, called over to her. “Thank you so much! You can’t imagine how much I have enjoyed the blooms of that vine you planted.” The young woman walked through the gate into her neighbour’s yard, and sure enough, she saw that on the other side of the wall the vine was filled with blooms.</div>
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There were indeed the most beautiful blooms she had ever seen. The vine had crept through the crevices and it had not flowered on her side of the fence, it had flowered luxuriantly on the other side.<br />
Just because you cannot see the good result of your labour does not mean that it bore no fruit. </div>
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THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WALL

There was a young woman who took great pride in the growth and care of the flowers in her flower garden. One day while looking throug...

IT MATTERS IN LIFE

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<b>1. </b>What is the difference between ‘like’ and ‘love’? If you like a flower you’ll pick it; but if you love a flower, you’ll water it every day.</div>
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<b>2. </b>Sometimes you have to shut up, swallow your pride and accept that you are wrong. It is not giving up. It is called growing up.</div>
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<b>3. </b>Just because you miss someone doesn’t mean you need them back in your life. Missing is just a part of moving on.</div>
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<b>4. </b>Never say, “That won’t happen to me.” Life has a funny way of proving us wrong.<br />
No matter how bad you think your life is, wake up each day and be thankful for what you have. Someone somewhere is fighting just to survive. </div>
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<b>5. </b>While you’re busy looking for the perfect person, you’ll probably miss the imperfect person who could make you perfectly happy. Someone will always be prettier. Someone will always be smarter. Someone will always be younger. But they will never be you.</div>
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<b>6. </b>When you make a commitment you build hope. When you keep it you build trust. So don’t just say it, show it. Don’t just promise it, prove it.</div>
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<b>7. </b>If you expect the world to be fair with you because you are fair, you’re fooling yourself. That’s like expecting the lion not to eat you because you didn’t eat him. </div>
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IT MATTERS IN LIFE

1. What is the difference between ‘like’ and ‘love’? If you like a flower you’ll pick it; but if you love a flower, you’ll water it ever...

TREASURE IMPERISHABLE

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The Wheel of Life in Buddhism<br />From right understanding proceeds right thought;<br />From right thought proceeds right speech;<br />From right speech proceeds right action;<br />From right action proceeds right livelihood;<br />From right livelihood proceeds right effort;<br />From right effort proceeds right awareness;<br />From right awareness proceeds right concentration;<br />From right concentration proceeds right wisdom;<br />From right wisdom proceeds right liberation.</div>
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________________________________<br />Best Day of Your Life<br />The best day of your life is the one on which you decide your life is your own.<br />No apologies or excuses.<br />No one to lean on, rely on, or blame.<br />The gift is yours — it is an amazing journey — and you alone are responsible for the quality of it.<br />This is the day your life really begins.<br /><div>
<b>— Bob Moawad</b></div>
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As long as we have friendship, today is beautiful.<br />As long as we have memories, yesterday remains.<br />As long as we have hope, tomorrow awaits.</div>
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TREASURE IMPERISHABLE

The Wheel of Life in Buddhism From right understanding proceeds right thought; From right thought proceeds right speech; From right spee...

YOUR LIFE YOUR CHOICE

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If You Plant…<br />If you plant honesty, you will reap trust<br />If you plant goodness, you will reap friends<br />If you plant humility, you will reap greatness<br />If you plant perseverance, you will reap contentment<br />If you plant consideration, you will reap perspective<br />If you plant hard work, you will reap success<br />If you plant forgiveness, you will reap reconciliation<br />So, be careful what you plant now; it will determine what you will reap later.</div>
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_______________________________<br />One of the hardest lessons in life is letting go.<br />Whether it is guilt, anger, love, loss or betrayal.<br />Change is never easy.<br />We fight to hold on, and we fight to let go.<br /><b>— Unknow</b></div>
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________________________________<br />As Much As You Think<br />You can do as much as you think you can,<br />But you’ll never accomplish more;<br />If you’re afraid of yourself, young man,<br />There’s little for you in store.<br />For failure comes from the inside first,<br />It’s there, if we only knew it;<br />And you can win, though you face the worst,<br />If you feel that you’re going to do it!<br /><b>— Edgar Guest </b></div>
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YOUR LIFE YOUR CHOICE

If You Plant… If you plant honesty, you will reap trust If you plant goodness, you will reap friends If you plant humility, you will rea...

10 LIFE LAWS

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<b>1:</b> <b>You either get it or you don’t.</b><br />Strategy: Become one of those who get it.<br /><b>2: You create your own experience.</b><br />Strategy: Acknowledge and accept accountability for your life. Understand your role in creating results.<br /><b>3:</b> <b>People do what works.</b><br />Strategy: Identify the payoffs that drive your behavior and that of others.<br /><b>4: You cannot change what you do not acknowledge.</b><br />Strategy: Get real with yourself and others about life.<br /><b>5:</b> <b>Life rewards action.</b><br />Strategy: Make careful decisions and then pull the trigger.<br /><b>6:</b> <b>There is no reality, only perception.</b><br />Strategy: Identify the filters through which you view the world.<br /><b>7:</b> <b>Life is managed; it is not cured.</b><br />Strategy: Learn to take charge of your life and hold on. This is a long ride, and you are the driver every single day.<br /><b>8:</b> <b>We teach people how to treat us.</b><br />Strategy: Learn to renegotiate your relationships to have what you want.<br /><b>9: There is power in forgiveness.</b><br />Strategy: Open your eyes to what anger and resentment are doing to you.<br /><b>10:</b> <b>You have to name it before you can claim it.</b><br />Strategy: Get clear about what you want and take your turn.</div>
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<b>— Dr Phil McGraw </b></div>
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10 LIFE LAWS

1: You either get it or you don’t. Strategy: Become one of those who get it. 2: You create your own experience. Strategy: Acknowledge a...

LIFE IS A ROLLERCOASTER RIDE

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Have you been on a rollercoaster? Once the ride begins, you start climbing up to the top, and the next moment you plunge down to the very bottom, only to be hoisted right up again! There are some wild corners, absurd turns and twists, and you even get turned completely upside down a few times. While a few enjoy the ride, the majority experience fear and apprehension and wait for the ride to be over!</div>
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<br />Life is like a rollercoaster ride. It has its ups and downs, sharp turns and unexpected moments. In life, there are things that are stable and uneven, comforting and disturbing, and you will never know what life has in store for you the next moment. But the moment you let yourself be engulfed in your fears, you are letting fear block your potential journey to success.</div>
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<br />When you fight life’s uncertainties, life seems to get harder. The things that you hate seem to worsen and remain with you, and you can’t seem to get the things you want. When you fight the rollercoaster of your life, continually complaining about things going wrong, you are bound to have a nightmarish ride, sadly missing out on the greatest of life’s promises and rewards.</div>
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<br />The rollercoaster will not change for you; it will keep on going up and down until you get off from it. It is up to you to decide how you are going to manoeuvre it. You can’t change everything that happens to you; but you can definitely change your attitude towards it all. When you DECIDE to enjoy the ride of life, despite how scary it sometimes get, you attract those circumstances that will give you ever-increasing reason to be happy and successful.</div>
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<br />A rollercoaster ride is short, so too life per se. All you can do is enjoy every moment of the ride called life, leaving no regrets behind!</div>
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LIFE IS A ROLLERCOASTER RIDE

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