You may die of a misprint

"Be careful about reading health books.
 You may die of a misprint." - Mark Twain

Yesterday I was clever

"Yesterday I was clever,

             so I wanted to change the world.

 Today I am wise,

              so I am changing myself"

Happiness starts with you

"Remember,
     Happiness starts with you,
          not with your relationship,
              or your friends,
                                   or your job.




               But and only with YOU!!!"

Your true life's purpose

"Your true life's purpose
              is to do the best that you can,
                         however you can,
     at the moment your in" - Icon

Sometimes, we say we don't care

"Sometimes,
  we say we don't care when we still care. The moment we really don’t care
        anymore is the moment
                         we stop saying it"

Those frightful things

"Obstacles are those frightful things you
 see when you take your eyes off your goal."
- Henry Ford

To find yourself

"To find yourself... THINK for yourself" - Socrates

No imagination

"The man who has no imagination has no wings."
~ Muhammad Ali

Never stop trying

"Never try to be better than anyone else,
 but never stop trying to be the best you can be"

Keep life simple

"Keep life simple and enjoyable by doing what you know in your heart is right"

You feel it, don't you?

"There is a candle in your heart, ready to be kindled.
There is a void in your soul, ready to be filled.
You feel it, don't you?" ~ Rumi

Be true to yourself

"Be true to yourself.
 Don't hide the good or bad from others.
 Rather, allow them to love you as you are,
 respect your honesty, and admire your
 confidence."

Passion is the love

"Passion is the love of turning being into action.
 It fuels the engine of creation.
 It changes concepts to experience."

You believe that you live in the world

"You believe that you live in the world,

 when in fact the world lives within you"

~ Deepak Chopra

Something you never had before

"If you want something you never had before,

 you have to do something you've never done before!"

Many people make themselves unhappy

"Many people make themselves unhappy simply by finding it
 impossible to accept life just as it is presenting itself right now.
 There is always something to celebrate, so long as life is being
 lived." - NDW

I fear the worst

"I fear the worst, too Bill, because fearing the best is a complete waste of time! Of course fearing nothing is the best" - Will

If you have an idea

"If you have an apple and I have an apple and we
 exchange apples then you and I will still each have one
 apple. But if you have an idea and I have an idea and we
 exchange these ideas, then each of us will have two
 ideas." - George Bernard Shaw

When you appreciate

"When you appreciate what yo have,

 what you have appreciates in value"

To my son's

Son's,

 you may have outgrown my lap

but you'll never outgrow my heart.

 I am with you always.

One moment at a time

"You never have to deal with more

 than one moment at a time"

You must overcome your desires

"There are those who say you must overcome your desires. I say you must simply change them.

 The first practice feels like a rigorous discipline,

        the second, a joyful exercise"

Give what you want to receive

"Give what you want to receive.
   You get the best out of others,
      and every situation,
        when you give the best of yourself.
  Start practicing the golden rule.
  If you want love, give love.
  If you want friends, be friendly.
  If you want money, provide value.
           It works.
              It really is this simple"

Nothing is so good

"Nothing is so good as it seems beforehand."
- George Eliot

We waste time looking

"We waste time looking for the perfect lover,

 instead of creating the perfect love."

- Tom Robbins -

Life shrinks

“Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage.”
― Anaïs Nin

I made my wish.

"I made my wish..I have faith in it."

Do what you know in your heart is right

"Do what you know in your heart is right.
 – Stop doing immoral things simply because you can. 
 - Start being honest with yourself and everyone else.
 - Don’t cheat.
 - Be faithful.
 - Be kind.
 - Do the right thing!
 It is a less complicated way to live.
 Integrity is the essence of everything successful.
 When you break the rules of integrity you invite serious
 complications into your life.
 Keep life simple and enjoyable by doing what you know in
 your heart is right."

The mind is powerful

"The mind is powerful – 
  much more powerful than many individuals recognize.
  If you were to harness the potential of this energy transmitter 
  in your head, then great feats could be reached far beyond
  what can currently be conceived. Scientists have already
  proven that your thoughts are powerful determining factors in
  your overall health, and that your mindset can ultimately
  create — or delay — self-healing."

Stop trying to be everything to everyone

Stop trying to be everything to everyone. – Don’t try to be friends with everyone. Cultivate closer relationships with fewer people. Start focusing on being everything to someone. Helping or pleasing everyone is impossible. But making one person smile can change the world. Maybe not the whole world, but their world. So narrow your focus and be yourself.

Hear their own soul

"The most difficult thing for people to do

 is hear their own soul."

You greatest power is the power to be

"You greatest power is the power to be.
 To be more loving,
      to be more courageous,
           to be more joyous,
               to be more friendly,
                   to be more sensitive,
                       to be more aware,
                           to be more forgiving,
                               to be more tolerant,
                                   to be more humble,
                                       to be more patient,
                                           to be more helpful,
                                               to be a greater human being,
 to be more of you"

The Ego

"The Ego,

 is not who you really are.

 The ego is your self-image;

 it is your social mask;

 it is the role you are playing.

 Your social mask thrives on approval.

 It wants control and it is sustained by power,

because it lives in fear.”

~ Deepak Chopra

The most difficult thing to explain

"The most difficult thing to explain in life

 is the simplest truth called love."

-Ramanathan Srinivasan-

For every failure

"For every failure,
  there’s an alternative course of action.
  You just have to find it.
  When you come to a roadblock,
                                                   take a detour."

The only real valuable thing is intuition

 “The only real valuable thing is intuition.
 The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the
 rational mind is a faithful servant. We have
 created a society that honours the servant and
 has forgotten the gift." ~Einstein

If you don't start out the day

"If you don't start out the day with a smile, it's not too late to start practising for tomorrow." ~ Author Unknown

If a thing is obvious

"If a thing is obviously right, do it." 
- CWG

If only we'd stop trying

"If only we'd stop trying to be happy we could have a pretty good time." - Edith Wharton

Whatever relationships you have attracted in your life

“Whatever relationships you have attracted in your life
 'at this moment' are precisely the ones you need in
 your life ~AT THIS MOMENT~. There is a hidden
 meaning behind all events & this hidden meaning is
 serving your own evolution.”


~ Deepak Chopra

Worry, hate, fear

"Worry, hate, fear—
        together with their offshoots:
   anxiety, bitterness, impatience, avarice,
           unkindness, judgmentalness, and condemnation—
 all attack the body at the cellular level.
         It is impossible to have a healthy body
                         under these conditions." - cwg

If there's light in the soul

"If there's light in the soul, there'll be beauty in the person. 
If there's beauty in the person, there'll be harmony in the house.
If there's harmony in the house, there'll be order in the nation.
If there's order in the nation, there'll be peace in the world."
Chinese Proverb

A smile is a curve

“A smile is a curve that sets everything straight”
"Phyllis Diller Research shows that of the problems people worry about:
 - 40% never happen;
 - 30% have already happened and additional worry won’t change anything;
 - 12% are needless worries about health;
 - 10% are petty needless worries;
 - and 8% are real legitimate worries.


 In short, 92% of the average person’s worries take
 up valuable time, cause painful stress and mental
 anguish, and are absolutely unnecessary."

I just choose to be happy and grateful

"Its not that life has been exactly easy,
   perfect,
           or exactly as expected.
 I just choose to be happy and grateful
         no matter how it turns out!"

I'm human

"I fall,
         I rise,
   I make mistakes,    I live,             I learn,
             I've been hurt but I'm alive.
        I'm human,
                 I'm not perfect but I'm thankful."

Get someone out of your head

"If you can't
       get someone out of your head,
 maybe
            they are supposed to be in there!"

Choose to do better

"Choose to do better, you can do better and you will do better if you choose to do better."