On Life
When God puts an obstacle before you, He doesn't do it without giving you a means to overcome it. Life is hard sometimes. But don’t be disheartened. It is such that the challenges you face will always be just a bit beyond your current reach, but always within your eventual height... That way, you are always growing
The man is a success who has lived well, laughed often,
and loved much; who has gained the respect of intelligent
men and the love of children; who has filled his niche
and accomplished his task; who leaves the world better
than he found it, whether by an improved poppy, a perfect
poem, or a rescued soul; who never lacked appreciation of
earth's beauty or failed to express it; who looked for
the best in others and gave the best he had.
Author - Unknown
"....for the growing good of the world is partly dependent on unhistoric acts; and that things are not so ill with you and me as they might have been, is half owing to the number who lived faithfully a hidden life, and rest in unvisited tombs.” closing line of Middlemarch by George Eliot
I want to be sitting in a foreign part of the world getting all excited over what the locals will find to be the most mundane and ordinary item in their daily lives - like a cup holder or something. Compulsive Blogger
How to Live? Learn humbly, Labour honestly, Laugh wholeheartedly.... but most importanterly... Love unconditionally
The absence of honesty and frankness will always create a void. And that void is the distance between who you think I am, and what truly is.
It’s under the most difficult circumstances that the most extraordinary things are achieved by ordinary people. Their names aren’t in history books; their words aren’t quoted and used on posters. They live among you and me – the unsung heroes of life struggling to make ends meet, nursing a dying family member, surviving a chronic illness, living in a broken home, grieving the death of a loved one, and dealing with the breakup of a long relationship or even as simple as making the same mistake over and over again. No one knows the things they go through, let alone imagine they can rise above it all.. but rise up they do…… and face the world full of fear in their eyes, but also full of courage in their heart.
“It is a mistake to look too far ahead. Only one link in the chain of destiny can be handled at a time.” Winston Churchill
I wish I could remember every detail of that weekend. Even now I will sometimes sit and try to remember the colours, the sound, the faces. But it only comes back to me in pieces. If only I had known, I would have paid closer attention. But you're never prepared for the moments that change your life. ~ Excerpt from the movie Simon Birch
Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things. ~Robert Brault
Every new beginning start with another beginning's end - Closing Time by Semisonic
The future is an infinite succession of presents, and to live now as we think human beings should live, in defiance of all that is bad around us, is itself a marvelous victory - Howard Zinn
If the type of person you wish existed doesn't, then that is who you must become. - I wrote this for you.
I'm not a man who constantly thinks up jokes. But I think it's very important to be able to see the funny side of life and its joyful dimension and not to take everything too tragically. I'd also say it's necessary for my ministry. A writer once said that angels can fly because they don't take themselves too seriously. Maybe we could also fly a bit if we didn't think we were so important. --Pope Benedict XVI
“There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.” - Albert Einstein
On God
"No alter call, no dramatic conversion, no life changing realizations... just a deep silent conviction that sun in the sky, the earth below my feet and this heart that beats was made by you"
"But what if I'm wrong? What if your name turn out to be Allah, Buddha or Guru Nanak instead of Jesus Christ? I dunno..... I'm screwed I guess.... but I think that if I end up dying & going to hell due to my faith, at least I'll have also lived and loved because of it." - Compulsive Blogger
"Faith; an intrinsic believe of something you don’t always (or ever) see, touch, hear or FEEL. But you believe in its existence anyway. If you find it hard to believe in God, at least believe in love. Have faith that love does and can exist in the hearts of others, and also in your own heart. Then realize that love is a manifestation of God."
"How about you? If you and I take the risk of believing this unproven concept of God and end up wrong, what will you have really lost? If there is no God, then truly what we’re here to do is just eat, sleep, breed and die……… which we are already doing pretty well anyway. On the other hand, if you choose not to believe, and God really turns out to be everything He said he is…. what then my friend? What then? "
Art scholars spend their lives studying the creations of master painters from the past, trying to catch a glimpse of their genuis in the works of their hands. The more they understand the painting - how it was made, why it was made, who it was made for, what its trying to say - the more they understand the mind of the painter himself.... And to me, that is what science is. It is us trying to understand the greatest masterpieces of all time - creation itself, and in doing so, catch a glimpse of the heart and mind of the Master Creator - God.
On Love
"If love was the reason we first existed, then it surely has to be the reason we continue to exist. Love is the cornerstone of our existence. "
"If I could speak all the languages of earth and of angels, but didn’t love others, I would only be a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. If I had the gift of prophecy, and if I understood all of God’s secret plans and possessed all knowledge, and if I had such faith that I could move mountains, but didn’t love others, I would be nothing. If I gave everything I have to the poor and even sacrificed my body, I could boast about it; but if I didn’t love others, I would have gained nothing." I Corinthians 13:1-3
"We are all so preoccupied with searching for ‘the right one’ when what we really need to be doing is learning how to grow in our capacity to love. We need to shatter the illusion that love is something you find ‘out there’."
"And to me, here's the most baffling part about our society; no one ever consciously teaches us about love; no one sits us down and explain it to us, no one guides us on how to nurture it; how it works, what it’s all about. No one teaches us how to love. We’re all left to grapple with it on our own. We learn as things unfold. We make painful mistakes and learn from them. We try to put the pieces of the puzzle together to try to get the big picture….some of us eventually do after much sweat and tears….or at least we hope we have. But most of the time, you’re threading in unchartered waters."
"In relationships, it’s more about your capacity to love rather than how lovable the other person is. "
