Life Is Too Short
Category: Wisdom
A Person’s Best Wealth
If you think you are too small to make a difference, try sleeping with a mosquito.
Dalai Lama
To suppress the grief, the pain, is to condemn oneself to a living death. Living fully means feeling fully; it means becoming completely one with what you are experiencing and not holding it at arm’s length.
Philip Kapleau
The best way to not feel hopeless is to get up and do something. Don’t wait for good things to happen to you. If you go out and make some good things happen, you will fill the world with hope, you will fill yourself with hope.
Barack Obama
A good spouse and health is a person’s best wealth.
Benjamin Franklin
Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
Albert Einstein
Nations do not die from invasion; they die from internal rottenness.
Abraham Lincoln
The Happiest Moments In Life
If you recall the happiest moments in your life, they are all from when you were doing something for somebody else.
Desmond Tutu
Carefully watch your thoughts, for they become your words. Manage and watch your words, for they will become your actions. Consider and judge your actions, for they have become your habits. Acknowledge and watch your habits, for they shall become your values. Understand and embrace your values, for they become your destiny.
Mahatma Gandhi
If you want to be miserable, think of yourself. If you want to be happy, think of others.
Sakyong Mipham
We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses.
Abraham Lincoln
Never ruin an apology with an excuse.
Benjamin Franklin
Wisdom From The Billy’s Of The Hills
I’m not sure who wrote these, but most of these are pure GOLD, enjoy.
𝐎𝐥𝐝 𝐇𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐖𝐢𝐬𝐝𝐨𝐦:
Life is simpler when you plow around the stump.
Words that soak into your ears are whispered, not yelled.
Your fences need to be horse-high, pig-tight and bull-strong.
The best sermons are lived, not preached.
Keep skunks, bankers, and politicians at a distance.
A bumble bee is considerably faster than a John Deere tractor.
If you don’t take the time to do it right, you’ll find the time to do it twice.
Don’t corner something that is meaner than you.
It don’t take a very big person to carry a grudge.
You cannot unsay a cruel word.
Every path has a few puddles.
When you wallow with pigs, expect to get dirty.
Don’t be banging your shin on a stool that’s not in the way.
Borrowing trouble from the future doesn’t deplete the supply.
Most of the stuff people worry about ain’t never gonna happen anyway.
Don’t judge folks by their relatives.
Silence is sometimes the best answer.
Don‘t interfere with somethin’ that ain’t botherin’ you none.
Timing has a lot to do with the outcome of a rain dance.
If you find yourself in a hole, the first thing to do is stop diggin’.
Sometimes you get, and sometimes you get got.
The biggest troublemaker you’ll ever have to deal with watches you from the mirror every mornin’.
Always drink upstream from the herd.
Good judgment comes from experience, and most of that comes from bad judgment.
Lettin’ the cat outta the bag is a whole lot easier than puttin’ it back in.
If you get to thinkin’ you’re a person of some influence, try orderin’ somebody else’s dog around.
Live a good, honorable life. Then when you get older and think back, you’ll enjoy it a second time.
Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly. Leave the rest to God.
Most times, it just gets down to common sense.
Keep Going
At a certain point, no matter who you are, you will face challenges or setbacks. Have your reaction. Then, the only thing to do is pick yourself back up, keep going and try again.
Appreciation
By Sivaya Subramuniyaswami
Appreciation is a beautiful, soulful quality available to everyone in every circumstance—being thankful for life’s little treasures, grateful for the opportunity to begin the day where you are, appreciating the perfect place your karma has brought you to.
Appreciation is life-giving. Depreciation without appreciation is heartlessly destructive. Yet, it is the all-too-common way of our times. When something is done that is good, helpful or loving, it is often overlooked, treated as something expected. No acknowledgment is shown, no gratitude expressed. But if a shortcoming is seen, everyone is swift to point it out!
The wise ones knew that all people possess freedom of choice and the willpower to use it. Today that freedom is usually used, unwisely, to downgrade others, as well as oneself. Ignorance seems to be almost as all-pervasive as God. We find it everywhere and within every situation. It does not have to be this way.
Gratitude is a quality of the soul. It does not depend on how much we possess. Its opposite, ingratitude, is a quality of the external ego. When we are selfless, we give thanks for whatever we have, no matter how little or how much. When we are egotistical, we are never grateful or satisfied, no matter how much we have.
Time
Written by the fine folks at Learning Strategies http://www.learningstrategies.com/
“Time is what we want most, but what we use worst.”
– William Penn
“Lack of time” is the number one reason people cite for their failure to exercise, says the National Academy of Sports Medicine. It’s also why so many people fail to launch their dreams and goals.
In effect, it’s an excuse that causes us to abandon our capacity and ability up front. After all, why engage in an activity if you believe ahead of time it cannot be done because you lack the time?
The most successful—and fulfilled—people are those who truly value their time. Notice I did not say “manage” their time. It’s an important distinction.
Getting the most from your time is not just about making lists and being organized. While that can certainly be helpful, making optimal use of your time requires you recognize the great worth time has for you.
There is an economic aspect to time—trading the monetary value of your work time for something tangible such as a new sweater, home, concert, or vacation—and there is a spiritual aspect. Like money, time is a medium through which your spiritual values come into the material world. How you choose to invest your time is an expression of who you are and your deepest values as reflected in your work, hobbies, community commitments, and how you tend your relationships.
Every action you take—or non-action—involves an evaluation of your time, whether you realize it or not. It might be a deliberate thought process, or it can happen in an instant when you finish dinner and say, “I’m too tired to pay bills, I’ll watch TV instead.”
What are the criteria by which you evaluate your time?
Perhaps you start each day with a half-hour meditation. Why? Because it’s of greater value to you than anything else you might do at that moment such as sleeping a little longer or watching the morning news. Your experience has told you dedicating those minutes at the front end of your day makes you calm, focused, and energized so you can think more clearly and accomplish more each day.
How you choose to value your time is key, whether you are listening to Paraliminals, practicing Spring Forest Qigong, training for a marathon, restoring antiques, volunteering at a homeless shelter, or learning a musical instrument.
Let’s say you enjoy playing the piano and regularly practice to get better. Who cares? You can put on a recording and listen to the best pianist in the world all day long, so it has little to do with hearing the music.
You have placed a value on being able to play the music yourself. Why? Because it brings you joy and satisfaction. You don’t practice for the sake of practice. You practice because every minute you do, you are engaged in doing something you love or something that satisfies. Time flies by, and as you channel your energy productively, your skills improve and you become a better pianist.
As you go about your day, stop and ask yourself, “What is the best trade for this time?”
Ask it often—whenever you’re about to start a task or project, when you switch gears after your evening meal, or when you get in your car as you leave work (do you listen to talk radio, engage a language learning program, or use your commuting time to brainstorm solutions to a difficult problem?).
When you intentionally choose how you spend your time, you’ll feel more in control of your life as you direct your energy in the ways that best serve you and the world.
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