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Post by think2create on Aug 9, 2007 14:59:43 GMT
MY NAME IS I AM
I was regretting the past and fearing the future. Suddenly my Lord was speaking:
"My name is I AM."
God paused I waited. God continued:
"When you live in the past with its mistakes and regrets, it is hard, I am not there. My name is not I WAS.
Whe you live in the future, with its problems and fears, it is hard. I am not there. My name is not I WILL BE.
When you live in this moment, it is not hard. I am here. My name is I AM."
ANONYMOUS AUTHOR
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Post by think2create on Aug 13, 2007 16:48:23 GMT
Above all, trust in the slow work of God. We are, quite naturally, impatient in everything to reach the end without delay.
Only God could say what this new spirit gradually forming within you will be.
Give our Lord the benefit of believing that His hand is leading you, and accept the anxiety of feeling yourself in suspense and incomplete.
Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves.
Do not now seek the answers that cannot be given to you because you would not be able to live them.
And the point is to live everything. Live the questions now: Perhaps you will live gradually...
Live long--- Some distant day--- into the answer.
-Teilhard and Rilke
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Post by think2create on Aug 15, 2007 19:09:12 GMT
SUCCESS -Ralph Waldo EmersonTo laugh often and love much; to win the respect of inelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty; to find the best in others; to give one's self; to leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch, or a redeemed social condition; to have played and laughed with enthusiasm and sung with exultation; to know that even one life has breathed easier because YOU have lived. THAT IS TO HAVE SUCCEEDED!
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Post by think2create on Aug 16, 2007 15:16:42 GMT
You are Everything To Somebody Right now at this very minute.........................
someone is very proud of you someone is thinking of you someone cares about you someone misses you someone wants to talk to you someone hopes you aren't in trouble someone is thankfurll for the support you have provided someone wants to hold your hand someone wants you to be happy someone is celebrating your successes someone wants to give you a gift someone thinks you are not too cold, or too hot someone wants to hug you someone loves you someone wants to lavish you with small gifts someone admires your strength someone is thinking of you and smiling someone wants to go out with you and have a lot of fun someone thinks the world of you someone would do anything for you someone wants to be forgiven someone is grateful for your forgiveness someone wants to laugh with you about old times someone remembers you and wishes you were there someone is praising God for you someone needs to know that your love is unconditional somebody values your advice someone wants to tell you how much they care someone wants to stay up watching old movies with you someone wants to share their dreams with you someone wants to hold you in their arms someone wants YOU to hold them in your arms someone treasures you spirit someone wishes they could STOP time because of you someone can't wait to see you someone wishes that things didn't have to change someone loves you for who you are someone loves the way you you make them feel someone wants to be with you someone is hoping they can grow old with you someone wants you to know they are there for you someone is glad that you're their friend someone wants to be your friend someone stayed up all night thinking about you someone is alive because of you someone is remorseful after losing your friendship someone is wishing that you would notice them someone wants to get to know you better someone believes that you are their soul mate someone wants to be near you someone misses your guidance and advice someone values your guidance and advice someone has faith in you someone needs you to have faith in them someone needs your support someone needs you to let them be your friend someone needs you to send them this letter someone will cry when they read this
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Post by delphine on Aug 16, 2007 16:59:01 GMT
Someone finds this very true
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Post by think2create on Aug 17, 2007 18:02:54 GMT
Peace Prescription
When we hurt another, With our words, With our actions, Or even with our thoughts, It causes a wound. Some wounds heal. Some wounds leave a scar. And some wounds, Especially those that are Inflicted or opened again And again and again... May never heal. Let us take care then, To not hurt another. With our words, With our actions, Or even with our thoughts. And let us take special care In realizing and tending to The wounds that already exist, Or they could infect others, And cause an epidemic. January 2002by Mattie J.T. Stepanek
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Post by think2create on Aug 20, 2007 22:28:53 GMT
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Post by angelwings13 on Aug 20, 2007 23:36:08 GMT
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Post by think2create on Aug 22, 2007 20:22:29 GMT
Ann Landers:
If you have love in your life it can make up for a great many things you lack. If you don't have it, no matter what else there is, it's not enough.
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summer
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Yvonne
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Post by summer on Aug 22, 2007 21:52:03 GMT
So very true!!
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Post by think2create on Aug 26, 2007 14:32:33 GMT
I have learned that if you must leave a place That you have lived in and loved, And where all of your yesterdays are buried deep - Leave it any way except slow; Leave it the fastest way you can. Never turn back and believe that an hour you remember Is a better hour because it is dead. Past years seem safe ones, vanquished ones, While the future lives in a cloud, formidable from a distance. The cloud clears though, as you enter it. I have learned this, but like everyone, I learned it late."
Beryl Markham, 1902-1986 English-born Author, Aviator and Race Horse Trainer Related Quotes Related Books
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Yvonne
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Post by summer on Aug 27, 2007 18:37:21 GMT
I got this from the other MTE forum and thought it was great reading ..wanted to share it with you. From Plumcrazy......
Some Good Advice
1. Be positive.
The single most common problem facing individuals who want to become more popular/successful/likeable is their own attitude. Attitude is everything. Attitude is the reason why you aren’t as popular now as you want to be. More specifically, it is a negative attitude which can poison your relationships with your coworkers, and indeed the world. Developing a more positive attitude does not mean ignoring hardships or failures. It is simply reframing those difficulties and negative emotions to healthier positive ones. The old cliche, "When life gives you lemons, make lemonade," has been around for a while because it is exactly the winning attitude which people are attracted to, and it is exactly the attitude which brings rewards.
Why do you complain? Why do you have pet-peeves? What is the point of harboring all of these negative emotions? Be big enough to let them go. Use your rational mind and refuse to be overcome by these negative emotions. My pet peeve used to be people who had poor pronunciation. Like 'nuclular' instead of 'nuclear' or 'basttitized' instead of 'bastardized'. However, I realized that it really didn't matter how the person pronounces the word as long as I can understand the point they are making. I can fix their errors mentally. I know now that even I, yes even the great I, is prone to mispronounce a word once in a while as well. Instead of highlighting failures and differences try to build commonalities and connect with your peers.
"Don't be discouraged by a failure. It can be a positive experience. Failure is, in a sense, the highway to success, inasmuch as every discovery of what is false leads us to seek earnestly after what is true, and every fresh experience points out some form of error which we shall afterwards carefully avoid." - John Keats
2. Control your insecurities.
Insecurities oftentimes come leaping out of a person's brain and mouth so quickly that the speaker has no idea what words he just blurted out. People that always have to be correct are insecure. People that constantly saying "just kidding!" after every single joke are insecure. People that respond to a joke at their expense with anger or insult are insecure. Insecurity beguiles confidence and weakens your Self. Becoming a better individual means accepting your Self, and not hiding it under the veil of insults, "just kiddings", or factoids.
Either you accept mediocrity about your personality completely and without shame, or you change it. Period. If you're fat, either go on a strict diet and exercise regime or accept it and even be willing to poke fun at yourself. If you have a high voice, buy some tapes to help you improve your tone or be willing to not only accept but love your squeaky vocals. Display your faults for all the world to see - mistakes are unifying characteristics which all humans can empathize with. Not only is perfection limiting, it's boring as well. The mark of a mistake-free life is one which has not been fulfilled.
"The only man who never makes a mistake is the man who never does anything." - Theodore Roosevelt
3. Provide value.
The only thing worse than an insecure person is one who is so completely and utterly shutdown from the world that they refuse to display any personality at all. If you work in an IT company like I do, you know exactly what I mean. There are developers there who display exceptional intellect and foresight on their projects but when it comes to simple human interaction they lack the social graces (or *gasp*, bravery) to wish you a good morning. In order to be around people with value you must be able to convey value. There is no alternative. If you are humorless, read books on comedy writing; if you are boring, go out and do something adventurous. Experience life and share your findings with your coworkers.
Have you ever noticed that successful people often flock together? I have heard countless stories of brilliant scientists or businessmen who were close friends with other successful individuals before they gained their notoriety. In parallel, have you noticed that drug addicts and criminals often associate with each other? This isn't coincidence. You are the sum of all of your friends and close associates. Choose your friends with care, just because you grew up with someone does not mean you are forced to be their friend for the rest of your life. Start surrounding yourself with people of value and it will become a self-fulfilling prophesy.
"The art of being yourself at your best is the art of unfolding your personality into the person you want to be... Be gentle with yourself, learn to love yourself, to forgive yourself, for only as we have the right attitude toward ourselves can we have the right attitude toward others." - Wilfred Peterson
4. Eliminate all judgments.
Judgmental people are usually easy to spot because they are the ones eating alone in the lunch room. They think of themselves as 'too [flattering adjective]' to have lunch with those guys in shipping and 'too [unflattering adjective]' to eat with the guys in IT. No one is above you and no one is below you. We are all mammals - humans, more distinctly - just trying to get by the best way we know how. Do not believe for a second that there are unwritten 'leagues' or 'classes' which people must adhere to. All of these boundaries are artificial, put in place by people who are in desperate need for justifications of their own failures. No judgments means treating everyone with the respect you would give to a 120-year-old man and the understanding you would give toward your seven-year-old cousin.
"Beginning today, treat everyone you meet as if they were going to be dead by midnight. Extend them all the care, kindness and understanding you can muster. Your life will never be the same again." - Og Mandino
5. Become a person of conviction.
In order to gain respect you must start respecting yourself first. You must set boundaries on behavior and let people know that you are not a pushover. Make no mistake, people will test you in order to find out exactly where your boundaries are. This means saying 'no' to disrespect and letting the offending party know that he or she crossed the line with their comment and you did not appreciate it. People will respect you more when they realize that you are not someone who is malleable or valueless.
Set your own personal unbreakable code of ethics. Make it as rigid as your morals will allow. When you are faced with an ethical dilemma, reference this code. If no precedent exists, create one. Let it be your ever-expanded guide which will provide you stability in an otherwise chaotic world. If your boss requests you to do something that is in incongruence with your core values, simply refuse and explain your reasoning. You may be surprised how understanding they might be.
"One needs to be slow to form convictions, but once formed they must be defended against the heaviest odds." - Mahatma Gandhi
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Post by think2create on Aug 27, 2007 19:14:28 GMT
The world would be a better place if every human being followed these guidelines.....
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Post by think2create on Aug 31, 2007 14:54:25 GMT
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Post by think2create on Sept 4, 2007 21:46:30 GMT
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Post by think2create on Sept 6, 2007 18:15:46 GMT
Life is an opportunity, benefit from it. Life is beauty, admire it. Life is bliss, taste it. Life is a dream, realize it. Life is a challenge, meet it. Life is a duty, complete it. Life is a game, play it. Life is a promise, fulfill it. Life is sorrow, overcome it. Life is a song, sing it. Life is a struggle, accept it. Life is a tragedy, confront it. Life is an adventure, dare it. Life is luck, make it. Life is too precious, do not destroy it. Life is life, fight for it.
Mother Teresa Catholic Nun, Missionary Nobel Peace Prize Recipient
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Post by think2create on Sept 21, 2007 4:28:48 GMT
Things turn out best for the people who make the best out of the way things turn out.Art Linkletter Those who wish to sing, always find a song.Swedish Proverb I don't like that man. I must get to know him better.Abraham Lincoln Positive anything is better than negative thinking.Elbert Hubbard Wherever you go, no matter what the weather, always bring your own sunshine. Anthony J. D'Angelo
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Oleta
Medium Mahjong
*~God Bless You All~*
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Post by Oleta on Sept 24, 2007 19:59:42 GMT
Just got back from a Women's Retreat that our church sponsers. I feel refreshed and renewed. God always knows what we are going through and what our needs are. All we have to do is tell Him of it and give it to Him in prayer. People always say "Well, if He knows why doesn't He just do it for me?" We have a free will and it's our choice to involve God in our lives. God won't override your choices in life. We went to a place in Indiana, called Little Nashville, alot like Gatlinburg. I really enjoyed the two day retreat. My sister was one of the speakers the second day and the Lord really gave her insightful words for all of us there. Very, very good Word from the Lord. from all of the speakers. The food and the shopping was good too! I certainly got my walking exercise in. Needless to say,I was tired, but when I got home we celebrated our grandson's 18th birthday. The cake and all was ready and we sat and played dominoes and an old game called Stop Thief. This was popular when my daughters were little. It was a very happy evening with my family to end the weekend.
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Post by think2create on Sept 25, 2007 3:44:46 GMT
Oleta, Sounds very fruitful. I am so glad to here you feel renewed. We all need that extra spritual uplift every now and then. God is "the wind beneath my wings" this I know. So good to hear that you are really living and enjoying......
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Post by think2create on Sept 25, 2007 11:19:03 GMT
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