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What I Have Learned - 2

Posted by yaditya | Posted in | Posted on Friday, February 29, 2008
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I've learned....
that I feel better about myself when
I make others feel better about themselves.

I've learned....
that what we have done for ourselves alone dies with us.
What we have done for others, and the world, remains and is immortal.

I've learned....
that people will remember you
as being a great conversationalist
if you mostly listen.

I've learned....
that one sincere apology is
worth more than all the roses money can buy.

I've learned....
that words harshly spoken are as difficult to retrieve as feathers in a gale.

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What I Have Learned - 1

Posted by yaditya | Posted in | Posted on Friday, February 29, 2008
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I've learned....
that the best classroom in the world is at the feet of an elderly person.

I've learned....
that a kindness done is never lost.
It may take a while, but like a suitcase on a luggage carousel,
it will return again.

I've learned....
that when you're in love, it shows.

I've learned....
that if you hang something in the closet for a while, it shrinks two sizes.

I've learned....
that just one person saying to me,
"You've made my day!" makes my day.

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When in despair

Posted by yaditya | Posted in , | Posted on Thursday, February 28, 2008
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"When in despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love has always won; there have been tyrants and murderers, and for a time they can seem invincible, but in the end they always fall."

~ M. K. Gandhi ~

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Where The Mind is Without Fear

Posted by yaditya | Posted in , | Posted on Thursday, February 28, 2008
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Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high;
Where knowledge is free;
Where the world has not been broken up into fragments by narrow domestic walls;
Where words come out from the depth of truth;
Where tireless striving stretches its arms towards perfection;
Where the clear stream of reason has not lost its way into the dreary desert sand of dead habit;
Where the mind is led forward by thee into ever-widening thought and action--
Into that heaven of freedom, my Father, let my country awake.

~ Rabindranath Tagore ~

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Bringing peace

Posted by yaditya | Posted in , | Posted on Wednesday, February 27, 2008
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"It is my belief that the problem of bringing peace to the world on a super-national basis will be solved only by employing Gandhi's method (non-violence and truth) on a large scale."

~ Albert Einstein ~

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On the Nature of Love

Posted by yaditya | Posted in , | Posted on Wednesday, February 27, 2008
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The night is black and the forest has no end; a million people thread it in a million ways.

We have trysts to keep in the darkness, but where or with whom -- of that we are unaware.

But we have this faith -- that a lifetime's bliss will appear any minute, with a smile upon its lips.

Scents, touches, sounds, snatches of songs brush us, pass us, give us delightful shocks.

Then per adventure there's a flash of lightning: whomever I see that instant I fall in love with.

I call that person and cry: 'This life is blest!

For your sake such miles have I traversed!'

All those others who came close and moved off in the darkness -- I don't know if they exist or not.

~ Rabrindranath Tagore ~
From Chaitali (1896)

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Courage

Posted by yaditya | Posted in , | Posted on Tuesday, February 26, 2008
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Courage is doing what you're afraid to do. There can be no courage unless you're scared.

~ Eddie Rickenbacker ~

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Be thankful

Posted by yaditya | Posted in , | Posted on Tuesday, February 26, 2008
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For attractive lips, speak words of kindness.

For lovely eyes, seek out the good in people.

For a slim figure, share your food with the hungry.

For beautiful hair, let a child run his or her fingers through it once a day.

For poise, walk with the knowledge that you'll never walk alone.


~ Audrey Hepburn ~

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With passion

Posted by yaditya | Posted in | Posted on Monday, February 25, 2008
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"With passion pray. With passion, love. With passion eat and drink and dance and play. Why look like a dead fish in this ocean of God?"

~ Rumi (1207-1273) ~

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Ten Principles of Sacred Relationships

Posted by yaditya | Posted in , | Posted on Monday, February 25, 2008
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1. Unselfishness and selflessness -- Consciously put your loved one at the center of your heart and cultivate awareness of his/her needs. But don't go overboard; remember to also take care of yourself.

2. Generosity -- Give of yourself, sharing time, things, and emotions.

3. Acceptance -- Commit yourself to patience, forbearance, tolerance, and accepting your mate not as a fantasy object--but a real person.

4. Respect -- Your mate is a gateway to God and so deserves your respect, trust and support.

5. Honesty -- the hard work of communication, revealing yourself, truth-telling, listening (these are big practices)--all lead to authenticity.

6. Empathy -- Genuine love involves working hard to understand, and share, the feelings of your loved one. And to offer compassion and caring even for feelings you don't "get."

7. Play -- Don't take your love or yourself so seriously. Remember to leave room for fun, whimsy, joy and meaninglessness too.

8. Passion -- True passion is not the romantic fascination we associate with teenage crushes; it's a deep wonderment and interest in the other.

9. Mystery -- Being open to not knowing, to not having it all worked out, to the discovery of being together.

10. Mission -- Strengthen your bond by having some shared "mission," purpose, direction.

~ By Lama Surya Das ~

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