reasons ...

"Waiting is a trap. There will always be reasons to wait. The truth is, there are only two things in life, reasons and results, and reasons simply don't count." Dr. Robert Anthony

WAITING ... is always a solution from not achieving something or better said, for not acting. We are afraid to make the big step because we are afraid to be right. We need to make ourselves to believe that one day, some day it will come. We wait until that perfect day will come ... and when that perfect day will come, we realize it is too late. Or maybe we don´t realize it at all. People also say ... it is too late, as I recognize it in my own language and behavior. The truth is that, IT IS NEVER TOO LATE! But, we need to get the courage to simply accept that WAITING is not a choice. read more

"The world is a great mirror. It reflects back to you what you are. If you are loving, if you are friendly, if you are helpful, the world will prove loving and friendly and helpful to you. The world is what you are." said Thomas Dreier read more

see the full article on the other blog: Quotations and Inspirational Stories

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"The world can change in an instant. So can the way you choose to see it. Why not choose to see the good in yourself and others." Bob Perks

We can choose how to see ourselves or others, this is completely true. See the world and people as being good and nice, peaceful and happy and you will find out that you are right regarding your vision about life. It is not a pure luck if you find good people in your life or a misfortune if you only encounter those bad ones. It’s up to you ... what do you choose to look for?

You find happiness because you are looking for it.

You find violence because you constantly choose to look for it.

Since I become aware of this fact, I decided what to look for in my life. I always choose, and in 90% of the time I receive what I am looking for. In the 10% it just came into my life and in that instant I decide if I want to give attention to it or I just refuse to give attention to what I don´t want to see, hear or experience. It´s what you choose that makes the difference, not what it comes.

I constantly refuse to watch bad news, I refuse to read negative things that happen in the world, and the best is that I always try my best in giving attention to only those things that matters to me.

People around me find me complicated and not understandable but I can understand why, if I look at their life and the results they attract in their own life.

It is no wonder that there are such horrible things happening in the world. We give attention to it and therefore we receive more of it.

We complain about the constantly bad news we see on TV, about the stupidity that is being shown on each new TV show, but we refuse to understand that we will always receive more from that thing that we are looking for. Start searching for the good news and you will receive it. Look for the good things that happen in this world, search for those people who know how to make a positive difference in this world and you will find them.

Have you ever wonder how many people have done something admirable today? Have you ever wonder how many people may have a successful story to share with you that may inspire you in the same time? Have you ever wonder how many people in this world helped somebody; did something good for somebody – just in this second? If not, is because you only choose to hear about the bad things that happen. If yes, than congratulation! I may ask you to read forward because you have something to share with us :)

Turn on the TV and you will see it, open you computer and see the first page of your bookmarked newspaper, and so on. What kind of movie have you seen lately, what kind of book have you read or what kind of story have you told to somebody lately? Is the kind of news that may inspire you or others, or maybe the one that can be projected as experience into your life? If not, choose again!

Good things, bad things, good people, bad people, good experiences, bad experiences; all this are connected. Try to search and give attention to what you want to see reflected in your experience, in your life, and you will receive more of it.

Have you done something good lately? Share your experience with us, and let others get inspired from your nice story. Write a comment about something that can inspire the readers of this blog. Let´s see how many good stories can be heard and shared. Let’s inspire others. Doesn´t matter in what language you will write, your story will inspire today somebody. I will post your story on my blog, together with your name (if you want) and a link to some other good news you want to share.

My story for today was to write this article, that I really hope, it will inspire at least one person that read it. And to get courage into writing 2 rows for us, watch this movie: Make a Difference. Good luck!!!!

I look forward for your story.

With love, Ella

Imagine PEACE Tower

IMAGINE PEACE TOWER from Yoko Ono on Vimeo.

Life Lesson ... for you!

One year ago, a friend from Spain told me about this book. I read it and I think at this instant more than 10 times :) It is a very nice, easy and inspirational book that help you go further when nothing gives you hopes to continue. It is a story on positive change. I want to recommend you this book as a Life Lesson. Here is also a nice animated movie from youtube .. or see the movie (en Espanol) at the end of this story.

Who Moved My Cheese by Spencer Johnson

this is a small book with a big message.

Who Moved My Cheese has only three sections.

The main story comes in section two where we meet the characters.

Two mice, named Sniff and Scurry, and two little people, named Hem and Haw, are in search of cheese.Cheese, of course, represents those things in your life that you count on to provide what you need, when you need it. Sniff and Scurry are mice and, as such, don't have much of a brain but rely on their basic survival instincts to find what they need in order to live. Hem and Haw are little people with brains. They have emotions, intellect and preconceived ideas like anyone reading this.

Each morning the four characters rise early and venture into the scary, dark maze of the unknown in search of cheese. The mice search together, and the little people search as a team. Sniff will lift his nose into the air trying to catch an aroma that will lead the way to what he and Scurry are seeking.

The mice, using their instincts, run down corridor after corridor. More than once they reach a dead end and have to go back. At the end of Corridor C they find a big Cheese Room with a plentiful supply of cheeses. Early each day they return to the Cheese Room and check all around before they settle beside the cheese and begin eating.

Hem and Haw are being truthful to their names; hemming and hawing around as they move down corridors and rationalizing about why their unable to find cheese, even taking second looks down the same fruitless corridors. But, eventually, they find the Cheese Room at the end of Corridor C. The little people are ecstatic and immediately begin filling themselves with their newfound fortune. Early morning finds Sniff and Scurry performing the same routine: racing down the maze to the end of Corridor C, checking the status of the cheese room, and enjoying the supply of cheese. Early morning finds Hem and Haw lingering in bed, taking longer showers and, eventually, walking through the maze to the cheese room where they kick back, relax and eat...eat...eat.

Part II

One morning, Sniff and Scurry, raced to the cheese room at the end of Corridor C and discovered the cheese was gone. They weren't really surprised because they had been checking the room each morning and had noticed that the supply was getting smaller.

Their instincts took control.

Out the door, sniffing the air, and racing out into the scary, dark maze in search of a new cheese supply. Later that day, Hem and Haw showed up at the cheese room.

They were horrified. "Who moved my cheese", shouted Hem, along with several other emotional outbursts. No one had the right to take his cheese.

Haw stood there in a daze, not really hearing all of Hem's rants and raves. He was dumbfounded that the cheese was gone.

What would he do now?

His little brain whirred with all manner of thoughts. Sadly, the two little people returned home, hungry.

The next day, Hem and Haw returned to the cheese room at the end of Corridor C. They rationalized: the cheese will return. Everything will be as it once was.

Day after day they returned, but the cheese never came back.

Far away and much deeper into the dark, scary maze, Sniff and Scurry found a NEW CHEESE ROOM with more cheese than they'd ever seen before. Back at the end of Corridor C, Haw began to have thoughts that something needed to be done. He and his friend were growing weak and very thin due to the lack of food. He suggested that the two of them probably should go back out into the scary, dark maze of the unknown and search for a new cheese supply.

Hem would not hear of it. That cheese had been his and whoever took it would bring it back; it was only right. The cheese would return. Everything would be like it once was.

Each morning Sniff and Scurry would race to the NEW cheese room, check all around, and enjoy the many different cheeses, many more than had been in the OLD cheese room. And, each day, the two little people returned to Corridor C. Each day found them thinner and weaker.

Haw made a decision. He would go out into the scary, dark maze of the unknown alone if Hem would not go with him. And he stepped out into the darkness, leaving his friend still waiting for the cheese to return.

Part III

Day after day, Haw would move through the maze of the unknown seeking a new supply of cheese. More than once he thought about returning to his friend at the end of Corridor C. More than once his thoughts bordered on despair as he grew thinner and weaker. Yet he plundered onward. His decision to change his way of thinking was rewarded when he stepped into the NEW CHEESE ROOM and found Sniff and Scurry.

Along his journey, Haw had left messages on the wall. He hoped Hem would follow, read the messages, and find his way.

"If you do not change, you can become extinct."

"What would you do if you weren't afraid?"

"Smell the cheese often so you will know when it is getting old."

"Movement in a new direction helps you find new cheese."

"When you move beyond your fear, you feel free."

"Imagining myself enjoying new cheese even before I find it, leads me to it."

The simple little story of Who Moved My Cheese can be a powerful one for anyone facing life changes. Life changes happen to everyone. It's how we deal with those changes that is important.

We can "sniff" the winds of change and "scurry" in a new direction, or we can "hem and haw" around in our misery mad at the world because "no one had the right to move my cheese."

Everyone faces challenges.

Be brave and learn from it something that could change your life. There is no philosophy in here...it´s only a way you can dare see LIFE. The way you see it is the way you live your life at this instant.

Nothing and never is too late for big or small changes ...

This book is for everyone ...

... this book can be for you too ...

have fun
Ella

Curing Victimitis

Watch your thoughts; they lead to attitudes.

Watch your attitudes; they lead to words.

Watch your words; they lead to actions.

Watch your actions; they lead to habits.

Watch your habits; they form your character.

Watch your character; it determines your destiny.

These words of unknown origin tell us that our silent and often subconscious choices shape our future. Every aspect of our lives, at home and at work, can be improved if we use our power to think, reflect, and make conscious choices about our thoughts, attitudes, words, actions, and habits.

Instead, many of us think of ourselves as victims. We complain about our circumstances and what others did to us. Whatever psychological comfort there is in feeling powerless and blameless when things aren't going right, in the end, victims lead unsatisfied lives.

We're most vulnerable to victimitis when we're under the influence of powerful emotions like fear, insecurity, anger, frustration, grief, or depression. These feelings are so powerful, we believe our state of mind is inevitable. Our only hope is they will go away on their own. Yet it's during times of emotional tumult that using our power to choose our thoughts and attitudes is most important. We can't make pain go away, but we can refuse to suffer.

Even when we don't like any of our choices, we do have some -- once we realize we can take control. It isn't easy, but what we do and how we choose to feel about ourselves has a profound impact on the quality of our lives. Victims may get sympathy for a while, but that isn't enough.
Taking personal responsibility for our happiness and success can be scary, but the payoff is enormous. Although we can't make our lives perfect, we can make them better -- usually a lot better.

Michael Josephson http://www.charactercounts.org

Life´s Little Lessons

"Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited to all we now know and understand, while imagination embraces the entire world, and all there ever will be to know and understand."

Albert Einstein
1879-1955, Physicist

Don´t go for looks, they can deceive. Don´t go for wealth even that fades away. Go for someone who makes you smile.

There are moments in life when you really miss someone that you want to pick them up from your dreams and hug them. Hope you dream of that someone.

When one door of happiness closes, another opens. But we often took so long at the closed door, that we don´t see the one which has been opened for us.

The best kind of friend is the one you could sit on a porch, swing with, never saying a word and then walk away feeling like that was the best conversation you´ve had.

The beginning of love is to let those we love be perfectly themselves and not to twist them with our own image, otherwise we love only the reflection of ourselves we find in them.

It takes a minute to have a crush on someone, an hour to like someone and a day to love someone - but it takes a lifetime to forget someone.

Happiness lies for those who cry, those who hurt, those who have searched and those who have tried. For only they can appreciate the importance of people who have touched their lives.

Love starts with a smile, develops with a kiss and ends with a tear.

Never say goodbye you still want to try; Never give up when you still feel you can take it; Never say you don´t love that person anymore when you can´t let go.

Giving someone all your love is never an assurance that they´ll love you back. Don´t expect love in return, just wait for it to grow in their hearts, but if it doesn´t be content it grew in yours.

There are things you love to hear but you would never hear it from the person whom you would like to hear it from, but don´t be deaf to hear it from the person who says it with his heart.

When you were born, you were crying and everyone around you was smiling. Live life to the fullest so that when you die, you´re smiling and everyone around you is crying.



Today´s words of inspiration :)

Ella

Prietenii si adevarata lor valoare...

Prietenia ... o pretuim sau doar o acceptam ca pe ceva ce vine si trece? Care este importanta ei si de ce am putea-o valorifica? Cum ne alegem prietenii si cum ii recunoastem?

Prietenia nu o poti cumpara, prietenia exista si vine atunic cand esti pregatit sa o priemesti. Valorifica pe cei din jurul tau si apreciaza-ti prietenii. Ei sunt adevaratele comori ale vietii noastre.

Am gasit o noua alegorie, o lectie de viata care inspira curaj si apreciere. Sper sa va placa :)

Comoara cea mai de pret
autor necunoscut

Într-o zi, Petru a gasit o harta pe care era marcat drumul catre o comoara inestimabila. “Voi gasi aceasta comoara si asa, voi avea parte si de ceva aventura!” exclama el.

Si iata, ca porni la drum. Si merse, ce merse si ajunge la o padure. Acolo l-a întâlnit pe Leu, pe care îl întreba:” Esti suficient de puternic si curajos pentru a veni cu mine la o vânatoare de comori? Leul accepta propunerea lui Petru si îl însoti pe acesta la drum. Padurea era foarte deasa si întunecoasa, iar lui Petru i se facu frica însa, cu Leul lânga el reusi sa o strabata pâna la capat.

Când cei doi ajunsese la poalele unui munte, îl întâlnira pe Vultur. “Ai o vedere excelenta si poti sa ne alarmezi de pericole. Nu doresti sa vii cu noi, suntem în cautarea unei comori?”, îl întreaba Petru. Vulturul accepta propunerea facuta de Petru si îi însoteste pe cei doi la drum. Muntele pe care trebuiau sa îl strabata era foarte înalt si stâncos. Leul aluneca, însa Petru a fost suficient de iute sa îi dea o mâna de ajutor si sa îl traga sus. Vulturul, cu vederea lui ascutita, era foarte atent la fiecare pas pe care îl faceau cei doi tovarasi de drum.

Curând, au ajuns la valea din josul muntelui, unde au întâlnit-o pe Oaie. “Vei dori sa ne însotesti în cautarea unei comori si sa ne tii de cald când ne este frig?”, o întreba Petru pe Oaie. Aceasta accepta propunerea lui Petru si astfel, pornira toti la drum. Un vânt rece strabatu întreaga pajiste iar toti se îngramadira lânga Oaie, ca sa le tina de cald.

Apoi, cei patru ajunsese, în final, în desert unde se întâlni cu Camila. “Esti numita oaia desertului” îi spuse Petru acesteia. “Ne vei ajuta sa strabatem întregul desert si sa ne însotesti în calatoria noastra, în cautarea comorii?”. Zis si facut. Camila accepta popunerea lui Petru si astfel ca el, Oaia si Leul se urca pe ea, iar împreuna si fericiti strabat întreg desertul cu Vulturul deasupra lor, bucurându-se de spectacol.

Cei cinci, ajung în cele din urma, lânga ocean unde o întâlnesc pe Broasca Testoasa de mare. “Suntem în cautarea unei comori si ne gândeam daca ne poti ajuta sa strabatem oceanul? întreaba Petru. Broasca le raspunse afirmativ si astfel ca pornira toti la drum.
Valurile puternice aproape ca îi îneca, însa Broasca Testoasa îi îndrepta cu dibacie catre tarm, unde îi astepta Bufnita.

Acesta le vorbi cu întelepciunea ei straveche, spunându-le asa: “Felicitari, ati gasit comoara.”

“Unde este?” exclama toti surprinsi.

“Împreuna ati strabatut padurea, ati urcat muntele, ati înfruntat valea, ati întâmpinat cu curaj desertul si ati traversat oceanul. Niciodata nu ati fi reusit unul fara celalalt.”

Toti s-au uitat unul la celalalt si au realizat ca Bufnita avea dreptate! Toti au gasit PRIETENIA!…Si, într-adevar, au gasit cea mai de pret comoara!

MORALA

Prietenia este un lucru minunat, este strâns legata de “a împarti” - prietenii împart aproape totul, experientele lor, fie ca sunt bune fie ca sunt rele, bucuriile si tristetiile lor - de “altruism”- prietenii au grija unii de altii - si de “sprijin si grija“- prietenii sunt mereu împreuna atunci când au nevoie unii de altii; suportul vine sub diferite forme, însa suportul moral este considerat ca fiind cel mai important. Si atunci, construirea si mentinerea unei prietenii este unul dintre cele mai bine rasplatite proiecte ale vietii noastre.

Un proverb japonez spune astfel: “Când caracterul unui om nu îti este foarte clar, atunci uita-te la prietenii lui”, în timp ce în Spania, se foloseste o vorba foarte cunoscuta: “Dime con quien andas y te dire quien eres” care se traduce astfel: ” Spune-mi cu cine umbli, ca sa îti spun cine esti”. Când ne uitam la întelesul amândurora se aseamana foarte mult si spun un mare adevar. Ca fiinte umane, tindem sa ne construim prietenii cu oameni ca si noi: cu o baza comuna si cu obiceiuri comune. Si atunci, prietenii sunt ca un fel de cadou pe care ni-l oferim noua însine/însene.

Este foarte greu sa descriu în câteva fraze ce înseamna prietenia si care este importanta ei în viata noastra. Oare am putea trai fara ea, singuratatea ne-ar putea fii un bun tovaras pe parcursul vietii noastre?

... Si apropo, tu ai putea trai fara prieteni?

Importanta si puterea VORBELOR

PUTEREA VORBELOR
autor necunoscut

Într-o zi de vara, un grup de broscute se plimbau vesele printr-o padure si la un moment dat, doua dintre ele au cazut într-o groapa foarte adânca. Toate celelalte broscute s-au strâns în jurul gropii si priveau cu mirare la adâncimea acesteia. Erau convinse ca cele doua broscute nu aveau nici cea mai mica sansa sa iasa de acolo.

Sunteti ca si moarte, nici nu are rost sa va chinuiti, este prea adânca groapa, opriti-va ca sariti deageaba…erau comentariile ce veneau din partea grupului. Cele doua broscute încercau sa sara din rasputeri pâna când, în cele din urma, una dintre broscute a dat crezare vorbelor si a renuntat, cazând jos de oboseala si murind.

Cealalta broscuta însa, a continuat sa sara cât de tare o tineau piciorusele. Cele de pe margine strigau la ea sa se opreasca, sa-si curme suferinta, mai bine sa moara. Ea, dimpotriva, sarea tot mai sus si tot mai tare si… iata-o ca a reusit!

Broscutele de pe marginea gropii se uitau la ea cu mirare si au întrebat-o fara nici o ezitare: “Nu ne-ai auzit? Noi tot ti-am spus sa renunti dar tu în schimb ai tot continuat! Cum ai reusi sa iesi din groapa aceasta atât de mare?”

Bineînteles, precum stiti si voi deja, broscuta era surda. În tot acest timp ea a crezut ca prietenele ei o încurajau.

MORALA

- o vorba de încurajare pentru cineva care este la pamânt poate sa îl ajute sa se ridice si sa o scoata la capat, sa razbeasca în cele din urma chiar daca pare ca nu mai are nici o sansa

- o vorba distructiva pentru cineva care este la pamânt poate fi doar acel lucru de care mai are nevoie pentru a “muri”, o lovitura de gratie care i-ar grabi sfârsitul.

Puterea vorbelor… câteodata este atât de greu de înteles cum o vorba încurajatoare poate sa mearga chiar asa de departe. Oricine poate spune vorbe ce tind sa “jefuiasca” pe altcineva de spiritul de a continua în momente dificile.

Fii atent la ceea ce vorbesti, ofera-le celorlalti ce traverseaza calea ta numai vorbe de bine!

Life and its twists and tricks

"Life, what a trip! One minute you're born, the next you die. Then, one day, you stand back and say:

"Aye yai yai! Was that ever believable, or what?! First I thought I was this and then I thought I was that, then I became this and then that. Hold on now, why are you looking at me like that? Wait a minute... OHMYGOSH! There was a pattern! Holy cow! You mean I could have thought anything... and been anything?! But what about limits? How could that be? What do you mean pie in the sky? Dreams come true? Infinite possibilities?"

Fortunately, there's still time...

Believe or not, if you think at it...it is true.
When I was 14 I hated my life, I hated school. With 18...the same. Now with 27 I miss my childhood, I miss school. With 21 was too much .. university, work, traveling, decisions ...now I miss that time and I regret I haven't spend more time enjoying it, being present and enjoying the moment.

I could say I now realize it much better but I am sooo damn happy I did it...and as I like to believe...it is never too late, fortunately, there's still time...

Dream, believe, live ... time is never coming back

Ella

Words of Wisdom from Dalai Lama

Instructions for Life,
Dalai Lama

1. Take into account that great love and great achievements involve great risk.

2. When you lose, don't lose the lesson.

3. Follow the three Rs:

Respect for self
Respect for others and
Responsibility for all your actions.

4. Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.

5. Learn the rules so you know how to break them properly.

6. Don't let a little dispute injure a great friendship.

7. When you realize you've made a mistake, take immediate steps to correct it.

8. Spend some time alone every day.

9. Open your arms to change, but don't let go of your values.

10. Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer.

11. Live a good, honorable life. Then when you get older and think back, you'll be able to enjoy it a second time.

12. A loving atmosphere in your home is the foundation for your life.

13. In disagreements with loved ones, deal only with the current situation. Don't bring up the past.

14. Share your knowledge. It's a way to achieve immortality.

15. Be gentle with the earth.

16. Once a year, go someplace you've never been before.

17. Remember that the best relationship is one in which your love for each other exceeds your need for each other.

18. Judge your success by what you had to give up in order to get it.

19. Approach love and cooking with reckless abandon.

Get inspired,
Ella

De ce nu suntem fericiti?

Alegorie a unui autor necunoscut

„În timp ce înteleptul este fericit si în iad, prostul sufera si în rai.”

Într-un mic orasel traia o femeie cu cei doi feciori ai ei. Unul dintre feciori era negustor de umbrele iar celalalt îsi câstiga existenta vânzând sandale.

Aceasta femeie era mai mereu trista. Vazând-o mereu în aceasta stare de tristete, un om a întrebat-o:

- Ce te supara femeie? Ce necaz îti chinuie sufletul?

Femeia îi raspunse:

- Vezi dumneata, acum ploua. Unul din feciorii mei traieste din vânzarea de sandale. Din cauza vremii afacerea lui are de suferit. Cum sa nu fiu necajita?

Peste câteva zile soarele îsi facu simtita prezenta în micul orasel dar mai putin în inima femeii caci ea tot trista si abatuta era. Nedumerit acum, omul o întreba din nou:

- Acum e soare, nu asta asteptai? Feciorul tau are acum o afacere prospera vânzând sandale, de ce esti în continuare suparata?

Femeia îi raspunse:

- Ooo, vezi dumneata, celalalt fecior al meu vinde umbrele. Cine cumpara umbrele pe vremea asta însorita? Întelegi acum de ce sunt trista?

- Sunt si mai nedumerit acum, raspunse omul. Din câte mi-ai vorbit despre feciorii tai, eu înteleg ca tu ar trebui sa fii mereu o mama fericita. Când ploua, feciorul tau care vinde umbrele prospera iar când e soare celalalt fecior al tau vinde sandale.”

MORALA

De cate ori in cursul unei zile nu protestam? Protestam ba ca e prea cald, ba ca e prea frig. Nimic nu ne multumeste si in vanatoarea noastra de ocazii de a fi nemultumiti si a arata asta, pierdem oportunitati si motive de a profita de darurile pe care "acum" ni le aduce.

Optimists Creed

I promise myself...

To be so strong that nothing can disturb my peace of mind.

To talk health, happiness, and prosperity to every person I meet.

To make all my friends feel that there is something worthwhile in them.

To look at the sunny side of everything and make my optimism come true.

To think only of the best, to work only for the best and to expect only the best.

To be just as enthsiastic about the success of others as I am about my own.

To forget the mistakes of the past and press on to the greater achievements of the future.

To wear a cheerful expression at all times and give a smile to every living creature I meet.

To give so much time to improving myself that I have no time to criticize others.

To be too large for worry, too noble for anger, too strong for fear, and too happy to permit the presence of trouble.

To think well of myself and to proclaim this fact to the world, not in loud words, but in great deeds.

To live in the faith that the whole world is on my side, so long as I am true to the best that is in me.

Christian D. Larson (Modified by The Secret 2007)

Here is a pdf. format you can download for yourself. Use it as a powerful tool to become a brilliant magnet for magnificence and joy in your life.
(According to "The Secret Scrolls" website.)

All best, Gabriela

Inspiration of this beautiful day

Pictures that inspired me today ... beautiful, isn´t it?

Inspirational Words of Wisdom

The Wisdom of Einstein

Knowledge: The Search for the truth and Knowledge is one of the finest attributes of a man, though often it is most loudly voiced by those who strive for it the least.

Authority: To punish me for my contempt of authority, fate has made me an authority myself.

Truth: It is difficult to say what truth is, but sometimes it is easy to recognize a falsehood.

Cooperation: A hundred times a day I remind myself that my inner and outer lives are based on the labors of other people, living and dead and that I must exert myself in order to give in the same measure as I have received and am still receiving.

Wisdom: Wisdom is not a product of schooling, but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it.

Greatness: There is only one road to human greatness: through the school of hard knocks.

Happiness: A happy man is too satisfied with the present to dwell too much on the future.

Fame: With fame I become more and more stupid, which of course is a very common phenomenon.

Life: Life is sacred, that is to say, it is the supreme value, to which all other values are subordinate.

Aging: I have reached an age when, if someone tells me to wear socks, I don't have to.

Praise: The only way to escape the personal corruption of praise is to go on working.

Problems: Fear or stupidity has always been the basis of most human actions.

Relativity: An hour sitting with a pretty girl on a park bench passes like a minute, but a minute sitting on a hot stove seems like an hour.

Goals: One should not pursue goals that are easily achieved. One must develop an instinct for what one can barely achieve through one's greatest efforts.

Racism: The only remedies against race and prejudice are enlightenment and education. This is a slow and painstaking process.

Solitude: I lived in that solitude which is painful in youth, but delicious in the years of maturity.

Value: Try not to become a man of success but rather try to become a man of value.

Imagination: When I examine myself and my methods of thought, I come close to the conclusion that the gift of imagination has meant more to me than my talent for absorbing absolute knowledge.

A great book of inspiration :))
Gabriela

Insight of the Day!

"I do not know anyone who has got to the top without hard work. That is the recipe. It will not always get you to the top, but should get you pretty near."

Margaret Thatcher
Former Prime Minister of England

Insight of the Day :)

"When you hold resentment toward another, you are bound to that person or condition by an emotional link that is stronger than steel. Forgiveness is the only way to dissolve that link and get free."

Catherine Ponder

Cine suntem noi sa nu fim toate acestea?

Cu ceva timp in urma in cadrul unui discurs, presedintele Nelson Mandela a spus urmatoarele cuvinte: Frica noastra cea mai adanca nu este ca suntem slabi. Frica noastra este ca suntem puternici peste masura. Este vorba de lumina noastra, si nu de intunericul nostru, ceea ce ne inspaimanta. Ne intrebam adesea: "Cine sunt eu ca sa fiu fermecator, talentat si fabulos? De fapt, cine esti tu sa nu fii toate acestea?"

Gandeste-te de doua ori inainte de a-ti afirma ca nu poti face un lucru sau ca nu-l meriti :)

Gabriela

What if good is not enough? What if I want extraordinary??

"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sail. Explore. Dream. Discover." Mark Twain

Inspirational

"Most people never run far enough on their first wind to find out they've got a second. Give your dreams all you've got and you'll be amazed at the energy that comes out of you."

William James
1842-1910, Psychologist, Professor and Author