tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84135868057455091312024-03-13T13:28:27.647+02:00·٠•●♥ selenity luz ♥●•٠·selenity luzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18160386156956348243noreply@blogger.comBlogger62125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8413586805745509131.post-32003611566513797512011-10-18T23:45:00.000+03:002011-10-18T23:51:08.711+03:00How to lose a person!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Brush Script MT';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px;"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Handwriting'; line-height: 27px;">God did not call to let people use you. T</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Handwriting'; line-height: 17px;">hat is not what <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;">love</span> is.</span></span></blockquote>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e06666; font-family: 'Freestyle Script'; line-height: 20px;">WHAT A RELIEF!</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> I've read these words some years ago! And I am glad, because it set me free</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000; font-family: 'Lucida Handwriting'; line-height: 14px;">Love</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;"> </span>is not letting people to just use you. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Handwriting'; line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;">Love</span> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">is being led by the spirit about who to help and how to help them and <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e06666;"><span style="font-family: 'MV Boli'; line-height: 18px;">how much</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"> </span></span> to help them and what to do for them and what not to do for them.<br /><br />In having the sincerest desire to give a hand of help or hope to somebody, you can seriously mess up <span style="font-family: 'MV Boli'; line-height: 15px;">your </span><span style="line-height: 15px;">life. </span>But God is not asking you to ruin or to let somebody ruin your life, esp. somebody who doesn't even really want to change or to be helped</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'MV Boli'; line-height: 13px;">!!! </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 13px;">Here are some words that I've found typed in my diary few years ago.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 13px;"><b>::</b> Helping somebody is not always doing everything for them and leaving them with nothing to do.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'MV Boli'; line-height: 13px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 13px;">It's ridiculous to be in a relationship where somebody is doing all the taking and you are doing all the giving. That's not godly. Sometimes you help people SO much that you build an expectation in them that later we can't keep up with. You start out like maybe too fast and then doing too much for somebody. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'MV Boli'; line-height: 15px;">YOU HAVE TO BE CAREFUL HOW YOU BEGIN A RELATIONSHIP</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. If you pamper <i>[to pamper: to treat or gratify with extreme or excessive indulgence, kindness, or care]</i> your servant in the beginning of the relationship, then you are going to have that person expecting that same pampering all the time </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'MV Boli'; line-height: 12px;">no matter</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 14px;"> how tired or broken you can be. That somebody will probably care less. The truth is that you cannot keep all these up for long. You have to make a change, which will more likely bring the other one devastated and mad at you. You will not be able to figure out why they are mad at you. But you do have to let them take some (or better the </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'MV Boli'; line-height: 12px;">whole</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 14px;">) responsibility on their own. When you feel that you do everything for somebody and they are doing nothing, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'MV Boli'; line-height: 12px;">back off!!! </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>::</b></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Handwriting'; line-height: 15px;">W</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;">e should find out what is our part in helping, but not leave our life, all our stuff and help. Don’t have to feel guilty if you feel that you cannot do the whole thing. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'MV Boli'; letter-spacing: -1px;">BOUNDARIES ARE A GOD WAY TO HELP TO PROTECT US, TO BE IN OUR SAFETY ZONE . </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Utsaah, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">Luke 11:27</span></span></span></blockquote>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 13px;">Guard your heart! Be careful whom you let in your life. Don't get involved into vampire relationships. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px;">Sure, there are times when you get involved with somebody where your whole role is just trying to help them and keep giving to them. But there is not healthy relationship that can go on like that forever. Sooner or later there has to be a change towards that person is not subtracting from your life but there are also adding to your life. It’s great to help, but sooner or later they need to have a little concern about you; it can’t be all one sided. If it is, people get warned up really quickly. </span></span><br />
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">When you feel miserable and want to stay home and cry, don't do it! Or do it, but not for too long! Your solution is waiting for you "outside". Get up and walk! You'll find your path! Today my friend, <a href="http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=854580522">Lilli</a> tagged me in one of her notes and it was one of a blessed one! Danke, dear Lilli! ^_^</span></i></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">1. </span><b style="color: #444444;">Stop taking so much notice of how you feel.</b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"> How you feel is how you feel. It'll pass soon. What you're thinking is what you're thinking, It'll go too. Tell yourself that whatever you feel, you feel; whatever you think, you think. Since you can't stop yourself thinking, or prevent emotions from arising in your mind, it makes no sense to be proud or ashamed of either. You didn't cause them. Only your </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #134f5c;">actions</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"> are directly under control. They're the only proper cause of pleasure or shame.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">2. <b>Let go worrying. It often makes things worse. </b>The more you think about something bad, the more likely it is to happen. When you're hair-trigger primed to notice the first sign of trouble, you'll surely find something close enough to convince yourself it's come.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">3. <b>Ease up on the internal life commentary. I</b>f you want to be happy, stop telling yourself you're miserable. People are always telling themselves how they feel, what they're thinking, what others feel about them, what this or that even really means. Most of it is imagination. The rest is equal parts lies and misunderstandings. You have only the most limited understanding of what others feel about you. Usually they're no better informed on the subject; and they care about it far less than you do. You have no way of knowing what this or that event really means. Whatever you tell yourself will be make-believe.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">4. <b>Take no notice of your inner critic. </b>Judging yourself is pointless, [unless it's conviction, not silly criticism]. Judging others is half-witted. Judging others is foolish since you cannot know all the facts, cannot create a reliable or objective scale, have no means of knowing whether your criteria match anyone else's, and cannot have more than a limited and extremely partial view of the other person. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">5. <b>Give up on feeling guilty.</b> Guilt changes nothing. It may make you feel you're accepting responsibility, but it can't produce anything new in your life. If you feel guilty about something you've done, either do something to put it right or accept you screwed up and try not to do so again. Then let it go. If you're feeling guilty about what someone else did, see a psychiatrist. That's insane. | </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e06666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">HAHAHA! Last two sentences rock!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">6. <b>Stop being concerned what the rest of the word says about you. </b>Nasty people can't make you mad. Nice people can't make you happy. Events or people are simply events or people. They can't make you anything. You have to do that for yourself. Whatever emotions arise in you as a result of external events, they're powerless until you pick them up and decide to act on them. Besides, most people are far too busy thinking about themselves (and worry what you are thinking and saying about them) to be concerned about you.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">7. <b>Stop keeping score.</b> Numbers are just numbers. They don't have mystical powers. Because something is expressed as a number, a ratio or any other numerical pattern doesn't mean it's true. Plenty of lovingly calculated business indicators are irrelevant, gibberish, nonsensical, or just plain wrong. If you don't understand it, or it's telling you something bizarre, ignore it. There is nothing scientific about relying on false data. Nor anything useful about charting your life by numbers that were silly in the first place.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">8. <b>Don't be concerned that your life and career aren't working out the way you planned.</b> The closer you stick to any plan, the quicker you'll go wrong. The world changes constantly. However carefully you analyzed the situation when you made the plan, if it's more than a few days old, things will already be different. After a year, virtually nothing will be the same as it was when you started. Planning is only useful as a discipline to force people to think carefully about what they know and what they don't. Once you start, throw the plan away and keep your eyes on reality.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">9. <b>Don't let others use you to avoid being responsible for their own decisions.</b> To hold yourself responsible for someone else's success and happiness demeans them and proves you've lost the plot. It's their life. They have to live it. You can't do it for them; nor can you stop them from messing it up if they're determined to do so. The job of a supervisor is to help and supervise. Only control-freaks and some others with a less serious mental disability fail to understand this. | </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e06666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Straight enough to wake you up! ^_^</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">10. <b>Don't worry about your personality. You don't really have one.</b> Personality, like ego, is a concept invented by your mind. It doesn't exist in the real world. Personality is a word for the general impression that you give through your words and actions. If your personality isn't likable today, don't worry. You can always change it, so long as you allow yourself to do so. What fixes someone's personality in one place is a <i>determined effort on their past</i> - usually through continually telling themselves they'e this or that kind of person and acting on what they say. If you don't like the way you are, make yourself different. You're the only person who's standing in your way.</span></div>
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selenity luzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18160386156956348243noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8413586805745509131.post-23861788193634637262011-08-28T22:08:00.005+03:002011-08-28T22:15:40.991+03:00Slave of success!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Corbel, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Corbel, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">More often than not</span>, we not only desire to do meaningful things, but we often make the results of our work the criteria of our self-esteem. And then we have not only successes, we become our successes. When we start being too impressed by the results of our work, we begin to let others keep the scorecard in measuring our worth. We let then our successes define our self-worth. The more we allow our accomplishments – the results of our actions – define us, we lose. We lose because we are never sure if we will be able to live up to the expectations which we created by our last successes. In many people’s lives, there is a nearly diabolic chain in which their anxieties grow according to their successes. This dark power has driven many of the greatest artists into self-destruction. When we have sold our identity to the judges of this world, we are bound to become restless, because of a growing need for affirmation and praise.</span> </span></span></span><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Corbel, sans-serif;">When</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Corbel, sans-serif;"> our </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">actions</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Corbel, sans-serif;"> </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Corbel, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">have become more </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Corbel, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">an expression of <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;">fear</span> than of inner freedom, </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Corbel, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">we easily become </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Corbel, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">the <i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d;">prisoner</span></i> </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Corbel, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">of our self-created </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Corbel, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">illusions.</span></span></span></div></div></div>selenity luzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18160386156956348243noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8413586805745509131.post-68405890454163464082011-08-11T13:13:00.001+03:002011-08-11T13:14:31.034+03:00"One step at a time" by Jaeson Ma<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-lVv6OLvRYwk/TkOqhpmGtBI/AAAAAAAAAXU/2bG8W45XVL0/s1600/one-step-at-a-time.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-lVv6OLvRYwk/TkOqhpmGtBI/AAAAAAAAAXU/2bG8W45XVL0/s320/one-step-at-a-time.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Corbel","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I have dreams that I want to achieve, more so, I have things within me that I know must be actualized. All of us have dreams, but dreams can’t become a reality unless we actually do something with what we have. We may have a lot or a little, it doesn’t matter how much, what matters is what we do with what has been given. We are each responsible for doing the best with what God has given to each of us, this is called stewardship. It is recognizing that life is a gift, everything that we are given is a treasure, and we are to be careful to not waste, but to make haste with what has been given and do something useful with it. For me, this can be really difficult, because to focus on what I’m called to do requires me to say no to what I am not called to do. Good is the enemy of great. Useful is the enemy of fruitful. Busyness is the enemy of passion. Activity is the enemy of excellence. There is so much I need to do, but there is also one thing I should do. Walk with God and be myself. Not be everything for everybody else. So I can’t apologize if I can’t respond to every email, return every phone call, meet up for another coffee, because some things need to wait, until I can become my best, I can’t actually be<span> </span>my best for you. You have to learn to love yourself before you can love others truly. We get sidetracked at times, but it is never too late to get back on track and do what is necessary by ridding ourselves of the unnecessary. Sooner or later, we will get there, but it is all one day at a time, one step at a time.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Corbel","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Be silent. Take a deep breath. Clear you mind. Know what is important. Deny the urgent. Focus on your purpose. Decide. Work with all your heart. Leave behind something worthwhile. Envision the end, but take it one step at a time.<o:p></o:p></span></div></div>selenity luzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18160386156956348243noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8413586805745509131.post-88642818993970325572011-08-06T12:54:00.003+03:002011-08-06T12:57:34.373+03:00Envy!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br />
<div align="center" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #215868; font-family: Ravie; font-size: 72pt;">E</span><span style="color: #632423; font-family: Ravie; font-size: 72pt;">N</span><span style="color: #403152; font-family: Ravie; font-size: 72pt;">V</span><span style="color: #4f6228; font-family: Ravie; font-size: 72pt;">Y</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Ravie; font-size: 72pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Have you ever envied somebody?! Have you ever met people who envy you till they lose their minds, not even having the clue what are you passing through?! Envy! Every person has experienced this feeling! If not in mature life, then certainly in childhood. But it happened or still happens! And it sucks! It’s haunting your mind and throwing you into a miserable life.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 1; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Algerian;">Do not overrate what you have received, nor envy others.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 1; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Algerian;">He who envies others does <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">not</i> obtain peace of mind.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">̶</span><span style="font-family: Algerian; font-size: 11pt;"> Buddha</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Algerian; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 1;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 1; text-align: justify;"><span class="apple-style-span"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: Ravie;">Envy</span></b></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black;">(also called</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: Ravie;">invidiousness</span></b></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black;">) is best defined as an</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: black;"> e</span></span>motion<span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black;">that "occurs when a person lacks another's</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span">(p</span>erceived<span class="apple-style-span">)</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black;">superior quality, achievement, or possession and either desires it or wishes that the other lacked it." </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e06666;">It’s not jealousy!</span><span style="color: black;"> <i>Jealousy </i>is the fear of losing something that one possesses to another person, while <i>envy</i> is the pain or frustration caused by another person having something that one does not have oneself. <o:p></o:p></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Bernard MT Condensed', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 17px;">|<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d;">wikipedia.org</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Bernard MT Condensed', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 17px;">|</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 1; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 1; text-align: justify;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black;">Leaving the scientific approach, envy kills you! It kills the real you and converts the real you into a pathetic human being who seem not to have anything better than ruining somebody’s life. If not stopped from the start, it can become a sort of a mental disease. Those who envy all the time and don’t have anything better to do should let themselves have that tiny drop of courage and start doing what they have always dreamt to and where stopped because of fear. An interesting part will be treating those who will start envying the way they wanted to be treated before. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 1; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 1; text-align: center;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Bernard MT Condensed', serif;">It’s not about how fast you start, <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 1; text-align: center;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Bernard MT Condensed', serif;">it’s about how strong you finish. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 1; text-align: center;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Bernard MT Condensed', serif;">Great people are willing to take risks, <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 1; text-align: center;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Bernard MT Condensed', serif;">small people are not willing to <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 1; text-align: center;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Bernard MT Condensed', serif;">because they are afraid to fail.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 1; text-align: center;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Bernard MT Condensed', serif;"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black;">̶</span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Bernard MT Condensed', serif;"> Jaeson Ma <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 1; tab-stops: 269.3pt;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Bernard MT Condensed', serif;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 1; text-align: center;">Don’t envy! Live <i>your</i> life.</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 1; text-align: center;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black;">If you achieved success and happiness </span></span><br />
<span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black;">and some envy you, <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 1; text-align: center;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black;"><b>still</b> go on with working on </span></span><br />
<span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black;"><i>your</i> success and happiness.</span></span><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></div></div>selenity luzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18160386156956348243noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8413586805745509131.post-27926577185312405712011-07-30T23:09:00.003+03:002011-07-30T23:15:39.654+03:00Reminder! ^_^<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"></span><br />
<h1 style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large; font-weight: normal;">“<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e06666;">YOUR</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><i>time is</i></span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><i>limited</i></span>, </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><i style="font-size: x-large;">so</i> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-size: large;">don't waste</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> it </span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f;">living someone else's life</span>. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large; font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Don't be</span> trapped by <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">dogma</span> - which is </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large; font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #bf9000;">living with the results of other people's thinking</span>.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large; font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><i>Don't let</i> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">the </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: inherit;">noise</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> of other's opinions </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large; font-weight: normal;">drown out your own <i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e06666;">inner voice</span></i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large; font-weight: normal;">. And most important, </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large; font-weight: normal;"><i>have the <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">courage to follow</span> your <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;">heart</span> and <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #45818e;">intuition</span></i>.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large; font-weight: normal;">They somehow already know </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large; font-weight: normal;">what you truly <i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">want to become</span></i>. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large; font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f;">Everything else is </span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large; font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;"><i>secondary</i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f;">.</span>”<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">̶ Steve Jobs</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: normal;"><br />
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</h1></div>selenity luzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18160386156956348243noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8413586805745509131.post-50366113901588012702011-07-27T02:26:00.006+03:002011-07-27T08:50:23.167+03:00Charlie Chaplin's letter to his daughter Geraldine!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;"></span><br />
<div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-style: italic; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">I have found Charlie Chaplin's letter to his daughter Geraldine! But, as it wasn't in English, I worked on the translation for some days! I know it's not perfect, but I wanted to share it as soon as possible! It's just so very beautiful! ^_^</span></i><span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-style: italic; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/--si2iR5vI6U/Ti9MXaML7UI/AAAAAAAAAXM/hpDcLSq9-YA/s1600/cpi.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/--si2iR5vI6U/Ti9MXaML7UI/AAAAAAAAAXM/hpDcLSq9-YA/s320/cpi.jpg" width="261" /></a></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-style: italic; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p><br />
</o:p></span></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">My girl, </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Now it is night. One Christmas night. </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">All the armed warriors of my little fortress fell asleep.</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> Your brother and your sister are sleeping. Even your mother is sleeping now. On my way to this half-lighted room, I was on the verge to wake up the sleeping chicks.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">How far away you are from me! But may I become blind if your image is not always in front of my eyes. </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Your picture is here on the table and here, near my heart.</span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> But where are you? There in the fairy Paris dancing on a grand theatrical stage from Champs Elysees. I know this very well, though it seems to me that in the silence of the night I hear footsteps, see your eyes that shine like stars in the winter sky.</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">I hear you acting in this festive and illuminated play the role of the Persian beauty who is in the captivity of Tatar khan. Be beautiful and dance! Be a star and shine! But if the enthusiasm and gratitude of the audience makes you drunk, if the scent of flowers gave to you swallow your head, then sit in a little corner and read my letter, listen to the voice of your heart.</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">I am your father, Geraldine!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">I’m Charlie, Charlie Chaplin!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Do you know how many nights I sat near your crib when you were a baby, telling you the tale of Sleeping Beauty, watchful dragon? And when the sleep came to rest my eyes, I laughed at him and said: “Go away! My sleep, these are my daughter's dreams!“ I saw your dreams, Geraldine, have seen your future and your present day. I saw a girl playing on the stage, a fairy dancing in the sky. I heard the crowd say: “See that girl? She's the daughter of an old fool. Remember? His name was Charlie.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Yes! I’m Charlie! I am an old fool!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Today is your turn. Dance! I danced in large tattered pants and you dance in a silk dress of a princess. These dances and the sound of applause will rise you into heaven <span class="apple-style-span">sometimes. Fly! Fly over there! But come back on earth too! You should see people's lives, the lives of the street dancers who dance shivering of cold and hunger. I was like them, Geraldine! During those nights, those magical nights when you fall asleep, lulled by my stories, I was awake. I looked at your face, listened to your heart beats and asked myself: "Charley, will this kitten ever know you?" You do not know me, Geraldine... I retold you many tales in those nights, but my tale - never. But it's also interesting. This is a tale about a hungry buffoon, who sang and danced in the slums of London, and then collected alms... This is my story! I got to know what hunger is and what is like not to have a roof over your head. More than that, I experienced the humiliating pain of a wanderer-jester, who had in his chest a raging ocean of pride and this pride was painfully wounded by those tossed coins. And yet I am alive, so let's leave this.</span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Let's better talk about you!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">After your name - Geraldine - comes my name Chaplin. With this name I have amused people all over for over forty years. But I cried more than they were laughing! Geraldine, in the world you live there is not only dance and music!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">At midnight, when you come out from the huge hall, you can forget about rich fans, but do not forget to ask the taxi driver, who will carry you home, about his wife. And if she is pregnant, if they do not have money for diapers for their future child, put some money in his pocket. I told the bank to pay you these expenses. But to all the others pay strictly on the account. From time to time use the subway or the bus, walk on foot and explore the city. Look at people! Look at widows and orphans! And at least once per day say to yourself: “I am just like them!” <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Yes! You are one of them, my girl. Moreover! The art before giving wings to a person, so one could fly up, usually breaks one's legs. And if someday you will find yourself feeling more important than your audience, leave the scene. Catch the first taxi and visit the neighborhood of Paris. I know it very well! There you will see a lot of dancers just like you and even more beautiful, graceful, and with more pride. The dazzling limelight from your theater will not be there at all. The moon is their floodlight. Look! Look carefully! Don't they dance better than you? Admit it, my girl! There is always somebody who dances better than you, who is playing better than you! And remember, in the Charlie's family there never was any rude person who would use uncensored lexicon for a cab driver or laugh of a beggar who sits on the bank of the Seine...<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">I will die, but you will live… I want you to never know what poverty is! With this letter I am sending you a check book so you could spend as you wish. But when you spend two francs, do not forget to remind yourself that the third coin is not yours. It must belong to a stranger who needs it. And you can find this person easily. One has only to want to see these poor strangers and you'll meet them everywhere. I'm talking to you about money because I got to know their devilish power.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">You know, I spent a long time at the circus and was always very worried about funambulists (funambulist - an acrobat who performs on a tightrope or slack rope). But I must tell you that people fall more often on solid ground rather than a funambulist from a wire rope. Perhaps on one of the soirees you will be blinded by the spark of a diamond. Right in that time, it will become a dangerous rope for you and the fall will be inevitable for you. Maybe one day you will be captured by the handsome face of a prince. On the same day, you will become an inexperienced funambulist and inexperienced ones always fall. Do not sell your heart for gold and jewels. Know that the hugest diamond is the Sun. Fortunately, it shines for all. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">And when the time comes, and you will love, then love that man with all my heart. I told your mother to write to you about it. She understands in love more than I do and it's better for her to talk to you about it.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Your job is very difficult. I know that. Your body is covered only with a piece of silk. For the sake of art, one can appear on stage even naked, but when coming back from there you should be not only dressed but even purer. <span class="apple-style-span">But nothing and no one else in this world deserves to see even the nails of a girl's feet. Nakedness is a disease of our time.</span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">I am old and my words might sound funny. But, in my opinion, <i>your naked body should belong to the one who falls in love with your naked soul.</i> Do not be afraid if your opinion upon this subject belongs to a decade ago. Do not worry! This decade will not age you. But as it is, I want you to be the last person who is subject of the naked island!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">I know that fathers and children are in an eternal fight. Fight with me, with my thoughts, my girl! I do not like obedient children. And while from my eyes no tears are running as I am writing this, I want to believe that today's Christmas night will be the night of miracles. I wish a miracle happen and you really understand everything that I wanted to tell you.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Charlie is older already, Geraldine! Sooner or later, instead of white silk on the scene, you will have to wear black to come to my grave. Now I do not want to upset you. Only from time to time look into the mirror, there you will see my features. Even when the blood in my veins is cool, I don't want you to forget your father - Charlie. <i>I'm not an angel, but always aspired to be a man.</i> Try it and you. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">I kiss you, Geraldine. <o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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</span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"></div></div>selenity luzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18160386156956348243noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8413586805745509131.post-82675342593610337442011-06-28T00:57:00.003+03:002011-06-28T01:01:25.809+03:00More than words!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-JKwYiaSuI3Y/Tgj8TlINDrI/AAAAAAAAAT4/K9unhl3i2Yk/s1600/silhouette-of-woman-praying.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-JKwYiaSuI3Y/Tgj8TlINDrI/AAAAAAAAAT4/K9unhl3i2Yk/s320/silhouette-of-woman-praying.jpg" width="240" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;">SOURCE: <a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-KBjIdQKr828/TZNH9BXt3LI/AAAAAAAAAHI/5VTnpJixyZU/s1600/silhouette-of-woman-praying.jpg">LINK</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Did </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">you</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> know </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;">God <i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">doesn't </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;">expect you to pray <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><i>the same way</i> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;">everyone else does?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;">God may intend for prayer to be an easy, natural way of staying in touch with Him - like having a conversation with a very close friend. But not so many people see prayer as being that simple. In fact, many have difficulty maintaining a strong, consistent prayer life because they're stuck believing what others may have told them. Thus, people feel guilty, condemned, bored and frustrated.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;">"God's mad at you. He's not answering your </span></i></div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;">prayers right now."</span></i></div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></i></div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;">"You shouldn't pray for that because there are a lot </span></i></div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;">of people who have bigger problems than yours."</span></i></div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></i></div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;">"You never pray long or hard enough for it to </span></i></div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;">really make a difference."</span></i></div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></i></div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;">"You don't even know how to talk to God - your </span></i></div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><i style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">prayers are useless."</span></i></div></div></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">The fact is, every time we pray in faith, God answers. He wants our prayer life to be fulfilling and exciting and full of hopeful expectation. One can have great freedom and creativity in his/her prayer life - but it's necessary to stay focused on God and His promises, not lies of "others".</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">the</span><i> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e06666;">first</span> </i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Step to </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-size: large;">amazing Prayer</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">The most important key to effective prayer is approaching God as His friend. If we don't know Him as a friend and we're not confident of His affection for us, we will be reluctant to tell Him what we need or ask Him for anything.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">On the other hand, when we go boldly before God, believing that He uses us as a friend, our prayers become more honest and effective. Talk to Him in the grocery store, while you're driving your car, combing your hair, walking the dog, or cooking dinner. The idea is to let God out of your Sunday-morning box so He can become a bigger part of your life.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-size: large;">it's <i>important </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">to Be </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e06666;">Yourself</span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Do you know God doesn't expect you to pray the same way everyone else does?! God is far too creative to teach every person to interact with Him in the same way. He designed us all differently and delights in our uniqueness. We can approach God just the way we are - with our very own personality and style. God knows your weaknesses and he knows you make mistakes - and He doesn't expect you to be anything different than what you are. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-size: large;">Just start talking to God - </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f;">anytime</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">, </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">anywhere</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">, </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">about </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e06666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">everything</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;">| <a href="http://www.joycemeyer.org/">Joyce Meyer</a></div></div>selenity luzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18160386156956348243noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8413586805745509131.post-40008984328975249112011-06-10T00:17:00.004+03:002011-06-10T01:00:29.675+03:003 stories of Steve Jobs!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-gVPF2yZldEE/TfE2jggOocI/AAAAAAAAATo/MPPS8Ob8AV4/s1600/Steve_Jobs_WWDC07.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" height="315" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-gVPF2yZldEE/TfE2jggOocI/AAAAAAAAATo/MPPS8Ob8AV4/s320/Steve_Jobs_WWDC07.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">SOURCE: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Steve_Jobs_WWDC07.jpg">LINK</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"></span></div><h1 style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; clear: both; color: black; font-weight: inherit; font: normal normal normal 250%/normal Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: inherit;">'You've </span><i>got</i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: inherit;"> </span></span></h1><h1 style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; clear: both; color: black; font-weight: inherit; font: normal normal normal 250%/normal Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><i>to find</i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: inherit;"> what you </span></span></h1><h1 style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; clear: both; color: black; font-weight: inherit; font: normal normal normal 250%/normal Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><i>love</i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: inherit;">,' </span></span></h1><h1 style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; clear: both; color: black; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: normal normal normal 250%/normal Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">- Steve Jobs</span></h1><div id="headline" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #666666; font-style: italic; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.25em; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -0.5em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">This is a prepared text of the Commencement address delivered by Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple Computer and of Pixar Animation Studios, on June 12, 2005.</span></div></div></div><div id="maincontent" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.25em; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I am honored to be with you today at your commencement from one of the finest universities in the world. I never graduated from college. Truth be told, this is the closest I've ever gotten to a college graduation. Today I want to tell you three stories from my life. That's it. No big deal. Just three stories.</span></div></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; line-height: 1.25em; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><b>The first story is about connecting the dots.</b></span></div></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.25em; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I dropped out of Reed College after the first 6 months, but then stayed around as a drop-in for another 18 months or so before I really quit. So why did I drop out?</span></div></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.25em; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">It started before I was born. My biological mother was a young, unwed college graduate student, and she decided to put me up for adoption. She felt very strongly that I should be adopted by college graduates, so everything was all set for me to be adopted at birth by a lawyer and his wife. Except that when I popped out they decided at the last minute that they really wanted a girl. So my parents, who were on a waiting list, got a call in the middle of the night asking: "We have an unexpected baby boy; do you want him?" They said: "Of course." My biological mother later found out that my mother had never graduated from college and that my father had never graduated from high school. She refused to sign the final adoption papers. She only relented a few months later when my parents promised that I would someday go to college.</span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: inherit; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-JU9EX93BgmE/TfE3XCGP7QI/AAAAAAAAATs/zHz7bs_sQrY/s1600/1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-JU9EX93BgmE/TfE3XCGP7QI/AAAAAAAAATs/zHz7bs_sQrY/s320/1.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.25em; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></div></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.25em; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">And 17 years later I did go to college. But I naively chose a college that was almost as expensive as Stanford, and all of my working-class parents' savings were being spent on my college tuition. After six months, I couldn't see the value in it. I had no idea what I wanted to do with my life and no idea how college was going to help me figure it out. And here I was spending all of the money my parents had saved their entire life. So I decided to drop out and trust that it would all work out OK. It was pretty scary at the time, but looking back it was one of the best decisions I ever made. The minute I dropped out I could stop taking the required classes that didn't interest me, and begin dropping in on the ones that looked interesting.</span></div></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.25em; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">It wasn't all romantic. I didn't have a dorm room, so I slept on the floor in friends' rooms, I returned coke bottles for the 5¢ deposits to buy food with, and I would walk the 7 miles across town every Sunday night to get one good meal a week at the Hare Krishna temple. I loved it. And much of what I stumbled into by following my curiosity and intuition turned out to be priceless later on. Let me give you one example:</span></div></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.25em; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Reed College at that time offered perhaps the best calligraphy instruction in the country. Throughout the campus every poster, every label on every drawer, was beautifully hand calligraphed. Because I had dropped out and didn't have to take the normal classes, I decided to take a calligraphy class to learn how to do this. I learned about serif and san serif typefaces, about varying the amount of space between different letter combinations, about what makes great typography great. It was beautiful, historical, artistically subtle in a way that science can't capture, and I found it fascinating.</span></div></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.25em; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">None of this had even a hope of any practical application in my life. But ten years later, when we were designing the first Macintosh computer, it all came back to me. And we designed it all into the Mac. It was the first computer with beautiful typography. If I had never dropped in on that single course in college, the Mac would have never had multiple typefaces or proportionally spaced fonts. And since Windows just copied the Mac, it's likely that no personal computer would have them. If I had never dropped out, I would have never dropped in on this calligraphy class, and personal computers might not have the wonderful typography that they do. Of course it was impossible to connect the dots looking forward when I was in college. But it was very, very clear looking backwards ten years later.</span></div></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.25em; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Again, you can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something — your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life.</span></div></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; line-height: 1.25em; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><b>My second story is about love and loss.</b></span></div></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.25em; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I was lucky — I found what I loved to do early in life. Woz and I started Apple in my parents garage when I was 20. We worked hard, and in 10 years Apple had grown from just the two of us in a garage into a $2 billion company with over 4000 employees. We had just released our finest creation — the Macintosh — a year earlier, and I had just turned 30. And then I got fired. How can you get fired from a company you started? Well, as Apple grew we hired someone who I thought was very talented to run the company with me, and for the first year or so things went well. But then our visions of the future began to diverge and eventually we had a falling out. When we did, our Board of Directors sided with him. So at 30 I was out. And very publicly out. What had been the focus of my entire adult life was gone, and it was devastating.</span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: inherit; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OD7z7dhm5H8/TfE3onll2uI/AAAAAAAAATw/kK1EJxHGkHA/s1600/2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="217" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OD7z7dhm5H8/TfE3onll2uI/AAAAAAAAATw/kK1EJxHGkHA/s320/2.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.25em; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></div></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.25em; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I really didn't know what to do for a few months. I felt that I had let the previous generation of entrepreneurs down - that I had dropped the baton as it was being passed to me. I met with David Packard and Bob Noyce and tried to apologize for screwing up so badly. I was a very public failure, and I even thought about running away from the valley. But something slowly began to dawn on me — I still loved what I did. The turn of events at Apple had not changed that one bit. I had been rejected, but I was still in love. And so I decided to start over.</span></div></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.25em; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I didn't see it then, but it turned out that getting fired from Apple was the best thing that could have ever happened to me. The heaviness of being successful was replaced by the lightness of being a beginner again, less sure about everything. It freed me to enter one of the most creative periods of my life.</span></div></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.25em; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">During the next five years, I started a company named NeXT, another company named Pixar, and fell in love with an amazing woman who would become my wife. Pixar went on to create the worlds first computer animated feature film, <em style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Toy Story</em>, and is now the most successful animation studio in the world. In a remarkable turn of events, Apple bought NeXT, I returned to Apple, and the technology we developed at NeXT is at the heart of Apple's current renaissance. And Laurene and I have a wonderful family together.</span></div></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.25em; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I'm pretty sure none of this would have happened if I hadn't been fired from Apple. It was awful tasting medicine, but I guess the patient needed it. Sometimes life hits you in the head with a brick. Don't lose faith. I'm convinced that the only thing that kept me going was that I loved what I did. You've got to find what you love. And that is as true for your work as it is for your lovers. Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle. As with all matters of the heart, you'll know when you find it. And, like any great relationship, it just gets better and better as the years roll on. So keep looking until you find it. Don't settle.</span></div></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; line-height: 1.25em; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><b>My third story is about death.</b></span></div></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.25em; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">When I was 17, I read a quote that went something like: "If you live each day as if it was your last, someday you'll most certainly be right." It made an impression on me, and since then, for the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: "If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?" And whenever the answer has been "No" for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something.</span></div></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.25em; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything — all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure - these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.</span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: inherit; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Tpr3-erBbas/TfE300my-VI/AAAAAAAAAT0/oOL_1l1QL7o/s1600/3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Tpr3-erBbas/TfE300my-VI/AAAAAAAAAT0/oOL_1l1QL7o/s320/3.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.25em; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></div></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.25em; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">About a year ago I was diagnosed with cancer. I had a scan at 7:30 in the morning, and it clearly showed a tumor on my pancreas. I didn't even know what a pancreas was. The doctors told me this was almost certainly a type of cancer that is incurable, and that I should expect to live no longer than three to six months. My doctor advised me to go home and get my affairs in order, which is doctor's code for prepare to die. It means to try to tell your kids everything you thought you'd have the next 10 years to tell them in just a few months. It means to make sure everything is buttoned up so that it will be as easy as possible for your family. It means to say your goodbyes.</span></div></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.25em; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I lived with that diagnosis all day. Later that evening I had a biopsy, where they stuck an endoscope down my throat, through my stomach and into my intestines, put a needle into my pancreas and got a few cells from the tumor. I was sedated, but my wife, who was there, told me that when they viewed the cells under a microscope the doctors started crying because it turned out to be a very rare form of pancreatic cancer that is curable with surgery. I had the surgery and I'm fine now.</span></div></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.25em; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">This was the closest I've been to facing death, and I hope it's the closest I get for a few more decades. Having lived through it, I can now say this to you with a bit more certainty than when death was a useful but purely intellectual concept:</span></div></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.25em; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">No one wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven don't want to die to get there. And yet death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be, because Death is very likely the single best invention of Life. It is Life's change agent. It clears out the old to make way for the new. Right now the new is you, but someday not too long from now, you will gradually become the old and be cleared away. Sorry to be so dramatic, but it is quite true.</span></div></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.25em; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma — which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.</span></div></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.25em; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">When I was young, there was an amazing publication called <em style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">The Whole Earth Catalog</em>, which was one of the bibles of my generation. It was created by a fellow named Stewart Brand not far from here in Menlo Park, and he brought it to life with his poetic touch. This was in the late 1960's, before personal computers and desktop publishing, so it was all made with typewriters, scissors, and polaroid cameras. It was sort of like Google in paperback form, 35 years before Google came along: it was idealistic, and overflowing with neat tools and great notions.</span></div></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.25em; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Stewart and his team put out several issues of <em style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">The Whole Earth Catalog</em>, and then when it had run its course, they put out a final issue. It was the mid-1970s, and I was your age. On the back cover of their final issue was a photograph of an early morning country road, the kind you might find yourself hitchhiking on if you were so adventurous. Beneath it were the words: "Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish." It was their farewell message as they signed off. Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish. And I have always wished that for myself. And now, as you graduate to begin anew, I wish that for you.</span></div></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.25em; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish.</span></div></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.25em; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Thank you all very much.</span></div></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.25em; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;">SOURCE: <a href="http://news.stanford.edu/news/2005/june15/jobs-061505.html">LINK</a></span></span></div></div></div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/UF8uR6Z6KLc" width="425"></iframe></div></div>selenity luzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18160386156956348243noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8413586805745509131.post-40874744207662311322011-05-12T01:53:00.007+03:002011-05-12T02:08:38.275+03:00"Falling Apart For The Good" by Jaeson Ma<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-cva0XzqqPPA/TcsTvz8bTDI/AAAAAAAAATU/qJgKoRaIi7I/s1600/work.4653860.1.flat%252C550x550%252C075%252Cf.minute.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-cva0XzqqPPA/TcsTvz8bTDI/AAAAAAAAATU/qJgKoRaIi7I/s320/work.4653860.1.flat%252C550x550%252C075%252Cf.minute.jpg" width="214" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #134f5c; font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px;">SOURCE: <a href="http://mehrajanik.redbubble.com/works/4653860-minute"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">LINK</span></a></span></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #45818e; font-family: inherit;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #45818e; font-family: inherit;">I've read a post that left me like this: "WOW!!!" JUST AWESOME!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #76a5af; font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #76a5af; font-family: inherit;">"Sometimes in life you can’t understand why things happen when they happen. This season of my life has definitely been the best and the worst. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #76a5af; line-height: 18px;">All the things I've ever dreamed of or wanted have been given and taken away. Everything that could go right has suddenly gone wrong. But you know, weirdest thing is I have so much peace about it all. I used to bug out when things went wrong in my life, instead, I guess as you grow older you begin to realize that bad things are sometimes the best things that could ever happen to you. God many times will allow everything in your life to fall apart just to remind you that the things of this world that we are so desperately dependent upon are really not that important. Instead what is important is many times not understood till we are ridden of these other distractions. <span id="more-5301"></span>There are so many things that we think we need so bad when in actuality we need so little.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #76a5af; line-height: 18px;">We get so caught up in what we need to do that we forget where we are and who we are. We are not human doings, we are human beings. The being part is what I think most of us have the most difficulty with. What does it mean to just be? To be yourself and not care what others think. It is easy to say that but it is not easy to be that. It is that kind of courage to be your true self, flaws and all that makes people shine in this world, that meaning those who are not afraid to be imperfect. The problem with religion, the problem I find many times with Christian culture is we expect people to be perfect when it is impossible to do so. This is what makes Christians <i>unrelatable</i> to the world. Human beings can not relate to perfection, they relate to imperfection. We connect through pain not perfection. Compassion can be expressed when there is pain that is felt. Life is not meant to be lived perfectly it is meant to be lived fully. When we expect ourselves and others to be perfect we rob ourselves of life, we end up getting caught up in shame, guilt, fear, control and isolation. We end up faking rather than truly living. We end up living behind pretentious masks that we create that keep us from being who we really are. I think this is what irritates me about Christian radio at times because the only songs that are played are in the same key, same chords, same words and same message …. The message isn't untrue, it is the truth, but where is the human element, where is the pain, the suffering, the confusion, the discourse, the vulnerability, the authenticity, the passion? Why is it all so predictable? Why is it that I relate sometimes more to 2pac, Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash, Kurt Cobain, Otis Redding than I do most of the artists on Christian radio? This is why I love King David and the book of Psalms, it is REAL. You can feel and relate to David’s highs and lows, the dude is the farthest thing from perfect yet he loves God with all his heart, soul, strength and mind. That’s what I’m talking about, that’s the song that I want to hear and I can relate to. It is life’s poetry that keeps us intimately interested, it is expecting the unexpected, the ups and downs, the tapestry of human experience that fills our worlds with color. King David was not a human doing, nor was he just a human being, he was a human LIVING. In today’s Christian church standards he would be written off as a sinner, not to be trusted, never to minister, but I wonder if David is exactly the kind of person that God chooses to use for His glory? Cause at the end of the day it isn't about how perfect we are but it is about how perfect His love is. You see, religion brings man glory, religion to me is the need to be or the effort to be perfect, it leads to rules, regulations, and bondage. But you see, grace brings God glory, it is focused on how good God is not how good we are, grace or getting what we don’t deserve is a gift from God that shows imperfect humans just how glorious, loving and amazing our God is. Amazing grace how sweet the sound…that saved a wretch like me. Grace is a sweet sound that is so seldom sung, so rarely talked about now a days. I am far from perfect, I am a work in progress, but you know, my goal is not to be perfect in life but my goal is to be grateful in life. Love is the greatest motivator for change. If this is true than love is my religion. I don’t follow rules, I don’t follow the opinions of man, I follow Jesus. Can I be vulnerable here? True courage comes when we are not afraid to truly be ourselves, when we stop living someone else’s life and we begin to follow our heart. I've lost a lot recently, but man, I feel more free than ever and I thank God for it. I’m older but I feel younger. I’m hurt but I feel alive. I've lost but I’ve gained. I have nothing and it is in this moment I feel like I have everything. It is a great feeling to not be afraid. To be able to be imperfect and know that you belong still and are accepted. To realize no matter what you do or don’t do right or wrong that God understands and loves you the same either way. Mmm, I feel good cause right now I feel God. Sometimes in life you can’t understand why things happen when they happen. This season of my life has definitely been the best and the worst. All the things I’ve ever dreamed of or wanted have been given and taken away. Everything that could go right has suddenly gone wrong. But you know, weirdest thing is I have so much peace about it all. I used to bug out when things went wrong in my life, instead, I guess as you grow older you begin to realize that bad things are sometimes the best things that could ever happen to you. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #76a5af; line-height: 18px;">God many times will allow everything in your life to fall apart just to remind you that the things of this world that we are so desperately dependent upon are really not that important. Instead what is important is many times not understood till we are ridden of these other distractions. <span id="more-5301"></span>There are so many things that we think we need so bad when in actuality we need so little. We get so caught up in what we need to do that we forget where we are and who we are. We are not human doings, we are human beings. The being part is what I think most of us have the most difficulty with. What does it mean to just be? To be yourself and not care what others think. It is easy to say that but it is not easy to be that. It is that kind of courage to be your true self, flaws and all that makes people shine in this world, that meaning those who are not afraid to be imperfect. The problem with religion, the problem I find many times with Christian culture is we expect people to be perfect when it is impossible to do so. This is what makes Christians un relatable to the world. Human beings can not relate to perfection, they relate to imperfection. We connect through pain not perfection. Compassion can be expressed when there is pain that is felt. Life is not meant to be lived perfectly it is meant to be lived fully. When we expect ourselves and others to be perfect we rob ourselves of life, we end up getting caught up in shame, guilt, fear, control and isolation. We end up faking rather than truly living. We end up living behind pretentious masks that we create that keep us from being who we really are. I think this is what irritates me about Christian radio at times because the only songs that are played are in the same key, same chords, same words and same message... The message isn’t untrue, it is the truth, but where is the human element, where is the pain, the suffering, the confusion, the discourse, the vulnerability, the authenticity, the passion? Why is it all so predictable? Why is it that I relate sometimes more to 2pac, Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash, Kurt Cobain, Otis Redding than I do most of the artists on Christian radio? This is why I love King David and the book of Psalms, it is REAL. You can feel and relate to David’s highs and lows, the dude is the farthest thing from perfect yet he loves God with all his heart, soul, strength and mind. That’s what I’m talking about, that’s the song that I want to hear and I can relate to. It is life’s poetry that keeps us intimately interested, it is expecting the unexpected, the ups and downs, the tapestry of human experience that fills our worlds with color. King David was not a human doing, nor was he just a human being, he was a human LIVING. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #76a5af; line-height: 18px;">In today’s Christian church standards he would be written off as a sinner, not to be trusted, never to minister, but I wonder if David is exactly the kind of person that God chooses to use for His glory? Cause at the end of the day it isn’t about how perfect we are but it is about how perfect His love is. You see, religion brings man glory, religion to me is the need to be or the effort to be perfect, it leads to rules, regulations, and bondage. But you see, grace brings God glory, it is focused on how good God is not how good we are, grace or getting what we don’t deserve is a gift from God that shows imperfect humans just how glorious, loving and amazing our God is. Amazing grace how sweet the sound…that saved a wretch like me. Grace is a sweet sound that is so seldom sung, so rarely talked about now a days. I am far from perfect, I am a work in progress, but you know, my goal is not to be perfect in life but my goal is to be grateful in life. Love is the greatest motivator for change. If this is true than love is my religion. I don’t follow rules, I don’t follow the opinions of man, I follow Jesus. Can I be vulnerable here? True courage comes when we are not afraid to truly be ourselves, when we stop living someone else’s life and we begin to follow our heart. I’ve lost a lot recently, but man, I feel more free than ever and I thank God for it. I’m older but I feel younger. I’m hurt but I feel alive. I’ve lost but I’ve gained. I have nothing and it is in this moment I feel like I have everything. It is a great feeling to not be afraid. To be able to be imperfect and know that you belong still and are accepted. To realize no matter what you do or don’t do right or wrong that God understands and loves you the same either way. Mmm, I feel good cause right now I feel God."</span></div></div>selenity luzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18160386156956348243noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8413586805745509131.post-71721304714211573352011-05-11T23:30:00.012+03:002011-05-11T23:48:05.656+03:00Compare... Or Maybe Not?!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-XaNsPcQgVIQ/Tcrv2uBldBI/AAAAAAAAATM/g9MTBKiPnL8/s1600/comparing_insurance_vover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d; font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-XaNsPcQgVIQ/Tcrv2uBldBI/AAAAAAAAATM/g9MTBKiPnL8/s1600/comparing_insurance_vover.jpg" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">SOURCE: <a href="http://www.my-insurance-guide.co.nz/images/comparing_insurance_vover.jpg">LINK</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d; font-family: inherit;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: inherit;">I've found a very good, in my opinion, piece of writing. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: inherit;">Let me know what do you think! ^_^</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;"><a href="http://www.my-insurance-guide.co.nz/images/comparing_insurance_vover.jpg"></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 25px;">“Never compare your beginning </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 25px;">to someone else’s middle.” - <span id="goog_805331399"></span><span id="goog_805331400"></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0982986270/fwis-20">Jon Acuff</a></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d; font-family: inherit;"><br />
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<div style="line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: inherit;">One of the great temptations for us leaders and dreamers is to compare the start of our new adventures to the middle of someone else’s. You work on your first book and pick up <a href="http://www.maxlucado.com/">Max Lucado</a>’s 14th book and say, “Mine isn’t as good.” You post your first blog post and look at Michael Hyatt’s 100th and think, “Mine is nowhere near as great as that.” You give your first speech and watch Ken Robinson’s 1,000th at TED and think, “I’m not great like that.”</span></div><div style="line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: inherit;">It’s true. You’re not. <i>Yet</i>.</span></div><div style="line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: inherit;">This is just your beginning. Give yourself the gift of time. Love your dream and your adventure enough to allow it to grow slowly. Go slow. Get better over time. And never compare your beginning to someone else’s middle.</span><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06; font-family: inherit;">God has great things in store for you. He knows your hopes, your <i>dreams</i> and your heart's deepest cry. It is possible to begin making good choices that will change your future for the <i>better</i>.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06; font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06; font-family: inherit;">For some of you, it might be in the area of finances, relationships or especially in the area of health. People say things like, "I wish I was healthier. I wish I was in better shape. I wish I hadn't eaten this or eaten that. I wish I just looked better."</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06; font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06; font-family: inherit;">So many people live regretting their present circumstances, but they don't realize they can make choices to change their future.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06; font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e06666; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;">"Don't wait for people or</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e06666; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;">circumstances to change before</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e06666; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;">you examine your own behavior."</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06; font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06; font-family: inherit;">You don't have to be a victim of your circumstances any longer! Whether it's your health or another area, you can experience God's wisdom and grace that will show you the way and allow you to experience victory in your life.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06; font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06; font-family: inherit;">You can choose to do your part, and as you do, God will step in and do His part. He can help you change the way you live, but it won't happen if you just wait for something or someone to change for you. Please hear this! Don't wait for people or circumstances to change before you examine your own behavior. You need to choose to change because your <i>future</i> depends on it.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06; font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06; font-family: inherit;">If you don't like your life or you don't like the way things are going, it's time to make some new choices. Believe it, it does not work to keep doing the same thing the same way and hope for different results! In every choice you are faced with, you can look at the situation and ask, <i>Will this choice lead to a life-giving end or will it cause me or others harm (death)?</i></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06; font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06; font-family: inherit;">Decide now that no matter what your past has been, you will <i>choose</i> to make the future even brighter... by choosing life and allowing your daily decisions to reveal the love and blessings of God in <i>and</i> through you!</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06; font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06; font-family: inherit;">Inspired by: Joyce Meyer</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06; font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.joycemeyer.org/">http://www.joycemeyer.org/</a></span></div></div><br />
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</div>selenity luzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18160386156956348243noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8413586805745509131.post-58642053461670177722011-04-11T12:53:00.003+03:002011-05-07T01:24:59.495+03:00Words from Hafez!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #bf9000; font-family: inherit;"></span><br />
<div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 13px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 13px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #bf9000; font-family: inherit;">Love sometimes wants to do us a great favor: hold us upside down and shake all the nonsense out.</span></div><div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 13px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 13px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #bf9000; font-family: inherit;">Your love<br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />Should never be offered to the mouth of a stranger,<br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />Only to someone who has the valor and daring<br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />To cut pieces of their soul off with a knife<br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />Then weave them into a blanket<br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />To protect you.</span></div><div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 13px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 13px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #bf9000; font-family: inherit;">Stay close to any sounds that make you glad you are alive.</span></div><div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 13px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 13px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #bf9000; font-family: inherit;">Ever since happiness heard your name, it has been running through the streets trying to find you.<br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />I wish I could show you when you are lonely or in the darkness, the astonishing light of your own being.</span></div><div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 13px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 13px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #bf9000; font-family: inherit;">There are different wells within your heart.<br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />Some fill with each good rain,<br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />Others are far too deep for that</span></div><div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 13px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 13px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #bf9000; font-family: inherit;">Fear is the cheapest room in the house. I would like to see you living in better conditions.</span></div><div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 13px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 13px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #bf9000; font-family: inherit;">Even after all this time the sun never says to the Earth, “You owe me”</span></div><div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 13px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 13px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #bf9000; font-family: inherit;">There is no pleasure without a tincture of bitterness.</span></div><div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 13px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 13px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #bf9000; font-family: inherit;">_________________</span></div><div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 13px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 13px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #bf9000; font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px;"><em style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Khwāja Šamsu d-Dīn Muḥammad Hāfez-e Šīrāzī, known by his pen name <strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Hāfez</strong> (1325/26–1389/90)[1] was a Persian lyric poet.</em></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #bf9000; font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small; line-height: 15px;"><em style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Source: <a href="http://paulocoelhoblog.com/2011/04/10/character-of-the-week-hafez/">LINK</a></em></span></span></div></div>selenity luzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18160386156956348243noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8413586805745509131.post-28393706660489109092011-04-03T22:22:00.009+03:002011-04-03T22:39:28.974+03:00Desert Flower!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #bf9000; font-family: inherit;">HER STORY TOUCHED MILLIONS</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #bf9000; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;">DESERT FLOWER</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #7f6000; font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: small; line-height: normal;"></span></span></span><br />
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #7f6000; font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06; font-family: inherit;"><i>"[...] everyone to be enlightened about the</i></span></span></span></span></div></div></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #7f6000; font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06; font-family: inherit;"><i>status of genital mutilation: not culture,</i></span></span></span></span></div></div></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #7f6000; font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06; font-family: inherit;"><i>but torture."</i></span></span></span></span></div></div></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #7f6000; font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06; font-family: inherit;"><i>- Waris Dirie</i></span></span></span></span><br />
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</span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #bf9000; font-family: inherit;">From the Somali desert to the world’s catwalks. When Waris Dirie’s DESERT FLOWER appeared in 1998, the world was shocked. The former supermodel tells her breathtaking life story, describing her incredible journey from a nomadic life in the deserts of Somalia to the world’s most famous catwalks. This was a dream and a nightmare at the same time. In New York, at the peak of her career, she tells in an interview of the practice of female genital mutilation that she had to suffer when she was five. Waris Dirie decides to end her </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #bf9000; line-height: 19px;">life as a model and dedicate her life to fighting this archaic ritual.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #bf9000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 19px;"><a href="http://movies.nationalgeographic.com/movies/desert-flower/">National Geography</a> | <a href="http://www.desertflower-movie.com/">Web-site</a> | <a href="http://www.desertflowerfoundation.org/en/">Waris Dirie</a></span></span></div></div>selenity luzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18160386156956348243noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8413586805745509131.post-48399437562354194572011-03-27T23:25:00.004+03:002011-03-27T23:32:09.503+03:00Why?!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-RFenfF6KKFM/TVp2a_7usTI/AAAAAAAAADI/DIQ5LMOaBks/s1600/why.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47; font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" height="228" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-RFenfF6KKFM/TVp2a_7usTI/AAAAAAAAADI/DIQ5LMOaBks/s320/why.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47; font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">[I've found this writing and thought it can help those who are passing through "WHY" times! </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">Hope you'll find it useful! ^_^]</span></span><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47; font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">This is a question most people get stuck on, including myself. Something happens or doesn’t happen, and we ask God, “Why? Why? Why?”<br />
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Why did that disaster happen?<br />
Why can’t I find the right job?<br />
Why can’t I find the right guy?<br />
Why can’t I have a baby right now?<br />
Why did that person have to die?<br />
Why am I sick?<br />
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The list is endless. It’s difficult because we ALL want to know WHY something happened as it did. It’s hard NOT to want to know all the details. But we aren’t always allowed to know or understand the WHY.<br />
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Why not?<br />
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The answer isn’t an easy one. </span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47; font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">The Bible gives us an explanation in <i>Isaiah 55:8-9</i>:<br />
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"For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, declares the LORD. As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.”<br />
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Clearly, we are the creation and He is the Creator. Never will the creation be smarter than who created it. That’s just how it goes. Kind of like in our created technologies, no matter how advanced technology gets, it can never out function the human mind. And so it is also with God and us. But we can rest in knowing that God has a good plan for our lives, even if we don’t get to know all the answers right now.<br />
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<i> Jeremiah 29:11</i><br />
For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.<br />
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I rest my questioning and anxious heart on this verse often. God has THE plan. It’s a GOOD one, not a bad one for us. It’s so good that we can have HOPE and a FUTURE…not despair and death.<br />
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And God keeps His Word. It’s not going to fade away, go away or leave. Look at Isaiah 40:8, The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God stands forever."<br />
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<i> Isaiah 14:24 </i>The LORD Almighty has sworn, "Surely, as I have planned, so it will be, and as I have purposed, so it will stand.<br />
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Our job then, when we face theses challenges, is not to focus on the WHY, but to focus on God Himself. He may even reveal the WHY to you, or He may have you wait until we join Him in Heaven. We might not even care anymore by then.<br />
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Our comfort, peace, joy and very life depend upon His unchanging Word. You can trust Him, even when we don’t get to know all the “whys.” He is Holy, Righteous, Just and Loving. I really think that when we get to heaven, we will all be thinking “oh wow…now I understand.”<br />
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We never go wrong in seeking God first, it’s ALWAYS our best choice.<br />
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Learning to live with a little mystery or maybe A LOT of mystery and trusting in the ONLY one who knows all mysteries, God Himself.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><br />
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</div>selenity luzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18160386156956348243noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8413586805745509131.post-55832104287742461962011-03-18T13:38:00.004+02:002011-03-18T13:42:30.146+02:00World Sleep Day! ^_^<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;"></span><br />
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<div _counted="undefined" class="paragraph_style_1" style="line-height: 15px; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">WORLD SLEEP DAY – HOW IT BEGAN</span><span class="style_2" style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px;"><br />
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</span></div><div _counted="undefined" class="paragraph_style_2" style="line-height: 15px; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: inherit;">The first World Sleep Day (WSD) was held on March 14<span class="style_3" style="line-height: 15px;">th</span> 2008, under the slogan ‘Sleep well, live fully awake’. WSD is an annual event, intended to be a celebration of sleep and a call to action on important issues related to sleep, including medicine, education, social aspects and driving. It is organized by the WSD Committee of the World Association of Sleep Medicine (WASM) and aims to lessen the burden of sleep problems on society through better prevention and management of sleep disorders. The committee is co-chaired by WASM members Antonio Culebras, MD, professor of neurology at SUNY, Upstate Medical University, New York and Liborio Parrino, MD, assistant professor of neurology at Parma University, Italy. </span></div><div _counted="undefined" class="paragraph_style_3" style="line-height: 15px; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: inherit;">Events involving local groups took place in public settings around the world and online with unveiling of a declaration, presentation of educational materials, and exhibition of videos. </span></div><div _counted="undefined" class="Free_Form" style="line-height: 13px; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></div><div _counted="undefined" class="paragraph_style_1" style="line-height: 15px; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: inherit;">WORLD SLEEP DAY 2011</span></div><div _counted="undefined" class="paragraph_style_2" style="line-height: 15px; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: inherit;">WSD 2011 is being held on March 18<span class="style_3" style="line-height: 15px;">th</span>, under the slogan ‘Sleep Well, Grow Heathy’. This year’s theme highlights the importance of sleep for all ages. Newly born infants, school age children, adolescence, young adults, middle age adults, and retired adults need quality sleep to maintain a healthy life. </span></div><div _counted="undefined" class="paragraph_style_2" style="line-height: 15px; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></div><div _counted="undefined" class="paragraph_style_1" style="line-height: 15px; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: inherit;">General messages: </span></div><div class="graphic_textbox_layout_style_default"><ul><li><div _counted="undefined" class="paragraph_style_4" style="line-height: 13px; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: inherit;">World Sleep Day is an annual event to raise awareness of sleep disorders and the burden that they place on society.</span></div></li>
<li><div _counted="undefined" class="paragraph_style_4" style="line-height: 13px; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: inherit;">Sleep problems constitute a global epidemic that threaten health and quality of life, for up to 45% of the world’s population.</span></div></li>
<li><div _counted="undefined" class="paragraph_style_4" style="line-height: 13px; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-family: inherit;">Most sleep disorders are preventable or treatable, yet less than a third of sufferers seek professional help.</span></div></li>
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<div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 13px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 13px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">The first symptom</strong> of the process of our killing our dreams is the lack of time. The busiest people I have known in my life always have time enough to do everything. Those who do nothing are always tired and pay no attention to the little amount of work they are required to do. They complain constantly that the day is too short. The truth is, they are afraid to fight the Good Fight.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 13px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 13px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #bf9000; font-family: inherit;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">The second symptom</strong> of the death of our dreams lies in our certainties. Because we don’t want to see life as a grand adventure, we begin to think of ourselves as wise and fair and correct in asking so little of life. We look beyond the walls of our day-to-day existence, and we hear the sound of lances breaking, we smell the dust and the sweat, and we see the great defeats and the fire in the eyes of the warriors. But we never see the delight, the immense delight in the hearts of those who are engaged in the battle. For them, neither victory nor defeat is important; what’s important is only that they are fighting the Good Fight.</span></div><div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 13px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 13px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;">And, finally, the<strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"> third symptom</strong> of the passing of our dreams is peace. Life becomes a Sunday afternoon; we ask for nothing grand, and we cease to demand anything more than we are willing to give. In that state, we think of ourselves as being mature; we put aside the fantasies of our youth, and we seek personal and professional achievement. We are surprised when people our age say that they still want this or that out of life. But really, deep in our hearts, we know that what has happened is that we have renounced the battle for our dreams – we have refused to fight the Good Fight.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 13px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 13px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #134f5c;">When we renounce our dreams and find peace, we go through a short period of tranquility. But the dead dreams begin to rot within us and to infect our entire being.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #134f5c;">We become cruel to those around us, and then we begin to direct this cruelty against ourselves. That’s when illnesses and psychoses arise. What we sought to avoid in combat – disappointment and defeat – come upon us because of our cowardice.</span></span></div><div style="color: #a64d79; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 13px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 13px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">And one day, the dead, spoiled dreams make it difficult to breathe, and we actually seek death. It’s death that frees us from our certainties, from our work, and from that terrible peace of our Sunday afternoons.</span></div><div style="color: #a64d79; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 13px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 13px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"></span></span></div><div class="wp-caption aligncenter" id="attachment_5125" style="color: #e06666; width: 462px;"><div class="wp-caption-text" style="line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; z-index: 1;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">[Here is an article written by Dr. Myles Munroe. Liked it. Quite interesting.]</span></div><div class="wp-caption-text" style="line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; z-index: 1;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
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If it is one thing that the world needs now is a big dose of genuine love.</span></div></div><div style="color: #e06666; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; z-index: 1;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">As numerous scholars have researched and discussed, the Greeks have identified four kinds of love. Those four kinds of love are an attempt to describe the different motives for love. “Eros” is the Greek word for sexual or carnal love. It is simply pleasure of the flesh. “Philio” is friendship love. The third word used for love is “storge,” which is family love. The Greeks also distinguished another kind of love, which they called “agape.” Agape is the type of love that the Greeks tried to define as divine love. Jesus also used this word to describe the love of God for humanity. This love is also possible between two people.</span></div></div><div style="color: #e06666; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; z-index: 1;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Scripture shows that God made love a law. Why? He made it a law because He could not trust us to do it ourselves. He stated to His disciples, “This is my commandment that you love one another…” (Jn 15:12). A command is not debatable because it is your duty. Duty is absent of feelings. In other words, we think that love has to do with feelings. However, the love that Jesus commands us to have is one that is above feelings. In other words, in the Kingdom of God, the law is that you love them first and then learn to like them. Valentine’s Day is a day when you give flowers or candy to someone that you like. Unfortunately, the intent of this type of love falls short of the motive behind the kind of love that God says to give.</span></div></div><div style="color: #e06666; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; z-index: 1;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Agape refers to unconditional love. Therefore, if anyone attaches conditions or reasons to why he or she loves you, then agape, unconditional love, has ceased. If someone uses the words “if,” “when,” or “because” when they say that they love you, this is not an unconditional perspective. Wherever there is a reason, there is a condition. Wherever there is a condition, there is expectation. I estimate that 99% of all the problems in relationships have to do with expectation.</span></div></div><div style="color: #e06666; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; z-index: 1;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">For instance, consider the condition: “As a husband, I expect you to cook for me.” What happens when you both work from nine to five, and she is exhausted when you get home? Expectation guarantees disappointment. Consider another scenario. Suppose a man married a woman for her sleek curves, and she married him for his well-defined physique. What happens after ten years and three children? She cannot get her curves back, and his chest has dropped into his stomach. If the physical appearance was the reason for love, there is going to be disappointment. Disappointment leads to division, which leads to divorce. Divorce can take place in any type of relationship and not just marriage.</span></div></div><div style="color: #e06666; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; z-index: 1;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Therefore, we need agape love, which is love without reason or condition. I challenge you from this Valentine’s Day forward to examine your motive for loving others and destroy these conditions because reason runs the risk of destroying your relationships.</span><br />
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</span></div></div><div style="line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; z-index: 1;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">By Dr. Myles Munroe</span></span></div></div></div>selenity luzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18160386156956348243noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8413586805745509131.post-32212988055014507562011-02-18T23:52:00.004+02:002011-02-19T01:25:21.250+02:00SLEEEEP! ZZZZZZZZZZZZ!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><a _fcksavedurl="http://www.psychologydegree.net/facts-about-sleep" href="http://www.psychologydegree.net/facts-about-sleep"><img _fcksavedurl="http://images.psychologydegree.net.s3.amazonaws.com/sleep.jpg" alt="16 Things You Didn’t Know About Sleep" border="0" src="http://images.psychologydegree.net.s3.amazonaws.com/sleep.jpg" width="500" /></a></span></div>selenity luzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18160386156956348243noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8413586805745509131.post-35511499639751780672011-02-08T23:39:00.009+02:002011-02-19T10:31:29.712+02:00Inspiring...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f;">There are things and people that inspire us and encourage us to go further. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #93c47d;">Also, not to relinquish in front of circumstances or whatever passes by and intersects our path.</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b6d7a8;">One of these beautiful things for me is photography. I am not a connoisseur in this area but somehow it catches my heart and doesn't live in peace.</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0;">Moreover, it makes me feel better and relieved. There are specific images that I watch over and over again...</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #9fc5e8;"> just because they feel me with joy, peace, balance, and myself.</span></div><br />
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</div>selenity luzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18160386156956348243noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8413586805745509131.post-36508128571604670952011-01-27T11:46:00.004+02:002011-02-19T00:54:41.579+02:00Value of time!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Chauj3Vo2Pc/TUE9Z-tL9pI/AAAAAAAAAPo/HbZwgqQPbmk/s1600/time.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="228" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Chauj3Vo2Pc/TUE9Z-tL9pI/AAAAAAAAAPo/HbZwgqQPbmk/s320/time.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br />
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<div align="center" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f1c232; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: 'Cherry Cream Soda', serif;">To realize the value of ONE YEAR, </span><span style="font-family: 'Cherry Cream Soda', serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f1c232; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;"> </span><br />
<div align="center" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f1c232; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: 'Cherry Cream Soda', serif;">ask a student who failed a grade.</span><span style="font-family: 'Cherry Cream Soda', serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div align="center" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f1c232; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div align="center" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f1c232; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: 'Cherry Cream Soda', serif;">To realize the value of ONE MONTH, </span><span style="font-family: 'Cherry Cream Soda', serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div align="center" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f1c232; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: 'Cherry Cream Soda', serif;">ask a mother who gave birth to a premature baby.</span><span style="font-family: 'Cherry Cream Soda', serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div align="center" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f1c232; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div align="center" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f1c232; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: 'Cherry Cream Soda', serif;">To realize the value of ONE WEEK, </span><span style="font-family: 'Cherry Cream Soda', serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div align="center" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f1c232; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: 'Cherry Cream Soda', serif;">ask the editor of a weekly newspaper.</span><span style="font-family: 'Cherry Cream Soda', serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div align="center" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f1c232; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div align="center" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f1c232; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: 'Cherry Cream Soda', serif;">To realize the value of ONE HOUR, </span><span style="font-family: 'Cherry Cream Soda', serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div align="center" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f1c232; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: 'Cherry Cream Soda', serif;">ask the lovers who are waiting to meet.</span><span style="font-family: 'Cherry Cream Soda', serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div align="center" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f1c232; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div align="center" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f1c232; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: 'Cherry Cream Soda', serif;">To realize the value of ONE MINUTE, </span><span style="font-family: 'Cherry Cream Soda', serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div align="center" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f1c232; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: 'Cherry Cream Soda', serif;">ask a person who missed the train.</span><span style="font-family: 'Cherry Cream Soda', serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div align="center" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f1c232; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div align="center" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f1c232; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: 'Cherry Cream Soda', serif;">To realize the value of ONE SECOND, </span><span style="font-family: 'Cherry Cream Soda', serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div align="center" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f1c232; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: 'Cherry Cream Soda', serif;">ask a person who just avoided an accident.</span><span style="font-family: 'Cherry Cream Soda', serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div align="center" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f1c232; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div align="center" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f1c232; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: 'Cherry Cream Soda', serif;">To realize the value of ONE MILLISECOND, </span><span style="font-family: 'Cherry Cream Soda', serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div align="center" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f1c232; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: 'Cherry Cream Soda', serif;">ask the person who won a silver medal in the Olympics.</span><span style="font-family: 'Cherry Cream Soda', serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div align="center" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f1c232; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br />
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<div align="center" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: 'Cherry Cream Soda', serif; font-size: 24pt;">Leave It</span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="color: #f4cccc; font-family: 'Cherry Cream Soda', serif; font-size: 24pt;"> </span></span><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: 'Cherry Cream Soda', serif; font-size: 24pt;">Open</span><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Cherry Cream Soda', serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"> </span><br />
<div align="center" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: 'Cherry Cream Soda', serif; font-size: 24pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e06666;">Yet</span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="color: #cc0000;"> </span></span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: 'Cherry Cream Soda', serif; font-size: 24pt;">Guard It</span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="color: #f4cccc; font-family: 'Cherry Cream Soda', serif; font-size: 24pt;"> </span></span><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: 'Cherry Cream Soda', serif; font-size: 24pt;">Intensely</span><span style="color: #f4cccc; font-family: 'Cherry Cream Soda', serif; font-size: 24pt;">!</span><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Cherry Cream Soda', serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: 'Cherry Cream Soda', serif;">Your heart is the core of who you are. Joy, hope, passion, peace all come from your heart. God wants you to live your life from the heart.</span><span style="color: #ea9999; font-family: 'Cherry Cream Soda', serif;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0;"><span style="font-family: 'Cherry Cream Soda', serif;">Proverbs 4:23 is a powerful and life-changing truth:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Keep and guard your heart will all vigilance... for out of it flow the springs of life.</i></span><i><span style="font-family: 'Cherry Cream Soda', serif;"> </span></i><span style="font-family: 'Cherry Cream Soda', serif;">Guarding your heart involves choosing what you receive<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><i>and</i><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>what you will not receive in your heart, and that, in turn will determine the quality of your life.</span></span><span style="color: #f4cccc; font-family: 'Cherry Cream Soda', serif;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e06666;"><span style="font-family: 'Cherry Cream Soda', serif;">Guard your heart against hurt, resentment, bitterness, ingratitude, discouragement, and hate.</span><span style="font-family: 'Cherry Cream Soda', serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Cherry Cream Soda', serif;">Keep your heart open to</span><span style="font-family: 'Cherry Cream Soda', serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Cherry Cream Soda', serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f6b26b; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: 'Cherry Cream Soda', serif; font-size: 24pt;"><br />
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<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 10.5pt; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Cherry Cream Soda', serif;">Couples argue 312 times a year,mostly on Thursday at 8pm for ten minutes. Domestic bliss? A fifth of Brits have considered splitting up with their partner over their annoying habits. There are the really big issues that divide couples… and then there are the very, very small ones. And the latter don’t half add up. Minor irritations such as leaving wet towels on the bed, flicking between TV channels and hoarding bits and bobs cause most of the 312 arguments that the average couple has each year, researchers say.Those little annoying habits can become such a big problem that one in five Britons have even considered them a reason to split up – with a Thursday evening the most likely time for a row to develop.</span><span style="font-family: 'Cherry Cream Soda', serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 10.5pt; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="color: #c27ba0; font-family: 'Cherry Cream Soda', serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 10.5pt; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Cherry Cream Soda', serif;">The study found the kitchen is also a common battleground for arguments about cleanliness.Although men were more relaxed in general they are more likely to consider ending a relationship over things like taking too long to get ready and nagging them about chores.Other habits that partners listed as annoying included leaving dirty cups around the house, hoarding stuff, flicking TV channels and leaving tissues all over the house.Eight out of ten people said they often found themselves cleaning up after their other half rather than continue to nag them. One in four credit their nagging with changing their partner’s behaviour. A fifth of Brits have even considered splitting up with their partner over their annoying habits.</span><span style="font-family: 'Cherry Cream Soda', serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 10.5pt; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="color: #c27ba0; font-family: 'Cherry Cream Soda', serif;"><br />
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<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 10.5pt; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Cherry Cream Soda', serif;">1. Stubble in the sink</span><span style="font-family: 'Cherry Cream Soda', serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 10.5pt; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Cherry Cream Soda', serif;">2. Dirty marks in the toilet</span><span style="font-family: 'Cherry Cream Soda', serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 10.5pt; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Cherry Cream Soda', serif;">3. Flicking TV channels</span><span style="font-family: 'Cherry Cream Soda', serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 10.5pt; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Cherry Cream Soda', serif;">4. Not replacing the toilet roll</span><span style="font-family: 'Cherry Cream Soda', serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 10.5pt; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Cherry Cream Soda', serif;">5. Leaving the seat up</span><span style="font-family: 'Cherry Cream Soda', serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 10.5pt; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Cherry Cream Soda', serif;">6. Leaving lights on</span><span style="font-family: 'Cherry Cream Soda', serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 10.5pt; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Cherry Cream Soda', serif;">7. Leaving dirty cups around the house</span><span style="font-family: 'Cherry Cream Soda', serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 10.5pt; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Cherry Cream Soda', serif;">8. Leaving wet towels on the floor/bed</span><span style="font-family: 'Cherry Cream Soda', serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 10.5pt; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Cherry Cream Soda', serif;">9. Hoarding stuff</span><span style="font-family: 'Cherry Cream Soda', serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 10.5pt; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Cherry Cream Soda', serif;">10. Not flushing the toilet</span><span style="font-family: 'Cherry Cream Soda', serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 10.5pt; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 10.5pt; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Cherry Cream Soda', serif;">LIST OF THINGS THAT MAKE MEN ANNOYED</span><span style="font-family: 'Cherry Cream Soda', serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 10.5pt; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Cherry Cream Soda', serif;">1. Taking too long to get ready</span><span style="font-family: 'Cherry Cream Soda', serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 10.5pt; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Cherry Cream Soda', serif;">2. Nagging about chores</span><span style="font-family: 'Cherry Cream Soda', serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 10.5pt; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Cherry Cream Soda', serif;">3. Leaving lights on</span><span style="font-family: 'Cherry Cream Soda', serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 10.5pt; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Cherry Cream Soda', serif;">4. Hair in the plughole</span><span style="font-family: 'Cherry Cream Soda', serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 10.5pt; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Cherry Cream Soda', serif;">5. Hoarding stuff</span><span style="font-family: 'Cherry Cream Soda', serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 10.5pt; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Cherry Cream Soda', serif;">6. Overfilling bins</span><span style="font-family: 'Cherry Cream Soda', serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 10.5pt; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Cherry Cream Soda', serif;">7. Leaving tissues around the house</span><span style="font-family: 'Cherry Cream Soda', serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 10.5pt; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Cherry Cream Soda', serif;">8. Leaving dirty cups around the house</span><span style="font-family: 'Cherry Cream Soda', serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 10.5pt; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Cherry Cream Soda', serif;">9. Flicking TV channels</span><span style="font-family: 'Cherry Cream Soda', serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 10.5pt; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Cherry Cream Soda', serif;">10. Watching soaps</span><span style="font-family: 'Cherry Cream Soda', serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 10.5pt; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="color: #c27ba0; font-family: 'Cherry Cream Soda', serif;"><br />
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</span></div></div></div>selenity luzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18160386156956348243noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8413586805745509131.post-53454578338189154912011-01-15T21:33:00.004+02:002011-02-19T13:18:16.018+02:00"If..."<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Chauj3Vo2Pc/TTH2Z_8rwoI/AAAAAAAAAPA/8eJ78Lle6Ss/s1600/risk.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><img border="0" height="319" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Chauj3Vo2Pc/TTH2Z_8rwoI/AAAAAAAAAPA/8eJ78Lle6Ss/s320/risk.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000; font-size: x-large;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;">"</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #ea9999;">If you <i>laugh</i>, </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #ea9999;">you </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e06666;">risk</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f4cccc;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #ea9999;">to be seen as</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f4cccc;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000; font-size: x-large;">crazy;</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #ea9999; font-size: x-large;">If you <i>cry</i>,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #fce5cd; font-size: x-large;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #ea9999;">you</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #fce5cd;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f9cb9c;"><i>risk</i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #fce5cd;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #ea9999;">to seem</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #fce5cd;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f6b26b;">emotional</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #fce5cd;">;</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f1c232; font-size: x-large;">I</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f1c232; font-size: x-large;">f you lend a <i>hand of help</i>, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f1c232;">you</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #fff2cc;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #ffe599;"><i>risk</i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #fff2cc;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f1c232;">to get</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #fff2cc;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #ffd966;">involved</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #fff2cc;">;</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d; font-size: x-large;">If you <i>love</i>, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;">you</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #d9ead3;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f;"><i>risk</i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #d9ead3;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;">to be</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #d9ead3;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #93c47d; font-size: x-large;">loved;</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7; font-size: x-large;">If you <i>don't risk</i>, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;">you</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #d9d2e9;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b4a7d6;"><i>risk</i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #d9d2e9;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;">to</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #d9d2e9;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #8e7cc3;">lose</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #d9d2e9;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #d5a6bd;">everything</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #d9d2e9;">.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;">"</span></span></div></div>selenity luzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18160386156956348243noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8413586805745509131.post-49671074224291542662011-01-12T20:03:00.003+02:002011-02-19T01:04:02.374+02:00["Our Contradictions"]<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Chauj3Vo2Pc/TS3r-3KEHII/AAAAAAAAAO8/6CLrHVUoznI/s1600/characteristics-of-success.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e06666;"><img border="0" height="213" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Chauj3Vo2Pc/TS3r-3KEHII/AAAAAAAAAO8/6CLrHVUoznI/s320/characteristics-of-success.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 13px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 13px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e06666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
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<div style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e06666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: 'Cherry Cream Soda', serif;">Here it's a part of Paulo Coelho's book "The Pilgrimage". YES! It's kinda long, but SO spirit-awakening!</span><span style="font-family: 'Cherry Cream Soda', serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<div style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e06666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Cherry Cream Soda', serif;">At a certain point during my pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela, we came to a flat, monotonous field of wheat stretching all the way to the horizon. The only thing breaking the dull landscape was a medieval column with a cross on top, marking the pilgrims’ way. Petrus – my guide – put down his backpack and knelt down.</span><span style="font-family: 'Cherry Cream Soda', serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e06666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Cherry Cream Soda', serif;">– <strong><span style="font-family: 'Cherry Cream Soda', serif;">Have pity on those who pity themselves, </span></strong>and think life has been unjust to them – for they will never manage to engage in the Good Fight.</span><span style="font-family: 'Cherry Cream Soda', serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e06666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Cherry Cream Soda', serif;">But have more pity on those who are cruel to themselves, and can only see evil in their own acts, and who consider themselves guilty for the injustices of the world. For they know not Your law which says: even the strands of hair on your head have been counted.</span><span style="font-family: 'Cherry Cream Soda', serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e06666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e06666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Cherry Cream Soda', serif;">Have pity on those who command and those who serve many hours</span></strong><span style="font-family: 'Cherry Cream Soda', serif;"> of work, and sacrifice themselves in exchange for a Sunday, when everything is closed and there is nowhere to go.</span><span style="font-family: 'Cherry Cream Soda', serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e06666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Cherry Cream Soda', serif;">But have more pity on those who sanctify their work and go beyond the limits of their own madness, and end up in debt or nailed to the cross by their own brothers. For they know not Your law which says: be as prudent as a serpent and as simple as the pigeons.</span><span style="font-family: 'Cherry Cream Soda', serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e06666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e06666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Cherry Cream Soda', serif;">Have pity on those who eat, drink and are merry</span></strong><span style="font-family: 'Cherry Cream Soda', serif;">, but are unhappy and lonely in their abundance.</span><span style="font-family: 'Cherry Cream Soda', serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e06666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Cherry Cream Soda', serif;">But have more pity on those who fast, censure, forbid and feel saintly, and who preach Your name in public places. For they know not Your law which says: if I testify about myself, my testimony is not true.</span><span style="font-family: 'Cherry Cream Soda', serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e06666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e06666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Cherry Cream Soda', serif;">Have pity on those who fear Death</span></strong><span style="font-family: 'Cherry Cream Soda', serif;"> and do not know the many kingdoms they have crossed and the many deaths they have died, and are unhappy because they think that everything will come to an end one day.</span><span style="font-family: 'Cherry Cream Soda', serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e06666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Cherry Cream Soda', serif;">But have more pity on those who have known their many deaths and think they are immortal, for they know not Your law which says: he who is not born again may not see the kingdom of God.</span><span style="font-family: 'Cherry Cream Soda', serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e06666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e06666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Cherry Cream Soda', serif;">Have pity on those who cannot see anyone but themselves,</span></strong><span style="font-family: 'Cherry Cream Soda', serif;"> and are shut in their limousines, locked in their air conditioned penthouse offices, and suffer in silence the solitude of power.</span><span style="font-family: 'Cherry Cream Soda', serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e06666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Cherry Cream Soda', serif;">But have pity on those who go without everything, and are charitable, and seek to overcome evil with love only, for they know not Your law which says: he who has no sword, may he sell his cloak and buy one.</span><span style="font-family: 'Cherry Cream Soda', serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e06666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e06666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Cherry Cream Soda', serif;">Have pity on us, Lord. </span></strong><span style="font-family: 'Cherry Cream Soda', serif;">For we often think we are dressed when we are naked, we think we commit a crime and in reality save someone. Do not forget, in Your mercy, that we unsheathe the sword with the hand of an angel and the hand of a demon gripping the same hilt. For we are in the world, we continue in the world and need You. We always need Your law which says: when I sent you without bag, pouch or sandals, you lacked nothing.</span><span style="font-family: 'Cherry Cream Soda', serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e06666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Cherry Cream Soda', serif;">Petrus stopped praying. The silence continued. He was gazing at the wheat field around us.</span><span style="font-family: 'Cherry Cream Soda', serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e06666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
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