Our Daily Inspirations

[lord]

"I wish I could stand on a busy corner, hat in hand, and beg people to
throw me all their wasted hours."

~ Bernard Berenson

[lord]

"God wisely designed the human body so that we can neither pat our own backs nor kick ourselves too easily."

~ Unknown

[romi_o]

lord: think u should remove the last sentence.... quite offensive, u know
good one, for the first 2 postings

[lord]

There once was an oyster
Whose story I tell
Who found that some sand
Had got into his shell.

It was only a grain
but it gave him great pain.
For oysters have feelings
Although they're so plain.

Now, did he berate
the harsh workings of fate
that had brought him
To such a deplorable state?

Did he curse at the government
Cry for election
And claim that the sea should
Have given him protection?

'No,' he said to himself
As he lay on a shell
Since I cannot remove it
I shall try to improve it.

Now the years have rolled around
As the years always do
And he came to his ultimate
Destiny - stew.

And the small grain of sand
That had bothered him so
Was a beautiful pearl
All richly aglow.

Now the tale has a moral
for isn't it grand
What an oyster can do
With a morsel of sand?

What couldn't we do
If we'd only begin
With some of the things
That get under our skin.

~David Cohen

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"Don't let success go into your head nor failures go into your heart."

~ Author unknown

[lord]

A Memo From God

To: YOU
Date: TODAY
From: THE BOSS
Subject: YOURSELF
Reference: LIFE

I am God. Today I will be handling all of your problems. Please remember that I do not need your help.

If life happens to deliver a situation to you that you cannot handle, do not attempt to resolve it. Kindly put it in the SFGTD (something for God to do) box. All situations will be resolved, but in My time, not yours.

Once the matter is placed into the box, do not hold onto it by worrying about it. Instead, focus on all the wonderful things that are present in your life now.

If you find yourself stuck in traffic; don't despair. There are people in this world for whom driving is an unheard of privilege.

Should you have a bad day at work; think of the man who has been out of work for years.

Should you despair over a relationship gone bad; think of the person who has never known what it's like to love and be loved in return.

Should you grieve the passing of another weekend; think of the woman in dire straits, working twelve hours a day, seven days a week to feed her children.

Should your car break down, leaving you miles away from assistance; think of the paraplegic who would love the opportunity to take that walk.

Should you notice a new gray hair in the mirror; think of the cancer patient in chemo who wishes she had hair to examine.

Should you find yourself at a loss and pondering what is life all about, asking what is my purpose? Be thankful. There are those who didn't live long enough to get the opportunity.

Should you find yourself the victim of other people's bitterness, ignorance, smallness or insecurities; remember, things could be worse. You could be one of them!

[yokeimm]

lord, loved that memo. makes one stop whinning!

[lord]

I was sitting on a bench
while in a nearby mall,
When I noticed a young mother
with two children who were small.

The youngest one was whining,
"Pick me up," I heard him beg
but the mother's face grew angry
as the child clung to her leg.

"Don't hang on to me," she shouted
as she pushed his hands away,
I wish I'd had the courage
to go up to her and say...

"The time will come too quickly
when those little arms that tug,
Won't ask for you to hold them
or won't freely give a hug.

"The day will sneak up subtly
just as it did with me,
When you can't recall the last time
that your child sat on your knee.

"Like those sacred, pre-dawn feedings
when we cherished time alone
Our babies grow and leave behind
those special times we've known.

"So when your child comes to you
with a book that you can share,
Or asks that you would tuck him in
and help him say his prayer...

"When he comes to sit and chat
or would like to take a walk,
Before you answer that you can't
`cause there's no time to talk.

"Remember what all parents learn
so many times too late,
That years go by too quickly
and that childhood doesn't wait.

"Take every opportunity,
if one should slip away
Reach hard to get it back again,
don't wait another day."

I watched that mother walk away
her children followed near,
I hope she'll pick them up
before her chances disappear..

by Kathie Davis

[romi_o]

touching *sob*...
btw, where did u get all this? reading??*sigh*

from,
frog under the coconut shell

[lord]

"Those who can make you believe absurdities can
make you commit atrocities."

~Francois Marie Arouet, aka Voltaire

[lord]

I hope you guys enjoy reading these stuffs as well as pick-up a thing or two. I get these stuffs from everywhere, e-mails, books, newspapers, magazines, etc. If you guys come across anything that can be an inspirational factor, why not put it up here. Let's share it with everyone.

Cheers.

[Joecool]

I remember my favourite one which goes something like

"I used to complain that I have no new shoes until I saw someone with no feet".

[romi_o]

don't take more than u can carry

[Joecool]

too much of anything is not good for you.


Good things are not cheap
Cheap things are not good.


Truth is not determined by majority rule.

[Cool Hand Luke]

This Reality is Not Real. We are living in the MATRIX. The Real World is somewhere Out There.

[lord]

"The good that men do
is only skin deep.
The evil that men do
lives long after them."

~Shakespeare

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"Relative are God's gift to us.
Thank God we can choose our friends."

~Anonymous