Monday, December 26, 2011

THE FOUR CANDLES

THE FOUR CANDLES BURN SLOWLY.
THE AMBIANCE WAS SO SOFT YOU COULD HEAR THEM TALKING.
THE FIRST ONE SAID:
”I AM PEACE !
HOWEVER, NOBODY CAN KEEP ME LIT .
I BELIEVE  I WILL GO OUT."
It’s flame rapidly diminishes and goes out completely.

THE SECOND ONE SAYS:
”I AM FAITH !
MOST OF ALL, I AM  NO LONGER  INDISPENSABLE ,
SO IT  DOESN’T MAKE ANY SENSE THAT I STAY LIT ANY
LONGER ."
When it finished talking, a breeze softly blew on it putting it out.

SADLY, THE THIRD CANDLE SPOKE IN ITS TURN:
”I AM LOVE !
I HAVEN’T GOT THE STRENGTH TO STAY LIT. PEOPLE PUT ME ASIDE AND DON’T UNDERSTAND MY IMPORTANCE. THEY EVEN FORGET TO LOVE THOSE WHO ARE NEAREST TO THEM ."

SUDDENLY...
A CHILD ENTERS THE ROOM AND SEES THREE CANDLES NOT BURNING.
”WHY ARE YOU  NOT BURNING? YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO STAY LIT TILL THE END."

Saying this, the child begins to cry.

THEN THE FOURTH CANDLE SAID:
”DON’T BE AFRAID, WHILE    I AM STILL BURNING WE CAN RE-LIGHT THE OTHER CANDLES,

I AM 

HOPE !"

WITH SHINING EYES, THE CHILD
TOOK THE CANDLE OF HOPE
AND LIT THE OTHER CANDLES.

The flame of Hope should never go out from your life

…and that each of us  can maintain
Hope, Faith, Peace and Love  !!!!

Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Another Approach

When one approach is not working to reach the desired goal, that's not a reason to abandon the goal. Instead, it is time to devise another approach. Sometimes the objective and the means to that objective become so intertwined that it is difficult to imagine one without the other. Yet there are many different ways to reach any particular goal, given enough persistence and creativity.


That's why, for those who are able to consistently get things done, there is no such thing as failure. There are only approaches which have been proven ineffective.


There is a way to achieve whatever you desire, even when you've already fallen short of the mark. There is a way to do it. That way may not be obvious. It may well require some skillful, creative thinking. It's there, though. Learn from each attempt, learn from each approach and you'll surely discover one that works spectacularly.
 

-- Ralph Marston

Friday, December 2, 2011

Read Each One Carefully

Read Each One Carefully and Think About It a Second or Two

1. I love you not because of who you are, but because of who I am when I am with you.


2. No man or woman is worth your tears, and the one who is, won't make you cry.


3. Just because someone doesn't love you the way you want them to, doesn't mean they don't love you with all they have.


4. A true friend is someone who reaches for your hand and touches your heart.


5. The worst way to miss someone is to be sitting right beside them knowing you can't have them.


6. Never frown, even when you are sad, because you never know who is falling in love with your smile.


7. To the world you may be one person, but to one person you may be the world.


8. Don't waste your time on a man/woman, who isn't willing to waste their time on you.


9. Maybe God wants us to meet a few wrong people before meeting the right one, so that when we finally meet the person, we will know how to be grateful.


10. Don't cry because it is over, smile because it happened.


11. There's always going to be people that hurt you so what you have to do is keep on trusting and just be more careful about who you trust next time around.


12. Make yourself a better person and know who you are before you try and know someone else and expect them to know you.


13. Don't try so hard, the best things come when you least expect them to.



REMEMBER: WHATEVER HAPPENS, HAPPENS FOR A REASON.

True friends: How many people actually have 8 true friends?

Hardly anyone I know ! But some of us have all right friends and good friends!!!

Tuesday, November 22, 2011

How far that..........................................................


How far that little candle throws its beams! So shines a good deed in a naughty world.
- William Shakespeare

Wednesday, November 2, 2011

Fair


Expecting the world to treat you fairly because you are good is
like expecting the bull not to charge because you are a vegetarian.

Saturday, October 22, 2011

Learning From Your Mistakes


When you make a mistake, dont look back at it long. Take the reason of the thing into your mind, and then look forward. Mistakes are lessons of wisdom. The past cannot be changed. The future is yet in your power.
Author: John Peel



A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.
Author: Andy Rooney



Mistakes are painful when they happen, but years later a collection of mistakes is what is called experience.
Author: Anonymous



The cautious seldom err.
Author: Benjamin Franklin

Saturday, October 8, 2011

Being creative

Being creative
 
We often think of creativity as producing works of art or literature,
as the act of expressing things in a profound and different way. Yet
creativity can be a part of every moment.
 
Thoughtfully responding to situations, rather than mindlessly
reacting, is a powerful form of creativity. Seeing the beauty in
every detail of every day is a completely creative way to live.
Recognizing the opportunities which are hidden in the obstacles is
also a way of living creatively. Moving forward instead of fighting
back is extremely creative.
 
Every moment is an opportunity to create. To create what? Not merely
amazing inventions, magnificent images or profound strings of words,
but a life of fulfillment and purpose. At any time and in any place,
be creative. Escape the limiting patterns which hold you back and
create a life of greatness. Express the beauty that is your life in a
new and different way with each passing moment. That is being
creative. That is being truly alive.



-- Ralph Marston

Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Do not falter ...................

Do not falter or shrink; But just think out your work, And just work
out your think.
- Nixon Waterman

Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Reflect upon your............................


Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has many--not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.
- Charles Dickens

Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Life is to ...........................

Life is to be lived. If you have to support yourself, you had bloody well better find some way that is going to be interesting. And you don't do that by sitting around. - Katharine Hepburn, 1907-2003, American Actress, Writer

Tuesday, September 6, 2011

We are what.................

We are what we repeatedly do; excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.

Aristotle,BC 384-322, Greek Philosopher

Friday, August 26, 2011

Make it so

 
Make it so

You know what it is you wish to accomplish. Today is the time to make it so. The moment you hold in your hands right now is the link between intention and reality. This day is the arena in which life can be lived and dreams fulfilled.

How long have you wished, how intently have you imagined what the world could be? Here is your opportunity to make it so. The past has already faded into memory. It cannot stop you nor can it push you. This moment right now is yours to live, free of any that have come before.

You have more knowledge, more experience, and more wisdom today than you've ever had before. Make use of it all. Make it count. Make it happen. Make it so.

-- Ralph Marston

Thursday, August 18, 2011

AFriend ..!!

(A)ccepts you as you are
 
(B)elieves in "you"
 
(C)alls you just to say "HI"
 
(D)oesn't give up ! ! on you
 
(E)nvisions the whole of you (even the unfinished parts)
 
(F)orgives your mistakes

(G)ives unconditionally
 
(H)elps you
 
(I)nvites you over
 
(J)ust "be" with you
 
(K)eeps you close at heart
 
(L)oves you for who you are
 
(M)akes a difference in your life

(N)ever Judges
 
O)ffers support

(P)icks you up
 
(Q)uiets your fears
 
(R)aises your spirits
 
(S)ays nice things about you
 
(T)ells you the truth when you need to hear it
 
(U)nderstands you
 
(V)alues you
 
(W)alks beside you
 
(X)-plains thing you don't understand
 
(Y)ells when you won't listen, and
 
(Z)aps you back to reality

Thursday, August 11, 2011

A friend is

A friend is one who sees through you and still enjoys the view.
- Wilma Askinas

Thursday, July 28, 2011

I ASKED GOD TO TAKE AWAY MY PAIN.


I ASKED GOD TO TAKE AWAY MY PAIN.

GOD SAID, NO.
IT IS NOT FOR ME TO TAKE AWAY, BUT FOR YOU TO GIVE IT UP.

I ASKED GOD TO MAKE MY HANDICAPPED CHILD WHOLE.

GOD SAID, NO.
HER SPIRIT WAS WHOLE, HER BODY WAS ONLY TEMPORARY.

I ASKED GOD TO GRANT ME PATIENCE.

GOD SAID, NO.
PATIENCE IS A BY PRODUCT OF TRIBULATIONS; IT ISN'T GRANTED, IT IS LEARNED.

I ASKED GOD TO GIVE ME HAPPINESS.

GOD SAID, NO.
I GIVE YOU BLESSINGS. HAPPINESS IS UP TO YOU.

I ASKED GOD TO SPARE ME PAIN.

GOD SAID, NO.
SUFFERING DRAWS YOU APART FROM WORLDLY CARES AND BRINGS YOU CLOSER TO ME.

I ASKED GOD TO MAKE MY SPIRIT GROW.

GOD SAID, NO.
YOU MUST GROW ON YOUR OWN, BUT I WILL PRUNE YOU TO MAKE YOU FRUITFUL.

I ASKED FOR ALL THINGS THAT I MIGHT ENJOY LIFE.
GOD SAID, NO.
I WILL GIVE YOU LIFE SO THAT YOU MAY ENJOY ALL THINGS.

"TO THE WORLD YOU MIGHT BE ONE PERSON, BUT TO ONE PERSON YOU JUST MIGHT BE THE WORLD"

Saturday, July 16, 2011

THE BRICK

A young and successful executive was traveling down a neighborhood street, going a bit too fast in his new Jaguar. He was watching for kids darting out from between parked cars and slowed down when he thought he saw something.


As his car passed, no children appeared. Instead, a brick smashed into the Jag's side door!

He slammed on the brakes and backed the Jag back to the spot where the brick had been thrown. The angry driver then jumped out of the car, grabbed the nearest kid and pushed him up against a parked car shouting,

"What was that all about and who are you? Just what the heck are you doing? That's a new car and that brick you threw is going to cost a lot of money. Why did you do it?"

The young boy was apologetic.

"Please, mister...please, I'm sorry but I didn't know what else to do,"

He pleaded.

"I threw the brick because no one else would stop..."

With tears dripping down his face and off his chin, the youth pointed to a spot just around a parked car.

"It's my brother," he said. "He rolled off the curb and fell out of his wheelchair and I can't lift him up."

Now sobbing, the boy asked the stunned executive,

"Would you please help me get him back into his wheelchair? He's hurt and he's too heavy for me."

Moved beyond words, the driver tried to swallow the rapidly swelling lump in his throat. He hurriedly lifted the handicapped boy back into the wheelchair, then took out a linen handkerchief and dabbed at the fresh scrapes and cuts. A quick look told him everything was going to be okay.

"Thank you and may God bless you," the grateful child told the stranger.

Too shook up for words, the man simply watched the boy push his wheelchair-bound brother down the sidewalk toward their home.

It was a long, slow walk back to the Jaguar. The damage was very noticeable, but the driver never bothered to repair the dented side door. He kept the dent there to remind him of this message:

"Don't go through life so fast that someone has to throw a brick at you to get your attention!"

God whispers in our souls and speaks to our hearts. Sometimes when we don't have time to listen, He has to throw a brick at us. It's our choice to listen or not.

Thought for the Day:

If God had a refrigerator, your picture would be on it.
If He had a wallet, your photo would be in it.

He sends you flowers every spring.
He sends you a sunrise every morning.

Face it, friend - He is crazy about you!

God didn't promise days without pain, laughter without sorrow, sun without rain, but He did promise strength for the day, comfort for the tears, and light for the way

Read this line very slowly and let it sink in...

If God brings you to it, He will bring you through it.

Tuesday, July 5, 2011

Contemplate

Contemplate the workings of this world, listen to the words of the wise, and take all that is good as your own. With this as your base, open your own door to truth. Do not overlook the truth that is right before you. Study how water flows in a valley stream, smoothly and freely between the rocks. Also learn from holy books and wise people. Everything - even mountains, rivers, plants and trees - should be your teacher.

Sunday, June 26, 2011

Perceptions

What if your limitations were all an illusion? What if you were being held back, not by your circumstances, but by your mind? Though it is easy to recognize the perceptual bias of another, your own perceptions are more difficult to distinguish from reality.
In many ways the world you see is of your own making. Consider what that could mean. The obstacles you perceive may not really be there if you could get your mind beyond them. The limitations against which you struggle could be gone the instant you change your viewpoint.

What may appear to be cold, hard, immutable reality could melt away and be transformed by the power of your own perceptions. Though it is foolish to ignore reality, it is tragic to be frozen by it.

What if you could change the world and didn't know it? What if you suddenly figured it out? Look beyond the obvious. Look beyond your assumptions. Step outside the window of your perceptions and marvel at the vastness of possibility.



-- Ralph Marston

Monday, June 20, 2011

In order to .................................

In order to discover new lands, one must be willing to lose sight of 
the shore for a very long time.
- Anonymous

Friday, June 17, 2011

Relax even now

You can relax right now. Relaxation does not have to wait until the weekend or vacation time. For the most part, life is not an emergency, though too many of us live each hour of each day as if it is. Whatever you are doing, whatever deadlines you are working against, relax.

Frenzy and anxiety accomplish nothing other than raising your blood pressure and making you more prone to mistakes. Sure, you have a lot to get done today, and the list continues to grow. So take a deep breath, relax, and get to work at a sure and steady pace.

Relaxation does not require a lack of activity. Just about anything that can be done in a state of anxiety can be done even more effectively in a state of relaxation. Being frantic will not get anything accomplished. Being focused will. Decide to relax and it will happen. Whatever you're doing, relax right now, and find true enjoyment in getting it done.

Tuesday, June 14, 2011

Discover ....

 Discover your companion's world. Two worlds are richer than one.

Wednesday, June 8, 2011

Wednesday, June 1, 2011

Saying about Mother


  
A mother's love for her
child is like nothing else
in the world. It knows no law,
no pity, it dares all things
and crushes down remorselessly
all that stands in its path.  


A mother understands what a child does not say.


God could not
be everywhere
and therefore
he made mothers.


Mother is
the name
of God in
the lips and
hearts of
little children.


She is strength,
She is beauty,
She is love...
She is my Mom and
I love her more than
words can say.


Monday, May 23, 2011

He is a man ....................

He is a man of sense who does not grieve for what he has not, but rejoices in what he has.
- Epictetus

Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Calm your thoughts

Have you ever noticed how much your own thinking can often interfere with your awareness? You've probably had the experience of failing to hear what someone is saying to you because you're busy thinking of how to answer them.
There is a time for thinking, for questioning and judgment, for analyzing and strategizing, and there is a time for opening yourself up to experience the world around you. You are well equipped to think, and you are also equipped to listen, to feel, to see, to experience.
Thoughts can be powerful. The absence of thoughts can be powerful as well. Many things are annoying, for example, simply because you think they're annoying. What grand and beautiful things might lie hidden underneath the relentless noise of your own thoughts?
Pursue your thoughts with vigor, and when the situation calls for it, let your thoughts be still. Strength and wisdom come not only from excitement and complexity, but also from a quiet and peaceful awareness of what is.
-- Ralph Marston

Monday, May 16, 2011

Monday, May 9, 2011

The power of acceptance

Sometimes the best way to free yourself from a burden is to accept it. Much of the destructive essence of any burdensome situation comes from fighting against it. Once you stop fighting, you can start progressing.

Certainly if there is a threat you protect yourself against it. But there is no point in fighting against what already is. When you accept the situation, that is the starting point at which you begin to make the most of it. When you can go beyond acceptance into sincere gratitude, you take on a powerful positive momentum.

In short, accept what is, then find something positive about it. Even the most desperate situation has its positive aspects and possibilities. You'll uncover them only after you've accepted that the situation exists. Acceptance is not surrender. It is the recognition of reality. By clearly seeing what is, by acknowledging and even being grateful, you can move things forward toward the way you would like them to be.

-- Ralph Marston

Thursday, May 5, 2011

I believe..............................................

I believe with all my heart that civilization has produced nothing finer than a man or woman who thinks and practices true tolerance.
- Frank Knox

Friday, April 29, 2011

10 MAGICAL STEPS to FULFILLING YOUR PROSPERITY DREAM!

So you want to be successful, healthy, happily married, and rich?
Do you feel like a successful, healthy, happily married, accepted, rich person?
Or do feelings of resistance, frustration, anxiety, insecurities and deceit shadow you?
Are you still feeling needy, lost, rejected and deprived?
Do you "see" wealthy people as scavengers ready to gobble up the goods?
Are you envious of what another has?
Do you feel guilty and identify with poverty and failure?
Are you surrounded by people who don't believe in you?

If you feel negative about money, success and yourself, you are not resonating from the fulfillment of your prosperity dream. You are still being defined by lack.
 If so, your desire for success will remain just that -a desire. If you continually feel depressed, annoyed, upset, and irritated with yourself or the outside world, you are generating negative vibrations. If you are someone who is used to suffering and not getting what you want from life, you are still living in a poverty/ failure vibrational frequency. If your old mental and emotional habits don't feel right anymore, stop wearing them, the way you would stop wearing a pair of shoes that don't fit.
It is up to you to create an alternate future and set forces to work for you rather then against you.
Habits are like clothes, you wear them. They fit your personality and self-image. Some clothes make you feel like a million dollars while others make you feel fat. So often, we wear the same old clothes just because we are used to them. The same can be said for mental habits and feelings. Over 90% of your thoughts and reactions were learned. Whenever a situation arises that reminds you of the past you tend to interpret it through old emotional responses. If for example, you were whipped a lot, you have to help yourself move through your fearful feelings every time you see a whip. When you free this blocked emotion, whips are just whips. When you deal with your feelings using the Principle of Imaging you will heal your past memory and move into the present moment.
Instead of being reactive you become proactive!
Here are 10 steps to Feeling Prosperous and Fulfilled.

1. Listen to your inner conversations.
What are your mental habits telling you? A poverty mindset knows why things can't work out. A successful mindset always steps up to the plate and looks for a way to work through a crisis. Start having discussions with yourself the moment you feel a hysterical reaction coming on. If you get in the habit of intervening on your own behalf you will proceed to hold a correct attitude and change your emotional reactions.

2. Meet the Challenge.
If you have a melt down and lose your focus, freak out, and go into an emotional tail spin, once it's over go back to your image and refocus. You don't have to beat yourself up because you lost it. A fall out doesn't have to become a major set back. You are learning to identify when you are vibrating from an error pattern. Things may still scare and upset you for awhile .You are in the process of building self- trust and self-confidence. You will be able to meet an obstacle every step of the way once you develop a good relationship with your deeper Self.

3. Congratulate yourself.
Give yourself credit when you react to a negative situation as an opportunity rather then a setback. Get in the habit of comforting and nourishing yourself when things don't go right and you will not succumb to destructive emotions. Each time you do this you will make a deposit into your emotional security bank. And feeling safe and secure is the vibration that attracts prosperity. Keep investing in yourself and you will resonate with abundance and optimism. Before you know it, you will start feeling entitled to having good relationships and success!

4. Throw off the old you like a snake shedding its skin.
If something happens that threatens your peace of mind reassure yourself that all is well. How? Direct all of your attention to that which is good. Focus is the winner's companion. In time you will learn how to keep your cool when the boogie monster shows up.

5. Treat yourself well.
You don't need to prove that you are a failure anymore. You need to treat yourself like someone you love and care about. Once you get in the habit of feeling lovable and acceptable you will repel abusive people.

6. Let go.
It is time to clean house and surrender your concepts of lack. Why allow negative people to scramble your brain? Why keep reminding yourself of painful uncomfortable times? Let go and let the Power work for you. Let go means let go! Make room for the money, success, healing, and fulfilling relationships you desire to be drawn to you. You deserve to feel like you are #1. If you need to have a good cry, have it. Once your eyes have dried persist to let the "old you" go. Do this and you will invite (vibrate with) the fulfillment of your dream into your life.

7. Accept Responsibility.
Make changes gradually and you will start feeling better about yourself. Just image! How many times should you do an image? Do it and do it and do it until you change your emotional point of attraction.

8. Commit to new results.
Keep your partnership between your conscious and subconscious mind strong and success will be your closest companion.

9. Feel like a million bucks.
Feel good. The Power to Create is anchored in the present moment. If you want to realize your dream for success, start feeling grateful about your success. Accentuate the positive and you'll build up your vibrational frequency.

10. Don't look back!
Once you have consciously imaged a new result don't turn your attention back to your former concept of yourself. If you do, you will re impress yourself with what you don't want and go back to a lower emotional frequency.

Success, health, happiness and wealth don't just pop in. Most visionaries who are wealthy, successful, healthy, and happy have certain things in common. These people have a certain mindset that include big dreams, good habits, imagination, strong positive beliefs, unshakable inner confidence and a connection to The Source of All That Is. They don't just "talk the talk, they walk the walk". Someone who uses Spiritual Principles to attract positive outcomes simply focuses his or her conscious mind and absorbs new ideas until he or she feels entitled to the gift of a new experience. This type of person loves and enjoys the adventure of life. They attract money, opportunities, good people, and harmonious situations that reflect their mindset. They are passionate about feeling their joy the way some people are passionate about their golf game.

People who know how to vibrate from higher emotions do not attract negative people who cling to them like lead weights. They attract people who believe in them and are in harmony with similar creative results.

Once they know how to apply the Principle of Imaging, it wouldn't matter if the money went away. Their awareness of how the Universe operates and their confidence would simply get them to start imaging all over again. Knowing that the Law of Identical Harvest is always at work, they would simply step up to the plate and hit a home run.

The only thing standing between you and the fulfillment of your dream is an opposing belief and feeling not bad luck or a past life. If you truly want to bring the object of your thought into manifestation you have to make a decision to get in the habit of feeling prosperous, happy, grateful, accepted, healthy, loved and successful here and now.

Remember, there is no one to change but yourself!
 ===============================================
About the Author
Melissa Zollo is a recognized authority on the Power of Imagination and the Art of Intentional Creation. Through her seminars, audio programs, and books she inspires people to discover and unleash the Power Within. She is the author of "How to Unleash the Power Within and Attract Money" and "Discover the Power of Imagination and the Art of Intentional Creation" Audio Programs.