Lessons from our Pains

For every hurtful action people throw at us, whether physical or emotional, we receive two things: first, the pain and second, the lesson. Most often, we only receive the pain but leave the lesson. 

Criticisms

Never accept criticisms from anyone  who has never seen or said anything good about you by way of encouragement. In the words of Abraham Lincoln; "He has a right to criticise, who has a heart to help."

Stepping Out Of Your Comfort Zone

The moment you are no longer afraid of making a public fool of yourself is the moment you are one obstacle less in your readiness to step out of your comfort zone and start to make the change you truly want in your life.  

Even An Island Cannot Exist Alone.

Each time I hear someone using the simple "no-one-is-an-island" metaphor to tell a person that he or she cannot exist alone, my immediate instinct has been to add, "even an island cannot exist alone." It needs to be surrounded by water before it can call itself an island. In our journeys in life, we need each other. We all stumble. Every one of us. This is Nature's way of advising  us to "go hand in hand" supporting one another.

The Power of Silence

Your silence can be misinterpreted but can never be misquoted. Sometimes saying nothing is the best answer to sensitive questions.

Your Living Wavelength

When a bad person sends an evil message to a good person,  the  message will never arrive at its destination.  The evil message will ultimately return to its source as long as both the Sender and the Recipient are not living on the same wavelength. Another great mystery of life and living.

Life: Easy or Hard?

Happy people do not think of life as either "Easy" or "Hard." They think of life in terms of the strength of character they need to have in order to positively face each  "Opportunity" or "Challenge" that Nature decides to throw at them on a daily basis.

Soft as Water

To be as hard as a rock but as soft as water is to be  "firm on principle but flexible on method." A remarkable virtue of a great leader.

How to Move with the Cheese

Life is a battle. It is also information. Those who win the battle are neither the strongest nor the most intelligent. They are those Charles Darwin has  succinctly described as "most adaptable to change."  Adaptability that leads to positively rewarding change comes from knowing who you are. This lets you get on your bike and move with the "Cheese" instead of sitting in one place and keep asking, "Who moved my cheese?

Be Grateful for The Past That Creates The Present

To remember the past without getting trapped to it is to remain forever  grateful for the events it brought into your life, good or bad,  without which there can be no present.

Be Yourself

Wishing to be like another person is like water wishing to be like a rock. Nature has created YOU to be nothing else but YOU with all the elements to achieve your unique purpose in life.