In perspective

When something goes wrong, even when several things go wrong at once, there are still many more things that continue to go right for you. One of the best ways to deal with any trouble in your life is to put it into perspective.


It's easy to put all of your focus on the problems because they often scream for attention. Yet no matter how intensely the problems assert themselves, you always have the power to put them in perspective.


Use the magnificent power of your mind to visualize all the many treasures and blessings in your life. When compared to all the good things, the problems will not be so overwhelming.


And when your mind is no longer overwhelmed with the problems of the moment, you begin to gain real power over those problems. By putting them into perspective, you put your problems at a distinct disadvantage.


It's common to respond to a sudden difficulty with shock, anger, frustration, dismay and a whole host of other negative emotions. Yet imagine what would happen if you were to respond with gratitude, not gratitude for the problem itself but rather for all the good things still present in your life.


With gratitude, your energy suddenly shifts in a very positive direction. With gratitude, what once seemed overwhelming becomes something you can confidently handle.


Decide to put your problems in perspective, and you'll find everything you need to get beyond them.



-- Ralph Marston

Happiness

Real happiness does not come from the fulfillment of every
desire. You can chase an endless chain of wishes and
desires, and still manage to be unhappy.


So how and when does happiness come? It comes, quite simply,
when you allow it.


Though your life may be filled with challenges and
difficulties, still you can be genuinely happy. Whether you
are close to reaching your goals, or far away, or already
beyond them, real happiness is always close at hand.


The world and its culture may convince you that you need
this or that in order to find happiness. Yet in truth, you
need nothing other than to let it be.


Instead of waiting or longing or searching for a reason to
be happy, create for yourself a way to be happy. Something
as simple as a smile can get you started, and that's
something you can do right now.


Let go of the notion that you must grasp for or struggle to
attain happiness, and simply let it be. That can instantly
make all the difference in the world.



-- Ralph Marston

Your influence

Give, and you will have. Teach, and you will learn.


Listen, and you will be understood. Live with kindness, and
kindness will live with you.


Respect, and you will be respected. Be truthful, and it will
be nearly impossible for others to deceive you.


Keep a generous spirit, and your life will be filled with
abundance. Seek to bring out the best in others, and they'll
give you the best that they have.


Give your genuine encouragement to those who thirst for it
most, and you'll be encouraged beyond all measure. Speak
positively of your world, and your world will be a rich and
fulfilling place.


The world you influence with your thoughts, words and
actions is the world in which you live. Always be your best,
and that world is a great place to be.



-- Ralph Marston

Take time to think

Every now and then, on rare occasion, a quick and frantic
response is needed. Most of the time, however, a calm and
thoughtful response is much more powerful and effective.



Before you respond to life's events, take time to think
clearly and calmly about what you are doing. Before you
respond to the situations that come your way, take time to
remember who you are and the direction you want to be
moving.


A frantic, emotional reaction made in haste can often push
you back even more than the event to which you are reacting.
On the other hand, a calm, thoughtful response can usually
bring a positive outcome from what would otherwise be a
negative situation.


Certainly it is sensible to respond promptly to whatever
life sends your way. Yet that does not mean that you must
respond thoughtlessly and carelessly.


Before you say something you could regret for a long time,
take a moment to calmly consider it. Before you do something
that might take years to overcome, take a moment to
thoughtfully consider your response.


A calm, well-considered response is a powerful response.
Take time to think, and the way you respond will keep you
moving positively forward.

-- Ralph Marston

Choose your path

Your problems are real and demanding. Yet they are tiny when
compared to all the positive possibilities for your life in
this moment.


You have fallen short in the past. Yet the past is over, and
you are free to choose a new and more fulfilling direction,
right now.


There are difficult challenges that you now face. And right
alongside those challenges, intertwined and intermingled
with them, there are stunningly magnificent
opportunities.


This is your time to grasp those opportunities. Whatever may
try to hold you back is trivial and of little consequence
when compared to what you can gain by moving forward.


The difficulties this moment may hold are far outnumbered by
the possibilities for achievement, learning, love, joy and
fulfillment. Focus your mind, focus your energy on the best
of those possibilities.


In this very moment you are free to choose any thought, any javascript:void(0)
action, any path you wish. Choose to step confidently
forward on the path to the best place and the best life you
can possibly imagine.

-- Ralph Marston

Quote for the Day

 

I could never be this honest on decaf..."

- John Fischer, Confessions of a Caffeinated Christian

Reality

Reality strikes...
Like a mirror,
Breaking right in front of you...
The beauty it once beholds,
Shattering...
Like the tiny bits and pisces of glass,
Raining on your face...
Disillusioning...
As sharpness stings,
Cutting through your skin...
And you cry in pain,
But the sound was void...
Only the crisp,
Cracking sound of glass...
Piercing
Through the silence.
Blood and tears
Stain your face...
Blinding
Your eyes from the tangible...
But pain makes you see,
Clearly...
And vividly...
The truth that was...
And the truth that is...

Reality.

Sleep... My Love... My Passion

You come to me every night with such tenderness that I long for your
touch come daylight. My head and my body, they never cease to think of
you. Whatever I do, you’re always on my mind.


During daylight, you arrive when I need you most, making me
oblivious of what is actually happening around me. When with you, it’s
like I’m transported into another world, completely leaving the other
one behind.


You take me to so many places—some I’ve been to before and
some I am not familiar with. You make me see things I never thought I
would be able to see, making me less innocent, less naïve.


Only you know of my deepest secrets—my fears, my dreams, my
life. When with you, I feel calm, at ease and peaceful. I know that
with you I would be safe and secure.


You touch me in places no one else has ever touched before.
You make me feel good about myself, making me laugh and cry, in the
stage of euphoria.


But sometimes you hurt me. Even unintentionally, I feel as
though you deceive me by showing me my fears. You haunt me with things
I am most afraid of. There are times when I wake up abruptly with
tear-stained cheeks then you are gone.


I know I can’t live without you, though. You are my shock absorber and my best friend. And I am grateful for your presence.


So please come and visit me early tonight, dear sleep, I have to wake up early tomorrow.


SLEEP.... my love.... my passion! zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz............................

Let Go

by ishda   
 
This story is about you and that boy. The boy with
the dreamy brown eyes who looked at you with so much melancholy on
those lazy afternoons you shared back in the past. He made you laugh, made you feel
poetic. He lived in a romantic world, and he took you with him. You
just forgot to bring the ticket so you were dropped off from the bus
and was made to walk back home alone.



He used to worship the ground you walked on. He used to pluck
flowers for you in the sidewalk. Played basketball with you under the
rain, and made you sleep on his bed.  He was perfect.
He was beautiful, and mysterious, and so sad at times that you wanted
to protect him from the bad memories, which haunt him on his sleep. You
used to want to kiss his lips when he made an effort to laugh at your
jokes. You wanted to hold him longer than the hugs you occasionally
shared, but you never had a chance to. You chickened out too easily,
and you always cared about what other people will say.


You will never be over him. It’s been years and you’re
still smitten. Pathetic. It was your fault you two never had the chance
to be together. It wasn’t his fault that you chose the boy who was
stable, bright, and... ordinary. You thought that’s what you
needed. You were so ready to throw everything you two shared then. You
just wanted to be friends, that kind of bull. And he bought it. He
nursed his heart back into health and pursued a life that has nothing
to do with you. And it used to be alright. Yes, you look at him from
time to time, feel a certain regret at the deepest corner of your
heart, but you manage to ignore it. You believed you two were never
meant to be.


It’s been  years since the last time you saw adoration in
his eyes when he looked at you. Years since the last time you
shared the afternoon
sun, played with the strands of his hair. Years since you said you
two will never be anything else but friends. Years since you walked
away from his life.


You need to let go. You need to forget. You have to stop fooling yourself that the
universe will conspire to get you two together again. The universe
doesn’t even think you deserve a second chance.


This story somehow reminds me of someone in my past and that someone kept on loving and caring. I admit,  I might have been blind when i was younger, for not being able to see the wonders of his love and to let go of somethng that might have been good... 
sigh.... Its so sad to be loved and cared for by someone you can't love back anymore.