Dont let tomorrow mess up today

If you are afraid for your future, you don’t have a present. James Petersen There are times, when each one of us has got this sudden unexplainable feeling of fear, panic and helplessness when thinking about the future. Such fear when it comes occasionally is useful for us to be aware of our own mortality, [...]

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When do we really live?

Unless you give yourself to some great cause, you haven’t even begun to live. William P. Merrill From the time we are born our primitive urge is self preservation and this means that we tend to compete/ fight to live for ourselves. Beginning with our need for food, we seek shelter and security for ourselves [...]

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The message and messenger of the day

  Every day is a messenger of God. Russian proverb One of the most wonderful works of God is the subtle oncoming of each day, which heralds both the message that God exists and the transfiguration of the abstract day into a tangible evidence of Gods powerful messenger. What is most intriguing is the loud [...]

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How fortunate are we…

I wept because I had no shoes, until I saw a man who had no feet. Ancient Persian saying Look around and you will find a hundred things to be grateful for but most times we are bitterly complaining, comparing and cursing our fate simply because we do not get what we want. As human [...]

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Never take for granted

We never know the worth of water till the well is dry. English proverb All of us tend to take too many things for granted. The fact that we are blessed with all basic needs and a lot of comforts make us believe that all of it is available in plenty and that it is [...]

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Are you appreciative?

For everything you have missed, you have gained something else. Ralph Waldo Emerson Many of us keeping ruing missed opportunities and wallow in self pity. Instead if we managed to look at the situation dispassionately we would immediately be able to connect some benefit however small in the situation. There is a classic statement, that [...]

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Be grateful for what we have

Better a little fire to warm us than a great one to burn us. Thomas Fuller A common fault that almost all of us are guilty of is succumbing to the temptation of comparisons.  Clothes, houses, cars, earnings, holidays taken and every imaginable comparative item are consciously or unconsciously subject to comparison. The tendency to [...]

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Happiness sneaks in

Happiness sneaks in through a door you didn’t know you left open. John Barrymore As we go through life, the challenge one faces is to accept our little difficulties and to find happiness in the numerous blessings that we are given. It is human nature though to focus on ‘making a mountain out of a [...]

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Our part has to be played too..

God doesn’t make orange juice, God makes oranges. Jesse Jackson One of our human failings is our penchant to pass on our responsibilities to others be it a sibling, a neighbor, a co-worker, a friend or as we do in most case pass on our work to God. Most times when in trouble we exclaim [...]

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Finding God

Some people talk about finding God, as if He could get lost. Anon If you believe in God, you will never have to search for God; if you don’t believe you will never find him, but there is always the possibility that God will be revealed to you. When you know God two things will [...]

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