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Friday, January 04, 2008

Long Lasting Relationships

“Death ends a life, not a relationship.” - Robert Benchley

Relationships whether friendship, marriage or relationship by birth are always an important part of life. Learn what makes them tick, why they sometimes go wrong, what one can do about it, and why they are so precious.

“Love lasts when the relationship comes first.”

"Love endures only when the lovers love many things together and not merely each other." - Walter Lippmann

Growth in a relationship should come from; doing things together, allowing things to happen, accepting them as is, and changing what you can. It involves sharing and caring.

"Assumptions are the termites of relationships." - Henry Winkler

What do you think are essential in building lasting relationships?

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Thursday, November 01, 2007

Wondrous Power Of A Hug

Although many of the social and behavioral aspects of everyday life vary greatly from country to country, know that there is wondrous power a hug can do.

Our world and culture needs more hugs. A hug can convey the greatest empathy and sympathy. It can bring healing.

“A Hug is Two Hearts Wrapped In Arms.”

"A Hug is a Handshake from the Heart."

"A Hug is Welcome back again!"

“Hugs can do great amounts of good - especially for children.” - Princess Diana

“They invented hugs to let people know you love them without saying anything.” - Bil Keane

Hugs can relieve pain and depression.. Hugging feels good and overcomes fear... It provides stretching exercise to short people and stooping exercise to tall people... It saves heat and energy... Hugging makes happy days happier.

So stretch your arms and hug your child today, hug your spouse today, hug a friend today and hug your Mom or Dad!

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Saturday, October 27, 2007

Learn to feel with your heart!

"Why do we close our eyes when we sleep? When we cry? When we imagine? When we kiss? When we pray? Because the most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen with your eyes, but must be felt with your heart!" - Helen Keller

"Blessed are the pure in heart, For they shall see God." - Matthew 5:8

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Thursday, July 12, 2007

Human Change When Their Status Change

“To the generous mind the heaviest debt is that of gratitude, when it is not in our power to repay it.” - Benjamin Franklin

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Be Courteous and Considerate

One of the good thing I could recalled when I was working in Woodstock, Connecticut, USA is that people there are very courteous and considerate. They won't slam the door behind you. They will hold the door and wait for you. That is indeed a good culture.

It is sad to hear this sayings: “It is difficult to find a courteous person today who isn't trying to sell you something”.

Everyone gets along better when they're considerate of each other. What do you think?

“When employees respect each other and get along in the workplace, it's amazing how productivity increases, morale increases and employees are more courteous to customers.” - Maureen Wild

“The habit of being uniformly considerate toward others will bring increased happiness to you” - Grenville Kleiser

"Take care, be kind, be considerate of other people and other species, and be loving." - John Lithgow

“A tree is known by its fruit; a man by his deeds. A good deed is never lost; he who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love.” - St. Basil

“You should always be courteous and considerate. For most professionals, it's a small world. People know each other and you don't know when you'll run into them again.” - Ben Dattner

I am looking forward to hear from you the experiences you had.

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Thursday, July 05, 2007

Blessed are the pure in heart

"Not all those who know their minds know their hearts as well." - Francois.

"A good heart is better than all the heads in the world." - Edward George Earle Bulwer-Lytton (1803-1873)

"Without a rich heart, wealth is an ugly beggar." - Ralph Waldo Emerson

A person's world is only as big as their heart - Tanya A. Moore.

"Words are the voice of the heart." - Confucius

The bible tells us in Matthew 15:18-19 (NKJV)

"But those things which proceed out of the mouth come from the heart, and they defile a man. For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies. "

It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye. - Antoine de Saint-Exupery.

The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart and head and hands. - Robert M. Persig.

All the knowledge I possess everyone can acquire, but my heart is all my own. - Goethe.

Have you found the way that cultivate a pure heart?

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Friday, June 08, 2007

Always Be Nice

"It's nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice."

"Treat everyone with politeness, even those who are rude to you - not because they are nice, but because you are."

"Don't wait for people to be friendly, show them how."

“A true friend is someone who says nice things behind your back.”

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

"Never look down on anybody unless you're helping him up." - Jesse Jackson

"Real generosity is doing something nice for someone who will never find out." - Frank A. Clark

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Thursday, May 17, 2007

You are the light of the world

"When it is dark enough, you can see the stars." - Charles Beard

"The darkness that surrounds us cannot hurt us. It is the darkness in your own heart you should fear." - Silvetris

"We are each gifted in a unique and important way. It is our privilege and our adventure to discover our own special light." - Mary Dunbar

"Darkness can not drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that." - Martin Luther King, Jr.

"When people choose to withdraw far from a fire, the fire continues to give warmth, but they grow cold. When people choose to withdraw far from light, the light continues to be bright in itself but they are in darkness. This is also the case when people withdraw from God." - Augustine

"It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light." - Aristotle Onassis

"Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven." - Matthew 5:16

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Wednesday, May 09, 2007

Where there is love there is life!

"Love begins with a smile, grows with a kiss, and ends with a teardrop."

"Spread love everywhere you go: first of all in your own house. Give love to your children, to your wife or husband, to a next door neighbor... Let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier. Be the living expression of God's kindness; kindness in your face, kindness in your eyes, kindness in your smile, kindness in your warm greeting." - Mother Theresa

"Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it." - Benjamin Franklin

"True love is like a pair of socks: you gotta have two and they've gotta match."

"Life without Love is like a harp without strings."

"Relationships--of all kinds--are like sand held in your hand. Held loosely, with an open hand, the sand remains where it is. The minute you close your hand and squeeze tightly to hold on, the sand trickles through your fingers. You may hold onto some of it, but most will be spilled. A relationship is like that. Held loosely, with respect and freedom for the other person, it is likely to remain intact. But hold too tightly, too possessively, and the relationship slips away and is lost." - Kaleel Jamison

In the bible, Jesus Christ tells us in John 15:12-13.. "This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one's life for his friends."

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Monday, May 07, 2007

Listen with your Hands, Mind and Eyes

Listen with your hands
When you take note, you experience everything twice, and understand it a thousand times better.

Listen with your mind
Even after a conversation, it pays to think about it. Indeed listening without reflecting is like eating without digesting.

Listen with your eyes
There is a road from the eye to the heart and mind that does not go through the ears.

Listen with 100% attention
When you focus all your senses to the task of listening, you'll be able to pick up little nuances that can make all the difference.

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Sunday, April 22, 2007

You need to look within

“The outer conditions of a person's life will always be found to reflect their inner beliefs” - James Allen

"Look within!... The secret is inside you." - Hui-neng

"Seeing within changes one's outer vision." - Joseph Chilton Pearce

"When a wise man is advised of his errors, he will reflect on and improve his conduct."

“The superior man will watch over himself when he is alone. He examines his heart that there may be nothing wrong there, and that he may have no cause of dissatisfaction with himself.” - Confucius

“Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.” - Mark Twain

"The unexamined life is not worth living." - Socrates

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Wednesday, April 18, 2007

Laugh often to have a great day

“A laugh is a smile that bursts.” - Mary H. Waldrip

"The ability to laugh together is the essence of love." - Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Couples who laugh together stay together."

Jim Valvano said “To me, there are three things we all should do every day. We should do this every day of our lives. Number one is laugh. You should laugh every day. Number two is think. You should spend some time in thought. And number three is, you should have your emotions moved to tears, could be happiness or joy. But think about it. If you laugh, you think, and you cry, that's a full day. That's a heck of a day. You do that seven days a week, you're going to have something special.”

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Monday, April 16, 2007

Know who you are with

"Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down." - Oprah Winfrey

Do not be deceived: "Evil company corrupts good habits." - 1 Corinthians 15:33 (NKJV)

"How many legs does a dog have if you call the tail a leg? Four; calling a tail a leg doesn't make it a leg." - Abraham Lincoln

"Always tell the truth. That way, you don't have to remember what you said." - Mark Twain

The Bible in Luke 6:43-45 (NKJV) tells us that we could distinguish the good and bad ...

"For a good tree does not bear bad fruit, nor does a bad tree bear good fruit. For every tree is known by its own fruit. For men do not gather figs from thorns, nor do they gather grapes from a bramble bush. A good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart brings forth evil. For out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.

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Sunday, April 15, 2007

Cherish your friends

"In prosperity, our friends know us; in adversity, we know our friends." - John Churton Collins

"A true friend sticks with you through thick and thin no matter what."

"A true friend is someone who knows there's something wrong even when you have the biggest smile on your face."

"A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out."

"Everyone hears what you say. Friends listen to what you say. Best friends listen to what you don't say."

"True friendship is like sound health, the value of it is seldom known until it is lost." - Charles Caleb Colton

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Thursday, April 12, 2007

Take good care of your Heart!

“Tears are the safety valve of the heart when too much pressure is laid on it.” - Albert Smith

"Tears are words the heart can't express"

“Always give people a piece of your heart, not a piece of your mind”

"A good exercise for the heart is to bend down and help another up."

"The nearest thing to perpetual motion is the heart. Guard it well. When it stops, you stop."

“It isn't what you have in your pocket that makes you thankful, but what you have in your heart.”

Happiness is not something you have in your hands; it is something you carry in your heart.

"Drive too fast and invite a car wreck; live too fast and invite a heart attack."

There's no reason to be the richest man in the cemetery. You can't do any business from there. - Colonel Sanders

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Wednesday, April 11, 2007

The True measure of a man

Deeds, not creeds, are the true measure of a man.

Deeds are fruits, words are leaves. A good deed is one that brings a smile of joy to the face of another.

“Love is shown in your deeds, not in your words.” - Fr. Jerome Cummings

“It takes many good deeds to build a good reputation, and only one bad one to lose it” - Benjamin Franklin

"Well done is better than well said." - Benjamin Franklin

"A tree is known by its fruit; a man by his deeds. A good deed is never lost; he who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love." - Saint Basil the Great

The bible in Matthew 7:11-12 (NKJV) tell us that

"If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask Him! Therefore, whatever you want men to do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets."

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Monday, April 09, 2007

The True Beauty

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

"The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched - they must be felt with the heart." - Hellen Keller

“Beauty is only skin deep, but ugly goes clean to the bone” - Dorothy Parker

"Some people, no matter how old they get, never lose their beauty - they merely move it from their faces into their hearts." - Martin Buxbaum

"You can only perceive real beauty in a person as they get older." - Anouk Aim

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Sunday, April 01, 2007

A Man and A Woman

"When a man gets up to speak, people listen, then look. When a woman gets up, people look; then, if they like what they see, they listen."

A man alone is not a unit of society - nor a woman alone. It requires two. Reason alone, or feeling alone, is not enough for important decisions. It requires both.

A man's best fortune, or his worst, is his wife. Ditto for the wife's husband.

The bible in Genesis 2:23-24 tell us this:
"And Adam said: "This is now bone of my bones And flesh of my flesh; She shall be called Woman, Because she was taken out of Man." Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.

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Your heart is your compass in life

“There are many things in life that will catch your eye, but only a few will catch your heart... pursue those.” - Michael Nolan

“If your head tells you one thing, and your heart tells you another, before you do anything, you should first decide whether you have a better head or a better heart” - Marilyn vos Savant

It is chance that makes brothers but hearts that make friends. Use you head to handle yourself; your heart to handle others. You change your life by changing your heart.

“Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all” - Aristotle

“In prayer it is better to have a heart without words than words without a heart.” - Mahatma Gandhi

“Let your heart guide you. It whispers softly, so listen closely.”

“Wherever you go, go with all your heart.” - Confucius

“Only do what your heart tells you.” - Princess Diana

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Friday, March 30, 2007

Build A Good Relationship

"People are lonely because they build walls instead of bridges." - Joseph F. Newton Men

"Problems in relationship occur because each person is concentrating on what is missing in the other person." – Wayne Dyer.

"The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed." - Carl Jung

"It's okay to send flowers, but don't let the flowers do all the talking. Flowers have a limited vocabulary. About the best flowers can say is that you remembered." - Jim Rohn

We better tolerate imperfect friends. Perfect ones wouldn't tolerate us.

“Hot heads and cold hearts never solved anything” - Billy Graham

“Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship.”

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