We can love, love, love but sometimes that love isn’t
returned. That’s not our fault. To love or not to love is a choice. We
chose to love. They chose not to. This does not mean we are unloveable or unworthy of love. We’re
not idiots, fools, or weak for loving. Rather, we have courage. Because
we chose to be vulnerable and self-sacrificing; a requirement for love.
And when it was over, though the echoes of the painful experiences
reverberate in the depths of our being, we picked ourselves up, dusted
ourselves off, and we keep pressing onward. I’ve made it a promise, in my personal life to never
apologize for loving people, even if that love is never returned. To be
unloving is the other person’s problem, not mine. At the end of our life, the only things you’ll regret are 1) Not taking more risks and 2) Not being more loving toward others.”
SPEAKER:"Now please select7inwhichyou want tocontinue to livewith it"
The manwhowroteto delete3namesnow.
SPEAKER: "Now take twomore names, sostay 5isthe only nameon the board..."
SPEAKER: "Remove2names again..."
Theremainingthreenames, the namesof parents,childrenandhis wife.
The hallbecame silent, theythinkeverything isdoneand nolongerhas to be chosen.
SPEAKERsuddenlysaid: "Please removeonenameagain!"
The manslowlytakedifficultdecisionsandto deletethe namesof her parents.
SPEAKER:"Please select onenameagain!"
The manbecameconfused. Thenliftingchalkandreluctantlybegan to erase his child's nameandthe manstarted to cry.
Aftera while .................
SPEAKERasked the man, "why did you notchooseyour parentswhohave given birthandraise you , not evenselectinga childof your ownflesh and blood, while a wifeyou can find another one ?"
"As time passed,my parentswouldgoaway from me, and ifan adultchildis getting married, andwillalsoleaveme.Whereasreallycanaccompany meinthislifeismyWIFE. Parentsandchildrenis notmychoice,butGodwhoconfer it. WhileWIFE, I was chosenfrom manywomen whoare inthisworld. " Hopefullywe can alltakelessonsfrom thestoryabove.Loveyour wife..
Seorang penceramah mengadakan permainan kecil kepada tetamu di dewan yang sudah berkeluarga dan meminta 1 orang datang ke depan. PENCERAMAH: ”Tulis 10 nama yang paling rapat dengan anda”
Lalu lelaki tersebut menuliskan 10 nama, ada nama jiran, orang tua,
teman kerja, sahabat, anak dan juga isterinya serta seterusnya. PENCERAMAH: "Sekarang sila pilih 7 di antaranya anda ingin hidup terus bersamanya"
Lelaki itu memadam 3 nama yang ditulisnya tadi.
PENCERAMAH: "Sekarang hapuskan 2 nama lagi, sehingga tinggal 5 nama sahaja di papan tersebut..."
PENCERAMAH : “Hapus 2 nama lagi...”
Maka tinggal 3 nama, iaitu nama orang tua, anak dan isterinya.
Suasana dewan menjadi hening, mereka berfikir semua sudah selesai dan tak ada lagi yang harus dipilih.
Tiba-tiba PENCERAMAH berkata: “Silakan padam 1 nama lagi!”
Lelaki itu dengan perlahan-lahan mengambil keputusan yang sulit dan menghapus nama orang tuanya.
PENCERAMAH : "Silakan pilih 1 nama lagi!"
Lelaki tersebut menjadi bingung. Kemudian mengangkat kapur dan dengan
berat hati mulai menghapus nama anaknya dan lelaki itu pun menangis.
Setelah suasana tenang,
PENCERAMAH
bertanya kepada lelaki itu, "kenapa kau tidak memilih orang tuamu yang
telah melahirkan dan membesarkanmu, tidak juga memilih anak yang darah
daging anda sendiri, sedangkan isteri itu dapat kau cari lagi?"
Semua orang di dalam dewan tersebut terpaku menunggu jawapan dari lelaki tersebut.
Lalu lelaki itu menjawab: ”Seiring waktu berlalu, orang tua saya akan pergi meninggalkan saya,
manakala anak jika sudah dewasa akan berkahwin, dan juga pasti akan
meninggalkan saya. Sedangkan yang benar-benar boleh menemani saya dalam
hidup ini hanyalah ISTERI saya. Orang tua dan anak bukan saya yang
memilih, tapi Tuhan yang menganugerahkannya. Sedangkan ISTERI, sayalah
yang memilih dari sekian banyak wanita yang ada di dunia ini.”
Semoga kita semua boleh mengambil hikmah dari cerita diatas. Sayangilah isteri anda..
Life is not a bed of roses. Happiness,
suffering, misery, success and failure, every thing goes hand in hand.
Many times you feel disappointed with your circumstances but When you
feel that you are not the only one who is suffering , you are not out
there alone, only then you find the courage and motivation to pursue the
positive changes you want to make in your life and of those around you.
Making your mark on the world is not
easy. If it were easy, anyone would do it. It takes patience,commitment
and dedication to be an accomplished person. Only those who have tasted
defeat know the importance of both, success and failure. the real test
is not whether you avoid failure, because you won’t. It’s whether it
hardens or shames you, or whether you learn from it. Perseverance and
courage are the keys to keep moving ahead even when all odds are against
you.
I am going to share with you the
written words of some of the most remarkable personalities ever. These
words will teach you great life lessons which would have taken you years
of experience to learn otherwise.
1- “The only way that we can live, is if we grow. The
only way that we can grow is if we change. The only way that we can
change is if we learn. The only way we can learn is if we are exposed.
And the only way that we can become exposed is if we throw ourselves out
into the open. Do it. Throw yourself.”
(C. JoyBell C.)
Interpretation: Keep pushing yourself to the limits to stay ahead. That’s the only way to grow up.
2- “There’s always a positive to those negative times,
because you come out of it so much stronger and wiser. Strength comes
from every hardship, and it’s been a lesson for me.
(Christina Aguilera)
Interpretation: Tough time of life is good in a way that it makes you stronger and wiser.
3- “The purpose of life is a life of purpose.”
(Robert Byrne)
Interpretation: If you don’t have no purpose in
life, you’ll spend your life like a leaf broken from the tree floating
wherever current takes it.
4- “It’s nice to look back in your past when you see it as a lesson, not as something to regret.
(Unknown)
Interpretation: Most of the time when we look back
at our past, all we see is regret which, in turn, makes us feel sad and
angry. But if we can change our perspective and view our past not as a
regret but as a lesson, our life will be wonderful because then our past
will not haunt us but makes us feel happy.
5- “You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.
- C. S. Lewis
Interpretation: Age is just a number. Don’t let it cease your dreaming. Don’t let it hinder your progress.
6-Start each day by affirming peaceful, contented and happy attitudes and your days will tend to be pleasant and successful.
(Norman Vincent Peale)
Interpretation: How your day is going to unfold depends on how you start your day. So start well.
7- “I’ve learned that it isn’t always enough to be forgiven by others. Sometimes you have to learn to forgive yourself.”
(Unknown)
Interpretation: Forgive yourself and others and move on.
8- “Life is too short to spend your precious time trying
to convince a person who wants to live in gloom and doom otherwise. Give
lifting that person your best shot, but don’t hang around long enough
for his or her bad attitude to pull you down. Instead, surround yourself
with optimistic people.”
(Zig Ziglar_
Interpretation: The kind of people you hang out with
have a great influence on your personality. Therefore, always surround
yourself with like-minded and positive people.
9-I don’t know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody.
(Bill Cosby)
Interpretation: Don’t change your personality and
attitude to match up with someone else’s expectation. Say what you
really want to say. Do what you really want to do. Don’t give a damn
about what other people will think or how they will perceive you. Be
yourself – your real authentic self.
10- “Bad habits cause failure. Identify the habits
holding you back and make a decision to crush them. The mentally tough
mind is like a flourishing garden, and bad habits are the weeds that
suffocate it. Watering the flowers without killing the weeds is an act
of self-delusion.”
(Steve Seibold)
Interpretation: You’re your habits. Everything you
do from the moment you wake up to the moment you sleep is a habit. If
you’re not satisfied and happy with your life, identify the habit that
is causing unhappiness. Make a written note of the habit causing you to
stress. That’s the first step.
Now the second step is to get rid of the habit. You can do it by
replacing your bad habit with a new good habit. Follow this new habit
untill it becomes a part of your personality which, as far as my
experience, takes anywhere about 21 to 30 days. Follow the same step for
all your bad habits.
If you follow this routine for a year, you’ll have 12 brand new consciously chosen good habits as a part of your personality.
What do you think of these quotes? What life lessons have you learned from these quotes?
If You Truly Loved Yourself .......... You Could Never Hurt Another
Those who experiences the unity of life sees their own Self in all beings and all beings in their own Self and looks on everything with an impartial eye Those who knows life flows feels no wear or tear needs no mending or repair In the end these things matter most How well did you love? How fully did you live? How deeply did you let go....