Inspirational Poems
Love Thyself - by Steve Simms
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There is no better time than right now to be happy.
Happiness is a journey, not a destination.
So work like you don't need money, Love like you've never been hurt, Dance like no one's watching, and Live like it's Heaven on Earth.
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Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which one has overcome while trying to succeed.
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"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." - Edmund Burke
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Trying to hide a mistake is giving yourself another chance to make it.
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The three hardest tasks in the world are neither physical feats nor intellectuals achievement.
but moral acts:
To return love for hate.
To include the excluded. and
To say. "I was wrong"
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Self-respect, you know you are good,
Ego, you want other to know that you are. - _V_
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To look good is quite subjective,
to be good is my objective. - _V_
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When you take a decision, every cell of your body should stand by you.
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Thought for the Day:
If God had a refrigerator, your picture would be on it.
If He had a wallet, your photo would be in it.
He sends you flowers every spring.
He sends you a sunrise every morning.
Face it, friend - He is crazy about you!
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I N S T R U C T I O N S F O R L I F E - Dalai Lama (2003)
1. Take into account that great love and great achievements involve great risk..
2. When you lose, don�t lose the lesson..
3. Follow the three R�s: Respect for self, Respect for other�s and Responsibility for all your actions.
4. Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.
5. Learn the rules so you know how to break them properly.
6. Don�t let a little dispute injure a great relationship
7. When you realize you�ve made a mistake, take immediate steps to correct it.
8. Spend some time alone every day.
9. Open arms to change, but don�t let go of your values.
10. Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer.
11. Live a good, honorable life. Then when you get older and think back, you�ll be able to enjoy it a second time.
12. A loving atmosphere in your home is the foundation for your life.
13. In disagreements with loved ones, deal only with the current situation. Don�t bring up the past.
14. Share your knowledge. It�s a way to achieve immortality.
15. Be gentle with the earth
16. Once a year, go someplace you�ve never been before.
17. Remember that the best relationship is one in which your love for each other exceeds your need for each other.
18. Judge your success by what you had to give up in order to get it.
19. Approach love and cooking with reckless abandon.
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EXCELLENCE can be attained if you...
CARE more than others think is wise,
RISK more than others think is safe,
DREAM more than others think is practical,
EXPECT more than others think is possible,
THINK about others more than think what others think of you.
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FAILURE
Failure doesn't mean-You are a failure,
It means-You have not succeeded.
Failure doesn't mean-You accomplished nothing,
It means-You have learned something.
Failure doesn't mean-You are inferior
It means-You are not perfect.
Failure doesn't mean-You've wasted your life,
It means-You have a reason to start afresh.
Failure doesn't mean-You should give up,
It means-You must try harder.
Failure doesn't mean-You'll never make it,
It means-It will take a little longer.
Failure doesn't mean-God has abandoned you,
It means-God has a better way for you.
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May you have
enough happiness to make you sweet,
enough trials to make you strong,
enough sorrow to keep you human,
enough hope to make you happy.
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The happiest of people don't necessarily have best of everything:
they make the most of everything that comes along their way.
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Happiness lies for those who cry,
those who hurt,
those who have searched,
and those who tried,
for only they can appreciate
the importance of people
who touched their lives.
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ENERGY
Energy comes from healthy body. It also comes from psychological balance, a lack of conflicts & insecurities. Psychological conflicts & insecurities ebb away your energy
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Sleep with blithe spirit, peace and joy to welcome a blissful day.
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ATTITUDE
Harvard and Stanford Universities have reported that 85% the reason a person gets a job and gets ahead in that job is due to attitude; and only 15% is because of technical or specific skills. Interesting, isn't it?
You spent how much money on your education? And you spent how much money on building your positive attitude?
Ouch. That hurts.
Now here's an interesting thought. With the "right" attitude, you can and will develop the necessary skills. So where's your emphasis? Skill building? Attitude building? Unfortunately, "Neither" is the real answer for many people. Perhaps if more people knew how simple it is to develop and maintain a positive attitude they would invest more time doing so. So here we go.
Five steps to staying positive in this beautiful world:
1. Understand that failure is an event, it is not a person. Yesterday ended last night; today is a brand new day, and it's yours. You were born to win, but to be a winner you must plan to win, prepare to win, and then you can expect to win.
2. Become a lifetime student. Learn just one new word every day and in five years you will be able to talk with just about anybody about anything. When your vocabulary improves, your I.Q. goes up 100% of the time, according to Georgetown Medical School.
3. Read something informational or inspirational every day. Reading for 20 minutes at just 240 words per minute will enable you to read 20 200-page books each year. That's 18 more than the average person reads!
What an enormous competitive advantage
. . . if you'll just read for 20 minutes a day.
4. The University of Southern California reveals that you can acquire the equivalent of two years of a college education in three years just by listening to motivational and educational cassettes on the way to your job and again on the way home.
What could be easier?
5. Start the day and end the day with positive input into your mind. Inspirational messages cause the brain to flood with dopamine and norepinephrine, the energizing neurotransmitters; with endorphins, the endurance neurotransmitters; and with serotonin, the feel-good-about- yourself neurotransmitter. Begin and end the day by reading or doing something positive!
Remember: Success is a process, not an event. Invest the time in your attitude and it will pay off in your skills as well as your career.
Think of it...
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DADDY
When I was ten years old I asked my papa why do you come home so late and mumma has to do all the work alone. He said I come home late because I work hard and I work hard so that I can give you the best to grow and live and love. It wasn't easy for him at all, He worked twenty four hour a day in his small set up of his own. Papa would come home late, Mumma would fix us dinner, then they would listen to our stories, and put us all to bed. We never thought much of it at the time, but it's obvious now that we were his life. I remember asking him about it, why he made so many sacrifices for us, and his answer was amazing. "Your success will be my greatest achievement."
From that day on my attitude and actions changed. I had the strength and the courage to deal with problems instead of turning away. I wanted to push myself to new heights and racing towards this challenge was the answer. He came to every competition and was always the first person at the finish line and the last person to leave. I can still hear those words that changed my life. His goal was to give us a leg up and the opportunity to do great things, my ambition is to take that opportunity and run with it. Today he may not be with me to see his success ...but that doesnt mean this will stop me from achieving my papa's success....
Remember, task ahead of you is never as great as the power behind you.
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PRIORITIES IN LIFE
A philosophy professor stood before his class and had some items in front of him. When the class began, without saying a word, he picked up a large empty mayonnaise jar and proceeded to fill it with rocks, rocks about 2" in diameter. He then asked the students if the jar was full?
They agreed that it was. So the professor then picked up a box of pebbles and poured them into the jar. He shook the jar lightly. The pebbles, of course, rolled into the open areas between the rocks.
He then asked the students again if the jar was full. They agreed it was. The students laughed. The professor picked up a box of sand and poured it into the jar. Of course, the sand filled up everything else.
Now," said the professor, "I want you to recognize that this is your life. The rocks are the important things--your family, your partner, your health, your children--things that if everything else was lost and only they remained, your life would still be full. The pebbles are the other things that matter like your job, your house, your car. The sand is everything else.
The small stuff." "If you put the sand into the jar first, there is no room for the pebbles or the rocks. The same goes for your life. If you spend all your time and energy on the small stuff, you will never have room for the things that are important to you."
"Pay attention to the things that are critical to your happiness. Play with your children. Take time to get medical checkups. Take your partner out dancing. There will always be time to go to work, clean the house, give a dinner party and fix the waste disposal."
"Take care of the rocks first--the things that really matter. Set your priorities. The rest is just sand."
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