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The Mask

Don’t be fooled by the face I wear, for I wear a thousand masks, And none of them are me. I give you the impression that I’m secure, that confidence is my name and coolness is my game, And that I need no one. But don’t believe me.

Beneath dwells the real me in confusion, in loneliness, in fear. That’s why I create a mask to hide behind, to shield me from the glance that knows, But such a glance is precisely my salvation.

That is, if it’s followed by acceptance, if it’s followed by love. It’s the only thing that can liberate me from my own self-built prison walls. I’m afraid that deep down I’m nothing and that I’m just no good, And that you will reject me.

And so begins the parade of masks. I idly chatter to you. I tell you everything that’s really nothing and Nothing of what’s everything, of what’s crying within me.

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Power in Struggle

A man found a cocoon of an emperor moth. He took it home so that he could watch the moth come out of the cocoon. On the day a small opening appeared, he sat and watched the moth for several hours as the moth struggled to force the body through that little hole.

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Definition of LOVE by Children

A group of professional people posted this question to a group of 4 to 8 year-olds,
“What does love mean?”
The answers they got were broader and deeper than anyone could have imagined as followings:

“When my grandmother got arthritis, she couldn’t bend over and paint her toenails anymore. So my grandfather does it for her all the time, even when his hands got arthritis too. That’s love.” – age 8

When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different. You know that your name is safe in their mouth.” – age 4

“Love is when a girl puts on perfume and a boy puts on shaving cologne and they go out and smell each other.” – age 5

“Love is when you go out to eat and give somebody most of your French fries without making them give you any of theirs.” – age 6

“Love is what makes you smile when you’re tired.” – age 4

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Old Age is A Gift

Someone said: Old age, I decided, is a gift.

I am now, probably for the first time in my life, the person I have always wanted to be. Oh, not my body! I sometime despair over my body – the wrinkles, the baggy eyes and the sagging butt. And often I am taken aback by that old person that lives in my mirror, but I don’t agonize over those things for long.

I would never trade my amazing friends, my wonderful life, my loving family for less gray hair or a flatter belly. As I’ve aged, I’ve become more kind to myself and less critical of myself. I’ve become my own friend. I don’t chide myself for eating that extra cookie, or for not making my bed. I am entitled to overeat, to be messy, to be extravagant. I have seen too many dear friends leave this world too soon; before they understood the great freedom that comes with aging.

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Happiest People Don’t Have the Best of Everything

A group of graduates, highly established in their careers, got together to visit their old university professor. Conversation soon turned into complaints about stress in work and life.

Offering his guests coffee, the professor went to the kitchen and returned with a large pot of coffee and an collection of cups – porcelain, plastic, glass, crystal, some plain looking, some expensive, some exquisite; telling them to help themselves to the coffee.

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When the Greatness Comes

Greatness comes not when things always go good for you.
Greatness comes when you are really tested,
when you take some knocks,
some disappointments,
when sadness comes.
Only if you’ve been in the deepest valley can you know how magnificent it is to be on the highest mountain.

Childhood is Sweet

Time is fast. We grow very quickly and forget about past. About childhood we all have couple of memories. It feels good to think about childhood. Following movie will take you towards your childhood.

Short Film – Signs – Office Geek In Love

I came across this wonderful short film about communication. Created by Publicis Mojo and RadicalMedia. This is how a bachelor spends time in office and but when he meets a lady… then…