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I’ve learned that you cannot make someone love you. All you can do is be someone who can be loved. The rest is up to them. I’ve learned that no matter how much I care, some people just don’t care back. I’ve learned that it takes years to build up trust, and only seconds to destroy it. I’ve learned that it’s not what you have in your life, but who you have in your life that counts.
Tags: Inspirational, lessonsI had a dog named as ‘Temi’ when I was a child. My father brought him when Temi was a little baby. We grew him up. He was black and brown in color. One thing is amazing that even you meet your dog after years and years, at first sight, he will recognize you. He was very very affectionate and good friend. If I look back, I can point some good things from him.
Tags: dog, Inspirational, lessons- by the CEO of Coca-Cola -
“Imagine life as a game in which you are juggling five balls in the air.
Name them – work, family, health, friends and spirit and you’re keeping all of these in the air.
You will soon understand that work is a rubber ball. If you drop it, it will bounce back.
But the other four balls – family, health, friends and spirit are made of glass.
If you drop one of these, they will be irrevocably scuffed, marked, nicked, damaged or even shattered.
They will never be the same. You must understand that and strive for balance in your life”.
How?
Probably the greatest example of persistence is Abraham Lincoln. If you want to learn about somebody who didn’t quit, look no further. Born into poverty, Lincoln was faced with defeat throughout his life. He lost eight elections, twice failed in business and suffered a nervous breakdown. He could have quit many times – but he didn’t and because he didn’t quit, he became one of the greatest presidents in the history of our country.
Tags: failure, struggle, successDon’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.
Tags: confidence, confusion, coolness, fear, game, heart, hope, loneliness, Love, sympathyA 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.
Tags: Motivational, power, short story, struggleA 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
Tags: children, LoveSomeone 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.
Tags: age, aging, growth, Inspirational, old