Showing posts with label Happiness. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Happiness. Show all posts

May 30, 2009

Food for Thought

The following words are written by Andy Rooney an American radio and television writer, a humorist and political commentator. He says, I've learned that...

The best classroom in the world is at the feet of an elderly person.

When you're in love, it shows.

Just one person saying to me, 'You've made my day!' makes my day.

Having a child fall asleep in your arms is one of the most peaceful feelings in the world.

Being kind is more important than being right.

You should never say no to a gift from a child.

No matter how serious your life requires you to be, everyone needs a friend to act goofy with.

Sometimes all a person needs is a hand to hold and a heart to understand.

Life is like a roll of toilet paper. The closer it gets to the end, the faster it goes.

We should be glad God doesn't give us everything we ask for.

Money doesn't buy class.

It's those small daily happenings that make life so spectacular.

Under everyone's hard shell is someone who wants to be appreciated and loved.

To ignore the facts does not change the facts.

When you plan to get even with someone, you are only letting that person continue to hurt you.

Love, not time, heals all wounds.

The easiest way for me to grow as a person is to surround myself with people smarter than I am.

Everyone you meet deserves to be greeted with a smile.

No one is perfect until you fall in love with them.

Life is tough, but I'm tougher.

Opportunities are never lost; someone will take the ones you miss.

When you harbor bitterness, happiness will dock elsewhere.

I wish I could have told my Mom that I love her one more time before she passed away.

One should keep his words both soft and tender, because tomorrow he may have to eat them.

A smile is an inexpensive way to improve your looks.

When your newly born grandchild holds your little finger in his little fist, that you're hooked for life.

Everyone wants to live on top of the mountain, but all the happiness and growth occurs while you're climbing it.

The less time I have to work with, the more things I get done.

May 14, 2009

A Guide for Life


Go placidly amid the noise and the haste, 
and remember what peace there may be in silence.

As far as possible, without surrender, 
be on good terms with all persons.
 
Speak your truth quietly and clearly;
 
and listen to others,
 
even to the dull and the ignorant;
 
they too have their story.
 
Avoid loud and aggressive persons;
 
they are vexatious to the spirit.

If you compare yourself with others, 
you may become vain or bitter,
 
for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.
 
Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans.
 
Keep interested in your own career, however humble;
 
it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time.

Exercise caution in your business affairs, 
for the world is full of trickery.
 
But let this not blind you to what virtue there is;
 
many persons strive for high ideals,
 
and everywhere life is full of heroism.
 
Be yourself. Especially do not feign affection.
 
Neither be cynical about love,
 
for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment,
 
it is as perennial as the grass.

Take kindly the counsel of the years, 
gracefully surrendering the things of youth.
 
Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune.
 
But do not distress yourself with dark imaginings.
 
Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness.

Beyond a wholesome discipline, 
be gentle with yourself.
 
You are a child of the universe
 
no less than the trees and the stars;
 
you have a right to be here.
 
And whether or not it is clear to you,
 
no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.

Therefore be at peace with God, 
whatever you conceive Him to be.
 
And whatever your labors and aspirations,
 
in the noisy confusion of life,
 
keep peace in your soul.
 

With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, 
it is still a beautiful world. 
Be cheerful. Strive to be happy.

May 13, 2009

Happiest People in the World!

The happiest people in the world are not those
Who have no problems,
But those who learn to live with things that are less than perfect.