Secret of health

The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, nor to worry about the future, but to live the present moment wisely and earnestly. - B
 

Better than a thousand hollow words, is one word that brings peace.

Better than a thousand hollow words, is one word that brings peace.  

  ~The B

Everything is in relation to everything else.

All things appear and disappear because of the concurrence of causes and conditions. Nothing ever exists entirely alone; everything is in relation to everything else. 

  ~The B

Beauty of the eternal, the unfathomable...Einstein

There are moments when one feels free from one's own identification with human limitations and inadequacies. At such moments one imagines that one stands on some spot of a small planet, gazing in amazement at the cold yet profoundly moving beauty of the eternal, the unfathomable; life and death flow into one, and there is neither evolution nor destiny; only Being. - Albert Einstein ...

All we are is a result of what we have thought.

All that we are is the result of what we have thought. If a man speaks or acts with an evil thought, pain follows him. If a man speaks or acts with a pure thought, happiness follows him, like a shadow that never leaves him. 

  ~The B

The wise shape their minds.

As irrigators lead water where they want, as archers make their arrows straight, as carpenters carve wood, the wise shape their minds. 

  ~The Dhammapada

Nothing is one's own

To live a pure unselfish life, one must count nothing as one's own in the midst of abundance.

- B
 

The whole universe surrender to a mind that is still

To a mind that is still, 

The whole universe surrenders.

-Chuang Tzu

Secret of Health for mind and body

The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, worry about the future, or anticipate troubles, but to live in the present moment wisely and earnestly. - B

Let your love flow outward

Let your love flow outward through the universe, To its height, its depth, its broad extent, A limitless love, without hatred or enmity. Then as you stand or walk, Sit or lie down, As long as you are awake, Strive for this with a one-pointed mind; Your life will bring heaven to earth. - Sutta Nipata ...

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Posted By tm to Smile at 9/04/2009 12:26:00 PM

Trying to fix things

Trying to fix things really doesn't fix things.

Mother in Hannah's group.

100 years 100 Billion

In just the last 100 years, we have learned the number of galaxies is not 1 but 100 Billion, the number of stars in each of the 100 Billion galaxies is 100 Billion and the number of planets in each of the 100 Billion galaxies is at least 100 Billion!

Each second, 100 Billion nuetrinos pass through each square inch of our body from one sun for sure.

In the last 100 years, we have gone from horse transportation to jets and cars, from handwritten letters to 100 Billion electronic messages, from morse code to cellular telephones, from maps to Gps...And a 100 Billion other changes...

Transcend false self

 It is only the artificial ego that suffers. The man who has transcended his false 'me' no longer identifies with his suffering. - Fingers Pointing Toward the Moon by Wei Wu Wei...

Undisciplined mind

More than those who hate you, more than all your enemies, an undisciplined mind does greater harm. 

  ~The Dhammapada

Total humility

It is only with total humility, and in absolute stillness of mind that we can know what indeed we are. "The Tenth Man"

Mind controlled by spirit

The mind controlled by the spirit is peace and joy.

Romans 8 6

Runners over 50

Are you ever too old to be a runner?

In the latest segment of Running Voices, created by producer Karen Barrow, four athletes over 50 tell amazing stories of life on the run.

Jacque Carter, 53, from Washington, D.C., is a former runner turned race walker. Even though she is technically walking, she still moves at a 12-minute mile pace. During a recent team meeting, Ms. Carter raised $4,100 by shaving her head as a tribute to cancer patients who had lost their hair during chemotherapy. "We are not mall walkers," she says. "We are endurance walkers. We are out on a race course for six or seven or eight hours at a time and that does take a lot of endurance."

Marshall Ulrich, 57, from Idaho Springs, Colo., began running about 30 years ago after his doctor suggested he exercise to control his high blood pressure. He has since completed 121 ultramarathons of more than 100 miles each, and he is a four-time winner of the grueling Badwater Ultramarathon from Death Valley to Mt. Whitney, Calif. More recently he decided to run 3,063 miles from San Francisco to New York City — the equivalent of running a combination of two marathons and a 10K each day. "I just wanted to cross the country…and go through some of the extraordinary places that exist in the United States," he says.

Alan Schappe, 52, of Madison, Wis., began running seven years ago to get in shape. "I was about to be 45, and I realized I really let myself get out of shape and thought, 'My life is probably half over,' " he says. "It woke me up to the fact that I want to get in shape, and if I don't do it now when would I ever start?" His effort paid off. Now Mr. Schappe competes in Ironman triathlons. "I was never a fit person," he says. "If someone told me 20 years ago that I would be doing a race that was 140.6 miles long consisting of swimming, biking and running — it would have just been a laugh."

Sab Koide, 85, of Dobbs Ferry, N.Y., began running at the age of 56. Since then he's completed 60 marathons, 28 of them in New York City. His goal this year is to run the New York City marathon in seven-and-a-half hours. "The most uplifting part is to get to the 26 miles," he says. "I try to race the last two-tenths of a mile to show I'm still in good shape."

To see photos and to listen to these and other runners tell their stories, go to theRunning Voices audio slideshow.

I thank You for life.

"Heavenly Father, today I choose to bless Your name. I thank You for life. I thank You for breath. I thank You for provision, healing, strength, and joy. I praise You for abundantly supplying all my needs so that I can be a blessing to others. In Jesus' Name. Amen."

 

"You only lose what you cling to."

"You only lose what you cling to." 

 
 ~B

Achieve immobility

It is not for us to search but to remain still, to achieve Immobility not Action. - Fingers Pointing Toward the Moon by Wei Wu Wei...

Leave yourself behind

What do you have to do? Pack your bags, Go to the station without them, Catch the train, And leave your self behind. - Open Secret by Wei Wu Wei...

Whole cosmos

Looking deeply at any one thing we see the whole cosmos.

TNH

Five minutes daily to read news. MAX

Myself, I want to be informed about what is going on in the world. I want to be informed, but that does not mean that I have to listen to the news three times a day. I think there is some kind of vacuum in us we want to fill up; that is why we buy so many newspapers and magazines and why we view so much television. We do not need that much information. I think maybe five minutes daily is enough. Sometime we can survive several months without any news bulletins. And you have friends who can tell you what is important that has happened. 
        
 ~ Thich Nhat Hanh

Fix our eyes on what is unseen

So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal. 
2 Corinthians 4:18 

If you look you will Find

I believe in the higher power. If you look for something it will be provided. ZZ
Tyler Moore

Take heart: I have overcome the world.

"I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world"

(John 16:33, NIV)

Please don't be imprisoned by your suffering.

The ocean of suffering is immense, but if you turn around, you can see the land. The seed of suffering in you may be strong, but don't wait until you have no more suffering before allowing yourself to be happy.
When one tree in the garden is sick, you have to care for it. But don't overlook all the healthy trees. Even while you have pain in your heart, you can enjoy the many wonders of life - the beautiful sunset, the smile of a child, the many flowers and trees. To suffer is not enough. Please don't be imprisoned by your suffering. If you have experienced hunger, you know that having food is a miracle. If you have suffered from the cold, you know the preciousness of warmth. When you have suffered, you know how to appreciate the elements of paradise that are present. 
        
 ~ Thich Nhat Hanh

Happiness never decreases by being shared.

Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared. - b

Never save something for a special occasion. Every day is a special occasion.

A friend of mine opened his wife's
underwear drawer and picked up a silk paper wrapped package:

'This, - he said - isn't any ordinary package.'

He unwrapped the box and stared at both the silk paper and the box.

'She got this the first time we went to New York , 8 or 9 years ago. She has never put it on , was saving it for a special occasion.

Well, I guess this is it.

He got near the bed and placed the gift box next to the other clothing he was taking to the funeral house, his wife had just died.

He turned to me and said:

'Never save something for a special occasion.

Every day in your life is a special occasion'.

I still think those words changed my life.

Now I read more and clean less.  

I sit on the porch without worrying about anything.  

I spend more time with my family, and less at work.

I understood that life should be a source of experience to be lived up to, not survived through.

I no longer keep anything.

I use crystal glasses every day...

I'll wear new clothes to go to the supermarket, if I feel like it.  

I don't save my special perfume for special occasions, I use it whenever I want to.

The words 'Someday.. .' and ' One Day...' are fading away from my dictionary....

If it's worth seeing, listening or doing, I want to see,

listen or do it now...

I don't know what my friend's wife would have done if she knew she wouldn't be there the next morning, this nobody can tell.

I think she might have called her relatives and closest friends.
She might call old friends to make peace over past quarrels.

I'd like to think she would go out for Chinese, her favourite food.

It's these small things that I would regret not doing, if I knew my time had come.  

Each day, each hour, each minute, is special.

Live for today, for tomorrow is promised to no-one.

If you got this, it's because someone cares for you and because, probably, there's someone you care about.  

If you're too

busy to send this out to other people and you say to yourself that you will send it  'One of these days' , remember that 'One day' is far away... or might never come..  

No matter if you're superstitious or not, spend some time reading it.
It holds useful messages for the soul.  
 

Fix your eyes on the eternal

So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal. 

2 Corinthians 4:18

Listen with Calm and Understanding

So if we love someone, we should train in being able to listen. By listening with calm and understanding, we can ease the suffering of another person.        
 

~ Thich Nhat Hanh

ALL is a miracle

People usually consider walking on water or in thin air a miracle. But I think the real miracle is not to walk either on water or in thin air,but to walk on earth. Every day we are engaged in a miracle which we don't even recognize: a blue sky, white clouds, green leaves, the black, curious eyes of a child -- our own two eyes. All is a miracle.        
 

~ Thich Nhat Hanh

People fear letting go of suffering...

People have a hard time letting go of their suffering. Out of a fear of the unknown, they prefer suffering that is familiar.       
 

~ Thich Nhat Hanh

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Calm...Practice Mindfulness

Relief, Peace, well-being, joy and better relations with others will be possible if we practice mindfulness in our everyday life. I am convinced that everybody can practice mindfulness, even politicians, political parties, even the Congress. This is a body that holds the responsibility for knowing the nation's situation well, and knowledge of this kind requires the practice of looking deeply. If our elected officials are not calm enough, do not have enough concentration, how can they see things deeply?      
 

~ Thich Nhat Hanh

Drink your tea slowly and reverently

Drink your tea slowly and reverently,
as if it is the axis
on which the world earth revolves
- slowly, evenly, without
rushing toward the future;
Live the actual moment.
Only this moment is life.      
 

~ Thich Nhat Hanh

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True Love

To experience love, we must go inside. When you experience real love you get into a state which is beyond words. You are filled with a joy that goes beyond all emotions. True love is the love of the inner Self. - Muktananda...

Chose words with care

Whatever words we utter should be chosen with care for people will hear them and be influenced by them for good or ill. - B

We Are The Stream

A myriad bubbles were floating on the surface of a stream. 'What are you?' I cried to them as they drifted by. 'I am a bubble, of course' nearly a myriad bubbles answered, and there was surprise and indignation in their voices as they passed. But, here and there, a lonely bubble answered, 'We are this stream', and there was neither surprise nor indignation in their voices, but just a quiet certitude. - Ask the Awakened by Wei Wu Wei...

No 'you"

As long as there is a 'you' doing or not-doing, thinking or not-thinking, 'meditating' or 'not-meditating' you are no closer to home than the day you were born. 

"The Tenth Man" by Wei Wu Wei...

Through meditation, we can use the mind to free us.

By means of meditation we can teach our minds to be calm and balanced; within this calmness is a richness and a potential, an inner knowledge which can render our lives boundlessly satisfying and meaningful. While the mind may be what traps us in unhealthy patterns of stress and imbalance, it is also the mind which can free us. Through meditation, we can tap the healing qualities of mind. - Tarthang Tulku...

Be a lamp unto yourself; look not to anyone beside yourselves...

Therefore, be ye lamps unto yourselves, be a refuge to yourselves. Hold fast to Truth as a lamp; hold fast to the truth as a refuge. Look not for a refuge in anyone beside yourselves. And those, who shall be a lamp unto themselves, shall betake themselves to no external refuge, but holding fast to the Truth as their lamp, and holding fast to the Truth as their refuge, they shall reach the topmost height.

Power Point: Keep it simple

"His ability to boil things down, to just work on the things that really count, to think through the basics… It's a special form of genius."

– Bill Gates on what he's learned from mentor Warren Buffett, as told to Fortune in this week's Best Advice issue. Of all the great advice the Microsoft (MSFT) founder has gotten from Buffett — his greatest mentor besides his dad — "one of the most interesting is how he keeps things simple," he says. "You look at his calendar, it's pretty simple."

The same philosophy guides the Berkshire Hathaway (BRKB) chief's business moves. Gates explains, " You talk to him about a case where he thinks a business is attractive, and he knows a few basic numbers and facts about it. He picks the things that he's got a model of, a model that really is predictive and that's going to continue to work over a long-term period."

Simplicity never goes out of style — but we do need to be reminded to get back to basics. Time Inc. built a successful magazine on this theme: Real Simple. The concept of "keeping it simple" is also universal. It's the message Pattie often turns to when advising me on my writing for Postcards. And as you'll read in the issue, this is also the best advice that the world's No. 1 golfer got from his dad. –Jessica Shambora

 

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Renunciation is not getting rid of the things of this world, but accepting that they pass away. Aitken Roshi ...

 

 

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Selfless Thoughts

We are formed and molded by our thoughts. Those whose minds are shaped by selfless thoughts give joy when they speak or act. Joy follows them like a shadow that never leaves them. - B

Teaching children about money

The easiest way for your children to learn about money is for you not to have any.

  - NY TIMES Katharine Whitehorn Quote of the Day

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Posted By tm to Smile at 5/18/2009 12:28:00 PM

Deeper glimpse into eternal secrets

He who finds a thought that enables him to obtain a slightly deeper glimpse into the eternal secrets of nature has been given great grace. - Albert Einstein...

Non attachment

The process of practice is to see through, not to eliminate, anything to which we are attached. We could have great financial wealth and be unattached to it, or we light have nothing and be very attached to having nothing. Usually, if we have seen through the nature of attachment, we will have a tendency to have few possessions, but not necessarily. Most practice gets caught in this area of fiddling with our environments or our minds. " My mind should be quiet". Our mind doesn't matter; what matters is non attachment to the activities of the mind. And our emotions are harmless unless they dominate us 9 that is, if we are attached to them)---then they create dis-harmony for everyone. The first problem in practice is to see that we are attached. As we do consistent, patient zazen we begin to know that we are nothing but attachments; they rule our lives. But we never lose an attachment by saying it has to go. Only as we gain true awareness of its true nature does it quietly and imperceptibly wither away; like a sand castle with waves rolling over, it just smoothes out and finally Where is it? What was it?  

~ Charlotte Joko Beck

Tyler Moore

and I will give you rest....

"Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light." 

Matthew 11:28-30 

On Interval Training

You can do anything for 30 seconds.

Ken Prickitt, age 70, avid road bicyclist, climbing mountains full speed

Surrender

Victory lies in the admission of defeat. Moses

Prudence

It is better to have a hen tomorrow than an egg today.

All is a miracle

"People usually consider walking on water or in thin air a miracle. But I think the real miracle is not to walk either on water or in thin air, but to walk on earth. Every day we are engaged in a miracle which we don't even recognize: a blue sky, white clouds, green leaves, the black, curious eyes of a child -- our own two eyes. All is a miracle."

~Thich Nhat Hanh

If there is no teacher...

But if you do not find an intelligent companion, a wise and well-behaved person going the same way as yourself, then go on your way alone, like a king abandoning a conquered kingdom, or like a great elephant in the deep forest. - B

The wise ones, ever meditative and steadfastly persevering, alone experience Nirvana, the incomparable freedom from bondage.

B

 

Do your best you can with what you have

Do the best you can- with what you have - where you are.

-Obama First Congressional Address

Make the best with the cards you are dealt.

-Tommy Wimmer

Success...Frank Lloyd Wright

" I know the price of success: dedication, hard work, and a devotion to the things you want to see happen. "

--Frank Lloyd Wright

Opportunity hides behind work

" Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls, and looks like work. "

--Thomas Edison

 

Be wary of multitasking—learn to focus.

Be wary of multitasking—learn to focus. E-mail will interrupt your work if you let it. A 2005 survey in England found that constantly interrupting your work to check new e-mail messages damages productivity and results in a greater loss of IQ than smoking marijuana or losing an entire night of sleep. Allowing yourself to constantly be distracted by e-mails causes your focus to suffer and your work to take longer.

Light another's latern, brightens your own way

Nichiren writes, "If you light a lantern for another, it will also brighten your own way." Please be confident that the higher your flame of altruistic action burns, the more its light will suffuse your life with happiness. Those who possess an altruistic spirit are the happiest people of all.

Life is so short...

"Life is too short to wake up with regrets.  So love the people who treat you right.  Forget about those who don't.  Believe everything happens for a reason.  If you get a chance, take it.  If it changes your life, let it. Nobody said life would be easy, they just promised it would most likely be worth it."

 

 

 

Be kinder than necessary, for everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle

"Be kinder than necessary, for everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle"

 

“To the world, you might be one person, but, to one person, you might be the world!”

 

“Live well, Love Much, Laugh OFTEN”…

 

Cultivate Happiness

Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, 
and the life of the candle will not be shortened. 
Happiness never decreases by being shared.

 

~B

Live in Joy

Live in Joy, In love, 
Even among those who hate. 

Live in joy, In health, 
Even among the afflicted. 

Live in joy, In peace, 
Even among the troubled. 

Look within. Be still. 
Free from fear and attachment, 
Know the sweet joy of living in the way.        

b

Sift speech through a sieve

"The wise ones fashioned speech with their thought, sifting it as grain is sifted through a sieve. - B"

Calmness

"We say, 'In calmness there should be activity; ' in activity there should be calmness.' Actually, they are the same thing; to say 'calmness' or to say 'activity' is just to express different interpretations of one fact. There is harmony in our activity, and where there is harmony there is calmness.
- D.T. Suzuki..."

Be wise, disciplined and non-violent and you will find peace. Be aware both night and day, continue your practice, and you will attain Nirvana. - B

We are molded by out thoughts...

"We are formed and molded by our thoughts. Those whose minds are shaped by selfless thoughts give joy when they speak or act. Joy follows them like a shadow that never leaves them."
b

Ego

"The Saint is a man who disciplines his ego. The Sage is a man who rids himself of his ego."

- Fingers Pointing Toward the Moon

Google Reader

"Despite the appearance of being separate individuals, we are all connected to patterns of intelligence governing the cosmos. - Deepak Chopra"

Never fear...depend on no one

"The whole secret of existence is to
have no fear. Never fear what will
become of you, depend on no one.
Only the moment you
reject all help are you freed."

~B

Love yourself first

"You yourself, as much as anybody
in the entire universe,
deserve your love and affection."

~B

Formula for success

It's quite simple, really. Double your rate of failure.

- Tom Watson, founder of IBM

New work mantra

Work whenever and wherever you want, but get your work done.

Timothy Ferriss

A man is rich in proportion to the number of things he can afford to let alone.

Henry David Thoreau

Work

Work spares us from three evils:
Boredom
Excess
Vice.

Voltaire

Bliss is the Absence of pain and pleasure

"On the phenomenal plane we seek pleasure and the avoidance of pain. On the noumenal plane we know the absence of both - which is Bliss."

- Why Lazurus Laughed by Wei Wu Wei

Have faith

I hope your day ended up with you being able to achieve the things most important to you.  If not, then there is another plan already in place.  Have faith.

 

Frank Peck

 

 

 

 

Be friends with your enemies

"Keep your friends close and your enemies closer."

Sun Tzu, 400 BC

If you're praying, you are not worrying

If you are worrying, you are not praying.
If you are praying, you are not worrying.

Moses Moore

Work on yourself first

No one can please everyone. Your mental peace is more important. If you are in peace, then others around you will feel peace. So your best effort should be to work on yourself."

~Baba Hari Dass

Lets do this

Let's do this like Buddhists cause we've been through this.

Moses at Court

Selflessness, self-mastery, service, awareness, non-attachment...

The greatest achievement is selflessness. The greatest worth is self-mastery. The greatest quality is seeking to serve others. The greatest precept is continual awareness. The greatest medicine is the emptiness of everything. The greatest action is not conforming with the worlds ways. The greatest magic is transmuting the passions. The greatest generosity is non-attachment. The greatest goodness is a peaceful mind. The greatest patience is humility. The greatest effort is not concerned with results. The greatest meditation is a mind that lets go. The greatest wisdom is seeing through appearances. - Atisha ...

Laugh

Once we can laugh at something it ceases to have power over us. - Roberto Benigni

Our Father

 

"Some one once said that every man is trying to either live up to his father's achievements or make up for his mistakes.'' 

Barack Hussein Obama

Infinite

If the doors of perception were cleansed, everything would appear to man as it is, infinite.   William Blake...

One word

Better than a thousand hollow words,
Is one word that brings peace."

~B

Meditate therein day and night

This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.

- Joshua 1:8

 

Enlightened Perspective

ENLIGHTENED PERSPECTIVE

Written by Andy Rooney, a man who has the gift of saying so much with so few words.

 

I've learned....That the best classroom in the world is at the feet of an elderly person.

I've learned.... That when you're in love, it shows.

I've learned.... That just one person saying to me, 'You've made my day!' makes my day.

I've learned.... That having a child fall asleep in your arms is one of the most peaceful feelings in the world.

I've learned.... That being kind is more important than being right.

I've learned.... That you should never say no to a gift from a child.

I've learned.... That I can always pray for someone when I don't have the strength to help him in some other way.

I've learned.... That no matter how serious your life requires you to be, everyone needs a friend to act goofy with.

I've learned.... That sometimes all a person needs is a hand to hold and a heart to understand. 

I've learned.... That simple walks with my father around the block on summer nights when I was a child did wonders for me as an adult.

I've learned.... That life is like a roll of toilet paper. The closer it gets to the end, the faster it goes.

I've learned.... That we should be glad God doesn't give us everything we ask for.

I've learned.... That money doesn't buy class.

I've learned.... That it's those small daily happenings that make life so spectacular.

I've learned... That under everyone's hard shell is someone who wants to be appreciated and loved.

I've learned.... That to ignore the facts does not change the facts.

I've learned.... That when you plan to get even with someone, you are only letting that person continue to hurt you.

I've learned.... That love, not time, heals all wounds.

I've learned... That the easiest way for me to grow as a person is to surround myself with people smarter than I am.

I've learned.... That everyone you meet deserves to be greeted with a smile.

I've learned.... That no one is perfect until you fall in love with them.

I've learned... That life is tough , but I'm tougher.

I've learned.... That opportunities are never lost; someone will take the ones you miss.

I've learned.... That when you harbor bitterness, happiness will dock elsewhere.

I've learned.... That one should keep his words both soft and tender, because tomorrow he may have to eat them.

I've learned.... That a smile is an inexpensive way to improve your looks.

I've learned.... That everyone wants to live on top of the mountain, but all the happiness and growth occurs while you're climbing it.

I've learned.... That the less time I have to work with, the more things I get done.

My dog digs the outer

My dog digs the outer banks

"Learn From the past, watch the present and create the future"  Jesse Conrad and Jeff Schneider

 

Control the breath, control the mind

"When the breath wanders the mind also is unsteady. But when the breath is calmed the mind too will be still, and the yogi achieves long life. Therefore, one should learn to control the breath. "

~Hatha Yoga Pradipika

Once you realize you are not present...

Once you realize you are not present, you are present.

E Tolle

Go on your way alone

But if you do not find an intelligent companion, a wise and well-behaved person going the same way as yourself, then go on your way alone, like a king abandoning a conquered kingdom, or like a great elephant in the deep forest. - B

 

Chose laughter over tears

Laughter and tears are both responses to frustration and exhaustion. I myself prefer to laugh, since there is less cleaning up to do afterward.

  - Kurt Vonnegut

Thinking makes it so

There is nothing neither good nor bad but thinking makes it so.

Hamlet

Forgo your anger for a moment

Forgo your anger for a moment and save yourself a hundred days of trouble.

Chinese Proverb

Just a billion?

A.

A billion seconds ago it was 1959. 

B.

A billion minutes ago Jesus was alive. 

C.

A billion hours ago our ancestors were 
living in the Stone Age. 

D.

A billion days ago no-one walked on the earth on two feet. 

E.

A billion dollars ago was only

8 hours and 20 minutes,

at the rate our government

is spending it.

 

While this thought is still fresh in our brain...

let's take a look at New Orleans ....

 It's amazing what you can learn with some simple division.

 

Louisiana Senator,

Mary Landrieu (D)

is presently asking Congress for

250  BILLION DOLLARS

to rebuild New Orleans .  Interesting number...

what does it mean? 

A.

Well... if you are one of the 484,674 residents of  New Orleans

(every man, woman, and child)

you each get $516,528.

B.

Or... if you have one of the 188,251 homes in 
New Orleans , your home gets  $1,329,787. 

C.

Or... if you are a family of four...

 your family gets  $2,066,012.

Washington, D. C

 

< HELLO! >

Are all your calculators broken??

Accounts Receivable Tax 
Building Permit Tax 
CDL License Tax 
Cigarette Tax 
Corporate Income Tax 
Dog License Tax 
Federal Income Tax < BR>Federal Unemployment Tax (FUTA) 
Fishing License Tax 
Food License Tax 
Fuel Permit Tax 
Gasoline Tax 
Hunting License Tax 
Inheritance Tax 
Inventory Tax 
IRS Interest Charges (tax on top of tax) 
IRS Penalties (tax on top of tax) 
Liquor Tax 
Luxury Tax 
Marriage License Tax 
Medicare Tax 
Property Tax 
Real Estate Tax 
Service charge taxes 
Social Security Tax 
Road Usage Tax (Truckers) 
Sales Taxes 
Recreational Vehicle Tax
School Tax  
State Income Tax  
State Unemployment Tax (SUTA) 
Telephone Federal Excise Tax 
Telephone Federal Universal Service Fee Tax 
Telephone Federal, State and Local Surcharge Ta x 
Telephone Minimum Usage Surcharge Tax
Telephone Recurring and Non-recurring Charges Tax  
Telephone State and Local Tax 
Telephone Usage Charge Tax 
Utility Tax 
Vehicle License Registration Tax 
Vehicle Sales Tax 
Watercraft Registration Tax 
Well Permit Tax 
Workers Compensation Tax 

STILL THINK THIS IS FUNNY?

Not one of these taxes existed 100 years ago...
and our nation was the most prosperous in the world.

We had absolutely no national debt...

We had the largest middle class in the world...

and Mom stayed home to raise the kids. 

What happened?

Can you spell 'politicians!' 

And I still have to

press "1"

for English. 

I hope this goes around the

USA

at least 100 times 

What the heck happened?????

 

 

 

Dance in the rain

Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass.....It's about learning to Dance in the rain!

 

Ann Robins

 

 

 

 

 

Everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle...

"Be kinder than necessary, for everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle."

 

"To the world, you might be one person, but, to one person, you might be the world!"

 

"Live well, Love Much, Laugh OFTEN"…

 

"Life is too short to wake up with regrets.  So love the people who treat you right.  Forget about those who don't.  Believe everything happens for a reason.  If you get a chance, take it.  If it changes your life, let it. Nobody said life would be easy, they just promised it would most likely be worth it."

 

Blessed

If I get up in the morning, I have been blessed.

Liz, Williamsburg, age 77, survivor of 30 years alchoholism, suicidal attempts, cancer, working full time.