A lady of excellence - Mother Teresa

We live before a world that sees the things we do and the achievements we made. On the other hand, Mother Teresa sees it this way............




"At the end of our lives, we will not be judged by how many diplomas we have received, how much money we have made or how many great things we have done. We will be judged by ‘I was hungry and you gave me to eat. I was naked and you clothed me. I was homeless and you took me in."

Happiness

Hmmm...another interesting article to think about. Maybe not totally true, I don't know. It is about happiness! Who doesn't want to be happy? Maybe by being a millionaire I will be happy? Am I in a state of total happiness? No, really not....I am totally drained at times, worrying over so many things etc etc etc!

Somehow, God sort of spoke to me............

"What you are is God's gift to you.
What you make yourself is your gift to God."

"Worry is like a rocking chair. It gives you something to do but doesn't get you any place."

"Worry is the interest you pay when you borrow trouble."

I like this one...................hehhee

"The only fellow whose troubles are all behind him is a school-bus driver!"


OK, this is the main article, here goes................

We fall into the error of thinking that happiness necessarily involves ease, diversion, tranquility - a state in which all of one's wishes are satisfied.

For most people, happiness is not to be found in this vegetative state but in striving toward meaningful goals. The dedicated person has not achieved all of his goals. His life is the endless pursuit of goals, some of them unattainable. He may never have time to surround himself with luxuries. He may often be tense, worried, fatigued. He has little of the leisure one associates with the storybook conception of happiness. But he has found a more meaningful happiness.

The truth is that happiness in the sense of total gratification is not a state to which man can aspire.

It is for cows, possibly for the birds, but not for us.

take time

aahhh.....what a long absence after getting myself busy busy busy with so many things that somehow requires time and attention, and then I came upon this inspirational words that seems to fit into what I am currently experiencing.

it says...................

take time to think,
it is the source of power

take time to play,
it is the secret of perpetual power

take time to read,
it is the foundation of wisdom

take time to pray,
it is the greatest power on earth

take time to love and be loved,
it is a God given privilege

take time to be friendly,
it is the road to happiness

take time to laugh,
it is the music of the soul

take time to give,
it is too short a day to be selfish.

Gosh, time is so precious and it is only the thing that everyone in this world, whether great or just normal people on the street are given the same amount of "time" each day.

"Days are like suitcases. By careful arrangement, some people can pack more into them than other people can."

"Don't thou love life? Then waste not time; for time is the stuff that life is made of."

Finally I would say as a prayer.....

"As a stone gathers moss in the woods by a rill,

So we fashion our lives for good or for ill,

By a thought, a word, a deed, or a smile,

As I live my life, Lord, make it worthwhile."