Thread: Thoughts of the day.

A successful person is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks that others throw at him or her.
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Real Inspirational Journey.........Unanimously & Sincerely.

All things changes with the pass of the time but true love expands in the heart of the faithful.

Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anyone else expects of you. Never excuse yourself.

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Real Inspirational Journey.........Unanimously & Sincerely.

"Life is one of those races in nursery school where you have to run with a marble in a spoon kept in your mouth. If the marble falls, there is no point coming first. Same with life, where health and relationships are the marble. Your striving is only worth it if there is harmony in your life. Else, you may achieve the success, but this spark, this feeling of being excited and alive, will start to die.

One thing about nurturing the spark - don't take life seriously. Life is not to be taken seriously, as we are really temporary here. We are like a pre-paid card with limited validity. If we are lucky, we may last another 50 years. And 50 years is just 2,500 weekends. Do we really need to get so worked up?

It's ok, bunk a few classes, goof up a few interviews, take leave from work, fall in love.

We are people, not programmed devices...
"Don't be serious, be sincere." !

- Chetan Bhagat

Good decisions come from experience, and experience comes from bad decisions.
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Real Inspirational Journey.........Unanimously & Sincerely.

If you don't like something change it; if you can't change it, change the way you think about it.
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Real Inspirational Journey.........Unanimously & Sincerely.

The Mayonnaise Jar
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When things in your life seem, almost too much to handle, When 24 Hours in a day is not enough, Remember the Mayonnaise Jar and 2 cups of coffee.

A professor stood before his philosophy class and had some items in front of him. When the class began, wordlessly, He picked up a very large and empty mayonnaise jar and proceeded to fill it with golf balls.

He then asked the students, if the jar was full.
They agreed that it was.

The professor then picked up a box of pebbles and poured them into the jar. He shook the jar lightly. The pebbles rolled into the open Areas between the golf balls. He then asked the students again if the jar was full. They agreed it was.

The professor next picked up a box of sand and poured it into the jar. Of course, the sand filled up everything else. He asked once more if the jar was full. The students responded with a unanimous 'yes.'

The professor then produced two cups of coffee from under the table and poured the entire contents into the jar, effectively Filling the empty space between the sand. The students laughed.

'Now,' said the professor, as the laughter subsided, 'I want you to recognize that this jar represents your life.

The golf balls are the important things - family, Children, health, Friends, and Favorite passions – Things that if everything else was lost and only they remained, Your life would still be full.

The pebbles are the other things that matter like your job, house, and car.

The sand is everything else - The small stuff.

'If you put the sand into the jar first,' He continued, 'there is no room for the pebbles or the golf balls. The same goes for life.

If you spend all your time and energy on the small stuff, You will never have room for the things that are important to you.

So...
Pay attention to the things that are critical to your happiness.
Play With your children.
Take time to get medical checkups.
Take your partner out to dinner.
There will always be time to clean the house and fix the disposal.

Take care of the golf balls first -
The things that really matter.
Set your priorities. The rest is just sand.

One of the students raised her hand and inquired what the coffee represented.

The professor smiled. 'I'm glad you asked'. It just goes to show you that no matter how full your life may seem, there's always room for a couple of cups of coffee with a friend.

Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success.
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Real Inspirational Journey.........Unanimously & Sincerely.

There is a fine line between dreams and reality, it's up to you to draw it.
---B. Quilliam
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Real Inspirational Journey.........Unanimously & Sincerely.

There is no one other than you in my world and you are not there for me.

God gives us dreams a size too big so that we can grow in them.
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Real Inspirational Journey.........Unanimously & Sincerely.