Author Unknown
Dedicated to Nor Alnaim Harun
Sometimes people come into your life and you know right away that they were meant to be there, to serve some sort of purpose, to teach you a lesson, or to help you figure out who you are, or who you might want to become.
You never know who these people may be, possibly your roommate, neighbour, professor, long lost friend, lover or even a complete stranger. You know at the moment they will affect your life in some profound way.
Sometimes things happen to you that may seem horrible, painful, and unfair at first, but, on reflection, you find that without overcoming these obstacles you would have never realized your potential, your strength, your willpower, or heart.
Everything happens for a reason. Nothing happens by chance, or by means of good luck. Illness, injury, love, lost moments of true greatness, and sheer stupidity all occur to test the limits of your soul.
Without these small tests, whatever they may be, life would be like a smoothly paved, straight flat road to nowhere. It would be safe and comfortable, but dull and utterly pointless.
The people you meet who affect your life and the success and downfalls you experience help to create who you are and who you become.
Even the bad experiences can be learned from. In fact, they probably provide the most poignant and important lessons.
If someone hurts you, betrays you, or breaks your heart, forgive them for they have helped you learn about trust and the importance of being cautious when you open your heart.
If someone loves you, love them back unconditionally, not only because they love you, but because they are teaching you to love and opening your heart and eyes to things that you would have never seen or felt without them.
Make everyday count. Appreciate every moment and take from those moments everything that you possibly can for you may never be able to experience it again.
Talk to people that you have never talked to before and actually listen.
Let yourself fall in love...
Break free, and set your sights high.
Hold your head up because you have every right to. Tell yourself you are a great individual and believe in yourself, for if you don't believe in yourself, no one else will believe in you either.
You can make of your life anything you wish. Create your own life, then go out and live it.
~ The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed.
Wednesday, November 30, 2005
Monday, November 28, 2005
Why Worry? Be Happy!
There are only two things in life to worry about:
Whether you are well
or whether you are sick.
If you are well,
then there is nothing to worry about.
But if you are sick,
there are only two things to worry about:
Whether you are going to get well
or whether you are going to die.
If you get well,
then there is nothing to worry about.
But if you die,
there are only two things to worry about:
Whether you are going to go to heaven
or whether you are going to go to hell.
If you go to heaven,
then you have nothing to worry about.
But if you go to hell,
you'll be so busy shaking hands with all your friends,
that you won't have time to worry!
So, Why Worry?
Be Happy
Do not cry if the Sun sets at the end of the day, because the tears will not let you enjoy the beauty of the Stars.
"If you cry because you can't see the sun, your tears will keep you from seeing the stars" ~ Rabindranath Tagore
Life is short, break the rules, forgive quickly, kiss slowly, love truly, laugh uncontrollably and never regret anything that made you smile!
Counteract Worry With Faith
You can actually make worry work for you. If worry attacks you, you may as well make use of it. Instead of letting worry be destructive turn it into a constructive use. Worry is an energy, a form of energy. When you worry you are using energy destructively. When you are practising faith you are using energy constructively. So make worry work for you. Make it work for you by letting it make you think straight.
To think straight is one of the greatest powers of a human being. God gave each of us a mind to use and to use properly. I believe it is as though He says to every individual, "I gave you a mind, and with it you can solve any problem you will ever have to face, and I will make you equal to anything through your mind." But if we worry the mind gets off balance. It gets hot and it will not correlate when it is hot. It needs to be cool, rational, in order to work well. So if now today, corporately and individually, we have the problem of worry and fear, the way to handle it, and to make worry work for us, is to tell ourselves that it is high time we did some sound thinking.
~ Dr Norman Vincent Peale, 1961
Every tomorrow has two handles: the handle of anxiety & the handle of faith.
Woe to the person who grabs hold of tomorrow by the wrong handle.
~ Sara
Whether you are well
or whether you are sick.
If you are well,
then there is nothing to worry about.
But if you are sick,
there are only two things to worry about:
Whether you are going to get well
or whether you are going to die.
If you get well,
then there is nothing to worry about.
But if you die,
there are only two things to worry about:
Whether you are going to go to heaven
or whether you are going to go to hell.
If you go to heaven,
then you have nothing to worry about.
But if you go to hell,
you'll be so busy shaking hands with all your friends,
that you won't have time to worry!
So, Why Worry?
Be Happy
Do not cry if the Sun sets at the end of the day, because the tears will not let you enjoy the beauty of the Stars.
"If you cry because you can't see the sun, your tears will keep you from seeing the stars" ~ Rabindranath Tagore
Life is short, break the rules, forgive quickly, kiss slowly, love truly, laugh uncontrollably and never regret anything that made you smile!
Counteract Worry With Faith
You can actually make worry work for you. If worry attacks you, you may as well make use of it. Instead of letting worry be destructive turn it into a constructive use. Worry is an energy, a form of energy. When you worry you are using energy destructively. When you are practising faith you are using energy constructively. So make worry work for you. Make it work for you by letting it make you think straight.
To think straight is one of the greatest powers of a human being. God gave each of us a mind to use and to use properly. I believe it is as though He says to every individual, "I gave you a mind, and with it you can solve any problem you will ever have to face, and I will make you equal to anything through your mind." But if we worry the mind gets off balance. It gets hot and it will not correlate when it is hot. It needs to be cool, rational, in order to work well. So if now today, corporately and individually, we have the problem of worry and fear, the way to handle it, and to make worry work for us, is to tell ourselves that it is high time we did some sound thinking.
~ Dr Norman Vincent Peale, 1961
Every tomorrow has two handles: the handle of anxiety & the handle of faith.
Woe to the person who grabs hold of tomorrow by the wrong handle.
~ Sara
Thursday, November 24, 2005
As You Travel Through Life...
Author Unknown
Dedicated to Nor Alnaim Harun with the message:
You are just one person in the world, but to me you are the world!
Friends forever...
As you travel through life there are always those times
When decisions just have to be made,
When the choices are hard, and solutions seem scarce,
And the rain seems to soak your parade.
There are some situations where all you can do
Is simply let go and move on,
Gather your courage and choose a direction
That carries you toward a new dawn.
So pack up your troubles and take a step forward ~
The process of change can be tough,
But think about all the excitement ahead
There might be adventures you never imagined
Just waiting around the next bend,
And wishes and dreams just about to come true
In ways you can't yet comprehend!
Perhaps you'll find friendships that spring from new things
As you challenge your status quo,
And learn there are so many options in life,
Perhaps you'll go places you never expected
And see things that you've never seen,
Or travel to fabulous, faraway worlds
And wonderful spots in between!
Perhaps you'll find warmth and affection and caring
And somebody special who's there
To help you stay centered and listen with interest
To stories and feelings you share.
Perhaps you'll find comfort in knowing your friends
Are supportive of all that you do,
And believe that whatever decisions you make,
They'll be the right choices for you.
So keep putting one foot in front of the other,
And taking your life day by day...
There's a brighter tomorrow that's just down the road ~
Don't look back! You're not going that way!
Dedicated to Nor Alnaim Harun with the message:
You are just one person in the world, but to me you are the world!
Friends forever...
As you travel through life there are always those times
When decisions just have to be made,
When the choices are hard, and solutions seem scarce,
And the rain seems to soak your parade.
There are some situations where all you can do
Is simply let go and move on,
Gather your courage and choose a direction
That carries you toward a new dawn.
So pack up your troubles and take a step forward ~
The process of change can be tough,
But think about all the excitement ahead
There might be adventures you never imagined
Just waiting around the next bend,
And wishes and dreams just about to come true
In ways you can't yet comprehend!
Perhaps you'll find friendships that spring from new things
As you challenge your status quo,
And learn there are so many options in life,
Perhaps you'll go places you never expected
And see things that you've never seen,
Or travel to fabulous, faraway worlds
And wonderful spots in between!
Perhaps you'll find warmth and affection and caring
And somebody special who's there
To help you stay centered and listen with interest
To stories and feelings you share.
Perhaps you'll find comfort in knowing your friends
Are supportive of all that you do,
And believe that whatever decisions you make,
They'll be the right choices for you.
So keep putting one foot in front of the other,
And taking your life day by day...
There's a brighter tomorrow that's just down the road ~
Don't look back! You're not going that way!
Sunday, November 13, 2005
Ever wonder what the common thread is between the most successful people in the world?
Lou Castillo and Anthony Robbins have spent many years studying successful people and they've found that there are four main steps to becoming and staying successful.
1) Have a compelling reason
2) Making decisions in a heartbeat
3) Taking massive action
4) Emulating successful people
Over the years they've written several books and articles about this simple but important topic.
Why?
Simply because they truly believe that being successful is a learned skill not a born trait. Anyone can be successful if they work smart and take massive action.
Please read the following quotes that Lou Castillo has pulled together over the years. People have been teaching these same principles for hundreds of years for one simple reason: it's the truth!
I hope at least one of these great quotes will inspire you to take your next successful step towards greatness!
"Determine never to be idle... It is wonderful how much may be done if we are always doing."
~ Thomas Jefferson
"There are risks and costs to a program of action. But there are far less than the long-range risks and costs of comfortable inaction."
~ John F. Kennedy
"To acquire knowledge, one must study; but to acquire wisdom, one must observe."
~ Marilyn vos Savant
"To will is to select a goal, determine a course of action that will bring one to that goal, and then hold on to that action till the goal is reached. The key is action."
~ Michael Hanson
"While one person hesitates because he feels inferior, the other is busy making mistakes and becoming superior."
~ Henry C. Link
"An executive is a person who always decides; sometimes he decides correctly, but he always decides."
~ John H. Patterson
"Success in business requires training and discipline and hard work. But if you're not frightened by these things, the opportunities are just as great today as they ever were."
~ David Rockefeller
Make DECISIONS IN A HEARTBEAT to take MASSIVE ACTION!
Decide to take the necessary steps to increase your business. Decide to make the next 30 days amazing.
Best of success and abundance,
Azlan Adnan
1) Have a compelling reason
2) Making decisions in a heartbeat
3) Taking massive action
4) Emulating successful people
Over the years they've written several books and articles about this simple but important topic.
Why?
Simply because they truly believe that being successful is a learned skill not a born trait. Anyone can be successful if they work smart and take massive action.
Please read the following quotes that Lou Castillo has pulled together over the years. People have been teaching these same principles for hundreds of years for one simple reason: it's the truth!
I hope at least one of these great quotes will inspire you to take your next successful step towards greatness!
"Determine never to be idle... It is wonderful how much may be done if we are always doing."
~ Thomas Jefferson
"There are risks and costs to a program of action. But there are far less than the long-range risks and costs of comfortable inaction."
~ John F. Kennedy
"To acquire knowledge, one must study; but to acquire wisdom, one must observe."
~ Marilyn vos Savant
"To will is to select a goal, determine a course of action that will bring one to that goal, and then hold on to that action till the goal is reached. The key is action."
~ Michael Hanson
"While one person hesitates because he feels inferior, the other is busy making mistakes and becoming superior."
~ Henry C. Link
"An executive is a person who always decides; sometimes he decides correctly, but he always decides."
~ John H. Patterson
"Success in business requires training and discipline and hard work. But if you're not frightened by these things, the opportunities are just as great today as they ever were."
~ David Rockefeller
Make DECISIONS IN A HEARTBEAT to take MASSIVE ACTION!
Decide to take the necessary steps to increase your business. Decide to make the next 30 days amazing.
Best of success and abundance,
Azlan Adnan
Tuesday, November 01, 2005
Good Reads
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