life quotes

Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. -- Anonymous

Life is a great big canvas, and you should throw all the paint on it you can. -- Danny Kaye

And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.-- Abraham Lincoln

Difficult times have helped me to understand better than before, how infinitely rich and beautiful life is in every way, and that so many things that one goes worrying about are of no importance whatsoever...-- Isak Dinesen

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Life and contentment.

I was watching the questions being popped at the doctor, queries about cancer.Curiosity kept me hooked to the program.Each minute i listened to the live voices sharing their pain to the Dr, i felt the immense pain people are going in their lives .I could not imagine how some still put a brave front.It also belittled me about my own murmurings of life.It struck me why Jesus says do not worry about tomorrow , for tomorrow has enough pain in itself.Living a day at a time, a moment at a moment is not easy but that will certainly make life easier.How hard it is to turn from the thoughts of the morrow and the future , how hard it is to live contented with what one has got when every minute you are bombarded with ads of insurance and child security plans.Human nature follows a philosophy for some time and then as one gets ravaged by the happenings around, we slip off, the old self showing its ugly head again.The old habit of anxiety, of securing all things needed for oneself and the family and thus getting caught in the swift race of life to earn more and more, a life which forgets to slow down and breathe in the beauty of each unfolding , a life which slows down or rather halts only when it arrives at the dead end or the speed breaker.

May you live all the days of your life. Swift, Jonathan.


In the morning of life, work; in the mid day give council; in the evening, pray.
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And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.Abraham Lincoln:
Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that the stuff life is made of.Benjamin Franklin:
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Bertrand Russell:

Three passions have governed my life:
The longings for love, the search for knowledge,
And unbearable pity for the suffering of [humankind].

Love brings ecstasy and relieves loneliness.
In the union of love I have seen
In a mystic miniature the prefiguring vision
Of the heavens that saints and poets have imagined.

With equal passion I have sought knowledge.
I have wished to understand the hearts of [people].
I have wished to know why the stars shine.

Love and knowledge led upwards to the heavens,
But always pity brought me back to earth;
Cries of pain reverberated in my heart
Of children in famine, of victims tortured
And of old people left helpless.
I long to alleviate the evil, but I cannot,
And I too suffer.

This has been my life; I found it worth living.

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Oh my heart , be content with this day,
do not fret yourself for another day,
another day will lead you to a new way
only when each day is lived in its way.

healing

iam free of those haunting thoughts, which were chasing ever since i was in waiting for the hospital report to come.Iam extremely thankful,grateful to the almighty for the added years in my life.

Reflections of the waiting time,
I watched for the morning as the watchman watches thro' the night for the dawn to come.
I listened more carefully as to what the Lord desires to share with me
I was more passionate for my quiet time with the Lord
I started interceding for others , many anonymous ones in need
I became more sensitive to those suffering

I found meaning in life , in the importance of every fleeting day
I LEANED MORE ON MY LORD AND GAVE HIM WORRIES.
How important is each day to me,
a chance of praising my Lord and
a chance to breathe His breath again,
a chance to think positive
a chance to touch others with the love that the Lord has filled me
a chance of sharing laughter with my kids and my beloved partner
a chance to fulfill many unmet desires
a chance to watch the nature's bounty
iam indebted to my God.
I want to live my life with the newness of life that comes from drawing closer to Him.

LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL ,MAKE THE MOST OF IT AND HELP OTHERS TO MAKE MOST OF THEIRS.

understanding life

I love the book of proverbs , it is the best book for practical knowledge.I have oft times tried viewing life from the "other" persons perspective, like for example what would it be for a person who is going thro' some painful experience, it has helped me to be more sensitive to people around, to make the most of each day, to pass on smiles or a kind word to some one in need.

Of late i am into memorizing lot of scripture portions, and it amazes me to discover that bible is book with so many practical tips.For instance- " let your yes be yes and your no be no" is a very profound statement.

I have realized so far that attempts of shrinking life into my own viewing space has been met with complete failure, for there are so many kinds of people in this world and each viewing life in their own perspective but the most important thread that sustains each one of them is belief.

I think king Solomon rightly says "the end of all conclusions is this - fear God and live peacefully""

I thank God for the spare time He has so kindly provided me which allows me to take time to reflect upon many subjects close to my heart.Otherwise in this fast paced world with the duties of motherhood and career balancing it would have been virtually impossible.

I want to pray for those who are going thro' times of stress , that they will find their rest in you Lord, give them times of rest and recreation.Amen

the flower knows not its place

the first sun rays fell on the closed bud, it opened slowly , blinking its eyes to the new world around, then what,.............. in the evening with the sun setting down, the flower had withered and fallen down.
Its place of existence no more there.
Life is short, but God has brought us in with a new purpose , He loves us so much to waste it away in worries, anxieties and unknown fears.Live the moment given you today , do not worry about tomorrow, He will give you the Strength for the morrow.

Life seems uncertain but thrust it in the hands of One who is certain.

Soren Kierkegaard

It is quite true what Philosophy says: that Life must be understood backwards. But that makes one forget the other saying: that it must be lived—forwards. The more one ponders this, the more it comes to mean that life in the temporal existence never becomes quite intelligible, precisely because at no moment can I find complete quiet to take the backward- looking position.
- The Diary of Soren Kierkegaard; Kierkegaard, pt. 5, sct. 4, no. 136
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seizing moments

A very old man was heard advising a young man --
"there is but one life to live, so dream big
pray to God to help u in fulfilling those dreams
make attempts to give wings to your dreams
Don't allow failure to limit u
smile at the storm even at the darkest moment, the silver lining will follow
remember God never deserts you , He knows u better than u yourself
in mundane dull moments, be positive
do the least task knowing he watches u
love life and live in peace with yourself and others
discipline your body and mind
Remember that sickness is part of life so pray for strength when u or your near ones suffer
expect miracles
stop worrying , commit your anxieties to the Lord
lead a a disciplined life
time menagemnet is important
spend time with the children and family for these precious moments don't come back
teach them fear of the Lord
be quick to listen and slow to speak
let your yes be yes and no be no
be wise like serpents and gentle as doves
do your best to help the poor
above all time never turns back so seize your moments"

i cannot understand -
the sufferings in this world
the indifference of people towards it
the rich, super rich and their self styled philosophy

i cannot understand death
and the after life,
though i hope in one but have not seen an evidence of it

i cannot understand pain
though sometimes it is useful

i cannot understand money
though its just a paper
its power seems towering

I cannot understand ego
though iam aware of it yet i am unaware

i cannot understand the mind
full of fleeting thoughts
it seems limitless and without boundary

i cannot understand soul
but i believe in one

i cannot understand life
at one moment it is so serene and at another horrendous

i cannot understand faith
for at times its strong and at times its weak
but thats what keeps me going

i cannot understand God
he is unseen but still can be felt
he is the beginning and the end
it is the belief in him which keeps me going


life is a mystery but seeing is not always believing,
faith is believing without seeing
and it is true

the humanist philosophy

i was reading a post on the views of a humanist, as to how to raise children without any religion.
It set me thinking, what makes humanist think that every thing under the sun can be explained by reason and that which is without reason and evidence is not true.
Many of them have moved into this way of life after being disappointed with their former religion.I myself have seen how religion can be very disappointing at times, especially when our questioning seems to echo back, with no answers for why and what is happening , but i strongly believe relying entirely on reasoning is limiting our belief.
Humanists on the contrary believe religion to be the limiting factor, which many times it is if we don't believe in conversing with the God we believe, when it is only one sided, when we fear some punishment for disobedience etc.
But going by ones own reasoning which is highly versatile and basing your belief entirely on evidence , again is entirely versatile, because seeing evidence is situational,
and more so believing that science and reason has solution for all, is like trusting only what man has been able to discover so far and that to come in future.
But moments when these same scientists failed to give reasons for what they have discovered or encountered- how do you account that?
Man's sense of reasoning out is highly situational.If perchance in a fit of bad temper or bad mood the scientist decides to use his discovery against mankind, who would account for the loss of life.

Religions and philosophy based entirely on reasoning have never been able to give explanations for the incomprehensible.

At the same time a religion should not be a binding but rather a delivering medium.
Questioning and interpreting is part of a healthy belief system.

The bible itself contains many portions that seem to offer no explanations.
The old testament can be easily misinterpreted, but the teachings of Christ talk about love, forgiveness, sacrifice, .

Faith and reasoning can work together but sometimes faith needs to transcend reasoning.Even when the skies are gray you sometimes need to have faith that there is silver lining being masked by the dark clouds though sight offers a different view.
When our hopes are utterly lost and our own vision has grown dim only then we will see the sight of God.
It requires our emptying for Him to fill us.
Have u ever reached a stage where you have seized from your own attempts and own reasoning, where your self dies.
Even the humanists will believe that every human being has ego.It is this which has to die.Even for christian His coming to Christ once upon a time is not enough , he needs to empty himself everyday not as a ritual or rule but as a involuntary process of living, which is very hard to do, that is the involuntary nature thats were we need the help of Christ. self effort makes belief a law and forbids freedom.
Beginning of the death of self is the beginning of the knowledge of God.
But the death should be for deliverance.
to be continued....

















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Life's Classroom

Life is classroom and we are the students,
Each day is a new lesson and a new learning.
How we do our homework prepares us well for the next days lessons.
If we fail to perceive what it teaches we will fail but we can always correct our perceptions and thus prepare well for the next lessons.
But the lessons don't seem to have subject like categories they seem to be versatile differing for each person .What holds good for one may not be good for the other person.
How one handles the lessons seem to be more important than what lessons he has to handle
How each one handles is the important factor.
What makes one to handle better than other is it
- the preparation time given to it,
- or how well were the preparations given to the individual
-or how well the student has perceived its fundamentals
-or what frame of mind is he while handling those lessons
his preparations may have been well , but something that would have disturbed him may cuase him to get distracted.
Every individual faces different situations and handle them in different ways because they have been raised in different backgrounds and different circumstances have shaped them