It is up to you

Read this in a magazine ..... real good one

I gave you life, but I cannot live it for you
I can teach you things, but I cannot make you learn
I can take you to church, but I cannot make you believe
I can teach you to be a friend, but I cannot make you one
I can tell you about habits, but I cannot say NO for you
I can teach you about goals, but I cannot achieve it for you
I can warn you about sin, but I cannot make your morals
I can pray for you, but I cannot make you walk with God
I can tell you how to live, but it's up to you to live it.

a new day

each day is born anew
it holds everything for you
and yet it is filled with nothing
so that you could fill it up with
something good and true

random thoughts

I am the master of my thoughts
I have full control over it
It is all up to me to decide
how I channelize the flow of my thoughts.

faith

Little faith says - "You can do it."
Big faith says - "You will do it."
But great faith says
"It is done.

Nothing is impossible when you believe in yourself."

art of living

The art of living does not consist in preserving and clinging to a particular mood of happiness, but in allowing happiness to change its form without being disappointed by the change;

for happiness, like a child, must be allowed to grow up.

- Charles Langbridge Norgan.

Talents

Never be embarassed to showcase your talents.

The woods would be too silent if no birds sang except those that sang the best.

friendship

Walking with a good friend in the dark is better than walking in the light alone .

Great friendships are not necessarily about finding similarities. It is more about respecting the differences.

Nobody in this world can be with a plain heart because someone comes and scribbles in your heart with lots of care and affection in it.

Life

Life laughs at you when you are unhappy
Life smiles at you when you are happy
But Life salutes you when you make others happy.
(Charlie Chaplin)

Truth

Truth is hidden by the golden veil of the mundane.

Pierce through this thin glittering sheath and know you are the sun

If you are generous, blessing comes to you in abundance
(Art of Living Thoughts)

random thought

Too often we underestimate

the power of a touch,
a smile, a kind word, a listening ear,
an honest compliment or the smallest
act of caring all of which have the
potential to turn a life around.

- Leo Buscagita