Food for thought

[Gyon]

I have found a book with some clever sayings, I would like to share with you sometimes. Something to think about....if someone does not like it, please let me know and I will stop spamming you:)
Here is the first one:

"Streching his hand out to catch the starts, he forgets the flowers at his feet" -Jereny Bentham
We live in a world where ambition is equated with courage, strength and determination. Grand dreams have always fired the imagination and driven men and women on to gread endeavours. And yet, if a fine line is crossed, we are accused of being naively idealistic, of having our heads in the clouds, of shooting for the moon, and people cease to take us seriously. Such conflicting signals may cause confusion and can certainly make us wary of taking that next step, of reaching out just a little farther to catch the stars. Most of us, perhaps, dearm large but live small. That should not and need not lead to any sense of disappointment or diminish waht we do achieve in our ordinary day to day existence. In reflecting habitually on the stars that may forever be too far away, we miss out on the tiny successes of each day and on the triumphs available to us at ground level.

Today I will take time to notice the beauty of the flowers at my feet.

[Gyon]

"Life is a mirror. If you frown at it, it will frown back. If you smile, it returns the greeting."

True enough it is hard to smile if deep down we are hurt of angry or just plain envious. And most certainly damage can be done when we are buffeted by the storms of life, thrown from pillar to post by the unfortunate ( and we are tempted to say unfair) circumstances. This is the way of things. We are humans and it is hard to take everything that comes to our way as a valuable lesson.It is equally hard to forgive past hostility and pettiness. We are never pure cos we can never be perfect.
But that mirror is ours, and we do ourselves a great disservice when it is dulled by inhabitual thinking and the unwanted rituals of negative attitude. The least we can do is to keep our mirror is polished so when we do smile, we shine.

Today i see that life is a mirror- my mirror, my life.

[Gamberra]

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