Inspiration
A must read for all from Mother Theresa
If we could see the miracle of a single flower clearly, our whole life would change.
You must be the change you wish to see in the world.
Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.
Do not wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person.
Those who wish to sing always find a song.
The old law about 'an eye for an eye' leaves everybody blind.
Imagine that every person in the world is enlightened but you. They are all your teachers, each doing just the right things to help you learn perfect patience, perfect wisdom, perfect compassion.
Enlightenment, perhaps, is not found in a blinding bolt of lightning but rather in a series of tiny illuminations, none of which is newsworthy but all of which combine to lift the heart and widen the aperture through which we allow ourselves to view the infinite.
It is only with the heart that one can see rightly, what is essential is invisible to the eye.
A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in.
To laugh often and much, to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children, to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends, to appreciate beauty, to find the best in others, to leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch... to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded!
The first peace, which is the most important, is that which comes within the souls of people when they realize their relationship, their oneness, with the universe and all its powers, and when they realize that at the center of the universe dwells the Great Spirit, and that this center is really everywhere, it is within each of us.
May all beings everywhere, Plagued by sufferings of body and mind, Obtain an ocean of happiness and joy By virtue of my merits.
May no living creature suffer, Commit evil or ever fall ill. May no one be afraid or belittled, With a mind weighed down by depression.
May the blind see forms,
And the deaf hear sounds.
May those whose bodies are
worn with toil
Be restored on finding repose.
May the naked find clothing, The hungry find food.
May the thirsty find water And delicious drinks.
May the poor find wealth, Those weak with sorrow find joy. May the forlorn find hope, Constant happiness and prosperity.
May there be timely rains And bountiful harvests. May all medicines be effective And wholesome prayers bear fruit.
May all who are sick and ill Quickly be freed from ailments. Whatever diseases in the world, May they never occur again.
May the frightened cease to be afraid And those bound be freed. May the powerless find power And may people think of benefiting each other.
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