Happy December!
December 01, 2006 12.00 am (local time, Thailand) 
I do remember however this same time last year. I cannot believe how fast the time flies. Some one told “Time flies when you're having fun.” I believe it’s so true. December has been a great month, as always every year. I've been studying as usual, and haven't still taken that holiday.
Happy December! 
****It’s the first day of a new month
****This month has my birthday. ****This is the month of many things.
****This is the month of many Public holidays of Thailand. (http://www.thaiworldview.com/...)
1. H.M. the King's Birthday (December 5)
This public holiday is the day of all the fathers of Thailand. Especially the King Rama IX, the father of all Thai people. This day is the birthday of the current Thai King. All the buildings of Thailand are covered up with symbols of the monarchy and the King.
(((We love the king. Long Live Our king. ))))
(((((I Love You, DAD as always every day.)))
2. Thai Constitutions Day (December 10)
Since 1932 Thailand is a democracy. Before 1932, Thailand was called Siam and was under the total rule of the King. Now Thailand is a democracy. Some say that Thailand is even a better democracy since army is far from direct power (1992). The king has still some power, but just a moral power over Thai people, who worship him for all its kindness and goodness. Thailand is like England : a King with no real power, a government and no president. This public holiday is the day to commemorate the Thai constitution.
3. New Year's Eve ( December 31)
& nbsp; This public holiday is the last day of the year.
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The Thai Calendar Thailand has adopted the western calendar to divide the
year into days, weeks and months, using Thai names for these units. Years
are numbered according to the Buddhist era (BE) which commenced 543 years
before the Christian era. Therefore 2003 AD is BE 2546 and 2004 is BE 2547.
National public holidays Thailand's national public holidays are linked to
religious or agricultural traditions and follow the lunar calendar,
therefore the dates for some of the holidays change each year. For the
precise dates of the lunar holidays and festival locations
wishing everyone a happy December, happy holiday, happy holidays,
and just happy days in general.
Good luck on studying , working and everything.
12.01.06 (4:42 am) [
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What Money Can’t Buy?
I believe there are many things which money can not buy such as freedom, happiness, time, true love, emotions,health, long life, true love, true friends and many things in our life. Money just help us enjoy those things even more but many people don’t believe these. They want to have a lot of money because they believe money can by everything.
Money can buy.... Author Unknow
Money can buy..........
a Food, but cannot 'y an Appetite,
a Bed, but cannot 'y a Sleep,
a House, but cannot 'y a Home,
a Party, but cannot 'y a Friendship,
a Business, but cannot 'y a Society,
a Position, but cannot 'y a Competence,
a Vote, but cannot 'y a Faith, all Luxuries, but cannot 'y a Real Happiness
Money can't buy my good friends like you all..........
11.30.06 (2:45 am) [
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How To Turn Your Life Around FAST!
I really love this article. After I read it, I understand there is nothing more than feeling good.
BY Saleem Rana
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Saleem_Rana" title="http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Saleem_Rana" target="_blank"http://EzineArticles.com/?exp... When you feel good you raise your vibrations. You get what you prefer. You send out a frequency that brings you what you love.
When you feel miserable, you’re setting yourself up to miscreate your reality. Your pain is a signal for you to change. It’s a warning blip on the radar of your mind. The easiest thing you can do to change your life is to feel good. Finding ways to feel good opens the pathways to your preference.
It is so much easier to feel good. It is so much easier to get into health, clarity, and love, when you feel good. And it is so much easier to create the life you want that way.
When you feel bad, you’re pointing your car down the wrong side of the freeway. Sooner or later, you’re going to hit an oncoming car. You just don't understand, do you?
I understand how you can feel bad—nothing is working out for you. Your bills aren’t paid and your rent is due and your car doesn’t work and your kids are out of control and your boss and coworkers hate you, and, and, and…but you just have to do it…you have to train yourself to feel good. You see, all this is happening because you feel bad about what’s bad.
Yeah, right! So how do you feel good when everything is bad? You fake it—until you make it. I gotcha! You're a positive thinking nut!
This is not about positive thinking: this is about positive vibrating. Your brain is an electromagnetic generator. It throws out thoughts all the time that affect your body and your world. And it brings to itself thoughts of a similar kind. You get to feel more of what you’re already feeling and observe the circumstances to justify it. Naturally, when bad things happen you react to them—-but, this sets in motion more bad things to come your way. It’s a vicious circle, I know. I understand how unnatural and forced it feels to try and feel good when things are going badly…but, but…it’s the only way to turn things around.
And when you feel good, then good things start happening. Somehow, for some strange reason, you find more people who seem to like you, and you find new ideas and new solutions, and you have happy accidents that spontaneously take care of those horrible disasters. And people for some reason want to pay you more and help you more and just be around you more.
11.28.06 (3:46 pm) [
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Home Sweet Home
I just came back from visiting my parents. I spent all my time with them. We were happy & joy a lot. Though I don’t meet them often, but they are always in my heart. No matter how far I am away from my parents. I will always come back for visiting them.
Home is home.
Home is everything in my life.
Home is the place that always makes me happy.
Home is filled with love.
No thing is more important.
There is no place like home.
Home is a place of comfort .
Home is a place you love.
Home is a place where you live.
Away from home you feel alone.
Away from home you feel like you don’t belong.
Happy home recipe. (Unknow)
Ingredients :
4 cups of Love
2 cups of Loyalty
3 cups of Forgiveness
1 cups of Friendship
5 spoons of Hope
2 spoons of Tenderness
4 quarts of Faith
1 barrel of Laughter
Method :
Take love and loyalty, mix it thoroughly with faith.
Blend it with tenderness, kindness and understanding.
Add friendship and hope, sprinkle abundantly with laughter.
Bake it with sunshine. Serve daily with generous helpings.
Houses are but walls and beams.
Homes are built of love and dreams.
HOME SWEET HOME .
HAPPY HOME & HAPPY TIME WITH FAMILY.
11.27.06 (8:42 am) [
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My Story & Learning English.
About Appletree. (Many people ask me that who is apple tree. So today I would like to introduce myself to you)
My nick name is Apple. I am a normal girl, 21 yrs. I live in Bangkok, Thailand. I am a student in university,3nd. I will graduate in early 2008. After that, I plan to study for my master's degree, but I'm not sure yet. Maybe I will work a few years for the experience. My parents do their business in another province. I have one cute sister. She is married. She has one son & one daughter. I have my boy friend already. He also do business in another province too. He is funny and kindness. We have met together for many years. He look like my good brother.
I love tblog & tblog friends because here I meet many good friends , we can share every things both good days and bad days. I would like to say some times I am unable to leave a long comment or just no comment at all because my english is not good enough for leaving a comment on some of their posts while I visit your blogs.
I would like to say "Thank you very much to" WHISPER AND MIMI" because they always help me to correct my writings and they always are my nice advices.
I also would like to say"Thank you very much to everybody for being my friends & help me practice my english.
Why I want to improve my english?
- To help me to study.
- To help me get a good job.
- To talk to tblog friends & many people in this world.
- For my nice future.
Someone told me how to improve my english that there are many ways to improve my level of english: Read as many English books as I can find, Read it, Listen to it &Talk it. I think so but sometime, my english is getting better slowly. So I feel tired a lot but I believe "practices make perfect.
I just read a story about Learning English. I laugh a lot.
There is a story about a teacher who told his students "you know you're making progress in english when you speak in english, think in english and dream in english". One day a student came into the class very excited and said teacher... teacher. "Last night I dreamed in english". The teacher said "That's wonderful, what did you dream about?". And the student said. "I don't know it was in english". LOL.
Thank you for reading it. Nice to meet you all. Friends.
Apple 
11.23.06 (8:31 am) [
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"Whatever is begun in anger, ends in shame."
Anger
Most of us experience anger at one time or another. Others may get angry with us, justifiably or not. We may become angry at others, sometimes with very good reason, sometimes not. One thing is for sure, it is not a pleasant experience.
We cannot always reason with those that are bitter towards us and sometimes we may need to accept that it exists. To counteract this with retaliation is something that needs careful consideration.
"Consider how much more you often suffer from your anger and grief, than from those very things for which you are angry and grieved." - Marcus Antonius
Perhaps we are guilty of hostility more than we would like to be. Greater interaction with people should reduce these feelings. Less anger should result in more confidence and less stress.
Is a discussion possible and is it worthwhile? A few words and an exchange of viewpoints might result in one or both sides having a change in attitude. Try to see another point of view no matter how unreasonable it appears.
Consider how you are feeling. It is common, perhaps good advice, to let anger be expressed, to not hold it inside. My personal experience is that sometimes I have regretted this because I was wrong or over reacted. Sometimes the anger still lingered. Avoiding anger in the first place, through conciliation or acceptance, can result in feeling better all around.
Hatred is a prolonged anger towards a fellow human. There are various forms of hatred, motivated in different ways, and mostly without cause. Prejudice, jealousy, gossip, bullying are hard to deal with. This is where friends can be a great help in trying to understand these harmful actions. They can offer comfort and foresight. Be a friend.
"Whatever is begun in anger, ends in shame." - Ben Franklin (1706-1790)
11.22.06 (7:48 am) [
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Is Your Relationship Over?...Acceptance
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Understanding is the first step to acceptance, and only with acceptance can there be recovery." -Joanne Kathleen Rowling
The first step in letting go of a relationship is accepting the fact that it's over. At first this can be a hard pill to swallow because it's difficult to let go of the hopes and dreams that you've had with someone.
We typically try everything we can to hold onto someone that we've invested so much of our time, our hearts and our lives together. There is no question that letting go is painful and we try to avoid that pain by believing we can make things work.
But...the sooner you are honest with yourself that "it's over" the sooner you will begin the process of moving on. You may not like it. You may wish things had worked out differently. You may even want to get back together. But, it's not until you face the reality that your life with this person has ended that you will begin to pick up the pieces and move on.
You may go over in your mind how things could've been, you may constantly fill your mind with thoughts of the past, how you should've done this or if only you had done that, etc. Going over and over what happened will only keep you stuck in yesterday.
Learn from the mistakes that were made in this relationship, use them as tools to learn from your past and these lessons will help you to have a better future.
When you really want something and you invest so much time in trying to make things work, it's human nature to feel bad if the outcome isn't what you desired.
It's okay to have dreams. It's the beginning of knowing what you want from life. Your dreams can and will be fulfilled, the only difference is; your dreams will be fulfilled with someone else.
Once you accept that things will never work out with this person is the time that you will begin the process of moving on from this heartache; and that is the first step in letting go.
Look at this with your eyes wide open, tell yourself the truth about the situation and don't fill yourself with a false sense of hope. Accept reality and it will set you free.
Facing the end of hope and then moving past it is the beginning of acceptance.
Remember, the end is a "new" beginning. You will survive!
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In my view, I always remember this "NO ONE LOVE ME AS MY FAMILY."
11.22.06 (7:24 am) [
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Just Say, "I Love You"
Just Say, "I Love You" to Those Who are...
Life is beautiful and lovable with the type of people we have around us. We talk about unconditional love, what is that? The way we love GOD…is unconditional love. Loving a person without expecting anything in return. But in today’s world, how many people understand this. Probably none. We hurt people, who care for us. We ignore their love. Every morning and every evening this person walks into our life and tells, "I LOVE YOU", "I LOVE YOU FOR WHAT YOU ARE AND AS YOU ARE". We never responds back and then one day he moves out of our life.
Here are times in life...
When the person you will love, for the rest of your life, walks into your life.
Sometimes, just sometimes... you hurt that person, you push them away. Not meaning to, But you do. Because you do this...you lose that person they walk away.
At times...you are afraid, to go on, after this. But what choice do you have? All you can do...is hope that one day, if that person really was the one. You will meet again. And if, just by chance...you get that second chance, remember the past, learn from your mistakes, and never let them happen again.
And by doing this...you will find out, that a lifetime of happiness awaits. Just tell those people who are close to you and dear to you, that:
If kisses were water, I'd give you a sea;
If hugs were leaves, I'd give you a tree;
If spaces were love, I'd give eternity,
And if you are true and sincere to me,
I'll keep all my love just for you.
You know the greatest pain in life is not to die, but to be ignored.
--- To lose the person you love so much to another, who doesn't care at all.
--- To have someone you care so much so as to throw a party... and not tell you about it.
--- When your favorite person on earth neglects to invite you to his/her important days.
--- To have people think that you don't care.
The greatest pain in life is not to die, but to be forgotten.
--- To be left in the dust after another's great achievement.
--- To never get a call from a friend, just saying "hi".
--- When you show someone your innermost thoughts and they laugh in your face.
--- For friends to always be too busy to console you when you need someone to lift your spirits.
--- When it seems like the only person, who cares about you, is you.
--- Life is full of pain, but does it ever get better?
Will people ever care about each other, and make time for those who are in need? Each of us has a part to play in this great show we call life. Each of us has a duty to mankind to tell our friends we love them. If you do not care about your friends you will not be punished.
You will simply be ignored...forgotten...as you have done to others.
People say true friends must always hold hands, but true friends don't need to hold hands because they know the other hand will always be there.
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11.21.06 (6:52 am) [
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Dream Come True!!!!!
One of my favorite Thai song.
This song is called "yoot fun gor bai mai teung" from the album Soundshake by Clash.
mee kon ben laan dtong yoot dtua eng 
yorm pai pae la ting fun bai
There are millions people who give up and throw their dreams away.
bai mai teung fun un ying yai prow kao tor jai dtua eng
They'll never become what they want to be. Because they are discouraged.
ter eng gor jong yaa yorm pae jong brae blian kwarm took ben fun sot sai
But you shouldn't give up. You have to change sadness into a bright dream.
tam dtaam kwarm dtung jai yaa yoot fun ter ja bai mai teung
Do what your heart is telling you to do. Don't give up on your dreams.
ter art ja lom lae pae boi dtae yaak hai look keun soo noi
Maybe you've fallen down and been defeated too often. But I want to you to get up, you have to persevere.
koi bork dtua eng mai mee a-rai dai maa ngai kai
Tell yourself nothing good ever comes too easily.
jong yaa mua tor hai aow mai net neuay kae nai hai chaang mun
Don't be discouraged. You have to try again, it doesn't matter how tiring it is.
jong gut fun ton ter ja mee wun tee fun glai ben jing
Just hold on to your dreams, there will be a day when they come true.
raeng lom fon tee biak born jai nai mai chaa gor kong haeng bai
kk. It comes slowly and then dries up.
long eek krung kor piang rerm mai fun tee wung ja ben jing
I just want to start again, your dream will come true.
taang dern art mai mee dork mai dern loo-ee paa kwark naam hai yim kao wai
Maybe on the path don't have any flowers. Just smile and walk through the obstacles.
tam dtaam kwarm dtung jai yaa yoot fun ter ja bai mai teung
Do what your heart is telling you to do. Don't give up on your dreams.
ter art ja lom lae pae boi dtae yaak hai look keun soo noi
Maybe you've fallen down and been defeated too often. But I want to you to get up, you have to persevere.
koi bork dtua eng mai mee a-rai dai maa ngai kai
Tell yourself nothing good ever comes too easily.
jong yaa mua tor hai aow mai net neuay kae nai hai chaang mun
Don't be discouraged. You have to try again, it doesn't matter how tiring it is.
jong gut fun ton ter ja mee wun tee fun glai ben jing
Just hold on to your dreams, there will be a day when they come true.
I love this song because sometime I think I can’t make my dream come true but when I listen this song it make me think & tell my self “ I can do that in One Day,if I believe in myself ”
I find the way to make my dream come true but I know some time I am lazy girl. I have many dream in my mind……..
1. I dream to bring my family travel many places in this world. ( After I will have a good job & save a lot of money.)
2. I dream to have a good job after I graduate.
3. I dream to good at in English. (It’s still far away but no problem I still find the way how to good at English)
Come to Dream Soon! Apple.
11.20.06 (8:51 am) [
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Today is not coming back.
Today By 32 Keys
At the end of today, if it has been preoccupied with thoughts of enjoyment that might be coming, we will find that we have lost something valuable that will be gone forever. Today!
In hoping to be happy about something in the future, instead of being happy right now, we are missing out. We often want more time, more money for that new purchase, a better job, better health. The list may be long.
This is such a waste because there are probably many things to feel really good about each day. Unfortunately we are encouraged to dwell on things that we have yet to acquire. If we were bombarded with daily reminders of how lucky we are and how much we have to be happy about, we would retire at night with wonderful days behind us.
"No matter what looms ahead, if you can eat today, enjoy the sunlight today, mix good cheer with friends today, then enjoy it and bless God for it. Do not look back on happiness or dream of it in the future. You are only sure of today; do not let yourself be cheated of it." - Henry Ward Beecher (1813-1878)
Our day should be free of other stresses and worries. An analysis of a bad event that has happened, or may happen, can be worthwhile in determining a course of action. Beyond that, to continue worrying about it is a completely useless waste of time and is harmful to our health. Worry does not help the future experience and could make it worse, and the past cannot be changed.
"Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could, some blunders and absurdities have crept in. Forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day." - Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)
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If you really have friends who you appreciate... tell them.Maybe they appreciate you as well. That if you don"t and they leave or go far away today, tomorrow may be too late.
If you need a hug of a friend, family ... ask her/him for it. Maybe they need it more than you do. And if you don"t ask for it today, tomorrow may be too late
If you still love a person that you think has forgetten you... tell her/him. Maybe that person have always loved you. And if you don"t tell her/him today,
tomorrow may be too late.
If you're mad with someone, and nobody"s there to fix the situation...
You fix it . Maybe today, that person still wants to be your friend . And if you don"t, tomorrow may be too late .
if you love your parents, and never had the chance to show them... do it. Maybe you have them there to show them how you feel.If you don"t and they pass awaytoday, then tomorrow may be too late.
So enjoy yourself today because it is not coming back.
Today, I intend to do every ting that makes my parent happy. I' m very lucky to be your daughter. I love you, Dad&Mom
11.19.06 (1:28 am) [
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Hello in many languages.
Hello in many languages.
- Afrikaans: hallo
- Albanian: tungjatjeta
- Arabic: مرحبًا (márħaban)
- Armenian: բարեվ (barev), ողջույն (oghǰuyn)
- Bosnian: zdravo, ćao, merhaba, selam
- Bulgarian: здравей (zdrávej, familiar), здравейте (zdrávejte, formal)
- Catalan: hola
- Chinese: 你好 (nǐ hǎo), 您好 (formal nín hǎo)
- Croatian: zdravo, ćao, bok
- Czech: ahoj, nazdar
- Danish: hej, dav, god dag (formal)
- Dutch: hallo, hoi, goedendag
- Esperanto: saluton
- Fijian: bula
- Finnish: terve, moi, hei
- French: salut (informal), bonjour
- Georgian: გამარჯობ (gamardžoba)
- German: hallo, guten Tag
- Gilbertese: mauri
- Greek: γειά σου (yeiá sou)
- Hawaiian: aloha
- Hebrew: שלום (shalóm)
- Hindi: नमस्ते (namasté)
- Hungarian: szia, sziasztok pl.(informal); szervusz, szervusztok pl. (formal)
- Icelandic: halló
- Indonesian: hai
- Irish: dia is muire dhuit
- Italian: ciao, salve, buongiorno
- Japanese: おはようございま (ohayō gozaimásu = good morning, polite), こんにちは (kónnichi wa = good day), こんばんは (kómban wa = good evening), おはよう (ohayō = hello, informal)
| | - Kazakh: сәлем (səlem), салам (salam), сәлеметсізде (səlemetsizder, formal)
- Korean: 안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo, formal), 안녕 (annyeong, informal)
- Lao: (sabai dii)
- Latin: salve, ave
- Lithuanian: labas, sveikas (informal), sveiki (formal)
- Norwegian: hallo, hei, god dag (formal), halla (informal)
- Persian: سلام (salâm); religious: سلام علیکم (salamon alaikum); literary: درود (dorood); morning: صبح بخیر (sobh bekhair), afternoon: ظهر بخیر (zohr bekhair), evening: عصر بخیر (asr bekhair)
- Polish: cześć (informal), witaj, witajcie, witam (more formal), dzień dobry (formal)
- Portuguese: oi, olá, bom dia
- Romanian: salut
- Russian: привет (privét, informal), здравствуйте (zdrávstvujte, formal), добрый день (dóbryj den’)
- Serbian:
Cyrillic: здраво, ћао
Roman: zdravo, ćao
- Sicilian: ciao, salutamu
- Spanish: hola, buenos días
- Swahili: jambo
- Swedish: hallå, hej, god dag (formal)
- Swiss German: sälü, hoi, hallo
- Tamil: வணக்கம் (vanakkam)
- Turkish: merhaba
- Tuvan: экии (ekii)
- Ukrainian: привіт (pryvít, informal), добрий день (dobry den, formal)
- Vietnamese: chào (ông, bà, cô, anh, chị, em, quí vị — depending on gender and relative social status of person addressed)
- Welsh: helo
- Zulu: sawubona
- Thai: sàwàtdii kráb/khà/ha nlǒh
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In my country, we use Sawasdee Ka for Women and Sawasdee khup for Men
SAWASDEE KA EVERYBODY
11.17.06 (4:56 am) [
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Ctrl-Alt-Delete Your Life
Ah, the good old "Vulcan nerve pinch", the three-fingered salute, the one-handed solution to many backhanded aggravations. How simple, how effective, how instantaneously gratifying to the mind behind the mouse. Wouldn't it be great if we could take the lessons learned from this simple three-point process into our lives and install them into our own hotkey set-up to help us deal with life's little blue screens of death? Well, we can, provided we are willing to use a little creativity, allow ourselves some literary leeway and don't mind stretching an already strained metaphor until it squeals for mercy. Shall we begin?
First Key: Control
One of the most important things we need to remember about life is that we have the ability to assume and maintain control over about 98% of it. We can't change our genetics (at least not yet, anyway). We can't change our birth parentage. And we can't change the occasional act of God that goes down in our vicinity. Other than that, it's pretty much our show and how we manage in life is determined to a great degree on how willing we are to accept this reality and deal with it in a wise and responsible manner.
Of course, the flip side to having control is taking responsibility. If it's not in your hands, then by default it's not your fault if it doesn't work out. That's a powerful motivator for most people to keep their hands as far away from the keyboard of life as they can get them. It doesn't always get them far, living that way, but at least they can always pretend like there was nothing they could do about it. Acknowledging your ability to determine your own fate is scary - and saddening, when you realize how much you lost holding back in the past. But the sooner you take control, the sooner your life gets back on track. So grab the mouse of self-determination and lets move on to the second key.
Second Key: Alternate
If there's one cool thing about life and the great big Universe we live it in, it's that there are always alternatives. Of course, sometimes we don't like to see that because then we'd have to choose (see Control, above). But if you're willing to stick your neck out a little bit, you might be surprised how far you can see over the bowed and huddled shoulders of those around you.
Among the thousands of alternatives we can choose from, we have options in how we behave, in how we believe, in how (or whether) we work and who we decide to love. We can choose to step away from generations-old prejudices and fears, turn away from unnecessarily narrow paths of advancement and set our sights on far flung shores of being that our companions are afraid to even consider reading about, let alone visiting. Hey, it's not such a small world after all and you've got choices coming at you six ways from Sunday. What's your next move?
Third Key: Delete
Sometimes we screw up. Sometimes we screw up big time. And sometimes we screw up so bad that we're genuinely surprised when the smoke clears and the Universe hasn't been vaporized into a cloud of sulphurous fumes. But that's okay. Sulpher happens. What really matters is how you deal with it and how you let the experience affect you. If you carry it around on your conscience like a poorly written and bloated piece of malware that slows down every process you undertake, then life is pretty much going to suck for you for a very long time. Do it long enough and the bad code can get etched into your brain, flashing mental pop-ups at you at every turn telling you what a stupid, messed up idiot you are and sending up error messages every time you even consider trying to move up a notch or two on the evolutionary ladder. Bah, humbug.
Luckily, we have the power to delete bad files and overwrite bad code with sounder, more productive applications. Why stick with a program that's not working for you? That's what the virus cleaners in life, such as therapists, coaches and inspirational material of all sorts and sources, are for.
So scan your disk for errors, defragment your thinking and if all else fails, remember the power of three. The three keys to life, that is: Control, Alternate and Delete.
11.15.06 (9:21 pm) [
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***Friendship **
Friendship
Interacting amiably with family and friends is a super stress reducer. Instead of the mind working overtime on worries and problems, it is occupied with thoughts of other things and other people. There is less mental capacity left for anxieties and self-doubt.
"Friendship improves happiness and abates misery by the doubling of our joy and the dividing of our grief." - Marcus Cicero (BC)
Good friendship is healthy but it isn't easy for everyone. Getting people to like you is the starting point, and that should be fairly easy to do. People have a basic need to be liked themselves. Show interest, appreciation, and kindness. Smile. Praise given out sincerely is a great act of friendship. Be a good listener and try to see the good, not the bad qualities in people. These actions will usually be returned to you, sooner or later.
"The only way to have a friend is to be one. . . A friend is a person with whom I may be sincere. Before him I may think aloud." - Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)
As a friend, try to let an unfavorable incident or remark fly right over the top of your head. We all blurt out something stupid or do something regrettable at times, and it's so nice when the other acts as if it never happened. This is a dear friend.
"The rule of friendship means there should be mutual sympathy between them, each supplying what the other lacks and trying to benefit the other, always using friendly and sincere words." - Buddha (BC)
From 32 keys
A friend is
some who is
genuinely happy for you
when things go well.
A friend is
With you as my friend
I can always know sunshine
more than my troubles.
You turn any sadness
into a simple understanding
that I can accept...
And when I'm feeling happy..
and wanting to share
everything that is wonderful to me,
you are there..resdy to listen.
You add so much
to each day...
and I wanted to say"thanks"
for being
my best friend.
True friends
There are many people.
That we meet in our lives
But only a very few
Will make a lasting impression
on our minds A
and who well always remain
important to us as true friends
someone who tries
to cheer you up when
things don't go well
A friend is
an extension of yourself,
without which
you are not complete.
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I LOVE YOU ALL . THANK YOU FOR BEING MY FRIENDS.
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Love mom & dad.
Today, I think of my parents very much. I don't live in their home but I always visit them if I have time. I know no one can love me same them. They never want & ask things from me. They want me to be a good girl. I promise with them that I will be a good girl. I love them more than my life, it doesn't matter how long it takes. I think nothing in life is more important than our family.
Parents Quotes
Nothing can replace them. You can believe that they can do everything for you and love you more than their life.
Do you used to concern about their tired? Please love them so much.
It's remain the memory and sad. Do not ignore them who closely to
your heart. Love them more than you love yourself.
"if you love your parents, and never had the chance to show them... do it. Maybe you have them there to show them how you feel.If you don"t and they pass awaytoday, then tomorrow may be too late.
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Love & Time Story
Once upon a time, there was an island where all the feelings lived: Happiness, Sadness, Knowledge, and all of the others, including Love. One day it was announced to the feelings that the island would sink, so all constructed boats and left. Except for Love.
Love was the only one who stayed. Love wanted to hold out until the last possible moment.
When the island had almost sunk, Love decided to ask for help.
Richness was passing by Love in a grand boat. Love said,
"Richness, can you take me with you?"
Richness answered, "No, I can't. There is a lot of gold and silver in my boat. There is no place here for you."
Love decided to ask Vanity who was also passing by in a beautiful vessel. "Vanity, please help me!"
"I can't help you, Love. You are all wet and might damage my boat," Vanity answered.
Sadness was close by so Love asked, "Sadness, let me go with you."
"Oh . . . Love, I am so sad that I need to be by myself!"
Happiness passed by Love, too, but she was so happy that she did not even hear when Love called her.
Suddenly, there was a voice, "Come, Love, I will take you." It was an elder. So blessed and overjoyed, Love even forgot to ask the elder where they were going. When they arrived at dry land, the elder went her own way. Realizing how much was owed the elder,
Love asked Knowledge, another elder, "Who Helped me?"
"It was Time," Knowledge answered.
"Time?" asked Love. "But why did Time help me?"
Knowledge smiled with deep wisdom and answered, "Because only Time is capable of understanding how valuable Love is."
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FM. FW
It's ... beautiful story, isn't it ? :)
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You no longer have yesterday.
Past
We all make mistakes. Sometimes they are very bad and cause ourselves and others much worry and suffering. We can be depressed and burdened with regret for many years, never forgiving ourselves, never forgetting our actions. Carrying on in this way is another big mistake, disturbing our lives in very unpleasant and painful ways.
It is not necessary. Worrying about something that has already happened is a complete waste of time if you just keep wishing that it hadn't happened. There is absolutely nothing you can do to change it.
"We ought not to look back unless it is to derive useful lessons from past errors, and for the purpose of profiting by dear-brought experience." - George Washington (1732-1779)
Perhaps there is some way to make amends and that should still be a consideration. If not then regard it as a learning experience. Review what has happened enough to draw conclusions about what to do, and what not do, in the future. But then forget the stupid or bad thing you did and start thinking about something else.
Negative thoughts about the past will keep coming back again and again unless there are other thoughts occupying your mind. Begin feeding your brain with encouraging and fun ideas especially when that 'thing' from the past returns. Be generous, kind and forgiving to others and yourself.
"When one door closes another door opens; but we so often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door, that we do not see the ones which open for us." - Alexander Graham Bell
You no longer have yesterday; you only have today and tomorrows.
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The end is just the beginning!
Only when we are no longer afraid do we begin to live."
-Dorothy Thompson
Has your relationship with someone ended? Are you dealing with all of the emotions of letting go of someone you loved? Wondering how in the world you will be able to move on? Don't forget one major factor about "the end."
The end is just the beginning!
Everyone who has been there can tell you that yes, it hurts. But, you can and will survive this heartache. You can and will get over this and move on to a better life. It's a choice that you will either make or choose not to make. It is totally up to you.
The reality is, for whatever the reason; your relationship is over. But, that doesn't mean that your life is over.
You may not like it, but the truth is...you have to choose. You can choose to make your life miserable by holding on to something that doesn't exist anymore. (Only in your hopes and dreams).
Or...you can make the decision; that even though things didn't work out the way you wanted...you are going to pick up the pieces of your life and "move on."
I'm going to say it again so you hear it loud and clear: It really is your choice!
After you go through the necessary and normal process of getting over this relationship, choose to take charge of your life and go after what you want.
Find the courage to pull yourself up and not let this destroy you. You deserve all of the happiness and love you've always wanted and you can still have it, it will just be with someone new.
Now is your chance to begin a journey to discover who you are; to understand that you really do deserve more and to learn about what your truly want out of life.
Continue to keep you thoughts focused forward. Focus on a better life enjoying yourself in a healthy, happy relationship. Don't dwell on the past and how hurt you feel. Dwell on a new direction, a new beginning. You are the only one who has control of what you think about all day long.
We have all been there and know that it isn't easy but we also know that you will survive this heartache and come out of the other end of the tunnel a new and improved version of your former self.
There really is life after what's-their-name. You just have to make the decision to let go and move on.
You and you alone possess the power to do whatever you want. Take little steps each day and you will be amazed that you really are starting to feel better.
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"They can because they think they can."
Confidence
Have you often admired the person who is friendly, relaxed and talks easily in a crowd? Most of us have wished that we had more of these outgoing attributes to help us in our work and daily lives.
Confidence comes easily and naturally for some, for many others it seems impossible. The good news is that it is a habit that can be learned to some degree by anyone. It will take some training and practice, but what a great way to be more successful and to feel better.
"The control of the thinking machine is perfectly possible. And since nothing whatever happens to us outside our own brain; since nothing hurts us or gives us pleasure except within the brain, the supreme importance of being able to control what goes on in that mysterious brain is patent. Without the power to dictate to the brain its task and to ensure obedience - true life is impossible." - Arnold Bennett (1867-1931)
A great source for learning self-confidence is of course books. You haven't been alone in the need for information on improving your ability to interact positively with people and there are numerous self-help books available to get you started. Just take an easy approach and read a variety of the best sellers that you feel will benefit you the most.
Using autosuggestion, by repeatedly filling the mind with thoughts of calmness and composure, can improve self-assurance. Picture in your mind, as vividly as possible, a scene in which you are performing very successfully. Picture this again and again so that your mind is totally occupied with your easy performance. This will push out doubt as there is not room for both trains of thought. Every time a negative thought pops up, immediately replace it with positive thoughts.
Affirmations are a similar technique that can work wonders. This is the repeating of positive words about yourself, concerning what you wish to do. The words cram the mind with confident thoughts that have a direct effect on how you feel and act. As an example, if you have to make a presentation - ' I have nothing to lose. They like me and I feel good and comfortable with these people. I am concentrating on them, not on myself. They are not here to be critical of me. I am doing everything slowly, calmly, surely. I am relaxed and breathing deeply and easily. I feel confident about this and am in control.'
"They can because they think they can." - Vergil (BC)
From 32keys
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The Power of the Tongue
There is an old proverb with a lot of wisdom. It says, "The tongue has the power of life and death, and whoever loves it will eat its fruit."
It is so true. What we say has the ability to create situations, emotions, and thoughts in others. A kind word helps people, negative words hurt - sometimes for a very long time.
Most of the time we think of this concept in relation to how we treat others and that is good. In fact, I wrote an article in the last month or so called "The Power of Praising People." If you missed it, you can get it at the website.
But here I want to talk about this concept in relation to ourselves. How does what we say affect us? Tremendously. There is a simple principle here. Only say things that will create in you positive emotions, thoughts, feelings, and ultimately, actions.
Let me give you a good example. We do not allow the words "I can't" in our house. Why? Because we CAN! The very minimum is "I'll try." We ask our kids to say "I'll try." If we allow our kids, or ourselves, to fall into the trap of saying "I can't," guess what? We won't! And that's not good, is it?
Do you tell yourself negative thoughts during the day? Most of us can fall into that temptation, can't we? I was working the other day and I was brewing over something bad that had happened and I was just getting bent out of shape. So I stopped, realized I had the power to choose what I was saying to myself and began to think about and tell myself good things. And my day changed for the better.
Have you ever been in your backswing on the golf course and said to yourself, "I am going to shank this one." What happens? You shank it. This actually happens to me. So what do I do? I stop my backswing, reset myself, and tell myself I am going to hit it straight down the fairway. What happens? About half the time I hit it straight, the other half, I shank it, but increasing your ability is a future article! At the very least I increase my chances of performing better. Bad thoughts almost guarantee my failure, while good thoughts increase my chances for success dramatically.
A salesman may see someone walk through his door and say to himself, "I'm not going to be able to make this sale." I can't. I won't.
Some of us aren't even aware that we talk negatively to ourselves. Take some time today to think about what you say to yourself. Maybe ask a close friend if you have this habit. If you find yourself doing this, it is time to change!
Now, don't get me wrong. Self-talk is not a substitute for effort and ability, but it is a strong helping factor. Find some simple phrases that will help you get through the day with more success. Whatever your situation or work is, I am sure there are specific things you can say that will build you up and stick you on the road to success!
The words that you use and the conversations you have with yourself create things in you. They can create positive things or negative things. It is our choice. The tongue has the power of life and death. This is why it is so important to be diligent in using the power of the tongue to create a positive force in our lives.
Remember, your tongue has power. Use it!
From Unknow
11.10.06 (1:49 am) [
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Tips for Happiness in Daily Life
Tips for Happiness in Daily Life
by Remez Sasson
Daily life can be made happier. It is a matter of choice. It is our attitude that makes us feel happy or unhappy. It is true, we meet all kinds of situations during the day, and some of them may not be conductive to happiness. We can choose to keep thinking about the unhappy events, and we can choose to refuse to think about them, and instead, relish the happy moments. All of us constantly go through various situations and circumstances, but we do not have to let them influence our reactions and feelings.
If we let outer events influence our moods, we become their slaves. We lose our freedom. We let our happiness be determined by outer forces. On the other hand, we can free ourselves from outer influences. We can choose to be happy, and we can do a lot to add happiness to our lives.
What is happiness? It is a feeling of inner peace and satisfaction. It is usually experienced when there are no worries, fears or obsessing thoughts, and this usually happens, when we do something we love to do or when we get, win, gain or achieve something that we value. It seems to be the outcome of positive events, but it actually comes from the inside, triggered by outer events.
For most people happiness seems fleeting, because they let changing outer circumstances affect it. One of the best ways to keep it, is by gaining inner peace through daily meditation. As the mind becomes more peaceful, it becomes easier to choose the happiness habit.
Here are a few tips for increasing happiness in daily life:
1) Endeavor to change the way you look at things. Always look at the bright side. The mind may drag you to think about negativity and difficulties. Don't let it. Look at the good and positive side of every situation.
2) Think of solutions, not problems.
3) Listen to relaxing, uplifting music.
4) Watch funny comedies that make you laugh.
5) Each day, devote some time to reading a few pages of an inspiring book or article.
6) Watch your thoughts. Whenever you catch yourself thinking negative thoughts, start thinking of pleasant things.
7) Always look at what you have done and not at what you haven't.
Sometimes you may begin the day with the desire to accomplish several objectives. At the end of the day you might feel frustrated and unhappy, because you haven't been able to do all of those things.
Look at what you have done, not at what you have not been able to do. You may have accomplished a lot during the day, and yet you let yourself become frustrated, because of some small things that you did not accomplish. You have spent all day successfully carrying out many plans, and instead of feeling happy and satisfied, you look at what was not accomplished and feel unhappy. It is unfair toward yourself.
8) Each day do something good for yourself. It can be something small, such buying a book, eating something you love, watching you favorite program on TV, going to a movie, or just having a stroll on the beach.
9) Each day do at least one act to make others happy. This can be a kind word, helping your colleagues, stopping your car at the crossroad to let people cross, giving your seat in a bus to someone else, or giving a small present to someone you love. The possibilities are infinite. When you make someone happy, you become happy, and then people try to make you happy.
10) Always expect happiness.
11) Do not envy people who are happy. On the contrary, be happy for their happiness.
12) Associate with happy people, and try to learn from them to be happy. Remember, happiness is contagious.
13) Do your best to stay detached, when things do not proceed as intended and desired. Detachment will help you stay calm and control your moods and reactions. Detachment is not indifference. It is the acceptance of the good and the bad and staying balanced. Detachment has much to do with inner peace, and inner peace is conductive to happiness.
14) Smile more often.
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Rules For Being Human
1 >>> You will receive a body. You may like it or hate it, but it will be yours for the entire period this time around.
2 >>> You will learn lessons. You are enrolled in a full-time, informal school called life. Each day in this school you will have the opportunity to learn lessons. You may like the lessons or think them irrelevant or stupid.
3 >>> There are no mistakes, only lessons. Growth is a process of trial and error experimentation. The “failed” experiments are as much a part of the process as the experiment that ultimately “works”.
4 >>> A lesson is repeated until learned. A lesson will be presented to you in various forms until you have learned it. When you have learned it, you can then go on to the next lesson.
5 >>> Learning lessons does not end. There is no part of life that does not contain its lessons. If you are alive, there are lessons to be learned.
6 >>> “There” is no better than “here”. When your “there” has become a “here”, you simply obtain another “there” that will, again, look better than “here”.
7 >>> Others are merely mirrors of you. You can not love or hate something about another person unless it reflects to you something you love or hate in yourself.
8 >>> What you make of your life is up to you. You have all the tools and resources you need. What you do with them is up to you. The choice is yours.
9 >>> Your answers lie inside you. The answers to life’s questions lie inside you. All you need to do is look, listen and trust.
10 >>> You will forget this.
Mr. China’s Son Café
Dali Yunnan
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Mother Teresa Quote
Today,I read Andrea, Aklso'comment in my blog
about some Mother Teresa Quote after that I feel
I 'd like to know whole Mother Teresa life &Quote.
In my view,she is model for all of us to copy.
I am admired her very much
The greatest destroyer of peace is abortion because if a mother can kill
her own child, what is left for me to kill you and you to kill me? There
is nothing between.
Mother Teresa
tions
It is not the magnitude of our actions but the amount of love that is
put into them that matters.
Mother Teresa
Love begins at home, and it is not how much we do... but how much
love we put in that action.
Mother Teresa
Difficult
I think I'm more difficult than critical.
Mother Teresa
Drop
We ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean. But
the ocean would be less because of that missing drop.
Mother Teresa
Faith
Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies.
Mother Teresa
Faithfulness
I do not pray for success, I ask for faithfulness.
Mother Teresa
Forgotten
Being unwanted, unloved, uncared for, forgotten by everybody, I think
that is a much greater hunger, a much greater poverty than the person
who has nothing to eat.
Mother Teresa
God's Trust
I know God will not give me anything I can't handle. I just wish
that He didn't trust me so much.
Mother Teresa
Hunger
The hunger for love is much more difficult to remove than the hunger for bread.
Mother Teresa
There is more hunger in the world for love and appreciation in this world than for bread.
Mother Teresa
Jesus
Each one of them is Jesus in disguise.
Mother Teresa
Jesus said love one another. He didn't say love the whole world.
Mother Teresa
Many people mistake our work for our vocation. Our vocation is the
love of Jesus.
Mother Teresa
Joy
Joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls.
Mother Teresa
Judging
If you judge people, you have no time to love them.
Mother Teresa
Just One
If you can't feed a hundred people, then feed just one.
Mother Teresa
Kind Words
Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are
truly endless.
Mother Teresa
Kingdom of God
Let us more and more insist on raising funds of love, of kindness,
of understanding, of peace. Money will come if we seek first the
Kingdom of God - the rest will be given.
Mother Teresa
Kingly Act
It is a kingly act to assist the fallen.
Mother Teresa
Loneliness
Loneliness and the feeling of being unwanted is the most terrible poverty.
Mother Teresa
Loneliness is the most terrible poverty.
Mother Teresa
Love
Do not think that love, in order to be genuine, has to be extraordinary.
What we need is to love without getting tired.
Mother Teresa
Good works are links that form a chain of love.
Mother Teresa
I am not sure exactly what heaven will be like, but I don't know
that when we die and it comes time for God to judge us, he will
NOT ask, How many good things have you done in your life?,
rather he will ask, How much LOVE did you put into what you did?
Mother Teresa
I try to give to the poor people for love what the rich could get for
money. No, I wouldn't touch a leper for a thousand pounds; yet I
willingly cure him for the love of God.
Mother Teresa
If we want a love message to be heard, it has got to be sent out. To
keep a lamp burning, we have to keep putting oil in it.
Mother Teresa
Intense love does not measure, it just gives.
Mother Teresa
Love begins by taking care of the closest ones - the ones at home.
Mother Teresa
Love is a fruit in season at all times, and within reach of every hand.
Mother Teresa
Spread love everywhere you go. Let no one ever come to you
without leaving happier.
Mother Teresa
The success of love is in the loving - it is not in the result of loving. Of
course it is natural in love to want the best for the other person, but
whether it turns out that way or not does not determine the value of
what we have done.
Mother Teresa
Miracle
The miracle is not that we do this work, but that we are happy to do it.
Mother Teresa
Money
Let us not be satisfied with just giving money. Money is not enough,
money can be got, but they need your hearts to love them. So,
spread your love everywhere you go.
Mother Teresa
Moving
It is impossible to walk rapidly and be unhappy.
Mother Teresa
Neighbor
I want you to be concerned about your next door neighbor. Do you
know your next door neighbor?
Mother Teresa
Nobody
One of the greatest diseases is to be nobody to anybody.
Mother Teresa
Paradox
I have found the paradox, that if you love until it hurts, there can
be no more hurt, only more love.
Mother Teresa
Peace
If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong
to each other.
Mother Teresa
Pencil
We are all pencils in the hand of God.
Mother Teresa
I am a little pencil in the hand of a writing God who is sending a
love letter to the world.
Mother Teresa
Person to Person
Do not wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person.
Mother Teresa
Poverty
It is a poverty to decide that a child must die so that you may
live as you wish.
Mother Teresa
Our life of poverty is as necessary as the work itself. Only in heaven
will we see how much we owe to the poor for helping us to love
God better because of them.
Mother Teresa
We think sometimes that poverty is only being hungry, naked and homeless.
The poverty of being unwanted, unloved and uncared for is the greatest
poverty. We must start in our own homes to remedy this kind of poverty.
Mother Teresa
Prayer
Sweetest Lord, make me appreciative of the dignity of my high
vocation, and its many responsibilities. Never permit me to disgrace
it by giving way to coldness, unkindness, or impatience.
Mother Teresa
Rushing
Everybody today seems to be in such a terrible rush, anxious for
greater developments and greater riches and so on, so that children
have very little time for their parents. Parents have very little time for
each other, and in the home begins the disruption of peace of the world.
Mother Teresa
Silence
We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness.
God is the friend of silence. See how nature - trees, flowers, grass- grows
in silence; see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence...
We need silence to be able to touch souls.
Mother Teresa
Small Things
We are all pencils in the hand of God.
Mother Teresa
Smile
Everytime you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to
that person, a beautiful thing.
Mother Teresa
Peace begins with a smile.
Mother Teresa
Let us always meet each other with a smile, for the smile is the
beginning of love.
Mother Teresa
We shall never know all the good that a simple smile can do.
Mother Teresa
Talk
There should be less talk; a preaching point is not a meeting point.
What do you do then? Take a broom and clean someone's house.
That says enough.
Mother Teresa
Things
There are no great things, only small things with great love. Happy are those.
Mother Teresa
Touch
Let us touch the dying, the poor, the lonely and the unwanted according
to the graces we have received and let us not be ashamed or slow to
do the humble work.
Mother Teresa
Unloved
It is easy to love the people far away. It is not always easy to
love those close to us. It is easier to give a cup of rice to relieve
hunger than to relieve the loneliness and pain of someone unloved
in our own home. Bring love into your home for this is where our
love for each other must start.
Mother Teresa
Unwanted
The biggest disease today is not leprosy or tuberculosis, but rather
the feeling of being unwanted.
Mother Teresa
There must be a reason why some people can afford to live well.
They must have worked for it. I only feel angry when I see waste.
When I see people throwing away things that we could use.
Mother Teresa
We
We, the unwilling,led by the unknowing,are doing the impossible for the
ungrateful. We have done so much,for so long,with so little,we are now
qualified to do anything with nothing.
Mother Teresa
Words
Words which do not give the light of Christ increase the darkness.
Mother Teresa
Work
There is always the danger that we may just do the work for the
sake of the work. This is where the respect and the love and the
devotion come in - that we do it to God, to Christ, and that's why
we try to do it as beautifully as possible.
Mother Teresa
Do It Anyway
"If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other." -- Mother Teresa [Agnes Gonxha Beiaxhiu] (1910-1997) Humanitarian, Nobel Peace Prize 1979 Do It Anyway Sign In Mother Teresa's Office People are unreasonable, illogical, and self-centered, LOVE THEM ANYWAY If you do good, people will accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives, DO GOOD ANYWAY If you are successful, you win false friends and true enemies, SUCCEED ANYWAY The good you do will be forgotten tomorrow, DO GOOD ANYWAY Honesty and frankness make you vulnerable, BE HONEST AND FRANK ANYWAY What you spent years building may be destroyed overnight, BUILD ANYWAY People really need help but may attack you if you help them, HELP PEOPLE ANYWAY Give the world the best you have and you'll get kicked in the teeth, GIVE THE WORLD THE BEST YOU'VE GOT ANYWAY. From a sign on the wall of Shishu Bhavan, the Children's home in Calcutta "Human rights are not a privilege conferred by government. They are every human being's entitlement by virtue of his humanity. The right to life does not depend, and must not be contingent, on the pleasure of anyone else, not even a parent or sovereign. ... You must weep that your own government, at present, seems blind to this truth." -- Mother Teresa [Agnes Gonxha Beiaxhiu] (1910-1997) Humanitarian, Nobel Peace Prize 1979
"There must be a reason why some people can afford to live well.
They must have worked for it. I only feel angry when I see waste.
When I see people throwing away things we could use."
Mother Teresa (1910-1997),
Mother Teresa
The Nobel Peace Prize 1979
Biography
Mother Teresa was born Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu in Skopje*, Macedonia, on August 27, 1910. Her family was of Albanian descent. At the age of twelve, she felt strongly the call of God. She knew she had to be a missionary to spread the love of Christ. At the age of eighteen she left her parental home in Skopje and joined the Sisters of Loreto, an Irish community of nuns with missions in India. After a few months' training in Dublin she was sent to India, where on May 24, 1931, she took her initial vows as a nun. From 1931 to 1948 Mother Teresa taught at St. Mary's High School in Calcutta, but the suffering and poverty she glimpsed outside the convent walls made such a deep impression on her that in 1948 she received permission from her superiors to leave the convent school and devote herself to working among the poorest of the poor in the slums of Calcutta. Although she had no funds, she depended on Divine Providence, and started an open-air school for slum children. Soon she was joined by voluntary helpers, and financial support was also forthcoming. This made it possible for her to extend the scope of her work.
On October 7, 1950, Mother Teresa received permission from the Holy See to start her own order, "The Missionaries of Charity", whose primary task was to love and care for those persons nobody was prepared to look after. In 1965 the Society became an International Religious Family by a decree of Pope Paul VI.
Today the order comprises Active and Contemplative branches of Sisters and Brothers in many countries. In 1963 both the Contemplative branch of the Sisters and the Active branch of the Brothers was founded. In 1979 the Contemplative branch of the Brothers was added, and in 1984 the Priest branch was established.
The Society of Missionaries has spread all over the world, including the former Soviet Union and Eastern European countries. They provide effective help to the poorest of the poor in a number of countries in Asia, Africa, and Latin America, and they undertake relief work in the wake of natural catastrophes such as floods, epidemics, and famine, and for refugees. The order also has houses in North America, Europe and Australia, where they take care of the shut-ins, alcoholics, homeless, and AIDS sufferers.
The Missionaries of Charity throughout the world are aided and assisted by Co-Workers who became an official International Association on March 29, 1969. By the 1990s there were over one million Co-Workers in more than 40 countries. Along with the Co-Workers, the lay Missionaries of Charity try to follow Mother Teresa's spirit and charism in their families.
Mother Teresa's work has been recognised and acclaimed throughout the world and she has received a number of awards and distinctions, including the Pope John XXIII Peace Prize (1971) and the Nehru Prize for her promotion of international peace and understanding (1972). She also received the Balzan Prize (1979) and the Templeton and Magsaysay awards.
From Nobel Lectures, Peace 1971-1980, Editor-in-Charge Tore Frängsmyr, Editor Irwin Abrams, World Scientific Publishing Co., Singapore, 1997
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Meaning of Love
1. I love you not because of who you are, but because of who I am when I am with you.
2. No man or woman is worth your tears, and the one who is, won't make you cry.
3. Just because someone doesn't love you the way you want them to, doesn't mean they don't love you with all they have.
4. A true friend is someone who reaches for your hand and touches your heart.
5. The worst way to miss someone is to be sitting right beside them knowing you can't have them.
6. Never frown, even when you are sad, because you never know who is falling in love with your smile.
7. To the world you may be one person, but to one person you may be the world.
8. Don't waste your time on a man/woman, who isn't willing to waste their time on you.
9. Maybe God wants us to meet a few wrong people before meeting the right one, so that when we finally meet the person, we will know how to be grateful.
10. Don't cry because it is over, smile because it happened.
11. There's always going to be people that hurt you so what you have to do is keep on trusting and just be more careful about who you trust next time around.
12. Make yourself a better person and know who you are before you try and know someone else and expect them to know you.
13. Don't try so hard, the best things come when you least expect them to.
REMEMBER: WHATEVER HAPPENS, HAPPENS FOR A REASON.
11.07.06 (10:53 am) [
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Footprints in the Sand
From FW
Last night I had a dream. I dreamed I was walking along the beach with the Lord. Across the sky flashed scenes from my life. For each scene, I noticed two sets of footprints in the sand: one belonged to me, the other to the Lord.
After the last scene of my life flashed before me, I looked back at the footprints in the sand. I noticed that at many times along the path of my life, especially at the very lowest and saddest times, there was only one set of footprints.
This really troubled me, so I asked the Lord about it. “Lord, you said once I decided to follow you, You’d walk with me all the way. But I noticed that during the saddest and most troublesome times of my life, there was only one set of footprints. I don’t understand why, when I needed You the most, You would leave me.”
The Lord replied, “My son, my precious child, I love you and I would never leave you. During your times of suffering, when you could see only one set of footprints, it was then that I carried you.”
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Are you truly happy?
Do you even know what it means to be happy and what it takes to achieve happiness? These are important questions for anyone who is seeking happiness to ask themselves. I live my life to maintain my own happiness while trying my best to not cause unhappiness to anyone else. If you want to be happy you need to understand that you can be happy and that you should be happy. Many people make the mistake of believing that they don’t deserve happiness and accept their unhappy state as their destiny. The truth of the matter is that happiness, like anything else in life, needs to be nurtured. The following are a few tips that I follow to create happiness in my life.
- Understand what it is that will make you happy. Everyone has unique requirements for attaining happiness and what makes one person happy may be very different from what makes someone else happy. Revel in your individuality and do not worry about whether or not your desires are comparable to those of your peers.
- Make a plan for attaining goals that you believe will make you happy. Your mood will very likely increase as your pursue your goal because you will feel better about yourself for going after something you value.
- Surround yourself with happy people. It is easy to begin to think negatively when you are surrounded by people who think that way. Conversely, if you are around people who are happy their emotional state will be infectious.
- When something goes wrong try to figure out a solution instead of wallowing in self pity. Truly happy people don’t allow set backs to affect their mood because they know that with a little thought they can turn the circumstances back to their favor.
- Spend a few minutes each day thinking about the things that make you happy. These few minutes will give you the opportunity to focus on the positive things in your life and will lead you to continued happiness.
- It’s also important to take some time each day to do something nice for yourself. Whether you treat yourself to lunch, take a long, relaxing bath or simply spend a few extra minutes on your appearance you will be subconsciously putting yourself in a better mood.
- Finding the humor in situations can also lead to happiness. While there are times that require you to be serious, when it is appropriate, find a way to make light of a situation that would otherwise make you unhappy.
- Maintaining your health is another way to achieve happiness. Being overweight or not eating nutritious foods can have a negative effect on your mood. Additionally, exercise has been known to release endorphins that give you a feeling of happiness.
- Finally, it is important to understand that you deserve happiness. Those who believe that they are not worthy of happiness may subconsciously sabotage their efforts to achieve happiness. If necessary, tell yourself each day that you deserve to be happy and remind yourself what steps you will take to achieve the happiness you desire.
Happiness is hard to define but most people are aware of whether they are happy or not. Many people believe that happiness is a form of luck and that some people are destined to be happy while others are destined to be unhappy. I try to incorporate the tips above into my life and have had great success in achieving happiness. The tips in this article are small but meaningful steps that you can take each day to lead you to true happiness.
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Journey of life
Journey of life 
A ninety-one year old woman died after living a long dignified life.
When she met God she asked him something that had long bothered her. If Man was created in God's image and if all men are created equal, why do people reat each other so badly?
God replied that each person who enters our life has a unique
lesson to teach us. And it is only through these lessons that we learn
about life, people, relationships and God.
This confused the woman, so God began to explain.
When someone lies to you - it teaches you that things are not
always as they seem. The truth is often far beneath the surface. Look beyond the masks people wear if you want to know their heart. And remove your own masks to let people know yours.
When someone steals from you - it teaches you that nothing is
forever.Always appreciate what you have, for you never know when you might lose it. And never, ever take your friends and family for granted because today is the only guarantee you have.
When someone inflicts an injury upon you - it teaches you that the
human state is a fragile one. Protect and take care of your body as
best as you can, it's the only thing you are sure to have here on earth.
When someone mocks you - it teaches you that no two people are
alike.
When you encounter people who are different from you - don't
judge them by how they look or act; instead base your opinion on the contents of their heart.
When someone breaks your heart - it teaches you that loving
someone does not always mean that person will love you back. But don't turn your back on love because when you find the right person, the joy that one person brings will make up for all the past hurts put together... times ten.
When someone holds a grudge against you - it teaches you that
everyone makes mistakes.
When you are wronged - the most virtuous thing you can do is
forgive the offender without pretence. Forgiving those who have hurt us is the most difficult and courageous thing Man can do.
When a loved one is unfaithful to you - it teaches you that resisting
temptation is Man's greatest challenge.
Be vigilant in your resistance against all temptation.
By doing so you will be rewarded with an enduring
sense of satisfaction far greater than the temporary pleasure by
which you were tempted.
When someone cheats you
it teaches you that greed is the root of all evil.
Aspire to make your dreams come true,
no matter how lofty they may be.
Do not feel guilty about your success, but never let an obsession
with achieving your goals lead you to engage in malevolent activities.
When someone ridicules you - it teaches you that nobody is perfect.
Accept people for their merits and be tolerant of their flaws.
Do not ever reject someone for imperfections over
which they have no control.
Upon hearing the Lord's wisdom, the old woman became concerned
that there were no lessons to be learnt from Man's good deeds.
God replied that Man's capacity to love is the greatest gift he has.
At the root of all kindness is love and each act of love
also teaches us a lesson.
The woman's curiosity deepening, God once again began to explain.
When someone loves us - it teaches us that love, kindness, charity,
honesty, humility, forgiveness and acceptance can counteract all
the evil in the world. For every good deed, there is one less evil deed.
Man alone has the power to control the balance between
good and evil, but because the lessons of love are not taught often enough,the power is too often abused.
When you enter someone's life, whether by plan,
chance or coincidence,consider what your lesson will be.
Will you teach love or a harsh lesson of reality?
When you die will your life have resulted in more loving or hurting?
More comfort or pain?
More joy or sadness? Each one of us has power over the
balance of love in the world. Use it wisely.
Don't miss an opportunity
to nudge the world's scale in the right direction.
Life is a journey, not a guided tour!
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Don't
Don't wait for a smile to be nice..
Don't wait to be loved, to love.
Don't wait to be lonely, to recognize the value of a friend.
Don't wait for the best job, to begin to work.
Don't wait to have a lot, to share a bit.
Don't wait for the fall, to remember the advice.
Don't wait for pair, to believe in prayer.
Don't wait to have time, to be able to serve.
Don't wait for anybody else pain, to ask for apologies... neither seperation to make it up.
Don't wait... Because you don't know how long it will takes.
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7 DON'Ts After A Meal
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1. Do not smoke after a meal!
Experiments from experts prove that smoking a cigarette after a meal is comparable to smoking TEN cigarettes (Chances of Cancer are higher).
2. Do not eat fruits immediately after meals.
It will bloat your stomach. Therefore have your fruits one or two hours before or after your meal.
3. Do not drink tea after a meal as tea leaves contain a high content of acid.
This substance will cause the protein content in the food we consume to be hardened; making it difficult to digest.
4. Do not loosen your belt after eating.
Loosening the belt after a meal can cause intestinal problems.
5. Do not bathe after eating.
Bathing will cause the increase of blood flow to the hands, legs and body thereby causing the amount of blood around the stomach to decrease. This will weaken the digestive system in our stomach.
6. Do not walk after a meal.
Even though you have heard people say that after a meal, walking a hundred steps will make you live till 99. Walking immediately after a meal will make it difficult for the digestive system to absorb the nutrition from the food we eat. Wait at least an hour after your meal and then walk if you want to.
7. Do not sleep immediately.
The intake of food will not be able to digest properly thereby leading to gastro-intestinal problems.
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Answer these
[1] &nbs p; Take off my skin -- I won't cry, but you will! What am I?
[2] &nbs p;The more it dries, the wetter it gets. What is it?
[3] &nbs p;You answer me, although I never ask you questions. What am I?
[4] &nbs p;Which is correct: 18 plus 19 is 36. Or 18 plus 19 are 36?
[5] &nbs p;Before Mount Everest was discovered, what was the highest mountain on Earth?
[6] &nbs p;What gets whiter the dirtier that it gets?
[7] &nbs p;How many times can you subtract the number 5 from 25?
[8] &nbs p;Some months have 30 days, some months have 31 days; how many have 28?
[9] &nbs p;What can burn the eyes, sting the mouth, yet be consumed?
[10] &nb sp;What travels around the world yet stays in one corner?
[11] &nb sp;How is it possible to shave three times a day and still grow a beard?
[12] &nb sp;Is it physically possible for you to stand behind your mother, and for your
& nbsp; &n bsp; mot her to stand behind you at the same time?
[13] &nb sp;What is harder to catch the faster you run?
Wait Go Back and Make Sure you answered them all:
XX
X
You can't wait, I see, OK here are the
Answers:
1.
An onion
2.
A towel
3.
The telephone
4.
Actually neither is correct - 18 plus 19 is 37.
5.
Mt. Everest
6.
A chalkboard
7.
Once, because after you subtract it's not 25 anymore
8.
Every month has at least 28 days.
9.
Peppers
10.
A stamp.
11.
If you were a barber, you could shave other men three times a day and still
grow your own beard.
12.
Yes, if you stand back to back
13.
Your breath
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Funny Quotes
"Always go to other people's funerals, otherwise they won't come to yours."
"Baseball is 90 percent mental. The other half is physical."
"Because it gets late early." (On why it's so tough to play left field in Yankee stadium.)
"If the people don't want to come out to the park, nobody's gonna stop them."
"It ain't over till it's over."
"It's deja vu all over again."
"No wonder nobody comes here; it's too crowded."
"We have very deep depth!"
"We made too many wrong mistakes."
"You can observe a lot by just watching."
Have Fun ;-)
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Questions about LOVE
Hi, do you still remember what you were like when you were just a little kid? You were so innocent and pure... Questions about love and marriage were posed to kids ages 5 to 10. Their answers below are enlightening:
WHAT IS THE PROPER AGE TO GET MARRIED??
"Eighty-four! Because at that age, you don't have to work anymore, and you can spend all your time loving each other in your bedroom." (Judy, 8)
"Once I'm done with kindergarten, I'm going to find me a wife!" (Tom, 5)
WHAT DO MOST PEOPLE DO ON A DATE??
"On the first date, they just tell each other lies, and that usually gets them interested enough to go for a second date." (Mike, 10)
WHEN IS IT OKAY TO KISS SOMEONE??
"You should never kiss a girl unless you have enough bucks to buy her a big ring and her own VCR, 'cause she'll want to have videos of the wedding." (Jim, 10)
"Never kiss in front of other people. It's a big embarrassing thing if anybody sees you. But if nobody sees you, I might be willing to try it with a handsome boy, but just for a few hours." (Kelly, 9)
THE GREAT DEBATE: IS IT BETTER TO BE SINGLE OR MARRIED??
"It's better for girls to be single but not for boys. Boys need somebody to clean up after them!" (Lynette, 9)
"It gives me a headache to think about that stuff. I'm just a kid. I don't need that kind of trouble." (Kenny, 7)
CONCERNING WHY LOVE HAPPENS BETWEEN TWO PARTICULAR PEOPLE
"No one is sure why it happens, but I heard it has something to do with how you smell. That's why perfume and deodorant are so popular." (Jan, 9)
"I think you're supposed to get shot with an arrow or something, but the rest of it isn't supposed to be so painful." (Harlen, 8)
ON WHAT FALLING IN LOVE IS LIKE
"Like an avalanche where you have to run for your life." (Roger, 9)
"If falling in love is anything like learning how to spell, I don't want to do it. It takes too long." (Leo, 7)
ON THE ROLE OF GOOD LOOKS IN LOVE
"If you want to be loved by somebody who isn't already in your family, it doesn't hurt to be beautiful." (Jeanne, 8)
"It isn't always just how you look. Look at me. I'm handsome like anything and I haven't got anybody to marry me yet." (Gary, 7)
"Beauty is skin deep. But how rich you are can last a long time." (Christine, 9)
CONCERNING WHY LOVERS OFTEN HOLD HANDS
"They want to make sure their rings don't fall off because they paid good money for them." (Dave, 8)
CONFIDENTIAL OPINIONS ABOUT LOVE
"I'm in favor of love as long as it doesn't happen when 'The Simpsons' is on television." (Anita, 6)
"Love will find you, even if you are trying to hide from it. I have been trying to hide from it since I was five, but the girls keep finding me." (Bobby, 8)
"I'm not rushing into being in love. I'm finding fourth grade hard enough." (Regina, 10)
THE PERSONAL QUALITIES NECESSARY TO BE A GOOD LOVER
"One of you should know how to write a check. Because, even if you have tons of love, there is still going to be a lot of bills." (Ava, 8)
SOME SUREFIRE WAYS TO MAKE A PERSON FALL IN LOVE WITH YOU
"Tell them that you own a whole bunch of candy stores." (Del, 6)
"Don't do things like have smelly, green sneakers. You might get attention, but attention ain't the same thing as love." (Alonzo, 9)
"One way is to take the girl out to eat. Make sure it's something she likes to eat. French fries usually works for me." (Bart, 9)
HOW CAN YOU TELL IF TWO ADULTS EATING DINNER AT A RESTAURANT ARE IN LOVE?
"Just see if the man picks up the check. That's how you can tell if he's in love." (John, 9)
"Lovers will just be staring at each other and their food will get cold. Other people care more about the food." (Brad, 8)
"It's love if they order one of those desserts that are on fire. They like to order those because it's just like how their hearts are...on fire." (Christine, 9)
WHAT MOST PEOPLE ARE THINKING WHEN THEY SAY "I LOVE YOU"
"The person is thinking: Yeah, I really do love him. But I hope he showers at least once a day." (Michelle, 9)
HOW A PERSON LEARNS TO KISS
"You learn it right on the spot when the gooshy feelings get the best of you." (Doug, 7)
"It might help to watch soap operas all day." (Carin, 9)
WHEN IS IT OKAY TO KISS SOMEONE?
"It's never okay to kiss a boy. They always slobber all over you... That's why I stopped doing it." (Jean, 10)
HOW TO MAKE LOVE ENDURE
"Don't forget your wife's name...That will mess up the love." (Roger,8)
"Be a good kisser. It might make your wife forget that you never take out the trash." (Randy, 8)
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The Apple Tree
The Apple Tree
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Take a good look at an apple tree.
There might be five hundred apples on the tree, each with ten seeds. That’s a lot of seeds!
We might ask, “Why would you need so many seeds to grow just a few more trees?”
Nature has something to teach us here. It’s telling us: “Most seeds never grow.
So if you really want to make something happen, you had better try more than once.”
This might mean:
You’ll attend twenty interviews to get one job.
You’ll interview forty people to find one good employee.
You’ll talk to fifty people to sell one house, car, vacuum cleaner,insurance policy, idea......
And you might meet a hundred acquaintances to find one special friend.
When we understand the “Law of the Seed”, we don’t! get so disappointed.
We stop feeling like victims. Laws of nature are not things to take personally.
We just need to understand them - and work with them.
IN A NUTSHELL
Successful people fail more often. They plant more seeds.
When Things Are Beyond Your Control here’s a recipe for permanent misery….......
a) Decide how you think the world SHOULD be.
b) Make rules for how everyone SHOULD behave.
Then, when the world doesn’t obey your rules, get angry! That’s what miserable people do!
Let’s say you expect that:
Friends SHOULD return favours.
People SHOULD appreciate you.
Planes SHOULD arrive on time.
Everyone SHOULD be honest.
Your lover SHOULD remember your birthday.
These expectations may sound reasonable.
But often, these things won’t happen! So you end up frustrated and disappointed.
There’s a better strategy. Have less demands. Instead, have preferences!
For things that are beyond your control, tell yourself:
”I WOULD PREFER AN “A”, BUT IF “B” HAPPENS, IT’S OK TOO!”
This is really a game that you play in your head. It is a shift in attitude, and it gives you more peace of mind ...
You prefer that people are polite ... but when they are rude, it doesn’t ruin your day. You prefer sunshine ... but rain is ok!
To become happier, we either need to
a) change the world, or
b) change our thinking. It is easier to change our thinking!
IN A NUTSHELL
It’s not what happens to you that determines your happiness.
It’s how you think about what happens to you.
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The 10 most important things in life
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Love
The Special Feeling that makes you feels all warm and Wonderful
Respect
Treating others as well as you'd like to be treated
Appreciation
To be Grateful for all the Good Things Life has to offer
Happiness
The Full Enjoyment of each moment with a Smiling Face
Forgiveness
The Ability to let Things be without Anger
Sharing
The Joy of giving without Thought of Receiving
Honesty
The Quality of always telling the Truth
Integrity
The purity of doing what's Right no matter what.
Compassion
The Essence of Feeling another's Pain, while Easing their Hurt
Peace
The Reward for living the 10 Most Important Things... |
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Will you write on sand or stone ???
A story tells that two friends were walking through the desert. During some point of the journey they had an argument, and one friend slapped the other one in the face. The one who got slapped was hurt, but without saying anything, wrote in the sand: "TODAY MY BEST FRIEND SLAPPED ME IN THE FACE."
They kept on walking until they found an oasis, where they decided to take a bath. The one, who had been slapped, got stuck in the mire and started drowning, but the friend saved him. After the friend recovered from the near drowning, he wrote on a stone: "TODAY MY BEST FRIEND SAVED MY LIFE."
The friend who had slapped and saved his best friend asked him, "After I hurt you, you wrote in the sand and now, you write on a stone, why?"
The other friend replied: "When someone hurts us, we should write it down in sand where winds of forgiveness can erase it away. But, when someone does something good for us, we must engrave it in stone where no wind can ever erase it."
LEARN TO WRITE YOUR HURTS IN THE SAND, AND TO CARVE YOUR BENEFITS IN STONE
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Refrigerators, electric irons, washing machines - once luxury items, now as much a part of life.
But human beings being the way they are, it's never enough. Its not enough to own a computer-what about one that can talk and think. If its cell phones, what about an in-built mechanism to prevent theft? Non-stick utensils are not enough; we want something that will ensure that food never gets burnt.
So while change and innovation remains the name of the game, we bring to you some of the exciting inventions that have come up recently.
Air Washing
A truly futuristic design, an Airwash washing machine should hopefully be a common fixture in all homes by 2020. Designed by two industrial design students from the National University of Singapore, the Airwash Washing Machine won Electrolux's Design Lab Award.
Inspired by the waterfall, nature's negative ion generator, this washing machine does not use any water or detergent. It utilizes negative ions, compressed air and deodorants to clean clothes. The atmospheric air and negative ions - a natural cleansing agent - fight the dirt and bacteria. The machine can be placed anywhere at home and not necessarily in the laundry area.
Sigh! Do we really have to wait for 14 years to get our hands on this miracle washer?
Robotic Cookware
If you are into cooking, you must realise the agony of accidentally burning a dish. No matter how much you look over it, the dish ends up getting badly burnt and fit only for the dustbin.
Where non-stick pans helped cut down on the oil as well as all the scrapings, this new cookware brought out by Vita Care, will ensure that you can safely cook without any worry of burning it up. Each Robotic Cookware pan is fitted with a RFID computer chip that has been designed specifically for that pan. While cooking, the chip sends a signal to communicate with coordinated chips in the cooktop and special recipe cards that monitor each cooking step for a particular dish.
So when you are ready to cook a dish, just scan the recipe card under the pan handle where the chip is loaded. This done, the pan will communicate with the cooktop 16 times per second, while it is cooking, to ensure that the food does not get burnt.
The cooktop and the pans utilize the magnetic field interference between the two to generate and distribute heat. Thus only the pan heats up and not the cooktop and once the pan is removed from the cooktop, the energy transfer stops.
Though a perfect solution for amateur cooks, even the experienced can do with a helping hand. However, with the dishes limited to the recipes mentioned in the card, it really needs to expand if it has to fit into the multi-cuisine culture of India.
Talking, thinking computer
First we had the bulky PCs with their keyboards. Things began to move fast when decades later we were introduced to the mouse. Soon enough laptops, sleek monitors with LCD screens followed and have now become a common sight on most desks.
As our needs have increased it is not enough to have things at our disposal at the click of a mouse; it has to be easier still. So now freeing our hands will be, a talking and thinking computer-animated face.
Doing away with the keyword and mouse and even touch screen, will be new computer generated faces that will be programmed to understand our needs. No longer will we have to book a ticket or withdraw money from the bank by punching keys. Instead the animated-computer face will listen to our verbal instructions and take care of our requirements.
However, this computer is not out in the market yet. A team of Australian researchers are working to create it and maybe in the coming decade we'll have a animated computer face greeting us at the ATMs.
The team is using technologies like computer animation, speech recognition and computer-generated dialogue to construct the talking, thinking head that emulates face-to-face conversation. It will work on visual clues such as different mouth shapes and face expression to understand what is being said. Further still, it will be capable of tailoring its communication to the different types of people, by accessing different databases. The team also plans to make this computer learn from its interactions with different people and improve its communication. They even intend to make it capable of giving emotional responses when the need arises.
Talk about getting personalised attention!
Screaming mobiles
Mobiles changed the way we communicate. From having to wait for ages for a landline connection to buying a mobile phone off the rack at rates that allows even the maid to posses one, long-distance communication has definitely become cheaper and accessible.
But along with easy communication came another menace - that of theft. Majority of mobile users will have at least one story to tell about the theft of their brand new mobile. Once stolen, there was little the user could do other than buy another one.
However, slowly this problem is being addressed and new softwares are coming up to trace the lost phone and its thief. The latest and one of the most interesting amongst them is the screaming mobile!
A new system has been developed which makes a mobile scream after it has been stolen. Security experts have devised a system, due to which, when the phone gets stolen, it triggers a high-pitched screech from the phone along with a message which reads, "This phone has been stolen." The phone is automatically disabled with the contact numbers, texts, images and emails being removed.
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Things to keep
Keep your thoughts positive,
because your thoughts become your words.
Keep your words positive,
because your words become your actions.
Keep your actions positive,
because your actions become your habits.
Keep your habits positive,
because your habits become your lifestyle.
Keep your lifestyle positive,
because your lifestyle becomes your destiny
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Definition of Life
Life is... Imagine life as a game in which you are juggling five balls in the air. You name them: work, family, health, friends, and spirit, and you're keeping all of them in the air.
You will soon understand that work is a rubber ball. If you drop it, it will bounce back. But the other four balls - family, health, friends, and spirit are made of glass. If you drop one of these, they will be irrevocably scuffed, marked, nicked, damaged, or even shattered. They will never be the same. You must understand that and strive for balance in your life.
How? Don't undermine your worth by comparing yourself with others. It is because we are different that each of us is special.
Don't set your goals by what other people deem important. Only you know what is best for you.
Don't take for granted the things closest to your heart. Cling to them as your life, for without them, life is meaningless.
Don't let life slip through your fingers by living in the past or for the future. By living your life one day at a time, you live ALL the days of your life.
Don't give up when you still have something to give. Nothing is really over until the moment you stop trying.
Don't be afraid to admit that you are less than perfect. It is this fragile thread that binds us together.
Don't be afraid to encounter risks. It is by taking chances that we learn to be brave.
Don't shut love out of your life by saying it's impossible to find. The quickest way to receive love is to give; the fastest way to lose love is to hold it too tightly; and the best way to keep love is to give it swing.
Don't run through life so fast that you forget not only where you've been, but also where you are going.
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Did You Know?
Did you know that those who appear to be very strong in heart are real weak and most susceptible?
Did you know that those who spend their time protecting others are the ones that really need someone to protect them?
Did you know that the three most difficult things to say are: I love you, Sorry and help me
Did you know that those who dress in red are more confident in themselves?
Did you know that those who dress in yellow are those that enjoy their beauty?
Did you know that those who dress in black are those who want to be unnoticed and need your help and understanding?
Did you know that when you help someone, the help is returned in two folds?
Did you know that it's easier to say what you feel in writing than saying it to someone in the face? But did you know that it has more value when you say it to their face?
Did you know that if you ask for something in faith, your wishes are granted?
Did you know that you can make your dreams come true, like falling in love, becoming rich, staying healthy, if you ask for it by faith, and if you really knew, you'd be surprised by what you could do.
But don't believe everything , until you try it for yourself, if you know someone that is in need of something, and you know that you can help, you'll see that it will be returned in two-fold.
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TREAT EACH HUMAN FRIEND BY THINKING THAT
He is our friend who was born to be old, become ill, and die, together with us.
He is our friend swimming around in the changing cycles with us.
He is under the power of defilements like us, hence he sometimes errs.
He also has lust, hatred, and delusion, no less than we.
He therefore errs sometimes, like us.
He neither knows why he was born nor knows nibbana, just the same as us.
He is stupid in some things like we used to be.
He does some things accordingly to his own likes, the same as we used to do.
He also wants to be good, as well as we who want even more to be good - outstanding - famous.
He often takes much and much more from others whenever he has a chance, just like us.
He has the right to be madly good, drunkenly good, deludedly good, and drowning in good, just like us.
He is an ordinary man attached to many things, just like us.
He does not have the duty to suffer or die for us.
He is our friend of the same nation and religion.
He does things impetuously and abruptly just as we do.
He has the duty to be responsible for his own family, not for ours.
He has the right to his own tastes and preferences.
He has the right to choose anything (even a religion) for his own satisfaction.
He has the right to share equally with us the public property.
He has the right to be neurotic or mad as well as we.
He has the right to ask for help and sympathy from us.
He has the right to be forgiven by us according to the circumstances.
He has the right to be socialist or libertarian in accordance with his own disposition.
He has the right to be selfish before thinking of others.
He has the human right, equal to us, to be in this world.
If we think in these ways, no conflicts will occur.
Buddhadasa Indapanno
Mokkhabalarama, Chaiya
22 May 1988
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List of chat room slang, lingo, terms, and acronyms used in IM
A
AAK - Chat Room Slang - Alive And Kicking
AAR - Chat Room Slang - At Any Rate
AAS - Chat Room Slang - Alive And Smiling
ADN - Chat Room Slang - Any Day Now
AFAIK - Chat Room Slang - As Far As I Know
AFK - Chat Room Slang - Away From the Keyboard
AFN - Chat Room Slang - that's All For Now
AOTA - Chat Room Slang - All Of The Above
a/s/l or asl - Age/Sex/Location - (used to ask a chatter their personal information)
AV Avatar - Graphical representation (a picture) often used in chat rooms to depict a person that is in the room and chatting.
B
b4 - Chat Room Slang - Before
BAK - Chat Room Slang - Back At Keyboard (I'm back)
BBL - Chat Room Slang - Be Back Later
BBS - Chat Room Slang - Be Back Soon
BCNU - Chat Room Slang - I'll Be Seeing You.
b/f - Chat Room Slang - Boyfriend (also shown as bf, B/F, or BF)
BEG - Chat Room Slang - Big Evil Grin
BFN - Chat Room Slang - Bye For Now
BR - Chat Room Slang - Best Regards
BRB - Chat Room Slang - Be Right Back
BRH - Chat Room Slang - Be Right Here
BTA - Chat Room Slang - But Then Again....
BTW - Chat Room Slang - By The Way
C
CRS - Chat Room Slang - Can't Remember S**t
CU - Chat Room Slang - See You - also posted as cya
CUL8R - Chat Room Slang - See You Later
CUOL - Chat Room Slang - See You On Line
CYA - Chat Room Slang - See Ya
D
DEGT - Chat Room Slang - Don't Even Go There (I don't want to talk about it)
DIKU - Chat Room Slang - Do I Know You?
DIS - Chat Room Slang - Did I Say
D/L, DL, d/l, dl - Chat Room Slang - Downloading, or Download it.
DH - Chat Room Slang - Dear Husband - Contributed by Wintechie
DW - Chat Room Slang - Dear Wife - Contributed by Wintechie
E
EG - Computer Slang - Evil Grin
EM - Computer Slang - E-Mail
EMA - Computer Slang - E-mail Address (example: ?ema or ema? = what is your email address)
EOT - Computer Slang - End Of Thread (meaning end of discussion)
ez or EZ - Computer Slang - easy
F
F2F - Computer Slang - Face To Face
FAQ - Computer Slang - Frequently Asked Question
FITB - Computer Slang - Fill In The Blanks
Flame - Computer Slang - to insult someone. Used when a person asks a stupid question, or says something rude to irritate the users of a chat room or message board.
FOCL - Computer Slang - Falling Off Chair - Laughing
Forum - Computer Slang - What todays message boards are called. Often using php as defining language to quickly write 'real time' messages and replies to a web site (or page)
FUBAR - Computer Slang - "Fouled" Up Beyond All Repair / Recognition
FUD - Computer Slang - Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt
FWIW - Computer Slang - For What It's Worth
FYI - Computer Slang - For Your Information
G
*G* - Giggle - Contributed by Wintechie
GA - Computer Slang - Go Ahead
GAL - Computer Slang - Get A Life
g/f - Computer Slang - Girlfriend (also shown as gf, G/F, or GF)
GFN - Computer Slang - Gone For Now
GGOH - Computer Slang - Gotta Get Outta Here
GMTA - Computer Slang - Great Minds Think Alike
GR - Computer Slang - Gotta Run
GR&D - Computer Slang - Grinning, Running, and Ducking.
GTR - Computer Slang - Got To Run
GTRM - Computer Slang - Going To Read Mail (leaving chat room to check email)
H
*H* - Hug - Contributed by Wintechie
H&K - Hugs and Kisses
Hack - person who breaks into software, or disrupts a chat room.
HAGD - Have A Good Day
HAGO - Have A Good One
HB - Hurry Back
Hosts - Refers to the people that are running the chat room, they usually have the ability to kick a person off due to rude behavior.
HTH - Hope That Helps
I
IAC - Chat Instant Message Slang - In Any Case
IB - Chat Instant Message Slang - I'm Back
IC - Chat Instant Message Slang - I See
IDN - Chat Instant Message Slang - I Don't kNow
IDK - Chat Instant Message Slang - I Don't Know
IDTS - Chat Instant Message Slang - I Don't Think So
IC - Chat Instant Message Slang - I See
ICQ - Chat Instant Message Slang - I Seek You. A computer program used to communicate instantly over the Internet.
ILU or ILY - Chat Instant Message Slang - I Love You
IM - Chat Instant Message Slang - Instant Message
IMHO - Chat Instant Message Slang - In My Humble Opinion (or In My Honest Opinion)
IMO - Chat Instant Message Slang - In My Opinion
IOH - Chat Instant Message Slang - I'm Out of Here
IOW - Chat Instant Message Slang - In Other Words
IRL - Chat Instant Message Slang - In Real Life
IYO - Chat Instant Message Slang - In Your Opinion
J
JAS - Chat Instant Message Slang - Just A Second
JIC - Chat Instant Message Slang - Just In Case
JK - Chat Instant Message Slang - Just Kidding
JMO - Chat Instant Message Slang - Just My Opinion
JW - Chat Instant Message Slang - Just Wondering
K
*K* - Kiss - Contributed by Wintechie
k, K, or kk - O. K.
KIT - Keep In Touch
L
L8R - Chat Instant Message Slang - Later
LMAO - Chat Instant Message Slang - Laughing My Ass Off
LFFAO - Chat Instant Message Slang - Laughing My F***(freaking) Ass Off
LOL - Chat Instant Message Slang - Laughing Out Loud
LTNS - Chat Instant Message Slang - Long Time No See
LTS - Chat Instant Message Slang - Laughing To ones Self
LY - Chat Instant Message Slang - I Love Ya.
LYL - Chat Instant Message Slang - Love You Lots
M
Message Board - A web page where people write comments, and those comments are than added to that web-page for others to view. Used to carry on conversation, request information, and relay messages.
Mang - Chat Instant Message Slang - Slang for "good brother" or just "Man".
N
NE1 - Anyone
Newbie - refers to a person who is new to an area or technology. Also seen as nube, nooby, nubie, nb, etc.
NFW -Abreviation Slang -Abbreviation Slang - No Feasible (or F***ing) Way
NFG - No Funkin Good - Contributed by Supa Mang
NIMBY - Abreviation Slang - Not In My Back Yard
nm, or NM - Abreviation Slang - Never Mind
NP, np - Abreviation Slang - No Problem
NRN 1. - Abreviation Slang - No Response Necessary
NT - Abreviation Slang - No Thanks
O OBTW - Abreviation Slang - Oh, By The Way.
OIC - Abreviation Slang - Oh, I See
OF - Abreviation Slang - Old Fart, someone who has been around for a while.
OJ or OK - Only Joking or Only Kidding
OL - Abreviation Slang - the Old Lady
OM - Abreviation Slang - the Old Man
OMG - Abreviation Slang - Oh My Gosh (although it's usually used with the Lords name in place of "gosh")
OT - Abreviation Slang - Off Topic
OTW - On The Way ... I've sent a file to you, it's "On the way"
P
P911 - My parents are in the room. P=Parents, and 911=emergency, in other words either drop the subject, or watch the language.
PCMCIA - Personal Computer Memory Cards International Association
PCMCIA - Abreviation Slang - People Can't Master Computer Industry Acronyms (slang)
PEBCAK - Abreviation Slang - Problem Exists Between Chair And Keyboard
PITA - Abreviation Slang - Pain In The Ass
PLZ - Abreviation Slang - Please
POTS - Abreviation Slang - Plain Old Telephone Service
POS - Abreviation Slang - Parents are looking Over my Shoulder.
POTS - Abreviation Slang - Parents Over The Shoulder - (My parents are watching, I can't really talk)
PPL - Abreviation Slang - People
Q
QT - Abreviation Slang - Cutie
R
ROFL - Abreviation Slang - Rolling On Floor, Laughing
ROTF - Rolling On The Floor (laughing is implied)
ROTFLMAO - Abreviation Slang - Rolling On The Floor Laughing My Ass Off
ROTFLMFAO - Abreviation Slang - Rolling On The Floor Laughing F(***ing) My Ass Off
RSN - Abreviation Slang - Real Soon Now
r/t - Abreviation Slang - Real Time (also: RT, or rt)
RTFM - Abreviation Slang - Read The "Flippin" Manual (response to beginner question on net, chat, newsgroups, etc.)
RU - Abreviation Slang - aRe yoU?
S
SH - Abbreviation Slang - Same Here
SMS - Abbreviation Slang - Short Message Service (more cell phones and pagers than chat rooms and the Internet)
SN - Abbreviation Slang - Screen Name. The name or moniker selected by person in an IM or chat program. ex: My "SN" in vp was "-lone.wolf"
SNAFU - Abbreviation Slang - Situation Normal, All "Fouled" Up
SO - Abbreviation Slang - Significant Other
SOL - Abbreviation Slang - Shit Out Of Luck
SOS - Abbreviation Slang - Same Old S**t (stuff)
SOTA - Abbreviation Slang - State Of The Art (latest technology)
SPST - Abbreviation Slang - Same Place, Same Time
STR8 - Abbreviation Slang - Straight (can refer to sex, or DSTR8 as in Damn Straight)
STW - Abbreviation Slang - Search The Web
SY - Abbreviation Slang - Sincerely Yours
SYL - Abbreviation Slang - See You Later
T TAFN - Abbreviation Slang - That's All For Now
TC - Abbreviation Slang - Take Care
TFH - Abbreviation Slang - Thread From Hell (a topic or discussion that won't stop - esp. newsgroups)
TGIF - Abbreviation Slang - Thank Goodness It's Friday
THX - Abbreviation Slang - Thanks!
TIA - Abbreviation Slang - Thanks In Advance
TM - Abbreviation Slang - Text Message (often refers to communications with text over cell phones)
TMI - Abbreviation Slang - Too Much Info. (information)
TNT - Abbreviation Slang - 'Til Next Time
TPS - Abbreviation Slang - That's Pretty Stupid
TPTB - Abbreviation Slang - The Powers That Be (can sometimes refer to the people that are running the chat room or server)
TRDMF - Abbreviation Slang - Tears Running Down My Face: Can be with either laughter, or due to saddness.
TTFN - Abbreviation Slang - Ta-Ta For Now
TTTT - Abbreviation Slang - These Things Take Time
TTYL - Abbreviation Slang - Talk To You Later
TY - Abbreviation Slang - Thank You
TYT - Abbreviation Slang - abreviations - Take Your Time
TYVM - Slang - Thank You Very Much
W
*W* - Wink - Contributed by Wintechie
WB - Slang - Welcome Back (you say this when someone returns to a chat room)
WC - Slang - WelCome
WEG - Slang - Wicked Evil Grin
WEU - Slang - What's Eating You?
WFM - Slang - Works For Me
WIIFM - Slang - What's In It For Me?
WTG - Abbreviation Slang - Way To Go
WTH - Slang - What/Who The Heck - Contributed by Wintechie
WTF - Slang - What The F**K
WT? - Chat Room Slang - What The ...? or Who the ...?
WTGP? - Chat Room Slang - Want To Go Private? (move to a private chat room)
WWJD - Chat Room Slang - What Would Jesus Do?
Y
YAA - Chat Room Slang - Yet Another Acronym
YBS - Chat Room Slang - You'll Be Sorry
YL - Chat Room Slang - Young Lady
YM - Slang - Young Man
YVW - Slang - You're Very Welcome
YW - Slang - You're Welcome
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List of chat room slang, lingo, terms, and acronyms used in IM
A
AAK - Chat Room Slang - Alive And Kicking
AAR - Chat Room Slang - At Any Rate
AAS - Chat Room Slang - Alive And Smiling
ADN - Chat Room Slang - Any Day Now
AFAIK - Chat Room Slang - As Far As I Know
AFK - Chat Room Slang - Away From the Keyboard
AFN - Chat Room Slang - that's All For Now
AOTA - Chat Room Slang - All Of The Above
a/s/l or asl - Age/Sex/Location - (used to ask a chatter their personal information)
AV Avatar - Graphical representation (a picture) often used in chat rooms to depict a person that is in the room and chatting.
B
b4 - Chat Room Slang - Before
BAK - Chat Room Slang - Back At Keyboard (I'm back)
BBL - Chat Room Slang - Be Back Later
BBS - Chat Room Slang - Be Back Soon
BCNU - Chat Room Slang - I'll Be Seeing You.
b/f - Chat Room Slang - Boyfriend (also shown as bf, B/F, or BF)
BEG - Chat Room Slang - Big Evil Grin
BFN - Chat Room Slang - Bye For Now
BR - Chat Room Slang - Best Regards
BRB - Chat Room Slang - Be Right Back
BRH - Chat Room Slang - Be Right Here
BTA - Chat Room Slang - But Then Again....
BTW - Chat Room Slang - By The Way
C
CRS - Chat Room Slang - Can't Remember S**t
CU - Chat Room Slang - See You - also posted as cya
CUL8R - Chat Room Slang - See You Later
CUOL - Chat Room Slang - See You On Line
CYA - Chat Room Slang - See Ya
D
DEGT - Chat Room Slang - Don't Even Go There (I don't want to talk about it)
DIKU - Chat Room Slang - Do I Know You?
DIS - Chat Room Slang - Did I Say
D/L, DL, d/l, dl - Chat Room Slang - Downloading, or Download it.
DH - Chat Room Slang - Dear Husband - Contributed by Wintechie
DW - Chat Room Slang - Dear Wife - Contributed by Wintechie
E
EG - Computer Slang - Evil Grin
EM - Computer Slang - E-Mail
EMA - Computer Slang - E-mail Address (example: ?ema or ema? = what is your email address)
EOT - Computer Slang - End Of Thread (meaning end of discussion)
ez or EZ - Computer Slang - easy
F
F2F - Computer Slang - Face To Face
FAQ - Computer Slang - Frequently Asked Question
FITB - Computer Slang - Fill In The Blanks
Flame - Computer Slang - to insult someone. Used when a person asks a stupid question, or says something rude to irritate the users of a chat room or message board.
FOCL - Computer Slang - Falling Off Chair - Laughing
Forum - Computer Slang - What todays message boards are called. Often using php as defining language to quickly write 'real time' messages and replies to a web site (or page)
FUBAR - Computer Slang - "Fouled" Up Beyond All Repair / Recognition
FUD - Computer Slang - Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt
FWIW - Computer Slang - For What It's Worth
FYI - Computer Slang - For Your Information
G
*G* - Giggle - Contributed by Wintechie
GA - Computer Slang - Go Ahead
GAL - Computer Slang - Get A Life
g/f - Computer Slang - Girlfriend (also shown as gf, G/F, or GF)
GFN - Computer Slang - Gone For Now
GGOH - Computer Slang - Gotta Get Outta Here
GMTA - Computer Slang - Great Minds Think Alike
GR - Computer Slang - Gotta Run
GR&D - Computer Slang - Grinning, Running, and Ducking.
GTR - Computer Slang - Got To Run
GTRM - Computer Slang - Going To Read Mail (leaving chat room to check email)
H
*H* - Hug - Contributed by Wintechie
H&K - Hugs and Kisses
Hack - person who breaks into software, or disrupts a chat room.
HAGD - Have A Good Day
HAGO - Have A Good One
HB - Hurry Back
Hosts - Refers to the people that are running the chat room, they usually have the ability to kick a person off due to rude behavior.
HTH - Hope That Helps
I
IAC - Chat Instant Message Slang - In Any Case
IB - Chat Instant Message Slang - I'm Back
IC - Chat Instant Message Slang - I See
IDN - Chat Instant Message Slang - I Don't kNow
IDK - Chat Instant Message Slang - I Don't Know
IDTS - Chat Instant Message Slang - I Don't Think So
IC - Chat Instant Message Slang - I See
ICQ - Chat Instant Message Slang - I Seek You. A computer program used to communicate instantly over the Internet.
ILU or ILY - Chat Instant Message Slang - I Love You
IM - Chat Instant Message Slang - Instant Message
IMHO - Chat Instant Message Slang - In My Humble Opinion (or In My Honest Opinion)
IMO - Chat Instant Message Slang - In My Opinion
IOH - Chat Instant Message Slang - I'm Out of Here
IOW - Chat Instant Message Slang - In Other Words
IRL - Chat Instant Message Slang - In Real Life
IYO - Chat Instant Message Slang - In Your Opinion
J
JAS - Chat Instant Message Slang - Just A Second
JIC - Chat Instant Message Slang - Just In Case
JK - Chat Instant Message Slang - Just Kidding
JMO - Chat Instant Message Slang - Just My Opinion
JW - Chat Instant Message Slang - Just Wondering
K
*K* - Kiss - Contributed by Wintechie
k, K, or kk - O. K.
KIT - Keep In Touch
L
L8R - Chat Instant Message Slang - Later
LMAO - Chat Instant Message Slang - Laughing My Ass Off
LFFAO - Chat Instant Message Slang - Laughing My F***(freaking) Ass Off
LOL - Chat Instant Message Slang - Laughing Out Loud
LTNS - Chat Instant Message Slang - Long Time No See
LTS - Chat Instant Message Slang - Laughing To ones Self
LY - Chat Instant Message Slang - I Love Ya.
LYL - Chat Instant Message Slang - Love You Lots
M
Message Board - A web page where people write comments, and those comments are than added to that web-page for others to view. Used to carry on conversation, request information, and relay messages.
Mang - Chat Instant Message Slang - Slang for "good brother" or just "Man".
N
NE1 - Anyone
Newbie - refers to a person who is new to an area or technology. Also seen as nube, nooby, nubie, nb, etc.
NFW -Abreviation Slang -Abbreviation Slang - No Feasible (or F***ing) Way
NFG - No Funkin Good - Contributed by Supa Mang
NIMBY - Abreviation Slang - Not In My Back Yard
nm, or NM - Abreviation Slang - Never Mind
NP, np - Abreviation Slang - No Problem
NRN 1. - Abreviation Slang - No Response Necessary
NT - Abreviation Slang - No Thanks
O OBTW - Abreviation Slang - Oh, By The Way.
OIC - Abreviation Slang - Oh, I See
OF - Abreviation Slang - Old Fart, someone who has been around for a while.
OJ or OK - Only Joking or Only Kidding
OL - Abreviation Slang - the Old Lady
OM - Abreviation Slang - the Old Man
OMG - Abreviation Slang - Oh My Gosh (although it's usually used with the Lords name in place of "gosh")
OT - Abreviation Slang - Off Topic
OTW - On The Way ... I've sent a file to you, it's "On the way"
P
P911 - My parents are in the room. P=Parents, and 911=emergency, in other words either drop the subject, or watch the language.
PCMCIA - Personal Computer Memory Cards International Association
PCMCIA - Abreviation Slang - People Can't Master Computer Industry Acronyms (slang)
PEBCAK - Abreviation Slang - Problem Exists Between Chair And Keyboard
PITA - Abreviation Slang - Pain In The Ass
PLZ - Abreviation Slang - Please
POTS - Abreviation Slang - Plain Old Telephone Service
POS - Abreviation Slang - Parents are looking Over my Shoulder.
POTS - Abreviation Slang - Parents Over The Shoulder - (My parents are watching, I can't really talk)
PPL - Abreviation Slang - People
Q
QT - Abreviation Slang - Cutie
R
ROFL - Abreviation Slang - Rolling On Floor, Laughing
ROTF - Rolling On The Floor (laughing is implied)
ROTFLMAO - Abreviation Slang - Rolling On The Floor Laughing My Ass Off
ROTFLMFAO - Abreviation Slang - Rolling On The Floor Laughing F(***ing) My Ass Off
RSN - Abreviation Slang - Real Soon Now
r/t - Abreviation Slang - Real Time (also: RT, or rt)
RTFM - Abreviation Slang - Read The "Flippin" Manual (response to beginner question on net, chat, newsgroups, etc.)
RU - Abreviation Slang - aRe yoU?
S
SH - Abbreviation Slang - Same Here
SMS - Abbreviation Slang - Short Message Service (more cell phones and pagers than chat rooms and the Internet)
SN - Abbreviation Slang - Screen Name. The name or moniker selected by person in an IM or chat program. ex: My "SN" in vp was "-lone.wolf"
SNAFU - Abbreviation Slang - Situation Normal, All "Fouled" Up
SO - Abbreviation Slang - Significant Other
SOL - Abbreviation Slang - Shit Out Of Luck
SOS - Abbreviation Slang - Same Old S**t (stuff)
SOTA - Abbreviation Slang - State Of The Art (latest technology)
SPST - Abbreviation Slang - Same Place, Same Time
STR8 - Abbreviation Slang - Straight (can refer to sex, or DSTR8 as in Damn Straight)
STW - Abbreviation Slang - Search The Web
SY - Abbreviation Slang - Sincerely Yours
SYL - Abbreviation Slang - See You Later
T TAFN - Abbreviation Slang - That's All For Now
TC - Abbreviation Slang - Take Care
TFH - Abbreviation Slang - Thread From Hell (a topic or discussion that won't stop - esp. newsgroups)
TGIF - Abbreviation Slang - Thank Goodness It's Friday
THX - Abbreviation Slang - Thanks!
TIA - Abbreviation Slang - Thanks In Advance
TM - Abbreviation Slang - Text Message (often refers to communications with text over cell phones)
TMI - Abbreviation Slang - Too Much Info. (information)
TNT - Abbreviation Slang - 'Til Next Time
TPS - Abbreviation Slang - That's Pretty Stupid
TPTB - Abbreviation Slang - The Powers That Be (can sometimes refer to the people that are running the chat room or server)
TRDMF - Abbreviation Slang - Tears Running Down My Face: Can be with either laughter, or due to saddness.
TTFN - Abbreviation Slang - Ta-Ta For Now
TTTT - Abbreviation Slang - These Things Take Time
TTYL - Abbreviation Slang - Talk To You Later
TY - Abbreviation Slang - Thank You
TYT - Abbreviation Slang - abreviations - Take Your Time
TYVM - Slang - Thank You Very Much
W
*W* - Wink - Contributed by Wintechie
WB - Slang - Welcome Back (you say this when someone returns to a chat room)
WC - Slang - WelCome
WEG - Slang - Wicked Evil Grin
WEU - Slang - What's Eating You?
WFM - Slang - Works For Me
WIIFM - Slang - What's In It For Me?
WTG - Abbreviation Slang - Way To Go
WTH - Slang - What/Who The Heck - Contributed by Wintechie
WTF - Slang - What The F**K
WT? - Chat Room Slang - What The ...? or Who the ...?
WTGP? - Chat Room Slang - Want To Go Private? (move to a private chat room)
WWJD - Chat Room Slang - What Would Jesus Do?
Y
YAA - Chat Room Slang - Yet Another Acronym
YBS - Chat Room Slang - You'll Be Sorry
YL - Chat Room Slang - Young Lady
YM - Slang - Young Man
YVW - Slang - You're Very Welcome
YW - Slang - You're Welcome
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Sand and Stone
A story tells that two friends were walking through the desert. During some point of the journey they had an argument, and one friend slapped the other one in the face. The one who got slapped was hurt, but without saying anything, wrote in the sand: "TODAY MY BEST FRIEND SLAPPED ME IN THE FACE."
They kept on walking until they found an oasis, where they decided to take a bath. The one, who had been slapped, got stuck in the mire and started drowning, but the friend saved him. After the friend recovered from the near drowning, he wrote on a stone: "TODAY MY BEST FRIEND SAVED MY LIFE."
The friend who had slapped and saved his best friend asked him, "After I hurt you, you wrote in the sand and now, you write on a stone, why?"
The other friend replied: "When someone hurts us, we should write it down in sand where winds of forgiveness can erase it away. But, when someone does something good for us, we must engrave it in stone where no wind can ever erase it."
LEARN TO WRITE YOUR HURTS IN THE SAND, AND TO CARVE YOUR BENEFITS IN STONE
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How To Make Better Couple
10 steps to enjoying each other better...
1. Be realistic about each other.
Don't try to turn your partner into something he or she
is not. Let's face it, guys-there's only 1 Pamela
Anderson in the world, and even she has had her
implants removed! Give your gal a break and understand
that her physical appearance is NOT going to change
overnite with the help of a few facials or treatments.
And ladies, Brad Pitt has already been taken, so u're
gonna have to do with what your guy is like! Chill out,
love each other for what u are. There is more to your
partner than what meets the eye.
2. Always talk things out.
Now guys, I know this is not your fave pastime or mode
of resolving issues, but u know what? This works with
the gals. Don't make assumptions about each other's
feelings. Learn to xpress yourself better so that your
partner undrstands what u're angry about, or hurt
about, or even happy about! When u stop talking to
each other from the heart, it's the beginning of the end.
3. Do stuff together.
Make an effort to do things together. Do some sports
or involve yourselves in some shared activities;
something both of u enjoy or are interested in. It
could be as simple as watching movies together, or jus
strolling hand-in-hand down Orchard Road. Watch soccor
with him once in a while though the green patch on TV
puts u to sleep in 3 seconds. And guys, do give in if
your gal asks for another day at window-shopping, rather
than suggest that she go out with her girlfriends for
"that sort of activities" instead. If u're spending
more time with your friends rather than with your partner,
it's a warning sign that u're drifting apart!!!
4. Meet each other halfway.
If he agrees to throw out that rotten T-shirt with the
"The_Rock" print, u shouldn't kick up much of a fuss
if he asks u to keep your room tidy. There's gotta be a
little giving and taking in a relationship, so learn
to meet each other halfway.
5.Show your love
Buy her flowers or candy or perfume everynow and then,
even if u have been together for 5years. It's
wonderful to continue showing someone that u care for
him or her. Cook him a special meal, paint him a
Valentine's Day card. Knit him mini-socks he can't
wear ( like for decoration purposes = ), buy him a
packet of milk for breakfast, or pack his wardrobe for
him...so he knows u can still be romantic and loving
despite having been together for quite a while.
6. Respect each other.
Stop making jokes about her hair or skin, or whatever
it is u love to laugh at. Ask yourself if she thinks if
its funny. And if he has an inferiority complex about
his height, stop ogling at tall guys and make him feel
worse! Love is about respecting each other's feelings
and being sensitive to each other at all times.
7. Bury the past.
Stop bringing up the past. Gals..don't bring up the
happy things about u and your ex to your guy, it would jus
make him jealous or unhappy. And guys, don't talk
about the happy times that u had with your ex or mention
about her in your every other sentence as it would make
your gal feel un-happy and she might think that u saying
all this b'cos u are gonna get back with your ex or not
interested in her anymore.
8. Sit on your jealousy.
All of us go thru' spells of insecurity at the
beginning of the relationship, but don't translate
that insecurity into jealousy. If u're gonna go
through your partner's mail and cupboard, and
eavesdropping on conversations, u know something is
wrong - with u!!! Jealousy is like a poison that
slowly spreads thru' the relationship before finally
killing it. Trust your partner; love has to have trust
in it.
9. Keep your commitments to each other.
If your partner is standing u up all the time and
cancelling dates and breaking promises, u need to
talk! If u're in a relationship, make your partner your
priority and don't disappoint them if u can help it.
It's really terrible when someone promises to take u
to dinner, and then calls to cancel it. Don't make
promises u can't keep. If your partner starts to feel
that he/she is not important enough to u, u may jus
lose him/her.
10. Be honest.
Honesty is not scowling at how awful she looks first
thing in the morning, or telling him that he has the
biceps of a fly~! When we say "be honest", we mean
expressing your feelings clearly, not being bitingly
cruel. When u're hurt, say so, and when u're angry,
tell him/her, w/o getting hysterical. If u can't be
honest with your partner, who can u be honest with? ae
Love is also about honesty, and a relationship where
no honesty exists probably isn't worth it!
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Ocean Of Love
| THE STORY " OCEAN OF LOVE" |
After 21 years of marriage, my wife wanted me to take another woman out to dinner and a movie. She said I love you but I know this other woman loves you and would love to spend some time with you.
The other woman that my wife wanted me to visit was my MOTHER, who has been a widow for 19 years, but the demands of my work and my three children had made it possible to visit her only occasionally.
That night I called to invite her to go out for dinner and a movie.
"What's wrong, are you well," she asked? My mother is the type of woman who suspects that a late night call or a surprise invitation is a sign of bad news.
"I thought that it would be pleasant to spend some time with you," I responded. "Just the two of us."
She thought about it for a moment, and then said, "I would like that very much."
That Friday after work, as I drove over to pick her up I was a bit nervous. When I arrived at her house, I noticed that she, too, seemed to be nervous about our date. She waited in the door with her coat on.
She had curled her hair and was wearing the dress that she had worn to celebrate her last wedding anniversary. She smiled from a face that was as radiant as an angel's.
"I told my friends that I was going to go out with my son, and they were impressed" she said as she got into the car. "They can't wait to hear about our meeting".
We went to a restaurant that, although not elegant, was very nice and cozy. My mother took my arm as if she were the First Lady. After we sat down, I had to read the menu. Her eyes could only read large print. Half way through the entries, I lifted my eyes and saw Mom sitting there staring at me. A nostalgic smile was on her lips
"It was I who used to have to read the menu when you were small," she said.
"Then it's time that you relax and let me return the favor," I responded.
During the dinner, we had an agreeable conversation - nothing extraordinary, but catching up on recent events of each other's life. We talked so much that we missed the movie. As we arrived at her house later, she said, "I'll go out with you again, but only if you let me invite you. I agreed.
"How was your dinner date?" asked my wife when I got home. "Very nice. Much more so than I could have imagined," I answered.
A few days later, my mother died of a massive heart attack. It happened so suddenly that I didn't have a chance to do anything for her. Some time later, I received an envelope with a copy of a restaurant receipt from the same place mother and I had dined.
An attached note said: "I paid this bill in advance. I wasn't sure that I could be there; but nevertheless, I paid for two plates - one for you and the other for your wife. You will never know what that night meant for me. I love you, son."
At that moment, I understood the importance of saying in time: "I LOVE YOU!" and to give our loved ones the time that they deserve. Nothing in life is more important than your family. Give them the time they deserve, because these things cannot be put off till "some other time."
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HAPPY HOME THERE
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What is Yoga?
Yoga, meaning union in Sanskrit, is a family of ancient spiritual practices, originating in India, where it remains a vibrant living tradition and is seen as a means to enlightenment. Karma Yoga, Bhakti Yoga, Jnana Yoga, and Raja Yoga are considered the four main yogas, but there are many other types. In other parts of the world where yoga is popular, notably the West, Yoga has become associated with the asanas (postures) of Hatha Yoga, which are popularly considered there as fitness exercises and also form the basis of an expanding business.
Yoga as a means to enlightenment is central to Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism, and has influenced other religious and spiritual practices throughout the world. Ancient Hindu texts establishing the basis for yoga include the Upanishads, Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, the Bhagavad Gita, the Hatha Yoga Pradipika and many others, which specify the criteria of having successfully mastered a particular yoga technique.
Yoga practice and Intentions
Modern yoga practice often includes traditional elements inherent in eastern religion, such as moral and ethical principles, postures designed to keep the body fit, spiritual philosophy, instruction by a guru, chanting of mantras (sacred syllables), pranayama (breathing exercises), and stilling the mind through meditation. These elements are sometimes adapted to meet the needs of non-Hindu practitioners, who may be attracted to yoga by its utility as a relaxation technique or as a way to keep fit.
In Hinduism, Yoga is considered to be the ultimate way of attaining Enlightenment. The earliest written accounts of yoga appear in the Rig Veda, which began to be codified between 1500 and 1200 BCE. Some historians believe that this 5000-year-old sculpture is of a yogi.Proponents of yoga see daily practice as beneficial in itself, leading to improved health, emotional well-being, mental clarity, and joy in living. Yoga advocates progress toward the experience of samadhi, an advanced state of meditation where there is absorption in inner ecstasy, Ananda.
The goals of yoga are expressed differently in different traditions. In theistic Hinduism, yoga may be seen as a set of practices intended to bring people closer to God - to help them achieve union with God. In Buddhism, which does not postulate a creator-type god, yoga may help people deepen their wisdom, compassion, and insight. In Western nations, where there is a strong emphasis on individualism, yoga practice may be an extension of the search for meaning in self, and integration of the different aspects of being. The terms Self-Realization and god-Realization are used interchangeably in Hindu yoga, with the underlying belief that the true nature of self, revealed through the practice of yoga, is of the same nature as God.
The ultimate goal of yoga is the attainment of liberation (Moksha) from worldly suffering and the cycle of birth and death (Samsara). Yoga entails mastery over the body, mind, and emotional self, and transcendence of desire. It is said to lead gradually to knowledge of the true nature of reality. The Yogi reaches an enlightened state where there is a cessation of thought and an experience of blissful union. This union may be of the individual soul (Atman) with the supreme Reality (Brahman), as in Vedanta philosophy; or with a specific god or goddess, as in theistic forms of Hinduism and some forms of Buddhism. Enlightenment may also be described as extinction of the limited ego, and direct and lasting perception of the non-dual nature of the universe.
For the average person still far from enlightenment, yoga can be a way of increasing one's spiritual awareness, or cultivating compassion and insight. While the history of yoga strongly connects it with Hinduism, proponents claim that yoga is not a religion itself, but contains practical steps which can be found in the esoteric spiritual practices of all religions, as well as those who do not consider themselves religious.
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Learn To Forgive
Healing a Broken Heart? Learn To Forgive
"When a deep injury is done to us, we never recover until we forgive." -Alan Paton
As you are going through the various stages of healing yourself after the end of a relationship; many people stumble when trying to get through this very crucial stage: Learning to forgive.
Depending on your circumstances, forgiveness may seem impossible to you right now. You've probably endured a lot of heartache and pain while going through this process and the blame and or guilt that you may be experiencing can keep you stuck from moving forward.
Whether you blame the other person or have guilt and you beat yourself up over it, learning to forgive will put you on the right path. It will be a gift you give to yourself.
Even though you may not feel capable of forgiveness right now; the sooner you do this...the sooner you will...let go for good. You have to learn how to forgive the other person. But...first...you have to forgive yourself!
If you've made mistakes, forgive yourself and go on. There is nothing you can do now to change the past, but you can affect your future.
Forgiving yourself takes the pressure off of you for not being perfect. And, it gets rid of guilt. You must learn to forgive yourself before you can forgive others.
We are all on a journey through life. Sometimes we make mistakes, which is part of a normal process on this journey. The mistakes that we make can result in painful experiences; these are the "lessons of life." But, it is through these trials that we learn the most.
The key is learning something from what has caused you pain so as not to repeat the same mistakes again. Walk away from this situation with the knowledge that you are stronger and smarter. Forgiving will open that door.
Second, forgive him or her. If you don't, you will be holding onto the past. You may carry anger and resentment around with you which will hurt you...more than them.
Harboring negative emotions can make you bitter and resentful. It can and will permeate all areas of your life and it makes it more difficult to enjoy today.
Not forgiving keeps you trapped exactly where you don't want to be... holding onto memories of the past. Every time you begin to think of this person; what they did or didn't do, what you said or didn't say, consciously release them from your mind. Let these thoughts go and fill your mind with thoughts of goodness and the things that you are looking forward to experiencing in your life.
Gaining control of your thoughts, releasing all of the negative memories and releasing all of the imagined confrontations you could have with this person will be the beginning of letting go of what is behind you and moving on to a better future.
You can't change the past but you can make a significant difference in how you approach what's ahead of you. Stay focused on the positive. Stay focused on what you want, not on what you had that didn't work.
Once you find forgiveness you will regain control of you life. It's your choice!
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