If I could catch a rainbow
I would do it just for you,
And share with you its beauty
On the days you're feeling blue

If I could build a mountain
You could call your very own,
A place to find serenity,
A place to be alone

If I could take your troubles
I would toss them in the sea,
But all these things I'm finding
Are impossible for me

I cannot build a mountain,
Or catch a rainbow fair,
But let me be what I know best,
A friend who's always there

THOUGHT OF THE DAY

Live so that when your children think of fairness and integrity, they think of you.

"Your thoughts of paradise
are worth the price;
when dreams come true
it was meant for you."

Work hard at what you like to do and try to overcome all obstacles.

Laugh at your mistakes and praise yourself for learning from them.

Pick some flowers and appreciate the beauty of nature.

Say hello to strangers and enjoy the people you know.

Don't be afraid to show your emotions laughing and crying make you feel better.

Love your friends and family with your entire being they are the most important part of your life.

Feel the calmness on a quiet sunny day.

Find a rainbow and live your world of dreams always remember life is better than it seems.


Ajax......

We must look for ways to be an active force in our own lives. We must take charge of our own destinies, design a life of substance and truly begin to live our dreams.


Ajax......

"If all my friends were to jump, I would not jump with them. I would be on the ground catching them all!"

'You're the one I've been looking for, you're the one that's got the key. I can't figure out whether I'm too good for you or you're too good for me'

Bob Dylan

Don't stand in someone else's shadow when it's your sunlight that should lead the way.

The smallest deed is better than the grandest intention.

It is easy to be negative about past mistakes and unhappiness. But it is much more healing to look at ourselves and our past in the light of experience, acceptance, and growth.
Our past is a series of lessons that advance us to higher levels of living and loving. The relationships we entered, stayed in, or ended taught us necessary lessons.

Some of us have emerged from the most painful circumstances with strong insights about who we are and what we want. Our mistakes? Necessary. Our frustrations, failures, and sometimes stumbling attempts at growth and progress? Necessary too. Each step of the way, we learned. We went through exactly the experiences we need to, to become who we are today. Each step of the way, we progressed. Is our past a mistake? No. The only mistake we can make is mistaking that for the truth.

Today, God, help me let go of negative thoughts I may be harboring about my past circumstances or relationships. I can accept, with gratitude, all that has brought me to today.


Ajax....

"Better keep yourself clean and bright.
You are the window through which you must see the world."

Oi poutanes kai oi trelles exoun tis tyxes tis kales!

-Ellinikh Laiki Sofia



~IA

THOUGHT OF THE DAY

We are one, after all, you and I. Together we suffer, together exist, and forever will recreate each other.

Smile........
and never let anyone ruin your day.
Oink Oink Oink

The following is the philosophy of Charles Schultz, the creator of the "Peanuts" comic strip. You don't have to actually answer the questions. Just read straight through and you'll get the point.

1. Name the five wealthiest people in the world.

2. Name the last five Pura Cup trophy winners.

3. Name the last five winners of the Miss World.

4. Name ten people who have won the Nobel or Pulitzer Prize.

5. Name the last half dozen Academy Award winners for best actor and actress.

6. Name the last decade's worth of AFL winners.

How did you do?

The point is, none of us remember the headliners of yesterday. These are no second-rate achievers. They are the best in their fields. But the applause dies. Awards tarnish. Achievements are forgotten. Accolades and certificates are buried with their owners.


Here's another quiz. See how you do on this one:

1. List a few teachers who aided your journey through school.

2. Name three friends who have helped you through a difficult time.

3. Name five people who have taught you something worthwhile.

4. Think of a few people who have made you feel appreciated and special.

5. Think of five people you enjoy spending time with.

Easier?

The lesson: The people who make a difference in your life are not the ones with the most credentials, the most money, or the most awards. They are the ones that care.

Well said Otis

The ability to enjoy life is measured in the depths of one's imagination.

THOUGHT OF THE DAY

Youth fades; love droops, the leaves of friendship fall; A mother's secret hope outlives them all.

imagination - Traditionally, the mental capacity for experiencing, constructing, or manipulating 'mental imagery'. Imagination is also regarded as responsible for fantasy, inventiveness, idiosyncrasy, and creative, original, and insightful thought in general, and, sometimes, for a much wider range of mental activities dealing with the non-actual, such as supposing, pretending, 'seeing as', thinking of possibilities, and even being mistaken.

Well said Ajaxara......


Imagination is more important than knowledge - Albert Einstein

"It is better to wear out than to rust out."

"Like the windmill that is graceful and productive,
our lives can be beautiful and constructive."

"The only devils in the world are those running in our own hearts. That is where the battle should be fought."

thank god for central heating

"The world does not pay for what a person knows,
but it pays for what a person does with what he knows."

BE THANKFUL.

Be thankful that you don't already have everything you desire. If you did, what would there be to look forward to?

Be thankful when you don't know something, for it gives you the opportunity to learn.

Be thankful for the difficult times. During those times you grow.

Be thankful for your limitations, because they give you opportunities for improvement.

Be thankful for your mistakes. They will teach you valuable lessons.

Be thankful when you're tired and weary, because it means you've made a difference.

It's easy to be thankful for the good things.

A life of rich fulfillment comes to those who are also thankful for the setbacks.

Find a way to be thankful for your troubles, and they can become your blessings.

THOUGHT OF THE DAY

You don't get to choose how you're going to die. Or when. You can only decide how you're going to live.

T'is better by far at the rainbows end,
to find not gold but the heart of a friend.

Well said Glitzaki!!!!

Free love?

As if love is anything but free! Man has bought brains, but all the millions in the world have failed to buy love.

Man has subdued bodies, but all the power on earth has been unable to subdue love. Man has conquered whole nations, but all his armies could not conquer love.

Man has chained and fettered the spirit, but he has been utterly helpless before love.

High on a throne, with all the splendor and pomp his gold can command, man is yet poor and desolate, if love passes him by.

And if it stays, the poorest hovel is radiant with warmth, with life and color. Thus love has the magic power to make of a beggar a king. Yes, love is free; it can dwell in no other atmosphere.


Ajax.....

Work hard at what you like to do and try to overcome all obstacles

Laugh at your mistakes and praise yourself for learning from them

Pick some flowers and appreciate the beauty of nature

Say hello to strangers and enjoy the people you know

Don't be afraid to show your emotions laughing and crying make you feel better

Love your friends and family with your entire being they are the most important part of your life

Feel the calmness on a quiet sunny day

Find a rainbow and live your world of dreams, always remembering life is better than it seems

Have patience with everything that remains unsolved in your heart.

Try to love the questions themselves, like locked rooms and like books written in a foreign language. Do not now look for the answers.

They cannot now be given to you because you could not live them. It is a question of experiencing everything. At present you need to live the question. Perhaps you will gradually, without even noticing it, find yourself experiencing the answer, some distant day.

Ajax...

If you think that your life is bad, think about those who are worse off, then you suddenly realise that you have to be thankful for what you have!

It's not what happens to you,

It's what you do about it.

"Taking responsibility for change"

- W. Mitchell from the book "It's not what happens to you. It's what you do about it."

The highest reward for a person's toil is not what they get for it, but what they become by it.
John Ruskin

Chase your own stars, and follow your own path.

yesterday is not a day wasted but a day to prepare us for the future

Knowledge is better then wealth. You have to look after wealth, knowledge looks after you.

Real friends believe in us even when we doubt ourselves.
They help us to become all that we ever dreamend we could be.

Destroy your enemy!!

I destroy my enemy when I make him my friend.

- Lincoln.

Don't walk in front of me, I may not follow.
Don't walk behind me, I may not lead.
Just walk beside me and be my friend.

-- Albert Camus

When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive -- to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love.

Make every day count. Appreciate every moment and take from it everything that you possibly can, for you may never be able to experience it again.

Talk to people you have never talked to before, and actually listen. Hold your head up because you have every right to. Tell yourself you are a great individual and believe in yourself, for if you don't believe in yourself, no one else will believe in you either.

You can make of your life anything you wish. Create your own life and then go out and live it.

“ A man of peace is not a pacifist, a man of peace is simply a pool
of silence. He pulsates a new kind of energy into the world, he sings
a new song. He lives in a totally new way: his very way of live is that
of grace, that of prayer, that of compassion. Whomsoever he touches,
he creates more love – energy. The man of peace is creative. He is not
against war, because to be against anything is to be at war. He is not
against war he simply understands why war exists. And out of that
understanding he becomes peaceful. Only when there are many people
who are pools of peace, silence, understanding, will the war disappear.”

Source
- OSHO -

To be able to practice five things everywhere under heaven constitutes
perfect virtue... gravity, generosity of soul, sincerity, earnestness, and
kindness.



That's so true !

Many people will walk in and out or your life, but only true friends will leave footprints in your heart.

The greatest discovery of any generation is that
human beings can alter their lives by altering
the attitudes of their minds

-- Albert Schweitzer

Joy..
You are seeking joy and peace in far-off places. But the spring of joy is in your heart. The haven of peace is in yourself.

--Sai Baba--

Within you is the divine capacity to manifest

and attract all that you need or desire.

-Wayne Dyer "The Secrets to Manifesting your Destiny"

I, being, poor, have only my dreams;
I have spread my dreams under your feet;
Tread softly because you tread on my dreams

The breeze at dawn has secrets to tell you.

Don't go back to sleep.

You must ask for what you really want.

Don't go back to sleep.

People are going back and forth across the doorsill where two worlds touch. The round door is open.

Don't go back to sleep.

-Djalal ad Din Rumi