Some Great Words

' You're braver than you believe, stronger than you seem and smarter than you think. '
~ A.A. Milne (Christopher Robin to Pooh)

' I don't think of all the misery, but of the beauty that still remains. ' ~ Anne Frank

' Every calling is great when greatly pursued. ' ~ Oliver Wendell Holmes

論語

Rubyさん，すばらしいお言葉をどうもありがとうございました。


論語、雍也第六
「知之者不如好之者、好之者不如樂之者」
「これを知る者はこれを好む者に如（し）かず。これを好む者はこれを楽しむ者に如かず。」
 
知っているだけの人より、好きになった人のほうが優れている。
好きになった人より、それを楽しんでいる人の方がもっと優れている。


呪文のように唱えたい感じです。

「楽しんでいるかどうか」という基準で，もう一度，身の回りのものを見直してみたいです。

Boldness

' Whatever you can do, or dream you can do, begin it.  Boldness has genius, power and magic in it. ' ~ Goethe

Challenge

'Life keeps challenging us in ways that, if we just stay with it, will lead to our freedom.' ~ Cheri Huber

Strange Pull

' Let yourself be silently drawn by the strange pull of what you really love.
It will not lead you astray. ' ~ Rumi

Door

' When one door closes another opens, but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened. ' ~ Alexander Graham Bell

My imperfections

' My imperfections and failures are as much a blessing from God as my successes and my talents and I lay them both at his feet. ' ~ Mahatma Gandhi

Anger

' Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned. ' ~ Buddha

Albert Einstein

' There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle. ' ~ Albert Einstein

They and I

' When it comes to the whole subject of loving others, you must know this:
how you handle your own heart is how you will handle theirs. ' ~ John Eldredge

Shame

' You have absolutely nothing to be ashamed of! That is the basis for telling the truth. '
~ Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche

Great Words

The secret of health for both mind and body is not too mourn for the
past, nor to worry about the future, but to live the present moment
wisely and earnestly.
Buddha