Love is a noble act of self-giving,
offering trust, faith, and loyalty.
The more you love, the more you lose
a part of yourself, yet you don't become
less of who you are; you end up being
complete with your loved ones. ~ Irene

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Today, more than ever before,
life must be characterized by a sense
of Universal responsibility, not only
nation to nation and human to human,
but also human to other forms of life.
~Dalai Lama

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This new day has greeted us with no rules; unconditional opportunity.
Do not dilute the power of this new day with the hardship of yesterday.
Greet this day the way it has greeted you; with open arms and endless possibility.

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This new day has greeted us with no rules; unconditional opportunity. Do not dilute the power of this new day with the hardship of yesterday. Greet this day the way it has greeted you; with open arms and endless possibility. ~Steve Maraboli

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Best advice in two lines:
Silence is the best answer for all questions.
Smiling is the best reaction in all situations.

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Don’t choose the one who is beautiful in the world. But, rather, choose
the one who makes your world beautiful. ~Alice Sebold

The rain makes all things beautiful, the grass & flowers too.
If rain makes all things beautiful, you too are beautiful because
of the rain. ~ sms4smile modified  Link to Google+

Happiness is not based
on position, power or prestige,
but on the relationship with those
we love and respect.

~latestsms

Today is a brand new day and yesterday has gone away. So make today
a better day and don’t let anyone come in the way. Even if they do,
stand firm with who you are because it’s your life, it’s your day.

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If we are not happy, if we are not peaceful, we cannot share peace and happiness with others, even those we love, those who live under the same roof. If we are happy, if we are peaceful, we can smile and blossom like a flower, and everyone in our family, our entire society, will benefit from our peace. Do we need to make a special effort to enjoy the beauty of the blue sky? Do we have to practice to be able to enjoy it? No, we just enjoy it. Each second, each minute of our lives can be like this. Wherever we are, any time, we have the capacity to enjoy the sunshine, the presence of each other, even the sensation of our breathing. We don’t need to go to China to enjoy the blue sky. We don’t have to travel into the future to enjoy our breathing. We can be in touch with these things right now. It would be a pity if we are only aware of suffering. ~ Thich Nhat Hanh

Even though life is hard, even though it is sometimes difficult to smile, we have to try. Just as when we wish each other, “Good morning,” it must be a real “Good morning.” Recently, one friend asked me, “How can I force myself to smile when I am filled with sorrow? It isn’t natural.” I told her she must be able to smile to her sorrow, because we are more than our sorrow. A human being is like a television set with millions of channels. If we turn the Buddha on, we are the Buddha. If we turn a smile on, we really are the smile. We cannot let just one channel dominate us. We have the seed of everything in us, and we have to seize the situation in our hand, to recover our own sovereignty. When we sit down peacefully, breathing and smiling, with awareness, we are our true selves, we have sovereignty over ourselves. ~Thich Nhat Hanh